Silver Hill Methodist Cemetery

SILVER HILL METHODIST CEMETERY

est. 1909

Located in Union County, Arkansas, northwest of El Dorado near the Ouachita County line and

off Hwy. 172, going west toward Mount Holly (aka "Sliver Hill Loop"):

Some from an earlier survey done by Ralph O. & Violet Weldon Sept. 30, 1995. Canvassed May 24, 2005.

Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com *New Survey June 2011 * Last Updated October 2018

*Use of the symbol "&" indicates a double or triple headstone.

*MM represents Funeral Home or Mortuary Marker.

*WOW - Woodman of the World tombstone.

*SS- birth or death dates have been filled in using Social Security Death Index

*OB – death & information from El Dorado News-Times newspaper obituary

JAMES L. AINSWORTH 12-25-1925 to 8-30-2005

*S/of Ultie Whaley Ainsworth(1896-1975) & Jewel Lewis Ainsworth(1905-1993)

*Md:6/22/1945 “Until We Meet Again”

& ALTA FAYE STARNES AINSWORTH 1-5-1928 to 1-8-2000

*D/of D.F. Starnes (b:ca 1907) & Catherine Maudie Strickland Starnes (b:ca 1908)

JAMIE AINSWORTH 2-14-1974 to 10-8-1994

REX ULTEY AINSWORTH 12-3-1951 to 3-5-1995

*Md:6/2/1972

& SHIRLEY JEAN AINSWORTH 6-24-1954 (One date)

RONALD LOUIS ANDRIES 8-20-1938 to 2-14-2005 *MM *SSDI

*S/of John Gilbert Andries(1898-1955) & Josephine Gertrude Peltier Andries(1900-1961)

(Little poem below inscribe on a flat stone, imbedded by the Mortuary Marker)

"No Farewell words were spoken, No time to say goodbye,

You were gone before we knew it, And only God knows why."

ROBERT BIGDON 7-11-1917 to 2-24-1943

GEORGE WASHINGTON BEAVERS, JR.

1-12-1897 to 10-15-1949

*S/of George Washingtoin Beavers, Sr.(1857-1940) & Mary Eliza Pace Beavers(1862-1907)

“We Will Meet Again”

Infant BEAVERS B: & D: 3-11-1929

*S/of Mr. & Mrs. Alvie Beavers

THOMAS SILVESTER BEAVERS 8-4-1881 to 10-25-1965

*S/of George W. Beavers(1857-1940) & Mary Eliza Pace Beavers(1862-1907)

*H/of Susie Watson Beavers "We Will Meet Again"

SUSIE WATSON BEAVERS 5-13-1881 to 10-2-1959

*D/of Alexander P. Watson(1855-1932) & Susannah 'Susan' Wallace Watson(1856-1937)

*Wf/of Thomas Silvester Beavers "She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"

VIOLA BEAVERS 3-17-1904 to 11-28-1914

*D/of Thomas Silvester Beavers(1881-1965) & Susie Watson Beavers(1881-1959)

ANNA A. BEEVERS 3-8-1912 to 3-29-1913

*D/of Henry David Beevers(1889-1960) & Viney M. Irwin Beevers (1893-1987)

HENRY DAVID BEEVERS 4-4-1889 to 8-2-1960

*S/of George W. Beavers, Sr.(1857-1940) & Mary Eliza Pace Beavers(1862-1907)

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

& VINEY M. IRWIN BEEVERS 9-25-1893 to 12-25-1987

*Wf/of Henry David Beevers

LEONARD N. BEEVERS 7-12-1925 to 12-1-1925

*S/of Henry David Beevers (1889-1960) & Viney M. Irwin Beevers (1893-1987)

WALTER H. BEEVERS 8-13-1913 to 1-8-1970

*S/of Henry David Beevers(1889-1960) & Viney M. Irwin Beevers(1893-1987)

& LILA C. PACE BEEVERS 8-21-1907 to 11-23-1991

*Wife of Walter H. Beevers “We Will Meet Again”

HENRY M. BIRCHFIELD 4-4-1931 to 8-14-1967

“Thy Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star in Heaven”

JESSIE JACKSON BIRCHFIELD 10-15-1907 to 6-6-1993

*D/of Henry B. Jackson(b:ca 1859) & Helena Mitchell Jackson(1870-1932)

*H/of Park Smith Birchfield “In Loving Memory Of Our Mother”

PARK SMITH BIRCHFIELD 1-9-1902 to 5-4-1966

*H/of Jessie Jackson Birchfield

“A Life Like His Has Left A Record Sweet For Others To Dwell Upon”

JESSE A. BLALOCK 12-24-1902 to Oct 1973

*Husband of Frances Hodgson (1907-1976) “At Rest” *SSDI

*D/of Jesse & Frances Blalock; JO ANNE BLALOCK KINDER (1943 OK -2016 SC )

*Jo Anne buried Cherryvale, Sumter Co., SC (Cremated) *She worked for Murphy Oil

Company in Arkansas & retired from the SC Dept. of Motor Vehicles. Late husband,

Charles Kinder; late brother, Richard Blalock.

FRANCES HODGSON BLALOCK

3-11-1907 to Jan 1976 *SSDI

*Wife of Jesse A. Blalock; Mother of Jo Anne Blalock Kinder, Richard Blalock

AUDREY SQUYRES WATSON BOYD

3-3-1918 to 7-15-2004

*D/of John Frank Squyres 1896-1969) & Alice Hammers Squyres (1885-1981)

*Md:3/23/1941 *1^st husband, James Harper WATSON (1914-1978)

*Audrey has a 2^nd marker:

*AUDREY SQUYRES BOYD

*Wf/of GEAROLD F. BOYD (2^nd husband)

*Married May 18, 1980 - July 15, 2004 *Exactly as it appears on headstone.

ARTHUR LEAVY DAVIS 12-6-1908 to 8-9-1998

*S/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis (1881-1964)

*Md:12/24/1935

& LUCY ‘ESTELLE’ GARNER DAVIS

10-26-1916 to 1-3-2005

*D/of Ben Johnson Garner & Burtha Lee Smith Garner

BONITA ANN DAVIS 8-23-1953 to 8-26-1953

*Age 3 days old

DAYMON DAVIS 10-11-1942 (One date)

*Md:1/14/1967

& BETTY JO WATSON DAVIS 4-2-1942 to 4-6-2005

*Age 63 *Wf/of Damon Davis "She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"

EDWARD DARWIN DAVIS d: 2-6-1944

*S/of Harvey Edward Davis(1922-1995) & Dorothy Maurice Valentine Davi(1925-1997)

"He Is Not Dead But Sleepeth"

FLOYD DAVIS 11-22-1905 to 10-26-1967

*S/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis (1881-1964)

“A Life Like His Has Left A Record, Sweet For Memory To Dwell Upon”

GROVER M. DAVIS (22) 12-8-1921 to 1-18-1944

*S/of Will Marshall Davis(1882-1930) & Gennie ‘Bray’ Smith Davis(1886-1968)

"In Loving Memory" (CENOTAPH- Buried in Military Cemetery – Sicily-Rome American

Cemetery & Memorial, Lazio, Italy) PFC Grover M. Davis PFC 937 FA BN Arkansas

*Has military cross marker in Italy cemetery .

HARVEY EDWARD “Tip” DAVIS

3-10-1922 to 10-25-1995

*S/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis(1881-1964)

*US Army Air Corp ~ World War II

& DOROTHY MAURICE VALENTINE DAVIS(72)

1-25-1925 to 3-10-1997

*D/of A. Frank Valentine(1889-1965) & Claudia Farnell Valentine(1898-1958)

JAMES KEVIN DAVIS B & D 12-13-1971

*S/of Elvis & Peggy Davis “Only Sleeping”

JOHN DAWSON DAVIS 12-27-1914 to 3-4-1915

*S/of Will Marshall Davis (1882-1930) & Gennie ‘Bray’ Smith Davis (1886-1968)

JOHN WESLEY DAVIS 2-15-1915 to 8-31-2000

*S/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis (1881-1964)

*PFC US Army ~ World War II (Mason)

“We Have Kept The Faith”

& MAURIE DODD DAVIS 12-9-1915 to 11-15-2001

*Wf/of John Wesley Davis

*Triple Headstone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

MARLIN AGEE DAVIS (95) 11-24-1913 to 5-23-2009 *OB

*S/of Samuel Alexander Davis (1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis (1881-1964)

*Brother to Dorothy Garner, Beatrice Pruitt, Ida Marie Mack, John Wesley Davis ,

Harvey Edw.“Tip” Davis, Arthur Leavy Davis, Floyd Davis, Sammie Woodrow Davis.

& Wife, ANNIE LEE REYNOLDS DAVIS

12-15-1916 to 10-18-1994

*D/of Andrew Minter Reynolds(1888-1956) & Anna Poindexter Watson Reynolds(1892-1988)

& Son, FELTON ALDINE DAVIS 11-8-1939 to 10-20-1999

*S/of Marlin A. Davis(1913-2009) & Annie Lee Reynolds Davis (1915-1994)

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MARY JANE "MOLLIE" WATSON MORRIS DAVIS

5-9-1904 to 9-9-1934

*D/of William H. Watson (b: ca 1824) & Mary E. Watson (b:ca 1832)

*1^st Wf/of Benjamin F. Morris(1834-1930) *2^nd husband, Will Marshall Davis(1882-1930 )

*Mary Jane & Benjamin Morris had a daughter, Hattie Morris Whisenhunt(1889-1943)

SAMMIE WOODROW "Sam" DAVIS

5-28-1917 to 12-4-1984

*S/of Samuel Alexander Davis (1917-1984) & Mary Alice Smith Davis (1881-1964)

*S. Sgt U.S. Army ~ World War II

& WYNONAH V. DAVIS 6-21-1927 (One date)

SAMUEL ALEXANDER DAVIS 1-25-1884 to 10-10-1947

*S/of William Marshall Davis (1848-1922) & Mary Jane Watson Davis (1851-1923)

(1851-1923) (63 yr- 8 mos- 15 days)

MARY ALICE "MAE"ALICE SMITH DAVIS

1-29-1881 to 9-28-1964

*D/of Edward Hatten Smith (1851-1920) & Lara Ann Virginia Welch Smith (1851-1929)

“Blessed Are The Peacemakers For They Shall Be Called The Children of God”

SUSANNA "SUSIE" LaGRONE DAVIS

4-29-1851 to 8-4-1914

*D/of John H. LaGrone (1804-1877) & Dicea Lagrone (1812-1862)

*Susie was the wife of ISAIAH DAVIS (1846-1880)

WILL MARSHALL DAVIS 7-16-1882 to 3-17-1930

*S/of William Marshall Davis(1848-1922) & Mary Jane Watson Davis (1851-1923)

*Spouses: *1^stMary Jane Watson Davis(1904-1934) *2^nd Gennie Giles Davis(1886-1968)

& GENNIE “BRAY” SMITH DAVIS 3-7-1886 to 10-30-1968

*D/of Edward Hatten Smith (1851-1920) & Lara Ann Virginia Welch Smith (1851-1929)

*Wf /of Will Marshall Davis

(W. M.)WILLIAM MARSHALL DAVIS 4-14-1848 to 9-20-1922

*S/of Elias Davis (1812-1878) & Mary Polly Rhinehart Davis (1813-1897)

MARY JANE WATSON DAVIS 1-3-1851 to 7-17-1923

*D/of William H. Watson (b:ca 1824) & Mary E. Watson (b:ca a832)

*1^st husband, Benjamin F. MORRIS (1834-1930) union produced a daughter, ~

*Hattie Morris Whisenhunt (1889-1943)

*2^nd husband, William Marshall DAVIS

ARLIN M. GARNER 10-30-1917 to 7-7-1970

*S/of Thomas Jefferson Garner(1881-1970) & Sallie Lou Garner(1890-1973)

& DOROTHY DAVIS GARNER (89)

6-24-1919 to 11-27-2008

*D/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis(1881-1964)

HOWELL ‘CALVIN’ HALTOM 8-13-1913 to 1-9-1991

*Md:5/17/1949 *Leona Faye Mitchell

“A Life Like Theirs Has Left A Record”

& LEONA FAYE MITCHELL HALTOM

11-11-1922 to 4-19-2004

*D/of Johnathan Wm. Mitchell(1881-1959) & Mary Tennessee Smith Mitchell(1897-1981)

*Wf/of Calvin Haltom *Member of Silver Hill Methodist Church

JAMES CHRISTOPHER HAMBRICK b & d 1987

*Infant S/of Leola Smith Hambrick (1926-2014) & Jesse James Hambrick(1927-2016)

JESSE JAMES HAMBRICK (88) 4-29-1927 to 4-8-2016*OB

*S/of William Medford Hambrick (1891-1972) & Willie Mae Ward Hambrick (1905-1990)

*No marker / headstone found for Jesse J. Hambrick

LEOLA SMITH HAMBRICK(88) 4-2-1926 to 8-19-2014 *OB

*D/of Clement Clay Smith (1890-1956) & Wilma Ollie Jackson Smith (1895-1976)

*Wf/of Jesse James Hambrick *Leola was a member of Temple Baptist Church.

LORIE ANN HAMBRICK 4-15-1987 to 12-17-1987

*8 month old baby girl *MM *Now has a headstone

THELMA COLLEENE IRWIN 6-30-1928 to 8-15-1928

*6 Week Old Baby Girl

ANDREW CORTEZ JACKSON 11-14-1916 to 5-24-1967

*S/of Lewis Walker Jackson (1886-1955) & Mary Alice Irwin Jackson (1896-1970)

*Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit”

& LENA BELL GREEN JACKSON 3-17-1919 to 10-11-1998

*D/of Lillie Mae Allen Green (1896-1996) & Lee Harrison Green (1871-1964)

BERTHA AZELL JACKSON 9-8-1916 to 7-18-1974

*D/of Thomas Marshall Jackson(1881-1969) & Susan Arlena Mitchell Jackson (1878-1960)

“Rest Is Thine Sweet Remembrance Ours”

JAMES EARNEST JACKSON 10-11-1900 to 7-19-1982 (Mason)

*S/of William Edward Jackson(1871-1950) & Susan Francis Clawson Jackson(1881-1960)

& GLADYS ANN JACKSON 7-9-1903 to 11-21-1973

*D/of Thomas Marshall "Tom" Jackson(1881-1969) & *1^stwife, Susan Orlin Mitchell

*"Tom's" *2^ndwife, Lena M. Jackson (1878-1960)

Infant Daughter JACKSON B & D 11-25-1924

*D/of Mary Alice Irwin Jackson (1896-1970) & Lewis Walker Jackson (1886-1955)

Infant Son JACKSON 2-9-1924 to 2-11-1924

*S/of Mary Alice Irwin Jackson (1896-1970) & Lewis Walker Jackson (1886-1955)

Infant “Baby” JACKSON *No dates

*Child of Mary Alice Irwin Jackson (1896-1970) & Lewis Walker Jackson (1886-1955)

Infant “Baby” JACKSON *No dates *3 misc blocks of markers

*Child of Mary Alice Irwin Jackson(1896-1970) & Lewis Walker Jackson(1886-1955)

IOLA BEATRICE IRWIN JACKSON

12-5-1900 to 3-27-1926

*D/of Edie H. Irwin(1870-1912) & Alice Lexi Davis Irwin(1868-1910)

*1^st Wf/of Daniel Webster Jackson (1897-1968)

* 2^nd Wife of Daniel, , Hazel A. Pope Jackson Hurst(1914-2001)

*Daniel & 2^nd wife, Hazel A. Pope are buried in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens

JOHN DALTON JACKSON 5-28-1921 to 9-22-1962

*S/of Lewis Walker Jackson (1886-1955) & Mary Alice Irwin Jackson (1896-1970)

*Ark S. Sgt. U.S.Air Force ~ World War II

LELA JACKSON(20) 12-5-1905 to Mar 1926

LEWIS WALKER JACKSON 9-30-1886 to 3-30-1955

*S/of Lewis W. Jackson (1848-1912) & Martha Alabama Rims Jackson ((1852-1904)

“Rest Is Thine Sweet Remembrance Ours”

& MARY ALICE IRWIN JACKSON 9-9-1896 to 8-27-1970

*D/of Edlie H. Irwin (1870-1912) & Alice Lexi Davis Irwin (1868-1910)

RAYMOND “TINKER” JACKSON (92) 5-11-1921 to 6-29-2013*OB

*S/of Daniel Webster Jackson & Iola Bernice Irwin; late Step-mother, Hazel Pope Jackson.

*Wf/of 69 yrs, Hazel Dixon Jackson *Md: 10/21/1943 “Forever And Always”

*Truck driver (Mostly for Missouri Pacific Trucking) driving for 37 years without a single

accident or ticket. He was active in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) for several years

earlier in his life. “Not a man of many words, but a man of his word”

& HAZEL ALLENE DIXON JACKSON(88)

10-22-1925 to 11-1-2013 *OB

*D/of Walter Lee Dixon & Carrie Riddlin Dixon

*Preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Lucille Hudgins, brothers: Jimmie Dixon & Daryel

Dixon who was a POW/MIA from the Korean Conflict; husband, Raymond W. Jackson.

THOMAS "TOM" MARSHALL JACKSON

5-6-1881 to 5-21-1969

*S/of Henry B. Jackson (ca 1860) & Helen E. Jackson (1872-1932)

*Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours”

*Md: 1^st in 1903, Susan Orlin Mitchell & *Md:2^nd Lena M. Jackson(1878-1960)

*2^nd wife, SUSAN ARLENA “LENA” MITCHELL JACKSON

9-3-1878 to 7-23-1960 *2^nd Wf/of Thomas Marshall Jackson

“Tender Mother And A Faithful Friend”

JOHN JONES 1874 to 6-12-1941

*Age 67 yrs/ 2 mos/ 23 dys

*H/of Pearl Jones (1877-1943)

PEARL JONES 1877 to 1943

*Wf/of John Jones (1874-1941)

Infant SON KINDER 8-1-1936 *S/of G.A. KINDER

JEWEL HENRY KINDER 8-20-1907 to 4-23-2003 (Mason)

*S/of Andrew Brown Kinder (1871-1931) & Martha Rock Kinder (1880-1937)

*Md:12/22/1928 *Late Son, Charles Kinder(1939-2015) of Spartan burg, SC

*Charles served as manager for various companies thru out his life. *US Army Vet

& NILA MABEL HENSON KINDER

1-20-1912 to 9-16-1992

*Wf/of Jewel Henry Kinder (Eastern Star)

MARTHA ‘MATTIE’ ROCK KINDER

3-18-1880 to 3-27-1937

*D/of John Hiram Rock (1848-1908) & Synthia E. Teal Rock (1852-1905)

*Spouses: *Md: 1^st in 3/2/1899, Randolph Co., AR Lucas R. Swan (1879-1899)

*Md: 2^nd in 1/22/1902, in Randolph Co., AR, Andrew Brown “Brownie” Kinder(1871-1931)

*Andrew is buried @ Chesser Cemetery, Noland, Randolph Co., AR

LONNIE H. LAMB 1-7-1907 to 1-4-1971

*S/of Lee Burton Lamb (1859-1932 TX ) & Alice Elizabeth Caldwell Lamb

& EFFIE MAE LEAR LAMB 2-15-1902 to 3-18-1969

*D/of Henry Bronson Lear (1875-1950) & Sudie Peterson Lear (1882-1919)

HENRY J. MACK 1-19-1908 to 7-9-1974

*H/of Ida Marie Davis

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

& IDA MARIE DAVIS MACK 11-18-1910 to 10-10-1975

*D/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith Davis(1881-1964)

CANDICE McKINNON (No dates) *Unknown

BETTY GENE MITCHELL 8-20-1934 to 10-4-1934

*S/of Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith(1897-1981) & Wm. Johnathan Mitchell(1881-1956)

BILLY JOE MITCHELL(77) 4-16-1932 to 6-3-2009

*S/of Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith(1897-1981) & Wm. Johnathan Mitchell(1881-1956)

"Redeemed By The Blood Of The Lamb"

*Attended Traskwood Assembly of God. *Carpenter

& MARGARET HELEN MITCHELL 11-15-1937 (One date)

ELMER MITCHELL 11-17-1921 to 11-24-1921

*S/of Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith (1897-1981) & Wm. Johnathan Mitchell (1881-1956)

HENRY MORGAN MITCHEL 3-27-1930 to 8-15-1995 *MM *SSDI

*S/of Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith (1897-1981) & Wm. Johnathan Mitchell (1881-1956)

IDA TENNESSEE MITCHELL 2-3-1927 to 4-20-2009

*D/of Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith (1897-1981) & Wm. Johnathan Mitchell (1881-1956)

IVAN LEONARD MITCHELL 2-7-1924 to 2-18-1993

*S/of Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith(1897-1981) & Wm. Johnathan Mitchell(1881-1956)

*Md:4/28/1945

& EMMA EVELYN BILLINGSLEY MITCHELL

12-27-1925 to 11-23-2011 *Age 89

*D/of Otis Bryan Billingsley & Lou Alice Williams Billingsley

MARION KENNETH MITCHELL 9-4-1928 to 4-26-1993

*S/of William Johnathan Mitchell(1881-1956) & Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith(1897-1981)

MARY FRANCIS MITCHELL Oct 1876 to 11-10-1944

*D/of Martha Ann Bishop Mitchell(1845-1924) & William Jasper Mitchell(1835-1917)

“Worthy of Remembrance”

MILDRED VIOLA MITCHELL(89) 10-7-1920 to 9-29-2010

*D/of Wm. Johnathan Mitchell(1881-1956) & Mary Tennessee "Tennie" Smith (1897-1981)

*Member of Calvary Baptist Chruch.

WILLIAM JASPER MITCHELL

10-10-1835 TN to 12-2-1917 AR

J. W. MITCHELL (No dates)

*CO E. 16 MO INF CSA *Tombstone

*S/of Morris Mitchell (1803-1860) & Sarah Mills Mitchell(1804-1860)

*H/of Martha Ann Bishop

MARTHA ANN BISHOP MITCHELL

9-12-1845 SC to 1-17-1924 AR

*Wf/of William Jasper Mitchell (J.W.) “Only Sleeping”

WILLIAM JOHNATHAN "JOHN" MITCHELL

9-23-1881 to 11-20-1956

*S/of (J.W.) Wm. Jasper Mitchell (ca 1835-1917) & Martha Ann Bishop Mitchell(1845-1924)

& MARY TENNESSEE "TENNIE" SMITH MITCHELL

1-9-1897 to 6-29-1981

*D/of Ida Ludie Davis Smith(1876-1929) & John H. Smith(1873-1930)

"Uncle" DAN O'CONNELL(93) 3-3-1855 TN to 1-1-1949 AR

ARTHUR POINDEXTER 12-25-1914 to 11-25-1915

*11 month old baby boy

JAMES EARL POINDEXTER, JR. 2-26-1945 to 4-22-1985

*S/of James Earl Poindexter, SR.(1924-1998) & Frances Smith Poindexter (1924-1998)

*SP 5 US Army ~ Vietnam

OTIS POINDEXTER (86) 10-30-1890 AR to 7-9-1977 TX

*S/of Robert J. Poindexter (1867-1903) & Martha Jane Trice Poindexter Smith (1873-1959)

* Otis md: in 1923, in Union Co., Ark / Mary Magdalene LaBeff (1907-1993)

*See Mary Magdalene LaBeff Poindexter Blunt buried at

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

ROBERT RIGDON POINDEXTER 7-11-1917AR to 2-24-1943CA

*S/of Otis Poindexter (1890-1977) & unknown *1^st wife.........

* Stepmother, Mary Magdalene LaBeff Poindexter(1907-1993)

FRANCIS PREDDY (No dates)

BEATRICE DAVIS PREWETT (Pruitt)

4-14-1907 to 7-10-2004

*D/of Samuel Alexander Davis(1879-1942) & Mary Alice Smith(1881-1964)

*Wf/of Earl N. Prewitt (1904-1977) *buried at Arlington Memorial Park.

ANDREW MINTER REYNOLDS 4-29-1888 to 3-23-1956

*S/of Andrew Jackson Reynolds (1860-1938) *Buried at Liberty Cemetery, Louann,

Ouachita Co., AR *1^ST Husband, of Anna Poindexter Watson Reynolds

ANNA POINDEXTER (WATSON – REYNOLDS)

3-29-1892 to 6-12-1988

*D/of Robt. J. Poindexter(1867-1903) & Martha Jane Trice Poindexter Smith(1873-1959)

* *1^st husband, Charles Gordon Watson

*2^nd husband, Andrew Minter Reynolds (1888-1956)

* Tombstone list her first husband as, G. A. Watson, instead of

CHARLES GORDON WATSON.

*”She’s Safe At Home We Will Meet Again”

BETTY GRACE REYNOLDS 1-2-1930 to 1-20-1930

OYD R. REYNOLDS 9-18-1926 to 6-7-1969

*S/of Anna Poindexter Watson(1892-1988) & Andrew Minter Reynolds (1888-1956)

*Arkansas S2 U.S. Navy ~ World War II

GARLAND LAFAYETTE ROGERS 1898 to 1961

& KATIE LaRUTH. WATSON ROGERS

7-14-1903 to 11-7-1987 *SSDI

*Wife of Garland L. Rogers “In Loving Memory”

IVAN A. ROGERS (93) 4-13-1924 to 4-7-2018

*S/of Katie LaRuth Watson(1903-1987) & Garland Lafayette Rogers(1898-1961)

*Ivan was a member of Silver Hill United Methodist Church

*Preceded in death by two spouses:

KATIE KNIGHT ROGERS & ADELLE F. ROGERS

& ADELLE F. ROGERS (65) 5-21-1921 to 7-26-1986

*Wife of Ivan A. Rogers “Faithful Wife, Tender, Loving Mother

BILLY F. SMITH 5-23-1933 to 6-23-2002

*S/of John Sinclair “Sank” Smith (1877-1960) & Gertha Davis Smith(1880-1972)

“Truly A Gift From God”

CALVIN ODELL SMITH 6-16-1920 to 4-6-1986

*S/of Clement Clay Smith(1890-1956) & Wilma Ollie Jackson Smith(1895-1976)

*Md:10/20/1952 *CPL US Army ~ World War II

& EDNA E. WELDON SMITH

12-29-1919 to 3-19-1986

“Our Mother, Our Friend, Our Children’s Granny”

CHARLES W. SMITH 5-16-1947 to 7-15-1964 *Age 17

CHESTER "Check" SMITH 5-16-1921 to 1-8-1998

*Md:5/18/1956 *Cpl. U.S. Army Air Corps ~ World War II

& DOROTHY MARIE MILLER SMITH

10-10-1920 to 1-18-2015

*D/of Opie Lee Miller & Lillie Mae Goyen Smith *OB

CLEMENT CLAY "CLEM" SMITH 1890 to 1956

*S/of Edward Hatten Smith(1851-1920) & Lara Ann VA. Welch Smith (1851-1929)

& WILMA “OLLIE” JACKSON SMITH

1-1-1895 to Mar 1976

*D/of Henry B. Jackson (b:ca 1860) & Helen E. Jackson (1872-1932)

DAWSON PASCAL ”DAWSIE” SMITH

12-2-1916 to 6-18-1997

*S/of (O.C.) Oce Gol (1890-1959) & Jewell Zepher Irwin Smith (1898-1981)

*Pvt. U.S. Army ~ World War II *Md:10/23/1938

& LOY WILLIAMS SMITH 3-29-1919 to 3-18-2004

*D/of George Allen Williams (1892-1972) & Violet Inez Phelps Williams (1897-1982)

‘ED’ EDWARD HATTEN SMITH 3-15-1851 to 1-29-1920

& LARA ANN VIRGINIA WELCH SMITH

2-16-1851 to 2-23-192

*D/of John Welch (1823 AL -1898) *Md:1872 AR ~ Jane Davison Welch (1837-1900)

GEORGE MICHAEL SMITH 3-1-1955 to 1-11-1998

*S/of Dawson Pascal “Dawsie” Smith(1916-1997) & Loy Williams Smith(1919-2004)

HENRY CLAY SMITH 8-17-1916 to 2-10-1984

*S/of Clement Clay Smith(1890-1956) & Wilma Ollie Jackson Smith(1895-1976)

*U.S. Army ~ World War II

& DOROTHY JEAN SPENCER SMITH

12-2-1929 to 1-9-1970

*D/of Byron Spencer (1905-1973) & Cecil Mae Railey Smith(1910- ?)

JOHN SINCLAIR “SANK” D. SMITH

9-7-1877 to 4-18-1960

*S/of Edward Hatten Smith (1851-1920) & Lara Ann VA. Welch Smith(1851-1929)

“I Cannot Say And I Will Not Say That He Is Dead. He Is Just Away”

& GERTHA DAVIS SMITH(91) 12-26-1880 to 3-26-1972

*Wf/of John Sinclair D. Smith

LARRY DIXON SMITH 2-6-1943 to 12-21-2002

*S/of Loy Williams (1919-2004) & Dawson Pascal “Dawsie” Smith(1916-1997)

*Md:3/3/1972

& JUDITH C. PARKER SMITH 6-21-1941 (One date)

*Wf/of Larry Dixon Smith

MATTIE SUE SMITH 1923 to 1923

*D/of Thomas Gaines Smith(1881-1933) & Alice Susan Rivers Smith (1889-1952)

(O. C.) OCE GOL SMITH 10-23-1890 to 7-11-1959

*S/of Edward Hatten Smith (1851-1920) & Lara Ann VA. Welch Smith(1851-1929)

& JEWELL ZEPHER IRWIN SMITH

1-7-1898 to 10-1-1981

*D/of Edlie H. Irwin (1870-1912) & Alice Lexi Davis Irwin (1868-1910)

“In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions”

OSCAR CHESLEY SMITH 1-21-1921 to 7-16-1959

*S/of Thomas Gaines Smith (1881-1933) & Alice Susan Rivers Smith (1889-1952)

*Ark S1 US Coast Guard Res ~ World War II

RAYMOND ALLEN SMITH (25) 10-5-1956 to 10-4-1982

ROBERT EDWARD SMITH (62) 9-28-1948 to 5-3-2011

*Born in El Dorado & died at home in Texarkana, TX *OB

*U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War *Retired retail store manager.

*Survived by his wife, Leannecia Williams

*MM from Texarkana Funeral Home, Texarkana, Texas

THOMAS GAINES SMITH 1881 to 1933

*S/of Edward Hatten Smith (1851-1920) & Lara Ann VA. Welch Smith(1851-1929)

*Md: 3/17/1907 *Parents of 12 children.

& ALICE SUSAN RIVERS SMITH 1889 to 1952

*D/of James Wm. Franklin Rivers (1854-1927) & Susan Sorrells Rivers (1854-1894)

*Triple Headstone: ▼ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

THOMAS VICTOR SMITH

1-15-1919 to 12-29-1972 "Father"

*S/of Thomas Gaines Smith(1881-1933) & Alice Susan Rivers Smith(1889-1952)

*Ark Pvt. Co "G" 128 Inf World War II *Md: Martha L. Hild in 1948

& MARTHA LOUISE HILD SMITH

1-21-1926 to 7-19-2005 "Mother"

*D/of Louis F. Hild & Bessie Roe Hild *Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer

*Member of First United Methodist Church

& THOMAS VICTOR SMITH, JR.

4-7-1950 to 10-19-1983 "Son"

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WILLIAM FRANKLIN SMITH 11-2-1868 to 10-6-1952

WILLIAM RANKIN SMITH 1871 to 1952 (Mason)

BRENDA SOWYERS 8-13-1945 to April 1973 *SSDI

JOHN FRANKLIN SQUYRES

1-29-1896TX to 7-13-1969AR

*S/of Celie Olivia Lynch Campbell & Ransom C. "Lum" Squyres(1873-1951)

*H/of Alice Hammers Squyres(1885-1981) *Alice & one son buried at

Arlington Memorial Park; One daughter buried here at Silver Hills.

Two sons buried at Rest Haven Memorial Garden.

C. PHILIP TAYLOR 10-6-1930 to 10-12-2007

& BETTY JO TAYLOR 4-18-1930 to 5-4-2010

*Wf/of C. Philip Taylor

IRENE FLORENCE SMITH TOTH (93) of Mt. Holly

8-4-1912 to 5-22-2006

*D/of Alice Susan Rivers(1889-1952) & Thomas Gaines Smith (1881-1933)

*Sisters- Betty Jo Smith Taylor, Frankie Smith Dunn,Verna Smith Broward,

Myrtle S. Smith Young *OB

JEREMY HEATH TROSCLAIR 4-8-1981 to 8-1-1997

*Age 16 “Till We Meet Again”

BETTIE JEAN WATSON 7-30-1932 to 7-24-1934

*D/of Jim M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson (1891-1974)

CHARLIE THOMAS WATSON (67) 9-6-1943 to 4-17-2011

* Son of Monroe Watson (1916-2008) & Eva Coma Lewis Watson (1921-2017)

*H/of Barbara Watson

COLON THOMAS WATSON (92) 6-6-1920 to 2-11-2013

*S/of James "Jim" M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson(1891-1974)

*Wf/of 65 yrs, Gloria Jean Lamb Watson *World War II Veteran

*Owned & operated Watson Grocery Store for 64 yrs. *OB

*Member of Silver Hill Methodist Church

& GLORIA LAMB WATSON (88) 5-14-1930 to 11-5-2018

*D/of Lonnie H. Lamb (1907-1971) & Effie Mae Lear Lamb(1902-1969) *OB

*Late husband of 65 years, Colon Watson

*Homemaker & excellent seamstress. *Member of Silver Hill Methodist Church

*Served as a Lay Leader to the United Methodist for more than 30 years.

COLON THOMAS WATSON (92) 6-6-1920 to 2-11-2013

*S/of James "Jim" M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson(1891-1974)

*Wf/of 65 yrs, Gloria Jean Watson *World War II Veteran

*Owned & operated Watson Grocery Store for 64 yrs. *OB

*Member of Silver Hill Methodist Church

DAN CHESTER WATSON 2-26-1930 to 6-28-1981

*S/of Jim M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson(1891-1974)

*Md: Martha Lon Ogburn in 1950

& MARTHA LON OGBURN WATSON 4-26-1934 (One date)

DEE WATSON 4-29-1928 to 1-20-2005

*Md:5/26/1955 “Precious Memories”

& LURLEAN DEWS WATSON 8-22-1936 (One date)

*Wf/of Dee Watson

G. W. WATSON 6-18-1884 to 5-5-1915

JAMES HARPER WATSON 4-9-1914 to 2-6-1978

*S/of James M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson(1891-1974)

& AUDREY SQUYRES WATSON 3-3-1918 to 7-15-2004

*Md:3/23/1941 * 1^st husband, James H. WATSON

*Audrey has a 2^nd marker: *AUDREY SQUYRES WATSON BOYD

*Wf/of Gearold F. BOYD * Md:5/18/1980 (2^nd husband)

JAMES M. "JIM" WATSON 11-8-1891 to 5-17-1967

* S/of (A.P.) Alexander P. Watson(1858-1905) & *md: 1876

Susan Watson(1856-1937) are buried in the Watson Family Cemetery

in Union County, AR.

NOTES: *This A.P. or Alexander P. Watson(1858-1905) is frequently mixed

up with the Rev. Alexander "Alex" Watson (1855-1932); Alex *Md:in 1874

Mary Clementine Parker(1853-1896) The Rev. Alex & Mary C. Watson are buried in

the Saline Cemetery, Mineola, Howard Co., AR.

Samuel A. Watson(1879-1948) often shows up in listings for the Rev. Alex or

A.P. Watson, as their son......while others indicate he was the son of A.P. & Susan Watson

listed above, although this Alexander (A.P.) Watson was born in 1855 and died in 1932.

On some listings Samuel is listed as a half sibling to James M. Watson, both buried in

Silver Hill Methodist Cemetery, Union Co., AR.

*Speculation: I believe the parents of both Samuel A. & James M. Watson,

both buried at Silver Hill Cemetery are most likely the son of

A.P. Watson (1858-1905) & Susan Watson(1856-1937)

buried at the Watson Cemetery, located a few miles from the

Silver Hill Methodist Cemetery.

& JOANNAH HALTOM WATSON (83)

8-17-1891 to 10-13-1974

*D/of John David Haltom(1845-1917) & Sallie Ann Haltom(1853-1905)

*Wf/of James M. "Jim" Watson

JIMMIE MAURICE WATSON

12-23-1917 to 7-21-1998

*S/of James M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson(1891-1974)

*Md:9/24/1942 Mary Lorene Dews

& MARY LORENE DEWS WATSON

6-26-1925 to 2-27-2005

JOHN DAWSON WATSON 12-11-1915 to 9-2-1938

& NEVA GERALDINE WATSON

10-26-1937 to 9-2-1938

*D/of John Dawson Watson

J. P. "PETE" WATSON 6-30-1923 to 1-13-1998

*S/of Jim M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson (1891-1974)

& EMMA LEE LEWIS WATSON 4-1-1933 (One date)

MONROE EARL WATSON(92) 7-7-1916 to 11-23-2008

*S/of Jim M. Watson(1891-1967) & Joannah Haltom Watson(1891-1974)

*Wf/of 69 yrs, Eva Coma Lewis Watson: *Md:12/23/1939

*Brother to Harper, Jimmie, J.P., Dee & Dan;

*Sisters-Esther & Betty Watson, Helen Payne

& EVA COMA LEWIS WATSON

7-22-1921 to 6-5-2017 *OB

*D/of Perry R. Lewis & Hattie Smith Lewis

*Md:12/39/1939 Monroe Earl Watson

(S. A.) SAMUEL A. WATSON 3-23-1879 to 12-7-1948

* S/of (A.P.) Alexander P. Watson(1858-1905) & *md: 1876

Susan Watson(1856-1937) are buried in the Watson Family Cemetery

in Union County, AR.

NOTES: *This A.P. or Alexander P. Watson(1858-1905) is frequently mixed

up with the Rev. Alexander "Alex" Watson (1855-1932); Alex *Md:in 1874

Mary Clementine Parker(1853-1896) The Rev. Alex & Mary C. Watson are buried in

the Saline Cemetery, Mineola, Howard Co., AR.

Samuel A. Watson(1879-1948) often shows up in listings for the Rev. Alex or

A.P. Watson, as their son......while others indicate he was the son of A.P. & Susan Watson

listed above, although this Alexander (A.P.) Watson was born in 1855 and died in 1932.

On some listings Samuel is listed as a half sibling to James M. Watson, both buried in

Silver Hill Methodist Cemetery, Union Co., AR.

*Speculation: I believe the parents of both Samuel A. & James M. Watson, both buried at

Silver Hill Cemetery are most likely the son of the A.P. & Susan Watson .

uried at the Watson Cemetery, located a few miles from the Silver Hill Methodist

Cemetery.

*Samuel A. Watson *Md*1^st Ola M. Davis Watson(1880-1919)

*Samuel A. Watson *Md:*2^nd1920Hazel May Mooty Watson(1893-1974)

"Through All Pain He Smiled A Smile Of Heavenly Birth

And When Angels Called Him Home,

He Smiled Farewell To Earth"

& OLA M. DAVIS WATSON 1-5-1880 to 4-28-1919

*D/of Isaiah Davis(1846-1880) & Susanna LaGrone Davis(1851-1914)

*1^st Wf/of Samuel A. Watson

"She Was Too Good, Too Gentle And Fair, To Dwell In This Cold World Of Care"

SAM WATSON 11-15-1916 to 10-23-1989

*S/of Samuel A. Watson(1879-1948) & *1^st wife, Ola May Davis Watson(1880-1919)

SUSIE ESTA WATSON 7-28-1912 to 11-25-1912

TIMOTHY SCOTT WATSON "Tim"

2-10-1968 to 9-10-1998

*S/of Charlie & Barbara Watson

*GrandSon of Monroe Watson(1916-2008) & Eva Coma Lewis Watson(1921-2017)

WILLIAM ARTHUR WATSON

11-9-1911 to 9-19-1980 "Daddy"

*S/of Anna Poindexter Watson Reynolds (1892-1988) & *1^st husband, Charles Gordon

Watson (b: ca 1888– d: ca 1915) Anna & Charles Watson md: ca 1910-11;

*1^st child born , William A. Watson in 1911; their 2^nd known child was

John Dawson Watson born in Dec 1915.

By 1916, Anna is married to Andrew Minter Reynolds, & what appears to be their

1^st child of this union, was Annie L. Reynolds born in Dec 1916.

*Md:12/26/1934

& MERRIEL M. EUBANKS WATSON

"Mama" 1-25-1916 to 1-31-2003

*D/of James Elsie Eubanks(1882-1967) & Lutie Talley Eubanks(1885-1967)

WILLIAM RICHARD “BILLY” WATSON

12-12-1950 to 12-16-2017 *OB

*S/of Dan Chester Watson(1930-1981) & Martha Lon Ogburn Watson(1931- ?)

*Died at home after a long battle with cancer.

Memorial Service held 3/3/2018 @ Silver Hill Methodist Church.

*Attended Sparks Aeronautics School, Tulsa, OK. Enlisted in the Army-continued in the field

of aircraft mechanics. Awarded National Defense Service Medal & recognized as a M14-M16.

sharp Shooters. Dedicated employee who followed FedEx from Little Rock to Memphis while

serving a 43 year career as Aircraft Maintenance Lead Man. Preceded in death by his father,

and grandparents: Richard & Oleta Reeves Ogburn, along with Jim & Joanna Haltom Watson.

*Survived by his wife, Joleen Watson.

WILLIAM ‘WILLARD WATSON’(80)

4-11-1936 to 5-30-2016 *OB

*S/of William Arthur Watson(1911-1980) & Merriel M. Eubanks Watson(1916-2003)

*Wife of 38 yrs, Charlotte Wilson Watson / Mr. Watson retired from Southwestern Bell after 41 yrs.

*Past state director of the Arkansas Trappers Association; He & his wife were named

Mr. & Mrs. Trapper of the year; He was also Trapper of the Year/ Taught Trapping Camp at

Camp Clear Fork in Mt. Ida, Arkansas.

& CHARLOTTE REBECCA WILSON WATSON(71)

6-6-1946 to 11-14-2017 *OB

*D/of Lester Roy Wilson (1922-2007) & Laura Elizabeth Byrd Wilson(1923-2005).

*Began her career in the business office of Southwestern Bell & retired from SW Bell.

Changed positions in the mid 70’s & became the first female Installer / Repairman in South Arkansas.

QUANAH PARKER "SKIP" YERBY

10-16-1939 to 1-14-2001

*ATC U.S. Navy - SSG U.S. Army ~ Vietnam

& DONNA DAVIS YERBY 7-11-1946 (One date)

“Best Friends”

MICHAEL L. YERBY 6-5-1968 to 6-5-1968

“Mamaw’s Little Cowboy”

2011▼

▲2011

▲2005▼

A lovely brick fence has been installed around the perimeter since this photo

was taken.

▲2005

▲2005- before brick wall and wrought iron fencing was installed.