Gortemiller Cemetery, Montgomery Co. Arkansas
Location: From Pine Ridge go 1 mile east on Hwy 88 turn right (south) crossing the Ouachita River and travel 1.3 miles. Turn left at Y intersection. Go 0.3 miles. Turn left on dirt road heading uphill. The cemetery is overlooking the river valley. Approximately eighty graves. Decoration Day is the 2nd Saturday in June. The cemetery began in 1909 and is still active. Listing complied March 1999 during a visit to the cemetery. On Find A Grave 55 interments listed as of Nov. 2010.
Fryar, Martha
1868 -1909
At rest
Fryar, Vestal
Nov 16 1918
June 14 1991
Gortemiller
Brent Lee Brian Landon
Feb 26, 1978 Nov. 30, 1974
Perhaps God tires of calling the aged ones to His fold and picks a rosebud before it can
grow old.
Gortemiller
Cora B. 1891 - 1958
George W. 1888 - 1953
Gortemiller, Danny Dec. 10, 1945
Gortemiller, Edith Opal
Apr. 24, 1920
Nov 3, 1942
Until we met again
Gortemiller Twins
Estel 1919
Hestel 1919
Gortemiller, Garry R.E.
A1C US Air Force
Feb 27 1943
Aug 19 1987
In loving memory of son, brother
Gortemiller, Georgia Mildred "Mickey"
Apr. 10, 1928
Dec. 21, 1996
Gortemiller, Karen Elaine
Nov. 27 1955 Died Nov 23 1997 age 42
Billings Funeral Homes
Gortemiller, Michael Eugene "Big Mike"
Feb. 10, 1956
Sept 28, 1992
Gortemiller, Odell 1921
Gortemiller
Ottis R.E. Edna H.
Nov 26 1917 Sept 10, 1921
Dec 31 1983
Together Forever
Johnson
married Aug 18 1939
Edythe Mae Joseph
Presley (Joe)
Sept 7 1923 Jan 15 1916
Mar 27 1989
in Gods Hands
Keown
William H. Mary Jane
1856 -1909 1853 - 1909
At Rest
Langley, Mary Jacqueline Gortemiller "Mama"
Sept, 4 1939 - Dec 26, 1988
"LVN"
Gone to be with Jesus
Martin, Eddie W. Jr.
Sep 17 1937 - Mar 2 1989
Billings Funeral Homes
Beloved husband and Dad
Mother and Son
Powell, Zelma Lavern
Eric Lavern (buried with her baby son)
1926 - 1960
Singleton, Darkis
no dates
Singleton, Emily (Mother)
Singleton, A.O.
Singleton, E.O.
Singleton, M.T. (Dad)
Singleton, Thomas
Co. H.
2 AR Inf.
no dates
Singleton
Wright 1874 - 1933 Belle 1877 - 1968
The Lord is my Shepherd
Yeager
Henry C. Raine L.
1894 - 1942 1901 -1979
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Keown: Mary Jane, the wife of William Houston Keown was a Gortemiller. Information courtesy of Bettie Dowler. Her parents were Henry and Frances Hannah Gortemiller, immigrants from Germany. George Gortemiller, who is also buried there, was Mary Jane's nephew--son of Franz Henry and Cynthia Fry Gortemiller.
Singleton: Thomas SINGLETON born 10 Apr 1845 at Tippah County, Mississippi married and Darcus Fryar 29 Nov 1865 in Montgomery Co. They were the parents of ten children including James Wright SINGLETON born 12 Mar 1874 at Arkansas.
Isibell Nancy (Belle)WILLHITE was born 12 Mar 1877 Pine Ridge area daughter of Lorenzo Dowel M. WILLHITE and Ara Malindia SIMS. She married James Wright SINGLETON 27 Aug 1893. Wright was a farmer in the Huddleston community. "Always knew he would die of measles." They had nine children.
Thomas Mart SINGLETON was born 28 Feb 1870 and married and Ruth Emley FRYAR 09 Mar 1893. Thomas Mart was a son of Thomas and a brother to Wright. Acy, a son, was born 1913.
Who else is buried here? If you know please contact Olwyn. Who were the parents of Ruth Fryar Singleton, Martha and Vestal Fryar? What is the Langley Frayar connection?
Elmer Festel (could be different spelling) Gortemiller and Edith Opal Fryar Gortemiller were the parent's of Mary Jacqueline. Vestal Fryar was her uncle. Mary's cousin was Barbara JoAnn Gortemiller, b. Jan. 30, 1942, and died Sept 16, 2000, married 2nd to Donald Joe Langley. JoAnn's parents were Roy Lee Gortemiller and Hester Lou Vina Bates. Harvey Melton Langley and Don Langley are brothers. Harvey was married to Mary at one time and Don married Joann in 1988 until she past away. Edith Opal Fryar Gortemiller father and mother were Nicklas and Bertha Fryar buried Quinton Cem. Haskell Co. OK. See Gentry.
Rexie Eugene "Gene" Gortemiller is also buried there. He passed away March 23, 2001. Son to George and Cora Gortemiller. All of his sisters and brothers except one is buried in the cemetary. Michael "Big Mike" Gortemiller was Gene's first born and Gene is buried near him, the area between him and Mike is reserved for Gene's wife Velma Gortemiller. The picture on the web page shows white poles. Gene and Velma placed them there shortly after Mike. Belle Singleton was the midwife that delivered Gene. Submitted by Debra L. Gortemiller Posted 8 April 2001.
Fort Smith Southwest Times-Record March 27, 2001
Gene GORTEMILLER
HOUSTON - Gene Gortemiller, 69, of Houston, formerly of Oden, died Friday, March 23, 2001,
in Houston. He was born Feb. 6, 1932, in Opal. He was a Air Force veteran of the Korean
War, a fireman for the Houston Fire Department and on the Advisory Board for Northline
Park Police Station in Houston. He was a member of the Little Hope Baptist Church in Oden.
Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gortemiller Cemetery with Bro. Allen
Lawrence officiating under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home of Mena. He is
survived by his wife, ...., ; two daughters, ...., a son, ..., a brother, ...; five
grandchildren, ..., and two great-grandsons.