Burnett Cemetery - Barry Co., MO
AKA: Bandy-Burnett
Sugar Creek Township
SE Sec. 16, T21N, R28W
363158N 0935747W

Photo From the Photo Files of Jay Trace
Transcribed and history added May 2003 by Brandon Burns
Northwest of Seligman - From Highway 37, turn onto FR 1062. The cemetery is on the corner of FR 1062 and FR 2280. The cemetery is fenced off from the pasture. Very grown up in briars and brush.
The cemetery was a private burial plot for the Burnett family. The first burial was that of Felix Grundy Burnett who died after helping people out of a burning hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. His was wife was buried there in 1910, his mother-in-law in 1906 and daughter-in-law in 1898. The other burials are those of young children in the family. Felix and Mary's children were: Hugh Jefferson, Mary Susan Alice, James Wesley Clophas, Cecelia Arena, and Felix Andy.
Jay Trace submitted the photos.
There is one row of graves in the cemetery.
Burnett, Infant - Dec. 23, 19?? (broken off)
Donna Cooper's Note: According to the cemetery stone the date is Sept 23, 19__
Burnett, Pansy Mae - May 10, 1905 - Aug. 12, 1906
Burnett, Welcom - Jun. 18, 1899 - Jul. 22, 1906 (Footstone: W. C.)
Donna Cooper's Note: According to the cemetery stone the correct date of death is July 22, 1901.
Burnett, Lennie E. - Feb. 9, 1878 - Apr. 7, 1898 - Inscription: "Wife of J. W. Burnett" (Footstone: L. E. B.)
Donna Cooper's Note: According to the cemetery stone the correct date of death is Sept 7, 1895.
Felix G. Burnett - Mar. 15, 1846 - Mar. 14, 1883 - SSW: Burnett, Mary A. Aug. 1, 1844 - Feb. 5, 1910
Donna Cooper's Note: According to the cemetery stone the correct death date is March 14, 1885.
Donna Cooper's Note: Felix Grundy Burnett married Mary Ann Bandy. Elihu and Celica Burnett were his parents and Hugh and Susanna (Foster) Bandy were her parents.
BURNETT, Mary Parlee ()
Birth: July _, 1915
AR
Death: Nov. 30, 1917
Sugar Creek Twp., Barry County, MO
Research Note: Died of diphtheritic croup.
Father listed as F.A (Felix Andy) Burnett of AR.
Mother listed as C.D. Bruer (maybe Carrie Brewer?) of MO.
Resource: Missouri Death Certificate
Jay Trace
Bandy, Susan - May 19, 1820 - Dec. 2, 1906 - Inscription: "Gone But Not Forgotten"
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