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BETHEL MOUNT HOLLY

METHODIST CEMETERY

Est. 1861

 

 

Located on Hwy. 57 North or also known as Mt. Holly Road.  Turn off

of Hwy 82 west of  El Dorado & near the Union County line;,  Northeast

of  El Dorado, Arkansas.  November  10, 2001. 

Up-date  November 17, 2003. (Used a canvass done by Ralph Weldon

& Lillian McGowen in August 13, 1990 & my own canvass

done in 2001 for the 2003 update);  Corrections and additional

updates done April 2004/ May 2006 from Obituaries & Social Security/

June  2009/ Nov 2010.

New survey June 2011  Final update November 2018  

Janice Holzer    JCSH432@gmail.com

 

* & ....... Symbol indicates a double headstone/or multiple names on stone

*OB .......... information from obituary

* SSDI ...... Social Security Death Index

*ARDI ...... Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950

*MM ......... Mortuary Marker

*WOW...... Woodman of the World

ANNA  ELIZABETH  JUSTICE  BAIRD   5-7-1850  to  11-7-1886

*Wf/of  John  C. Baird     "In life she exhibited all the graces of a Christian

In death her spirit returned to God who gave it"

JAMES  DEXTER  BALLARD   7-24-1895   to  5-17-1974

*S/of  Joseph H. Ballard(1854-1934) & Elmira Jane Bailey Ballard(1854-1915)

*World War I  ~   Pvt. US Army

 "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord"

&  EULA  JOHNSON  BALLARD   7-2-1893  to  3-8-1965

*Wf/of  James Dexter Ballard

DAVID  W.  BEEVERS    5-26-1910   to  6-21-1966

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

*Arkansas Tech 4 Signal Corps ~ World War II  (Beevers)

&  LILLIE  M.  BEEVERS (81) 11-7-1906  to  12-28-1987

"In Loving Memory"

A. G.  BRASIER    9-15-1889  to  5- 29-1959  'Mason'

*S/of   B.E. Brasier(1866-1923)  & Oma Phillips Brasier(1870-1941)

"Those who knew him loved him"

*Wf, MARY A. WILKINSON BRASIER 5-20-1905  to  7-30-1935

( Mary buried Scotland Presbyterian Cemetery)

 

AUGUSTUS "GUS"  BRASIER   8-9-1882  to  5-7-1964 "Mason"

*S/of  Jeptha H. Brasier(1826-1905)  &  Elizabeth Jane Williams Brasier(1839-1898)

&  AMANDA  "MANDY" STAGGS  BRASIER   

12-26-1890  to  1-14-1966 

*D/of  John M. Staggs (b: ca 1849 MS) & Mattie Staggs(b: ca 1860 AR)

"Heaven's Eternal Year Is Thine"

 

B. E.  BRASIER   11-24-1866   to   9-21-1923

*S/of  Jeptha H. Brasier(1836-1905)  &  Elizabeth Jane Williams Brasier (1839-1898)

OMA  PHILLIPS  BRASIER   9-9-1870  to  3-11-1941

*Wf/of  B.E. Brasier

 

H.V.B.    (No name & no dates)

 

JEPPIE  BRASIER    8-1-1891  to  11-8-1909

*S/of  B.E. Brasier(1866-1923) & Oma Phillips Brasier(1870-1941)

 

JOHN  W.  BRASIER    11-15-1869   to   11-28-1948

*S/of  Jeptha H. Brasier(1836-1905) & Elizabeth Jane Williams Brasier (1839-1898)

 

LONIE  BRASIER    1-19-1894   to  10-23-1894

*S/of  B.E. Brasier(1866-1923) &  Oma Phillips Brasier(1870-1941)

 

RUBY  BRASIER    10-7-1898  to  9-30-1910

*S/of  B.E. Brasier(1866-1923)  &  Oma Phillips Brasier(1870-1941)

 

WAYNE  EZELL  BRASIER   9-22-1901  to  9-11-1926

*S/of  B.E. Brasier(1866-1923) &  Oma Phillips Brasier(1870-1941)

NYOKA  FAY  WILLIAMS  BRASWELL (70)

8-27-1942   to  11-24-2012   *OB

*D/of  Langford "Blackie" Williams(1923-1996)  &  Ella Faye Warren(1925-1987)

*H/of  55 yrs- Billy Braswell of Homer, Louisiana

 

THOMAS "TOM"  D.  BRASWELL  11-21-1880  to  7-13-1960

*S/of John Irvin Braswell(1853-1919) &  Louvenia Ferguson Braswell(1854-aft1930 ?)

&  SOPHRONIA  WILLIAMS  BRASWELL 

12-21-1879   to  8-18-1969  

*D/of  James Polk Williams(1845-1933) & Mary Ann Tipton Williams(1850-1911)

"PHRONIE"     "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

ALLIE  ELAINE  SMITH  CHEATHAM  (BUSTION )

7-16-1881   to   1965 

*D/of  Francis Marion Smith(1860-1928) & Frances VA. Hughes Smith(1864-1922)

*Mother, Frances Virginia. Hughes Smith died 2/18/1922

*Both Francis M. & Frances VA.~ buried Big Hickory Cemetery., Columbia Co., AR

*1st  Husband,   WILLIAM  ASA  CHEATHAM   9-4-1883  to  2-28-1917

*Buried Bethlehem Cemetery, Columbia Co, AR

*S/of  William Lee Cheatham(1854-1927) &  Annie E. Cheatham(1858-1933)

 

LOYCE  W.  CHEATHAM   11-12-1912   to   3-30-1983

*S/of  John Thomas Cheatham(1877-1944) & Mary Catherine Allen Cheatham(1885-1960)

&  MABEL  E.  DAVIS  CHEATHAM(96) 9-9-1916   to  1-12-2013

*D/of  Kenny  A. Davis(1878-1959)  &  Susie Smith Davis(1885-1954)  *OB

BEATRICE  ALMEDIA  COCKERHAM  MORGAN  IRWIN

11-4-1835  to  2-7-1895

*1st  husband,  ISIAH ONIZINE  MORGAN   1830 - 1863  *Md:2/9/1854

*2nd  husband,  EDLEY/EDLIE  H.  IRWIN  1826 (One date)  *Md:7/4/1866

*See Irwin listing.  * Edlie H. Irwin shares a double headstone with his wife, Alice L.

*Note: Isiah Onizine Morgan & his fahter, John B. Morgan, organized the

Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (later became Bethel Methodist.)

*They donated the 9 acres for the church and Bethel Cemetery. They were the

first two ruling elders of the church.  John B. Morgan is buried in Bethel /

Isiah died from measles during the Civil War & is buried in a common

grave in Little Rock.  See Isiah's wife, Beatrice Almedia Cockerham, also

buried in Bethel Mount Holly Cemetery. After Isiah died, Beatrice married

Edley Irwin and is buried with the Irwin family. (Bobby Hughes

posted/contributed the info about the cemetery & the info on Isiah &

John B. Morgan. {Bobby Hughes (806) 438-8708 }

 

 

WALTER  J.  COX   7-10-1877  to  5-19-1958

*S/of  Samuel Jefferson Cox(1845-1920)  &  Sarah Jane Bailey Cox(1844-1888)

&  FANNIE  MAUDE  HUTCHESON  COX  

6-24-1879   to  1-4-1951

*D/of  Richard Rowan Hutcheson(1856-1929)  &  Mary S. Talley Hutcheson(1851-1888)

'DAVIS'  Monument

"In Memory of"  for the following four individuals:

 

*Children of  IDA D. MORGAN  &  JOHN A. DAVIS

ADA  N.          9-26-1882   to  3-06-1896

BYNUM  H.   3-02-1885   to  9-26-1885

JAMES  D.     8-11-1891   to  9-20-1891

MORGAN     7-18-1892    to  7-02-1893

"Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"

 

5 Marble headstones for "DAVIS" (no dates or names given)

 

ALVIE  CLYDE  DAVIS  10-28-1904  to  4-25-1994

*S/of  Ked Lee Davis(1881-1960) & Henrietta Nanny Braswell Davis(1884-1968)

*Md:3/30/1930   "A man of courage"

&  CARMEN  ERCELL  BEESON  DAVIS  

11-22-1909  to  1-14-1986 

*D/of  Andrew Calvin Beeson(1885-1975) & Iona Willett Beeson(1890-1989)

"A woman of courage"

 

BRODUS  IZIAH  DAVIS   4-28-1925  to  8-21-2000

*S/of   Kennie A. Davis(1878-1959)  &  Susie A. Smith Davis(1885-1954)

*US Army Air Forces ~  World War II   

*Md:4/12/1957  Mary Jane "Julia" Owen

&  MARY  JANE  JULIA”  OWEN  DAVIS  

3-13-1929  to  12-16-2017

"JULIA "JUDY"   *Wife of Brodus Iziah Davis

*D/of  John Edgar Owen(1884-1983)  &  Alice Jane Hanry Owen(1894-1977)

*Native of Three Creeks, Union Co., AR/ died in Gonzales, Ascension Parish, LA

"Precious Lord take my hand"

 

GEORGE  DAVIS   11-15-1847  to  6-6-1893

&  JENETTA  BURMA  MORGAN  DAVIS 

7-17-1850   to  10-26-1894   

*D/of  John A. Morgan(1827-1913) & Mary A. Lagrone Morgan((b: ca 1837AL)

*Sister to Ida D. Morgan Davis (1863-1918)

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

 

GEORGE  DAVIS   7-10-1906  to 10-31-1917

"In heaven there is one angel more" *2011 stone was almost unreadable.

 

HUGH  "HUDIE  DALE"  DAVIS  

9-27-1907  to  1-25-1993

*S/of Wiley Andrew Davis(1879-1974) & Elizabeth Cottrell Davis(1884-1912)

*Md:2/28/1937  Orlene Smith

&  ORLENE  SMITH  DAVIS   6-10-1910 to 10-24-2000

*D/of  Lillie Eugenia Morgan (1888-1976) & Charles Coleman Smith(1886-1932)

"The Lord has always been our shepherd"

 

JESSIE  MICHAEL  'MIKE'  DAVIS (71)

9-3-1940  to  9-21-2011

*S/of Wade Jessie Davis(1910-1992) & Adecial Williams Davis(1920-1975)  *OB

*Late wives: Joyce Davis ~ *Md: 10/11/1971  Oleta (Chick) Davis ~ Billie Davis

*Survived by wife, Billie Davis  "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder I'll Be There"

&  OLETA  FRANCES "CHICK"  DAVIS 

3-27-1927  to  12-5-2008

*Wife of Jessie Mike Davis (1940-2011)  *Md:10/11/1971

*2011-only has mortuary marker (Oleta Chick Davis 1927-2008).

*2013-Double marker

 

JIMMIE  G.  DAVIS   2-1-1938  (One date)

*Md:2/1/1958 Carolyn F.

&   CAROLYN  F.  DAVIS   2-21-1940  to  5-6-2004

*"Our Children:  Jimmie A., Jeffery D., Joel S."

 

JOHN  A.  DAVIS   1855   to  1928  "Father"

*See listing above for their 4 children who share a headstone.

&  IDA  D.  MORGAN  DAVIS   1863  to  1918   "Mother"

*D/of  John A. Morgan(1827-1913) & & Mary A. Lagrone Morgan((b: ca 1837AL)

*Sister to Jenetta Burma Morgan Davis(1850-1894)

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

 

KED  LEE  DAVIS   2-5-1881  to  8-12-1960

*S/of  George Davis(1847-1893) & Jenetta Burma Morgan Davis(1850-1894)

&  HENRIETTA NANNY “ETTA” BRASWELL DAVIS

7-8-1884   to   8-21-1968  "Nanny" 

*Wf/of  Ked Lee Davis

 "Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit"

 

KENNIE  A.  DAVIS   1-9-1878   to   9-8-1959

*S/of  George Davis(1847-1893) & Jenetta Burma Morgan Davis(1850-1894)

&  wf, SUSIE  A.  SMITH  DAVIS   3-12-1885   to   9-16-1954

*D/of  Francis M. Smith(1836-1914) & Tennessee Ayers Smith(1855-1900)

"The righteous shall go into live eternal"

 

MORGAN  SELVEN  DAVIS   3-9-1923  to  11-16-1996

*S/of  Ked Lee Davis(1881-1960)  &  Henrietta Nanny Braswell Davis(1884-1968)

(Mason)  *MM3  US Navy ~  World War II      *OB

*Md:8/7/1945   Mary Ruth Childs

&  MARY  RUTH  CHILDS  DAVIS(83)   6-28-1925  to 1-12-2009

*D/of  George Jefferson Childs  &  Mary Ellen Langley Childs  "At Rest with God"

*Wife of Morgan Selven Davis

 

ROBERT  ADOLPH  DAVIS  8-17-1921  to 7-10-1952

*S/of  Kennie A. Davis(1878-1959)  &  Susie A. Smith Davis(1885-1954)

*Arkansas Tech 4  248 Gen Hosp ~  World War  II

 

ROWELL  LEE  DAVIS    4-22-1921  to  4-6-1988

*S/of  Ked Lee Davis(1881-1960)  &  Henrietta Nanny Braswell Davis(1884-1968)

"A faithful servant"     *SGT  US Army Air Forces ~  World War II  

*Md:7/8/1943  Margaret Marie Goza

&  MARGARET  MARIE "MAGGIE" GOZA  DAVIS  

2-23-1923   to  3-5-2002

*D/of  Felix Dodson Goza(1896-1979)  &  Eva Suzanna Davis Goza(1902-1998)

 

WADE   J. "JESSIE" DAVIS   5-24-1910  to  2-1-1992

*S/of  Luther Wiley Davis(1876-1957)  &  Mary Surilda Wise Davis(1879-1963)

*Md: Adecial Williams in 1938

&  ADECIAL  WILLIAMS  DAVIS   2-22-1920  to 11-15-1975

*D/of  Dewey Slay Williams, Sr.(1888-1978)  &  Argiebelle  H. Haire Williams(1899-1973)

HORACE  JAMES  DEASON   9-4-1924  to  5-29-2018 *OB

*S/of  Dewey Lee Deason(1900-1988)  &  Maggie Perdue Deason. (1895-1973)

"Little Man"    *Md:11/2/1948   Ganata Jo Hight

&  GANATA  JO  HIGHT  DEASON(84)  7-30-1928 to  8-18-2012

*D/of   William Newton  Hight (1901-1970)  &  Estelle Rodgers Hight (1905-1979 )   *OB

*Wf/of  Horace James Deason

 

EULA  McDONALD  EDWARDS   8-24-1894  to 12-30-1984

*D/of   William  F. McDonald(1866-1942) &  Ida Hughes McDonald(1870-1932)

"One worthy of remembrance"

 

Infant  EDWARDS  4-17-1923  to  4-29-1923  "Little Darling"

*D/of  Sidney Right Edwards(1888-1981) & Minnie McDonald Edwards(1892-1984)

 

SIDNEY  RIGHT  EDWARDS  10-16-1888  to  2-11-1981

*H/of  Minnie McDonald Edwards

"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal"

&  MINNIE  McDONALD  EDWARDS  12-2-1892  to  8-20-1984

*D/of  William  F. McDonald(1866-1942)  &  Ida Hughes McDonald(1870-1932)

CLEO  NICKLE  EUBANKS   11-9-1909  to  12-21-1985

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

&  ETHEL  LEWIS  EUBANKS  12-29-1911  to  12-26-1998

*D/of  John Sims Lewis (1887-1971) & Tenny Lee McDonald Lewis (1890-1979)

"Bless the Lord"

 

JAMES  TROY  EUBANKS (62)  2-13-1943  to  11-7-2005 *OB

*Md:1/23/1965   *Mary Gail Williams

&  MARY  GAIL WILLIAMS  EUBANKS  2-3-1943 (One date)

*Sitting on his tombstone are two bottles of Coca-Cola & Golf Balls.

JAMES  MICHAEL  FREEMAN   6-3-1935  (One date)

*Md:8/21/1955   Francis Louise Wilson

&  FRANCIS  LOUISE  WILSON  FREEMAN  1-25-1937 (One date)

*D/of  Fred & Thelma Wilson

 

JAMES “JIM” HENRY  FREEMAN  10-22-1911 to 11-23-1996

*S/of  Robert Freeman(1880-1962) & Martha Elizabeth Hawkins Freeman(1880-1976)

"I have kept the faith"

&  MARY HAZEL  DAVIS  FREEMAN (102)

9-20-1911   to   9-23-2013 *OB

*D/of Ked Lee Davis(1881-1960) & Henrietta Nanny Braswell Davis(1884-1968)

WILLIAM  WALKER  GOLDER   4-23-1896 MD to  10-15-1978 AR

& THELMA  ANDERSON  GOLDER   9-12-1907  to 1-29-1981

CAROLYN  DAVIS  GRAHAM   7-14-1931  to  6-11-2011

*D/of  Alvie Clyde Davis(1904-1994) &  Carmen Ercell  Beeson Davis(1909-1986)

“Faithful Servant ~ Devoted  Wife ~ Loving Mother ~ Loyal Friend

 

VIOLET  SAERISE  VAN HOOK  GRAY 

9-8-1917  to  11-24-2005

BULUS  S.  GRIFFITH    9-21-1914   to  8-8-1992

&  NADINE  DAVIS  GRIFFITH  10-29-1913  to  12-10-1998

*D/of Ked Lee Davis(1881-1960) & Henrietta Nanny Braswell Davis(1884-1968)

"Into thy hand I commend my spirit"

 

GEORGE  DONALD  GRIFFITH   3-20-1945  to  1-18-1992

*S/of  Bulus S. Griffith(1914-1992) & Nadine Davis Griffith(1913-1998)

*Sgt  US  Air Force  Vietnam  "Rest is thine; Sweet remembrance ours"

ESTHER  SMITH  HARRIS   4-2-1900  to  3-22-1932

*D/of  Marcus D. Smith(1858-1932)  & Emmaline Eliza Williams Smith (1857-1932)

*Wife of  Harper Harris (1900-1940)

*See listing under Esther Smith, as it appears on tombstone.

WILLIAM  NEWTON  HIGHT  8-9-1901  to  4-5-1970

*S/of  Joel Hight (1868-1940)  &  Mary Ellen Burkhart Hight(1870-1940)

"In Loving Memory"   "The Lord is my shepherd"

ESTELLE  RODGERS  HIGHT  1-20-1905  to  1-21-1979

Infant  HIGHT  7-4-1924 (One date)

*D/of   William Newton  Hight  &  Estelle  Rodgers Hight

ELMER  E.  HOLLINGSWORTH  2-11-1883  to  10-27-1891

JOHN  E. HUDGENS   2-10-1870  to 11-28-1946   "At Rest"

*John Md: in 1933, Esther Marie Rogers(1914 AR-1977 TX)

ANDREW  GEORGE HUGHES  11-27-1858  to  4-27-1921

*S/of  James W. Hughes(1820-1896)  & Mary Elizabeth Hays Hughes(1824-1879)

&  MARY JANE MORGAN HUGHES  3-19-1862  to  1-7-1935

 

Infant  HUGHES (no dates)

Infant  HUGHES  (no dates)

 

JAMES  OLIVER  HUGHES   2-19-1912  to  9-24-1965

*S/of  John Lewis Hughes(1864-1928) & Mattie I. Hughes(1876-1962)

*Ark  Tec 5 1108 SVC Comd Unit  ~ World War II  (2-19-1911)

*Has two military stones;each has a different birth year.

 

JOHN  LEWIS  HUGHES   3-14-1864  to  3-27-1928

*S/of  John Tillman Hughes(1826-1877) & Grandmother Cole Hughes(1799-1879)

&  MATTIE  I.  HUGHES(85) 10-22-1876  to  8-13-1962

 

LAVINIA  DEETS  HUGHES  8-25-1838 TN  to 12-20-1888

*Wf/of   William Johnson Hughes (6/25/1820 GA – 12/26/1894 LA)

*Buried Saint Maurice Cemetery, Winn Parish, LA

*"In loving memory"   *New stone has been placed next to old broken one.

*Old stone spells her name "L.Vinia".

 

LYLE  DOUGLAS  HUGHES   7-22-1918  to  7-11-1943

*S/of Nora Zelma Tompkins(1897-1957) & Maxie Ozine Hughes(1893-1957)

"In service of my country at Pearl Harbor  "1941 - 1943"

 

MAXIE  OZINE  HUGHES   7-26-1893  to  3-6-1957

*S/of  Mary Jane Morgan Hughes(1862-1935) & Andrew George Hughes(1858-1921)

&  NORA  ZELMA TOMPKINS HUGHES 

10-9-1897   to   2-4-1957

*D/of  William D. Tompkins(1874-1938) & India Idelia Eastridge Tompkins(1877-1956)

"The spirit has returned unto God who gave it - Sweet memories are ours"

 

MELVIN  AVON  HUGHES  1919  to  1932  

*S/of  Preston Avon Hughes(1895-1956)  &  Annie Frankie Bennett Hughes(1901-1986)

"Our darling"

 

PRESTON AVON “PECK” HUGHES 

5-30-1895  to  7-29-1956

*S/of John Lewis Hughes(1864-1928) & Mattie I. Hughes(1876-1962)

* Ark Pvt.  US Army Serv Corp ~  World  War  I

&  ANNIE  FRANKIE  BENNETT  HUGHES 

10-9-1901  to  8-14-1986

*D/of  Henry Thomas Bennett(1860-1937) & Mary Lou Hicks Bennett(1867-1943)

 

INFANT  HUGHES   *No dates

INFANT  HUGHES   *No dates

IRWIN   ( Headstone has no dates or additional info)2011-two Irwin markers

 

ALICE  LEXI  DAVIS  IRWIN  10-3-1868  to  11-25-1910

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

&  EDLIE  H. IRWIN, Jr.   3-28-1870  to  1-25-1912

*S/of  Beatrice Almedia Cockerham Irwin(1835-1895) &  Edley H. Irwin (b:1826)

*1st wife,  Alice Lexi Davis (1868-1910)

*2ne Wife, Beatrice Almedia Cockerham Morgan Irwin (See below)

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

 

BEATRICE  ALMEDIA  COCKERHAM  MORGAN  IRWIN

11-4-1835 MS  to  2- 7-1895 AR

*D/of  Drury Cockerham (1780 VA- 1860 AR) & Mary Isabell Cockerham (1784 NC-1833 SC)

*Md: 1st  2/9/1854  ISIAH  ONIZINE MORGAN  (1830-1863)

*Md: 2nd  7/4/1866  EDLEY  H.  IRWIN (b: 1826)

* Edlie H. Irwin shares a double headstone with his wife, Alice L.

*Note: Isiah Onizine Morgan & his fahter, John B. Morgan, organized the

Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (later became Bethel Methodist.)

*They donated the 9 acres for the church and Bethel Cemetery. They were the

first two ruling elders of the church.  John B. Morgan is buried in Bethel /

Isiah died from measles during the Civil War & is buried in a common

grave in Little Rock.  See Isiah's wife, Beatrice Almedia Cockerham, also

buried in Bethel Mount Holly Cemetery. After Isiah died, Beatrice married

Edley Irwin and is buried with the Irwin family. (Bobby Hughes

posted/contributed the info about the cemetery & the info on Isiah &

John B. Morgan. {Bobby Hughes (806) 438-8708 }

*See listing also under Cockerham

 

 

HUDSON  L. IRWIN  7-15-1905  to 7-30-1964

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

 

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

"She's safe at home"

 

WILLIE  HARRIS  IRWIN  11-15-1894  to  11-25-1985

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

&  LUCY  MAE  SMALLING  IRWIN  4-2-1899 to  2-22-1965

*D/of David Marion Smalling(1868-1942) & Rachel Stacy Beene Smalling(1870-1947)

"Together forever"   "Blessed are they that are pure in heart for they shall see God"

EULA  JOHNSON   7-2-1893  to  3-8-1965

 

FLOY  ROMANIA  JOHNSON   9-20-1933  to 10-5-1988

*D/of  Fred Allen Williams(1907-1968) & Mary Belle Herman Williams(1879-1953)

"She was the sunshine of our home"

 

JAMES  A. JOHNSON  10-17-1865  to  9-24-1938

*H/of  Susie Williams Johnson     (headstone erected by Dexter Ballard)

SUSIE  WILLIAMS  JOHNSON  9-6-1869  to 10-13-1940

*D/of  James Polk Williams(1845 GA-1933) & Mary Ann Tipton Williams(1850-1911)

*Wf/of  James A. Johnson   (headstone erected by Dexter Ballard)

 

J. W.  JOHNSON "Buddy"   Nov 1931  to  July 1995

*S/of  Jesse Willard Johnson(1915-1951) & Ralph Atkinson(1905-1960)

ARCHIBALD  ROSS  LaGRONE  

4-2-1856   to  7-26-1925  "At Rest"

*S/of  Rev.Jackson Huey LaGrone(1822-1902) &  Mariah C. Morgan LaGrone(1842-1913)

MARY  ELLEN  PHILLIPS  LaGRONE 

3-27-1868   to  3-25-1894

*D/of  Paschal H. Phillips (1837-1884) & Elizabeth Ann Moody-Phillips Walling(1844-1900)

*Wife of Archibald Ross LaGrone(1856-1925)

*Mary is buried outside the fenced area of the cemetery, all by herself.

Her headstone is broken & under brush & vines, making it difficult to reach.

*June 2011- this couple have a new double headstone. * Interesting mystery ? as to why

she was buried outside the cemetery perimeter, by herself, to begin with.  His old headstone was

in the main part of the cemetery along with the other headstones. The cemetery has a chain link

fence around it. Mary's grave/marker sits about 8ft out from the fence in the edge of the woods.

 

CAROLINA CHESTER "Callie" NORMAN LaGRONE

9-21-1845  to  3-28-1887    *Age 41

*D/of John Norman(1801 KY-1853 AR) & Mary King Norman(1802SC-1847AR)

 * Wf/of  Rev. G. W.  LaGrone

   [Top of headstone broken off-inscription almost totally unreadable 2011]

REV. GEORGE  WASHINGTON  LaGRONE  

8-24-1842  to  3-18-1892   [2011-headstone almost unreadable]

*Born in Mount Holly,Union Co., Ark  &  died in Waldo, Columbia Co., Ark.

*George W. LaGrone was the son of John LaGrone {1805 SC to July 1882, Union Co., Ark.

& mother, Dicea "Dicy" Rhodes}

"A precious one from us has gone / A voice we loved is stilled /

A place is vacant in our home  / That can never be filled."

George W. & Callie LaGrone had a daughter, Katherine B. "Kate"

LaGrone, who married Edmond "Ed" Satterwhite of Nevada Co., Ark  & Freestone Co., TX.

 

GEORGE  R.  LaGRONE   8-13-1876  to 1-9-1894

*S/of  Carolina Chester Norman (1845-1887) & Geo Washington LaGrone(1842-1892)

"He gives and when he takes away  /  He takes but what he gave"

 

HAZEL  LaGRONE   1889  to  11-8-1893 *4 yrs-1 mo-23 dys

*D/of  John Edward LaGrone(1855-1940)  &  Sarah Arminda Moody LaGrone(1857-1938)

 

Rev.  JACKSON  HUEY  LaGRONE 

12-16-1822  Crawford Co., GA  to  8-26-1902 Louann, Ouachita Co., AR  

*Wife, Mariah C. Morgan LaGrone(1842-1913)

*Mariah is buried in New Gordon Cemetery, Palo Pinto Co., Texas

"Asleep in Jesus far from thee  /  Thy kindred and their graves may be  /

But thine is still a blessed sleep /  From which none ever wake to weep

*2011-This headstone had a tall obelisk sitting atop about a 3 ft high base;

the base is tilted & sunken on one side into the ground; 

the obelisk has fallen off  & is presently propped against the base.

HAMLIN  "WHEEL" LEWIS  1-6-1839  to  4-23-1917

*S/of  Thomas A. Lewis(1814-1887) & Sarah Caroline Johnson Lewis(1815-1880)

'Mason'     "Father at Rest"

*Spouses: *1st Julia Francis Bustion(1851-1881)

*2nd Lorena Bustion (9/30/1853 to 11/11/1925) *Burial in Village Cemetery, Columbia Co.,AR

JULIA  FRANCIS  BUSTION  LEWIS  5-25-1851  to  7-8-1881

*D/of  Lucy C. Goodwin Bustion(1821-1897)

*1st Wf/of Hamlin - 'Eastern Star'  "Mother at Rest"  (?Bustiano)

 

JOHN  SIMS  LEWIS   11-30-1887  to  6-30-1971   "Resting"

*S/of  Hamlin Lewis(1839-1917) & Lorena Bustion Lewis(1853-1925)

&  TENNY  LEE  McDONALD  LEWIS  9-8-1890  to  10-7-1979

*D/of  William F. McDonald(1866-1942) & Ida Hughes McDonald(1870-1932)

 

MARY  E.  LEE  LEWIS   8-30-1842  to 10-9-1875

*D/of  Sarah Caroline Johnson (1815-1880) & Thomas Allexander Lewis(1814-1887)

 

THOMAS  A.  LEWIS   7-4-1814 GA  to 1887 AR

*S/of  John "Linton" Lewis & Mary Kendrick Lewis

*Md:3/26/1835

& SARAH  CAROLINE  JOHNSON  LEWIS 

6-3-1815   to  10-14-1880

*Wf/of Thomas A. Lewis  "She lived to die, She died to live, She lived to die no more"

* Headstone lying flat on ground; dirt & grass grown over parts of the inscription[2011].

BURTON  E.  MACHEN    8-24-1903  to  10-16-1973

*S/of  William F. Machen(1875-1963)  &  Bertha T. Machen(1882-1960)

&  JESSIE  L.  PHILLIPS  MACHEN   9-13-1908  to 9-25-2001

*D/of  Benjamin Asa Phillips(1871-1933) &  Parrie Va. McHenry Phillips(1872-1969)

FANNIE  A. LEWIS  NORMAN  McCALL 

5-24-1837  to  4-18-1910

*D/of  Thomas A. Lewis(1814-1887) & Sarah Caroline Johnson Lewis(1815-1880)

*2nd t wife of Paul McCall,  buried at Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, AR

"Death is another life" Grave between Norman /Lewis's   "Mother"

*2nd Wf/of  Paul McCall (6/22/1812 to 10/16/1899) Shares a double headstone with his

*1st wife,  Harriet Newell McCrae (1830-1870) *Buried at Mount Holly Cemetery,

Mount Holly, Union Co., AR.

GEORGE  W.  McDONALD   5-30-1900  to  3-6-1977

"Daddy"  *S/of  William F. McDonald(1866-1942) & Ida Hughes (1870-1932)

 

HENRY  T.  McDONALD    1903  to  1976

*S/of  William F. McDonald(1866-1942) & Ida Hughes McDonald (1870-1932)

"Precious Memory"  (*SSDI  2-7-1903  to  Oct 1976)

 

J.  LUTHER  McDONALD    1888  to  1972

*H/of  Effie Perritt (1898-1926)   *Md: 3/7/1917 Mount Holly, AR

* D/of  Margaret Frances Ainsworth (1867-1921) &  John H. Perritt(1870-1944)

*Effie Perritt McDonald buried at Marysville Cemetery

"The Lord is my shepherd"

 

JOHN  H.  McDONALD   3-24-1898   to  12-1-1984

*S/of  William F. McDonald(1866-1942) & Ida Hughes McDonald (1870-1932)

*Pvt  US Army ~  World War  II       "At Rest"

 

N. B.  McDONALD   4-7-1832 AL  to  2-21-1894 AR

'Mason'   "Into thy hands I commend my spirit"

 

NOVA  NORA  McDONALD    9-24-1896  to  12-18-1896

*D/of  William F. McDonald(1866-1942) & Ida Hughes McDonald(1870-1932)

"Gone to a better land"

 

SAM  ED  McDONALD   12-1-1909  to  5-29-1912

"From mothers arms to the arms of Jesus"

 

WILLIAM  F.  McDONALD   3-20-1866  to  3-9-1942

* H/of  Ida Hughes   "Rest is thine;  Sweet remembrance ours"

&  IDA  HUGHES  McDONALD   1-20-1870  to  9-1-1932

*D/of  Wm. Johnson Hughes(1820-1894) & Lavinia Deets Hughes(1838-1888)

FREDDIE  JOE  MICHAEL(55)   2-11-1953  to  5-1-2008

*S/of  Freddie Paul Michael(1914-1998)  &  Edna Lee Fletcher Michael(1916-1990)

"Remembered With A Smile"

B. M.  MILTON   3-4-1849  to  6-22-1920

"Gone but not forgotten"   (buried in middle of Phillips)

 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  MOODY 

8-24-1805 KY  to   9-18-1890 AR

*Moved from Kentucky , in 1939, to Little Rock area to clear trees & farm.

In 1845, moved to Union Co., AR to clear trees & farm the land.

*Md: 1839, Minerva Ann Norman

Wf,  MINERVA  ANN  NORMAN  MOODY 

2-27-1823 TN  to  2-2-1904 

*Parents of Elizabeth Ann Moody Phillips  *See Phillips listing.

 

Rev. BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  MOODY (JR.) 

9-12-1860   to  12-13-1901  *41 yrs-3 mo-1 dys

*S/of  Benjamin Franklin Moody(1805-1890) & Minerva Ann Norman Moody(1823-1904)

Cumberland-Presbyterian   {Served as minister in California to 49’er miners}

 

CHARLES  HENRY  MOODY  4-5-1886  to 12-21-1888

 

DANIEL  JAMES  MOODY  b:10-7-1949 Wichita, KS  (One date)

*1st son of James R. Moody & Charlotte C. Israel Moody

*Great Great Grandson of Benjamin Franklin Moody, Sr.

*Still alive & residing in Rockingham, NC  as of 2013

 

Infant  MOODY (no dates)  *S/of  John Jimmerson Moody(1847-1929)  &

Mary Atchison Moody (1853-1895)

 

MARY  ATCHISON  MOODY    9-2-1853  to  2-7-1895

* Wf/of  John  Jimmerson Moody(1847-1929)

*John  S/of Benjamin F. Moody(1805-1890) & Minerva Ann Norman Moody(1823-1904)

 

MARY  L. MOODY  4-6-1840 Little Rock,AR  to  8-8-1873

*D/of  Benjamin Franklin Moody(1805-1890) & Minerva Ann Norman Moody(1823-1904)

(J.A.) JOHN A. MORGAN  12-23-1827  to  7-10-1913  'Mason'

*S/of  John Boyd Morgan(1795-1880) & Marie Azilla Darwin Morgan(1803-1882)

*John was the husband of Mary A. Lagrone Morgan(b: ca 1837 AL)

"A light from our household is gone / A voice we loved is stilled /

A place is vacant in our hearts / That never can be filled"

 

(J. B.) JOHN BOYD MORGAN 'Father'

11-16-1795 SC  to  2-11-1880 AR  

*H/of  Marie Azilla Darwin Morgan

*(inscription un-readable)

(M.A.) MARIE  AZILLA  DARWIN  MORGAN  

4-17-1803 LA   to  10-24-1882  Mother'

*Wf/of  John Boyd Morgan

"Mother thou hast from us flown/  To  the regions far above/

We to thee erect a stone / Consecrated by our love"

JERALD  NALL   9-19-1953  to  9-20-1953

&  JERRY  NALL   9-19-1953  to  9-20-1953

*Twins- Jerald  &  Jerry Nall  *Tombstone has sunk into the ground.

 

JOHN  M.  NALL  4-23- 1898  to  Feb 1984

*S/of   James Paschal Nall(1869-1944) &  Martha Elizabeth Young Nall(1873-1965)

*Md:10/30/1921 Emma Lou Hughes

&  EMMA  LOU  HUGHES  NALL  1903  to  1983

{*SSDI  Emma  8-17-1903  to  Oct 1983}

*D/of  John Lewis Hughes(1864-1928) & Mattie I. Hughes(1876-1962)

WILLIAM  TRUMAN  NISBET  9-30-1922  to  4-19-2005

*S/of  John William Nisbet(1895-1983) & Jewel T. Terrell Nisbet(1898-1984)

*Mason   *S1  US  Navy ~  World War II     *Md:11/9/1945

&  HELEN  JANE  DAVIS  NISBET  3-25-1926  (One date)

*D/of  Ked Lee Davis(1881-1960) & Henrietta Nanny Braswell Davis(1884-1968)

"A bud on earth a bloom in heaven"

AMAZIAH  KING  NORMAN   1868  to  1887

*S/of  Rufus King Norman(1841-1926) & Amanda Lewis Norman(1845-1918)

 

MARY  ELIZABETH  NORMAN  6-3-1874  to  11-27-1874

*D/of  Rufus King Norman(1841-1926) & Amanda Lewis Norman(1845-1918)

 

RUFUS  KING  NORMAN     1841  to  1926

& AMANDA  LEWIS  NORMAN  1845  to  1918

*D/of  Thomas A. Lewis(1814-1887) & Sarah Caroline Johnson Lewis(1815-1880)

*Wf/of  Rufus King Norman

 

THOMAS  A.  NORMAN  8-28-1868  to  9-5-1875

*S/of T.R. Norman & Fannie A. Lewis Norman McCall(1837-1910)

*Broken stone  *Inscription:  “S/of T.R. & F. A. Norman”

GARLAND  NORRIS   5-21-1902  to  9-29-1904

*S/of   G.T. &  O.V. Norris

*Broken stone [2011-sunk into ground obscuring death date]

ARMOR  BENJAMIN  PHILLIPS (76)

7-6-1904  to  1-25-1981 "Father"

*S/of  Parrie Virginia McHenry (1872-1969) & Benjamin Asa Phillips(1871-1933)

*Md:12/24/1925  Eula Mae Whiddon

&  EULA  MAE  WHIDDON  PHILLIPS (90)

 9-29-1907  to  6-13-1998   "Mother"

*D/of Martha Elizabeth Hollensworth(1868-1949) & William Franklin Whiddon(1862-1943)

 

AVA  PHILLIPS  8-13-1892  to  12-16-1901

*D/of  Parrie Virginia McHenry (1872-1969)  &  Benjamin Asa Phillips(1871-1933)

 

(B.A.) BENJAMIN ASA  PHILLIPS  12-21-1871  to  2-25-1933

*S/of  Paschal H. Phillips(1837-1884) &  Elizabeth Ann Moody –Phillips Walling (1844-1900)

*Md: Parrie Virginia McHenry 1892    "Gone but not forgotten"

(Mrs. B.A.) PARRIE  VIRGINIA  McHENRY  PHILLIPS (97)

8-11-1872   to  12-30-1969 

*Wf/of  Benjamin Asa Phillips     "Gone but not forgotten"

 

CHESTER  ARTHUR  PHILLIPS 

9-7-1897 Griffin, AR  to   7-17-1981

*S/of  Parrie Virginia McHenry (1872-1969)  &  Benjamin Asa Phillips(1871-1933)

"Their Memory Is Blessed"

&  DOROTHY  ALMA  TACKETT  PHILLIPS 

 7-10-1904  Brownwood, MO  to  12-9-1982 Wharton, TX  

*D/of  William Monroe Tackett, Sr.(1880-1910)  &  Isabella Cox Tackett(1880-1910)

 

Infant  PHILLIPS   b & d    6-5-1929

*S/of Armor Bemjamin Phillips. & Eula Mae Whiddon Phillips

 

JERRY  PHILLIPS   b  &  d  9-17-1935  "Son"

*S/of) Dorothy Alma Tackett (1904-1982) & Chester Arthur Phillips(1897-1981    

"Of  such is the Kingdom of Heaven"

 

PASCHAL  H.  PHILLIPS 

10-2- 1837 GA to  4-2-1884 Mt Holly, AR

*Enlisted: 6/7/1861 &  paroled  4/26/1865 Greensboro, NC...C.S.A Veteran

*H/of Elizabeth Ann Moody-Phillips Walling(1844-1900)

*Wife, ELIZABETH  ANN  MOODY  PHILLIPS (WALLING)

1-21-1845  to  Dec 1904

*D/of  Benjamin Franklin Moody(1805-1890) & Minerva Ann Norman Moody(1823-1904)

*1st Husband, Paschal Phillips(1837-1884)

*Elizabeth's family placed a stone in Bethel Cemetery, to show details about her family.

*2nd husband, Daniel Walling (Listed as E.A. Walling on stone in TX)

*Elizabeth was Daniel Walling's, 2nd wife.

(Elizabeth buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hopkins Co., TX)

 

 

Issue of  PASCHAL  H.  &  ELIZABETH  PHILLIPS:

1.) CORA  LEE  PHILLIPS  WILLIAMS 

12-12-1866  to  1944

*Husband, William Thomas Williams (1867-1942)

*Both buried in Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie Co., OK

 

2.) MARY  ELLEN  PHILLIPS  LaGRONE 

5-27-1868  to  3-25-1894

*Mary Ellen Phillips   Wf/of  Archibald Ross LaGrone(1856-1925)

&  ARCHIBALD  ROSS  LaGRONE  4-2-1856  to  7-26-1925

*S/of Jackson Huey LaGrone(1822-1902) &  Mariah C. Morgan LaGrone(1842-1913)

*Husband of Mary Ellen Phillips  (1868-1894)

 

3.) LILLIE  FRANCES  PHILLIPS CHAFFIN  4-14-1870

 

4.) BENJAMIN  ASA  PHILLIPS  12-21-1871  to  2-25-1933

*Benjamin H/of  Parrie Va. McHenry Phillips (1872-1969)

 

5.) THOMAS  THEODORE  PHILLIPS  7-18-1874

 

6.) LOU  ETTA  PHILLIPS  TURNER  4- 23-1880

 

7.) PASCHAL  MILTON  PHILLIPS  

10-27-1883  to  2-5-1957

*Both buried Lee Cemetery, Winnsboro, Texas

*Wife, Eulah Lee Irby Phillips (1882-1968)

 

VERA  PHILLIPS   10-13-1893  to  10-9-1896

*D/of  Benj. Asa Phillips(1871-1933) & Parrie Va. McHenry Phillips(1872-1969)

ERNEST  PRICE   10-26-1890  to  8-24-1949

*S/of  Polk Pope Price(1853-1892) &  Tressie A. Melton Price(1860-1927)

"Rest is thine;  Sweet rememberance ours"

MARY  'ELLEN'  LaGRONE  PRICE  3-16-1890  to  9-14-1943

"Death has made his darkness beautiful with thee"

CHRISTOPHER  MICHAEL  QUATTLEBAUM

1-29-1975   to  12-1-1976  "Son"

*S/of  Lanie "Mike" Quattlebaum (1953 CA - 2016 AR)

*Buried Fredonia Cemetery, Judsonia, White County, AR

 

MARY  C.  RASBURY   11-27-1861  to  7-11-1871

*D/of   J.W. &  F.A. Rasbury

*Old stone is almost unreadable-not sure about last name?

PEGGY  GENE  BRASIER  RICHARDSON  

8-7-1928   to  12-26-1960      "She's safe at home"

*D/of   A.G. Brasier(1889-1959) & Mary A. Wilkinson Brasier(1905-1935)

*Peggy md: Gerald Richardson in Calhoun Co., AR in 1949.

*Peggy's father is buried here at Bethel Mount Holly Cemetery,

while her mother, Mary A. Wilkinson,  is buried in

Scotland Presbyterian Cemetery.

CLINTON  E.  RODGERS   1-24-1903  to  6-23-1970

*S/of   William Thomas Rogers(1872-1947)  &  Edna Williams Rogers(1878-1930)

 

JAMES  AUBREY  ROGERS   8-6-1908  to  6-15-1910

*S/of   William Thomas Rogers(1872-1947) &  Edna Williams Rogers(1878-1930)

"At Rest"     ("D" not in this Rogers)

 

LOUWANA  C.  ROGERS   10-27-1935  to  12-3-1938

 

WILLIAM  THOMAS  ROGERS   11-17-1872  to  9-24-1947

&  EDNA  WILLIAMS  ROGERS   2-27-1878  to  11-17-1930

*D/of  James Polk  Williams(1845-1933) & Mary Belle Herman Williams(1879-1953)

"In loving memory"

Infant  ROWELL   9-20-1940  (One date)

*D/of  J.L. &  Hettie  Rowell

 

JOHN  LEE  ROWELL   9-25-1910  to  Dec 1991

*S/of  Arthur Lee Rowell(1886-1966)  &  Zetha Rowell(1888-1961)

*Md: 1930  Hettie May Lewis

&  HETTIE  MAY  LEWIS  ROWELL   1910  to 1960

*D/of  John Sims Lewis (1887-1971)  & Tenny Lee McDonald (1890-1979)

*Wf/of  John Lee Rowell

 

WILMA  JEAN  TISSUE  ROWELL   9-18-1931  to  3-24-1993

*D/of  Ray Tissue(1904-1988)  &  Anna B. Hughes Tissue(1905-1972)

AMY  SMITH  SCOTT   1-5-1916  to  2-10-1988

*D/of  Hugh Smith(1872-1953)  &  Allie Brasier Smith(1879-1971)

"Mother, you are loved"

ALBERT  LAFAYETTE  SMITH  1-13-1831 TN  to  2-1-1885 AR

*S/of  Arceles Smith(1800-1871) & Martha Jane Warwick Smith (1805-1873)

(right bottom corner of  headstone says  J. White  Memphis) 'Mason'

*Md: 5/16/1854 Union Co., AR   Parents of 6 children.

*Wife,  ELIZA JANE  BURKE  SMITH  12-4-1837  to  3-30-1887

*D/of  John Steel Burke & Elizabeth Burke

 

ANNIE  ELIZABETH  SMITH   1-1-1871  to  7-13-1888

*D/of  Albert Lafayette Smith(1831-1885) & Eliza Jane Burke(1837-1887)

*17 yrs-6 mo-13 dys *broken stone

*2011-death date & age sunk below ground-unreadable.

 

ARCELES  SMITH    1800   to  1871

(On their headstone  it says "They came from Tennessee")

&  MARTHA  JANE  WARWICK  SMITH  1805 to 1873

 

CHARLES  COLEMAN  SMITH  7-30-1886  to  3-26-1932

*S/of  Marcus D.  Smith(1858-1932) & Emmaline Eliza Williams Smith(1857-1932)

&  LILLIE  EUGENIA  MORGAN  SMITH 

1-10-1888   to  11-17-1976

*D/of  Martha Elizabeth Allen (1865-1939) & William Asa Morgan(1863-1934)

"Gone but not forgotten"

 

DEE  WITT  SMITH   1888  to 1960

*S/of   Francis Marion Smith(1860-1928)  & Frances Virginia Hughes Smith(1864-1922)

&  ALZA  MAE  NALL  SMTIH   1900  to 1954

*D/of   Wiley H. Nall(1855-1944)  &  Martha Josephine Gammon Nall (1862-1927)

 

EDWARD  NEWTON  SMITH   3-2-1866  to  8-20-1869

*S/of  Albert Lafayette Smith(1831-1885) & Eliza Jane Burke(1837-1887)

*Aged 3 yrs-5 mo-18 dys   "In memory of"  *Stone is old, broken, lying flat on ground.

 

ELIZA  JANE  BURKE  SMITH   12-4-1837  to  3-30-1887

*Wf/of  Albert Lafayette Smith (1831-1885)   *Aged 49 yrs-3 mos-26 dys

 

ESTHER  SMITH (HARRIS)  4-2-1900  to  3-22-1932

*D/of  Marcus D. Smith(1858-1932)  & Emmaline Eliza Williams Smith (1857-1932)

*Wife of  William Harper Harris(1900-1940)

*See listing under Esther Smith, as it appears on tombstone.

 

GEORGE  HOUSTON SMITH    1860  to 1955

*S/of  Albert Lafayette Smith(1831-1885) & Eliza Jane Burke  Smith(1837-1887)

*1st wife, Saphronia Ann Ainsworth(1859-1896)

*2nd wife, Belle Easting Smith(1869-1948)

&  SAPHRONIA ANN AINSWORTH SMITH  1859  to 1896

*D/of Alfred B. Ainsworth(1837-1911)& Susan Anna Morgan Ainsworth(1840-1883)

BELLE  EASTING  DOBB  SMITH  11-11-1869 to 11-4-1948

*2nd Wf/of   W.H. Smith  (b:1867) *Md:8/11/1892 Union Co., AR

both of Analako Twsp.; married by  J.J. Swales, MG;  Security J.W. Armstrong

*? Belle Easting Dobb Smith ?

 

HUGH "BEE"  SMITH   8-23-1872   to  5-27-1953

"I have kept the faith"    *Listed on tombstone: H. (Bee) Smith

ALLIE  BRASIER  SMITH   7-11-1879  to  6-5-1971

*D/of Jeptha H. Brasier(1826-1905) & Elizabeth Jane Williams Brasier(1839-1898)

"Till we meet again"

 

Infant  SMITH  2-8-1896  to  2-29-1896

*S/of  G.H.  &  S.H.  Smith  "Budded on earth to bloom in heaven"

 

JOHN  THOMAS  SMITH  10-31-1855  to  2-3-1876

*S/of  Albert Lafayette Smith(1831-1885) & Eliza Jane Burke Smith(1837-1887)

*Age 20 yrs-3 mo-2 dys

 

LELER  MAY  SMITH    1-12-1885  to  10-8-1885

*D/of  Marcus D. Smith(1858-1932) &  Emmaline Eliza Williams Smith(1857-1932)

"This lovely bud so young and fair / Called hence by early doom /

Thus given to show how far a flower / In paradise would bloom"

 

LESTER  M.  SMITH   1928 - 1949  *ARDI  d:7-6-1949

*S/of  Dee Witt Smith(1888-1960) &  Alza Mae Nall Smith(1900-1954)

 

MARCUS  D.  SMITH    1-1-1858  to  3-14-1932

*S/of  Albert Lafayette Smith(1831-1885) & Eliza Jane Burke Smith(1837-1887)

&  EMMALINE  ELIZA "EMMA"  WILLIAMS  SMITH

12-12-1857  to  3-18-1932  

*D/of  Sarah Eliza Ann Jarrett Williams(1821-1894)  &  Berry E. Williams (1816 GA  to 

1861 Lafayette Co., AR)

 

NETTY  GERTRUDE  SMITH    2-1-1885  to  10-13-1885

*D/of  George Houston Smith(1860-1955)&  Saphronia A. Ainsworth Smith(1859-1896)

* 8 mos-12 days

 

ROY  SMITH     12-29-1913  to  8-8-1994

*S/of Charles Coleman Smith(1886-1932) & Lillie Eugenia Morgan Smith(1888-1976)

&  ANNIE  LEE  SELLERS  SMITH  7-23-1917  to  10-24-1993

*Wf/of  Roy Smith

 

RUBY  RODGERS  SMITH     2-28-1913  to  4-1-1984

*D/of  William Thomas Rogers(1872-1947) & Edna Williams Rogers(1878-1930)

GEORGE  GARLAND  STEWART   4-24-1917  to  12-28-1988

*TEC 4 US Army ~  World War II

&  NELL FAYE  EDWARDS  STEWART  

9-29-1924  to  1-26-2005

*D/of  Sidney Right Edwards(1888-1981) & Minnie McDonald  Edwards(1892-1984)

"Precious Memories"   "Together again at home" *ob

 

JAMES  RANDAL  STEWART  10-16-1944  to 12-4-2004

*S/of  Louie M. Stewart(1908-1961) & Modean Williams Stewart(1918-2008)

*Md:8/3/1980  Paula Jane Lovell

&  PAULA  JANE  LOVELL  STEWART   2-6-1948  (One date)

 

LOUIS "LOUIE"  M. “DICK”  STEWART  

7-9-1908   to  3-31-1961

*H/of  Modean Williams Stewart(1918-2008)

*Louisiana   CPL 1803 SVC Comd Unit ~  World War  II

MODEAN  WILLIAMS  STEWART  7-2-1918 to  12-30-2008

*D/of  Dewey Slay Williams(1888-1978)  &  Argiebelle  H.  Haire Williams (1899-1973)

*Died Fort Smith, AR, age 90 yrs-5 mos-28 dys   Had been living with her daughter in the area.

FRANCIS  M.  THOMAS   1-10-1868  (One date) 1 yr-10 mo-19 dys

Infant  TISSUE     2-17-1937

*S/of  Ray Tissue(1904-1988)   &  Anna B. Hughes Tissue(1905-1972)

 

RAY  TISSUE    4-11-1904  to  9-5-1988

*S/of  James Evander Tissue(1871-1962)  &  Sallie Owens Click Tissue(1867-1933)

*Md: 8/1/1926  Anna B. Hughes

&  ANNA  B. HUGHES  TISSUE  2-17-1905  to  1-27-1972

*D/of John Lewis Hughes(1864-1928) & Mattie I. Hughes(1876-1962)

WILLIAM   D.  TOMPKINS   11-6-1874 LA  to  12-21-1938 AR

*Md: 1896  India Idelia Eastridge

&  INDIA  IDELIA  EASTRIDGE  TOMPKINS  

4-3-1877   to   3-25-1956 

*D/of  Mary Francis  Britt Eastridge (1849-1925) & Henry Eastridge

*Mary & Henry md: 7/27/1865, Union Co., AR

*Children: Nora Zelma Tompkins Hughes(1897-1957) &  Dale D. Tompkins(1904-1985)

WADE    *No dates or additional info. 2 markers.

LEONA  WILLIAMS  WADDLE   9-15-1912  to  9-26-1950

*S/of  James Henry Williams(1873-1943) &  Mary Belle Herman Williams(1879-1953)

"Gone but not forgotten"

WALLACE  HUBERT WARREN, JR. (76)

6-3-1927   to   8-28-2003

*S/of  John W. Warren(b:ca 1905 AR) & Lillie L. McDonald Warren (1906-1987 AR)

MATTHEW  RYAN  WELCH   

9-16-1973  Little Rock, AR    to  1-14-1995 

*S/of  Raymond Glen Welch   "Loved more than words"

 

RAYMOND  GLEN  WELCH   8-18-1950  to  8-4-1996

*S/of  Wilmor Dee Welch(1929-2013) & Martha Lois Lee Welch(1930-2016)

"And may God hold you in the palm of his hand  Our Strength"

 

WILMOR  DEE  WELCH(84)  19-24-1929  to  12-25-2013  *OB

*S/of  Albert  Levi Welch (1878-1936)  &  Callie  Donia Darden Welch (1886-1963)

*H/of  Martha Lois Welch   *Former U.S. Marine

MARTHA  LOIS  LEE  WELCH (85)

11-9-1930  to  12-26-2015 *OB

*D/of  Tom  &  Jessie Lee of Lisbon, AR   

*Wife of, Wilmor Dee Welch  *Mother of five

*Member of Wyatt Baptist Church

AMANDA  MELVINIA WILLIAMS  6-4-1856  to  8-16-1940

*D/of  Sarah Eliza Ann Jarrett Williams(1821-1894) & Berry E. Williams(1816 GA  to

1861 Lafayette Co., AR)

"Her life an ideal her memory an inspiration"

 

BRENDA  KAYE  WILLIAMS  12-6-1956  to  8-5-1962

*D/of  J.P.  &  Delois Williams

 

*These three have a triple monument.

CON  OSCAR  WILLIAMS   8-6-1907  to 10-18-1993

*S/of  Ira Neldus Williams(1876-1956) & Ida Lavenia Braswell Williams(1886-1975)

&  MINNIE  ALLEN  WILLIAMS  2-18-1915  to  6-29-2009

*Wf/of  Con Oscar Williams  *Md: 1932

& PEGGY JANETTE WILLIAMS(69)

10-4-1939  to  5-4-2009 *ob

*D/of Con Oscar Williams (1907-1993)  & Minnie Allen Williams(1915-2009)

"What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever"

*Peggy still has mortuary marker in front of her headstone. .....

Death date not inscribed yet on her headstone (June 2011)

 

DEWEY  SLAY  WILLIAMS, Sr.  7-29-1888  to  3-4-1978

*S/of  James Henry Williams(1873-1943) &  Mary Belle Herman Williams(1879-1953)

&  ARGIEBELLE  "BELLE"  H.  HAIRE  WILLIAMS 

4-15-1889  to  8-13-1973

*Wf/of  Dewey Slay Williams, Sr.

 

DEWEY  SLAY  WILLIAMS, Jr.  8-7-1926  to  6-29-1928

*S/of  Dewey Slay Williams, Sr. (1888-1978)  & Argiebelle  H. Haire Williams(1899-1973)

"A little time on earth he spent /  Till God for him his angel sent"

 

ENNIS  WILLIAMS   1-12-1905  to  10-8-1915

*S/of  James Henry Williams(1873-1943) &  Mary Belle Herman Williams(1879-1953)

"Gone but not forgotten"

 

EUGENE  E. WILLIAMS    1-5-1902   to   2-11-1956

*S/of James Henry Williams(1873-1943) & Mary Belle Herman(1879-1953)

&  MINNIE  LEE  ROGERS  SMITH  WILLIAMS 

10-14-1912   to  11-26-1967

*1st md: in  1929  Cecil C. Smith(1891-1933)

*2nd  md: in 1934   Eugene E. Williams(1902-1956)

"We will meet again"

 

FRED  ALLEN  WILLIAMS   1907 -1968

*S/of  James Henry Williams(1873-1943) & Mary Belle Herman(1879-1953)

*Fred Allen Williams  8-4-1907  to  Jan 1968 *SSDI

&  OLA  EUNICE  WATSON  WILLIAMS  

3-20-1914   to   4-15-1994

*D/of  Samuel A. Watson(1879-1948) & Ola M. Davis Watson(1880-1919)

"Each duty done they rest in peace"

 

GUY  WILLIAMS   7-24-1901  to  5-2-1920

*S/of  James Henry Williams(1873-1943) &  Mary Belle Herman Williams(1879-1953)

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

 

ILA  WILLIAMS    2-15-1888  to  5-15-1975

*D/of  James Polk Williams(1845-1933)  &  Mary Ann Tipton  Williams(1850-1911)

 

Infant  WILLIAMS  5-3-1943  *D/of  Johnnie Mae  &  Paul Williams

Infant  WILLIAMS  7-24-1909  

*D/of  Ira  Neldus Williams(1876-1956)  &  Ida  Lavenia Braswell Williams(1886-1975)

 

IRA  NELDUS  WILLIAMS  7-17-1876  to  7-11-1956

*S/of  James Polk Williams(1845-1933) & Mary Ann Tipton Williams(1850-1911)

&  IDA  LAVENIA  BRASWELL WILLIAMS 

11-27-1886   to  5-15-1975 

*D/of  John Irvin Braswell(1853-1919) &  Louvenia  Ferguson Braswell(1854- ??) 

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

 

JAMES  HENRY  WILLIAMS  1-5-1873  to  1-30-1943

*S/of  James Polk Williams(1845-1933) & Mary Ann Tipton Williams(1850-1911)

&  MARY  BELLE  HERMAN  WILLIAMS   

5-8-1879 TX    to  9-16-1953 

(d:Taylor, Columbia Co., AR)  "Each duty done they rest in peace"

 

JAMES  POLK  WILLIAMS   1-28-1845  to  3-24-1933

*S/of  Sarah Eliza Ann Jarrett Williams(1821-1894) & Berry E. Williams(1816 GA  to

1861 Lafayette Co., AR)

MARY  ANN  TIPTON  WILLIAMS 

1-1-1850   to  2-26-1911

*D/of  Simeon Tipton(1827 GA-Killed Civil War) &  Hester A. Hill Tipton Mitchell(Nov 1831-1910)

*Mary Ann Tipton Wf/of  James Polk Williams "Farewell"

*Mother, Hester A. Hill  *Md:1st husb,  SIMEON  TIPTON(1827-GA - Killed in Civil War)

*Md: *2nd  James Mitchell  in 1868, Lafayette Co., AR ( James -Soldier 148th Ill Infantry)

 

Daughter of  J. P. & M. A. WILLIAMS  9-28-1888  to  8-16-1906

"Gone but not forgotten"  (these dates on these two infants does not make sense.

 

JAMES  PAUL  WILLIAMS   11-13-1923  to  1-7-1971

*S/of  Malcom Reney Williams(1885-1976)& Margaret Dolly Greer Ainsworth(1859-1935)

*Arkansas CPL  619  AC & W SQ   AAF  ~  World War  II

*Marker has sunk into the ground making the dates unreadable.

 

KENNETH  WAYLAND  WILLIAMS(77)

9-19-1928  to 11-25-2005    *OB

*S/of  Dewey Slay Williams, Sr.(1888-1978)  &  Argiebelle  Haire  Williams. (1899-1973) 

*H/of Judy Williams.  *US  Navy - Korea

 

LENA  FAYE  WILLIAMS   1-19-1955  to  8-28-1970

*D/of  Paul  &  Delores Williams

 

MALCOM  RENEY  WILLIAMS   4-8-1885  to  10-8-1976

*S/of  James Polk Williams(1845-1933) & Mary Ann Tipton Williams(1850-1911)

"Absent in mind but present in spirit"

& ELLA  GERTRUDE  AINSWORTH  WILLIAMS 

12-10-1890   to  4-29-1960  

*D/of  Alfred B. Ainsworth(1837-1911)& Margaret Dolly Greer(1859-1935)

 

ROY  MEEK  WILLIAMS  10-9-1910  to  4-10-1982

*S/of  James Henry Williams(1873-1943) & Mary Belle Herman(1879-1953)

*Md:10/29/1935 *1st wife,  Hazel Higgins   *2nd wife, Elmo Vinson Braswell

*2nd wife, Elmo Vinson Braswell buried at Marysville Cemetery with her 1st husband.

*Wf,  HAZEL CORTEZ  HIGGINS  WILLIAMS 

1-16-1920  to   12-10-1969  

*D/of Marcus G. Higgins(1892-1928) & Artie Meeler Higgins(1897-1987)

"The Lord watch between me and thee, while we absent, one from another"

 

STELLA  STAGGS  WILLIAMS   9-28-1886  to  8-16-1906

*D/of  James Polk Williams(1845-1933)  &   Mary Ann Tipton. Williams(1850-1911)

WADE  WILSON   12-5-1905  to  6-28-1999

*S/of  Wiley Uriah Wilson(1876-1967) & Mary Willa Jameson Wilson(1873-1965)

"I am the resurrection and the life,  he that believeth in me

though he were dead yet shall he live"   John  11:25

&  MILDRED  DAVIS  WILSON   1-13-1910  to  7-13-1977

*S/of  Kennie A. Davis(1878-1959) & Susie A. Smith Davis(1885-1954)

There are 27 markers in the cemetery for unknown Civil War C.S.A. soldiers.

BETHEL  MOUNT  HOLLY METHODIST

CEMETERY  ENTRY  June 2011.

 

 

CSA  Unknown SOLDIERS GRAVES

27  CSA  Unknown SOLDIER'S  GRAVES

Mt Holly Methodist Church visible in background of this pic.

▼Church is on same end as gated entry & parking area.

CSA Graves of Unknown Soldiers  2005

Looking from outside fenced cemetery area at the rear of

the cemetery. Out of sight, but just to the left, under the bushes

is the lone grave of Mary Ellen LaGrone

(Just to the right of the top of the gate post - under the bushes/vines.) ▼

 

MARY  ELLEN  PHILLIPS  LaGRONE 

3/27/1868  to  3/25/1894.

 wife of Archibald Ross LaGrone.  (1856 to 1925)

 

 

 

 

The LaGrone's new headstone: