Fredonia Methodist Church & Cemetery

FREDONIA METHODIST CHURCH & CEMETERY

EST. ca 1887

This cemetery is located southwest of El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.

The cemetery is well maintained. The church is in front with the cemetery behind it.

First surveyed November 18, 2002. Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com

Updated February 24, 2005 / from obits May 2006/ June 2009 New survey October 2011.

*Last update April 2019.

**ob info from obituary

**WOW : Woodman of the World marker

** Use of the symbol "&" indicates a double headstone

** Some birth or death dates completed using the Social Security Death Index * SSDI

**Some deaths from Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950 *ARDI

ARAH C. BAKER b & d 1899

*D/of Alfred Edward Baker(1874-1937) & Margaret Jane Thornton Baker(1874-1958)

EARL OGDEN L. BAKER 8-11-1911 to 3-4-1997

*S/of Felix Bertworth Baker(1881-1961) & Cora Francis Wyatt Baker McClellan(1883-1955)

"God Is Perfect In His Love"

SALLIE FRANCES JUSTISS BAKER 9-4-1912 to 7-1-1984

*D/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1872-1942) & Emma R. Moore Justiss(1878-1952)

"A Precious Wife, Mother and Friend"

EDWARD EARL BAKER (76) 11-25-1937 to 3-27-2014*OB

*S/of Earl Ogden L. Baker(1911-1997) & Sallie Frances Justiss Baker(1912-1984)

& ALICE M. BYRD BAKER 12-9-1940 (One date)

EDWARD KEITH BAKER 8-3-1961 (One date)

& MARCUS A. BAKER 12-30-1969 (One date)

SARAH FRANCES BAKER(77) 6-3-1939 to 7-15 2016 *OB

*D/of Earl Ogden L. Baker(1911-1997) & Sallie Francis Justiss Baker(1912-1984)

*RN Navy Nurse Corps Reserve, Lt. Commander

(Many degrees-plus a very varied list of places she worked as an RN- also worked as

a special education teacher in the Dallas school system; worked a lot with the handicapped

& camps for crippled children.)

Two BAKER Funeral Home Markers, with no other info.

DORTHY PENNINGTON BASKIN 1-17-1929 to 10-24-2000

*D/of John William Pennington(1899-1963) & Julia Edith Moore Pennington(1902-1971)

*Wf/of Travis Jennings Baskin (1931-1996)

*Bailey MM

MAGGIE M. BIRD 4-8-1877 to 9-14-1890

*D/of Thomas Haywood Bird & N. E. Bird

"A Precious one from us has gone. A voice we loved is

stilled. A place is vacant in our home Which can never be filled."

THOMAS HAYWOOD BIRD 9-6-1845 GA to 4-26-1927

& LIZZIE SWANSON BIRD 2-2-1848 GA to 9-21-1926

"A tender father and mother and faithful friends."

GEORGE TIMOTHY BRITT, II 5-3-1979 to 4-23-1980

"Our Precious Son" *Grandson of Edward Earl Baker(1937-2014)

R. KIMBERLY BAKER BRITT 3-15-1960 (One date)

MARY ELIZABETH SEWELL CLARK 7-29-1910 to 12-16-2005

*D/of Noah Franklin Sewell(1881-1965) & Trudie Valora Sessoms Sewell(1882-1962)

"Our Loving Mother"

Two CURTIS burials with Funeral Home markers and no other info.

*Still there in October 2011.

EUGENE DEPAUW 1-3-1916 TX to 5-25-2000 LA

*S/of James Martin De Pauw(1878-1954) & Annie Elizabeth Cockrell De Pauw(1881-1947)

*Md: 9/14/1942 Dora Margie Emerson *World War II ~ U.S. Navy

"Our Beloved Mother and Father"

& DORA MARGIE EMERSON DEPAUW(95)11-5-1918 to 8-30-2014 *OB

"Maggie" *D/of Carl C. Emerson(1882-1967) & Mattie Powledge Emerson (1880-1967)

RALPH A. “RUSTY” DUMAS 1-31-1924 to 8-8-1991

*Md: 5/15/1943 MAJ US Air Force *World War II- Korea

& SHIRLEY VALORA SEWELL DUMAS(93) 3-2-1923 to 11-4-2016 *OB

*Died in Tyler, Texas. *D/of Alvin Clement Sewell(1884-1963) & Ivy Phillips Sewell(1888-1971)

*Shirley graduated from Mt. Holly high school as Valedictorian.

*(Top of this headstone says EMERSON ~ LANDERS)

GASKELL CAMP EMERSON 9-2-1887 to 7-24-1958

*World War I AR SGT Co D 344 Machine Gun B

& ESSIE SEWELL EMERSON 1-3-1907 to 7-21-1999

*D/of Noah Franklin Sewell(1881-1965) & Trudie Valora Sessoms Sewell(1882-1962)

JOE MARTIN EMERSON 11-4-1909 to 6-19-1918

*S/of Carl C. Emerson(1882-1967) & Martha "Mattie" Powledge Emerson (1880-1967)

"Weep not father and mother for me. For I am waiting in Heaven for thee."

LULA B. EMERSON 11-21-1902 to 1-11-1903

*Infant d/of Carl C. Emerson(1882-1967) & Martha "Mattie" Powledge Emerson(1880-1967)

MARTHA "MATTIE BELLE" POWLEDGE EMERSON

1-20-1880 to 5-8-1967

*D/of Jacob Martin Powledge(1852-1933) & Mary Ellen Fuller Powledge(1849-1910)

*Wife of Carl Emerson "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep"

VIRGIL B. EMERSON 7-27-1900 to 8-14-1900

& MIRRIAM REGINA EMERSON 1-25-1896 to 7-7-1901

*Children of T.J. & Ida Justiss Emerson (together on same headstone)

WILLIE RUTH EMERSON

*Headstone illegible…..the name is barely readable.

CHARLOTTE RENEE BISHOP FIELDER(60)

3-16-1958 to 12-27-2018

*Born~ Camden, AR to Barbara Taunton Bishop & the late Billy Edward Bishop *OB

*Graduate of El Dorado H.S./ Loved singing & traveling with Westside Youth Group

on choir tours all over the country.

*Gr Daughter of the late Ray & Nettilene Taunton & Rev. Mark & Laura Bishop.

*Survived by her husband, William Michael Fielder.

GASCAL FIELDER 8-15-1916 to 3-2-1917

*S/of Olin Fielder (1893-1927) & Loamie Elizabeth Edwards Fielder (1892-1962)

JAMES MONROE FIELDER 2-2-1860 to 3-16-1902

& LEON EMERSON FIELDER 10-17-1869 to 1-29-1961

*D/of William O. Emerson (1842-1911) & *1^st wife, Ann E. Morgan Emerson

(Md:1865 Union Co, AR)

JERRY DON FIELDER (53) 3-2-1959 to 6-15-2012 SC (Cancer-*OB)

*S/of William A. "Bill" Fielder & Billie Paxton Fielder

JOSEPH EARL FIELDER 3-20-1901 to 1-10-1919

*S/of James Monroe Fielder(1860-1902) & Leon Emerson Fielder(1869-1961)

"Thy trials ended. Thy Rest Is Won."

MYRA CATHERINE LEDBETTER FIELDER 7-13-1898 to 7-18-1926

*D/of James Stacy Ledbetter(1848-1904) & Sarah Louvenia Peace Ledbetter(1861-1927)

*1^st wife of William Sellers Fielder (1889-1983) "She was the sunshine of our home"

OLIN FIELDER 11-20-1893 to 4-21-1927

*S/of James Monroe Fielder(1860-1902) & Leon Emerson Fielder(1869-1961)

& LOAMIE ELIZABETH EDWARDS FIELDER 5-14-1892 to 1-7-1962

"Thy Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star To Heaven"

PAUL PORTER FIELDER 6-7-1897 to 4-29-1900

*Speculation: May have been son of >

*S/of James Monroe Fielder(1860-1902) & Leon Emerson Fielder(1869-1961)

"Weep not, he is at rest."

WILLIAM A. FIELDER 5-12-1933 to (One date)

*Md:5/19/1955 *USMC *Children: Robert, Jerry, Michael

& BILLIE PAXTON FIELDER 8-27-1937 (One date)

*D/of Lester Lee Paxton(1915-1970) & Catherine Staggs Paxton(1919-2007)

*Children: Robert, Jerry, Michael

WILLIAM SELLERS FIELDER 9-26-1889 LA to 7-15-1983

*S/of James Monroe Fielder(1860-1902) & Leon Emerson Fielder(1869-1961)

*Spouses: *1^st Myra Catherine Ledbetter (1898-1926) *2^nd Mary Elizabeth Wilson (1908-1985)

& MARY ELIZABETH WILSON FIELDER 8-20-1908 to 9-19-1985

*D/of Andrew Marcellus Wilson(1870-1961) & Mary Ella Mason Wilson(1873-1912)

*2^nd wife of William Sellers Fielder "In Loving Memory"

BONNIE SUE JUSTISS GHETTI 5-10-1931 to 10-11-2009

*D/of David Mark Justiss(1905-1985) & Madeline C. Griffith Justiss(1907-1996)

*Died in Christ October 11, 2009 "Rest In Peace"

VERINNIAH "LAVINA" BARTON JUSTISS GRAY

1813 GA to 11-19-1895 *Age 82 yrs

"Lavina" mother of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903)

*See listing under "JUSTISS" also.

DONALD LEE GRIFFIN 9-24-1937 to 12-10-1999

*S/of Lee Farrish Griffin(1908-1967) & Sadie P. Stephens Griffin(1901-1999)

*Md:10/19/1963 *US Army "Precious Memories"

& VALORA SEWELL GRIFFIN 5-27-1938 (One date)

*D/of Joseph F. Sewell(1908-1983) & Ada Frances Thurkill Sewell(1910-1940)

*Valora's mother, Ada died when she was only 2 yrs old.

*JosephF. Sewell then md: 2^nd wife in 1940, Clara Pepper (1918-2002)

ESTELLE JUSTISS HARRELL 11-14-1905 to 2-18-1985

*Benjamin Franklin Justiss(1875-1962)& Fannie Tatum Justiss(1876-1966)

"Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit"

GARY FRANCIS HARRELL 2-25-1940 (One date)

*S/of Estelle Justiss Harrell(1905-1985)

BILLIE G. HENSLEY 7-17-1927 (One date)

*H/of Sarah Frances Baker

& SARAH FRANCES BAKER HENSLEY 6-3-1939 (One date)

*D/of Earl Ogden Baker(1911-1997) & Sallie Frances Justiss Baker(1912-1984)

ANN RUSSELL HUFFMAN (No dates)

JERRY HUFFMAN (No dates)

INFANT B & D 8-20-1908 "Blessed are the early dead"

JONES FAMILY PLOT Marker

"Here In Quietness They Fade, Here In Peace, Sweet Peace So Deep.

Here In Resurrection's Hope, Here In God Our Loved Ones Sleep."

FRANK HILL JONES 5-13-1904 to 5-23-1981 (Mason)

*S/of Franklin Hill Jones(1875-1904) & Mary Ila Crawford Jones(1876-1934)

& DELLA JUSTISS JONES 7-7-1908 to 11-9-1992 TX

*Benjamin Franklin Justiss(1875-1962) & Fannie Tatum Justiss(1876-1966)

ALTUS C. JUSTISS 12-23-1888 to 7-28-1907

*S/of Gideon H. Justiss(1862-1917) & Willie Gertrude McCleskey Justiss(1866-1950)

& ELMO JUSTISS 9-15-1891 to 9-23-1909

*s/of Gideon H. Justiss(1862-1917) & Willie Gertrude McCleskey Justiss(1866-1950)

(on same obelisk)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JUSTISS 3-7-1875 to 8-18-1962

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

"He Kept The Faith"

FANNIE TATUM JUSTISS 3-10-1876 to 2-15-1966

*D/of John Tatum(1841-1906) & Mary F. Wesson Tatum(1844-1883)

"She Kept The Faith"

CLARENCE DECAB JUSTISS Jan 1881 to 4-14-1939

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

*Year of birth/death only info on tombstone. "Await, dearly beloved the ultimate reunion"

LAURA E. SCOTT JUSTISS 9-16-1884 to Jan 1968

*D/of David Scott(1840-1907) & Nancy J. Ainsworth Scott(1847-1929)

*Year of birth/death only info on tombstone. "At Rest"

Little (C. D.) CLARENCE DECAB JUSTISS, JR.

1-25-1925 to 5-18-1925

D/of David Mark Justiss(1905-1985) & Madeline C. Griffith Justiss(1907-1996)

"Sleep on sweet babe, and take thy rest, God called thee home he thought it best"

DAVID MARK JUSTISS, SR. 7-21-1905 to 8-25-1985

*S/of Clarence Decab Justiss(1881-1939) & Laura E. Scott Justiss(1884-1968) "At Rest"

& MADELINE C. GRIFFITH JUSTISS 4-25-1907 to 7-21-1996

*Wf/of David Mark Justiss, Sr. "At Rest"

DAVID MARK JUSTISS, JR. 8-9-1927 to 2-10-1991

*D/of David Mark Justiss(1905-1985) & Madeline C. Griffith Justiss(1907-1996)

*DSC U.S. Navy~World War II & Korea photo on headstone.

"Beloved father, husband, son and brother"

EDWARD C. JUSTISS 4-11-1861 to 1-29-1895

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

*Aged 34 yr, 9 mos, 18 dys.

EMMA R. MOORE JUSTISS 4-17-1878 to 10-12-1952

*D/of Aaron John Moore(1824-1902) & Sarah V. Alderson Moore(1847-1905)

*2^nd wife of Marcus Dee Justiss (1872-1942)

*Rest Is Thine; Sweet Remembrance Ours."

GIDEON H. JUSTISS 12-19-1862 to 4-10-1917 *WOW

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

"He died as he lived a Christian"

WILLIE GERTRUDE McCLESKY JUSTISS 6-17-1866 GA to 7-25-1950

*Wf/of Gideon H. Justiss

MARCUS DEE JUSTISS 9-24-1834 to 10-24-1903

*S/of Verinniah "Lavina" Barton Justiss Gray(1813-1895)

& FRANCIS FOY POWLEDGE JUSTISS 12-5-1837GA to 2-5-1929

"The Twilight Gates Are Open Wide, Within Lies Eternal Peace."

MARCUS DEE JUSTISS 3-27-1872 to 5-6-1942

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

*Spouses: *1^st wife, Sarah Jane "Janie" Scott (1877-1905) *2^nd Emma R. Moore (1878-1952)

"He Has Left Us A Most Noble Example"

SARAH JANE "JANIE" SCOTT JUSTISS 12-2-1877 to 6-29-1905

*D/of David Scott(1840-1907) & Nancy J. Ainsworth Scott (1847-1929)

*1^st Wife of Marcus Dee Justiss

MICHAL L. JUSTISS (60) 7-28-1952 to 1-23-2013

*S/of ‘Tommy’ Bulus Justiss(1929-2017) & Billie Mae Blackard Justiss(1930-2016)

*Spouses: *1st wife, *Md:5/5/1973 Rhonda Lee Justiss *2^nd wife Sherry

& RHONDA LEE JUSTISS 11-24-1954 to 12-20-1998

"Earth's Cry – Heaven's Smile" *1^st wife of Michael L. Justiss

SALLIE RUBIE JUSTISS 1-25-1895 to 7-27-1899

*D/of Gideon H. Justiss(1862-1917) & Willie Gertrude McCleskey Justiss(1866-1950)

THOMAS “TOMMY” BULUS JUSTISS(87) 6-26-1929 to 1-8-2017 *OB

*S/of David Mark Justiss(1905-1985) & Madeline Griffith Justiss(1907-1996)

*US Navy~ World War II

BILLIE MAE BLACKARD JUSTISS(85) 10-13-1930 to 4-27-2016 *OB

*D/of William Blackard & Bertie Mae Holiday Blackard

*Husband, Thomas Bulus Justiss

VERINNIAH "LAVINA" BARTON JUSTISS GRAY

1813 GA to 11-19-1895 *Age 82 yrs

"Lavina" mother of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903)

WILL EDD JUSTISS 11-29-1915 to 4-15-1921

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1872-1942) & Emma R. Moore Justiss(1878-1952)

"From Mother's Arms to the Arms of Jesus"

WILLIAM M. JUSTISS 10-29-1857 to 11-20-1909

*S/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

& JANE DAVIES "JEN" McFADDEN JUSTISS

3-31-1870 to 6-10-1934

*D/of Eleanor McFadden (1840-1902 buried Hickory Springs Cemetery) & I.D. McFadden

"I Go To Prepare A Place For You. That Where I Am There Ye May Be Also"

WILLIAM LODDY LaGRONE 3-10-1896 to 7-7-1980

*S/of Finis Ewing LaGrone(1873-1925) & Ravchel Ozella Ann Mason LaGrone(1879-1970)

*Md:12/16/1916 "Thy Memory Shall Ever Be A Guiding Star To Heaven"

& MARY ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" KENNEDY LaGRONE

6-5-1898 to 11-10-1973

ESSIE A. SEWELL EMERSON (LANDERS) 1-3-1907 to 7-21-1999

*D/of Noah Franklin Sewell(1881-1965) & Trudie Valora Sessoms Sewell(1882-1962)

*See listing for Essie, wife of Gaskell C. Emerson.

JIMMY L. LEE 12-27-1943 (One date)

*H/of Barbara DePauw

& BARBARA DEPAUW LEE 10-24-1946 to 2-2-2004

*D/of Eugene DePauw & Dora Margie 'Maggie" Emerson DePauw

"Loving Wife, Mother, and Grandmother"

OBIE CARL LEE 10-6-1921 to 4-29-2001

*Md:3/1/1941 *PVT US Army~World War II

& LUDELL JACO LEE (90) 9-4-1925 MS to 2-15-2016

*D/of John G. Jaco & Martha Sanders Jaco

ROBERT COLUMBUS LEE 3-5-1925 to 10-1-2004

*S/of William Hartwell Lee (1902-1976)

*Md: 5/25/1945

"I Have Loved You With An Everlasting Love." JER. 31:3

& BERTHA McKINNON LEE (84) 11-12-1927 to 12-1-2011 *ob

*D/of Jesse Franklin McKinnon & Mary Esther Emerson McKinnon.

"Blessed Are Those Who Put Their Trust In Him" PS. 2:12

ABBIE L. POWLEDGE MASON 12-20-1882 GA to 2-15-1966

*D/of Jacob Martin Powledge(1852-1933) & Mary Ellen Fuller Powledge(1849-1910)

*Md: 4/29/1918 Union Co., AR - Jesse Albert Mason (1880-1944) buried Hopewell Baptist Cem.

"Resting In Peace"

REED VINSON MASON 11-19-1923 to 12-17-1997

*S/of Jesse Albert Mason(1880-1944) & Abbie L. Powledge Mason(1882-1966)

*Md:1/17/1947 "A Life Like Theirs Has Left A Record Sweet For Memory To Dwell Upon"

& ODELL DeLOACH MASON(92) 3-22-1927 to 5-15-2019 *ob

*D/of Olling L. DeLoach(1896-1937) & Effie Mills DeLoach(1900-1968)

*Odell was born in El Dorado, AR & died in Longview, TX

"Father and Mother of Calvin V. Mason"

JAMES FRANKLIN McCLESKEY 3-4-1833 GA to 9-8-1913

*S/of Asenath "Seiney" Smith(1808-1887) & Thaddeus Henderson McCleskey (1806-1854)

*Spouses: *Md: 1^st abt. 1855 Amanda Reed (6/3/1829 to 11/21/1856)

*Amanda D/of Joel B. Reed & Mary Chambers Reed;

*Amanda buried Mountain Park, Cobb Co. GA, in Kemp Cemetery

*2^nd wife,(ca 1857 Cobb Co. GA) Susan Gresham (ca 1836-1858) *D/of Wm. & Mary Gresham

*Died age 22 yrs - buried Holly Sprgs Cem., Cobb Co.,GA

*3^rd wife, Sarah Ann Fowler(1840-1925) *Md:4/4/1860 Cobb Co., GA

& SARAH ANN "SALLIE" FOWLER McCLESKEY

5-8-1840 to 5-1-1925

*D/of James Fowler(1793-1858) & Susan Gault Fowler

OSCAR CONRAD McCLESKEY 1877 to 12-24-1942

*S/of James Franklin McCleskey(1833-1913) & Sarah Ann Fowler McCleskey(1840-1925)

*Spouses: *1^st wife, Lula Maude Mitchell (1883-1909) buried Harris Cemetery, Union Co.,AR

*Lula Maude Mitchell was md: *1^st to John Harris (1874-1901)

MARY LUCINDY "MOLLY"HUBBARD McCLESKEY 1877 to 1953

*2^nd wife, Molly Hubbard md:in 1910, Oscar Colquitte (Conrad) McCleskey

*Mother of three: Lillian Elva(1905-1910)-Orby Conrad(1908-1984)-Infant son McCleskey(1909-1909)

WADE HARRIS McCOLLUM 2-28-1901 to 11-1-1990

*S/of Margaret Elizabeth Jackson(1878-1948) & Robert Jones McCollum(1868-1936)

*Md:11/15/1936 "Mason"

& MELLE ELIZABETH SEWELL McCOLLUM

11-17-1905 to 7-2-2000

*D/of George P. Sewell(1867-1942) & Lena G. Bird Sewell(1871-1956)

CALVIN S. McDANIEL 1885 to 10-22-1936 *ARDI

(Marker not found in 1999) “Alvin”

CLIFTON (C.B.) BRANTLEY McDANIEL 11-11-1907 to 7-23-1944

*Clifton Brantley is buried at Rest Haven Gardens- he shares a triple marker with

Alvin Spencer McDaniel & Mattie Sue Meeks McDaniel

CARLYN EMERSON McDANIEL 5-31-1912 to 6-5-1935

*D/of Carl C. Emerson(1882-1967) & Martha 'Mattie' Powledge Emerson(1880-1967)

*Wf/of Clifton B. McDaniel "Her life an ideal – her memory an inspiration."

JESSE FRANKLIN McKINNON 3-10-1903 to 5-25-1987

*S/of Walter Pierce McKinnon(1879-1963) & Mary Ellen Cottrell McKinnon(1879-1933)

*Md:12/24/1925 "More Than A Conqueror Through Christ Jesus Who Loved Us"

& MARY ESTHER EMERSON McKINNON 5-13-1905 to 1-20-1992

*D/of Carl C. Emerson(1882-1967) & Martha"Mattie" Powledge Emerson(1880-1967)

JAMES CARL MILLER 2-21-1903 to 3-10-1976 *Wife, Frances

*S/of Joseph Andrew Miller(1872-1958) & Millie Lou Hogue Miller(1877-1923)

& FRANCES JUSTISS MILLER 12-9-1902 to 3-8-1976

*D/of William M. Justiss(1857-1909) & Jane Davies McFadden Justiss (1870-1934)

AUGUSTUS T. MORGAN, JR. 9-4-1870 to 11-14-1932

*S/of Augustus T. Morgan Sr.(1836-1897) & Sophronia Trowbridge Morgan(1837-1899)

"At Rest" *Md:4/8/1894 Union Co.,AR Edna Francis Powledge

EDNA FRANCIS POWLEDGE MORGAN 8-15-1877 to 7-5-1949

*D/of Philip Martin Powledge(1852-1918) & Nancy Elizabeth Means Powledge(1854-1938)

"At Rest" *Md:4/8/1894 Union Co.,AR Augustus T. Morgan, Jr.

CLEAVLAND MORGAN B & D 2-8-1890 (Child)

"Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."

EZEKIEL HUNTER MORGAN 6-13-1874 to 5-9-1942

*S/of Seeborn C. Morgan(1830-1878) & Isabella A. Hutchinson Morgan (1832-1880)

"One Worthy Of Remembrance."

Infant MORGAN b & d 9-2-1923

*D/of M.L. & Vera Morgan

(J.C.) JOHN C. MORGAN 1-4-1857 to 1-19-1943

*S/of Seeborn C. Morgan(1830-1878) & Isabella A. Hutchinson Morgan (1832-1880)

"One Worthy Of Remembrance"

MARY O. EVANS MORGAN 9-19-1855 to 7-26-1912 "Mother"

*D/of J.M. Evans(1830-1911) & Sarah C. Evans(1834-1902)

*Md: 1/19/1882, Columbia Co., AR~ John C. Morgan(1857-1943)

"Her life an ideal her memory an inspiration."

LORENE MORGAN 12-1-1910 to 4-4-1911 "Daughter"

*This fair sweet flower in paradise will bloom."

MARY F. DELLA JUSTISS MORGAN 8-30-1869 to 8-29-1893

*D/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge Justiss(1837-1929)

(23 yrs-11 mos-28 dys) *Wf/of Robert S. Morgan *Md:2/14/1889 Union County, AR

*Robert S. Morgan remarried 8/8/1897 in Union Co., AR Cordelia O'bannion

OTIS ODELL MORGAN 2-29-1892 to 1-29-1976

*S/of Mary F. Della Justiss(1869-1893) & Robert S. Morgan

ROSS MORGAN 2-1-1907 to 7-14-1907 "Son"

"An angel visited the green earth and took a flower away."

VERA RUPLE MORGAN 2-9-1901 to 11-19-1925 "Mother"

*D/of Jacob H. Ruple(1846-1910) & Laura Eugenia Shockley Ruple(1853-1931)

*Md: 8/5/1922, Union Co., AR M.L. Morgan

"Death is but the portal of eternal life."

Infant d/of M.L. & VERA MORGAN B & D 9-2-1923

"Suffer little children to come unto me."

WALLACE AUGUSTUS MORGAN 12-17-1903 to 9-30-1988

*S/of Augustus T. Morgan(1836-1897) & Sophronia Morgan(1837-1899)

*Md:10/24/1937 'LOVE'

& LORAINE BYRAM MORGAN 6-3-1912 to 2-9-2005

*Wife of Wallace Augustus Morgan

WILLIAM L. MORGAN 10-27-1866 to 5-20-1933 "Brother"

*S/of Seeborn C. Morgan(1830-1878) & Isabella A. Hutchinson Morgan (1832-1880)

"No laborer is sad to end the toilsome day."

CLEMENT POWLEDGE 1910-1911

"Children Are The Keys of Paradise"

DAVID M. POWLEDGE 5-17-1907 to Jan 1984 *SSDI

*S/of John Robert Powledge(1881-1959) & Lena May Scott Powledge(1881-1931)

*Year of birth / death only dates on tombstone.

& THELMA M. POWLEDGE 1913 to 1993

*Shares a double headstone with David M. Powledge

(8-25-1914 to Dec 1993 *SSDI) *Year of birth / death only dates on tombstone.

DORA ANN POWLEDGE 8-11-1878 to 1-26-1965

*D/of Jacob Martin Powledge(1852-1933) & Mary Ellen Fuller Powledge(1849-1910)

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

EFFIE LEE AUBREY POWLEDGE 2-24-1885 to 2-21-1920

*2^nd wife to Franklin Wilkerson Powledge(1875-1947)

& Infant POWLEDGE daughter b & d 2-24-1919

"She was the sunshine of our home"

FRANKLIN WILKERSON POWLEDGE 7-31-1875 GA to 4-4-1947

*S/of Jacob Martin Powledge(1852-1933) & Mary Ellen Fuller Powledge(1849-1910) *ARDI

& LULA EMERSON JUSTISS POWLEDGE 3-8-1873 to 1911 AR

*D/of Thomas Camp Emerson(1846-1888) & Georgia Ann Va. Mahon Emerson(1845-1883)

*Spouses: *1^st Edward C. Justiss(1861-1895) *2^nd Franklin Wilkerson Powledge(1875-1947)

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

G. RUSH POWLEDGE 12-8-1868 to 3-9-1939 "Uncle"

*S/of George F. Powledge(1829-1914) *Md:2/12/1852 Mary A. Prickett, Meriwether Co.,GA

*Both Born In Meriwether Co., Georgia " His Memory Is Blessed"

HUGH MARTIN POWLEDGE 7-24-1875 to 4-23-1959

*S/of Philip Martin Powledge(1852-1918) & Nancy Elizabeth Means Powledge(1854-1938)

& LUCY CINDA RODGERS POWLEDGE 9-5-1879 to 7-4-1965

Infant POWLEDGE 8-15-1906 to 8-20-1906

*Parents Hugh & Lucy Powledge

Infant POWLEDGE b & d 10-18-1905

*Child of Hugh & Lucy Powledge

Infant POWLEDGE b & d 1921

*D/of W.F. & Anna Powledge

"Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"

IRMA HEATH POWLEDGE 12-7-1903 to 9-30-1923

*D/of Thomas Jefferson Heath(1880-1934) & Nannie Lee Ozmer Heath(1881-1942)

*Md:1925 Union Co.,AR ~ Glen P. Powledge(1902-1986) buried at Arlington Memorial Park

*Irma Heath was Glen's *1^st wife.

JACOB MARTIN POWLEDGE 10-16-1852 GA to 3-13-1933

*S/of George F. Powledge(1829-1914) *Md:2/12/1852 Mary A. Prickett, Meriwether Co.,GA

*Both Born In Meriwether Co., Georgia

& MARY ELLEN FULLER POWLEDGE 11-4-1849 GA to 4-18-1910

*D/of Jones W. Fuller (1825-1893) & Elvira Davis Fuller(1828-1895)

"Thy memory shall ever be a guiding star to Heaven"

JOHN ROBERT POWLEDGE 6-23-1881 to 9-5-1959

*S/of Philip Martin Powledge(1852-1918) & Nancy E. Means Powledge(1854-1938)

& LENA MAY SCOTT POWLEDGE 1881 to 8-5-1931 *ARDI

*D/of David Scott(1840-1907) & Nancy J. Ainsworth Scott(1847-1929)

*Wf/of John Robert Powledge

PHILIP MARTIN POWLEDGE 9-13-1852 to 12-1-1918

*S/of John M. Powledge(1796-1880) & Francis W. Foy Powledge(1810-1876)

& NANCY ELIZABETH MEANS POWLEDGE 8-14-1854 to

4-7-1938 *Nancy buried originally at Jolley Chapel Cemetery - Union Co.,AR

(El Dorado Times July-Sept 1984 -Mildred Watkins' column)

WILLIE RUTH POWLEDGE 12-29-1891 to 1-22-1900

*D/of Jacob Martin Powledge(1852-1933) & Mary Ellen Fuller Powledge(1849-1910)

RUTH SEWELL PRIMM 9-16-1903 to 1-19-1995

*D/of Noah Franklin Sewell(1881-1965) & Trudie Valora Sessoms Sewell(1882-1962)

*Husband, ERNEST V. PRIMM 7-27-1894 to 2-26-1991 buried Friendship Methodist Cem.

*S/of John Henry Primm(1874-1964) & Elizabeth M. Davidson Primm(1874-1909)

*Spouses: *1^st Sadie E. Ragsdale (1900-1969) *2^nd Ruth Sewell (1903-1995)

"Precious Memories"

PAULA MARIE SEWELL REYNOLDS 6-9-1952 (One date)

*D/of Wilson Horace Sewell(1918-1991) & Jewell LaGrone Sewell(1918- 2014)

*Wife of Robert Morris Reynolds *Md:6/7/1975 El Dorado, Union Co., AR

ROBERT MORRIS REYNOLDS 4-14-1952 (One date)

*Husband of Paula Marie Sewell Reynolds *Md:6/7/1975 El Dorado, Union Co., AR

DAVID SCOTT 9-25-1840 to 3-3-1907

"Kind father of love, Thou art gone to thy rest, Forever to bask mid The joy – of the Blest"

& NANCY JANE AINSWORTH SCOTT 1-8-1847 to 4-30-1929

"We'll join thee in that heavenly land, No more to take the parting hand"

CLINTON "TEX" VAN PELT SESSOMS 11-30-1915 to 1-3-1996

*S/of Seaton Gails Sessoms (1879-1925) & Perlina Elizabeth Sewell Sessoms(1883-1920)

Infant SESSOMS b & d 8-20-1908

(S.G.) SEATON GAILS SESSOMS 4-13-1879 to 6-23-1925

*S/of Amgrid Bunion Sessoms(1850-1939) & Alvenia Wynns Sessoms(1847-1927)

"Gone but not forgotten"

*Spouses: *1^st wife, Perlina Elizabeth Sewell(1883-1920) *2^nd Ruth McMan (1897-1931)

*2^nd wife, Ruth McMan Sessoms is buried at Friendship Methodist Cemetery, Union Co.,AR

PERLINA ELIZABETH SEWELL SESSOMS 4-23-1883 to 7-23-1920

*D/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper Sewell(1845-1928)

*1^st wife of Seaton Gails Sessoms "Hope"

"She was too good too gentle and fair To dwell in this cold world of care"

ADA FRANCES THURKILL SEWELL 6-17-1910 to 1-11-1940 *ARDI

*D/of John Washington Thurlkill(1874-1969) & Hattie Eugenia Nash Thurlkill(180-1959)

*1^st Wf/of Joseph F. Sewell(1908-1983) "Rest In Peace"

ALVIN CLEMENT SEWELL 8-29-1884 to 3-7-1963

*S/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper Sewell(1845-1928)

*Md:12/10/1916

& IVY MAE PHILLIPS SEWELL 8-14-1888 to 1-29-1971

*D/of William P. Phillips(1861-1941) & Mary B. Hale Phillips(1861-1934)

(A.V.)AUDREY V. SEWELL 12-28-1890 to 11-6-1945

*S/of George P. Sewell(1867-1942) & Lena G. Bird Sewell(1871-1956)

"His Memory Is Blessed"

REV. CHARLES ASBURY SEWELL, SR. 6-1-1913 to 5-6-2007

*S/of John Henry Sewell(1878-1946) & Amanda Viola Britt Sewell(1881-1975)

*Md:7/31/1937 *Our Son Charles – Grandchildren Charles, Christine & Amanda

& RUBY MAXINE ZINK SEWELL 7-18-1920 to 10-22-2000 *ob

EMMA FLORENCE SEWELL 8-14-1886 to 2-1-1887

*D/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper Sewell(1845-1928)

**(oldest grave in this cemetery)

*These 3 on the same headstone " Headstone for the Family of George P. Sewell"

*Their earlier triple headstone has been replaced with individual tombstones.

GEORGE P. SEWELL 9-7-1867 to 4-15-1942

*S/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper Sewell(1845-1928)

& LENA G. BIRD SEWELL 6-27-1871GA to 3-28-1956

*Lena now has a separate stone. "A Most Noble Example Was Her Life."

& LOYCE CLEMENTS SEWELL 11-17-1921 to 3-13-1932

*S/of Alvin Clement Sewell(1884-1963) & Ivy Phillips Sewell(1888-1971)

"His Memory Is Blessed"

HENRY E. SEWELL 1-17-1916 to 3-8-1998

*S/of John Henry Sewell(1878-1946) & Amanda Viola Britt Sewell(1881-1975)

*S SGT US Army WW II "Rest In Peace"

& HAZEL JONES SEWELL 5-13-1920 to 8-1-2003

HORACE PRESTON SEWELL 12-2-1893 to 8-30-1974

*S/of George P. Sewell(1867-1942) & Lena G. Bird Sewell(1871-1956)

*Md: 2/28/1916 "In Loving Memory"

& BESSIE HARRIS SEWELL 3-9-1898 to 4-1-1989

*D/of William T. Harris(1876-1917) & Lena Rodgers Harris(1878-1965)

Infant SEWELL b & d April 1908

*S/of John Henry & Amanda Viola Sewell

Infant SEWELL b & d 11-25-1930

*S/of Rev. & Mrs. James Ralph Sewell

Infant SEWELL b & d 8-1-1917

*S/of Horace & Bessie Sewell "Only Sleeping"

REV. JAMES RALPH SEWELL 3-14-1905 to 12-17-1995

*Maj. U.S. Army WW II "In Loving Memory"

RUBY LEE SEWELL 4-18-1909 to 3-6-2006

JOHN ASBURY SEWELL 8-26-1842 to 7-11-1923 *Wf, Sallie

*S/of John Pierce Sewell(1810-1876) & Louisa Elizabeth Wideman Sewell(1820-1897)

& SARAH 'SALLIE' ELIZABETH CULPEPPER SEWELL 7-7-1845

to 9-2-1928 "Mother" "They Died As They Lived – Christians"

*D/of George Washington Culpepper(1803-1901)& Perlina Perdue Culpepper(1812-1882)

JOHN DAVID SEWELL 9-2-1971 to 3-22-1991

"His Soul Is Now At Peace" (Cremated)

JOHN HENRY SEWELL 1-3-1878 GA to 3-6-1946 "Father"

*S/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper(1845-1928)

*Md:10/14/1907 "Rest Is Thine; Sweet Remembrance Ours"

& AMANDA VIOLA BRITT SEWELL 5-6-1881 to 12-24-1975

"Mother" *D/of Charles Guyden Britt(1845-1923) & Nancy Bryant Cole Britt(1853-1950)

JOSEPH (JOE) F. SEWELL 7-9-1908 to 8-19-1983

*S/of Noah Franklin Sewell(1881-1965) & Trudie Valora Sessoms Sewell(1882-1962)

*1^st wife, Ada Frances Thurlkill (1910-1940) *Md:11/28/1940 *2^nd wife ~ Clara Pepper

& CLARA PEPPER SEWELL 9-9-1918 to 9-4-2002

*D/of James Elmore Pepper(1886-1960) & Nancy Jane Williams Pepper(1886-1962)

*2^nd wife of Joseph "Joe" F. Sewell

LOYCE CLEMENTS SEWELL 11-17-1921 to 3-13-1932

*S/of Alvin Clements Sewell(1884-1963) & Ivy Mae Phillips Sewell(1888-1971)

*S/of Alvin & Ivy "His memory is blessed."

NOAH FRANKLIN SEWELL 10-15-1881 to 9-24-1965

*S/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper(1845-1928)

& TRUDIE VALORA SESSOMS SEWELL 5-10-1882 to 11-24-1962

*D/of Amgrid Bunion Sessoms(1850-1939) & Alvenia Wynns Sessoms(1847-1927)

"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

RALPH LEE SEWELL 6-25-1936 (One date)

RICKY JEAN SEWELL 7-11-1954 to 7-14-1976

*S/of Wilson Horace Sewell(1918-1991) & Jewell Marie LaGrone Sewell(1918-2014)

"An Angel Visited The Green Earth, And Took A Flower Away"

ROBERT "BOB" A. SEWELL 8-15-1956 to 7-15-1974

*Son of Joe and Clara Sewell "He Was A Christian Leader"

SHEA LYNN SEWELL (17) 11-3-1994 to 6-11-2012 *OB

*D/of Bill Sewell & Judy Lynn Sullivan Sewell

SIDNEY CURTIS SEWELL (95) 9-8-1919 to 6-4-2015 *OB

*S/of Alvin Clements Sewell(1884-1963) & Ivy Mae Phillips Sewell (1888-1971)

*Md:11/6/1945 "CURTIS" *U.S. Army Air Corp-WW II

& ELOISE McCUIN SEWELL 10-21-1920 to 3-31-2008

*D/of Thomas W. McCuin(1881-1959) & Hassie L. Sparks McCuin(1884-1926)

& Stp-mother, Lena Goins McCuin

WALTER DUKE SEWELL 1-29-1872 to 10-28-1954

*S/of John Asbury Sewell(1842-1923) & Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper Sewell(1845-1928)

& FLORAL ETHEL VANTREASE SEWELL 8-13-1875 to 8-23-1948

*D/of John Wesley Vantrease(1848-1926) & Nancy Elizabeth Miller Vantrease(1855-1913)

*2^ND Wf/of Walter Duke Sewell

CARRIE L. JUSTISS SEWELL 10-27-1877 to 3-5-1899

*D/of Marcus Dee Justiss(1834-1903) & Francis Foy Powledge(1837-1929)

*1^ST Wf/of Walter Duke Sewell *Aged 21 yrs-5 mos-8 dys

WILLIAM WENDELL SEWELL, SR. (73) 9-5-1933 to 2-18-2007

*S/of Horace P. Sewell(1893-1974) & Bessie Harris Sewell(1898-1989)

*Md:9/20/1952 *YN3 US Navy-Korea

& JULIA EVELYN PENNINGTON SEWELL "Judy" 8-7-1933 to

(One date) *D/of John Wm. Pennington(1899-1963) & Julia Edith Moore Pennington(1902-1971)

*Parents of William Wendell, Jr. and Preston Wayne

WILSON HORACE SEWELL 7-29-1918 to 1-15-1991 "Daddy"

*S/of Horace Preston Sewell(1893-1974) & Bessie Harris Sewell(1898-1989)

*Md:11/8/1941 *TEC 3 US Army WW II

& JEWELL MARIE LaGRONE SEWELL(96) 4-27-1918 to 10-19-2014

*D/of William Loddy LaGrone(1896-1980) & Elizabeth Kennedy LaGrone(1898-1973) *OB

*Only child of Mary Elizabeth Kennedy LaGrone & Wm. Loddy LaGrone "Mother"

BARBARA ANN JONES SMITH (59) 7-16-1930 to 6-4-1990

*D/of Frank Hill Jones(1904-1981) & Della Justiss Jones(1908-1992)

*Husband, Charles Edward Smith(1921-1979)buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Bells, Texas

*Barbara Ann was born in Seminole, OK & died in Ft. Worth, TX.

Had lived in Ft. Worth since 1951.

Infant STONE 9-11-1959 to 9-12-1959

*S/of Paul & Barbara Stone

IRIS EVELYN JUSTISS STONE 7-12-1905 to 5-18-1983

*D/of Gideon H. Justiss(1862-1917) & Willie Gertrude McClesky Justiss(1866-1950)

*Md: Sylvester Stone 5//3/1924 "Where He Leads Me I Can Safely Go"

WILLIAM M. THOMPSON 1872 to 1960

*H/of Lula K. Thompson

& LULA K. THOMPSON 1876 to 1964

*Wf/of William M. Thompson

ROBERT T. TOLLISON 3-25-1922 to 3-31-2004 *SSDI

*Md:8/11/1942

& MARTHA JANE TOLLISON 3-22-1923 to 10-27-1997

Two small markers labeled "UNKNOWN"

FREDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Cemetery is located behind the church building.