HICKS CEMETERY

 

UNION COUNTY,  ARKANSAS   Est.  abt. 1849

Hwy. 172 West  aka Lisbon Road)  off  of  Hwy. 7 North. /

aka Smackover  or  Camden Hwy. (Hwy. 7, North)   

October 20, 2001

Janice Holzer   JCSH432@gmail.com 

Adjoining this old small cemetery is the African-

American section of the Hicks Cemetery. Both are fenced

in separately. This is a survey of the white section.

Updated February 2005:  Updated from obituaries, May 2006:

New Canvass June 2011.  Last Updated: October 2018

 

 

*OB        indicates birth / death info from person's obituary

*SSDI     partial or complete info from Social Security Death Index

*ARDI    partial or complete info from Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*WOW    Woodman of the World headstone

* MM      Mortuary marker

MARY  A.  PRIMM  ABBOTT  11-27-1817  to  10-22-1852

*D/of  Charles Primm(1790-1853) & Elizabeth Primm(1779-1852)

*Wf/of  S. T. Abbott    *Headstone is almost illegible

NELLIE  CREMEEN    1910  to  1913

“Darling We Have Missed You”

E. G.  FLENNIKEN (28)   3-10-1864   to  10-6-1892

*Child of  Joe M. Madison Flenniken (1834-1894)

 

(J. M. M.)  JOE M.  MADISON  FLENNIKEN    

7-24-1834 Cahaba, Dallas Co., ALA   to  12-9-1894 Union Co., AR

*Footstone (J.M.M.E.) next to headstone for Viringia Lee Saxon Seebauer

* Marker  no dates or name

*Several markers with only initials on them:

DSH;   E. H.;   F. H.;   H.C.H;   R. A. H.;   S.M.S.

FANNIE  F.  JENNINGS  HAYS  11-21-1893  to  9-21-1925 

*Wf/of  H. M. Hays

On the back side of her headstone, her children are listed:

* Thomas E., Elgin N., Edgar N., Orlan F.,Kenneth I., Hubert H. Hays

*She also has a 2^nd homemade marker, which  gives her death date 9-21-1925 

"At Rest Mrs. H. M. Hayes"

(This grave & marker east of the fenced in cemetery about  100 feet.,

at the edge of the small parking area)

(D. S.)  HICKS    9-25-1856  to  11-26-1891

*S/of  Elbert Hicks(1814-1894)  & Mary Jane Goodwin Hicks(1834-1910)

 

ELBERT  HICKS     1-26-1814  to   8-27-1894  "Mason"

*S/of Asa Hicks (1788-1840)  & Isabella Carson Hicks(1798-1882)

*H/of  Mary Jane Goodwin

MARY  JANE  GOODWIN  HICKS  6-21-1834  to  2-6-1910

*Wf/of  Elbert Hicks

 

 

FRANCIS  NUNN  HICKS  b:4-15-1825  (one date)

*1^st Wf/of  Green Hicks (1812-1896)  *Md: 1841

*Green Hicks is buried in Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell Co., TX

*Green's *2^nd wife, was Sarah Caroline  Cowser  - *Md: 3/21/1850 Union Co., AR

*Stone broken-2011 dates obscured by dirt-stone lying flat on ground.

 

H.  CLARENCE  HICKS   2-25-1863  to  7-17-1875

*S/of  Elbert Hicks(1814-1894)  & Mary Jane Goodwin Hicks(1834-1910)

*Age 12 yrs-6 mo-23 dys      (broken stone)

 

Infant  HICKS  of  G. &  Francis Nunn  Hicks  (No dates)

 

Infant  HICKS    b   &  d    7-1-1865

*S/of  Elbert Hicks(1814-1894)  & Mary Jane Goodwin Hicks(1834-1910)

 

MARY  T.  HICKS    5-10-1820  to  1-20-1853

*1^st husband,  Staton Coleman (died 1841 Autauga Co., AL)

*2^nd husband, H. Hicks   *Inscription:  Wife of,  H. Hicks

 

ROBERT  ASA  HICKS   5-3-1861  to  9-14-1871

*S/of  Elbert Hicks(1814-1894)  & Mary Jane Goodwin Hicks(1834-1910)

LEONARD  HILDRETH (57)  11-7-1955  to  3-9-2013  *OB

*S/of  Leonard  Hildreth & Thresa Johnson Hildreth

*Graduated from El Dorado High School in 1974. 

*Employed by Anthony Forest for 32 years.

*Preceded in death by his father & a daughter, KeKe Watley.

WILLIAM  JACKSON (89)  4-30-1925  to  10-26-2014  *OB

*S/of  William “Bill” Jackson & Tommie Howard Jackson

*Born in Louann, AR   Died Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock, AR.

*Member of  First Baptist Church of Smackover, AR,

where he served as Deacon.

*Wife,  Berist  E. Jackson

Infant  LANEY   6-17-1887  to  12-1-1898

*S/of  B.T.  &  M.E. Laney   *11 yrs-5 mos-14 dys

 

Infant  LANEY   9-14-1889  to   9-8-1897

*D/of   B.T.  &  M. E. Laney   *7yrs-11 mos-24 dys

BENJAMIN  ROBINSON  McCLANAHAN   5-19-1884  to  8-20-1955

*S/of  Janie Robinson McClanahan(1848-1910) &  Samuel T. McClanahan(1849-1909)

&   BESSIE  SAXON  McCLANAHAN   10-1-1884  to  9-30-1955

*D/of  David Parke Saxon(1830-1912) &  Mary Medora Reeves Saxon(1840-1912)

 

JAMIE  MEDORA  McCLANAHAN   5-18-1915  to  4-6-1919

*D/of  Benj  Robinson McClanahan(1884-1955) & Bessie Saxon McClanahan(1884-1955)

 

SAMUEL  T.  McCLANAHAN     8-27-1849  to  8-30-1909

*2 headstones: Original-S.T. McClanahan  *Double new marker for Samuel T. & Janie McClanahan

&  JANIE  ROBINSON  McCLANAHAN    3-6-1848   to  10-27-1910

*Wife of Samuel T. McClanahan

 

WILLIE   M.  McCLANAHAN    7-3-1880  to  7-23-1909

*Child of Janie Robinson McClanahan(1848-1910) &  Samuel T. McClanahan(1849-1909)

*29 yrs & 30 dys  (may be female)

THOMAS  J.  MURPHY (64)  10-3-1878  to  1-3-1943

*Husband of Blanche A. Robinson

&  BLANCHE  A.  ROBINSON  MURPHY (82)

 9-23-1878  to  4-3-1961

*Wife of  Thomas J. Murphy

EDNA  EUNICE  PARKS   10-10-1888  to  10-27-1889

*Last digit of death year difficult to read...looks like a "6" instead of a "9"

FLOYD  Q.  PENDLETON   2-28-1896  to  3-20-1913

*In loving Remembrance of  Floyd Q.   

*Son of  J. M. &  M. A. Pendleton.   *Age 17 years,  20 days. 

"Gone But Not Forgotten.  A Precious One From Us Has Gone. 

A Voice We Loved Is Stilled.  A Place Is Vacant In Our Home. 

Which Never Can Be Filled."

CHARLES  L.  PRIMM  (65) 1-28-1839   to  7-14-1904

*S/of  Nathan  A. Primm(1807-1857) & Mahala  Francis Liggin. Primm(1813-1864)

 

CHARLES  PRIMM   12-12-1790   to  9-15-1853

*S/of Elizabeth Warner Jones(1741-1796) & William Primm (7/28/1740 to 1794)

*Parents Md: in 1767, Fauquier & Stafford Co., VA   *B & D  in Virginia

ELIZABETH  PRIMM    5-11-1779   to   9-26-1852

*Wf/of  Charles  L. Primm

 

E. D.  PRIMM  10-28-1841  to  11-1-1864  

*S/of   Nathan  A. Primm(1807-1857)  &  Mahala  Francis Liggin Primm(1813-1864)

*Wf/of  W. M.  J. Tison

 

Infant Son of  FRED  &  OLIVE  PRIMM   b  &  d  1-1-1937

 

JAMES  L.  PRIMM   2-10-1846   to   6-8-1913

*S/of  Nathan  A. Primm(1807-1857)  &  Mahala  Francis Liggin  Primm(1813-1864)

&   FANNIE  ROBINSON  PRIMM (68)  9-28-1853   to   9-16-1922

*Wf/of  James  L.  Primm(1846-1913)

 

JAMES  W.  PRIMM    4-13-1815   to   6-18-1854

*S/of  Charles Primm(1790-1853) &  Elizabeth Primm(1779-1852)

 

JOHN  FREDERICK  PRIMM     8-8-1854   to  1-28-1933

*S/of   Nathan  A. Primm(1807-1857)  &  Mahala  Francis Liggin Primm(1813-1864)

MARY  FOSTER  PRIMM (66)   6-1-1861  to  6-17-1927

*Wf/of John Fredferick Primm

 

NATHAN  A.  PRIMM (49)  9-18-1807  to  1-20-1857

*H/of  Mahala  Francis Liggin Primm

MAHALA  FRANCIS  LIGGIN  PRIMM (50)  

9-27-1813  to  6-15-1864

*D/of  Elizabeth Peters Burton Liggin (1786-1870)  & *2^nd husband, James G.  Liggin(1780-1871)

*Elizabeth md: James in Jasper County, GA in 1815.

*Elizabeth was married 1^st to a Mr. Burton

*Wf/of  Nathan A. Primm

MARTHA  B.  PRIMM  REEVES  11-22-1821  to  9-14-1891

*D/of Charles Primm(1790-1853) & Elizabeth Primm(1779-1852)

*Wf/of  Frederick  Reeves

FREDERICK  REEVES    11-22-1812   to   8-6-1888

*Age 75 yrs-8 mos-14 dys

MS.  THEODORA  REYNOLDS (71)  10-13-1931  to  7-3-2003

*MM    *Andrews Funeral Home, Inc.,  El Dorado, Arkansas 

GARLAND  P. "POTTS"  ROBINSON(54) 

6-23-1902  to  4-22-1957

*S/of  Blanche  A. Murphy (1878-1961) &  Thomas J. Murphy(1878-1943)

*H/of  Eunice Robinson

(D.P.)  DAVID  PARKE   SAXON   

5-10-1830 SC  to  10-20-1912 AR

*S/of  Samuel B. Saxon(1805-1831) & Naomi Yeargin Stone(1801-1879)

&   MARY  MEDORA  REEVES  SAXON (72)  

4-7-1840 AL   to   5-20-1912 AR

*D/of  Frederick Reeves(1812-1888) & Martha B. Primm Reeves(1821-1891

*Wf/of  David  Parks Saxon

Infant Son of  D. P. & M. M. Saxon 

10-27-1858  to  10-27-1858

Daughter  of  D. P. & Mary Medora Saxon  

10-4-1882  to  8-16-1883

(stone chipped)

 

EDGAR  FREDERICK  SAXON  12-10-1863  to  12-2-1944

*S/of  Mary Medora Reeves Saxon(1840-1912) & David Parke Saxon(1830-1912)

"EveryBody's Friend"    " He Giveth His Beloved Sleep"

&   LURA  PORTER “LUTIE”  LINDSAY  SAXON(88) 

4-26-1871   to   2-21-1960    *Wf/of  Edgar Frederick Saxon

*D/of  Zachariah Lindsay(1814-1851) & Nancy Elizabeth Harrison Lindsay (1825-1895)

 

H.  D.  SAXON     2-28-1869  to  8-12-1895

*S/of  David Parke Saxon(1830-1912)  & Mary Medora Reeves Saxon(1840-1912)

 

ROBERT  REEVES  SAXON   4-7-1912  to  11-18-2002

*S/of  William Wallace Saxon  (1876-1922)

"Their Love For Christ And Each Other Was An Example For Us All"

&  MARTHA  JANE  HOPKINS  SAXON  1-15-1914   to  12-2-1973

*Wf/of  Robert Reeves Saxon

 

WILLIAM  WALLACE  SAXON  10-27-1876  to  8-19-1922

*S/of  David Parke Saxon(1830-1912)  & Mary Medora Reeves Saxon(1840-1912)

"He Honestly And Faithfully Played His Part"

VIRGINIA  LEE  SAXON  SEEBAUER   8-10-1944  to  5-7-2004

"An Inspiration To All Who Knew Her"

 

SARAH  “SALLIE” M.  HICKS  SMITH 

11-16-1866  to  4-16-1891

*Wf/of   J. J. W.  Smith      *Aged 24 yrs- 5 mos

*D/of  Elbert Hicks(1814-1894)  & Mary Jane Goodwin Hicks(1834-1910)

NANCY  D.  STEDMAN   Dec 1845 GA   (No dates)

"Mother"  "She's Safe At Home"

*Located outside fence on north side of cemetery.

ROBERT  CLARENCE  STEDMAN   

1-4-1874 GA   to  11-22-1928 AR

*S/of  Dr. Stevens Stedman  &  Nancy

"We Will Meet Again"

 (This grave also outside of fenced area.-along the edge of parking area)

 

DR.  STEVEN  S.  STEDMAN  "Father" 

 "This Is The Promise The Life Everlasting"

(No dates on headstone)

LUCILE    1-28-1901  to  2-20-1927    (Swilley)

*D/of Samuel Garner Austin(1873-1959) & Wiley Richard Swilleyh((1868-1932

OTIS     4-4-1902   to  2-26-1921   (Swilley)

*S/of Samuel Garner Austin(1873-1959) & Wiley Richard Swilleyh((1868-1932

 

*These markers only give the first name;

both are between  PRIMM  markers & at the feet of a SWILLEY monument.

 

WILEY  RICHARD  SWILLEY, SR.   3-6-1868  to  5-11-1932

*S/of  Lawson Swilley (1824-1897)  &  Margaret Stiles Swilley  (1829-1904)

*Md: 1893,  SAMUEL GARNER  AUSTIN   (female)

SAMUEL "GARNER"  AUSTIN  SWILLEY   

6-16-1873  to  3-12-1959  “Mother”

*D/of  Laura Louise Lane Austin(1837 MS  -  1922 OK) ~

*Laura L. Lane  md: 11/21/1861 Samuel B. Austin , Hinds Co., MS

E. D.  PRIMM  TYSON (23)  10-28-1841  to  11-1-1864

*S/of  Nathan  A. Primm(1807-1857)  &  Mahala  Francis Leggin Primm(1813-1864)

*Wf/of  W.M. J. Tyson

D. R.  YOUNG    3-31-1856  to  5-16-1918

*1^st husband of Lula Saxon(1861-1951)

"May He Rest In Peace"

LULA  SAXON  YOUNG  YARBROUGH   

12-18-1861  to  8-10-1951

*D/of  David Parke Saxon(1830-1912) & Mary Medora Reeves Saxon(1840-1912)

*Wife of  D. R.  YOUNG (1856-1918)   and 

NATHANIEL  "NATHAN"  BIRD  YARBROUGH (1858-1930)

*N.B. Yarbrough buried Mount Horeb Cemetery, Elliott, Ouachita Co, AR

*2 husband to Lula Saxon / *1^st wife, Nancy Alice Lane (1866-1913)

(This couple had a huge monument type headstone)

JOHN  WESLEY  YOUNG  1-22-1860  to  4-2-1922

&  ESTELLE  LEAKE  YOUNG  2-28-1868   to  8-23-1933

*Adjoining this fenced in area on the west side is another fenced in cemetery area which is a black cemetery. 

Noted one burial   GEORGE  MURPHY  8-16-1869  to  1-3-1931.

Directly south across  Hwy. 172, from this cemetery, is about 5 acres chain link fencing of a newer

section of cemetery.  Just inside the double gates is the grave of a GOODWIN.  Several  new graves

along the back side of cemetery...a few names noted, GOODWIN,  FULLER,  MODICA  to mention

a few I could see from entrance.  I believe this is another black section of cemetery?

 

**Many unmarked graves.  Many of Smackover's early settlers are buried here.