THOMAS P. POOLE CEMETERY

Est. ca 1898

aka “NEW LONDON POOLE” CEMETERY

*Please note there are two “Poole Cemeteries”,

This is the larger and newer "Poole" Cemetery.

This cemetery is referred to as the “Thomas P. Poole Family

Cemetery, because his young daughter, Irene Poole (1884-1898)

was the first person buried here. The smaller one is referred

to locally as the “Strong” POOLE Cemetery.

'Thomas P. Poole Cemetery', (aka New London Poole Cemetery)

Union County, Arkansas

From a canvass done October 28, 1991 by Violet and Ralph O. Weldon. Cemetery is

fenced & well maintained. Copied April 21, 2004. *Added Josh & J.G. Gilliam; also

4 Poole names to un-named markers. Info provided by Nora M. Johnson 6/16/2005-2007.

Updated June 2009. My new survey Oct 30, 2012.

Final update April 2019 Janice Holzer JCSH432@gmail.com

*ARDI death date from Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*SSDI birth or death dates from Social Security Death Index

*MM indicates Mortuary Marker

*WOW Woodman of the World Marker

*OB some or all info from Obituary

Infant BALL d:1934

*Child of Willie Lawson Ball(1903-1981) & Pamela Agerton Ball(1907-1992)

EMERY RALPH CALAWAY 11-22-1930 to 12-13-1994

*S/of Noel Kenny Calaway(1902-1996) & Lillian Nichols Calaway(1904-1936)

*Tad confusing: Double marker with Emery listed on it and the below Margaret

Collman Calaway. However, an obituary appeared in the El Dorado News-Times

11/25/2014 for Sharon Lynne Groff Calaway (78) as the wife of Emery Ralph Callaway.

Sharon is buried at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Union Co., AR.

& MARGARET COLLMAN CALAWAY 5-4-1924 *One date

REBECCA SUE CATES 7-22-1967 to 5-7-2009

NADINE POOLE CRISP (74) 3-1-1942 to 2-19-2017 *OB

*D/of Johnie Raymond Poole(1910-1986) & Josie Lucille Hogue Poole(1917-1998)

*Obituary gives father’s first name as James Raymond

HARRY GILLIAM 1-28-1927 to 9-2-1942

*D: Chicot County, AR *Mortuary marker is stuck in the ground by headstone.

JAMES GILLIAM 1940 to 2001 *Hanner MM

*James mortuary marker is stuck in the ground right next to Beatrice Poole's headstone.

J. G. GILLIAM 8-13-1925 to 6-27-1943

JOSH GILLIAM 11-21-1895 to 3-22-1982

*H/of Beatrice Poole Gilliam *Md:1924 Union Co., AR

*US Navy S-2 *World War I *Remains of old MM by his tombstone

BEATRICE POOLE GILLIAM 8-18-1902 to 11-29-1964

*D/of Thomas Greenhow Poole(1878-1958) & Alice Cora Johnson Poole(1879-1942)

*Wife of Josh Gilliam(1895-1982) *Md:1924 Union Co., AR

*Mortuary marker is stuck in ground next to headstone

BERNICE HARTIEL HILL 9-15-1911 to 10-21-1913

*D/of Vernon M. Hill(1889-1918) & Velma Johnson Hill(1891-1913)

"Only Sleeping" *Father, Vernon, buried in Strong Cemetery

VELMA JOHNSON HILL (21) 2-11-1891 to 1-21-1913

*1^st Wf/of Vernon M. Hill(1889-1918) *Mother of Bernice Hartiel Hill (1911-1913)

"Her Memory Is Blessed"

ELLIS H. JOHNSON 9-8-1851GA to 9-10-1922AR "Father"

*H/of Matilda Munford Johnson (Mason)

"Kind father of love, thou art gone thy rest. Forever to bask mid the joys of the blest"

& MATILDA MUNFORD JOHNSON

6-3-1861 to 1-21-1901 "Mother"

*D/of Moses Johnston Munford (1814 SC) & Harriet Minerva Wallace Munford (1822 SC)

*Both probably died in Union Co. AR;

*Harriet M. Munford buried in George Chapel Cemetery. No marker or grave site found.

"Rest, mother rest in quiet sleep, While friends in sorrows o'er thee weep."

J. R. JOHNSON 8-15-1888 to 10-8-1915

*S/of Ellis H. Johnson(1851-1922) & Matilda Munford Johnson(1861-1901)

"The Precious One From Us Is Gone"

CARLTON POOLE 4-28-1936 to 3-20-1952

*S/of Johnie Raymond Poole(1910-1986) & Josie Lucille Hogue Poole(1917-1998)

"Rest Is Thine Sweet Remembrance Ours"

HUEY LONG POOLE (78) 2-24-1934 to 10-09-2012 *OB

*S/of Johnie Raymond Poole(1910-1986) & Josie Lucille Hogue Poole(1917-1998)

*Wf/of 53 yrs, Joette B. Poole *Vet-Korea (2012 – Perry's MM)

IRENE POOLE 8-6-1884 to 9-10-1898

*D/of Thomas Peter Poole(1838-1900) & Leah Cleopatra Wasson Poole (1845-1902)

*First person buried in this cemetery.

JAMES C. "Jim" POOLE (90) 8-16-1917 to 2-20-2008

"Rest In Peace" *Young's MM

JESSE LEE POOLE (80) 6-22-1933 to 1-27-2014 *OB

*S/of John Wasson Poole(1888-1964) & Rosa Lee Benford Poole(1893-1951)

*Retired from Anthony Forestry~Mechanic, Shop Foreman. *Late wife, Claudette Poole

JOHNIE RAYMOND POOLE 2-2-1910 to 5-13-1986

*S/of Thomas Greenhow Poole(1878-1958) & Alice Cora Johnson Poole(1879-1942)

*Md:3/17/1931 "A Life Like Theirs Has Left A Record Sweet For Memory To Dwell Upon"

& LUCILLE HOGUE POOLE 10-28-1917 to 1-2-1998

*D/of John P. Hogue(1884-1938) & Julia Ellen Williams Hogue McCauley(1893-1974)

LANORA BLANCHE LOWERY POOLE (81)

6-6-1937 to 2-18-2019 *OB

*D/of Richard Marion Lowery & Viola Mary Woods Lowery. Loved playing BUNKO

with a group of ladies for over 40 yrs. Late brothers, Wallace Lowery, Dayton Lowery,

Bobby Lowery, & Billy Lowery; late sisters, Wanda Nix, Quanita Beck, Maurine Coke,

Jackie Ramsey & Bessie Coulart. Survived by her husband, Charles Poole.

MARGARET CLAUDETTE "Sam" POOLE

11-29-1930 to 1-9-1998

"We Love You Forever Mamaw"

ROSIE LEE BENFORD POOLE 1893 to 1951

*D/of Talitha Manning Benford Price(1865-1962)& Bloomer T. Benford

*Wf/of John Wasson Poole(1888-1964)

THOMAS GREENHOW POOLE 9-21-1878 to 2-15-1958

*S/of Thomas Peter Poole(1838-1900) & Leah Cleopatra Wasson Poole(1845-1902)

*Md:1/31/1897 Alice Cora Johnson

& ALICE CORA JOHNSON POOLE 1-7-1879 to 5-29-1942

*Wife of Thomas Greenhow Poole "Gone But Not Forgotten"

{THOMAS} "TOM" PETE POOLE 7-5-1914 to 12-15-1991

*S/of Thomas Greenhow Poole(1878-1958) & Alice Cora Johnson Poole(1879-1942)

*PFC US Army ~ World War II *Md:3/9/1950 Clara Hogue Chicot Co.,AR

*Tom Pete on headstone. "In Loving Memory" *No children from this union

& CLARA HOGUE POOLE (82) 12-16-1914 to 2-8-1997

*D/of Tom B. Hogue(b:ca 1875 AR) & Amma Gatsy Coleman Hogue(1892-1984)

*Wife of Thomas "Tom" Pete Poole *Md: 3/9/1950 Chicot Co., AR

*She also has Rumph-Owers MM

THOMAS PETER POOLE 3-2-1838 GA to 4-17-1900

*S/of Hardy Keele Poole (1802-1873) & Sarah Davis Phillips Poole (1815-1863)

*H/of Leah Cleopatra Wsasson Poole (Mason)

LEAH CLEOPATRA WASSON POOLE 9-7-1845 to 1-9-1902

*D/of Henrietta Jane Greenshaw (1825-1868) & William W. Wasson(1814-1889)

*Wf/of Thomas Peter Poole "My Mother's Grave" *Leah's headstone broken

"On that bright immortal shore We shall meet to part no more."

WILLIAM WALTER POOLE 4-30-1908 to 3-10-1985

*S/of Thomas Greenhow Poole(1878-1958) & Alice Cora Johnson Poole(1879-1942)

*Bailey MM "Gone But Not Forgotten"

JACQUELINE NADINE SANDERS 8-20-1987 to 2-2-2010

*Granddaughter of Nadine Poole Crisp (1942-2017) *OB

"Our Beloved Daughter"

& KENNETH H. WEST 1-6-1958 to 7-8-2006

*S/of Nadine Poole Crisp (1942-2017) "Our Loving Son"

*7 photos follow of the above cemetery.

POOLE Cemetery” .

Back in March 2007, Nora Poole Johnson shared 7 tombstone

photos with me. Some of these are posted below along with

some of my own.

Irene daughter of T.P. & Leah Poole.

First person to be buried in cemetery.

Matilda & Ellis H. Johnson

2007-Leah Poole's broken headstone.

T. P. POOL

(Thomas Peter Poole)

J. R. Johnson