PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CHURCH

   CEMETERY  ~  Est. 1903    

Cemetery is located 11 miles East of El Dorado.  Use of the  "&" symbol indicates a double headstone.

This survey was done by  Ralph O. Weldon & Lillian McGowen Craig, February 2, 1992.  

Updated & photos submitted, May 2006. Updated June 2009.

New Survey:  April 2011.  Last Updated November 2019.

Posted online by Janice Holzer   JCSH432@gmail.com

*For information on this cemetery, or who to contact, please

go to the end of this listing.

* ARDI  Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*SSDI   Social Security Death Index

*OB from obituary

*MM  Mortuary Marker

* WOW  marker

* Use of symbol  " & " indicates double headstone or multiple names on same stone.

GARRETT  ALPHIN   7-10-1922   to  6-20-1998

*S/of  Stacie Jemima Rushing Alphin (1889-1962)  &  James Thomas Alphin(1884-1931)

*Md:10/17/1942  Dorothy Jean Stegall

&  DOROTHY JEAN  STEGALL ALPHIN   6-14-1926  to  6-02-1981

*D/of  Lorenzo Dow Stegall (1879-1959) & Anna Virgil Stegall (1890-1934)

*Md:10/17/1942   Garrett Alphin

 

JAMES THOMAS ALPHIN  (Tom) 1-31-1919  to  11-28-2003

*S/of  Stacie Jemima Rushing Alphin (1889-1962)  &  James Thomas Alphin(1884-1931)

*Md:10/29/1949    Mary Sue Sinclair     *TEC 4 U.S. Army ~World War II

&  MARY SUE SINCLAIR  ALPHIN   9-07-1929  to  5-06-2007 

*D/of James Darling Sinclair (1882-1937) & Alto Jerry Sinclair (1894-1969) *OB

 

JIMMY GARRETT ALPHIN  11-24-1950  to  10-23-2000

*S/of  Garrett Alphin (1922-1998)  &  Dorothy Jean Stegall Alphin(1926-1981)

"Beloved Father"

 

JIMMY  G. "JIMBO" ALPHIN, II    1-19-1974  to  9-22-2002

*S/of  Debra DeFee  & Perry Kenneth 'Doc' DeFee.(1955-2014)

"Beloved Son, Brother, Husband And Father"

 

MELBA  ANN  ALPHIN  12-03-1954  to  2-23-1955

*D/of  Virginia Ann Sinclair (1931-2013)  &   Robert (R. V.) Vernon  Alphin (1927-2016)

 

TAMMY  RENAE  ALPHIN  12-11-1963  to  1-12-2002

*Beloved Mother of Jordan, Keely, Jeana and Sally.

 

ROBERT  VERNON (R.V.) ALPHIN (89) 1-18-1927  to  1-28-2016 *OB

*S/of  Stacie Jemima Rushing Alphin (1889-1962)  &  James Thomas Alphin(1884-1931)

*At the time of Virginia's death, Robert &  Virginia had been married 65 yrs.

&  VIRGINIA ANN SINCLAIR ALPHIN(82) 11-26-1931  to  12-04-2013 *OB

*D/of  James D.  Sinclair(1882-1937)  &  Alta Jerry Sinclair(1894-1969)

*Wf/of  Robert (R.V.) Alphin for 65 yrs.

KAREN  SUE  STEGALL  ATWOOD(60)  

5-02-1959   to   8-27-2019

*D/of Tommy Stegall  &  Etta Stegall Kitchens

*She was born in El Dorado, Arkansas.

*Karen graduated from Conroe High School in 1977.

*Karen & her son, Cory Atwood,  resided in Conroe, Texas.

*She was a longtime employee of Montgomery Post Office.

*Preceded in death by her father Tommy Stegall & mother,

Etta Stegall Kitchen; Paternal grandparents, W.E. Stegall & Verline Stegall Talley.

Late Maternal grandparents John & Iva Womack. 

Graveside service  & burial on 8/31/2019, at Philadelphia Cemetery in El Dorado, AR.

BILLY  J.  BAKER (59)  4-02-1958   to   1-11-2018

*Born in Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas  *Died in El Dorado, AR

*S/of Hilda Mae McAdams (1930-1998)   Preceded in death by his brothers; 

Glen Cotton &  Johnny Wilder.

*Survived by his wife of 39 years, Patricia Baker.  Bill worked his whole adult life

as a Diesel & Automotive mechanics.  *Cremated.  Location of ashes unknown.

 

KENNETH  G.  BAKER    5-07-1950  to  8-11-1998  (next to Wanda Kay)

*S/of Aubrey Lawrence Baker(1918-1999) & Irene Aiken Baker (1921-2012)

WANDA  KAY ALPHIN  BAKER   11-24-1943   to  7-27-1983

"This Is The Promise, The Life Everlasting"

ELMER  RAY  BATES    11-18-1912  to  3-16-1987

*S/of  Henry Clyde Bates(1889-1950) & Nettie Leconia Stocks Bates(1891-1969)

*Md:10/7/1934    Mary Alphin

"The Joy Of Yesterday Can Be Found In The Memory Of Today"

&  MABLE  ALPHIN  BATES   8-18-1920  to  8-13-2005 *OB

*D/of  Stacie Jemima Rushing Alphin (1889-1962)  &  James Thomas Alphin (1884-1931)

*Children: Jim Clyde (1935-2017) / Keith (1940-2009)  / Mary / Carol / Dan / Alice

(named on back of tombstone)

*Wf/of  Elmer Ray Bates  *Md:10/7/1934

 

FREDY  MILTON  BATES   7-11-1922  to  8-31-1989

*D/of  Henry Clyde Bates(1889-1950) & Nettie Leconia Stocks Bates(1891-1969)

*Md:9/7/1942   Esther Irene Mang

&  ESTHER  IRENE  MANG  BATES 

7-19-1922 CO   to  5-28-1994 Englewood, CO.

*Md:9/7/1942   Fredy Milton Bates

*D/of  Fred Ernest Mang(1898-1958) buried Imperial Memorial Gardens,

Pueblo, Colorado

 

HENRY  CLYDE  BATES   10-08-1889  to  9-09-1950

*S/of  Thomas M. Bates(1857-1926) & Francis Ann McGough Bates(1859-1940)

"Life Is Ever Lord Of Death And Love Can Never Lose Its Own'

&  NETTIE  LECONIA  STOCKS  BATES   9-25-1891  to  3-08-1969

*D/of  Hillery Miles Stocks(1867-1923) & Olga Holloway Stocks(1871-1938)

"God's Greatest Gift Returnd To God, Our Mother"

 

KEITH  RAY  BATES    8-13-1940  to  10-21-2009

*S/of  Henry Clyde Bates(1889-1950) & Nettie Leconia Stocks Bates(1891-1969)

*A2C  U.S. Air Force-Vietnam    *Md:9/26/1961 

&  JANICE  LEE  BATES  3-04-1947  (One date)

 

PEGGIE  MURRELL  BATES(82)   1-25-1934  to  9-12-2016  *OB

*D/of  Henry Clyde Bates(1889-1950) & Nettie Leconia Stocks Bates(1891-1969)

*Lifelong member of Philadelphia Baptist Church

FRED  BEZONI   6-22-1884  to  10-12-1913   "Mason"

*S/of Franklin Alphonso Bezoni (1851 NY – 1937 TX) &

Elizabeth Alice Baldy Bezoni(1853 AR – 1937 TX)

ALLIE  B.  HELMS  BEZONI (92) 9-25-1890  to  6-09-1983

*Wf/of Fred  Bezoni  "Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven"

NELDA  HELMS  BOOZER   11-29-1918   to  1-04-1996

"Into Thy Hand I Command My Spirit"

EULA  STEGALL  CATHEY  1883  to  1923

"Mother"  {*10-19-1922  *ARDI }

Infant  CATHEY   *S/of  Eula Stegall  &  J. W. Cathey    (No dates)

Infant  CATHEY  *S/of  Eula Stegall  &  J. W. Cathey   (No dates)

DAVID  ALLEN  COKE   1983  to  12-02-1983

(Not found in 1992, but was listed on a 1960  DAR  canvass) *Had a small new headstone 2011.

MARY  'ELAINE'  BURT  DOPSON (70)  1-21-1931  to  6-06-2001

*When I surveyed this cemetery in 2011, all that marked this grave was a small metal

mortuary marker, with her age, name, birth & death dates.

*"Elaine" *Md: 9/17/1949  William Thomas Dopson

*William Thomas Dopson was deceased before June 2001.

 *Parents of, Tommy R. Dopson (66) (8-22-1950  to  4-7-2017) 

*Short Track racing was his passion, & among his racing family was known as

“Nothing Nice”.  *Wife of 39 yrs, Clara Dopson.

*Late siblings:  Terressie Johnson, Glenda Duft, David Dopson.

*Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Calhoun Co., AR.

GLADYS  MARIE  STEGALL  LUM  ELMORE (95)

10-13-1914   to   4-06-2010

*D/of  Henry M. Stegall (1873-1931) & Gracie Marie Reese Stegall(1884-1966)  *OB

*Late husbands ~  *Md: 1929, Elmer Lum(1910-1988)  &  Asa Elmore

*Elmer Lum buried at Green Grove Cemetery, Union County, AR

ALICE  FELDMANN  4-12-1904  to  7-05-1906

*D/of  John Jacob Feldmann  &  Pinkie Rugg Feldmann

 

*Triple  headstone   “Not My Will But Thine Be Done”

HOWARD “HAL” LAMAR  FELDMAN  4-10-1934  to  9-16-1964

*S/of  Nehemiah Feldman(1902-1978) & Erma Irene Lum Feldman(1907-2001)

&  ERMA  IRENE  LUM  FELDMAN   7-31-1907  to  1-24-2001

*D/of  William Warren Lum(1877-1952) & Mary Elizabeth Norsworthy Lum(1881-1974)

*Wf/of  Nehemiah  Feldman

&  NEHEMIAH “CAP” FELDMAN   8-09-1902  to  9-06-1978

*S/of  John Jacob Feldman(1867-1919) &  Pinkie Rugg Feldman(1872-1955)

 

JOEL  EDWARD  FELDMAN   11-20-1906   to  11-18-1971

*S/of  John Jacob Feldman(1867-1919) &  Pinkie Rugg Feldman(1872-1955)

*Spouses: *Md: 1938, *1^st  wife, Orell Robertson (1912-1959)

*2^nd wife  Dixie Ruth Sturdivant King Feldman Nash(1917-2004)

*Dixie Ruth buried with her 1^st husband, Marcus King, at Ebenezer Presbyterian

Church Cemetery, Union Co., AR   “Gone But Not Forgotten”

*See Dixie's listing with her 3^rd husband Alvin Dwight Nash in this cemetery.

&  ORRELL  ROBERTSON  FELDMAN  11-30-1912  to  1-12-1959

*1^st Wf/of  Joel Edward Feldman  *Md: 1938

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

 

JOHN  JACOB  FELDMAN   4-17-1909  to  2-10-1968

*S/of  John Jacob Feldman (1867-1919) &  Pinkie Rugg Feldman (1872-1955)

&  SUSIE  ETTA  FRISBY  FELDMAN  11-05-1919  to  1-04-1996

*D/of Walter James Frisby(1895-1973) & Mary Addie Smith Frisby(1904-1991)

"And The Soul Never Dies"

 

JOHN  JACOB  FELDMAN   2-22-1867  to  8-09-1919

*John born in Switzerland

*John & Pinkie Feldman Children  

Nehemiah(1902-1978) ~ Joel Edward (1906-1971) ~ John Jacob(1909-1968)

&   PINKIE  RUGG  FELDMAN   9-18-1872  to  9-14-1955

(D. M.) DAVID  M.  GOODSON   April  1856  to  3-14-1933  *ARDI

*David was born in Panola County, Mississippi & died in El Dorado, AR

*Tombstone gives birth year as 1868, but descendants say that is wrong.

*Only the birth & death years appear on the tombstone, a recent

one installed most likely by a descendant.   

*David M. Goodson  &  Mary Emma Miller Goodson (b: ca 1860 MS)

*were the parents of  Mollie Florence Goodson  Webb(1887-1976)*

*Mollie md: Armon Webb (1881-1961) in 1903.

*Mollie along with her husband, Armon Webb are buried at

Rest Haven Memorial Garden Cemetery, Union Co;., AR

ROBERT  "ROBBY" JERRY  HANSEN, JR.(53)

8-23-1962   to  1-15-2016 *OB

*S/of  Robert  Jerry Hansen, Sr.(1935-2008)  &  Sarah Jo Maloch Hansen(1938-2016)

*Wife, Cindy Sinclair Hansen

 

ROBERT JERRY HANSEN, SR. (72)  5-12-1935  to  2-01-2008

*S/of  George Sampson Hansen(1899-1974) & Cecil Maude Woolsey Hansen(1909-1977)

*Spouses:  *1^st Wilma Carol Epperley (1946-2007)  *2^nd Sarah Jo Maloch (1938-2016)

&  WILMA CAROL EPPERLEY HANSEN(61) 1-07-1946 OK  to  1-15-2007

*D/of Leonard Epperley & Mary Lou Moore Epperley Richard

SARAH  JO  MALOCH  HANSEN(78) 2-18-1938  to  2-28-2016 *OB

*D/of Alvin Maloch  & Emma Lee Ferguson Maloch

*2^nd wife of Robert Jerry Hansen, Sr. (1935-2008)

*Life long American Legion Member

ALLIE  ELLEN  HELMS   9-25-1910  to  12-12-1913

*D/of  George William Helms(1881-1940)  &  Mattie A. Green Helms(1887-1962)

 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  HELMS  9-30-1881  to  2-18-1940

*H/of  Mattie Green Helms  *Shares double headstone with Mattie Green Helms

&  MATTIE  GREEN  HELMS   8-01-1887  to  9-12-1962

*D/of  Benjamin Calhoun Green(1847-1921) & Alice Eudora Engles Green(1855-1927)

 

GEORGE “DUB” WILSON  HELMS   4-10-1916   to  3-07-2009

*S/of Mattie Green Helms(1887-1962) & George William Helms(1881-1940)

*PVT  U.S. Army ~  MM1 U.S. Navy ~ World War II

*Wife, CATHERINE GAYLE PHILLIPS HELMS (79 yrs) (1931 TX  to 2011 TX)

*D/of  Wm. Frank Phillips(1886-1956)  & Mary Elizabeth McKensie Phillips(1886-1965)

*Catherine died of cancer.  Buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, TX

 

JAMES  MARSHALL HELMS   7-15-1883   to  9-25-1957

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

 

JIMMIE  GILES  HELMS    7-05-1879   to   3-08-1974

"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

 

LIZZIE  HELMS   5-13-1888   to   1-17-1903

*D/of  W. H. Helms(1862-1928) &  Ellen L. Helms(1853-1920)

*Age 14 yrs-8 mos-4 dys

 

(W. A.)WILLIAM  ALVERSON HELMS   

7-14-1833   to  10-11-1921

*S/of Allen J. Helms(1809 NC-1880 MS) & Rebecca Ann Smith Helms(b: ca 1810 NC)

 *1^st  *Md: 9/17/1852 Union Co., NC  Elizabeth Ann Stegall

*H/of  Susie Hill (1877-1936)   *2^nd *Md: Susie Hill in 1891, Union Co., AR

 *Inscription: “The dead in christ are Surely blest, for they partake his heavenly rest.”

SUSIE  HILL  HELMS    2-17-1877  to   5-16-1936

*Wf/of  William Alverson Helms (1833-1921)  *Md: 1891 AR *2^nd wife, Susie Hill

 

W. H.  HELMS    11-11-1862   to   3-02-1928   (has two tombstones)

*Silver Engraved Plaque-marker, stating W.H. "Bud" Helms donated the first

acre of  land for Philadelphia Cemetery 1903.   Plaque placed by his Grandson,

G.W. Helms in August 1995. *See photo at end of this listing.

*Wife,  Ellen Helms(1853-1920)

&  ELLEN  HELMS  12-26-1853   to  11-05-1920

*Wife of W. H. Helms

FRANK  A.  HOBSON   4-08-1909   to   5-08-1941

 

JOHN  B. "JACK"  HOBSON   4-24-1879  to  12-20-1920

"Jack" S/of Mary Elizabeth Simpson Hobson (b: ca 1860 MS)  &

Francis "Frank" Hobson (b: ca 1857 MS) 

"Jack"  *Md:  Mellie  V. Stegall  in 1908, Union County, AR

MELLIE  V.  STEGALL  HOBSON   4-14-1886   to   9-08-1945

*Md: in 1903, John B. "Jack" Hobson in Union County, AR

WILLIAM  HILLARY  HORNE (W.H.) (88)  3-11-1929  to  10-13-2017 *OB

*S/of  William Rufus Horne(1881-1961) & Lois Miranda Stocks Horne(1898-1978)

*Bailey FH, El Dorado, AR.

WILLIAM  RUFUS  HORNE    3-09-1881  to  7-12-1961

*Md: 1917  Loi s Miranda Stocks in Union County, Arkansas

&  LOIS  MIRANDA  STOCKS  HORNE  10-25-1898  to  4-12-1978

*D/of  Olga Holloway Stocks (1871-1938) & Hillery Miles Stocks (1867-1923)

THULA  S.  FLYNN  HORTON(92)   8-04-1910  to  9-02-2002 West Monroe, LA

"Only Sleeping"

CARLIE  A.  HUGHES   7-13-1909  to  10-22-1974

*Husband of Curtis Elnora Perkins Hughes  *Md:12/2/1933

&   CURTIS  ELNORA  PERKINS  HUGHES     

9-17-1910   to  11-07-1996

*Md:12/2/1933  Carlie A. Hughes

"Rest Is Thine; Sweet Remembrance Ours"

 

DAVID  ALLEN  HUGHES    11-21-1947  to  4-25-1965

"At Rest In Peace With Thee"

 

DELBERT  ELMER  HUGHES  4-06-1936  to  6-23-1993

*U.S. Navy ~ Korea

 

DOROTHY  RACHAEL  HUGHES   4-27-1923   to  3-03-1986

"Mother"    "Where The Flowers Bloom Forever"  

 

JOHNATHAN “JOHNNY” M.  HUGHES, JR. 

10-25-1964   to  1-05-2004

"Little Johnny"    *Md:4/14/1984

&  SHARI  G.  DOWTY  HUGHES   12-31-1963  (One date)

FRANK  "TURTLE"  JENKINS   10-05-1941  to   7-07-2019

*Born in El Dorado, AR .  Died in Pulaski Co., AR  Resided in Crossett.

*S/of Dauris  L. Jenkins (1903-1956) & Bessie McKinnon  Jenkins

*Member of South Main Baptist Church. *Served honorably in the U.S. Navy

*Had a 38 year career with Georgia Pacific & eventually retired

as a millwright in the tissue department.  *OB

*Survived by his wife of 56 years, Carol Evon Bates Jenkins of Crossett; three sons,

Dennis Jenkins (Pam) of Baonney Lake, WA; Bobby Jenkins(Phyllis) of Crossett, AR;

Donald Jenkins (Jennifer) of Wauwatosa, WI.

CHARLEY  C.  KIDD   7-08-1886   to   1-21-1955

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

&  LENNIE  McGOUGH  KIDD   4-27-1896   to  1-16-1955

"To Know Her Was To Love Her"

 

MAYNARD  L.  KIDD    11-21-1918   to  9-15-1937

*S/of  Charles C. Kidd(1886-1955)  &  Lennie McGough Kidd(1896-1955)

"His Life an Ideal"  His Memory An Inspiration."

NORA  SINCLAIR  MAJOR  KNIGHT   5-12-1935  to  4-19-2005

"In Loving Memory"    "Mother of Jimmy Major"

Infant  KUNDERT    12-26-1907  to  12-26-1907

*Infant S/of  W. H. & L. A. Kundert

FRANKIE  NASH  LANGLEY    2-18-1932   to   3-26-1949

"She's  Safe  At  Home"

THOMAS  JOSEPH  LAVINE, SR.  (90)  8-31-1916  to  1-28-2007 *ob

*S/of  Frank Lavine  &  Ellen  Dutton  Lavine;

*Wife, Naomi June Smith Lavine     *Md:12/12/1942

"Forever In Our Hearts"

&   NAOMI  JUNE  LAVINE (91) 10-15-1919  to  2-12-2011 *ob

*D/of  Micah Pierce Smith, Sr. & Julia Beeler Smith

*Wf/of Thomas Joseph Lavine, Sr. "Mother"  "Forever In Our Hearts"

MARCUS  JUSTIN  LUM     9-20-1981  to  12-21-1981

“Mama’s Angel  Always in Loving Memory”

KERRY  LeANN  SORRELLS  MANASCO(32)

7-02-1975   to  1-02-2008

*D/of  Rickey & Alice Bates Sorrells. *Wife of Shawn Manasco.  *OB

"Forever In Our Hearts"

HILDA  M.  McADAMS    3-14-1930   to   5-12-1998

"Our Beloved Mother.  At Rest With God"

*Mother of  Billy J. Baker 4/2/1958, Monticello, Drew Co., AR  to 

1/11/2018,  El Dorado, AR.  *Worked his whole adult life as a

Diesel & Automotive mechanic.  He was a Doctor of motors & 

was educated & trained by many of the largest automotive

corporations in Diesel & Automotive mechanics.

*Cremated  *Location of ashes is unknown.

*Survived by his wife of 39 years, Patricia Baker.

*Survived by his children; son Bill Baker Jr;  daughters Sherry Rowell &

Michelle (Scott) Bateman.  Survived by 3 sisters, Jean Fox,

Marie Johnson, & Glenda Shiro;  2 brothers, Lee McAdams & Robert McAdams.

*Preceded in death by his brothers; Glen Cotton & Johnny Wilder.

JOYCE  ALTON  McGOUGH (86)  6-04-1916  to  12-13-2002

*Md:6/1/1940  *Husband to Jessie Orean Bates  for 62 yrs.

&  JESSIE OREAN BATES  McGOUGH  1-30-1919  to  12-13-2011

*D/of  Henry Clyde Bates(1889-1950) & Nettie Leconia Stocks Bates(1891-1969) *ob

 

ROBERT  W.  McGOUGH   11-11-1893  to  3-16-1969

*Md: 12/6/1914   Lola Little

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

&  LOLA  LITTLE  McGOUGH    5-13-1894  to  2-23-1974

*Wf/of  Robert W. McGough

ALVIN  DWIGHT NASH  3-04-1911  to  1-25-1980

*S/of  Colas Bright Nash(1882-1943) & Neely Helms Nash(1894-1971)

*3^rd  H/of  Dixie Ruth Sturdivant (1-20-1917 to 12-31-2004)

*1^st Md: 1939, Una Floy Nash (1911-1968)

*2^nd  Md:  *Dixie Ruth Sturdivant (1917-2004)

*D/of Georgia Bell Spencer(1888-1971) & Benj. Franklin Sturdivant(1891-1968)

*3 Spouses:1^st Marcus Stanley King(1915-1950) 

*2^nd Joel Edward Feldman(1906-1971)  *3^rd  Alvin Dwight Nash (1911-1980)

*2^nd wife,  Dixie is buried at Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery with

her 1^st husband, Marcus S. King.  *Her 2^nd husband, Joel

Edward Feldman is also buried here at Philadelphia Cemetery.

&  UNA  FLOY  NASH    2-17-1911  to   4-08-1968

*Una Floy Nash was the 1^st wife of Alvin Dwight Nash

*Inscription below is across the bottom of the double

headstone for Una Floy & Alvin Dwight Nash

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

 

CECIL  B.  NASH   8-20-1916  to  4-24-1994

*S/of  Colas Bright Nash(1882-1943) & Neely Helms Nash(1894-1971)

*U.S. Army ~ World War II

 

COLAS  BRIGHT NASH, JR.   12-30-1929  to  9-01-1942

*S/of  Colas Bright Nash(1882-1943) & Neely Helms Nash(1894-1971)

 

COLAS ‘BRIGHT’ NASH   7-26-1882 NC  to  7-22-1934 Pulaski Co., AR

*Born in Union County, North Carolina;  Died in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

*Md:3/1/1908   Neely  Helms

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

&  NEELY HELMS  NASH (77)  2-13-1894   to  5-25-1971

*D/of  W. H. “Bill” Helms(1862-1928)  &  Ellen Helms(1853-1920)

*Neely died at her home in Lawson, Union County, Arkansas.. 

*Member of Philadelphia Baptist Church.  *Survived by a daughter, Mrs.

Jannis Agerton ; 6 sons, Alvin Nash, Cecil Nash, Collis Nash, Fred

Nash, J. U. Nash, & Roy Nash; a sister, Mrs. Alley Bezonia of

Lakeland, Florida.  (Bailey Funeral Home) *Obit: published in

The El Dorado Daily News – 5/25/1971)

*Wf/of Colas Bright Nash (1882-1934)

 

FRANKIE  MAE  NASH  

(Not found in 1992, but was listed on the DAR 1960 canvass)

 

FRED  W.  NASH   10-19-1912   to  7-14-1977  *World War  II

*S/of  Colas Bright Nash(1882-1943) & Neely Helms Nash(1894-1971)

*Md:1935  Relda Mae Humphries (1916-1996)buried Strong Cemetery, Union Co.,AR

 

GURDIE  NASH     11-27-1914   to  11-02-1915

 

INFANT  Daughter  NASH    1-11-1923   to  1-12-1923

INFANT  Son  NASH    born & died  4-22-1925

 

JAMES  U.  NASH   12-01-1923  to  4-05-1994 

*S/of  Colas Bright Nash(1882-1943) & Neely Helms Nash(1894-1971)

*U.S. Army ~ World WarII  *James was the marshal of Strong, AR  for a few years.

&  JULIA  P.  NASH   4-02-1936  (One date)

*Julia P. was born in 1936 in Chile.

DORA  PILKERTON     1901  to  1912

*11 year old daughter    *I have a photo of this plain tombstone.

It appears to match that of D.M Goodson who  is beside her.

RICHARD  HORACE  REDSTONE    6-07-1921  to  5-19-1990

*MM  Young Funeral Home   "Gone But Not Forgotten"

TOM  ALLEN  ROBERDS   9-22-1897  to  7-22-1960

*H/of  Daisy Mable Roberds (1904-1986)   *TX  S2  USNRF ~ World War I

*Daisy buried Rest Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Union Co., AR

DAVID  RANDALL  ROBINS (60)  6-21-1952  to  4-16-2013 *OB

*S/of  Johnnie Monroe Robins(1917-1984) & Azile Horne Robins(11918-2000)

*Brother to Rita Lois Robins

 

JOHNNIE  MONROE  ROBINS   7-16-1917  to  6-29-1984

*H/of  Azile Horne   *U.S. Army ~ World War II

&  AZILE  HORNE  ROBINS   9-10-1918   to  1-14-2000

*D/of Lois Miranda Stocks Horne(1898-1978) & William Rufus Horne(1881-1961)

 

RITA  LOIS  ROBINS   10-30-1954  to  7-16-1998

*D/of  Johnnie Monroe Robins(1917-1984) & Azile Horne Robins(11918-2000)

*Sister to Daniel Randall Robins

BARBARA  ANN  SINCLAIR  died 10-12-1953  (One date)

*D/of  Virgil R. Sinclair(1923-1967)  &  Virginia Sinclair

 

BURNEY  E.  SINCLAIR 1-04-1917  to  5-26-2002

*Md:12/15/1945   Dorothy May Bates   *U.S. Army

*”We’ll Meet Just Inside the Eastern Gate”

&  DOROTHY MAY BATES  SINCLAIR  8-17-1925  to  3-02-1994

*D/of  Henry Clyde Bates(1889-1950) & Nettie Leconia Stocks Bates(1891-1969)

*Md:12/15/1945  Burney E. Sinclair

 

GEORGE  THOMAS  SINCLAIR   2-22-1927  to  4-06-1995

"FATHER"    *U.S.  Army ~ World War II

"Your Memory Will Live In Our Hearts Forever"

&  HELEN  MARIE GRIFFIN(84)  SINCLAIR  

"MOTHER"    2-06-1934  to  5-07-2018   *OB

*D/of  Henry Lee Griffin(1902-1988)  &  Selma Craig Griffin(1908-2000)

*Wife of, the late George Thomas Sinclair, shares double headstone with Helen.

*Member of Bible Baptist Church.  Managed the Credit Bureau of

El Dorado for 40 years.;  later worked in collections at Smackover

State Bank for 13 years.  Past president of the Associated Credit Bureau of

Arkansas.   Mother of the late, Mark S. Sinclair. 

Late brother, Malcolm Lee Griffin(1929-2014); 

late, sister, Louise Walk & special friend, Sam Sinclair.

 

JAMES  CLYDE  SINCLAIR  born & died  1-09-1949

“Gone To Be An Angel”

 

JAMES  DEWITT  SINCLAIR    11-04-1919   to   4-09-1992

*U.S. Army ~ World War II

*Md:9/13/1943  Maxine  Alphin

&  MAXINE  ALPHIN  SINCLAIR   5-11-1925   (One  date)

 

MARK  STEVEN  "MARKIE"  SINCLAIR (55)

7-20-1954   to   12-17-2009  *OB

*S/of George Thomas Sinclair(1927-1995) &  Helen Griffin Sinclair(1934-?)

*Wife, Susan Clift     *Bailey FH

&   SUSAN  CLIFT  (Hoodie)  SINCLAIR  2-04-1952  (One date)

“To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die”

 

MICHIAL  ELVIN  SINCLAIR   6-25-1947  to  3-11-1992

*Md:12/26/1991  *STGCS ~ US Navy – Vietnam

"To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Never To Die"

&  SANDRA  GAIL  SINCLAIR   11-08-1954   (One date)

 

PAUL  SINCLAIR     9-12-1912   to  7-17-1916

*S/of  W. L. & Etta Sinclair

"The ?link is broken.  God gave. He took.  He will restore."

 

VIRGIL  R.  SINCLAIR   10-02-1923   to  12-16-1967

*Md: 3/19/1953  Virginia      *Double headstone with other side blank.

“May God Grant You Eternal Rest”

 

WAYNE  SINCLAIR (65)  9-10-1946  to  3-17-2012  *OB

*S/of James Dewitt Sinclair(1919-1992)  &  Maxine Alphin Sinclair(1925- ?)

*Wf/of 46 yrs, Ruby Sinclair

HENRY  CRANFORD  SMITH   1-22-1929   to  7-31-2002

*There is no death date inscribed for Henry on the double headstone he shares

with his wife, Ethel Mae Hughes Smith.....not sure of the death date or burial location.

*The death date given above is from the SSDI.

*S/of  PVT  Henry Martin Smith (1893  Jonesboro, LA-1977 LA)  &

Irene Marie Parks Smith (1929 LA – 2016 LA)

*World War I Veteran (father, Pvt Henry Martin Smith) buried in Evangelical

Methodist Church Cemetery, Simmesport, Avoyelles Parish, LA

*(mother, Irene Marie Parks Smith is buried in Grace Community Baptist

Church Cemetery, Jacoby, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA.

* Two brothers, Ruel L. Smith(1931-1988) is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in El Dorado;

Robert Murrell Smith (1947-2011)Spencer Cemetery, Washington Parish, LA

*Md:9/28/1951   Ethel Mae Hughes   *See Find-A-Grave memorials left for this family.

&  ETHEL  MAE  HUGHES  SMITH (46)  11-02-1934  to  1-18-1981

*Wf/of  Henry Cranford Smith

 

MARTHA  ANN  SMITHWICK  SMITH   7-04-1932  to  2-03-1994

*D/of James Smithwick (b: ca 1888 AR) & Rachel Smithwick (b: ca 1905 AR)

"She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"

ALEXANDER   STEGALL    1-06-1840   to   9-30-1920

*S/of  Joseph Stegall (1812-1888)  &  Sarah Jane Hasty Stegall (1812-1890)

*H/of  Sara J  Hasty    “Blessed Are They that die in the Lord”

MRS.   SARA  J.  HASTY  STEGALL   1-23-1847  to  12-26-1925

*D/of  William Hasty(1817 NC-1859 NC) & Rachel Walton Hasty(b:ca 1822 NC)

*Wf/of  Alexander  Stegall    “Her End Was Peace”

 

AUBRY  A.  STEGALL  9-14-1911   to  10-22-1914

*S/of  Henry M. Stegall (1873-1931)  & Gracie Reese  Stegall(1884-1966)

 

BENJAMIN  H.  STEGALL  12-31-1888  to  10-15-1979

"Uncle  Ben"    *Wife, Nellie Alvern Bolding Stegall (1889-1964)

*Nellie is buried at “Old Lapile Cemetery” Union Co., AR

“Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal”

 

CECILE  RHODES  STEGALL   1911  to  1914

*D/of Anna Virgil Stegall (1890-1934) & Lorenzo Dow Stegall(1879-1959)

“Only Sleeping”

 

CHARLES  LUTHER  STEGALL   8-04-1871  to  2-11-1943

*Husband of  Lona Chaney   "They Gave Their Today For Our Tommorrow"

&   LONA  CHANEY  STEGALL  12-07-1880  to  4-26-1980

*Wf/of  Charles Luther Stegall  

*Note: she was only months away from turning 100 years old.

 

"LITTLE"  CORDIE  STEGALL   10-09-1904  to  8-29-1905

*D/of  Henry M. Stegall (1873-1931)  &  Gracie Reese  Stegall(1884-1966)

* I have another listing for a BIRDIE  STEGALL  with the same dates

given for CORDIE.  My speculation is that her name most likely was

Cordie, with "BIRDIE" possibly being a nic-name, because there is no tombstone

for anyone named Birdie Stegall.

"Sleep on dear child and take thy rest, in Jesus arms forever more"

 

EDWARD  M.  STEGALL  5-28-1919  to  9-08-1984

*U.S. Army~ World War  II

 

HENRY  M.  STEGALL   1-12-1865  to  7-24-1939

*64 yrs-6 mos-12 dys   *H/of  Gracie Reese

&  GRACIE  REESE  STEGALL    9-12-1879  to  6-08-1966

*Wf/of  Henry M. Stegall

 

ILA  BESSIE  STEGALL   3-25-1904   to  10-08-1905

*D/of  Charles Luther Stegall(1871-1943)  &  Lona  Chaney Stegall(1880-1980)

"Our Darling One Hath Gone Before, To Greet Us On The Blissful Shore"

 

LORENZO  DOW  STEGALL  6-06-1879   to  1-12-1959

*S/of  Alexander Stegall(1840-1920)  &  Sara J. Hasty Stegall (1847-1925)

*Md: 1906    Anna Virgil

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

&  ANNA  VIRGIL  STEGALL   10-04-1890  to  7-03-1934

*Wf/of  Lorenzo Dow Stegall

 

THOMAS  W. “TOMMY” STEGALL (74) 2-14-1939  to  9-04-2013

*S/of  William Everett Stegall(1907-1962) & Verline Torrence Stegall Talley(1916-1995)

*Late paternal grandparents, Wm. Thomas Stegall  & Mary Emma Long Stegall

*Late maternal grandparents: Carroll Torrence & Jesse Duke Torrence   *OB

*Faith ful member of  East Faulkner Church of Christ.

Tommy attended Arkansas State University on a full track & field scholarship.  Owner

& operator of Stegall Construction Company.

*Survived by four daughters, Karen Sue Atwood, Donna Lynn Begin, Tressie

Reyes and Kelly Renee Tannery; one btrother, Doyle Stegall, one sister, Ginger

Stegall Busch.

 

WILLIAM  THOMAS  STEGALL   10-05-1874   to   6-24-1936

*H/of  Mary Emma Long  Stegall

&   MARY  EMMA  LONG  STEGALL   11-01-1883   to  2-09-1961

*Wf/of  William Thomas Stegall

ALFRED  WAYNE  SUTTERFIELD 

5-21-1938  to  7-27-2009

*S/of  Alfred Harrison Sutterfield(1905-1946) & Mary Helen Leach Kennedy(1917-1997)

*Born in Camden, AR      *World War  II Veteran .  *Father of 3 sons.

*Alfred's brother, Brickey & his family are buried here.

(Memorial –Cremated_ ashes scattered)

&  MARY  MARTHA  SELLERS  SUTTERFIELD

*Born 12-16-1942   (One date)   *Mother of 3 sons.

(Memorial)  *Cremated, ashes scattered,

location unknown.  *Md: Alfred Wayne Sutterfield in Sep 1962.

  *D/of  Edward Sellers and Cara May Edrinton Sellers.

 

BRICKY  COLE  SUTTERFIELD  10-10-1934   to  7-22-2003

*S/of  Alfred Harrison Sutterfield (1905-1946) &

Mary Helen Leach Sutterfield Kennedy(1917-1997)

*Md:4/29/1959   Mary Louise Willoughby

&  MARY  LOUISE  WILLOUGHBY   SUTTERFIELD 

2-15-1933    to   1-24-2003

*D/of Margaret Ellen McGough (1912-2008)  &  Hughie Willoughby(1905-1980) 

*Wf/of  Bricky Cole Sutterfield

 

PENNY LYNN  JONES  SUTTERFIELD(38)

5-18-1968   to   3-25-2007 *OB

"Britt's Mom"   *Died in a motorcycle accident.

BRITTANIE  ANNE “BRITT” TAYLOR  

6-16-1989  to  9-28-2005

*16 year old daughter, died in auto accident.

*D/of  Penny Lynn Jones Sutterfield (1968-2007) & 

??  John Michael Sutterfield (Speculation)

*Penny died in a motorcycle accident.

*See Sutterfield listing.

JOHNNY  LEE “BUDDY” TEMPLETON  

6-12-1935   to  2-14-2004

*Md:6/26/1955  Melba Gaye Willoughby

&  MELBA  GAYE  WILLOUGHBY   TEMPLETON

1-14-1938  (One date)

ARTHER  ALMOND  WALLER    5-16-1914  to  1-08-1978

*S/of Albert Lockey Waller (1883-1953) & Nora Leamons Waller (1890-1922)

*Md:4/19/1933   Velma Ruth Helms

& VELMA  RUTH   HELMS  WALLER   10-17-1915  to  1-25-2004

*Wf/of Arther Almond Waller  *Md:4/19/1933

 

JAMES  E. “JIMMY” WALLER   6-17-1939  to  12-12-1992

*Md:11/22/1958   Barbara J.      *Ark. Hwy. Police

"Life's A Voyage That's Homeward Bound"

&  BARBARA  J.  "B. J."  WALLER  11-07-1940  (One date)

 

STEVEN  MARSHALL WALLER    7-14-1959   to  11-1-1962

“Resting Safe In The Arms of Jesus”

AULD  WEBB      1917  to  1919

Baby  WEBB      born & died 1908

CLINTON  JOSEPH  WILLOUGHBY  

9-23-1901  to  2-14-1975

*H/of Gertrude Stegall

&  GERTRUDE  STEGALL  WILLOUGHBY 

6-2-1908   to   5-28-2009

*D/of  Charles Luther Stegall (1871-1943)  &  Lona Chaney Stegall (1880-1980)

*Wf/of  Clinton Joseph Willoughby

 

HUGHIE  WILLOUGHBY  12-29-1905  to  12-21-1980  "Mason"

*Md:9/20/1931   Margaret Ellen McGough

&  MARGARET  ELLEN  McGOUGH   WILLOUGHBY(95)

11-16-1912    to   7-23-2008    "Eastern Star"

*D/of Thomas Jefferson McGough(1861-1937)  &  

Grace Sargent McGough Kelley(1875-1924)

*Wf/of  Hughie Willoughby *Md:9/20/1931

LOIS  McGOUGH  WOMACK    9-13-1918   to   8-18-1947

*1^st  Wf/of Chester Arthur Womack (1913-1958)

*Buried at Rest Haven Memorial Garden Cemetery, Union  Co., AR.,  with his 2^nd wife

 

A Facebook page is being created (November 2019) for this

cemetery & should be available any day.

 

PHILADELPHIA  CEMETERY 

583  PHILADELPHIA  ROAD

EL DORADO, AR  71730

*Information:  (870) 871-8967  or  jalphin2000@yahoo.com 

*Trustees:   JEFF ALPHIN ~ Troy Alphin ~ John Sinclair

 

*Donations would be much appreciated and can be made to

Simmons Bank Trust Department, 100 West Grove, El Dorado, AR 71730

designated for Philadelphia Cemetery.

November 2019

Cemetery Committee Members:

JEFF ALPHIN,  TROY ALPHIN,  and JOHN SINCLAIR

 

*Many unmarked graves or unreadable markers. Cemetery enclosed by chain link fence.

(Below)  *Silver Plaque-marker noting that the first acre of land for the

Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery was donated by W.H.

"Bud" Helms.  Very hard to photograph with the bright sunlight

reflecting off of it. More details about the Plaque with "Bud" Helms listing.