In the cemetary are two tombstones, on one is Thomas Hunt and on another is James Hunt.
Legend has it that Thomas Hunt died first on September 11, 1884 at the age of twenty-eight. His brother, James, died six weeks later on October 28, 1884 at the age of twenty-six. One was a good child, always considerate and caring. The other was a horrible child who was always in trouble. The bad child was very jealous of his brother, and one day killed him. Everyone was devastated, and they chose to mark his tombstone with a finger pointing upward. When it was determined that the favored son had been killed by his terrible brother, they had him hung. The only people who attended the hanging were a minister and an undertaker. On his tombstone, they put a finger pointing down with a chain around it. (Down Home Dacusville Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)
If you are ever visiting Hunt's Memorial Baptist Church look for these two tombstones.
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| Photo Courtesy of Down Home Dacusville Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow |
It was told they died from natural causes and their mother did the tombstones like that be cause one had been saved and baptized and the other had; not. That was told be the older citizens of the Hunt's Memorial Community
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