Cane Creek Cemetery

aka Caney Creek Cemetery
Union County, Arkansas
Established ca. 1862
Located along Cane Creek Road, south of the Hwy. 82 East (aka Strong Hwy.). This cemetery is closer to the town of Strong. It is a beautiful, well maintained cemetery alongside a beautiful little building that was apparently a church (I believe it was a Methodist Church) & is now used for some sort of community building or probably for 'get-togethers' of family members who have ties with those buried here. This cemetery is in the middle of a "swamp" probably on the only high & dry place for miles. If anyone ever wishes to visit this cemetery, do so with extreme caution if it has rained within a week ... four wheel drive might not get you through there after a rain. You definitely do not want to attempt it with a regular car. The road is somewhat better if you come in via Strong: going south on Aurelle Rd > turn right onto Lovett Road; continue on Lovett Road until it intersects with Caney Creek Road > then turn right onto Caney Creek Road. The cemetery will be on your right on Caney Creek Road. [You are traveling north on Caney Creek Rd. toward Hwy. 82.]
First survey done January 9, 2003. Updates done June 6, 2004 & October 2008.
*New & final survey completed April 11, 2012. Posted July 2012.
© Janice Holzer, 2012, jholzer321 at cablelynx.com

cemetery entrance church

*Use of the "&" sign with a couple indicates a double, or in some cases, a multiple headstone, which may have 3 or more.
*MM indicates mortuary marker
*SSDI some info from Social Security Death Index
*ARDI death date from Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950
*WOW Woodman of the World headstone
*OB info from obituary
*FYI: The creek in this area is called "Caney Creek" .... the dirt road that runs by the cemetery is named "Caney Creek Road" ... but the cemetery is called the "CANE CREEK CEMETERY". Often the cemetery is referred to as Caney Creek Cemetery.

LILLIE GREEN ADAMS 3-22-1907 to 5-25-1909
*Son of L.L. & M.A. Adams "Gone but not forgotten"
(according to his tombstone, his name was Lillie and it states he was the SON of L.L. & M.A. Adams)

DELLA BAGNALL 6-18-1885 to 8-21-1951
*Wf/of George Bagnall Age 30 yrs-2 mos-2 dys
"We trust our loss will be her gain and with christ she has gone to"

ROBERT ARNOLD BAKER 9-17-1918 to 10-1-1951 'Mason'
*S/of Wm. A. Baker (photo on tombstone) "Absent in body but present in spirit"

WILLIAM A. BAKER 10-5-1891 to 2-1-1948

BAXTER REESE BASS 9-17-1894 to 5-23-1924
"Now asleep with Jesus, Gone but not forgotten"

C. A. BASS *Name is all that is readable on homemade concrete marker.

CHARLEY BASS 11-2-1927 to 1-24-1996
*Pfc. U.S. Army WWII *MM

DAISY HITE BASS died 4-1-1967 Age 62 yrs-1 mos-5 days
(not found 2012)

JANIE BASS died February 5, ___ Age 78 (not found 2012)
* Fannie Bass 1871 to Feb 5, 1949 Union Co. *Wf/of John Bass *ARDI

JOHN BASS died 1948 Age 80 yrs-5 mos-2 dys (not found 2012)

WALTER J. BASS born 3-23-1898 to 6-24-1918
*Killed in a battle

FLORENCE BURK 6-22-1858 to 11-21-1905
*Wf/of G. H. Burk, JR. "She was the sunshine of our home"

GID BURK 4-10-1857 to 12-31-1924
*Death date no longer visible...headstone has sunk into the ground.(2012)

Dr. A. W. BURNSIDE 10-12-1880 to 3-11-1910 *WOW
"To good for earth therefore the Lord taketh him"

MATHEW BURNSIDE 3-21-1845 to 9-8-1904
"Earth has no sorrows that Heaven cannot heal"

MARY LOU JAGGERS BURNSIDE 8-2-1844 to 2-4-1907
*Wf/of Mathew Burnside "Gone Home"

COLEMAN "Mother" *Footstone North end Dennis Coleman grave
(from 1990 canvass) [neither found in 2012]

COLEMAN *Foot marker next grave North of OLIVIA COLEMAN
(from 1990 canvass ) [neither found in 2012]

COLEMAN Twins:
ODELL COLEMAN 9-30-1910 to 8-27-1911
ADELL COLEMAN 9-30-1910 to 4-27-1967

DENNIS COLEMAN 4-3-1915 to 7-23-1915

FANNIE M. COLEMAN 8-21-1883 to 9-1-1885
*D/of J.S. & M.J. Coleman "Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven"
(2012) Stone is broken in half thru birth date which is illegible. "In Memory of"

Infant D/of J. S. & M. J. COLEMAN b & d 1-23-1879
"The Lord gave The Lord Taketh Away"

JAMES S. COLEMAN 1849 to Mar 23, 1931 Pulaski Co. *ARDI
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God"
& MARY JANE COLEMAN 8-3-1849 to 12-31-1896
*Wf/of J. S. Coleman "Earth has one mortal less, Heaven an Angel more"

SALLY ANN COLEMAN 1874 to 1924
"At Rest"

THOMAS CRAWFORD COLEMAN 1879 to 1958
& LULA NORRIS COLEMAN 1882 to Feb 9, 1940 *ARDI

MARY SUE (SUZI) CONNELL 1-19-1929 to 5-22-1998

WALTER V. CONNELL, JR. 2-10-1908 to 4-4-1974
& IRENE DUGAL CONNELL 4-7-1907 to 9-10-1975

JAMES EDWARD COOKSEY, SR. (84) 6-7-1924 to 10-7-2008 *OB
*S/of Claude Everet Cooksey & Ester Carter Cooksey.
*Wf/of 63 yrs, Norma "Sally" Cooksey *Md:6/30/1945
"Ours for a little while, with Jesus forever"
& NORMA "SALLY" COOKSEY (86) 12-7-1921 to 10-21-2008 *OB
*D/of George Webber Dugal & Eunice Irene West Dugal *Wf/of James Edward Cooksey.
*Picture of couple embedded on tombstone.

TWILA KAY COOKSEY (42) 11-16-1961 to 4-15-2004
*D/of James E. and Norma M. , "Sally", Cooksey "Missed by Family and Friends"
*On back of tombstone: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the
Lord. Thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." Jeremiah 29:11

CLARENCE O. (Buster) COOLEY III (57) 11-26-1951 to 5-3-2009 *ob
*S/of Clarence Otis Cooley, Jr. & Janet Myer Cooley *Mother & brother, Robert deceased.
"Absent from the Body present with the Lord"
& DENISE COOKSEY COOLEY 10-26-1956 (One date)
*Parents of Scott and Lauren

CRAVE is the name on a small concrete stone set in ground
no other info on it. (not noted in 1990)

ALLIE BURNSIDE CRUM 11-1-1862 to 11-2-1938

ROSA LEE BURNSIDE CRUM 7-10-1871 to 11-22-1962
"Safe in the arms of Jesus"

ERNEST J. DUGAL 2-27-1885 to 6-22-1941
*Inset photo of Ernest & Norma
"Dear while you rest in peaceful sleep, Your memory I shall always keep"
"Their lives were a sweet smell, A sacrifice acceptable well pleasing to God"
& NORMA L. DUGAL 11-17-1886 to 7-30-1981

GENEVA DUGAL 7-5-1896 to 9-28-1923
"We will meet again"

GEORGE WEBBER DUGAL 3-31-1883 to 1-9-1950
*Inset photo of George "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal"
& EUNICE IRENE DUGAL 4-8-1885 to 10-24-1967
*Inset photo of Eunice

GEORGE P. "DICK" DUGAL 2-12-1912 to 12-12- 2002
*Md:6/20/1942 "Death Is The Crown Of Life"
& JULIA SLADE DUGAL 11-16-1923 (One date)

Infant DUGAL b & d 6-20-1901 *S/of Rufus & Sally Dougal

JAMES RUFUS DUGAL 3-9-1855 to 6-10-1925
& SALLIE GREEN DUGAL 4-14-1853 to 6-15-1924
"In Loving Memory"

JENNIFER NIKOLE DUGAL 2-25-1976 to 9-6-2004
"Ariel's Mommie"
*Back of tombstone: "NIKOLE God so loves his children that with every
baby's birth, he needs a Special Angel to watch over us on earth.
He has the Special Angel." *Daughter: Ariel Kaylie King

LEONARD DUGAL 1-24-1892 to 1-26-1913
"God in His wisdom has recalled The boon His love had given and
though the body slumbers here The soul is safe in Heaven"

STANLEY INDIA DUGAL 2-23-1910 to 1-8-1987
*Pvt. U.S. Army WW II *Md:8/31/1935
& INEZ MUNFORD DUGAL 5-2-1916 to 8-18-2008 *SSDI

R.V. DYKES 11-26-1902 to 5-11-1904
*S/of C.C. & L.B. Dykes

Infant ETHRIDGE 1-20-1901 *S/of W.M. & S.A. Ethridge

JESSIE FRISBY 1860 - 1881
*small cement marker / No names or dates/ between Jessie Frisby & Charity Watkins

EDITH GREEN 5-1-1878 to 11-15-1893
*D/of J.E. & E. J. Green "She sleeps in Jesus"

GEORGE H. GREEN 8-16-1884 to 4-10-1923 'Mason'
*H/of Madie Murray Green *Madie's 2nd husband was John A. Nelson
"Twas hard to give thee up But Thy will O God, be done"

G. SIDNEY GREEN 8-2-1870 to 9-2-1897
"Called Higher"

G. W. GREEN 12-4-1848 to 8-3-1919

E. M. GREEN 2-9-1857 to 9-25-1913
*Wf/of G. W. Green "I love my children too well not to punish them when needed"

J. E. GREEN 3-22-1843 to 12-22-1930
"There Is No Parting In Heaven"

ELIZABETH J. d: 7-21-1918 *Wf/of J.E. Green
*calculated birth Oct 21, 1846 Age 71 yrs- 9 mos "At Rest"

J. R. "BOB" GREEN 5-28-1872 to 12-11-1956

JAMES MONROE GRIFFIN 11-19-1857 to 8-26-1946
"Father" "Your Memory Is Dear To Us"

MATTIE A. GRIFFIN 12-26-1867 to 2-10-1930
*Wf/of J.M. Griffin "Gone, but not forgotten"

JOHN M. GRIFFIN 11-7-1895 to 2-10-1920

T. D. GRIFFIN 9-10-1917 to 9-26-1917

TOM D. GRIFFIN 11-30-1893 to 7-26-1980
& EMMA A. GRIFFIN 11-12-1892 to 7-31-1972
"The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want"

ARIA BELL HAM 10-20-1898 to 8-20-1900
"Such as these are the Kingdom of Heaven"

Infant S/of Mr. & Mrs. R.D. HAM 1-25-1915
"Such as these are the kingdom of Heaven"

MARY JANE HAM 12-29-1896 to 9-15-1897
"Such as these are the Kingdom of Heaven"
*Small cement marker with MJC on top; located between Mary Jane Ham & James S. & Mary Jane Coleman

RUBEN D. HAM 8-18-1864 to 7-19-1931
& ELIZABETH HAM 2-5-1873 to 8-28-1951
"They Gave Their Today For Our Tomorrow"

WILLIAM AYLMER HAM 11-25-1912 to 2-13-1976
"His Memory is Blessed"

FRANKIE HAMILTON 8-21-1943 to 12-28-2000
*Cremated. She has a small marker at the foot of the Connell graves.

MARY MELINDA HAMMOND d: 3-22-1865
*D/of G.W. & N.C. Hammond
*calculated birth date 2-12-1861 *Aged 4 yrs-1 mo-10 days
"Beautiful in life and in death, but still more _________?"
*Please note I have spelled Hammond / Hammons the way it appears on the tombstone.

G. W. HAMMONS 4-15-1818 to 10-4-1911
*Age 93 yrs-5 mos-11 dys

Wife, NANCY C. HAMMONS 11-4-1835 to 11-27-1926
"Rest mother, rest in quiet sleep, while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep"
*Small cement marker /

No names or dates / between G.W. Hammons & Mathew Andrew Morrison
*Small cement marker /
No names or dates/ next to fence near Nancy C. Hammons

LEMUEL RICHARD HAMMONS 4-2-1868 to 10-2-1905 *WOW
Infant ? Harbin or Rubin b & d 12-10-1952

JACK JOHNSON 8-28-1913 to 10-7-2002 Columbia Co.,AR
& PAULINE MORRISON JOHNSON 11-12-1918 to 10-10-1982
"Until we meet again to part no more"

WAYNE E. JOHNSON 1930 to 2009
*MM Lewis Funeral Home

WALLACE D. McBRIDE (87) burial 2-1-2008 ? may be in Prescott *OB

LETCHER McKINNEY 2-14-1884 to 11-14-1888
*S/of W. H. & Rosa McKinney

CARL LEE MORRISON 10-18-1888 to 9-22-1963
"The Lord Is My Shepherd"
& ELLA MAE MORRISON 4-23-1894 to 5-29-1874

Infant MORRISON two infant graves.No dates & no names

JAMES ANDREW MORRISON 11-1-1862 to 11-2-1938
& ALLIE BURNSIDE MORRISON 9-14-1869 to 10-24-1966
" Resting in Hope of a Glorious Resurrection"

MATHEW ANDREW MORRISON 3-10-1894 to 6-7-1923
"Weep not father and mother for me, For I am waiting in glory for thee"

HENRY F. MURRAY 6-6-1872 to 8-10-1950
& MARY A. MURRAY 9-13-1875 to 10-26-1936
"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

Baby HARBIN MURRAY No dates

LIZZIE ADA MURRAY 11-3-1884 to 8-10-1905
*Wf/of J. H. Murray *Stone broken

GEORGE HERBERT GREEN NELSON 8-17-1913 to 2-15-1921
*Son of John A. & Madie Green Nelson "Now Lay Me Down To Sleep I Pray Lord My Soul To Keep"
* This grave in very back southwest corner of cemetery
* There are only 3 scattered graves in this area.

JAMES E. NEVELS 2-24-1847 to 8-15-1899
& AMANDA KELLY NEVELS 4-21-1841 to 10-25-1899

HAMP J. NORRIS 10-24-1888 to 8-7-1946
& PEARL R. MORRISON NORRIS 11-11-1893 to 2-20-1945

DONALD "PIP" PIPPEN 8-6-1942 to 7-19-2004
*Md:2/1/1963 "Know Jesus Christ"
& BARBARA JUNE DUGAL PIPPEN 6-3-1943 (One date)

LLOYD EDWARD SMART 5-12-1919 to 6-18-1982
& SULA MORRISON SMART 9-24-1929 (One date)

ROBERT "BOB" SMART 4-7-1951 to 1-1-2011
*Three markers, one is a MM from Proctor Service.

JAMES H. SMITH 6-13-1846 to 10-11-1919 'Mason'
"Asleep In Jesus"

L. D. SMITH 12-2-1899 to 12-5-1917
"Asleep in Jesus"

BELLE BAKER STALLINGS 8-9-1897 to 3-21-1970
"Tender mother and faithful friend"

ALBERT C. TAYLOR 4-19-1888 to 10-3-1894
*S/of W.J. & S.A. Taylor "Called Higher"
*This grave in very back southwest corner of cemetery.
There are only 3 scattered graves in this area.

Infant twin sons of Lee & Geneva TORRENCE b: & d: 9-14-1902
"Children are the keys of Paradise"

JAMES LAFAYETTE TORRENCE 12-25-1899 to 8-16-1908
"Son"

SARAH ELIZA TORRENCE 8-5-1841 to 2-4-1880
"Each duty done, she rests in peace"

THOMAS LEE TORRENCE 10-31-1869 to 12-9-1936
& GENEVA ELIZABETH TORRENCE 3-28-1872 to 5-12-1962

CHARITY E. WATKINS 5-20-1864 to 7-20-1916
*Wf/of J.R. Watkins "Gone but not forgotten"
*Small cement marker /

No names or dates between Charity E. Watkins & Baxter Teese Bass
*Small cement marker /
No names or dates between Jesse Frisby & Charity E. Watkins

"Mother" ADDIE LEE WILSON 1-5-1887 to 10-15-1944
"A Loyal Wife and A Faithful Mother"

* small cement marker / No name or dates / next to Addie Lee Wilson

ANNIE WILSON 1-19-1955 to 12-26-1960
*D/of Embry Wilson "What A Difference You Made In Our Live's"
*Located next to Annie Wilson are two unknowns: Her marker & other 2 amidst Iris's.

*A small flat concrete marker with no info on it.
* Next to small cement marker is an old Mortuary Marker with all info gone from it
* The above two unknown markers along the west side of fence, that runs parallel with the road.

DANIEL PATRICK WILSON 1870 to 1959

ERNEST VINES WILSON 12-19-1912 to 3-15-1938
"Farewell until we meet again"

LIZZIE WILTCHER 7-30-1868 to 11-26-1910
*Wf/of T. I. or J. L. Wiltcher
"Though thou art gone Fond memry ?___ To ?___hed"
* This grave in the very back southwest corner of cemetery.
There are only 3 scattered graves in this area. Lizzie's headstone almost impossible to read.

JESSIE OLEN WOODALL 10-30-1904 to 3-30-1989
*U.S. Army WW II

ROBERT WOODALL 8-16-1876 to 1-13-1957
& LIZZIE WOODALL 4-18-1882 to 8-1-1921

MILLARD H. WOODALL 7-18-1906 to 12-22-1967
*Arkansas Pfc. U.S. Army WW II

GEORGE W. WOODS 8-11-1893 to 11-3-1979
*Md:10/6/1923 *US Army "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want"
& GRACE MURRAY WOODS 9-10-1899 to 7-23-1979

MALCOLM VERNON WOODS "CATS" 1-15-1928 to 10-13-2005
*SGT US Army-Korea "Rest In Peace"

RICHARD (RICKY) M. WOODS 5-7-1954 to 6-9-1993
"Your Memory Is Dear To Us"

cemetery entrance cemetery sign
 
Older photo looking north toward building & parking area.
Out of sight but to the left, runs Caney Creek Road.
cemetery entrance