Rufus Fanklin Huneycutt was born in Stanley Co. N.C. and came to Hendersonville to work at the furniture factory owned by Walter Hathcock, at the bottom of Wolfe Shoals. The factory was destroyed in the flood of 1916 when the dam of Kanuga Lake broke. He became a builder of homes and the Kanuga Chapel, a mechanic, building ships in Charleston S.C. during the war and the property manager and carpenter for Kanuga. He built the pews used today in the Kanuga Chapel (shared by a family member).
Rufus Franklin Huneycutt came to Henderson County in the early 1900’s, approximately 1910 from Stanley County , and a little town of Oakboro, NC.. He came to work in the furniture shop associated with Kanuga when it was a private camp and lodge . The furniture shop built all the furniture that was used in the lodge at Kanuga from the lumber cut from the property. He was responsible for building all the cabins that were used for families who came to the camp for the summer. In addition to building the cabins and furniture, he and his crew built the chapel for the Episcopal Conference when they purchased the camp just prior to the Depression. The old lodge is now gone, replaced with new structures, but the cabins, furniture, and chapel are still used at Camp Kanuga. R.F. continued working at Kanuga as the maintenance person and maintained the camp during the year. He also built a number of
houses in the Hendersonville area as well as several private homes on the Kanuga property. In addition to the work at Kanuga, R.F. was also instrumental in building cabins, and structures at Camp Tekoa, including the old lake side log house RF Married Mary Elizabeth Sentell from the Crab Creek area. She too is buried in the Huneycutt plot. Together, they had two children, both buried in the Huneycutt plot (shared by a family member).
Rufus Fanklin Huneycutt was born in Stanley Co. N.C. and came to Hendersonville to work at the furniture factory owned by Walter Hathcock, at the bottom of Wolfe Shoals. The factory was destroyed in the flood of 1916 when the dam of Kanuga Lake broke. He became a builder of homes and the Kanuga Chapel, a mechanic, building ships in Charleston S.C. during the war and the property manager and carpenter for Kanuga. He built the pews used today in the Kanuga Chapel (shared by a family member).
Rufus Franklin Huneycutt came to Henderson County in the early 1900’s, approximately 1910 from Stanley County , and a little town of Oakboro, NC.. He came to work in the furniture shop associated with Kanuga when it was a private camp and lodge . The furniture shop built all the furniture that was used in the lodge at Kanuga from the lumber cut from the property. He was responsible for building all the cabins that were used for families who came to the camp for the summer. In addition to building the cabins and furniture, he and his crew built the chapel for the Episcopal Conference when they purchased the camp just prior to the Depression. The old lodge is now gone, replaced with new structures, but the cabins, furniture, and chapel are still used at Camp Kanuga. R.F. continued working at Kanuga as the maintenance person and maintained the camp during the year. He also built a number of
houses in the Hendersonville area as well as several private homes on the Kanuga property. In addition to the work at Kanuga, R.F. was also instrumental in building cabins, and structures at Camp Tekoa, including the old lake side log house RF Married Mary Elizabeth Sentell from the Crab Creek area. She too is buried in the Huneycutt plot. Together, they had two children, both buried in the Huneycutt plot (shared by a family member).
