In the early 1950s due the Lake Ouaticha project cemeteries were relocated. Reference1951 Corps of Engineers report "Relocation Plan of Cemeteries" for the Blakely Mountain Reservoir Area, AR. Information posted here with permission from the COE, Vicksburg office.
Located Graves
A = Murphy Cemetery
Grave No. | Marker | Name | Next of Kin | Address | New location Site |
1-5 | None | unk | unk | unk | A, C 23-27 |
6 | None | Bill Brazile | Calvin Brazile | Royal, Ark | A, C 28 |
7 | None | Nell Brazile | Calvin Brazile | Royal, Ark | A, C 29 |
8 | None | Mary Brazile Mitchell | Calvin Brazile | Royal, Ark | A, C 30 |
Grave No. | Marker | Name | Next of Kin | Address | New location Site |
1 | Monu. | Mary Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
2 | None | John Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
3 | Rock | Ellen Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
4 | Rock | Charley Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
5 | Rock | Solomon Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
6 | Rock | Helen Matilda Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
7 | Rock | Harrison Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
8 | None | Infant Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
9 | None | Adult Kymes | Annie Gallion | Oden, Ark | A, C 15 |
Grave No. | Marker | Name | Next of Kin | Address | New location Site |
1 | None | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | C, 103 |
1A | None | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | C, 104 |
2 | None | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | C, 105 |
3-30 | None | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | C, 128-152 167-169 |
Grave No. | Marker | Name | Next of Kin | Address | New location Site |
1 | None | George Washington Kilgore | Ted Kilgore | Bear , Ark | A, C2 |
2 | None | unk | unk | unk | A, C3 |
Murphy Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR is located fourteen miles east of Mt. Ida on the Hwy 270, one mile west of the county boundary with Garland Co. south side of the road. Created for the graves that were removed from the floor of Lake Ouachita. No dates listed in the cemetery books.