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This cemetery is located southwest of El
Dorado at the end of Parnell Road.
Extracted the information for Harris
Cemetery from Union County Cemetery book,
Volume Six. No credit or date given as to when the last survey was done.
Submitted April 2004. Updates from obituaries May 2006: *ob
New
survey done October 30, 2012.
JCSH432@gmail.com Last updated July 2019.
Janice Holzer
STEVEN EUGENE
ALLEN (60)
12-12-1956 to 3-11-2017
*S/of Thomas
Arthur “Buddy” Allen (1930-2000) and Helen Allen
THOMAS ARTHUR
ALLEN, JR.
8-24-1950 to
7-24-1999
*S/of Thomas
Arthur “Buddy” Allen (1930-2000) and Helen Allen
*U.S. Army~
Vietnam *Two markers
FORREST CLINTON
BAUMAN
6-6-1902 to 10-22-1980
*S/of Ida Belle Powell(1874-1956) & Henry Frank Bauman(1871-1955)
*H/of Jewel Thelma Harris "Each
Duty Done They Rest In Peace"
& JEWEL THELMA HARRIS BAUMAN
1-24-1906 to 1-7-1997
*D/of James Pleasant Harris(1883-1976) & Ida
E. Pyle Harris(1888-1968)
RUBY BAUMAN
10-6-1928
*Baby D/of Forrest Clinton
Bauman and Jewel Thelma Harris
Bauman
ABNER ALLEN
CARY 3-18-1904 to
2-28-1962
*S/of Finley Harison Cary(1869-1954) & Frances
Lee Dora Webb
Cary(1869-1959)
*Wife, md:
1928, BESSIE PAULINE KNOTT
CARY (11/28/1912 to 8/30/1990)
*Bessie buried
at Greenwood
Memorial Park & Mausoleum,
Fort Worth,
Tarrant Co., TX "His Memory Is
Blessed"
JAMES ARZO
CARY 2-28-1889 to
3-21-1945 "Father"
JIMMY DEAN CARY 1-27-1958 to
12-30-2003
"Loving
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother and Faithful Friend"
"Husband
of Rose Mary
Phillips. Father of Ti &
Kyle. Grandfather of Trenton and Tyler.
MARY ANN
CARY 2-28-1919 to
5-24-1919
*D/of Arzo Cary
MARY ANN ELIZABETH
HAYWOOD CARY
1832 to
1919
*Wife, of Abner Henry Harrison Cary (5/11/1840
TN to
9/13/1888).
*Buried in the Cary Cemetery, Henderson City, TN.
*Find-A-Grave gives these dates 7-3-1841 TN to 3-17-1919 Union Co., AR)
"Grandmother" "Rest Is Thine Sweet Remembrance
Ours"
SARAH ANN
CARY born 11-19-1890 (one date)
Girl CRUIZE No marker, child
ca five years old. *Info from family
member.
WILLIAM ARTHUR
GREGORY
6-3-1891 to
1-26-1920
*S/of William A. Gregory(1859-1939) & Pollie Moore Gregory(1869-1931)
*Husband of
Mae Whitley "Gone but not Forgotten"
MAE WHITLEY GREGORY
(SHEPHERD)
1893 – 1932
*D/of Sheppard
Whitley(1863-1933) & Emily Whitley (1860-1913)
*Wf/of
William Arthur Gregory
MARION GREGORY
*No dates
*Infant son
Gregory
*S/of William A. Gregory(1859-1939) & Pollie Moore
Gregory(1869-1931)
ROY A.
GREGORY 11-24-1901 to
1-26-1920
*S/of William A. Gregory(1859-1939) & Pollie Moore Gregory(1869-1931)
WILLIAM A.
GREGORY 4-1-1859 to
5-31-1939
*Husband of Pollie
Moore *Md: 1890 Woodruff County,
AR
"Absent in Body But Present In
Spirit"
POLLIE MOORE GREGORY
12-27-1869 to
3-24-1931
*Wf/of William A. Gregory *Md: 1890 Woodruff County, AR
"At Rest"
BENFORD R.
HARRIS 5-9-1873 to
2-11-1921
*S/of *2nd wife (of 3) Mary "Mollie" Weathers & Wm Thomas Harris(1831-1900)
*More below on
the three wives of Wm. Thomas Harris
CLIFT WAYNE
HARRIS(40)
6-28-1965 to
5-14-2006
*Poem on his funeral program:
"I'd like the memory of me / To be a happy one./
I'd like To leave an Afterglow of Smiles when day is
done/
I'd like to leave an echo... / Whispering softly down the
Ways of happy times and Laughing times and bright
And sunny days. / I'd like The tears of those who
Grieve to dry before the Sun of happy memories/
That I leave behind when Day is done."
DAVID GLENN
HARRIS (65)
6-20-1944 to
12-13-2009
*S/of Pettus M. Harris(1912-1986) &
Loyie Mary Carey Harris.(1915-1999)
*Loyie Mary Carey Harris is buried in Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery, El Dorado.
*Young’s Funeral Home *ob
Infant HARRIS
B & D
1899
*D/of
Benford R. & Mary T. Harris
Infant HARRIS
B & D
1894
*D/of
Will A. & Carrie E. Hines
Harris
JAMES GLENN "BUBBA" HARRIS (41)
7-26-1964 to
4-13-2006
*S/of
David Glenn Harris(1944-2009)
& Mary Jo Nipper Harris
*Died after a lengthy battle with
cancer.
*Step mom, Suzanne Harris *BM3
U. S. Coast Guard *ob
*Perry's
Funeral Home
JAMES PLEASANT
HARRIS
6-26-1883 to 11-10-1976
*S/of
William Thomas Harris(1831GA -1900) & Seletea McGee
Harris(1850-1930)
*Husband to Ida
E. Pyle
& IDA E. PYLE HARRIS
5-14-1888 to 2-24-1968
*D/of Martha
I. Greer(1860-1932)
& James R. Pyle(1854-1927)
*Listed on the
same headstone, husband, James Pleasant
Harris
JOHN HARRIS
10-20-1874 to 10-9-1901
*S/of
William Thomas Harris(1831GA -1900) & *2nd
wife, Mary 'Mollie" F. Weathers
*Mollie was the M/of Benford(1873-1921) & John Harris(1874-1901)
"My Beloved Husband"
KENNETH LAVELLE
HARRIS 12-30-1928 to
5-10-2010
*S/of
William Lester Harris(1908-1995) & Ola Francis Cary Harris(1908-1990)
*Md:3/1/1953 *SGT US Army Korea
*Kenneth d:2010 in Texas City, Texas
& EVA MAE PITTMAN HARRIS
11-27-1931 (One date)
PETTUS MAYFIELD
HARRIS
7-17-1912 to
1-29-1986
*S/of
James Pleasant Harris(1883-1976) &
Ida E. Pyles Harris(1888-1968)
*H/of
Loyie Mary Cary
Harris(2/28/1915 to 6/17/1999)
*Pettus & Loyie ~ parents of 2
children: Ila Verne Harris &
James Vernon Harris(1937-1998) *buried @
Wyatt-Parnell
Cemetery
*Loyie buried at Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery along
with her
daughter, Ila Verne Harris(1934-2014)
"God Thee
Eternal Light"
SELETEA McGEE HARRIS
5-9-1850 to
11-27-1930
*D/of
Elisha Harris
*3rd & last Wife of Wm. Thomas
Harris (1831-1900)
*M/of Bessie Harris Jones(1882-1944)~(Wf/of
Dorsey L. Jones(1873-1964)
*M/of
James
Pleasant Harris(1883-1976)
"She was the Sunshine of Our
Home" * New marker.
WILLIAM LESTER
HARRIS
8-19-1908 to
1-19-1995
*S/of
James Pleasant Harris(1883-1976)
& Ida E. Pyles Harris(1888-1968)
"A
Wonderful Father And An Inspiration To All Who Loved Him"
& OLA
FRANCIS CARY HARRIS
9-16-1908 to
6-6-1990
*D/of Finley H. Cary(1869-1954) & Frances Dora Webb Cary(1879-1959)
"Here Lies A Beautiful Lady Inside
And Out, A Loving Wife And Mother"
WILLIAM THOMAS
HARRIS
6-2-1831GA to 4-28-1900 AR
*S/of Samuel F. & Gracie Harris *CSA
ARK 19th Infantry
Co C
*Md: 1st Sarah
Celista Strong(1843 AL - Apr 1870) d:? Columbia Co.,AR
*M/of
Lillian Ora Harris(1859-1915)-William Augustus “Will” Harris(1861-1955)-
Susan
"Susie"Francis Harris Hogg (1866-1940) and Charles B. Harris
*Md:2nd
Mary
“Mollie” F. Weathers
*M/of Benford(1873-1921) & John
Harris(1874-1901)
*Md:3rd
Seletea
McGee(1850-1930)
*M/of James Pleasant Harris(1883-1976)
"His toils are past, his work is
done, he fought the fight, the victory won"
WILLIE T.
HARRIS 12-22-1902 to
8-14-1905
*D/of
William A. Harris(1861-1955)
& Carrie E. Hines Harris (1866-1940)
NOBLE HOGAN (no marker )
Information from family member
JOSEPH KNOX
LAWRENCE 12-1-1938 to
6-19-1946
*S/of
Warner J. Lawrence(1916-1997) & Thula Seleta Harris Lawrence(1915-1970)
"Now I Lay
Me Down To Sleep"
LEONARD W.
LAWRENCE
1-8- 1889 to
3-28-1967 "Father"
*S/of Richard Petros Lawrence(1861-1924) &
Eudora Cornelia Hogg
Lawrence(1868-1924)
& INA TODD LAWRENCE 10-9-1896 to
8-31-1981
*D/of
Jospeh Lunt Todd(1850-1923) Mary"Mollie" Ellen White Todd(1861-1954)
*Wife of Leonard W. Lawrence
WARNER J.
LAWRENCE 3-26-1916 to
4-11-1997
*S/of Leonard Warner Lawrence(1889-1967)& Ina Todd Lawrence(1896-1981)
*Md: 9/7/1935 Thula Seletea Harris
& THULA
SELETEA HARRIS
LAWRENCE
9-13-1915 to
2-25-1970
*D/of
James Pleasant Harris (1883-1976) &
Ida E. Pyles Harris (1888-1968)
*Md: 9/7/1935 Warner J. Lawrence
LENA LOWERY (No
marker) information from family member
OTIS LOWERY (No
marker) information from family member
LILLIAN ELVA
McCLESKEY 7-7-1905 to
2-11-1910
*D/of
Oscar Conrad McCleskey(1877-1942)
& Lula Maude Mitchell
McCleskey(1883-1942)
*Another McCleskey infant son is also
buried here b & d 3/19/1909.
(according to family)
LULA MAUDE MITCHELL
HARRISS McCLESKEY
12-4-1883 to
3-20-1909
*Tombstone
inscription: LULA MITCHELL
HARRISS McCLESKEY
*1st John Harris(1874-1901)*S/of
William Thos Harris(1831-1900 & Mary Weathers
*2nd Oscar Conrad McCleskey(1877-1942)*Lula md:
Oscar 6/2/1904 Union Co.,AR
*Oscar & his 2nd wife
buried at Fredonia
Methodist Church Cemetery.
*S/of
Sarah/Sallie Ann Fowler (1840-1925) & James Franklin
McClesky(1833-1913)
*D/of Martin
L. Mitchell & Margaret J. Hildebrande Mitchell.
The above two do not have a headstone,
but their names were provided
by a family member in 2012.
MINNIE LOU PYLES McDANIELS
7-22-1927 to 10-7-1986
*Age 59 *Rumph-Owers FH *MM "Mother" "Forever In Our
Hearts"
FRED MOSS
MILLS 5-13-1914 to
8-1-1921
*S/of
Julius Edgar Mills
(1882-1955) & Mollie P. Moss Mills(1884-1954)
JULIUS EDGAR
MILLS 12-12-1882 to
1-1-1955
*S/of
Patrick Henry & Bettie Ann Mills
*Md: 2/19/1905
& MOLLIE P. MOSS MILLS 9-25-1884 to
9-25-1954
*D/of
Stephen Decatur Moss(1842-1929) & Martha Jane Dees Moss (1846-1930)
HOLLIS B.
MOOTY 1-2-1916 to
3-20-1932 "Son"
EILEEN
MARGUERITE LAWRENCE
POWELL
1-8-1923 to
10-20-1997
*D/of Leonard Warner Lawrence (1889-1967) &
Ina Todd Lawrence(1896-1981)
*Marguerite
md: Leslie Powell in 1941, Ouachita Co., AR
Marguerite d:
in Hahnville, LA
CHARLENE PYLES
1931 to 1935
*D/of
Elzie Franlin Pyles(1879-1952) & Minnie Lee Goley Pyles (1892-1981)
"She's Safe"
CLIFTON PYLES
7-11-1933 to 12-26-1965
*S/of
Elzie Franlin Pyles(1879-1952) & Minnie Lee Goley Pyles (1892-1981)
* "Earth
Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"
"Our
Beloved Son - Rest In Peace"
CLINTON PYLES
8-13-1914 to 6-27-1971
*S/of Minnie
Lee Goley(1892-1981)
& Elzie Franklin Pyles(1879-1952)
*Md: 1940, Mary Alice Phillips Pyles
(Harley) (1924-2006)
*Mary Alice's cremated remains~ buried Bethel
Methodist Church Cemetery South
(Hwy. 167)in
the casket along with her daughter, Emma Jean Pyles McCord)
*Clinton &
Mary Alice Pyles children: Emmer Jean
Pyles McCord(1946-2016)
& Troy Clinton Pyle(1955-2016) *Troy's ashes were scattered over his
father's grave
in Harris Cemetery, Union Co., AR
"He Is Not
Dead But Sleepeth"
ELZIE FRANKLIN
PYLES
3-28-1879 to
3-3-1952
*S/of
James R. Pyle(1854-1927) & Martha I. Greer Pyles(1860-1932)
*1st md:
3/19/1906 Amanda Belle
“Mandy” Lawrence (1888-1911)
*2nd marriage to
Minnie
Lee Goley (1892-1981)
*H/of
Minnie
Lee Goley. "Gone But Not Forgotten"
& MINNIE
LEE GOLEY PYLES (88)
12-4-1892 to
4-15-1981
*2nd Wf/of Elzie Franklin Pyles
*Mother of eight children. Four
sons-Four daughters.
"She Was The Sunshine Of Our
Home"
JIM LEE
PYLES born in 1921 (? to ?)
*S/of Minnie
Lee Goley(1892-1981)
& Elzie Franklin Pyles(1879-1952)
LEOLA PYLES
V. 6-15-1911 to
6-14-1915
*D/of Amanda
Belle "Mandy" Lawrence Pyles (1888-1911) & *1st
wife,
Elzie Franklin
Pyles(1879-1952)
"Only
Sleeping"
(J.
R.)JAMES R. PYLE
3-23-1854 to
11-10-1927
*H/of
Martha Greer Pyle, Daddy.
"Absent In Body, But Present In Spirit"
MARTHA GREER PYLE
6-4-1860 to
12-28-1932
*D/of James Greer(b:ca 1809 KY d:Union Co.,AR)
&
Nancy M.
Greer(1817MS - 1905AR)
*Wf/of J.
R. Pyle "She's Safe At Home"
TROY CLINTON
PYLE, SR. 4-17-1955 to
9-12-2016
*Born Union County, Arkansas. Died in Austin, Texas
*S/of Clinton Pyles(1914-1971) &
Mary Alice Phillips Pyle
Harley(1924-2006)
*Grandparents: Jeffie
Thomas Phillips & Martha Jane Slater
Phillips
*Troy's ashes were brought from Texas
back to Arkansas & spread over his father's grave.
*Mom, Mary Alice Pyle's cremated
remains are buried in the casket along with
her daughter,
Emmer Jean Pyles McCord(sister to Troy) are
buried together at
Bethel Methodist Church South, Hwy. 167,
Union Co., AR *See Clinton Pyles
Grandma SENN died before
1900
(no
marker) information from family member
MAE WHITLEY GREGORY
SHEPHERD
1893 to
1932
"Mother" "Accepted In Heaven"
*First husband, Arthur G.
Harris ? possible error 1st
husband was Arthur Gregory
BOBBY JOE
SMITH 6-23-1941 to
5-27-1999
*S/of Joe & Mattie Pyle Smith
MATTIE ELIZABETH
PYLE SMITH
3-3-1918 to
7-29-1980 "God Bless"
"She is in the Kingdom of Heaven. So
is Tillman, Jerry, and Bobby."
TILLMAN SMITH
9-16-1937 to 9-18-1937
*Infant
S/of Joe & Mattie Pyle Smith
"At Rest"
Grandma STOTT,
Mother of J.R. STOTT
( no
marker) information from family member
J. R. STOTT
7-14-1843 to 8-18-1913
*J.R.'s stone
is broken in three pieces, lying flat on the ground.
"His toils
are over. His work is done. He fought
the fight. The Victory won."
JANE STOTT
died 7-15-1931 *Wf/of J.R.
( no marker) information from family member
MOLLIE E.
TODD 5-24-1861 to
7-7-1954 "Mother"
"Into Thy
Hand I Comment My Spirit"
JOHN WARREN
1-26-1928
*Baby Grandson W.A. Greggory
"He's Safe At Home"
SHELBY A. WARREN
3-25-1926
*Baby Grandson W.A. Greggory
"Only
Sleeping"
*This is a
home made concrete marker that simply says
"In
Memory of the Dead" all except for
the last word are readable
(etched into
the concrete by hand). It appears to be "Dead."