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SALEM CEMETERY
Est. 1878 
Union County, Arkansas along Hwy.
172 West toward Lisbon.
Updated April 20, 2004, using a canvass done by
Ralph O. Weldon done on
September 15, 1991. Updated from
obituaries, May 2006/July 2009.
*My own new survey October 2011.
*Last update April 2021.
*Since my last visit, a large
flag pole with lights has been added & nice
covered pavilion. Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com
*MM – Mortuary Marker
* "&" - Double Headstone
*SSI -
Social Security Death Index
*ob - info from Obituary
*WOW -
Woodman of the World monument
* ARDI -
Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950
GILBERT ARLAND ALFORD
3-11-1921 to 1-19-1987
*S/of Dr. Abner
Acel Alford (1854-1927) &
Elsie Bissell
Alford (1899-1975)
*PVT U.S. Army
World War II
*Husband of Nora Kathleen Atkinston *Md:12/4/1943
& NORA KATHLEEN ATKINSON ALFORD (79)
5-09-1927 to 8-22-2006
*D/of Cecil
Calvin Atkinson (1898-1983) &
Janette Cox
White Atkinson *OB
*Wife of Gilbert Arland Alford *Md:12/4/1943
CLARA BELL BEAVERS ALLEN (86)
11-15-1926 to 10-05-2013 MI
*D/of Arthur
& Fannie Beavers.
*Member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church.
*Late
husbands: LeRoy
Eutsey & the Rev. Vizer Allen.
*African American *OB
SAMUEL JOSEPH "SAM" ALOTTO
7-20-1920 AR to 8-24-2002
LA
*S/of Charles Alotto
(1873-1947) *Brother, Stephen Alotto
(1904-1955)
* Father &
brother both
interred @
Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery, El Dorado
*Sam born in
Arkansas. Died in Shreveport, Louisiana
*Md:2/15/1964 Lillie Mae "Nancy" Hodges
“For Ye Shall Go Out With Joy, And Be Led Forth With Peace......ISA. 55:12”
& LILLIE MAE "NANCY" HODGES ALOTTO (72)
8-21-1927 to 10-27-1999
*D/of Walter
H. Hodges (1904-1978) &
Neva Mae Howard
Hodges (1908-1991)
*Wife of Samuel Joseph
Alotto *Md:2/15/1964
WILLAM CHARLES “BILL”
ANDERSON
5-30-1952 to 3-26-2003
“Beloved Son”
BESSIE LaBEFF
ATKINSON
4-8-1909 to 9-15-1970
*D/of Palsey
Wright Labeff (1876-1955) &
Mattie Clawson
LaBeff (1875-1963)
*Md: 1924 (1st) John Lee Bishop (1893-1976)
*Buried Burns Ebenezer
Cemetery
WALTER T. ATKINSON
7-23-1924 AR to 11-05-1964 Marin Co., CA
*S/of Cecil
Calvin Atkinson (1898-1983) & Janette Cox
White Atkinson
*Mississippi~
Pvt U.S. Army World War II
*Wife, Mary C.
Burge
ANNE WILLETT BAIN (73)
11-15-1936 Kilgore, TX to 8-17-2010 AR
*D/of Woodrow Wilson
Willett (1913-1971) &
Josie Dorrine Duke
Willett (Kundert) (1915-2015)
ELIZABETH BALDWIN (no dates)
Great Grandfather BALDWIN (no dates)
Great Grandmother BALDWIN (no dates)
JIM DAN BALLARD, III
8-29-2003 to 5-18-2004
GEORGE BARR
7-14-1924 Indiana Co.,, PA to 6-03-1992 Lisbon, AR
*S/of Zora G. Barr (1896-1967)
*Zora buried
in Marion
Center Memorial Cemetery, Ind Co., PA
*SFC US Army World
War II –Vietnam
*H/of Myrtle Estelle
Langley
MYRTLE ESTELLE LANGLEY
BARR(98)
7-22-1916 to 8-16-2014 *OB
*D/of William Pryor Langley (1868-1945) &
Birtie Estelle
Parks Langley (1885-1970)
*Born in
Smackover *Wife of George Barr
DOYLE PAUL BISHOP (85)
12-29-1927 to 9-01-2013 *OB
*S/of John Lee Bishop (1893-1976) &
Bessie LaBeff
Bishop Atkinson (1909-1970)
*H/of Gaytha Muriel Freeman
GAYTHA MURIEL FREEMAN BISHOP
(79)
8-13-1932 MS to 2-7-2012 AR
*D/of Grady
Freeman & Bessie Dupree Freeman.
*Born in Smith
County, Mississippi
*Wife of Doyle Paul
Bishop. *OB
JOHN ALBERT BISHOP (54)
7-08-1932 to 3-12-1987
*S/of John Lee Bishop (1893-1976) &
Bessie LaBeff
Bishop Atkinson (1909-1970)
*John died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana
*John *Md: Shirley Bob Eason, in 1951, Ouachita Co., AR
(*MM
Rumph Mortuary)
LAURA GALE WILSON BLACKWELL(54)
5-26-1962 to 7-31-2016 *OB
*D/of Darwin
Gene Wilson &
Marjorie Mae Langley
Wilson (1931-2012)
*Cremation *Speculation
as to where Laura is buried,
but her mother
and late brother are
both buried
here at Salem
Cemetery.
HORACE VINSON BLAKNEY (77)
6-29-1935 AL to 8-24-2012 AR *OB
*S/of Osmond Blakney (1909-1988) &
Lillie Mae McCool
Blakney (1910-1993)
*U.S. Air
Force
*Husband
of Regina Marie Zawislak *Md:11/28/1959
REGINA MARIE ZAWISLAK BLAKNEY (75)
9-07-1935 to 4-16-2011
*D/of Felix A.
Zawislak (1909-1978) &
Helen Micek
Zawislak (1911-1987)
*Wf/of Horace Vinson Blakney
*Md:11/28/1959
(J. P.) JOHN P. BRADLEY
6-15-1855 to 11-19-1913
*S/of Thomas
J. Bradley (b: ca 1825 NC ) &
Mary L.
Bradley (b: ca 1835 AL)
*Md: Union Co., AR in 1884 Ida Murph
IDA MURPH BRADLEY
9-26-1861 to 4-07-1918
*D/of William
Hendricks Murph (b: ca 1828 AL)
&
Elizabeth B. Gholsen Murph (b:ca 1832 AL)
*Md: Union Co., AR in 1884
*Wf/of (J. P.) John P. Bradley
JEANETTE WHITE BREWER (78)
8-22-1903 to 8-03-1982
"Beloved
Mother" "Rest In Peace"
DONNIE RAY BROWN
6-28-1943 to 10-05-2008
*S/of Modie & Richard
Brown.
*Born in Fresno, Calif. Died in
Louann, Ark.
*Survived by
his wife, Joyce
Marie Gray Brown (1948-2019)
*Preceded in
death by his parents, a son, Nathan Ray Brown,
& a
daughter, Donna Sue Brown; & sister, Maxine Brown.
* No
headstone.
& JOYCE MARIE
GRAY BROWN(70) *OB
10-13-1948 to 2-10-2019 Conway , AR
*Born in Lawrenceburg, TN to Arthur Gray & Goldia Marie Gray
*Preceding her
in death, was parents; her husband,
Donnie Ray Brown & her son, Nathan Ray Brown ;
her brother, Bobby Gene Gray.
NATHAN RAY BROWN (33)
7-05-1970 to 10-19-2003
"Husband
~ Father ~ Son ~ Brother"
"We will
Meet Again"
*Nathan shares
a double headstone with wife,
*Husband of Jill Kristine
Brown *Md: 2/27/1990
& JILL KRISTINE
BROWN
4-15-1973 (One Date)
*Wf/of Nathan Ray Brown *Md: 2/27/1990
*Parents of
Ashley Marie
JESSE JAMES BURTON
7-31-1934 to 9-19-2000
*S/of Linnie
Mae Leach
Cook (1908 LA -1990 AR ) &
her 3rd
husband, James
Andrew Burton (b:1883)
*Md: 11/13/1953 Relda Ann Murphy
*See mother, Linnie buried in
Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Union Co., AR
RELDA ANN MURPHY BURTON
2-19-1936 (One date)
*D/of George
Elmer Murphy (1896-1966) &
Lois Yocum
Murphy (1901-1983)
*Md: 11/13/1953 Jesse James Burton
*Shares a
double headstone with Jesse;
no death date
on her marker.
JAMES LAVELLE CLAWSON, SR.
7-27-1911 to 5-03-1980
*S/of James
Monroe Clawson (1871-1961) &
Annie Virginia LaBeff
Clawson (1881-1966)
*Husband of Minnie Lee Turner
& MINNIE
LEE TURNER CLAWSON
12-31-1912 to 11-19-1996
*Wife of James Lavelle
Clawson, Sr.
*Minnie &
James share a double headstone.
JAMES LAVELLE CLAWSON,
JR.
3-25-1939 to 1-30-1993
*S/of James
Lavelle Clawson, Sr. (1911-1980 ) &
Minnie Lee Turner Clawson (1912-1996)
JAMES MONROE CLAWSON
12-07-1871 to 12-03-1961
*S/of John
Hines Clawson (1845-1926) &
Maria Cebe Lawrence
Clawson (1844-1932)
*Husband of Annie Virginia LaBeff *Md: 1897
& ANNIE VIRGINIA LaBEFF
CLAWSON
3-28-1881 to 9-09-1966
*D/of Paulsey
Labeff (1835-1922) &
Margarite Jane Peterson
Labeff (1847-1953)
*Wife of James Monroe
Clawson *Md: 1897
KATHERINE “LOUISE” LEVERITT CLAWSON
1-31-1943 to 5-22-1986
*As it appears
on headstone: Louise
L. Clawson
LESLIE AARON CLAWSON (39)
3-04-1941 to 8-20-1980
NOAH & GLENDA
CLAWSON
Born & died 12-17-1939
*MM
JAKE B. COKE (85)
3-31-1889 to 11-01-1974
*S/of James
Thomas Coke (1855-1943) &
Mary Eliza Leverett
Coke (1866-1943)
*Husband of Ruby Etta Wood
& RUBY ETTA WOOD COKE (89)
4-28-1893 to 1-24-1983
*Wife of Jake B. Coke
*Shares double
marker with Jake
B. Coke.
KATHERINE BISHOP
COLVIN
3-18-1930 AR to 11-30-1999
LA
*Born in El
Dorado, AR – Died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
*D/of John Lee
Bishop (1893-1976) &
Bessie LaBeff
Atkinson (1909-1970)
*Katherine Bishop Md: 1950, John
Edward Colvin (1924-1998)
*John was born in Arkansas & died in Louisiana.
*U.S. Navy
Veteran-World War II, as Seaman First Class.
*John E. Colvin ~ S/of Mary
Mattie Featherston Stuart (1899-1971)
& LaRoy Drake Stuart (1894-1965)
*John was buried 12/22/1998 Wilson Cemetery,
Lewisville,
Lafayette Co., AR. *His mom is also buried here.
MARION "BOSS" COOK
ca 1849 to 1904
(death year
only date given on marker)
*S/of George
Washington Cook & Elizabeth Mendenhall Cook
EVELYN THOMPSON COPPAGE
10-12-1910 to 11-21-1975
"Earth Has
No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"
ELTON LEROY CRAWFORD
1911 to 7-02-1926 *ARDI
*S/of David
Austin Legrange Crawford (1879-1945) &
Edith Parks
Crawford (1889-1933)
EDITH PARKS CRAWFORD
2-24-1889 to 5-17-1933
*D/of Mary
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Howard (1859-1859) &
Lycurgus O. Parks (1847 GA-1931 AR)
*Edith was the *1st Wf/of David Austin Legrange Crawford
*David (1880-1945) is buried @ Woodlawn Cemetery.
EUGENE CRAWFORD
4-16-1938 to 2-19-2010
*Husband
of Stella L. Crawford
*Md: in 1965
*Eugene born
in Smackover, Ark.. Died at Crossett,
Ark.
*Resident of
El Dorado for 60 years. Worked in the
oil fields for
over 50 years &
retired in 1986. Preceded in death by
his wife,
Stella
Crawford; his mother, Dorothy Peppers; father, Ray
Spooner;
step-father, Jim Crawford; & brother, Don D. Crawford.
*Survived by
two sons, Chip and David Crawford;
one daughter,
Stacy King.
“Beloved
Husband and Father”
STELLA LOUISE ANFELDT CRAWFORD
11-12-1944 to 2-07-2009
*D/of
Henry Carl Anfeldt (1889-1961) &
Annie Louise Schmidt Anfeldt (1899-1972)
*Born in
Wheeling, Cook Co., ILL. Died in El
Dorado.
*Wife of Eugene Crawford
*Md:
in 1965
“Beloved Wife
and Mother”
JIM CRAWFORD
9-30-1901 to 4-11-1962
“His Memory Is
Blessed”
LISA PONDER CUPPLES
12-21-1969 to 7-26-2007
*D/of O. C.
Ponder (1930-1999) &
Ruby Jean Lively
Ponder (1943-2001)
"Rest In
Peace"
JEWEL EDWARD DARDEN (76)
8-04-1938 to 4-15-2015 *OB
*S/of William
Turner Darden (1870-1953) &
Lucy Nancy Coke
Darden Scroggins (1899-1991)
*Late son Jewel Edward “Buddy” Darden, Jr. (1959-1983)
*Buried Woodlawn
Cemetery
PRESTON DENNIS died 1920's
CHARLES HOMER DUKE
9-04-1886 to 6-18-1956
*S/of
Elizabeth Jean Crawford (1851-1910) &
William G.
Duke(1850-1897)
*Husband of Pearl Neutine Murphy
& PEARL NEUTINE MURPHY DUKE
2-28-1892 to 6-13-1984
*D/of Henry
Oscar Murphy (1855-1935) &
Ella Holloway
Murphy (1858-1945)
*Wife of Charles Homer
Duke
ELIJAH TERRELL DUKE
1-16-1890 to 6-17-1971
*S/of
Elizabeth Jean Crawford Duke (1851-1910) &
William G.
Duke (1850-1897)
* "ELIGA" Arkansas
PVT US Army ~ World War I
*Husband of Jewell Murphy
& JEWELL MURPHY DUKE
2-03-1893 to 6-18-1991
*D/of Henry
Oscar Murphy (1855-1935) &
Ella Holloway
Murphy (1858-1945)
*Wife of Elijah Terrell
Duke
HENRY BYRON DUKE
7-31-1922 to 7-25-2005
*S/of Charles
Homer Duke (1886-1956) &
Pearl Murphy
Duke (1892-1984)
*SGT U.S. Army Air Forces ~ World War II
*Md: 10/9/1967 Union Co., AR
*Husband of Dorothy Mae Eason
"Beloved
Husband and Daddy"
& DORTHY MAE EASON DUKE
4-13-1931 (one date)
*D/of James
Daniel Eason (1891-1954) &
Dollie Ozella Lee
Eason (1907-1993)
*Md: 10/9/1967 Union Co., AR
*Wife of Byron Duke
Henry
"Forever
One On Earth And In Heaven"
THOMAS DUKE
1-06-1925 to 4-16-2009
*S/of Charles
Homer Duke (1886-1956) &
Pearl Murphy
Duke (1892-1984
"An
Honest Man's The Noblest Work of God"
GERALD VERDIE DUKE
4-08-1896 to 1-14-1967
*S/of
Elizabeth Jean Crawford Duke (1851-1910)
& William
G. Duke (1850-1897)
*ARK Pvt.
Btry D 20 Field ARTY *World
War I
*Md: Gladys Idell Bates
in 1921
GLADYS IDELL BATES
DUKE
11-22-1902 to 1-13-1972
*D/of Frank
Bates (1873-1904) &
Annie Julia Willett
Bates (1872-1957)
*Wf/of Verdie Duke *Md: 1921
ALICE M. EMMONS
4-27-1880 to 9-09-1948
* "Her
many virtues form the noblest monument to her memory"
*Alice’s
daughter, Edna
Mae Emmons Langley (1910 LA-1976 CA),
buried Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, California.
*Edna’s spouse, Curtis
Lee Langley (1907-1984)
BETTY JENE DARDEN ESHELMAN
(46)
4-08-1930 to 4-05-1977
"She Was
The Sunshine Of Our Home"
WILLIAM ROBERT FAIR (87)
3-01-1928 LA to 4-03-2015 LA
*Spent his
early life in El Dorado, later living in Opelousas
& Cut Off,
LA *Korean War Veteran *Mechanic by trade.
*Retired from
Texas Eastern Pipeline of Shreveport after 40 years.
*Survived by
his beloved wife of 67 years, Bettie Parks Fair.
*William & Betty Jene *Md: 8/8/1948
*Shares double
marker with his wife, Bettie Parks Fair.
& BETTIE JEAN
PARKS FAIR
9-01-1929 to ? (One date)
CHARLES EARL FARLEY
3-17-1949 to 8-10-1991
"Father"
“Absent in
Body, But Present In Spirit”
“Our Beloved
Dad” “Precious Memories” *Mason
EARNEST FARLEY
8-25-1919 to 7-08-2001
*S/of John
Edward Farley (1883-1952) &
Nellie Gardner
Farley (1885-1968)
"My Trust
Is In God"
EDWARD FARLEY
7-04-1912 to 8-15-1973
*S/of John
Edward Farley (1883-1952) &
Nellie Gardner
Farley (1885-1968)
*Died in Camden,
Arkansas
*Md: 10/19/1923 Lena Dumas
LENA DUMAS FARLEY
12-22-1905 to 4-14-1978 LA
*D/of William
A. Dumas (1882-1911) &
Carrie Emily Hogg
Dumas (1883-1955)
*Born in
Arkansas. Died in Shreveport, Louisiana
*Wf/ of Edward Farley *Md: 10/19/1923
JOHN EDWARD FARLEY (68)
7-07-1883 to 2-04-1952
*S/of Lorenza
Farley (1858-1888) &
Martha Fowler
Farley (1862- ?)
*Husband of
Nellie Gardner
& Wife,
NELLIE GARDNER FARLEY (83)
2-22-1885 to 4-13-1968
*Nellie &
John Edward share a double headstone.
*Wf/of John Edward
Farley
LEEON FARLEY
6-21-1908 to 12-25-1933
*S/of John
Edward Farley (1883-1952) &
Nellie Gardner
Farley (1885-1968)
*Leeon is the name
given on his tombstone.
MARVIN FARLEY
5-12-1926 to 1-22-1996
*S/of John Edward Farley (1883-1952) &
Nellie Gardner
Farley (1885-1968)
*Wife, Margarette Louise Perdue Farley (1926 Miller Co., AR -2014 TX)
*Margarette,
D/of Arthur Jennings Perdue (1900-1921) &
Helen Claire Barnes
Perdue (1904-1988)
*Resided in Houston,
Texas at the time of her death.
*Cremated.
SAMMIE WILBERT FARLEY
4-28-1918 to 1-04-1919
*S/of Chester A. Farley (1897-1977) &
Sallie M. Shirey
Farley (1898-1969)
SILAS FARLEY
4-11-1917 to 2-11-1969
*S/of John
Edward Farley (1883-1952) &
Nellie Gardner
Farley (1885-1968)
*Arkansas – WT1 *U.S. Navy World War II
MARY CAROL BLOCKER FILLMORE
7-19-1941 to 9-03-2016 TX *OB
*D/of Alvin
Blocker Pugh (1917-1976) &
Gladys E. Harper Pugh (1921-2013)
*Mary Carol Blocker born in Gurdon, AR
HATTIE McCOLLUM GOEPFERT (90)
1-02-1894 to 1-24-1984
“Beloved
Mother” “Rest In Peace”
PATRICIA ANN BISHOP GOLEY (63)
10-06-1957 to 3-24-2021
"MORNING SUN"
*D/of Fred
Albert Bishop (1904-1977) &
Ella Mae LaBeff Bishop (1919-1972)
*Patricia Ann *Md:2-22-1980 Dale Goley
*Pat and
Dale had been married 41 years.
*Survived by
two daughters,
Ella Daniels &
Zoie Lovejoy; her husband, Dale Goley; her
two sisters,
Mary Linda Darden & Helen Meeks;
and six grandchildren.
*OB
ANNIE O. GOODE (15)
12-24-1894 to 3-31-1910
*D/of Mattie
Goode (1858-1952)
“She Is
Resting Peacefully With Jesus In That Beautiful Home Above”
MATTIE GOODE (93)
10-4-1858 to 6-20-1952
“She’s Safe At
Home”
EVALINE MATILDA PRIMM GOODWIN (36)
12-04-1839 to 5-14-1876
*Wf/of Joel H. Goodwin
“Why
should we mourn departed friends, Or shake at deaths alarm;
Tis
but the ?voice__ ?____ Jesus sends To call us to his arms.
BOBBY GRAY (35)
7-20-1966
to 11-25-2001
"Beloved Son, Brother, Husband and Father"
EARNEST GLENN GRAY
6-29-1909 to 8-11-1933
*S/of Thomas
Cheak Gray (1879-1955) &
Ola May Funderburk
Gray (1883-1964)
GOLDIE MARIE ENOCH GRAY (77)
4-04-1932 to 12-28-2009
*D/of George
Washington & Pearl Lee Enoch *OB
*Born in
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
*Died at
Louann, Ouachita Co., Ark.
*Perry's
Funeral Chapels "El Dorado – Strong"
Infant GRAY
9-13-1880 to 9-16-1880
*D/of Thomas
Gray (1859-1926) &
Mary C. Barnes
Gray (1850-1933)
& MELVINA GRAY
2-09-1889 to 3-03-1889
*D/of Thomas
Gray (1859-1926) &
Mary C. Barnes
Gray (1850-1933)
JAMES H. GRAY
1-27-1857 to 2-04-1912
*Father of, Naomi Tennessee Gray Williams (1891-1978)
*Born in Fort Smith, Ark. *Died
Placentia, Orange Co., Calif.
*Buried Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark
*Naomi's Spouses:
*Md: *1st
husband, 1907, Ulysses
Telemachus Alphonso(1869-1912)
*1st wife was Susie Evatt
*2nd wife was Neomi/Naomi
T. Gray
*Wedding announcement gives his name as Mr. Tea Creekmore
*Ulysses "Tea" Telemachus Alphonso Creekmore buried @
Forest Park Cemetery, Sebastian Co.,Ark.
*Md: *2nd
husband, 1913, Virgil Henry
Williams (1893-1961)
*Buried Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark
*Virgil & Naomi's son~ Roger
Lafayette Williams (1916-1964)
*Sgt. Roger L. Williams along with wife,
Rose May are buried @
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California
JAMES W. GRAY (40)
1-28-1878 to 5-11-1918
*S/of Thomas
Gray (1859-1926) &
Mary C. Barnes
Gray (1850-1933)
“Thy trials
ended thy rest is won.”
THOMAS GRAY (66)
11-02-1859 to 3-18-1926
*H/of Mary C. Barnes
Gray (1850-1933)
"Father" *Inscription on headstone :
"There is
a Heaven above where all is peace and love".
“PRIMITIVE
BAPTISTS”
& MARY C. BARNES GRAY
(83)
1-01-1850 to 11-21-1933
"Mother"
*Wf/of Thomas Gray
*Shares double
headstone with spouse, Thomas.
TOMMIE W. GRAY (29)
6-21-1905 to 11-09-1934
*S/of Thomas
Cheak Gray (1879-1955) &
Ola May Funderburk
Gray (1883-1964)
*WOW headstone
“Sweet Rest Is
Mine /
Sweet Memories Are Ours”
WILLIS BARNES GRAY
6-27-1908 to 11-29-1909
*S/of Thomas
Cheak Gray (1879-1955) &
Ola May Funderburk
Gray (1883-1964)
“Budded on
Earth to Bloom in Heaven”
BETTY JENE GULLEY
b
& d 11-17-1931
*D/of Mr. &
Mrs. C. L. Gulley
*Born in Ely,
Nevada. * Died in Buhl, Twin Falls Co., Idaho
RAY SELLS HAMMOND
9-11-1888 to 7-23-1972
& GARNER "VIVIAN" SWILLEY LAWRENCE HAMMOND
8-17-1894 to 11-22-1969
*D/of Wiley
Richard Swilley (1868-1932) &
Samuel Garner Austin
Swilley (1873-1959)
*Tombstone
listing: VIVIAN LAWRENCE HAMMOND
*Born Union
Co., Ark. *Died Licking, Texas Co.,
Missouri
*1st husband, Md: 1911, Rev Paul Lawrence(1886-1926)
*Buried Salem Cemetery,
Lisbon, Union Co., Ark.
*2nd husband, *Md: 1927, Ray Sells Hammond (1888-1972)
MARY MARISE GORMAN HAYNIE (86)
5-06-1931 to 2-15-2018 *OB
*D/of George
Simon Gorman (1892-1971) &
Tennie Geneva Garrett
Gorman (1908-1977)
*Mary born in
Jersey, Bradley Co., Ark.
*Late sons,
Edward Lynn Haynie ~ William Charles Anderson
*Born in
Jersey,AR *Death date
not on tombstone.
"Mother"
CLARENCE BROWN HIGHT
5-17-1939 to 5-31-2005
*S/of Clarence
M. Hight (1908-1982) & Bethel R. Hight (1915-1997)
*Clarence &
Linden share a tombstone , their brother,
Lee M. Hight has his own tombstone.
& LINDEN R. HIGHT
7-18-1956 to 9-24-2008
*Brother to Clarence Brown Hight
"Precious
Lord Take My Hand"
CLARENCE M. HIGHT
1-15-1908 to 11-23-1982
*S/of George
Chester Hight (1877 NC - 1943 Saline Co., AR)
*H/of Bethel R. Hight
(1915-1997)
& BETHEL R.
HIGHT
9-22-1915 to 5-05-1997
*Hight Family ▼
Lee M. Hight ~ Clarence Brown Hight ~ Linden R. Hight
Clarence M. Hight ~ Bethel
R. Hight
*Wife,of Clarence M.
Hight
LEE M. HIGHT
5-22-1934 to 2-29-2008
"Beloved
Brother"
*S/of Bethel
R. Hight (1915-1997) &
Clarence M.
Hight (1908-1982)
*Brother of Clarence Brown
Hight & Linden R. Hight
LUTHER LINDEL HODGES (68)
6-09-1936 TX to 10-01-2004 AR
*S/of Luther
Goodwin Hodges (1908-1974) &
Mildred
Marquette Randolph
Lyde (1914-1999)
*Born in
Henrietta, Texas. Died in El Dorado,
Ark.
*1st wife, Martha Ann
Hodges (1937-2004)
*2nd wife, Genevieve
Arellano Propp (1944-2014)
& GENEVIEVE ARELLANO PROPP
HODGES
(69)
“Genny” 1-16-1944 CA to 1-04-2014
*OB
*D/of Rubert
Richard Propp (1900-1952) &
Esther Pricilla
Lee Wilcox
Propp (1912-1971)
*1st husband,*Md:1958, Edgar T. Roberts (1938-1998)
*2nd husband, Luther Lindel
Hodges (1936-2004)
*Mother of Eddie Roberts / Richard Roberts /
Alfred Roberts
/ Jake Roberts, all of El Dorado.
*Stepmother to,
Teresa Hodges & Lyndle Hodges.
MARTHA ANN HODGES
10-15-1937 to 9-08-2004
*Husband, Luther Lindel Hodges (1936-2004)
*She was his 1st wife.
“Our Beloved
Mother” “Rest In Peace”
WALTER H. HODGES
7-05-1904 to 1-07-1978
*Husband of Neva Mae Howard
for 52 years
*Walter &
Neva Mae share a double headstone.
& NEVA MAE HOWARD HODGES
1-12-1908 to 3-06-1991
*D/of Vernon
D. Howard (1880-1959) &
Pennie P. Darden Howard (1891-1963)
*Md: 52 yrs to Walter H. Hodges
ARTHUR MITCHELL HOGG (47)
9-27-1883 to 4-20-1931
*S/of Arthur Richard
Hogg (1851-1915) &
Julia Ann Melton
Hogg (1854-1940)
WILLIAM HAMPTON HOGG
3-20-1891 to 8-03-1953
*S/of Arthur
Richard Hogg (1851-1915) &
Julia Ann Melton
(1854-1940)
*Ark Bugler
BTRY A 316 FLD ARTY ~ World War I
*Husband of, Maudie Maureen
Clawson *Md: 9/6/1917
& MAUDIE MAUREEN
CLAWSON HOGG
3-18-1900 to 2-15-1976
“Mother”
*D/of James Monroe Clawson (1871-1961) &
Annie Virginia
Labeff
Clawson (1881-1966)
*Wife of William Hampton Hogg *Md: 9/6/1917
WILLIAM SHERMAN HOGG
10-06-1924 to 1-05-1925
*S/of Maudie
Maureen Clawson
Hogg (1900-1976) &
William Hampton
Hogg (1891-1953)
*Death
Certificate gives death date of Feb 05, 1925
*Dates above
are from his Tombstone
Miss AGNES M.
HOLLOWAY
1-28-1884 to 9-25-1899
*D/of John
David Holloway (1851-1939) &
Ella Ophelia Parks
Holloway (1853-1934)
EDMOND B. HOLLOWAY
1819 Atauga Co, AL to 8-3-1897 AR
*S/of Joseph
Holloway (1792-1853) &
Mary Jane Newton
Holloway (1795-1830)
*Md: 7/16/1850 Union Co., AR
*Tombstone ~ Edmond Holloway
HAROLD HARLAN HOLLOWAY (76)
3-29-1934 to 11-18-2010 *OB
*S/of Jessie
David Holloway (1907-1972) &
Opal Estelle Stone
Holloway (1912-2004)
*Md: 1/8/1955 Mildred Virginia Smith
& MILDRED VIRGINIA SMITH HOLLOWAY
9-24-1935 (One date)
*Wife of 55 yrs, to Harold
Harlan Holloway
JOHN DAVID HOLLOWAY (88)
9-17-1851 AR to
10-25-1939
*S/of Edmond B.
Holloway (1819-1897) &
Marinda
Sebrina Baldwin (1829-1874)
& ELLA OPHELIA PARKS HOLLOWAY (81)
1-21-1853 GA to 10-17-1934
*D/of William W. Parks (1820-1884) &
Margaret A. Maddox
Parks (1825-1902)
*John David
& Ella Ophelia share a double headstone.
MARINDA SEBRINA BALDWIN HOLLOWAY
7-18-1829 GA to 3-13-1874
“MORANDY”
*Tombstone ~
Morandy Holloway
WILLIAM B. HOLLOWAY
3-9-1856 to October 1890
*S/of Edmond B.
Holloway (1819-1897)
Marinda
Sebrina Baldwin Holloway (1829-1874) &
ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE
MURPHY HOWARD
10-13-1859 to 7-30-1935 “LIZZIE”
*Erected by Jewell Murphy Duke-1960
*D/of George
W. Murphy (1831-1899) &
Sara A. Cook
Murphy (1839-1923)
*Md: 12/20/1875 James Thomas
Howard (1853-1952) *Divorced
“Earth Has No
Sorrow, That Heaven Cannot Heal”
GEORGE HUEY HOWARD
2-10-1905 to 8-26-1974
*S/of Vernon Decamp Howard (1880-1959) &
(1st Wife) Littie May McWilliams Howard
(1881-1910)
*Md: 12/24/1926 Ruby Hight
& RUBY HIGHT HOWARD
3-22-1909 to 2-02-1978
*D/of George Chester
Hight (1877-1943) &
Arabella Hair
Hight
*Wf/of Huey Howard *Md: 12/24/1926
Infant HOWARD
B
& D 1-06-1923
*S/of Vernon Decamp Howard (1880-1959) &
(2nd Wife Pennie P. Darden Howard (1891-1963)
JAMES HENRY HOWARD
3-13-1921 to 11-01-1922
*S/of Vernon Decamp Howard (1880-1959) &
(2nd Wife) Pennie P. Darden Howard (1891-1963)
JAMES THOMAS HOWARD
7-28-1853 to 7-12-1952
*1st
Md: 12/20/1876 Union Co., AR
*1st Elizabeth
Josephine Murphy (1859-1935)
*2nd
Md: 11/13/1881
*2nd Sarah
Elizabeth “Lizzie or Betty” Parks
& SARAH ELIZABETH “ BETTY” PARKS HOWARD
12-03-1848 to 11-08-1914
*D/of William
W. Parks (1820-1884) &
Margaret A. Maddox Parks (1825-1902 )
*James &
"Betty" share a double headstone.
*Wf/of James T. Howard
*Md:
11/13/1881
LITTIE MAY McWILLIAMS HOWARD (29)
3-18-1881 to 12-12-1910
*Age 29 yrs~7ms~24
ds
*1st Wife of Vernon Howard
*Md:
5/07/1904
NELLIE HOWARD
B & D 12-15-1878
*Infant D/of J.T.
& Elizabeth Howard (1848-1914)
VERNON DECAMP HOWARD
11-23-1880 to 8-31-1959
“Father”
*S/of James Thomas
Howard (1853-1952)
&
Elizabeth Josephine
Murphy
Howard (1859-1935)
*1st wife, Littie
May McWilliams (1881-1910)
*Md: 5/7/1904 Union Co., AR
*2nd wife, Pennie
P. Darden
*Md: 9/26/1917, Union Co., AR
& PENNIE
P. DARDEN HOWARD
6-27-1891 to 10-01-1963 “Mother”
*D/of George
Washington Darden (1867-1957) &
Elizabeth Virginia“Beth” Hogg Darden (1871-1949)
"We Will
Meet Again"
JOYCE MARIE PARKS
HOWSER
2-13-1931 to 12-29-1990
*D/of William
Edward “Eddie” Parks (1895-1958) &
Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)
RONNIE HUGHES (73)
of Smackover
9-03-1944 to 3-03-2018 *OB
*S/of James
Edward Hughes & Francis Wise Hughes
*Wf/of 20
years, Tena Lewis
Hughes
*Bailey
Funeral Home
DEWEY ELVIN KEGLEY (38)
2-10-1927 to 12-19-1965
*S/of Henry
Paul Kegley (1902-1966) &
Annie Clyde Clawson
Kegley (1909-1990)
*Arkansas - S1 - USNR - World War II
HENRY PAUL KEGLEY
4-28-1902 to 10-07-1966
*S/of Solomon
Luther Kegley (1873-1959) &
Josephine
Elizabeth Greenwood
Kegley (1873-1926)
*Husband of Annie Clyde Clawson *Md: 1924
& ANNIE CLYDE CLAWSON KEGLEY (81)
4-12-1909 to 7-26-1990
*Wf/of Henry Paul
Kegley *Md: 1924
PAUL WAYNE KEGLEY (87)
4-24-1925 to 5-19-2012 *OB
*S/of Henry
Paul Kegley (1902-1966) &
Annie Clyde Clawson
Kegley (1909-1990)
*1st wife Odie
Mae *Md:7/19/1946
*Survived by *2nd
wife, Jessie Nicholson Kegley
& ODIE MAE
KEGLEY
11-8-1924 to 3-25-1992
*Md: 7/19/1946 Paul Wayne Kegley
*Odie Mae &
Paul share a double headstone.
DILLON KEITH KEMP(28)
6-30-1985 to 8-25-2013 *OB
*S/of the late
Keith Kemp & Julie Ann Clawson Kemp Morgan
*Preceded in
death by his father, Keith Kemp; grandfather
Joe Edward
Kemp; grandparents, Leslie & Louise Clawson;
and Uncle Joe
Kemp, Jr.
*Survived by
three children, Jada Kemp, Dillon Kemp, Jr.,
& Anna
Williams, all of Calion; Mother, Julie Ann Morgan &
her husband,
Jeff Morgan of Magnolia; & his wife, Emily.
*Wife, Emily Kemp
of Calion, AR *Killed in auto accident
DONALD WAYNE KENT (75)
11-11-1936 AL to 6-10-2012 AR *OB
*S/of Bennie D. Kent (1901-1962) &
Myrtice Merrill
Kent. (1909-1978) *Evergreen, AL
*Member of
Lisbon United Methodist Church.
*Preceded in
death by his parents; an infant son,
Michael Wayne;
& a brother, James C. Kent.
Survivors
include his wife, Peggy Ann of Smackover;
daughters,
Tammy Swift & Tina Kent Reynolds, both
of Smackover;
& a sister, Nita Prince of Bluff Dale, TX.
He & his
wife, Peggy, owned Kent's Bulldozer Service
for 35 years
before retiring this past year.
*Wife of 56 yrs, Peggy Ann Fillmore Kent of Smackover.
FLORENCE GRAY KING
3-01-1893 to 12-09-1919
*D/of Thomas Gray (1859-1926)
&
Mary C. Barnes
Gray (1850-1933)
*Wife of Robert Lee King (1880-1940)
*1st wife, Florence
Gray King (1893-1919)
*2nd wife, Dollie
Key Launius (1889-1959)
*Robert is
buried @ Chapel Hill Cemetery,
Sparkman,
Dallas Co., Arkansas
HERBERT STANLEY KING (73)
3-07-1933 to 11-21-2006 *OB
*S/of Stanley Alexander King & Marion Doris Harris
King
*Father of
four sons & two daughters.
*Sons; Stanley
W. King of AR, Randall L. King of OK.,
Jeffery E.
King of AR, & Gregory L. King of TX.
*Daughters;
Cheryl A. Hight of AR & Beverly G. Nemeth of AR.
*Former wife
& mother of his six children, Opal
Spencer.
*Parents
preceded him in death.
*Born in Monta
Vista, Colorado
*Served 5 yrs
in Korean War, USAF.
*Member of 45th
Engineering Batalion
of the
Oklahoma National Guard,
until 1968 as
Sgt. 1st Class
*Korean
Service Medal *W/2 Bronze Stars
CHARLES “CHARLEY” AYLMER LaBEFF
9-09-1900 to 5-09-1961
*S/of “Mattie”
Clawson
LaBeff (1875-1963) &
Palsey Wright
LaBeff (1876-1955)
*Charley A. LaBeff *Md: 9/23/1917 Clara Mae Wilson
& CLARA MAE WILSON
LaBEFF
8-08-1899 to 8-09-1932
*Wife of Charley Aylmer LaBeff *Md: 9/23/1917
CHARLES LABEFF (65)
7-30-1927 to 10-21-1992
*PVT US Air Force World War II
OTIS LaBEFF (86)
5-20-1924 to 8-24-2010
*S/of Charley
Aylmer LaBeff (1900-1961) &
Clara Mae Wilson
LaBeff (1899-1932)
*Md:1st in 1944, Dura Elizabeth Gathright (1925-2006)
*Md: 2nd, Alma Dean
Webb (1926-2009)
*PVT U S Army ~ World War
II *OB
*Member Joyce
City Baptist Church
'Under God's
Construction. Task Completed. Called Home.'
PAULSEY LaBEFF, Sr.
2-05-1835 to 3-02-1922
*2nd
husband of Margarite Jane Peterson
*Father of Annie Virginia LaBeff Clawson (1881-1966)
& MARGARITE JANE
PETERSON LaBEFF
1847 to 1943
*1st husband, Md: 1872 Gabriel
Disotell (1832-1872)
*2nd husband, Paulsey LaBeff,
Sr. (1835-1922)
*Mother
of Annie Virginia LaBeff Clawson (1881-1966)
*Wife,
of James Monroe Clawson. (1871-1961)
*Annie
was the mother of 8 children
PALSEY WRIGHT LABEFF
5-23-1876 to 8-15-1955
*S/of John
Palsey LaBeff (1835-1922) &
Margarite “Maggie”
Peterson LaBeff (1847-1943)
*Husband of Margaret Jane Clawson *Md: 1897
& MARGARET JANE “MATTIE”
CLAWSON LABEFF
6-18-1875 to 1-12-1963
*D/of John
Hines Clawson (1845-1926) &
Maria Eucebia Lawrence
Clawson (1844-1932)
*Wf/of Palsey Wright
LaBeff *Md: 1897
ALVIN CARROLL LANGLEY, SR. (66)
9-21-1903 to 12-24-1969 *SSDI *OB
*S/of William Pryor
Langley (1868-1945) &
Birtie Estelle Parks Langley (1885-1970)
*Member of
Crossroads Baptist Church
*Md: 1923 Eunice Mae Scott
& EUNICE MAE SCOTT LANGLEY
1908
to 1951
*Wf/of Alvin Carroll
Langley, Sr. *Md: 1923
*Eunice &
Alvin share a double headstone.
DARRELL ALLEN LANGLEY
2-05-1963 to 8-06-1991
*S/of Norman Lester Langley (1933-1981) &
Louwilda Hunt
Langley Paxton (1934-2005)
*Born &
died in Harris County, Texas
"Beloved
Son"
NORMAN LESTER LANGLEY
10-05-1933 to 4-27-1981
*S/of Alvin
Carroll Langley (1903-1969) &
Eunice Mae Scott Langley (1908-1951)
*U. S. Navy
*Md:5/20/1955 Louwilda
Hunt
*Norman &
Louwilda share a double headstone.
& LOUWILDA “BILLIE” HUNT LANGLEY-(PAXTON)
5-05-1934 to 11-21-2005
*D/of Cecil & Eloise Hunt and Lennie & Earl Thompson;
*Md: 5/20/1955,*1st husband, Norman Lester Langley
*Inscription under Louwilda's
name on headstone:
(List her 2nd
husband's name, Paxton)
*Md: abt 1987, *2nd husband, Lester
“Les” Lee Paxton", Jr.(1940-?)
*Louwilda & Lester Paxton had been married for 18 years,
when Louwilda
died in 2005. (according to info in her Obit)
*See Paxton
RONNIE LANGLEY
12-07-1958 (One date)
*Ronnie Langley *Md: 11/8/1983 Peggy Murphree
& PEGGY MURPHREE LANGLEY (48)
4-04-1961 to 3-12-2010 *OB
*D/of James
Douglas Murphree & Juanita Alene Shelander.
*Born in Laguna
Beach, California. Died in Little Rock, AR
*Peggy was
preceded in death by her parents.
*She is
survived by her husband, Ronnie Langley; a son,
Norman James
Langley of El Dorado; two brothers,
Michael James
Murphree of Memphis, TN & Donald
Shelander of
Grandbury, Texas; a sister, Patty Murphree
Giovingo, of
Walker, LA; stepmother, Betty Owen
Murphree of El
Dorado.
*Member of
Parkview Baptist Church
*Wf/of Ronnie Langley
"Jesus
Wept"
WILLIAM BYRD LANGLEY
11-02-1901 to 6-02-1983
*Son of
William Pryor Langley (1868-1945) &
Birtie Estelle
Parks Langley (1885-1970)
*Born in
Smackover, Ark. Died in Lake Village,
AR
*Md:1924, Mamie Hazel Patton (1907-1972)
*Mamie was
born in & died in Ouachita Co., Ark.
*D/of Thomas
Clifford Patton (1873-1951) &
Annette Cohen Hardin
Patton (1883-1976)
*Buried @ Mounty Horeb Cemetery, Elliott,
Ouachita Co., Ark.
WILLIAM CECIL LANGLEY (64)
9-04-1935 to 8-03-2000
*SP4 US Army
WILLIAM PRYOR LANGLEY
9-14-1868 to 8-05-1945
*H/of Birtie Estelle
Parks
"Thy
Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star To Heaven"
& BIRTIE ESTELLE
PARKS LANGLEY
4-06-1885 to 4-27-1970
*D/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Mary Elizabeth
Howard Parks (1859-1908)
*Member of
First Baptist Church of Smackover.
*Mother of
five sons & three daughters.
*Wife of William Pryor
Langley
NANCY SCROGGINS LASTER (74) *OB
1-10-1945 El Dorado to 8-22-2019
Hot
Springs, AR
*D/of Edward ' Ed' Scroggins (1905-1986) &
Roxie Maxine Fowler
Scroggins
"ED"
Scroggins is
buried here with his*3rd wife,
Lucy Nancy Coke Darden Scroggins (1899-1991)
*See Scroggins on list.
*Preceding her
in death; her parents; husband,
Roy Laster, & a sister, Judee Dunn.
*Survivors are
her son, Dennis McKinney of
London, AR;
daughters, Teresa Wright of Malvern, AR
& Missy
Kettell of Glen Rose, AR; brothers: Edwin
Scroggins of
Norphlet, Charles Scroggins of
Smackover;
Lester Scroggins of Little Rock.
*Sisters, Mary
Ann Ward of Norphlet &
Susan Sears of
Hot Springs, AR.
REV. PAUL LAWRENCE
5-27-1886 to 6-07-1926
*S/of John
Waller Lawrence (1843-1927) &
Oceola Lee Rogers
Lawrence (1858-1934)
*Rev. Paul
was Age 40 yrs-10 dys *Mason
*Md: 1911, Wife, Garner "Vivian" Swilley
GARNER "VIVIAN" SWILLEY
LAWRENCE (HAMMOND)
8-17-1894 to
11-22-1969
*D/of Wiley
Richard Swilley (1868-1932) &
Samuel Garner Austin
Swilley (1873-1959)
"Vivian"
born in Union Co., Ark.
*Died in
Licking, Texas Co., Missouri
*Md: *1st, in 1911, Rev. Paul Lawrence (1886-1926)
*Md: 2nd husband, in 1927, Ray Sells Hammond (1888-1972)
*See listing
under under Hammonds.
*Vivian &
Ray Hammonds share a double headstone.
CHARLES ELLIS LEVERITT
1-13-1949 to 3-17-1950
*S/of Ellis
Hardy Leveritt (1910-1976) &
Ruth Magdaline Harris
Leveritt (1911-1991)
ROBERT THOMAS LEVERITT
12-29-1950 to 8-17-2004
*SGT U.S. Army
Vietnam
BERTHA LEE LANGLEY LEWIS
9-06-1908 to 8-17-1993
*D/of William Pryor Langley (1868-1945) &
Birtie Estelle Parks Langley (1885-1970)
*Born in Smackover & died in El Dorado.
REX A. LUM
10-07-1951 to ? (no death date)
*Brenda & Rex *Md: 11/13/1978
& BRENDA J.
LUM (42)
3-04-1961 to 7-21-2003
*Rex & Brenda share a double headstone.
DOROTHY LaBEFF LASH
MADDEN
7-18-1897 to 7-31-1972
*Md: *1st in 1916, Jessie Thomas Lash (2/20/1894 to 6/7/1951)
*1sthusband, Jessie Thomas
Lash,
buried Smackover Cemetery
*From this union three children were born.
*Stella Mae Lash DeSadier (1917-1993)
*Husband Joe DeSadier (1914-1978) buried same as Stella
*Joe is buried
@ Green Acres Memorial Park, Bloomington, California
*Stella buried in Green Acres
Memorial Park, San Bernardino Co.,CA
John David Lash (1918-1984)
*Wife, Mary Virginia Windham Wiley (1925-2008)
*Mary is buried in Jett Cemetery, Orange, Texas
*Buried in Riverside National
Cemetery, Riverside Co., California
J. T. Lash (1920-2004)
*World War II Vet – US Army
*Wife, Mary Ella Patterson Lash (1925-2006)
*Both buried at Cotton Valley
Cemetery, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, LA
*Dorothy LaBeff Md: *2nd husband, Boyd
Madden
*Dorothy LaBeff Lash Madden (1897-1972) died in Texas
“Beloved
Mother” “Only Sleeping”
PERRY L. MASSEY (48)
11-18-1968 to 8-26-2017
*Born in
Camden, Ark. Died in Hot Springs, Ark.
*Survived by
his wife, Katrina L. Massey; two sons,
Dwaine &
Samuel Massey; & his mother, Veleta Pannell.
*Cremated. (El Dorado
News-Times (AR)- Aug 29, 2017)
*Shares a
double headstone with wife, Katrina, who was
still living
at the time of his death.
"He Is In
Our Hearts As God Is In His"
HESTER L. TEMPLE
McADAMS (89)
10-26-1919 to 1-24-2009 *OB
*D/of William Robert Temple & Ada Samantha Smith Temple.
*Wife of the
late Leroy McAdams
CHARLES L. McCALL
8-14-1944 to 4-14-1999
"RED" "PAPAW RED"
RUBY EDWARD McCALL
9-21-1912 to 1-06-1979
* It says FATHER on Ruby Edward McCall's tombstone
*Ruby Edward McCall *Md:10/23/1936 Nadine Stone
"Father"
& NADINE STONE McCALL (84)
2-09-1915 to 10-27-1999
*Ruby E. McCall & Nadine Stone
McCall
share a double headstone.
"Mother"
JAMES J. McCARTY
6-27-1885 to 2-18-1918
(32 yrs-7 mo-21
dys)
*Md: 1909 Nellie Mae Parks
NELLIE MAE PARKS McCARTY
1-29-1892 to 12-02-1977
*D/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Mary Elizabeth
Howard
Parks (1859-1908)
*Wife of James J.
McCarty *Md: 1909
Miss EMMA McDONALD (52)
11-09-1840 to 7-01-1893
(stone broken)
FREDERICK VALENTINE
"FRED" McDONALD
2-14-1875 to 4-20-1951
*Husband
of Hattie Thompson *Md:1900
(In Thompson –
McDonald Mausoleum with 5 Thompsons)
& HATTIE
THOMPSON McDONALD
10-19-1876 to 10-24-1954
*D/of Barcella
Quincy Thompson (1844-1924) &
Nancy Rebecca Murphy Thompson
(1852-1894)
*Wf/of Frederick
Valentine McDonald. *Md:1900
*Thompson-McDonald Mausoleum
MADGE NELL DUKE WATKINS
McELWEE(94)
"Mother" 11-26-1919 to 4-20-2014 *OB
*D/of Charlie
Homer Duke (1886-1956) &
Pearl Murphy
Duke (1892-1984)
*Madge born in
Dumas City, Union County, AR &
died in Van
Buren, Crawford Co., AR
*Md: *1st
Thomas Gordon
Watkins (1922-2001)
*Md: *2nd
James
McElwee
Infant Dau. McWILLIAMS
B:
& D: 4-21-1908
*D/of Plez Orby
McWilliams (1887-1950) &
Lela Goode
McWilliams (1890-1981)
“Hush, My Dear,
Be Still and Slumber,
Jolly Angels
Guard Your Bed”
PLEZ ORBY McWILLIAMS
1-02-1887 to 8-29-1950
"Father"
*Md: 9/ 17/ 1906 Lela Mae Goode
“Each Duty
Done, They Rest In Peace”
& LELA MAE GOODE McWILLIAMS
6-11-1890 to 5-17-1981 "Mother"
*D/of Mattie
Goode (1858-1952)
*Wife of Plez Orby
McWilliams *Md: 9/ 17/ 1906
*Plez &
Lela Mae share a double headstone.
AMOS D. MEDLOCK
1-5-1852 to 2-28-1893
*S/of Lucius
Medlock (1820-1871) &
Jemima A. Dumas
Medlock (1827-1885)
*Husband of, Alice E. Hollaway Medlock
(1853-1922)
*Alice buried Lakeside
Cemetery, Stamps, Lafayette Co., Ark
BORIS LaVERNE MILE (47)
12-16-1972 to 2-05-2020 *OB
*S/of Pleasant
& Bessie Miles.
Preceded by
his mother, Mrs. Bessie Miles; and one
brother, Alvin
Benard Henry.
*Survived by
his daughter, Ariana Miles of Arlington, TX;
his father,
Pleasant Miles of El Dorado; two sisters,
Shirl Gibson
of El Dorado & LaSaundra Franks
of Magnolia.
(Marks Funeral Home)
JIM HENRY MILES (79)
12-10-1937 to 8-28-2017
LELA MILES (87)
1927
to 3-09-2014
*Birth date unknown, but based on age given in her
obituary and her death date, her birth year appears to
have been 1927.
*Funeral held
at Salem Baptist Church in Junction City,
with burial following
at Salem
Cemetery,
Saturday,
March 15.
JESSIE M. MURPHY MINOR (27)
1-29-1897 to 9-25-1924
*Wf/of John W. Minor
HARRY DALE MURPH
12-5-1893 to 5-24-1895
*S/of Timothy
Caraway Murph (1848-1923) &
Eliza Alice Thompson
(1851-1923)
NETTIE EDNA MURPH
6-11-1874 to 12-02-1882
*D/of Timothy Caroway Murph (1848-1923) &
Eliza Alice Thompson
Murph (1851-1923)
*Age 8 yrs / 5 mos / 21 dys
TIMOTHY CAROWAY MURPH
4-28-1848 to 8-04-1923
*S/of Lewis
Murph (ca
1806) &
Susan Dunaway Murph (ca 1808 GA)
“A friend in
his country and a believer in christ”
& "ELIZA" ALICE THOMPSON MURPH (72)
1-21-1851 to 3-04-1923
*D/of J.
Kannon Thompson (ca 1814 to 1868) &
Sallie Amelia Perry
Thompson (1821-1901)
*Timothy &
Eliza share a double headstone.
“She was a
kind and affectionate wife,
a fond mother,
and a friend to all.”
AMY REBECCA MURPHY
B
& D 9-2-1985
*Infant D/of George & Cindy Murphy
*D/of J. Kannon Thompson &
Sarah Amelia Perry
Thompson(1821-1901)
LTC. GEORGE EDGAR
MURPHY
5-27-1932 to 12-17-2018 *OB
*S/of George
Elmer Murphy (1896-1966) &
Lois Yocum
Murphy (1901-1983)
*H/of Bobbye Frances Moore
McDaniel Murphy.
*Graduated Smackover HS; the
University of Georgia;
& the US
Army Airborne School; the Airborne Jumpmasters
School; Aerial
Delivery School; Heavy Drop School;
Special
Warfare School; 11th ABN Division NCO
*Honor
graduate, etc. etc;
Artillery
Officers Candidate School~ honor graduate,
distinguished
military graduate & first academically.
Baptized by
Methodist Church 1944.
*Survived by
his loving wife, three daughters,
Christine
Uhland, Elizabeth McGee & Margaret
Leville;
two sons,
George Edgar Murphy, Jr., Thomas Lamar Murphy;
four stepsons,
Rex, Robbie, Ryker and Ragan McDaniel.
GEORGE ELMER MURPHY
1-28-1896 to 7-24-1966
*S/of Thomas
Edgar Murphy (1872-1924) &
Martha Rosetta
Ballard Murphy
(1874-1947)
* Pvt. ARK 64
Co 162 Depot Brig.
World War I
& LOIS YOCUM MURPHY
12-29-1901 to 9-28-1983
*D/of George
Decalb Yocum (1863-1940) &
Henrietta C. Watts
Yocum (1873-1939)
HENRY OSCAR MURPHY
10-06-1855 to 3-15-1935
*S/of George
W. Murphy (1831-1899) &
Sara Ann Cook
Murphy (1839-1923)
“Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot
Heal”
& ELLA HOLLOWAY MURPHY
6-04-1858 to 2-13-1945
*D/of James
Edmond Holloway (1819-1897) &
Marinda
Sebrina Baldwin
Holloway (1829-1874)
HENRY W. MURPHY
9-04-1877 to 9-18-1882
*S/of Henry Oscar
Murphy (1855-1935) &
Ella S. Holloway
Murphy (1858-1945)
Infant Son MURPHY
B
& D 3-20-1897
*S/of John Perdue
Murphy (1875-1954) &
Carrie Emily Turner
Murphy (1877-1951)
LAURA A. MURPHY
12-02-1882 to 9-02-1883
*D/of J. Warren
Murphy & Martha T. Murphy
TURNER GRAY MURPHY
2-29-1872 to 9-12-1872
*S/of J. Warren
& Martha T. Murphy
AGNES VENELL WEBB NASH
2-21-1922 to 2-11-2008
*D/of Frank & Mattie Jerry Webb;
Late husband of
56 yrs, Rev. Charles Wm. Nash
( ? Salem Baptist Church Cemetery) *OB
MICHAEL B. "MIKE" NEELY (65)
7-02-1954 to 11-14-2019
*S/of the late
Jimmy Bart Neely (1928-2018) &
Janette McKnight
Neely
Retired Master
Electrician. Member of One Community
Church of El
Dorado. Preceded in death by his
grandparents
& by his father, Jimmie B. Neely.
Survived by
his wife of almost 35 yrs., Norma Neely
& his
mother, Janette McKnight
Neely.
BILLY PANNILL (73)
1-29-1928 to 1-01-2002
*S/of Charles
David Pannell (1892-1975) &
Edna Wallace
Pannell (1902-1981)
*Rumph-Owers Mortuary
ALVY LEE PARKS
“Alvy” (81)
10-30-1903 to 11-29-1984
*S/of John
Courtney Parks (1851-1915) &
Margaret Annie
McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)
*Husband of Vera Susan Parks
& VERA SUSAN PARKS
10-06-1909 to 7-02-1931
*D/of Samuel
A. Watson (1879-1948) &
Ola M. Davis
Watson (1880-1919)
*Wf/of Alvy Lee Parks
ANNIE ADELLE PARKS
3-10-1882 to 11-15-1969
*D/of Lycurgus
O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Mary Elizabeth
Howard Parks (1859-1908)
BILLY NOLEN PARKS(77)
5-21-1934 to 4-25-2012
*S/of Harvey
Watson Parks (1897-1962) &
Luddie Daisy Davis
Parks (1908-1955)
* US Army "Dad" *Mason *OB
*Retired from
US Postal Service after 30 yrs.
*Preceding him
in death were his parents; 1st wife,
Jo Ann Parks;
brothers Homer Wade Parks & J.C. Parks &
sister, Carmen
Daisy Parks. *Survived by his
2nd
wife, Floy Garrett
Parks; sons, Jim Parks of
Benton and Glen
Bradham of El Dorado; daughters,
Brenda Bates
& Donna Paxton both of Smackover.
*1st wife, Jo
Ann Tucker *Md; Nov 29,1958
*Current *2nd
wife, Floy Garrett Parks
& JO ANN TUCKER PARKS
9-08-1935 to 12-23-2000
*D/of Ruben
Ibrey Tucker (1891-1944) &
Dollie Melvinie
Cason
Tucker (1892-1963)
*Jo Ann Tucker *1st Wife, *Md; Nov 29,1958
"Mom" *RN
"Thy
Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star To Heaven"
CARMEN DAISY PARKS
7-12-1931 to 3-22-1934
*D/of Harvey
Watson Parks (1897-1962) &
Luddie Daisy Davis
Parks (1908-1955)
*In Memory
of "Sister"
COURTNEY M. PARKS (30)
1-25-1896 to 5-08-1926
*S/of Lycurgus
O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Mary Elizabeth
Howard
Parks (1859-1908)
*aka “BETTY”
or “LIZZIE” *See Lycurgus
O. Parks listing.
*Son, Courtney
M. Parks *Born Jan 25, 1896 Died May 08,
1926
*Courtney, Age
30 yrs~3 mos.~13Dys.
In many rcords Lycurgus O. Parks
is listed as married twice.
In my own
records I have these two women with the same
birth &
death dates, but different marriage dates.
On the 1900 Census for Arkansas, Union County,
Lycurgus is
listed with his wife, Lizzie Parks.
DAISY MAE PARKS
2-21-1907 to 9-30-1993
*D/of John
Courtney Parks (1859-1915) &
Margaret Annie
McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)
"Rest In Peace"
EDDIE ALINE PARKS
10-06-1918 to 9-09-1937
*D/of William
Edward Parks (1895-1958) &
Dollie B. Darden
Parks (1900-2003)
"She Was
The Sunshine Of Our Home"
GEORGE E. PARKS (78)
8-06-1936 to 2-27-2015 *OB
*S/of William
Edward Parks (1895-1958) &
Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)
*Youngest of 10 children
*Member of Dumas Memorial United
Methodist
where he was baptized on the same day
his
triplet grandchildren were christened.
*Wf/of
56 yrs, Carolyn
Jones Parks
HARVEY WATSON PARKS
1-18-1897 to 1-18-1962
*S/of John Courtney
Parks (1859-1915) &
Margaret Annie
McWilliams
Parks (1873-1962)
"Our Loss
Is Heaven's Gain"
& LUDDIE DAISY
DAVIS PARKS
7-28-1908 to 9-06-1955
*D/of Will
Marshall Davis (1882-1930) &
Gennie Smith
Davis (1886-1968)
*Luddie &
Harvey share a double headstone.
HOMER WADE PARKS
4-16-1927 to 9-16-2002
*S/of Harvey Watson
Parks (1897-1962) &
Luddie Daisy Davis Parks (1908-1955)
*S1 US Navy
World War II
*Homer W. Parks
& Marguerite Evans *Md:11/7/1957
& MARGUERITE EVANS PARKS (93)
2-07-1928 to 4-07-2021
*D/of Ollie
Evans (1888-1978) &
Mary Iva Cardwell
Evans(1896-1974)
*Member of
First United Methodist Church of Smackover
*Wife of late, Homer Wade
Parks
"God Is
Love"
Infant PARKS
Born
& Died 1-12-1935
*Infant S/of (W.W.)
Walter Wallace Parks (1893-1967)
& Vera Murphy
Parks (1899-2002)
"Budded
On Earth To Bloom In Heaven"
Infant PARKS
Born
& Died 3-10-1882
*D/of Lycurgus
O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks
(1859-1908)
"Infant
Daughter of L.O. & M.E. Parks"
Infant PARKS
Born
& Died 3-07-1917
*D/of (W.W.)
Walter Wallace Parks (1893-1967) &
Vera Murphy
Parks (1899-2002)
"In Loving Remembrance Of Our Baby
Daughter"
JAMES N. PARKS
9-03-1923 (One date)
*Md: 10/4/1941 Betty J. Lewis
*James N.
& Betty J. Parks share a double headstone.
& BETTY J. LEWIS PARKS
8-24-1924 to 11-01-2008
*Md: 10/4/1941 James N. Parks
*James &
Betty share a double headstone.
J. C. PARKS (82)
4-16-1929 to 5-23-2011
*S/of Harvey
Watson Parks (1897-1962) &
Luddie Daisy Davis
Parks (1908-1955)
*Born in Mount
Holly. *Died at U.A.M.S. Medical
Center in
Little Rock, AR. A lifelong resident of
Union County,
AR. *Spent 35 yrs with the
U.S. Postal
Service. He was director of the JOY
\Senior Adult
Club of Ebenezer Baptist Church
for more than
30 years, along with his wife, Marilyn.
*Survived by
his wife, Marilyn, two sons, Don Parks, of
Marshall ,
Texas & Paul David Parks of Dallas;
three
sisters, Velma
Smith, Sue Williams & Peggie Thomas.
*Survived by
his wife, of 57 years, Marilyn Naomi Ward ,
the love of his
life, *Md: 12/5/1953
JOHN COURTNEY PARKS
2-07-1851 to 5-30-1915
*S/of William
W. Parks (1820-1884) &
Margaret A. Maddox
Parks (1825-1902)
*John C. & Margaret Annie *Md: 8/5/1894
& MARGARET ANNIE McWILLIAMS PARKS (88)
4-18-1873 to 4-05-1962
*D/of James W.
McWilliams (1/06/1832 ~
7/15/1898)
'James's W. McWilliams 'Wives'
*1st wife, 5/12/1851, Nancy
Mary ? McWilliams
*2nd wife,
7/05/1871, Eliza Jane Hammontree
*3rd wife, 1/01/1881, Sarah Jane Beeson (1865-1932)
*James son of
Anderson McWilliams & Elizabeth Duff
*James buried
in Big Hickory Cemetery, Magnolia,
Columbia Co.,
AR
JOHN HUBERT PARKS
3-05-1924 to 6-05-1942
*S/of William
Eddie Parks (1895-1958) &
Dollie B.
Parks (1900-2003)
"Gone To A Better Land"
LONNIE D. PARKS
11-04-1898 to 3-02-1939
*S/of John Courtney
Parks (1851-1915) &
Margaret Annie
McWilliams
Parks (1873-1962)
*H/of Edna Hogg
(1907-1991)
"We Will
Meet Again"
LONNIE EUGENE PARKS
6-11-1929 to 2-28-1930
*S/of Mr. &
Mrs. Lonnie D. Parks
LYCURGUS O. (L.O.) PARKS
10-24-1847 to 8-02-1931
*S/of William
W. Parks (1820-1884) &
Margaret A. Maddox
Parks (1825-1902)
*Md: 1881, Mary Elizabeth Howard
Parks
& MARY ELIZABETH (M.E.) HOWARD PARKS
9-02-1859 to 5-21-1908
*Age 48
yrs-8mos-19dys *aka “BETTY”
or “LIZZIE”
*Md: 1881, Mary Elizabeth Howard
Parks
*1900 Census
for Arkansas, Union County,
Lycurgus is
listed with his wife, Lizzie Parks.
MORINE PARKS
3-01-1926 to 3-21-1926
*D/of William
Edward "Eddie" Parks (1895-1958) &
Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)
NANNIE PARKS
4-12-1899 to 4-13-1899
*D/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Mary Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Howard Parks (1859-1908)
ROBERT M. PARKS
12-31-1902 to 8-11-1964
*S/of John Courtney
Parks (1859-1915) &
Margaret Annie
McWilliams (1873-1962)
*Mason
*Robert's Wives
*1st wife, Laura Rebecca Darden & *2nd wife , Lorene
Parks
LAURA REBECCA DARDEN PARKS (29)
2-21-1904 to 5-19-1933
*D/of George
Washington Darden (1867-1957) &
Elizabeth Virginia Hogg Darden (1871-1949)
*1st Wf/of
Robert
M. Parks (1902-1964)
"Rest Is
Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"
LORENE PARKS (48)
4-24-1909 to 3-06-1958
*2nd Wf/of Robert
M. Parks (1902-1964)
"She was the Sunshine of our home"
SAMMIE L. PARKS (16)
9-21-1900 to 8-11-1917
*S/of John
Courtney Parks (1859-1915) &
Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)
WALTER WALLACE PARKS (74)
3-23-1893 to 10-17-1967
*S/of Lycurgus
O. Parks (1847-1931) &
Lizzie M. Howard Parks (1859-1908)
Walter W. & Vera *Md: 2/19/1916
*Walter W. &
Vera share a double headstone.
& Wife, VERA MURPHY PARKS
1-07-1899 to 11-23-2002
*D/of Mial
Snider Murphy (1870-1940) &
Julia Ardecia McCarty Murphy (1876-1916)
"Earth
Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"
WILLIAM BIRCH PARKS
6-30-1920 to 5-07-1992
*S/of William
Edward "Eddie" Parks (1895-1958) &
Dollie B. Darden
Parks (1900-2003)
*MSGT U.S. Army ~ World War II
WILLIAM EDWARD "EDDIE " PARKS
6-02-1895 to 10-03-1958
*S/of John C. Parks (1859-1915) &
Margaret Annie
McWilliams
Parks (1873-1962)
*Arkansas Pvt. 153 Infantry
World War I
& DOLLIE B. DARDEN PARKS *103
2-21-1900 to 7-21-2003
*D/of George
Washington Darden (1867-1957) &
Elizabeth Beth
Hogg
Darden (1871-1949)
WILLIAM (W.W.) PARKS (64)
6-04-1820 to 10-17-1884
*Mason
*H/of Margaret
A. Maddox
(Hard to read – stone in bad shape/ 64 yrs-4 mos-13 dys)
& MARGARET A. MADDOX PARKS (77)
1-18-1825 to 10-27-1902
*Wf/of William W.
Parks
*Headstone
broken/has been repaired.
LOUWILDA"BILLIE" HUNT LANGLEY PAXTON (71)
5-05-1934 to 11-21-2005 *OB
*D/of Cecil
& Eloise Hunt and Lennie & Earl Thompson;
*Md: 5/20/1955 ~Her *1st
late husband, Norman Langley.
*Survived by
her *2nd husband of 18 yrs, Lester Lee Paxton, Jr.
*Md: Lester L.
Paxton, Jr. abt 1987.
*See other
listing under LANGLEY.
HESSIE ST. CLAIR PINSON
12-01-1846 to 10-05-1872
*Wf/of Dr. Hamet Pinson
B. J. PONDER
2-27-1928 to 2-07-2002
*S/of Bennett
King Ponder (1899-1980) &
Madie Lee
Ponder (1902-1978)
*B. J. &
Martha Earlene share a double headstone.
*B.J. & Martha
Earlene *md: Jan 29, 1982
MARTHA EARLENE BREWER
PONDER
4-05-1938 to 3-23-2005
*B.J. & Martha share a double headstone.
DONNA ELISHA PONDER (58)
12-27-1961 to 3-03-2020
*Born in
Mobile, AL. Died in Lisbon, AR.
*D/of Margielee
Annette Teal.
*Preceded in
death by her mother and her
brother Gary
Williams.
*Baptized
early in life at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
*Survivors are
her husband of 42 years, Johnny Ponder,
one son, John Ponder,
one daughter, Rachal
Berry.
GRADY WILLIAM "BILLY"
PONDER (46)
8-18-1957 to 6-14-2004
*Son of O.C.
Ponder (1930-1999)
HUEY P. PONDER (69)
10-13-1935 LA to 2-04-2005
*S/of Bennett King Ponder (1899-1980) &
Madie Lee
Ponder (1902-1978)
*Born in
Louisiana. Died in El Dorado, AR.
"Gone But
Not Forgotten"
*Bulldozer
sketch etched into headstone.
ALICE ETHEL BISHOP PONDER (76)
7-10-1938 to 2-20-2015 *OB
*D/of John Lee Bishop &
Bessie M. LaBeff
Bishop
*Born in
Smackover, Union Co., AR
*Resided in Elm
Grove, Louisiana
*Died in
Bossier City, Louisiana
*Preceded in
death by her parents; her husband,
Huey P. Ponder;
two brothers, John & Doyle Bishop.
Two sisters,
Katherine Colvin & Martha Cook.
*Spouses:
*Md: Huey P. Ponder (1935-2005)
*Md:1955, Wilbert
Joseph Mackles (1934-2020)
O. C. PONDER
1-30-1930 to 1-03-1999
*S/of Bennett
King Ponder (1899-1980) &
Madie Lee
Ponder (1902-1978)
*Md: 1/24/1969 Ruby Jean Lively
& RUBY JEAN LIVELY PONDER
9-08-1943 LA to 9-29-2001 AR
*D/of Buck Lively (1906-1990) &
Hazel Knight Lively (1911-1977)
*Md: 1/24/1969 O. C. Ponder
ELIZA
ELDRIDGE RAY REED
11-30-1841 to 10-07-1895
*Husbands: *1st John T. Ray
(b:ca 1833 GA)
*2nd Thomas
Benton Reed (1838 AL -1905 AR)
*53 yr-10 mo-7 dys
*Mother of Henry Allen Reed / John Steve Ray / Thomas
J. Ray
“Beautiful In
Life and In Death,
But Still More
Beautiful In Heaven”
JOANN DUKE RICHARD (41)
5-08-1932 to 5-29-1973
*D/of Gerald
Verdie Duke (1896-1967) &
Gladys Idell Bates
Duke (1902-1972)
*Survivors
include a son, Lynn Wayne Morgan of El Dorado;
two daughters,
Misses Deborah Kay & Cindy Gail Richard,
both of El
Dorado; a brother, Jerry Duke, of El Dorado,
& a
sister, Miss Joaquin Duke of El Dorado.
*Sister,
Joaquin Duke (1922-2019) passed since her
brother
died. She was cremated.
ALFRED FLOYD ROBERTS (49)
10-25-1964 to 9-03-2014
*S/of Edgar T.
Roberts (1938-1998) &
Genevive Arellano
Propp
Roberts Hodges (1944-2014);
*Died as a
result of an automobile accident.
*Md: Mary
Ann Adair
in Henrietta, TX
*Alfred moved
to El Dorado & worked for the local
El Dorado
Paper Bag until a tragic car accident.
Alfred was
cared for by his wife & family &
in home
nursing care, until he went to
Courtyard
Estates Rehabilitation Center.
Mary, his wife
died 5 mos. prior to his passing. .
MARY ANN ADAIR ROBERTS (56)
10-09-1957 to 4-06-2014 *OB
*Preceded in
death by her parents
L.B. Adair
& Moreene Miller Adair.
*Mary Ann was
the caretaker of her husband after
he suffered
permanent injuries from an automobile accident.
Mary died 5
months before he passed.
*Survived by
her three children, Travis, Malinda, &
Tommy Morton.
EDDIE THOMAS ROBERTS, SR. (59)
1-20-1961 to 11-18-2020
*S/of Edgar T.
Roberts (1938-1998) &
Genevive
Arellano Propp Hodges (1944-2014)
*Born in
Clinton, Oklahoma *Died in El Dorado.
*Preceding him
in death are his parents; former wife,
Janice Perkins
Roberts; & brother, Alfred Roberts.
*Survivors
include his wife, Kathy Torres Roberts of
Smackover;
daughters, Denise McGlaughlin of
Barstow, CA;
Kimberly Marie Richardson of McKinney, TX;
sons, Eddie
Thomas Roberts, Jr., Mark Ross Roberts, &
Andrew Lee
Roberts, all of El Dorado; step-children ,
Sara
Livingston, Tyler Livingston, & Joseph Pennington, all
of Smackover.
EVA M. MURPHY ROBERTSON (23)
8-30-1879 to 9-20-1902, 6:30 A.M.
*D/of Henry Oscar
Murphy (1855-1935) &
Ella
S. Holloway (1858-1945)
*1st wf/of Chastain C. Robertson (1869 VA-1952 OK)
*Chastain C. Robertson md: Eva’s cousin, as his
*2nd wife, Sallie
Elizabeth Murphy (1882 AR -1956 OK)
*D/of George
Quinney Murphy (1851-1928)
& Martha Eugenia Davis Murphy (1857-1891)
*Chastaine C. Robertson, along with his 2nd wife,
Sally, are buried
in Schoolton Cemetery,
Cromwell,
Oklahoma.
MINNIE L. MURPH SCOTT (31)
2-18-1881 to 7-6-1912
*D/of Timothy
Caraway Murph (1848-1923) &
Elizabeth
Alice Thompson (1851-1923)
EDWARD "ED" SCROGGINS
8-6-1905 to 4-4-1986
*2nd
Husband of Lucy
Nancy Coke
LUCY NANCY COKE DARDEN SCROGGINS
5-16-1899 to 10-22-1991
*D/of James Thomas Coke “Jim Tom” (1855-1943) &
Mary Eliza Leverett Coke (1866-1943)
*1st husband, William Turner
Darden (1870-1953)
*Lucy
was Mr. Darden' s 3rd wife. (12/4/1920 Union Co.)
*2nd husband, Edward
Scroggins (1905-1986)
BERTHA BAKER SHAVER (92)
*Died 3-19-2008
*D/of Jack
& Isabelle Snyder Baker
*Wf/of James Robert
Shaver
BRANDON DEWAYNE SMITH (25)
3-01-1988 to 5-18-2013 *OB
*S/of the late
Cleve J. Smith & Patricia Alford Smith
*2006 graduate
of El Dorado High School.
*Preceded in
death by his father.
J. J. W. SMITH
7-12-1862 to 11-15-1914
*S/of J. J. W. Smith, (d:during Civil War) &
Candice Thompson (b: ca 1846 GA) –
*J.J.W. Smith,
Sr. died at the end of the Civil War
on his way
home from Vicksburg & is buried in
New Spring Hill Methodist Church
Cemetery.
*Candace was D/of J. Kannon Thompson &
Sarah Amelia Perry
Thompson
*J.J.W. Smith,
Jr. moved west with his
grandparents
Jonathan K. & Sarah Thompson.
“Tho lost to
sight, but to memory clear”
NORLETTA GAIL "SUSIE"
LANGLEY SMITH
11-18-1957 to 9-11-1984
*Born Harris
County, Texas. Died in Smackover, AR.
*D/of Louwilda
“Billie” Hunt
Langley Paxton (1934-2005) &
Norman Lester
Langley (1933-1981)
“Earth Has No
Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal”
RICHARD E. STEELE
3-27-1920 to 11-11-1997
*GY-SGT US Marine Corps
World War II
& Korean Conflict
*H/of Martha F.
Steele
*Martha &
Richard share a double headstone.
“Loving
Husband and Father”
& MARTHA F.
STEELE (83)
7-25-1924 to 8-02-2007
*Wf/ of Richard E. Steele
*Parents of Cathryn Michelle Steele Weaver(1951-2013)
*Cathryn buried in Smackover Cemetery
“Beloved Wife
and Mother”
BERTHA STONE (83)
11-01-1893 to 5-11-1977
"Rest In
Peace"
GRACIE LEE STONE
5-14-1900 to 8-24-1905
*Tombstone is unreadable
HOMER STONE (15)
6-14-1902 to 2-04-1918
*Stone is
unreadable due to moss & fungi
STITH STONE (72)
3-06-1874 to 8-11-1946
*Shares
headstone with wife, Margarett Dunlap
"Rest Is
Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"
& MARGARETT DUNLAP STONE
9-05-1874 to 9-20-1947
*Wf/of Stith Stone
JACKIE DAVID SWILLEY
6-15-1951 to 2-25-1952
*S/of Wiley
Richard Swilley (1916-1999) &
Dorothy B. Hughes
Swilley (1916-2005)
JACKIE LYNN SWILLEY
B
& D 1-16-1970
*Infant D/of
James & Jamie Swilley
JAMES DAVID SWILLEY (22)
10-22-1963 to 7-14-1986
*Son of James
Earl Swilley (1942-1974) &
Jamie Joyce Williams Hodge (1943-1993)
*Grandson of
Wiley Richard Swilley (1916-1999) &
Dorothy B. Hughes Swilley (1916-2005)
JAMES EARL SWILLEY
1-12-1942 to 10-9-1974
*S/of "W.R." Wiley Richard Swilley (1916-1999) &
Dorothy B. Hughes
Swilley (1916-2005)
"A Man
With Many Friends"
WILEY RICHARD SWILLEY "W.R."
(82)
5-25-1916 to 3-2-1999
*S/of Wiley Richard
Swilley (1868-1932) &
Garner Austin Swilley (1873- MS- 1959 AR)
*Wiley & Garner *Md: 1893
*W. R., Member
of Lisbon Methodist Church.
*U.S. Army – World
War II
*For 40 years
he owned & operated full-service gas stations.
*Retired from
Swilley Lion Sation in 1978.
& DOROTHY B. HUGHES SWILLEY(88)
6-15-1916 to 1-11-2005
*Born in
Malvern, AR *OB
*D/of Emmitt
Pearl Hughes &
Maggie Bradford
Hughes
*Member of
First Baptist Church of Smackover
*M/of Margaret Swilley McClung (1934-2014) ;
James Earl
Swilley (1942-1974);
Jackie David
Swilley (1951-1952)
Normon Otis
Swilley; Johnny D.
Swilley;
Margaret Ann Swilley
McClung.
WILLIAM FRANCIS THOMAS
1881
to 1-29-1937 *ARDI
*Born in Barry
Co., MO.
*S/of Elisha
Jaggers Thomas (1857-1906) &
Henrietta
“Etta” Garland
Thomas .
*Husband of Evelyn Collins.
BAMA ARANT THOMPSON
1879
to 1935
(aka Donia
Arant / aka Bama))
*2nd Wf/of Dr. Abner Gaither Thompson *Md: 11/3/1910
* Dr.Abner Gaither Thompson 11/11/1868 to 6/05/1939
*Abner
& his 1st
wife, Lola Hearin
are buried in
Woodlawn Cemetery, El Dorado.
(B.Q.) BARCELLA QUINCY THOMPSON
11-20-1844 to 11-13-1924
*Born
Columbus, Georgia
*S/of J. Kannon
Thompson (ca 1814-1868) &
Sarah Amelia Perry
Thompson (1821-1901)
*1st Wife, Nancy
Rebecca Murphy *Md:1868
*2nd Wife, Virginia F. Howard *Md:11/10/1897
*Virginia~ (1841-1924) buried *Yocum Cemetery
*D/of Elizabeth Collins (1804-1857) &
James Bowling Howard (1796-1897)
"I Have
Fought A Good Fight.
I Have Finished
My Course. I Have Kept The Faith."
& NANCY REBECCA MURPHY THOMPSON
3-23-1852 to 7-21-1894
*D/of Thomas
Jesse Murphy (ca 1827 AL to 1862 St. Chas, AR)
&
Martha Eugenia
Perry Murphy (1831 GA - 1905
AR)
*1st Wf/of Barcella Quincy Thompson *Md:1868
"Her Happy
Soul Has Winged Its way To One Pure Bright Eternal Day"
(Large above the ground newer vault - appears to have been replacement)
JESSE EATHEL THOMPSON
12-02-1883 to 12-28-1973
*S/of Barcella
Quincy Thompson (1844-1924) &
Nancy Rebecca Murphy
Thompson (1852-1894)
*Thompson-McDonald Mausoleim
& SARA GAIL BOLTON
THOMPSON
9-02-1884 to 9-30-1973
*D/of Isaac Langston Bolton (1826-1905) &
Ella Perry
Bolton (1843-1917)
*Wf/of Jesse E. Thompson
*Buried in the Thompson – McDonald family Mausoleum
(J.K.) J. KANNON THOMPSON (54)
(born abt. 1814) Died 5-03-1868
*Husband of Sallie Amelia Perry
SARAH "SALLIE" AMELIA
PERRY THOMPSON
3-8-1821 to 1-13-1901
*Born in South
Carolina. Died Union County, AR.
*D/of Docton
Perry (ca 1776 NC - aft. 1820 SC) &
Mary Yarbrough
Perry (1779 SC - 1848 AL)
*Wf/of J. Kannon
Thompson
JONATHON KANNON THOMPSON, D.D.S.
5-20-1871 to 3-20-1963
*S/of Barcella
Quincy Thompson (1844-1941) &
Nancy Rebecca Murphy
Thompson (1852-1894)
& SALLIE PRICE PERRY THOMPSON
7-31-1862 to 1-22-1946
*D/of Abner
Perry (1811 SC -1897 MS) &
Sara Louisa Thompson Perry (1820 MS-1895 MS)
*Wf/of Dr. J. K. Thompson
*Buried in the
Thompson – McDonald Family Mausoleum.
“She Fought A
Good Fight. She Finished Her Course.
She Kept The
Faith. Hence Forth, There
Is Laid Up For
Her A Crown Of Righteousness.”
LENNIE BROWN THOMPSON (82)
2-13-1910 to 6-19-1992 "MOM"
THELMA MAY TEAGUE THOMPSON (88)
1-27-1924 to 2-06-2012 *OB
*D/of Oat A. & Ruth G. Waltney Teague
THOMAS JAMES THOMPSON
7-15-1874 to 4-01-1941
*S/of Barcella
Quincy Thompson (1844-1941) &
Nancy Rebecca Murphy
Thompson (1852-1894)
*Husband of Ida Jewel Chipman
*Md:1906
& IDA JEWEL
CHIPMAN THOMPSON (88)
5-10-1885 to 2-02-1974
*Wf/of Thomas James
Thompson *Md:1906
“She Was The
Sunshine Of Our Home”
JOHN J. TIFFIN
8-9-1849 to 1-29-1867
*Son of Peter
S. Tiffin (1826-1867) &
Mary Flanekin
Tiffin (1829-1898)
(P. S.) PETUS “PETER” S. TIFFIN
9-18-1826 to 5-12-1867
*Md: Mary Flanekin 3/18/1847 in Union Co., AR
*Peter &
Mary parents of four children:
John J. Tiffin
(1849-1867); Allen W. Tiffin (b: ca 1853);
Martha Tiffin (b: ca 1855); Nancy Caldonia Tiffin Kinard (1859-1945);
*Mary Flanekin Tiffin (1829-1898) buried @
Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery, Union Co., AR
(J.T.) JOHN THOMAS WARD, SR. (76)
4-27-1937 to 10-19-2013 *OB
*S/of Thomas W. Ward & Muriel Hall Ward
*Md: 4/6/1957 Jackie Pyle
Ward
*Celebrated
their 56th anniversary, April 6, 2013.
“POPPA”
*Grandparents-
John & Nettie Hall &
Wm. Arthur
Ward & Katie Ethel Ables.
THOMAS W. WARD
10-15-1913 to 2-09-1994
*Wife, Murriel Hall
*Md:
7/16/1936
& MURRIEL HALL WARD *OB
6-08-1908 to 4-09-2006
*D/of John W.
& Nettie Smith
Hall,
twin sister of
Mildred Hall
Harrell
*Md: Thomas W. Ward 7/16/1936
"God gave
us life not to die but to live eternally"
APRIL DANIELLE WATKINS (16)
5-05-1984 to 8-24-2000
"In God's Care"
“Jesus said
suffer little children and
forbid them
not to come unto me for of
such is the
kingdom of heaven. Matt. 19:14”
WILLIS WILBURN WATSON
3-01-1870 to 1-07-1941
*Willis *Md: 1898 Susan
*H/of Susan Amelia
Murph
Watson (1876-1957)
*Buried Smackover Cemetery
SAMMIE WILBERT
4-28-1918 to 1-04-1919
*S/of C. A.
& Mearley
ARTHUR MAX WILLETT (49)
2-02-1920 to 1-07-1970
*S/of Arthur
Scott Willett (1882-1975) &
Corrine Murphy
Willett (1888-1986)
*World War II
*Husband of Violet Gertrude
Brasher
& VIOLET GERTRUDE
BRASHER WILLETT
6-19-1920 to 6-21-1995
*D/of Joseph
Thomas Brasher & Evie Gerald Brasher
*Arthur &
Violet share a double headstone
ARTHUR SCOTT WILLETT
3-08-1882 to 4-28-1975
*S/of James G.
Willett (1852-1931) &
Georgia N. Barksdale
Willett (1856-1931)
*1st wife, Annie
Flournoy Willett (1883-1911) *Md:1905
*D/of Joseph Albert Flournoy (1846-1937) &
Lela Lee Flournoy (1858-1889)
*Annie is buried @ Lisbon Cemetery, Union Co., AR
& *2nd
wife, CORRINNE MURPHY WILLETT (98)
8-31-1888 to 12-23-1986
*D/of Henry
Oscar Murphy & Ella Holloway Murphy
*Arthur &
Corrine share a double headstone.
BUFORD PIERCE WILLETT(94)
3-02-1922 to 8-06-2016 *OB
*S/of Frank Pierce
Willett (1892-1982) &
Annie B. Yocum
Willett (1895-1964)
*Md: 5/24/1942 Alene Jones
*U.S. Navy ~ World War II
*50 yr Mason of
Mt. Mariah Lodge
*Life long
member of Lisbon United Methodist Church
& ALENE JONES WILLETT
1-10-1918 to 10-22-2006
*Md: 5/24/1942 Buford Pierce Willett
Infant Son WILLETT
7-12-1933 to 7-19-1933
*S/of Arthur
Scott Willett (1882-1975) &
Corrine Murphy
Willett (1888-1986)
JOHN HENRY WILLETT, SR. (92)
9-12-1924 to 2-27-2017 *OB
*S/of Arthur “Scott”
Willett (1882-1975) &
Corrine Murphy
Willett (1888-1986)
(Mason)
*Husband
of Dora Marie Bull *Md:12/26/1944
*Late sons,
John Henry Willett, Jr. & William “Bill” Willett.
*Lifetime
member of Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge (for 50 yrs)
& DORA MARIE
BULL WILLETT, SR.
9-17-1924 to 8-24-1999
*D/of Joe A.
& Myrtle B. Bull
(Eastern Star)
*John Henry
& Dora Marie share a double headstone.
*Wife of John Henry
Willett *Md:12/26/1944
MAX ALLEN WILLETT (77)
2-06-1941 to 3-07-2018 Ruston, LA *OB
*S/of Arthur
Max Willett (1920-1970) &
Viola Brasher
Willett (1920-1995)
*Served in the
Army Reserves.
*Owner &
Operator of Willett Welding Service.
*Husband
of Lila Clawson for 48 years
& LILA CLAWSON WILLETT (79)
2-20-1941 to 7-07-2011 *OB
*D/of Benjamine
Rowe Clawson (1908-1982) &
Mary Elizabeth Nunnally
Clawson (1911-1993)
*Wf/of Max Allen Willett
for 48 yrs.
MURRY HUGH WILLETT (93)
1-15-1915 to 6-29-2008
*S/of Arthur
Scott Willett (1882-1975) &
Corrine Murphy
Willett (1888-1986)
*Md: 9/12/1936 Lois Mayfield
*U.S. Marine Corps World War II
& LOIS MAYFIELD WILLETT
1-31-1915 to 12-07-2000
*Md: 9/12/1936 Murry Hugh
Willett
*Murry &
Lois share a double headstone.
RANDOLPH SCOTT WILLETT
8-01-1923 to 3-01-2003
*S/of Arthur
Scott Willett (1882-1975) &
Corrine Murphy
Willett (1888-1986)
*Md: 7/12/1942 Lucy Virginia Pickering
& LUCY VIRGINIA PICKERING WILLETT
2-13-1922 to 10-30-1990
*D/of John Pinson Pickering (1889-1967) &
Nancy
Elizabeth Goodwin
Pickering (1890-1967)
*Md: 7/12/1942 Randolph Scott Willett
R. DAVID WILLETT
2-18-1947 to 1-12-1985
*S/of Arthur
Max Willett (1920-1970) &
Viola Brasher Willett (1920-1995)
*Md: 6/6/1970 Paula Long
*Aprile, Amy, Scott
& PAULA LONG
WILLETT
1-13-1952 (one date)
*Md: 6/6/1970 R. David Willett
ROBERT G. WILLETT "BOB"
2-02-1951 (One date)
*S/of Arthur
Max Willett (1920-1970) &
Violet Brasher
Willett (1920-1995)
D. G. "BUDDY"
WILLIAMS (78)
1927
to 2006
DONNIE RAY WILLIAMS
12-19-1945 to 9-27-2001
*S/of James Mace
Williams (1911-1981) &
Verna Lou Post
Williams (1912-2006)
*Md:8/28/1966 Cindy Willett
& CINDY WILLETT WILLIAMS
12-26-1948 (one date)
*Wife of Donnie Ray
Williams *Md:8/28/1966
“Those Having
Loved Others
Will Live
Forever
In The Hearts
Of Those They Loved”
DALE LYNN WILSON
8-04-1959 to 4-15-1990
*S/of Darwin
Gene Wilson &
Marjorie Mae Langley
Wilson (1931-2012)
MARJORIE MAE LANGLEY WILSON (81)
6-02-1931 to 7-28-2012 *OB
*D/of Alvin
Carroll Langley (1903-1969) &
Eunice Mae Scott
Langley Wilson (1908-1951).
*1st husband, Alvin C.
Langley (1903-1969)
*Late * 2nd husband, Darwin
Gene Wilson
(d: before
2012)
JOHNNIE HERSHEL WOODLE (89)
4-06-1923 to 9-03-2012 *OB
*S/of Oscar & Clair Woodle.
*U.S. Air Force
- World War II
& LILLIAN DELORES WOODLE (75)
1-18-1928 to 9-25-2003
*Johnnie & Lillian share a double headstone.
SOLOMON E. YODER (72)
3-15-1888 to 3-13-1961
& RUBY F.
YODER
7-23-1903 to 11-20-1976
WILLIAM MICHAEL YODER
8-12-1945 to 5-14-2003
*S/of Solomon
E. Yoder (1888-1961) &
Ruby F. Yoder (1903-1976)
"In Memory Of"
"AT SEA"
25"58.152N 97"
03.983W
*US Navy Vietnam
Salem Cemetery View 2005
Salem Cemetery View June 2011with Flag
in background
2011:
The large new flag pole with lights
is located toward the back /
center area of this photo taken in 2005.
Salem Cemetery 2005 Thompson-McDonald
Mausoleum
in background.
Salem Cemetery June 2011 ~ Salem Cemetery Pavilion June 2011
