Elizabeth Cemetery

Surveyed by Della J. (Sanders) Glenn, in the early 1980s. This survey is not complete. The cemetery is located about 1/2 mile northeast of Elizabeth, Arkansas, in Fulton county. The land for the cemetery may have been donated by Tom H. Hammond. This is an old cemetery and there is an old arbor in the cemetery that is still used for dinners on Decoration Sunday, which is always the 4th Sunday in May. People meet there, mainly from 10 a.m. until 12 noon, take their dinner, eat under the old arbor and visit with one another, having a great time. There is some seating in the arbor and many people take their chairs. Some people make the trip back every year, to decorate the graves and visit the living. The directions to the cemetery are:

From the Elizabeth Post Office, go north about 500 feet to a "Y" in the road. Take the right, go about 300 feet and turn right again. Continue east about 1/4 mile to the cemetery on the right side of the road.

Many thanks to Della for submitting the following information.

NAME	DATE(S)
James Elbert Stephens	20 Dec 1888 - 8 Dec 1975
Cora Ann (Smith) Stephens	24 Aug 1886 - 21 Nov 1958
Arvil Stephens	10 April 1925 - 1 Oct 1925
Louie Stephens	22 Feb 1918 - 8 Aug 1918
James H. Hodges, Ark. Pvt. 1CL 153 AMB CO. 39 DIV	22 Feb 1893 - 30 Dec 1941
William B. Hodges	28 April 1870 - 6 June 1919
Virginia Hodges	10 jan 1866 - 27 May 1939
George James Stephens	26 Sept 1892 - 20 May 1968, Marr. 29 Oct 1916
C. Esta (Cantrell) Stephens	20 Sept 1898 - 16 Feb 1937
George Leroy Stephens	3 Feb 1927 - 5 Mar 1935
Boyd Griffith	1878 - 1905
George Griffith	1846 - 1894
Ada Hunt Griffith	1852 - 1907
William Cranford Stephens	1867 - 1946
Lucy Aldora Stephens	1868 - 1951
James T. Stephens	1832 - 1898
Elmer Stephens	1887 - 1900
Flora Stephens	24 Dec 1901 - 24 Jan 1902
Infant of Mr. & Mrs. Horace Stephens	No Dates
Annetta J. Stephens	21 Nov 1933 - 18 Jan 1934
Shirley R. Stephens	22 Sept 1936 - 11 April 1937
Rosa Foster	1899 - 1923
Wilma Aldora Stephens	10 Dec 1923 - 1923
Henry Hugh Stephens	Died 20 Mar 1977, Aged 81 yrs, 5 mos, 8 days
R.A. Sanders (Alex Roe Sanders)	2 Dec 1914 - 7 Feb 1968
Mary Dorene Sanders, dau. of Alex & Lillian Stephens Sanders	20 July 1955
Jimmy Ray Comstock	3 May 1953 - 6 May 1953
Winnie Sanders	1878 - 1907
Winslow Sanders	10 Feb 1913 - 15 Oct 1913
Gentry Sanders	14 Sept 1911 - 4 April 1923
William Samuel Shoemate	30 Aug 1886 - 30 June 1949
Texaner Shoemate	31 Jan 1888 - 7 Jan 1962
Lizzie Rand	1867 - 1947
Grandmother Jane Taylor, wife of Dan Taylor	No Dates
J.W. Ware "Father"	2 Sept 1852 - 11 Jan 1886, Aged 33 y, 4 m, 9 d "gone but not forgotten"
W.B. Ware	26 Feb 1886 - 28 Jan 1934
Marie Gossage	1899 - 1966
George A. Gossage	1893 - 1958
Emma Mae Gossage	1868 - 1958
David Clifton Stephens, SP4 US Army (Vietnam)	1953 - 1976
William Clough Barker	8 Sept 1903 - 6 April 1976
Jim Barker	31 May 1868 - 5 May 1929
Janie Barker	19 July 1875 - 28 Aug 1962
William E. Ross	1870 - 1951
Elizabeth J. Ross	1873 - 1956
Malinda Sanders "Mother"	1869 - 1949

NOTES by submitter: R.A. Sanders (Alex Roe Sanders), death date on stone is wrong, it should be 1969, the tombstone was donated by an extended family member with the misinformation. He was born Roe Alex Andrew Sanders. He later changed the name to Alex Roe Sanders.

Mary Dorene Sanders: Stillborn. She was a twin, her brother survived.

Grandmother Jane Taylor: There is a "Grandfather Daniel Taylor", (no dates), buried in the Flora Cemetery, Fulton county, Arkansas.

Further notations that have been sent in on the Elizabeth Cemetery:

Sent by Jim Young:

Inscribed on a cement slab Lucy J. Young, died 31 July 1930. Mother of W.A. Young.
CANTRELL, George S., 27 Dec 1874 - 16 Oct 1922. Also: Jennie, 24 May 1879 - 13 June 1963
ROBERTS, Fannie L., 15 Apr 1873 - 22 Dec 1964. Also: G.W., 9 Oct 1859 - 15 March 1923.
ROBERTS, Matt, 1877 - 1938. Also: Ina, 1867 - 19??
YOUNG, Laura E., 24 Feb 1896 - 24 Sept 1985. Also: H. Alvin, 16 Sept 1894 - 16 Aug 1994.

Updated 16 Jul 2007