Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery

EBENEZER METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Est. 1851

Located North of Union Baptist Church & Cemetery along both sides of Armer

Road, in Union County, Arkansas. October 2001 ~ Updated June 2009.

* Traveling East Highway 63, (aka Moro Bay Road) turn left onto Crain City Road.

At "Y" in road (Union Baptist Church & Cemetery sets in the middle of the "Y") go

straight ahead, instead of bearing to the right in front of the church on Armer Road.

An older section is across Armer Road on the west side from the church.

New survey April 11, 2012 Last updated April, 2019

Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com

Use of the following symbols:

* & indicates a double headstone or multiple names on single headstone.

* OB indicates the info came from their Obituary

*ARDI Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*SSDI Social Security Death Index

*MM Mortuary Marker

PART II of the EBENEZER METHODIST CEMETERY,

hidden by the trees & bushes, but located across Armer Road from the church & cemetery.

Many of the old graves in this cemetery are unmarked.

*A red heart indicates they are buried in this older section of the cemetery.

EUEL KENNETH ARMER 12-5-1935 to 9-9-2008

*S/of William A. Armer (1900-1981) & Beatrice Eldaine Major Armer(1907-1983)

*A2C US Air Force *Cremated in Tennessee. One of 9 children.

JAMES ARMER 11-28-1849 to 1-26-1932 "Father"

MARY M. ARMER 2-22-1868 to 8-13-1956 "Mother"

"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

JOHN PRESTON ARMER (88) 3-4-1924 to 11-24-2012 *OB

*S/of William Aylmer Armer (1900-1981) & Beatrice Eldaine Major Armer(1907-1983)

*Wf/of 55 yrs, Betty Dean Parker Armer *World War II Veteran (Mason)

& BETTY DEAN PARKER ARMER (84) 12-19-1934 to 1-16-2019 *OB

*D/of Ellis Allen Parker & Mary Elizabeth Thompson Parker in Harrel. AR

*Graduated nursing school in 1955; worked Warner Brown Hospital & the Medical Center

of South Arkansas until she retired in 1999. *Member of Calion First Baptist Church.

JOHN LEMUEL ARMER 1-12-1874 to 3-15-1934

*S/of William H. Armer(1845-1910) & Marina L. Armer(1850-1937)

*Parents of 9 children

Wf, MARTHA JANE DAVIS ARMER 9-2-1875 to 1-9-1939

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

MARK RANDELL 'RANDY' ARMER 3-10-1953 to 2-25-2000

(Bailey MM) *MM marker gives Marks birth year as 1952. 'Brothers'

*Sons of, John Preston Armer(1924-2012) & wife of 55 yrs, Betty Parker Armer

& JOHN P. ARMER, JR. 7-26-1947 (One date)

*John & Mark Armer share a double headstone. "Asleep To Wake With Jesus"

ROSEMARIE NELSON ARMER (56) 11-16-1955 to 9-17-2012 *ob

*D/of Rex F. Nelson & Norma June Zirkle Nelson. *Husb of 31 yrs, Dean Armer.

*Late daughter-in-law of John Preston Armer & Betty Dean Parker Armer

Unmarked ARMER grave *D/of Henry & Mary Murphy Armer

Unnamed ARMER Daughter (no dates)

*D/of John Lemuel Armer(1874-1934) & Martha Jane Davis Armer(1875-1939)

WILLIAM AYLMER ARMER 6-24-1900 to 3-26-1981

*Md:6/9/1923 "Thy Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star To Heaven"

& BEATRICE ELDAIN MAJOR ARMER 8-31-1907 to 4-14-1983

WILLIAM EDWARD 'ED' ARMER (77)10-11-1871 to 2-26-1949

*S/of William H. Armer (1845-1910) & Marina L. Perdue Armer (1850-1937)

"Blessed Are The Peace Makers" *Homemade headstone

WILLIAM H. ARMER 5-26-1845 AL to 12-3-1910

"Thy memory shall ever be a guiding star to Heaven"

*Md: 12/4/1870

Wife, MARINA L. PERDUE ARMER 1-17-1850 AL to 12-22-1937

*Md: to William H. Armer. This union produced 4 children.

*1) John Lemuel Armer 2.) William Edward Armer 3.) Ida L. Armer 4.) Henry C. Armer

CHARLOTTE E. RUSSELL BENEFIELD 2-28-1945 to 5-14-2004

*D/of of Martha Matthews Russell (1916-2006) & Richard Cyrus "Dick" Russell(1918-1994)

*Husband, John L. Benefield *ob

FRANK BLACKMON, SR. 1844 to 1906

& CARRIE TAB DETTINGHAM BLACKMON 1858 to 1897

*Carrie & Frank Blackmon share a tombstone with the "JASON DETTENHEIM FAMILY"

'Daddy' JASON 1819-1894 / 'Son' JACOB 1862-1885 / 'Daughter' LENA 1856-1885 /

'Son-in-law, FRANK BLACKMON, SR. 1844-1906 / 'Daughter' CARRIE BLACKMON 1855-1897.

(These two are buried with the Dettingheim family)

JANIECE ROGERS BLOUNT b: 4-12-1937 (One date)

MARJORIE ANN DAVIS BOULDIN 5-5-1936 to 10-2-1999

"Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life those who believe in me will live.

Even though they die." John 11:25

ELIGAH "PLUCK" BURCH 1829 to 1970

RUTH "MONKEY" BURCH 1924 to 1979

ERNEST E. "BUDDY" CARMICHAEL 10-17-1928 to 7-6-1985

FLORENCE B. CARMICHAEL 1-2-1884 to 8-16-1981

*U. S. Army ~ World War I

VINCIE CATHERINE PERDUE CARMICHAEL

7-3-1833 to 12-29-1890

*D/of Mary Murphy Perdue(1808-1892) & John H. Perdue

WILLIAM JASPER CASSIDY April 1845 Dale Co., AL to 1916 AR

*2nd H/of Elizabeth Smith Ainsworth Cassidy(1827-1903)

*Buried Bethlehem Cemetery, Spotville, Columbia Co.,AR

(From family member, grandfather of Hettie Braswell Doss / Alto Long)

AMASA CHAPMAN 7-2-1832 to 11-27-1921

ROBERT COLLIS DAVIS 6-26-1899 to 6-3-1971

*Texas Pvt STU Army TNG Corps ~ World War I

ALTO KELLY DAVIS 1-11-1906 to 6-6-1996

MARY COLLIS DAVIS 1935 to 1935

(Original markersin 2001 when I did 1^st survey)

JASON DETTINGHAM 1819-1894

*Jason's Family: (also Carrie Tab Dettingham Blackmon)

JACOB DETTINGHAM 5-20-1862 to 7-12-1885

*S/of Jason Dettenheim (1819-1894)

LENA DETTINGHAM 3-24-1856 to 8-6-1885

"JASON DETTENHEIM FAMILY"........

'Daddy' JASON 1819-1894

'Son' JACOB 1862-1885

'Daughter' LENA 1856-1885 /

'Son-in-law, FRANK BLACKMON, SR. 1844-1906

'Daughter' CARRIE DETTENHEIM BLACKMON 1855-1897.

*All on one marker: (new marker with everyone listed on it)

JASON DETTENHEIM Family 1819 to 1894

*Son, JACOB 5-20-1862 to 7-12-1885

*Daug, LENA 3-24-1856 to 8-6-1885

*Daug, CARRIE DETTENHEIM BLACKMON 1858 to 1897

*Son-in-law, FRANK BLACKMON, Sr. 1844 to 1906

GEORGE C. DOSS 6-16-1880 to 1-16-1918

*WOW "Not lost but gone before"

GEORGE LEO DOSS 11-30-1916 to 12-6-1983

*Pvt U. S. Army~ World War II

GREEN DEPRECE DOSS 1-22-1887 to 2-21-1979

& ESTHA BERRY DOSS 11-3-1895 to 9-2-1983

"Gone but not forgotten"

HARVEY DOSS 9-18-1897 to 7-8-1899

"In Heaven there is one angel more"

JOE S. DOSS 10-16-1908 to 12-2-1969 (Mason)

& SALLY ROGERS DOSS 3-6-1909 to 5-17-1998

"Each Duty Done, They Rest In Peace"

LEE DOSS 10-10-1891 to 4-5-1912

"Just in the morning of his day. In youth and love he died"

MIKE DOSS 8-7-1852 to 12-21-1932 "Father"

& MAGGIE PERDUE DOSS 7-31-1857 to 11-25-1914

"Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection."

WILLIAM H. FERGUSON

9-3-1822 to 7-17-1854 (Mason)

"Sacred to the memory of Wm. H. Ferguson who Departed This Life

July 17^th AD. 1854, age 31 years, 10 months, and 14 days."

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

This tombstone stands at the head of a quarried stone crypt.

The top has collapsed in & some of the side stones have moved.

The top appears to have been the first part to collapse.

It appears that the large rectangular stones were fitted together

without the use of mortar. Difficult to tell what formed the top / lid.

MARION E. FIKE 4-13-1927 to 4-2-1994

"Until we meet again may God hold you in the Palm of His Hand"

Unmarked Grave next to Ruthie House

*Two more Unmarked graves next to Cecile & J.A. Townsend

LENA IDEL GREGORY 8-31-1900 to 9-12-1900

*D/of William D. Gregory(1877-1911) & E. Irene Perdue Gregory Nelson (1882-1942)

"We will meet again" "Gone but not forgotten"

WILLIAM D. GREGORY 8-1-1877 to 2-3-1911

*WOW "We'll join thee in that heavenly land. No more to take the parting hand."

*1^st H/of E. Irene Gregory Perdue Nelson (1882-1942) *Md:12/26/1897

*See more on Irene under "Nelson"

E. IRENE PERDUE GREGORY NELSON 3-2-1882 to 4-14-1942

*1st husband of Irene Perdue, was William D. Gregory(1877-1911) (Md:12/26/1897)

(*See under Nelson) *Md:2^nd10/31/1916 - Charles Amasa Chapman Nelson

"Rest Is Thine: Sweet Remembrance Ours"

IDA HARRISON 11-19-1898 to 8-9-1900

*D/of J.B. & E. Dora Perdue Harrison "At Rest"

JIMMIE HARRISON 12-10-1900 to 6-25-1902

*S/of J.B. & E. Dora Perdue Harrison "Gone but not forgotten"

Little ROBERT HARRELSON 6-2-1905 to 10-12-1905

*S/of R.A. & Mary A. Harrelson "Gone but not forgotten"

Grandmother HEDGE (no dates - no marker)

*May be related to Thomas A. H. Hedge family of GA.

ARCHIE HOUSE 1901-1903

*S/of Elisha Taylor House(1872-1952) & Mary Schmidt House(1877-1902)

ELISHA TAYLOR HOUSE 10-4-1872 TN to 10-13-1952 OK

*H/of *1^stwife, Mary Schmidt. Elisha is buried in Canfield Cemetery, Idabel, OK.

*2^ndwife, Dora Barbara Cline House(1888-1979)

MARY SCHMIDT HOUSE 1877 to 1902

*D/of Kasper Schmidt(1837-1904) & Narcissa Doss Schmidt(1839-1901)

*Wf/of Elisha Taylor House

RUTHIE HOUSE b & d 1900

*D/of Elisha Taylor House(1872-1952) & Mary Schmidt House(1877-1902)

WILLIAM HOUSE 1895 to 1902

*S/of Elisha Taylor House(1872-1952) & Mary Schmidt House(1877-1902)

WILLARD HOUSE 1895 to 1896

[6-8-1895 to 8-15-1896]

*S/of Elisha Taylor House(1872-1952) & Mary Schmidt House(1877-1902)

*Tombstone with name broken off-dates are intact;believe it belongs to Willard.

ELLA JARRY (aka JERRY) 6-15-1856 to 3- 16-1888

A fence encloses this grave. It is grown up with shrubs & vines-making it difficult to read the marker.

*1st Wf/of FRANK A. JARRY(1857-1934) buried Union Baptist Church Cemetery

*On Ella's tombstone the spelling of the surname is "JARRY".

On Frank's tombstone, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, it is spelled "JERRY"

*Some of the info & details from an earlier survey done in 1991 by the late Lillian

McGowen Craig.

LEONARD T. KELLY, SR. 10-11-1900 to 10-21-1971 (Mason)

& MAUDE PERDUE KELLY 10-18-1899 to 5-26-1979

*D/of Rev. Andrew Jefferson Perdue(1866-1943) & Martha Elizabeth Owen Perdue(1865-1931)

*Wf/of Leonard T. Kelly, Sr. "Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit"

TOM LARRY 2-13-1884 to 7-3-1970

& CATHERINE BURCH LARRY 9-4-1918 to 2-21-1958

LOUIS MONROE LONG 8-14-1896 IND to 3-1-1959

*Arkansas AS USNRF~ World War I "POP"

Wf, ALTO PERDUE LONG 7-23-1902 to 9-8-1998

*D/of Martha "Mattie" Ellen Crain Perdue (1873-1957) & Wm. Hilton Perdue(1861-1937)

*Youngest of 10 children. "In memory of a loving mom to everyone"

WILLIAM MARSHALL LONG 5-10-1890 to 12-22-1939

*Possibly, brother to Louis Monroe Long "When Day Is Done"

J. C. LYON 11-21-1897 to 1-10-1916

"The cross is my anchor" *Across road in old section of cemetery

TOD LYON 10-4-1852 to 11-22-1936

& MARTHA ALICE STEPHENS LYON 8-20-1860 to 3-28-1931

"We will meet again"

PETER FRANKLIN MATTHEWS & FAMILY

12-29-1853 to 4-25-1904

Peter born in Upson County, GA

*The following dates are not on tombstones but from family Bible.

*JULIE, WILLIE, BETTIE, RAGAN.

The small tombstones only contain the first name.

JULIA RUES MATTHEWS * 7-26-1887 to 10-16-1891

WILLIE WARD MATTHEWS * 7-12-1876 to 8-25-1888

BETTIE LOU MATTHEWS *12-27-1877 to 12-10-1899

REAGAN OWEN MATTHEWS *Jun 1890 to Jun 19, 1935

JOHN CLIFTON BRECKENRIDGE MATTHEWS

12-28-1883 to 4-6-1965

MINOR WALLACE MATTHEWS 1-18-1885 to 7-3-1941

*Located in Matthews family plot.

PEARL PERDUE MATTHEWS 2-24-1888 to 3-25-1973

*Located in Matthews family plot.

PRISCILLA MATTHEWS 8-29-1923 to 12-1-1931

*D/of Pearl & Minor *Located in Matthews family plot.

HETTIE BRASWELL DOSS McGILVRAY 2-13-1887 to 3-5-1973

"At Rest"

ELIZABETH S. McGOWEN 9-5-1911 to 2-10-1914 "Sister"

RUBY L. McGOWEN 8-29-1901 to 10-20-1903

JOSEPH D. McGOWEN 1824 Dublin Co., NC to 10-16-1878

*Migrated to ARK abt 1844 (Mason)

ELIZABETH McWILLIAMS McGOWEN

*1^st wife of JOSEPH D. McGOWEN

*Grave marked with native stone (no dates)

(2012- stone marker is gone or no longer visible)

BELLE SPEED MORGAN 12-27-1877 to 8-26-1947

"She's Safe At Home" *WOW

RODERICK D. MORGAN 11-27-1910 to 10-24-1996

"Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit" *Luke XXIII.46

& SARA LILLIAN PERDUE MORGAN 12-30-1910 to 7-1-1965

*D/of Alex Watson Perdue(1876-1956) & Alice Sorrells Perdue (1875-1960)

AMASA CHAPMAN NELSON 7-2-1832 to 11-27-1921

"Asleep In Jesus"

CHARLES AMASA CHAPMAN NELSON 7-26-1887 to 10-22-1966

*S/of John T. Nelson (b:ca 1867 Iowa) & Minerva E. Wilson Nelson (4/8/1866 to 7/31/1900)

"At Home" *2^ndH/of Irene Perdue Gregory md:10/31/1916

E. IRENE PERDUE GREGORY NELSON 3-2-1882 to 4-14-1942

*D/of Seldon McMeans Perdue(1841-1910) & 1843-1916) & Sarah Ellen Fickling(1843-1916)

*1st husband of Irene Perdue, was William D. Gregory(1877-1911) (Md:12/26/1897)

(*See under Gregory) *Md:2^nd10/31/1916 - Charles Amasa Chapman Nelson

"Rest Is Thine: Sweet Remembrance Ours"

SELDON AMASA NELSON 2-20-1920 to 4-4-2002

*S/of Charles Amasa Chapman Nelson(1887-1966) & Irene Perdue Gregory (1882-1942)

"We will meet again" *Only birth date on tombstone

BETTY NEWSOM No dates

*Across Armer Road in older section of cemetery.

CHARLIE NEWSOM 10-22-1865 to 6-29-1895

Wf, REBECCA NEWSOM 11-16-1864 to 10-25-1902

GREEN B. NEWSOM *No dates on his marker (b:7-14-1825)

*H/of Mary E. House Newsom (1828-1875)

*Across Armer Road, Older cemetery section

MARY E. HOUSE NEWSOM 4-25-1829 to 9-5-1875

*D/of William H. House & Nancy Franklin House

*Wf/of Green B. Newsom (b: 1825)

*Across Armer Road, Older cemetery section

FRED ALTON NOVACK 11-14-1954 to 5-14-2001

*S/of Paul George Novack (1910-1980) & Sarah Lorraine Nelson Novack(1918-2006)

*Bailey Funeral Homes MM *Only years given on tombstone. (Rest of dates from SSDI)

"Sister" Miss CARRIE OWEN

1858 to 10-6-1936 (78 yrs old)

*MM Rumph-Owers Funeral Home *Her headstone is homemade in the same style as

Christopher & Rebecca Owen's......Carrie's did have wood inserts in the shape of two doves,

one on each of the top corners. This homemade marker only has her name Carrie Owen, 1958

- 1936. (RIP) Her original Rumph-Owers mortuary marker is still there & some of it is legible,

although it is quite rusty, etc.

REBECCA ? OWEN 1851 / 1852

*Child of Chris & Becky Johnson Owen

*Marker gone….info from older surveys.

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" OWEN b: ca 1829

*Christopher age at marriage 22 ~ Rebecca age at marriage 18

*Md:12/18/1851 Rebecca Johnson

& REBECCA "BECKY" JOHNSON OWEN b: ca 1833

(calculated from age at marriage 18) * No dates given. Unusual homemade headstones.

Concrete with words/ dates hollowed out & wood fitted & inlaid into the indentations.

Also hearts were fitted with the wood inserts. With time the wood pieces have

deteriorated & disappeared (Owen family)

*The following three share the same headstone.

ALEXANDER WINSTON PERDUE 9-5-1851 to 6-8-1894

*S/of John Bailey Perdue, Jr.(1825-1902) & Rachel L. Baddy Perdue(1832-aft 1880)

*Wife, Martha Ann Stephens (1863-1954)

BETTY PERDUE b. 1870AL (d: ca 1886)

*D/of John Bailey Perdue, Jr.(1825-1902) & Rachel L. Baddy Perdue(1832-aft 1880)

“RACHEL” LOUISE PERDUE (16) 1862 to 1878 (aft. Jun 1880)

*D/of John Bailey Perdue, Jr.(1825-1902) & Rachel L. Baddy Perdue(1832-aft 1880)

*April 2012 ~ these three were not found.

ALEX WATSON PERDUE 10-18-1876 to 12-25-1956

*S/of Seldon McMeans Perdue(1841-1910) & Sarah Ellen Fickling Perdue(1843-1916)

Wife, MARY ALICE SORRELLS PERDUE 12-20-1875 to 6-1-1960

"Thy Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star To Heaven"

ALMA PERDUE 8-11-1901 to 5-28-1903

*Twin to Hugh Perdue~

*D/of Joseph Walter Perdue(1864-1938) & Lillie Camelia Sorrells Perdue(1874-1909)

Baby PERDUE 1912 *Child of Franklin Howard & Alice Gregory Perdue

Rev. ANDREW JEFFERSON PERDUE 4-13-1866 to 5-3-1943 (Mason)

*S/of William Roy Perdue (ca 1833-1892) & Mattie Eliza Hale(1838 AL -1917)

"He died as he lived – a Christian"

Wf, MARTHA ELIZABETH OWEN PERDUE 7-10-1865 to 3-14-1931

"Sleep on Loved One and take Thy Rest: For God Always Calls The Best.

Look For Us We Are Coming"

CARLTON PERDUE 2-25-1889 to 12-16-1943

*S/of Joseph Walter Perdue(1864-1938) & Lillie Camelia Sorrells Perdue(1874-1909)

*Spouses: *1^stmd:1/12/1908, Susie B. Willoughby (1890-1978) *2^nd md:1936 Ida M. Hudson

*1^st wife, Susie Willoughby buried at Friendship Methodist Cemetery, Union Co., AR

CHARLEY MONROE "CHARLIE" PERDUE 10-10-1898 to 9-5-1971

*S/of Alex Watson Perdue(1876-1956) & Alice Sorrells Perdue(1875-1960)

*1^st husband of three, to Annie Lee Hargett md:1923 Union Co., AR

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

COLON WILLIAMS PERDUE 7-8-1905 to 10-7-1967

*S/of Joseph Walter Perdue(1864-1938) & Lillie Camelia Sorrells Perdue(1874-1909)

*Md: 1928 Union County, AR *Arkansas PVT US Army ~ World War II Vet

& LILLIAN O. BEASLEY PERDUE 1-24-1905 to 5-24-1989

DEWEY PERDUE 1898 to 1936

FRANKLIN HOWARD PERDUE 5-29-1878 to 2-11-1982

*S/of William Roy Perdue (ca 1833-1892) & Mattie Eliza Hale(1838 AL -1917)

*Md:2/7/1901 Alice Mahalia Gregory

ALICE MAHALIA GREGORY PERDUE 11-28-1883 to 8-20-1982

*D/of William Ellis Gregory(1853-1922) & Nancy Jane Haney Gregory (1854-1927)

HARVEY M. PERDUE 9-17-1896 to 1-24-1932

*S/of Alex Watson Perdue (1876-1956) & Mary Alice Sorrells Perdue (1875-1960)

"To Know Him Was To Love Him"

NONIE IDELLA HARGETT PERDUE 7-11-1900 to 3-6-1944

*Wf/of Harvey M. Perdue "Most Noble Example Was Her Life"

HERMAN PERDUE 1-4-1907 to Sept 1922

*S/of Franklin Howard & Alice Gregory Perdue "He was the sunshine of our home"

*Twin to Alma Perdue

HORACE R. PERDUE 1-26-1906 to 1-10-1935

*S/of Alex Watson Perdue (1876-1956) & Mary Alice Sorrells Perdue (1875-1960)

*1^st H/of three to Fanny Belle Leopard Perdue Rowell Perdue (1912-1991)

*2) James Adrian Rowell(1900-1978) md:11/9/1940

*3) Morris Quinney Perdue(1907-1989) md: ca 1979

*Fanny Belle is buried at Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery along with

James Adrian Rowell, her 2^nd husband.

HUGH PERDUE 8-11-1901 to 1-23-1975

*Twin to Alma Perdue ~ Pvt. U.S. Army

*S/of Joseph Walter Perdue(1864-1938) & Lillie Camelia Sorrells Perdue(1874-1909)

JOHN BAILEY PERDUE, JR.

1825Alabama to 5-14-1902 Arkansas (John Bailey Perdue, Jr.)

*S/of John Hamilton Perdue(1784-1861) & Mary Murphy Perdue(1808-1892)

*H/of Rachel L. Baddy Perdue

& RACHEL L. BADDY PERDUE 1832 SC to 1883 AR

*Rachel is alive and listed on the 1880 Arkansas, Union County Federal Census.

"Father-Mother" 'Winston-Louisa-Sarah E & Betty'

*Winston had one dau. Louisa L. buried here. *Copied verbatim from headstone.

(State of birth & (John Bailey Perdue, Jr.) not on headstone.)

JOSEPH WALTER PERDUE 8-6-1864 to 12-1-1938

*S/of Seldon McMeans Perdue (1841-1910) & Sarah Ellen Fickling Perdue(1843-1916)

*Md: Lillie Camelia Sorrels(1874-1909) "Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

LILLIE SORRELLS PERDUE 3-25-1874 to 1-18-1909

*D/of James Madison Sorrells(1844-?) & Fannie D. Bartley Sorrells(b: ca 1856)

*Wf/of J.W. Perdue

LILLIE LOUISA PERDUE 9-5-1881 to 9-1886

*D/of Alexander Winston Perdue(1851-1894) & Martha Ann Stephens Perdue(1863-1954)..

in unmarked grave. Dates from family member.

LUTHER PERDUE *Died young/ no dates

*S/of Alex Watson Perdue(1876-1956) & Alice Sorrells Perdue(1875-1960)

MARY MURPHY PERDUE Mar 1808 to 2-2-1892

*D/of John Murphy (ca 1765/70 -1844/50) Drusilla Thomas Murphy(ca 1775-1833)

*3^rd Wf/of John Hamilton Perdue (*John Perdue is buried in Alabama

Mary did not move to Arkansas until abt. 1870)

"She lived to die, she died to die no more.

Mother now with freedom blest welcome unto a land of rest"

This new headstone replaced an earlier one & was erected by her great grandchildren in 1969.

Her old tombstone was still there in 2012, but it is broken in half, off it's base lying flat on the

ground. Lower half is illegible.

RUTH JOHNSTON PERDUE 6-25-1907 to 6-30-1912

*D/of William Hilton Perdue(1860-1937) & Martha Ellen Crain Perdue(1873-1957)

"Suffer little children to come unto me."

SARAH E. PERDUE 10-28-1869 Lowndes Co., AL to 8-8-1885

*D/of Dr. John BaileyPerdue(1825-1902) & Rachel L Baddy Perdue(1832-1883)

"Sacred To The Memory Of"

(S. M.) "Doc" SELDON McMEANS PERDUE 6-14-1841 to 12-22-1910

"Seldon McMeans Perdue" *Age 69 years *Wife, "Sarah E. Fickling Perdue"

*Md: 1/8/1862 Lowndes Co., AL Sarah Ellen Fickling (1843-1916)

"He looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

"A precious one from us has gone. A voice we loved is stilled." * Heb XI, 10

STELLA PAULINE PERDUE 2-21-1919 to 3-11-1924

*D/of Harvey M.Perdue(1896-1932) & Nonie Idella Hargett Perdue(1900-1944)

"Gone to be an Angel"

ROBERT WHALEY PERDUE 4-3-1916 to 2-15-1981

*S/of Martha ‘Mattie’ Ellen Crain(1873-1957) & William Hilton Perdue(1860-1937)

*Brother to Alto Perdue Long(1902-1998) "In Loving Memory"

WILLIAM DEWEY "BUDDY" PERDUE 4-5-1898 to 6-21-1936

*S/of William Hilton Perdue(1860-1937) & Martha ‘Mattie’ Ellen Crain Perdue(1873-1957)

*Wife, Audry Mullins "At Rest"

RUTH J. PERDUE 6-25-1907 to 6-30-1912 "Sister"

*D/of William Hilton Perdue(1860-1937) & Martha ‘Mattie’ Ellen Crain Perdue(1873-1957)

"Suffer little children to come unto me."

WILLIAM HILTON PERDUE 3-27-1861 AL to 1-25-1937AR

*S/of William Roy Perdue (1835 AL - 1892) & Mattie Eliza Hale Perdue(1840 AL – 1917)

"Father" "His memory is blessed"

"MATTIE" MARTHA ELLEN CRAIN PERDUE 4-9-1873 to 5-5-1957

*D/of William Crain (b:ca 1832 SC) & Rebecca Davis Crain (b:1831 AL-1899)

*Wf/of W. Hilton Perdue "Mammy" "A tender mother and a faithful friend"

WILLIAM J. "Bill" PERDUE 12-18-1934 to 6-4-2005 *ob

*S/of Lillian O. Perdue (1905-1989) & Colon W. Perdue (1905-1967)

*Some confusion whether this is his burial place or "Old" Union Baptist Cemetery.

located 3 or 4 miles up the road or 3-4 miles south on Armer road.

I have listed him on both sites. His parents are buried at Ebenezer Methodist..

As of April 2012, he did not have a marker at either cemetery. I also checked

Ebenezer Presbyterian, where it is asserted he is buried (Find-A-Grave) but he is not

found there & I believe this to be incorrect. I have his obituary, & I believe they meant

either Ebenezer Methodist or "Old" Union Baptist Cemetery, where he also has kin buried.

WILLIAM ROY PERDUE 4-15-1904 to 1-17-1993

*S/of Franklin Howard Perdue(1878-1982) & Alice Mahalia Gregory Perdue(1883-1982)

*Death date not inscribed on tombstone. (SSDI)

& ORA MARGARET MULLINS PERDUE

5-13-1902 OK to 4-6-1977

WILLIAM ROY PERDUE 1833 AL to 2-25-1892

*Parents of 7 children "Rest Is Thine Sweet Remembrance Ours"

*Md:1/11/1857 Mattie Eliza Hale(1838-1917) Monroe Co., AL

& MATTIE ELIZA HALE PERDUE 1838 AL to 1917

RANDY CAROLYN FIKE PILL 3-17-1945 to 11-5-1985

*D/of J.T. & Marion Fike "To Touch God's Hand"

WESLEY "ERICK" RICHEY (41) 9-7-1966 to 5-3-2008

*S/of Cecil Gene Richey(1925-2000) & Aline Joy West Richey(1926-1989)

*Md:5/10/2001 "Precious Memories"

MARY ELDAIN ARMER SARTOR RICHEY(47)

7-9-1960 to 4-10-2008

*D/of John Preston Armer(1924-2012) & Betty Dean Parker Armer (1934-2019)

*First female to graduate from AR Law Enforcement Training Academy

*Late grandparents, Ellis & Mary Parker / Wm. & Beatrice Armer, Sr.

*Wife of Wesley "Erick" Richey.

*Both still have their Young's Funeral Directors MM (Apr 2012)-plus granite tombstone

RICHARD CYRUS "Dick" RUSSELL 8-19-1918 to 4-24-1994

*S/of Cyrus A. Russell(1891-1927) & Charlotte Slayman Russell(1893-1977)

*U.S. Navy ~ World War II

MARTHA ELIZABETH MATTHEWS RUSSELL

11-25-1916 to 8-7-2006

*D/of Pearl Perdue Matthews & Minor Wallace Matthews.

*Wf/of Russell C. "Dick" Matthews;

SCHMIDT 6-8-1895 to 8-15-1896

(in Schmidt plot) top of stone broken off)

ARCHIE SCHMIDT 1901 to 1903

*S/of William Schmidt (1871-1892)

CICERO R. SCHMIDT 1875 to 1961 "She's Safe At Home"

*S/of Kasper Schmidt (1837-1904) & Narcissa Doss Schmidt(1839-1901)

GREEN D. SCHMIDT 1870 to 1919

*S/of Kasper Schmidt (1837-1904) & Narcissa Doss Schmidt(1839-1901)

Infant SCHMIDT b: 1892

KASPER SCHMIDT 1837 Switzerland to 1904

& NARCISSUS DOSS SCHMIDT 1839 ALA to 1901

MATHEW SCHMIDT 1878 to 1941

*S/of Kasper Schmidt (1837-1904) & Narcissa Doss Schmidt(1839-1901)

WILLIAM SCHMIDT 1871 to 1892

*S/of Kasper Schmidt (1837-1904) & Narcissa Doss Schmidt(1839-1901)

HENRY WALTER SELF (H.W.) 11-7-1879 to 11-3-1922

*There are two stones close to one another across the road in the old section of cemetery.

One of the stones has the initials H. W. S. on it and the other one with the top broken

off has the following inscription: " Thy trials ended they rest is won"

I believe these are some of the "Self" family headstones.

*There are four unmarked graves for children of the SELF family,

No names or dates; marked by native stone in 1991.

(Not found in 2012)

*Speculation: dates from ARDI: Self deaths in Union County, Arkansas

? SELF d:9-13-1918

David Fis SELF d:12-30-1923

John Isa SELF d: 7-28-1929

RUTH EVELYN DOSS SIMPSON 6-8-1906 to 3-13-1928

*Sister to Joe Doss (RNA) "Asleep in Jesus"

MARTIN A. SMITH 2-8-1845 to 6-12-1907

"Beneath here lies his sleeping dust, till Jesus comes

to raise the just. May he awake in sweet surprise and to the arms of Jesus rise"

*Spouses: *1^st wife, Martha Cargyle (b:ca 1847 AL) *2^nd wife, Ida Armer Davis Smith

IDA ARMER DAVIS SMITH 7-21-1876 to 2-7-1931 "Mother"

*2^nd wife of Martin A. Smith *Ida’s first husband was Peter D. Davis(1865-1945)

*Spouses: *1^st Peter D. Davis(1865-1945) *2^nd Martin A. Smith (1845-1907)

WILLIAM MONROE SMITH 9-12-1901 to 5-25-1904

*Only S/of Martin A. Smith (1845-1907) & Ida Armer Davis Smith (1876-1931)

"Sacred To The Memory" "Gone But Not Forgotten"

JANIE LEE ARMER STEPHENS 12-6-1929 to 5-17-1979

*D/of William Alymer Armer & Beatrice Eldain Major Armer

*Janie was one of 9 children. Janie md: Troy Paxton; ;this union produced 3 children.

*Janie died of cancer at the age of 49. "Gone But Not Forgotten"

CHARLIE SWAFFORD Feb 1881

(date from 1900 census) Native stone marker

JOHN SWAFFORD *No dates native stone marker

EDWARD "ED" THOMPSON 3-30-1904 to 7-11-1995

Young's MM (complete dates from SSDI )

OPAL J. DOSS THOMPSON (80) 2-16-1926 to 1-26-2007 *ob

*D/of Green Deprece Doss & Mary Estha Berry Doss

*Wf/of late B.E. Thompson for 52 yrs. ( Young's MM )

CECILE TOWNSEND 6-12-1902 to 1-14-1908

(Exact dates from family records)

*D/of George Tomas Townsend & Catherine Schmidt Townsend

J.A. TOWNSEND 8-10-1855 to 9-28-1878

*The pictures shown here were taken between 2004-2008 & the later ones in April 2012. There have been storms that took out a large

tree on the north side of the church. It damaged the Dettenheim tombstones, among a couple of others. A metal awning over a church door on that side, was also bent up. On my last visit, in April 2012, it appears that the church is no longer in use for regular services. My guess is they merged the congregration with the United Methodist Church in Calion, which is only about 4 or 5 miles up the road. The older section of Ebenezer Church Cemetery is located across the road,(in front of the church),has not fared well either. It was well maintained in earlier years, but not so much at this time. It is hidden from view by the trees & shrubs. You must cross the ditch & look for the obscure opening into the cemetery.

ca 2004-06