In September 1881, A.J. Weathers (Withers) deeded this property for cemetery and school purposes. The first known burial at Sunny Point Cemetery was Mary W. Brasher, who died in 1882, and her husband, E.H. Brasher, is also buried there. Several generations of prominent community families, including the Evans, Bryant, Callan, Roman, and Wilson families, are interred there, along with veterans of American conflicts dating to the Civil War. The Sunny Point School, west of the cemetery, played a vital role in the community for many years before later consolidating into the Cumby Independent School District. Residents and descendants of those buried there formed a cemetery association to manage the perpetual care burial ground, and members hold meetings each May, a decades-old tradition. Today, the cultural heritage found among the vertical stones, curbed plots, and other features at Sunny Point Cemetery chronicles the families and individuals who once called Sunny Point home.