SESSIONS STONE AT BOLES
Scott County, Arkansas
Next to the Boles Freewill Baptist Church is a tiny cemetery which goes back to the
1850�s. It has not been in use for many, many years. Janice Rogers wrote
me: "As far back as I can remember it was no longer in use and most of
the tombstones had fallen over. I believe there were remnants of an old
barbed wire fence. This was about the mid-1930�s. Eventually the
tombstones were all on the ground. People let their cows run loose back
then and I�m sure with their grazing they knocked some of them down. By
the early forties grass was growing over them and some cars were driving
across one corner of the cemetery, taking a short cut to the nearby
stores. In order to preserve a record of who might be buried there
pieces of the tombstones with readable names were put under the church.
At that time the church building had no skirting around it and it was
about 2 � feet from the floor to ground. I�m sure the pieces are still
there, near the front of the church."
Buried in this small cemetery is James Augustus and Lucinda (Ivey)
Sessions. The descendants of James and Lucinda have put in a new marker
for them. I believe that my great-great-great grandparents, Elijah and
Mary (Sessions) Ivey are also buried there. I have been told that there
were about eleven graves. If anyone can add to or correct the above
information it will certainly be appreciated.
Contributed by Charlene L. Holland. Please
see below for another view of this small cemetery.
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