Located 1.25 miles east of Story, turn just pass the church. Easy to find look for the cemetery sign. On Red Ridge Road (gravel county road) in a field, a quarter mile off of Hwy 298, The photos were taken 10th June 2020 soon after Decoration Day, as the cemetery was colorful and grass mowed. Many of the military headstones were marked by small US flags. This is not a transcription but a photo study of few of the colorful headstones with a focus on the military headstones. Some of these military headstones are flat on the ground and may disappear with time from begin covered with weeds and soil. The cemetery is well maintained, fenced, with a bench under the shade of an old tree.
Nov. 2017 photo
The cemetery has been transcribed at least three times. Once online in 2008 listing 139 names and 93% photographed. Published books Montgomery County Cemetery Records (1986) (1998) both listed 106 unmarked graves. The 1986 cemetery book recorded 117 names. Only 33 family names and the majority of the headstones representing eight families. Surnames: Alridge, Bailey (2 headstones), Balisle, Breashears (15), Brewer, Brumley (2), Cole (3), Cooper, Dillard (2), Hamlet, Holmes (7), Hulsey (4), Jinx, Kilby (10), Lamb (12), Lenderman (9), Lykins (5), Minton (2), Murray, Nix, Palmer, Partain (3), Phillips, Ray (2), Ryan (2), Saveall (3), Seryan, Seale (2), Shadrick, Shields (3), Spurlock, Stewart (7), and Young (6).
June 2020. The cemetery looking bright from Decoration Day.
Ava Vanita Abernathy
June 21 1935 - Jan. 26 12016
Married August 23 1958
John 14: 1-6
Balisle 1939-1939
Beatrice Breashears
Born May 22 1909
Died Dec. 22 1912
Ezra H. Breashears
Arkansas PFC US Army
World War 11
Nov. 24 1920 - July 6 1973
Fonnie Breashears
TEC5 US Army World War II
1916 June 1 - 1984 Mar. 7
Fonnie Breashears was a lifetime resident of Montgomery County, a sawmill worker
and a member of the Story Church of God. He was a veteran of World War II and
involved in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations and was awarded the
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon with a bronze battle ribbon. His mother was
Gertrude Agnes Breashears nee Southard.
Gertrude A. Breashears
Oct. 15, 1881
Jan. 22, 1952
Mother is Resting
Mother
Frances E. Breashears
Oct. 11 1869
Mar. 30 1906
Fredie Mathey Breashears
Born June 30 1918 - Died Dec. 8 1919
James M. Breashears 1911-1996 and Oma C. 2014-2010
Wed March 17 1934
Lura Mage Brumley
Dec 28 1911
Apr 5 1977
Lawrence R. Brumley
Feb 14 1902
June 5 1952
Edgar H Cole
Arkansas PVT CO I
6 Infantry World War I
April 23 1883 - November 6 1865
PH [Purple Heart]
Hazel Inez Hamlet
Dec. 17, 1932
Dec. 19, 1932
Gone to be an angel.
Rev. H.H. Holmes [Rev. Harrison Hopkin Holmes]
July 2, 1863
May 15, 1935
The Lord is my shepherd
I shall not want.
[Mason emblem on headstone
[Chain F.L.T.]
Ules Teral Holmes
Feb. 1 1926 - Aug. 9 2004
Loving Father and grandpa.
pg 76
Floyd D Horton
US Army
Jan. 2 1928 - Sep. 14 2018
Paul Bruce Laird US Navy Sep. 19 1939 - June 18 2017.
Infant Twin daughters of Bud & Elizabeth Lamb 1897. To the left in the
grass is a ceramic lamb. On the top side of the headstone is a bush with orange
daylilies blooming in June. These daylilies wre the only flowers blooming in the
cemetery grounds in June 2020.
Bonie Lamb
1861 - 1927
At Rest.
M.R. Lenderman
Born Oct. 28 1858
Died Jan. 31 1935
Martha A. wife of M.R. Lenderman
Born Aug. 10 1865
Died Oct. 31 1900.
[Looks like there is something missing off the top of the
headstone]
David Lykins 1914-1966
Jesus never Fails.
Ezra H. Minton
PFC US Army Air Forces World War II
1925-2017
Rev. Ezra H. Minton and Mildred Jan. 31 1929 -Feb. 7 2012. Married July 13 1945.
As soon as you enter the cemetery this grave stands out.
Charles Vance Partain
US Army Vietnam
Jan 20 1949 Apr 18 2014
Son of Jeff Partain and Gladys Phillips Partain. "E.J." is preceded in death by
his brothers, Earl Partain, R.J. Partain and Merle Partain.
Eutah J. Partain
CPL US Army World War II
Jan 13 1925 - May 29 2013
Merle Allen Partain
SSGT US Air Force
WW11 Korea Vietnam
Jul 12 1927 Apr 28 2007
He served his country for 23 years.
Reuben J Partain
SFC US Army
Korea
Apr 27 1932 - Dec 11 2007
Nancy J. Ray
Born April 13 1843
Died Sep. 1 1932
Another link is broken
In our household bond,
But a chain is forming
In a better land.
Homer J RYAN
PFC US Army World War II
September 20 1898
April 17 1967
Ryan
John Thomas RYAN
Co. E.
5 Miss. INF. C.S.A.
Company E - (Pettus Rebels) - raised in Winston County, MS. These men departed
from Fern Springs area where Captain Abner Reed (later Major in 11th CAV.) had
his store. This area is known as the Skillet, Fern Springs and Winstonville in
some records. 5th Regiment, Co. "E" Pettus Rebels were organised 31 Jul 1861.
Sarah Kilby SAVEALL
Jan 31 1915 - 1997
Baby Shadrick
Albert SPURLOCK
1877-1951
Gross Funeral Home
James Martin YOUNG
Jan 1 1862 - Feb. 18 1952
Rest in peace "Uncle Jim"
R.J. Young
Born Jan 1 1865- Died Nov 1 1881
Interesting mirrored J.
Second oldest headstone in cemetery.
[Oldest headstone in cemetery is William E. Kilby 1824-1880]