The MAYS/STROUTS CEMETERY is located in the Coast Range about 3/4 mile west of the town of Summit. It is situated on the north side of the Summit-Nashville road and at the top of a steep hill.

     Originally the cemetery was called the Mays Burying Ground and later was called the Strouts Burying Ground, named after two successive owners of the land on which it is located. Evidently the "family cemetery" was opened to others, probably as a convenience or for good will. The oldest grave is that of Eda Margaret (1862-1872), daughter of C.B. and S.E. Mays. In 1984, S.E. and C.B. Mays deeded the land to the trustees of the Summit Burying Ground. Today (1989) the approximately one-half acre is owned by Starker Forests. The cemetery is not listed as a separate tax lot in Benton County records.

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WILSON, George Homer, 1882

COLTER, J. P., Born in Ireland, 4 (8) Feb 1903

MAYS, Eda Margaret, Daughter of C. B. & S. E. Mays,
26 Dec 1872, Age 10 Y, 3 M, 19 D

MAYS, Grant B., Son of C. B. & S. E. Mays,
25 Mar 1882, Age 3 M, 31 D

STROUTS, Edward F., With Martha C. Strouts,
4 Jul 1851~2 Dec 1912

STROUTS, Martha C., With Edward F. Strouts, 1861~ 1930 [9 Dec 1930]

STROUTS, Wm. L., 1929 [William Leslie - 26 Mar 1929]

STROUTS, Ruth, Wife of E. D. Strouts,
29 Apr 1881~22 Oct 1913

VANCE, Malinda, 23 Apr 1889, Age 59 Y, 8 M, 1 D

DAVIS, Samuel, 16 Nov 1842~15 Mar 1923

DAVIS, Earl R., Vet N M I USNRF, World War I,
4 Sep 1884~2 Jul 1953

EDWARDS, Norman Frankland, With Malinda Florence Edwards,
10 Sep 1852~12 Aug 1916

EDWARDS, Malinda Florence (Miller), With Norman Frankland Edwards,
19 Mar 1859, 2 May 1941,

MOORE (MORRIS), Robert G., 19 Jan 1844~25 Feb 1934

DAVIS, James Oliver, Father, 1866~ 1932

GODWIN, Clarinda C., Wife of F. A. Godwin,
13 Oct 1837~4 Jul 1904

HAMAR, Roy, 1880~ 1945

HAMAR, C. Otis, 1887~ 1962

HAMAR, Henry J., 1877~ 1905

HAMAR, James, Pioneer of 1862, 1822~ 1907

HAMAR, Sarah, Wife of James, 4 Dec 1822~9 Oct 1895

HAMAR, David, 1849~ 1912

HAMAR, Sarah B., 1901~ 1920

HAMAR, Matilda J., Mother, 10 Dec 1862~21 Aug 1946

HAMAR, Everett S., 6 Apr 1853~28 Nov 1890

HAMAR, Mary, Next to Charles O. Hamar, 1861~ 1911

HAMAR, Charles, Next to Mary Hamar, 1858~ 1930

HAMAR, Effie, 1898

HAMAR, Martie, 13 Aug 1884~28 Apr 1912

MASON, James Tipton, 14 Jan 1837 ~ 30 Jun 1910
No Stone - from DeMoss Funeral Home records

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