Sunset Hill Cemetery
City of Valdosta, County of Lowndes, Georgia
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This is a gigantic and beautiful cemetery in downtown Valdosta, which is a
nice modernized city not far from the Florida border on I-75. Sometimes it's
simply referred to as the Valdosta Cemetery. It can be found on Oak Street,
not far South from the intersection of Baytree Rd. The Valdosta Historical
Society and Museum is located just a little further South on Oak St.
I have no direct ancestors currently buried here, but my great grand-uncle
Robert Essie Barfield and his wife Eulah Belle Newton are here, with their
unnamed quintuplets who died in infancy. I obtained a paper from the cemetery
called “Interesting Tour of Sunset Hill Cemetery.” The 7th stop
on the tour reads, “Nearby is the Barfield
lot with two graves, Eula Newton Barfield, Nov. 20, 1881 - Apr. 8, 1967 and
Robert
E.
Barfield,
Mar.
6, 1878 - June 5, 1949. On a cement bench, there is this inscription: ‘’neath
this seat lie five infant Barfields.’ Thought to have been quintuplets
born in 1906. Sec 203 Blk 075 Lot 009.” Other diverse individuals buried
here, described on the tour sheet, include the mausoleum of Col. William S.
West (a U.S. Senator), Major Lyn Davis McIntosh (who died trying to rescue
American hostages in Iran), Major Henry B. Holliday and Alice Jane McKey (parents
of
John Henry “Doc” Holliday who of course is known for
participating in the gun fight at the O.K. Coral), and many others.
Photos by Christopher Sirmons Haviland. You may download and
use any tombstone photograph at this site as you wish.
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Lot of Robert Essie Barfield & Eulah Belle Newton
Children: Robert Essie Jr., James Lafayette, Randall Walker, and
5 unnamed infants (probably quintuplets). The babies are buried here, under
this bench. Robert Essie Barfield Jr. is buried at the Riverview Cemetery
at Northumberland, PA. James Lafayette Barfield is likely buried in Florida
somewhere, possibly near Cocoa Beach. I have no idea where Randall Walker
Barfield is buried.
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Robert E. Barfield
Son of General Lafayette Barfield & Pharaba Currin Wilson
Husband of Eula Belle Newton (m. 6 Sep 1900)
b. 6 Mar 1878, d. 5 Jun 1949
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Eulah Belle Newton
Wife of Robert Essie Barfield (m. 6 Sep 1900)
b. 20 Nov 1881, d. 8 Apr 1967
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