NORRIS CEMETERY

 Est. ca 1874

 

 

Norris Cemetery is located north of Strong, Union Co.,

Arkansas off Hwy. 275 or aka "Pigeon Hill Rd." There is

a small sign on the highway next to the lane that runs

to the cemetery.  Well maintained.

*New Survey performed April 11, 2012.  October 2016.

Last updated August 2019.

 Janice Holzer    JCSH432@gmail.com

 

LIONEL JOSEPH BURNS 

2-15-1907LA  to 10-9-1985AR  

*S/of  Rexford C. Burns(b:ca 1893 CO) & Laura Burns(b: 1890 LA)

*Md:1/10/1943  Helen Ruth Norris

*Member of Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.

*A resident of Union Parish, LA for 16 years.

*Our Children: Joe, Rex, Don, Marie Sr. Miriam, Patrick

& HELEN RUTH NORRIS BURNS(88)  

8-9-1921Strong, AR to 4-12-2010Dallas,TX

   *D/of  Ruth Lenore ‘Leo’ Norris(1896-1987) & Ewell Crawford Norris(1895-1982)

*Member of New London Baptist Church for over 20 years & prior a member of

the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church . Graduated from Strong High School in

1938, at the age of 16 & graduated No. 1 from the Warner Brown School

of Nursing in 1942.    *Young's Funeral Service  *OB

BURVIN "DICK" COLEMAN

6-18-1925 to 10-27-1987

*S/of  Rufus Joseph Ward(1898-1977) &  Lottie Coleman Ward (1905-1998)

*1^st marriage was to Nawassa Foster 8/24/1950

*2^nd marriage was to Mabelle Welch Meshell(1922-1966)  

*Dick was the 2^nd husband of  Maebelle Welch Meshell

*Maebelle is buried at Strong Cemetery

"We Will Meet Again"

VIOLA S. DONALDSON 10-27-1912 to 3-5-1986

*Youngs FH - MM   *2012  Viola has tombstone also

LEE OMA DOPSON 10-27-1900 to 12-24-1973

*S/of Mary Thomas Canady (1866-1933)  &  John Siemon Dopson(1864-1930)

*1^st husband of  Hattie Mae Frisby

"Beloved Husband"   "Rest  In  Peace"

HATTIE MAE FRISBY DOPSON

6-22-1915  to  2-8-1995

*D/of James Aaron Frisby(1885-1958)  &  Estelle Pauline Price Frisby(1885-1973)

*Spouses: *1^st Lee Oma Dopson (1900-1973)  *2^nd Martin P. Dopson (1909-1975)

*Martin P. Dopson is buried in the Strong Cemetery, Strong, Union Co., AR

"She Was The Sunshine Of  Our Home"    *Bailey FH - MM

 

VIRGINIA S. SIMMONS NORRIS HENRY

7-26-1926TX  to  6-7-1990AR

*Born in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas

*Died in Little Rock, Arkansas

*1 Wf/of  Andrew Truitt Norris (1923-1997) *Md: 1941.

*Divorced  by 1945

*Aged 63  *Rump-Owers - MM  *2012-has tombstone also

DEBORAH ANN "DEBBIE" NORRIS HOOTEN(55)

8-12-1962AR  to  5-19-2018MO

*Born in Russellville, Arkansas.  Died in Branson, Taney County, Missouri

*D/of  Jimmie Lee & Helen Dean Ritchey Norris

*Md: 7/25/1981  Kerry "Bud" Hooten

*Preceded in death by her son, Dustin Lee Hooten; her parents, & one

brother, David Norris.

*Service at First Assembly of God Church in Green Forest.

*Nelson Funeral Home.

CHARLES HUGHES  1953 to 1980

*Bailey FH - MM

ANNIE BOSEMAN MAY 7-8-1874 to 5-24-1910

*1^ST Wife of John Ben May(1880-1973)

*John buried with *2^nd wife, Mamie Johnson    *Md: 12/18/1910,

 in Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery, El Dorado, AR

*According to their marriage record, Annie had only been married for

13 days when she died.

"Twas hard to give thee up.  But thy will O God be done."

 

BESSIE MAE CULPEPPER MAY

7-26-1916LA to 12-14-1976AR

*D/of Walter Culpepper(1890-1978) & Alice Elizabeth Stocks Culpepper(1889-1978)

"Beloved Mother – Rest in Peace"   *Wf/of  Ernest Thomas May, Sr.

ERNEST THOMAS MAY,SR. 10-24-1917   to  12-17-1977

*H/of Bessie M. Culpepper

 

ROBERT LOUIS"BOSS" MAY  1-24-1886   to  7-4-1941

HENRY GRADY McGOWEN 2-6-1900 to 12-24-1962

*S/of  Annie Johnson McGowen  Norris(1883-1915)  &

*!st husband of, A. B. McGowen (b:ca 1875)

"His Memory Is Blessed"

INFANT KATIE NASH October 1930(One date)

*D/of James Franklin Nash (1908-1983) & Julia Norris Nash(1906-1997)

*D/of  Mr. & Ms. J. F. Nash  

*Her current headstone gives no name, just "Baby Nash"

ABBIE LUCILLE TURBEVILLE NELSON

8-31-1912  to  2-25-1971

*D/of  Wm. Albert Turbeville, Jr(1892-1921) & Lena Frisby Turbeville Lewis(1898-1980

*1^st  Wf/of  Davis Morrell Norris (1905-1982)  *Md: 1928

 "Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven"

ANNIE JOHNSON NORRIS  4-2-1879 to 6-5-1948

*D/of  Ellis H. Johnson (1851-1922)  & Matilda Munford Johnson (1861-1901)

*1^st  husband,  A.B.  McGowen  (b:ca 1875)

*2^nd husband, Antone “Tony” Norris(1883-1973)

"Tender Mother and A Faithful Friend"

ANTONE "TONY" NORRIS 3-14-1883 to 7-1-1973

*S/of  Sarah Callie Hammons (1857-1936) & James Marion Norris (1849-1926)

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

 

(A.T.)ANDREW TRUITT "BILL" NORRIS

6-1-1923 to 10-10-1997

*S/of Belle Z. Turbeville (1884-1973) & George Carl Norris(1881-1957)

*Born & died in Strong, AR

*Md: 1941,  *1^st  Virginia  S. Simmons  Norris Henry(1926TX -1990 AR )

*Divorced  by 1945. *See her listing under Henry   

*Md:12/11/1945,  *2^nd  Ophelia Cecil Norris (1925-2001)   

"To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die."

& OPHELIA CECIL NORRIS

10-28-1925  to  1-14-2001

*2^nd Wf/of  Andrew Truitt Norris

*From this union, a son, Kenneth Dwayne Norris(1946-1971)

 

BENJAMIN F. NORRIS

born Jan 1850 to bef.? 6/15/1860

*S/of Littleton Harris Norris(1803-?)  & Harriet Gregory Norris(1807-?)

 

Baby CARYA NORRIS 1-23-1903 to 6-26-1904

*D/of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1956) & Elizabeth Johnson Norris (1881-1929)

"The rose may fade, the lily die, But the flowers immortal bloom on high"

"She sleeps in Jesus"

 

DAVIS MORAELL NORRIS(85)

11-6-1932 to 10-11-2018

*S/of  Davis Moraell Norris (1905-1982)  & *1^st wife,  Abbie Lucille Lewis Turbeville(1912-1971)

*Born in Strong, Arkansas.  Died at St., Vincent's Hospital, Little Rock, AR    *OB

*Attended Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Atrong, AR.

*Proud member of Local Union 798 for 65 years. Traveled all over the country

working as a pipefitter for pipeline construction. 

*Middle name "Moraell" is spelled as it appears in his obituary. 

*Survived by his wife of 67 years, Mrs. Dorothy Faye Hargett Norris.

 

DAVIS MORRELL NORRIS(77)

7-29-1905 to 11-25-1982

*S/of  William Reese Norris(1869-1954) & Johnnie Hammons Norris(1876-1963)

*Shares double headstone with Margaret

*1^st wife, *md: 1928,   Abbie Lucille Turbeville Nelson (1912-1971)

*2^nd wife, Margaret Raiford  Estes (1914-1972)  

 *3^rd wife, Lorene Herring Hollis (1909-1999).

*Lorene H., * 3^rd wife, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ruston, LA

& MARGARET RAIFORD ESTES NORRIS

11-2-1914 to 9-16-1972

*D/of  William C. Raiford (1869-1946)  &  Margaret A. Williams  Raiford(1875-1960)

*Spouses: *1^st John Wylie Estes(1910-1949) *2^nd Davis Morrell Norris(1905-1982)

"A Life Like Theirs Has Left A Record Sweet For Memory To Dwell Upon"

 

DEDY NORRIS 1-30-1879 to 9-22-1880

*S/of James Marion Norris(1849-1926) &  Sarah Callie Hammons Norris(1857-1936)

"Too good for earth, God called him home."

 

EDNA NORRIS  6-9-1903 to 8-10-1978

*D/of  George Carl Norris(1881-1957) & Belle Z. Turbeville Norris(1884-1973)

"Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord"

 

ELLIS CAREY NORRIS  8-30-1916 to 5-6-1970

*S/of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1956)  &  Elizabeth Johnson Norris (1881-1929)

*ARK  PFC 634 Mil Police Co  *World War II  

"Absent in Body, But Present in Spirit"

 

EWELL CRAWFORD NORRIS 5-20-1895 to 5-28-1982

*S/of  William Reese Norris(1869-1954) &  Johnnie Hammons Norris(1876-1963)

"Father"   *Md:6/2/1917   *PVT  U.S. Army~ World War I

*Children: Helen Ruth-Norma Jean

& RUTH LENORE “LEO” BURNS NORRIS

8-19-1896 to 1-16-1987  "Mother"

*D/of James Randall Burns(1869-1949) & Ara Lillie Saunders(1878-1942)

"A Life Like Theirs Has Left A Record Sweet For Memory To Dwell Upon"

 

FANNIE ELIZABETH WARD NORRIS

11-30-1894LA to 12-4-1971LA 

*D/of  Ira Joseph Ward (1863-1936) & Viola Goddard Ward (1864-1935)

*2^nd wife of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1956)

"She's Safe At Home"

 

FLARENCE NORRIS  12-13-1875 to 9-1-1880

*D/of  James Marion Norris(1849-1926) & Sarah Callie Hammons Norris(1857-1936)

*Spelling of  "Flarence"  is as it is on tombstone

"Lord  she was thine and not my own.  Thou hast not done me wrong"

 

FRED H. NORRIS 11-17-1909 to 4-23-1947

*S/of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1929)  &  Elizabeth“Lizzie” Johnson Norris(1881-1929)

*2^nd Husband to Colvis Norsworthy  Harman Norris Lovette (1908-2008)

*Colvis buried at  New London Cemetery, Union Co., AR  "Thy trials ended, thy rest is won"

 

(G.B.)GALBANUM  B. "BANUM" NORRIS

8-2-1855 to 4-9-1927

*S/of  John Sanders Norris(1818-1897) &  Sarah Ann Hall Norris(1819-1898)

*Md: in 1884   Aline Johnson (b: ca 1860).  "A sleep in Jesus"

 

GEORGE CARL NORRIS  2-17-1881 to 12-10-1957

*S/of  James Marion Norris(1849-1926) &  Sarah Callie Hammons Norris(1857-1936)

*Md: Belle Z. Turbeville

& BELLE Z. TURBEVILLE NORRIS

6-4-1884 to 2-13-1973

*D/of Andrew Jackson Turbeville(1845-1910)  & Rachel M. Shirey Turbeville(1843-1909)

"Into Thy Hands I Command My Spirit" – Luke XXIII 46

 

GEORGE MURPHY NORRIS 12-1-1917 to 10-27-1987

*S/of  George Carl Norris(1881-1957) &  Belle Z. Turbeville Norris (1884-1973)

*TEC 5  US Army ~  World War II    "Daddy"     "Mother"

& ERA JUANELLE FRISBY NORRIS

5-5-1920 to 6-23-1984

*D/of  James Aaron Frisby(1885-1958) &  Estelle Pauline Price Frisby(1885-1973)

*Wife of, George Murphy Norris

 

GEORGE W. NORRIS ca 1828GA  to UNK

*S/of Harriet Gregory(1807-?aft. Jun 1870) & Littleton Harris Norris(1803-?)

*Burial location unknown. Most likely here since his parents are interred here.

*George W. Norris is found on the Union County, AR, Federal Census, in the

household of his parents in 1850 & 1860.

 

HORACE RALPH "BUD" NORRIS

1-26-1911 to 8-8-1963

*S/of  William Reese Norris(1869-1954)  & Johnnie Hammons Norris(1876-1963)

*2^nd H/of  Hazel Frisby Hammons Norris(1910-2002)

*Hazel buried in New London Cemetery, Union Co.,AR

*CPL  U.S. Army ~  World War II 

"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

 

INFANT NORRIS  2-7-1900 to 7-27-1900

*S/of  Minor Norris(1874-1954)  & Minnie May Norris(1877-1909)

INFANT NORRIS  B & D 12-21-1898

*S/of  J. G. & L.A. Norris    "Budded on earth, to bloom in heaven"

INFANT NORRIS  (No dates)

*Buried in same grave with Mattie Norris

 

JAMES MARION NORRIS  1-6-1849 to 10-7-1926

*S/of John Sanders Norris(1818-1897) & Sarah Ann Hall Norris(1819-1898)

*James Marion  Norris  husband of  Sarah Callie Hammonds in Greene Co., GA

"Farewell My Wife and Children all,  From  ?above /home  a  father Christ  doth call"

SARAH CALLIE HAMMONDS NORRIS

6-29-1857 to 6-7-1936

*Sarah  Callie  Hammonds   *Wife of  James Marion Norris

"A most noble example was her life"

 

JAMES M. NORRIS

1-2-1776 Rowan Co.,NC to 10-28-1873 Union Co., AR

*S/of Josiah Norris(b:ca 1739 – 11/7/1836  Harris Co., GA)

& wife, ?Ann Norris

*PVT  GA  Melitia   War of 1812  *James was soldier from Rowan County,

North Carolina during the American Revolution.

* James M. Norris md:7/23/1800, Greeme Co., GA, Sarah (Sally) Patrick,

SARAH “SALLY” PATRICK NORRIS

1781/?84 to 8-12-1852 Union Co., AR

Union Co., AR   *D/of  James Patrick (1754 SC -5/6/1816 Jasper Co., GA),

son of Robert Patrick, Sr. of the Camden District, SC. 

*Sarah's father, James Patrick was the a soldier in the South

Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

*Sally Patrick,   wife of  James M. Norris

 

JAMES WILLIAM NORRIS 1924 to 1924

*Infant S/of  Mode  Norris(1897-1980) &  Louise Joiner Norris (1904-1999)

*Less than 1 yr old.       "Of  such is the Kingdom of Heaven"

 

J.D. NORRIS 1-23-1908 to 9-17-1926

*S/of   George Carl Norris(1881-1957)  &  Belle Z. Turbeville Norris (1884-1973)

"The Twilight Gates Are Open Wide With Lies Eternal Peace"

 

JESSE MONROE NORRIS 9-20-1875 to 3-9-1960

*S/of  Patrick Henry Norris(1821-1902)  &  Georgia Mary Bradley Norris(1843-1913)

& IDA NORRIS NORRIS 3-20-1877 to 7-15-1967

*S/of James Marion Norris(1849-1926) &  Sarah Callie Hammons Norris(1857-1936)

"Not My Will, But Thine Be Done"

 

JOE S/B. NORRIS 10-19-1895 to 7-11-1900

*S/of Clark Norris(1852-1927) &  Laura Hammons Norris(1859-1927)

"In heaven there is one angel more"

 

JOHN C. NORRIS 10-5-1906  to 4-1-1988

*S/of  George Carl Norris(1881-1957) &  Belle Z. Turbeville (1884-1973)

*Md:10/12/1928   *U.S. Army ~ World War II

& EUNICE MILDRED FIKE NORRIS

12-30-1910 to 12-20-2007

*D/of  Marcus Gordon Fike(1879-1967) &  Dovie King Fike (1888-1919)  *OB

 

JOHN SANDERS NORRIS 10-31-1818 to 1-19-1897

*S/of  James M. Norris(1776-1873)  *Md:4/6/1843 GA.  Sarah "Sally" Patrick (1781-1852)

*John Norris  was in the war of 1812.

"His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory"

SARAH ANN HALL NORRIS 2-20-1819 to 7-2-1898

*D/of  John Hall(1770-1825)    "Safely anchored in the harbor of eternal rest"

 

JOHN WEATHERBY NORRIS 3-17-1850 to 2-8-1892

*S/of John Sanders Norris(1818-1897) &  Sarah Ann Hall Norris(1819-1898)

&  Infant Norris (no dates or additional info)

"Infant tombstone sitting atop their double headstone.

& MARTHA "MATTIE" TEMPERANCE GRAY NORRIS

12-13-1858AR to 2-3-1931TX

*D/of Georgia Mary Bradley(1843-1913) & James Addison Gra y(1837-1865 Civil War)

*Spouses: *1^st Md: 1874,   John Weatherby Norris(1850-1892)

*2^nd Md: 1894, George Washington Lovelady(1847-1928)

"I Will Dwell In The House Of The Lord Forever"

 

JULIA NORRIS 7-18-1874 to 10-11-1874

*D/of  Patrick Henry Norris(1821-1902)  &  Georgia Mary Bradley Norris(1843-1913)

 

KENNETH DWAYNE NORRIS

10-9-1946  to  6-20-1971

*S/of Andrew Truitt Norris(1923-1997) & Ophelia Cecil Norris(1925-2001)

(Psalm  55:18 )  "He hath delivered my soul in peace. from the battle that was against

me.  For there were many with me. "

 

LEMUEL(L.M.)"SON BILLY" NORRIS

3-13-1909 to 6-22-1950

*S/of  William Reese Norris(1869-1954) & Johnnie Hammons Norris(1876-1963)

*PVT  US Army ~  World War II   "One Worthy of Remembrance"

 

LITTLETON HARRIS NORRIS

4-7-1803GA to ?unknown Union Co., AR

*S/of James Norris(1776-1873) &  Sarah “Sally” Patrick Norris(1781-1852)

*Md: 7/11/1826  Newton Co., GA  *Littleton H. Norris md: Harriet Gregory

HARRIET GREGORY NORRIS

1807SC died after June 1870

*D/of David W. Gregory(1787-1850) & Mary Hewlett Dunkin Gregory(1787-1840)

 

"LOIS" ANNIE LOYSE NORRIS

9-23-1906 to 11-14-1966

*D/of  Jesse Monroe Norris(1875-1960)  &  Ida Norris Norris (1897-1967)

"God took her home. It was his will But in our Hearts, she liveth still"

 

MAMMIE CLAIR NORRIS 5-5-1896 to 9-9-1898

*D/of  William Reese Norris(1869-1954) & Johnnie Hammons Norris(1876-1963)

 

MINOR NORRIS  9-30-1874 to 7-22-1954

*S/of  James Marion Norris(1849-1926) &  Sarah Callie Hammons(1857-1936)

*1^st wife Minnie May (1877-1909)

*2^nd wife, Minnie Pearl Price(1875-1952) buried at Green Grove Chapel

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

MINNIE MAY NORRIS 10-9-1877 to 9-21-1909

*D/of  James May (b:ca 1850)  & Frances May (b:ca 1858)

"God's greatest  gift returned to God, our mother"   "Mother"

 

Baby NELL NORRIS 3-29-1911 to 11-28-1919

*D/of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1956)  &  Elizabeth Johnson Norris (1881-1929)

"The rose may fade, the lily die, but the flowers

immortal bloom on high"

 

PAUL ATHENS NORRIS 12-11-1919 to 5-25-1987

*S/of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1956)  &  Elizabeth Johnson Norris (1881-1929)

*Md:6/24/1961    *PFC  US  Army ~  World War II   

"Weep Not For Me For I Am With God"

& PAULINE “POLLY” POOLE  NORRIS(80)

7-2-1935 to 8-4-2015

*D/of  William Walter Poole(1908-1985) & Clara Hogue Poole(1914-1997)

 

PATRICK HENRY(P.H.)NORRIS

1-29-1821GA to 9-16-1902AR

*PVT  CO  F 1  AR CAV  Confederte States Army  "TUD"

"To him we  trust a place is given. Among the saints with Christ in heaven."

*S/of  James M. Norris(1776-1873) &  Sarah "Sallie"  Patrick Norris(1781-1852)

*Spouses: *1^st wife, Mary Wood (d:ca 1866)

*2^nd wife, Georgia "Tootie" Mary Bradley (1843-1913)

 *Md: 1/16/1868 Union Co., AR

&  GEORGIA MARY BRADLEY NORRIS

10-24-1843 to 1-19-1913

"TOOTIE"  "Rest mother, rest in quiet sleep, while friends in  sorrow o'er thee weep.'

*D/of John A. Bradley, Jr. (b:ca 1803 GA) & Martha G. Terrell Bradley(b:ca 1807 GA)

*Both parents died in Union County, AR of Cholera.

*1^ST Husband, James Addison Gray (1837-1865) killed in the Battle of Prairie Grove

(Prairie Grove, AR)-Civil War. James Addison Gray n*S/of Temperance Kersey Gray(1804-1845)

*2^nd husband, Patrick Henry Norris  *Md: 1/16/1868,Union Co., AR

 

PATRICK H. NORRIS  2-3-1861 to 7-14-1904

*S/of  Patrick Henry Norris(1821-1902) & Mary Wood Norris(b:ca 1866)

*Wife, MARY ABIGAIL WHITE  GREEN   6-21-1865  to  10-4-1942

*Burial  Good Hope Cemetery, Union Co., AR

 

R."BUD" NORRIS 1-26-1911 to 8-8-1963

"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

 

SALLIE NORRIS 1-5-1893 to 7-31-1895

*D/of  J.G. & L.A. Norris

"Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore."

 

THOMAS NICHOLAS NORRIS

10-1-1880 to 10-20-1881

*Son of  Patrick Henry Norris(1821-1902) & Georgia Mary Bradley Norris(1843-1913)

"Loved in life; grieved after in death, but extremely happy in heaven"

 

WEBB ATKINS NORRIS 4-21-1878 to 12-3-1956

*Son of  Patrick Henry Norris(1821-1902) & Georgia Mary Bradley Norris(1843-1913)

*Spouses: *1^st Wife, Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Johnson(1881-1929)

*2^nd Wife,   Fannie Elizabeth Ward (1894-1971)  *See listing above

"Absent in Body But Present in Spirit"

ELIZABETH “LIZZIE” JOHNSON NORRIS

4-4-1881 to 3-1-1929

*1^ST  Wife of  Webb Atkins Norris    *Md:1902 Union County, AR

"Every joy to us is dead  since Mother's not here"

 

WESLEY L. NORRIS 7-25-1902 to 1-22-1963

*S/of  Minor Norris (1874-1954)  & Minnie May Norris(1877-1909)

*ARK PVT HQ 251 Mil Police Co   *World War II

 

WILLIAM MORAELL "JOE" NORRIS(85)

11-6-1932 to 10-11-2018 *OB

*S/of  Davis Morrell Norris(1905-1982) &

*1^st wife, Abbie Lucille Turbeville Nelson(1912-1971)

*Born in Strong, Arkansas.  Died in Little Rock, Arkansas.

*Attended Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Strong.

*Pipefitter for pipeline construction. Proud member of Local Union 798 for 65 years.

*Survived by his wife of 67 years, Mrs. Dorothy Faye Hargett Norris

 

WILLIAM REESE NORRIS(84) 

5-19-1869  to 3-28-1954

*Born & died in Strong, Arkansas

*S/ of Georgia Mary Bradley (1843-1913) & Patrick Henry Norris(1821-1902)

& JOHNNIE HAMMONS NORRIS 

6-22-1876 to 4-27-1963

*D/of  Nancy Caroline Burnside (1835-1926) & George Washington Hammons(1818-1911)

"Rest is Thine,  Sweet Remembrance Ours"

WILLIAM RODELL “BILLY” SIMMONS

1-14-1923  to 12-23-1972

*BILLY listed on headstone. "His memory is Blessed"

 

JERRELL JACKSON "JACK" SIMMONS

11-5-1917  to  2-11-1987

*S/of  Jesse J. Simmons(b:ca 1891 TX) & Mabel Ward Simmons(1892-1974)

*JACK born in Oklahoma.   *Young's FH - MM     *2012-Jack has tombstone

LOUISE E. SIMMONS 9-2-1915 to 1-6-1974

*D/of Julius J. Simmons (1885-1947) & Levina J. Simmons (1882-1959)

*Note:  Tombstone reads Louis E. Simmons.

 

JESSE JERALD"BO DEAN"SIMMONS

6-18-1947 to 1-9-2001

*S/of Louis Edward Simmons & Evelyn Grace Anderson Simmons Hudnall (1927 TX-1993 TX)

"He Is At Rest In Heaven"  *Has NASCAR  #53 sketch photo embedded on tombstone.

AGNES JEANETTE WATT SIMMONS(70)

2-7-1945 to 12-20-2015 *OB

*D/of  Frank Watt(1904-1979) & Duel Elizabeth Lambert Watt(1914-1982)

*Wife of Jesse “Bo Dean” Simmons

 

LOUIS E. SIMMONS 9-2-1915 to 1-6-1974

*D/of Julius J. Simmons(1885-1947) & Lavina J. Simmons(1882-1959)

"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

 

MABEL WARD SIMMONS 12-31-1892LA to 10-25-1974AR

*Wf/of  Jesse J. Simmons (b:ca 1891 TX)  "She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"

FRANK STURDIVANT,JR. 12-8-1925 to 3-1-1985

*S/of  Benjamin Franklin Sturdivant(1891-1968) &  Georgia Belle Spencer Sturdivant(1888-1971)

*Md:9/21/1947   *PFC  US Army ~  World War II    *Tombstone: “Frank Junior Sturdivant”

*Sturdivant Children: Linda-Randall-Ronnie-Renee

& NORMA JEAN NORRIS STURDIVANT 10-1-1930(One date)

"They Have Left Behind A Legacy of Love and Wait In Heaven For Us To Come"

CHARLIE G. TORRENCE 8-23-1910 to 3-20-1948

*S/of  Thomas  Lee Torrence(1869-1936) & Geneva Elizabeth Burns(1872-1962)

"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

ALMA NORRIS TORRENCE 4-24-1912 to 12-2-1996

*D/of  George  Carl Norris(1881-1957) &  Belle Z. Turbeville Norris (1884-1973)

*Wife of  Charlie G. Torrence

 

CHARLES LEE TORRENCE 1-12-1931 to 1-13-1931

*S/of Charlie G. Torrence(1910-1948) & Alma Norris Torrence(1912-1996)

 

VAN MARION TORRENCE 1-12-1932 to 1-27-1932

*S/of Charlie G. Torrence(1910-1948) & Alma Norris Torrence(1912-1996)

CLYDE JAMES TURBERVILLE 9-5-1904AR to 1-9-1991TX

*S/of Dallas Turbeville(b:ca 1880) & Jo Ella Turbeville(b: ca 1882)

*H/of  Sadie Norris    Rumph-Owers FH -  MM   "In Loving Memory"

SADIE NORRIS TURBERVILLE 2-27-1914 to 1-29-1984

*D/of  Webb Atkins Norris(1878-1956)  &  Elizabeth Johnson Norris (1881-1929

*Born in Arkansas  Died in Houston, Texas    *Wf/of Clyde James Turberville

 

CLYDE RICHARD TURBEVILLE 5-20-1942 to 6-29-1998

*S/of Clyde James Turberville(1904-1991) & Sadie Norris Tuberville(1914-1984)

"In Loving Memory"

BURNIECE LOUISE VINES 10-24-1921 to 6-2-1923

*D/of  L. G. & Elfie Vines   "Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"

DANIEL W. WARD  1-3-1889 to 9-16-1911

*S/of  Ira Joseph Ward(1863-1936) & Viola Goddard Ward (1864-1935)

"One Worthy of Remembrance"

 

IRA JOSEPH WARD 2-5-1863GA to 12-27-1936AR

& VIOLA GODDARD WARD 1-18-1864GA to 1-1-1935AR

*Wf/of  Ira Joseph Ward   "Rest Is Thine Sweet Remembrance Ours."

 

JOE CHARLES WARD 2-4-1943 to 10-13-2006

*S/of  Rufus Joseph Ward(1898-1977) &  Lottie Coleman Ward (1905-1998)

*Md:11/27/1980   "Gone But Not Forgotten"

&  PATRICIA ANN GOFF WARD 1-22-1941 (One date)

 

LOTTIE COLEMAN WARD "Aunt Sis"

7—6-1905 to 1-5-1998

*D/of Charles Douglas Coleman(1856-1925)& Redonia Craig Coleman(1870-1959)

*Wf/of  Rufus Joseph Ward (1898-1977)   "She's Safe At Home"

 

RUFUS HUEY WARD 4-8-1936 to 10-18-2008

*S/of  Rufus Joseph Ward(1898-1977) &  Lottie Coleman Ward (1905-1998)

*Md:11/29/1966  "At Rest In Heaven, They Gave Their Today For Our Tommorrow"

& CALLIE I.GANDY WARD(83) 9-25-1932 to 3-12-2016

*D/of  William Wallace Gandy(1899-1958) & Mary Rebecca Stinson Gandy (1911-1987)

*Mary Rebecca  Stinson  Gandy  spouses:

*1^st Wm. Wallace Gandy(1899-1958) *2^nd Lemuel Rozell Hammons (1906-1973)

 

RUFUS JOSEPH "Uncle Boy" WARD

2-23-1898 to 11-28-1977

*S/of  Ira Joseph Ward(1863-1936) & Viola Goddard Ward (1864-1935)

*H/of  Lottie “Aunt Sis” Coleman         'He's Safe At Home"

LOTTIE “AUNT SIS” COLEMAN WARD

7-6-1905AR to 1-5-1998LA    

*D/of Charles Douglas Coleman(1856-1925) &  Redonia Craig Coleman (1870-1959)

*Wf/of  Rufus Joseph “Uncle Boy” Ward

 

 

THOMAS RICHARD WARD

12-15-1944AR to 7-21-2001LA

*S/of  Rufus Joseph Ward(1898-1977) &  Lottie Coleman Ward (1905-1998)

"Beloved Brother"  "He's Safe At Home"

*Wf/of  Rufus Joseph “Uncle Boy” Ward

 

 

CEMETERY  INFORMATION

 

Joe Norris    870-797-2128

Linda Knox  870-862-1857