(also may be known as Oberchain Church
Cemetery)
Phillips Bayou,
Location:
Sue Foster submitted this list and several
photos on October 6, 2005. Click on
the names below to see the photos.
This should be a complete listing, and this cemetery is also multi-racial. Sue was able to dig up some census and
marriage records on several of the names and it is included below as a note.
With
the help of my sister, Cricket, and family friend, Celeste, we made a complete
listing and took photographs of each stone that we could find on October 14th
& 15th, 2005. We
found 4 additional stones (2 with only partial names on them) and 4 unreadable
funeral home markers. I think this
may have been 2 separate graveyards because of the distance between the 2
groups of stones. There were also 2
stones seemingly haphazardly thrown on the ground midway between the hills were
the other 2 groups of stones were located.
There are stories of graves being moved from other locations due to
flooding near the river. There were
also many obvious graves on the first hill to the right without markers. If you know any additional history about
this cemetery, please contact me.
If
you know of anyone else buried here, and would like to add their name, please contact me. I can also create a link for you to any
of these names if you find someone that belongs to your family. The information presented is as correct
as possible, however you may want to verify its accurateness.
*
Information taken from various cemetery books
**
No Marker – information was submitted by person noted
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preservation of these records and cemeteries.
Thank you.
These were
the 2 stones on the ground between the 2 hills where the other graves were
located:
KNEELAND, Ollie – Died Dec 29, 1921 (Faithful
member of
PHILLIPS, Sallie – Died Mar 6, 1929
(Excelsior Circle No 18) [note: shown on Lee Co 1910 census; age 58; VA]
These stones
were located on the first hill to the right, close to the road:
_________, George W. (barely legible funeral home
marker)
_________, Mr. _____ 70 (barely legible funeral
home marker)
ARMSTRONG,
Causie – Died Apr 18, 1923 (Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World)
[note: 1910 Lee Co census David Armstrong, 47, AL, AL, AL and Causie, 40, AR,
AL, AL; Lee Co Marriage Dave Armstrong to Causie Cyens Jan 13, 1888]
ARMSTRONG, D.V. – Died Jan 15, 1929
(Faithful member of
BELL,
Asa W. – June 30, 1810 – Apr 6, 1842 [note: Asa Wallace Bell,
b. 1810 Cateret Co. NC son of John Bell b. 1782 NC and Jane “Jenny”
Quinn Bell b, 1792 NC. He married Rebecca Moore b.1812 IN, they married 17 Feb
1834 Posey Co IN. Kids John A. b. 1843 AR, Laura F b. 1847 AR]
BROWN, H.B. – Died Nov 29, 1914 (Faithful
member of
BROWN, Mr. Will – 1871 – 1948
CORBIN, Mrs. Dora – Died Apr 30, 1939 (Age
36 yrs 6 mos 3 days)
FREEMAN, Frank – Died June 26, 1925
(Faithful member of Phillips Bayou Circle #55) [note: 1880 census Frank Freeman
27, LA, MS, LA and Eddie 27, LA, AL, AL; Lee County marriage Frank Freeman to
Sharlet Johnston June 2, 1895; 1910 Lee census Freeman, Frank, 36, Charlotte,
34, Eddie, 15, Lucy, 8]
KELLY, Amanda – Died Nov 23, 1917 (Faithful
member of Phillips Bayou Circle #55) [note: census Kelly, Manda 44, widow, TN,
Henrietta, 14, Charlie, 12, John, 8, Nely, 8, Robert, 5]
KELLY, Henrietta – Died Oct 4, 1918
(Faithful member of
MAYFIELD, Evelene – 1897 – 1954
NEWLAND, Henry – Died Feb 14, 1915 (Faithful
member of Phillips Bayou Circle #55) [note: shown on 1880 Hardy Twp, Lee Co
census married to Ella; Henry – 28, MS, KY, KY; Ella – 22, MS, MS,
MS; 2 marriage records, Henry md Sarah Montgomery, 12 Jan 1887 Phillips Co, his
age 34, hers 17; then Henry md Josie Smith, May 1887, his age 35, hers 28]
PILLOW, Carrie – Died Oct 26, 1918 (Faithful
Member of
RENARD,
Sarah (Wife of L.B. Renard)
RENARD,
Susan E. – Oct 19, 1853 (Daughter of L.B. & S. Renard; 1yr 2ms
19ds)
SHELTON, Pauline – 1862 – Jan 15, 1892
(Wife of W.G. Shelton; In her 29 year) [note: shown on 1880 Phillips Co census
married to William Shelton; William – 29, MO, MO, MO gardener; Pauline
– 18, AR, France, France]
SMITH, Daisy – Died Dec 5, 1919 (Faithful
member of
These stones
were located on the hill straight ahead on the path:
HANNON, Inez Rose – May 4, 1911 – Aug
17, 1994 [double stone with James Peel Hannon]
HANNON, James E.
– 1861 – 1940
HANNON, James Peel
– Dec 28, 1901 – Jul 22, 1970 (Arkansas Pvt US Army WWII) [double
stone with Inez Rose Hannon]
HANNON,
John – Nov 27, 1891 – June 5, 1967
HANNON, Mary Lue – Mar 30, 1913 – May
26, 2000
HANNON, Ray – Feb 9, 1904 – Mar 9,
1968
HANNON, Tim – Aug 1, 1908 – May 14,
1971 (
HANNON, Virginia B.
– 1869 – 1944
RAMSEY, Charles – Died May 1892 (brother)
[quadruple stone with Edgar, Laura, & James]
RAMSEY, Edgar – Died Jan 1919 (brother)
[quadruple stone with Charles, Laura, & James]
RAMSEY, Laura – Died Jan 1899 (mother)
[quadruple stone with Charles, Edgar, & James]
RAMSEY, James – Died Jan 1882 [quadruple
stone with Charles, Edgar, & Laura]
Contact me: Paige Achord
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