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151    BASNIGHT, DEMOUS FAMILY [African-American]

Location - off Hortontown Rd about 0.8 mile from Cross Roads.


Directions: Leaving Hwy 64, enter Cross Roads and turn left onto Hortontown Road. Go 0.8 mile on right to a lane. Follow the lane to the end. The cemetery is on the left.

Note: Another cemetery is on the right with unmarked graves, one funeral marker with no info so we couldn't record it.

Survey by Vance & Veronica Haskett in 1990.

1. Basnight, Austrolia W.   (b. 7 Oct 1890 - d. 10 Mar 1961)
2. Basnight, Charlie H.   (b. 18 Jan 1889 - d. 23 Mar 1982)
Parents: Demous Basnight & Susan Horton
3. Basnight, David L.   (b. 11 Mar 1904 - d. 18 Sep 1958)
BASNIGHT
4. Basnight, Demous   (b. 26 Jun 1866 - d. 26 Mar 1938)
BASNIGHT Double headstone. Death is eternal life why should we weep. Husband of Susan Horton. Dad: Demous Basnight"'
5. Basnight, Ida P.   (b. 28 Aug 1896 - d. 6 Apr 1952)
CH: Died Apr 1- Parents: Edward Patrick & Hulda McDowell
6. Basnight, Shurley   (b. 28 May 1934 - d. 24 Jan 1978)
CH: Died 1976- Parents: George Basnight & Pattie Patrick
7. Basnight, Susan Horton   (b. 15 Dec 1868 - d. Oct 221938)
BASNIGHT Double headstone. Death is eternal life why should we weep. Wife of Demous Basnight. Flat/same.
8. Basnight, Sylvester   (b. 1 Jul 1925 - d. 1 Sep 1951)
Parents: George Basnight & Pattie Patrick
9. Downing, William M.   (b. 1886 - d. 1964)
10. Horton, John William (Rev.)   (b. 2 Feb 1884 - d. Oct 151955)
Double headstone. Parents: Richard Horton & Sophia Skinner. Husband of Martha Jane Walker.
11. Horton, Martha Jane   (b. Unknown - d. Jun 71967)
Wife of John Wm. Horton. Dad: Prov Walker.
12. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Flat Stone. no info.
13. Walker, John E. (Rev.)   (b. 16 May 1888 - d. 27 Oct 1962)
Flat: Johnnie (D)1966, other info/same. Parents: Jerry Walker & Martha Bell
14. Walker, Lucille   (b. 31 Aug 1898 - d. 30 May 1973)
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord Double headstone. Footstone: L.B.W. Flat: (B)Aug 30, 1902 (D)May 30, 1973. Other info/same. Parents: Demous Basnight & Susan Horton
15. Walker, Moses W. D.   (b. 8 Oct 1903 - d. 7 Jun 1961)
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Double headstone. Flat/same. Parents: Thomas Walker & Rosetta McNair