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Sunflower County, MS

Rutherford Cemetery
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Janis Parttridge and her sister Mozelle Parttridge Chason found a cemetery
that they had never visited.  It is located about 1 mile northwest of the
Sandy Bayou Cemetery, Drew, Sunflower County.
To get there, go to the Sandy Bayou Cemetery and continue down
the Long Lake Road for 1/2 mile. Take a right turn on the Grittman Road and
go 1/2 mile. The cemetery is located on the left,
on the only mound in the area and overgrown with weeds taller
than your head and vines entangled on the ground.
One really must go there on purpose, climbing a high mound and
being careful not to trip on the vines and roll down the mound.
We found only five graves, those being the Rutherford family plot,
enclosed in an iron fence.  The headstones are huge, at least five feet tall,
made of marble and are square at the base,
tapering toward the top. They are almost identical.
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Rutherford Cemetery is now a Historical Monument   
our Thanks go to Janis Parttridge Sigler and her sister Mozelle Parttridge Chason 
for this wonderful accomplishment!! 
 
There are five members of the Sunflower County Board of Supervisors. Their names and telephone numbers follow, and they all have the same address: 

District #1 Supervisor, Mr. Glenn Donald, 662-207-0398 (cell) 

District #2 Supervisor, Mrs. Mary Kent, 662-207-0443 (cell) 

District #3 Supervisor, Mr. Dennis Holmes, 662-887-4918 

District #4 Supervisor and President of the Board, Mr. Edgar Donahoe, 662-207-2325 

District #5 Supervisor, Mr. Barry Bryant, 662-588-2300 or 662-345-6540  
(District 5 is the location of the Rutherford Cemetery.) 

The mailing address for all the supervisors is: 

P. O. Box 988 
Indianola, MS 38751 
 
Way to go Janis and Mozelle!!
Janis and Mozelle, thank you so much for finding this cemetery and
recording it thus making it available to researchers from all over.
And a special "thank you" for the efforts both you and your sister,
Janis Sigler from Gulfport, MS put forth to have it named a "Historical Monument".
 
If you have access to any cemetery listings or tombstone photographs from Sunflower County, and you are willing to share them with your fellow researchers, please let me know.  I would like to have listings and photos for all of the cemeteries in the county.
Suggested corrections and/or additions will be noted in RED.
The original data will not be removed.  Do you know of others
buried here?  Let me know and I will post their names and data.
 
Some History of the Rutherford Family,
contributed by Janis Partridge Sigler
 
Name
DOB
DOD
Misc
Add'l Info
Rutherford, Elizabeth  May 17, 1839 Jan 31, 1920 .
 .
Rutherford, Thomas  Mar 12, 1837 Jun 19, 1896 CSA, Sgt., Co. A, 34th MS Inf.  Enlisted Feb 25, 1862
Discharged Apr 26, 1865.
Buried at the "Mound", also known as the Rutherford Cemetery, 5-miles west of Drew, Sunflower County, MS.
 .
Rutherford, R.E. Jan 28, 1875 Dec 28, 1898 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Rutherford .
Rutherford, W.A. Jul 20, 1872 Nov 18, 1892 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Rutherford .
Rutherford, H.W. Feb 24, 1870 Apr 28, 1889 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Rutherford .