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SALEM  CEMETERY

 Est. 1878

 

Union County, Arkansas  along Hwy. 172 West toward  Lisbon.

Updated  April 20, 2004, using a canvass done by Ralph O. Weldon done on

September 15, 1991. Updated from obituaries, May 2006/July 2009.

*My own new survey October 2011.

*Last update April 2021.

*Since my last visit, a large flag pole with lights has been added & nice

covered pavilion. Janice Holzer    JCSH432@gmail.com

 

 

*MM – Mortuary Marker

*  "&"  - Double Headstone

*SSI  -  Social Security Death Index

*ob  -  info from Obituary

*WOW  -  Woodman of the World monument

* ARDI  -  Arkansas Death Index  1914-1950

GILBERT  ARLAND  ALFORD

3-11-1921   to   1-19-1987

*S/of Dr. Abner Acel Alford (1854-1927) &

Elsie Bissell Alford (1899-1975)

*PVT  U.S. Army  World War  II

*Husband of  Nora Kathleen Atkinston    *Md:12/4/1943

&  NORA  KATHLEEN  ATKINSON  ALFORD (79)

5-09-1927    to    8-22-2006

*D/of Cecil Calvin Atkinson (1898-1983) &

Janette Cox White Atkinson   *OB

*Wife of  Gilbert Arland Alford *Md:12/4/1943

CLARA  BELL  BEAVERS  ALLEN (86)

11-15-1926    to   10-05-2013 MI

*D/of Arthur & Fannie Beavers.

*Member of  Salem Missionary Baptist Church.

*Late husbands: LeRoy Eutsey  &  the Rev. Vizer Allen.

*African American  *OB

SAMUEL  JOSEPH  "SAM" ALOTTO

7-20-1920 AR    to   8-24-2002 LA

*S/of Charles Alotto (1873-1947) *Brother, Stephen Alotto (1904-1955)

* Father & brother both interred @

Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery, El Dorado

*Sam born in Arkansas.  Died in Shreveport, Louisiana

*Md:2/15/1964   Lillie Mae "Nancy" Hodges

“For Ye Shall Go Out With Joy,  And Be Led Forth With Peace......ISA.  55:12”

&  LILLIE  MAE "NANCY" HODGES  ALOTTO (72)

8-21-1927   to   10-27-1999

*D/of Walter H. Hodges (1904-1978)  &

Neva Mae Howard Hodges (1908-1991)

*Wife of Samuel Joseph Alotto *Md:2/15/1964

WILLAM  CHARLES  “BILL”  ANDERSON

5-30-1952   to   3-26-2003

“Beloved Son”

BESSIE  LaBEFF  ATKINSON

4-8-1909   to   9-15-1970

*D/of Palsey Wright Labeff (1876-1955) &

Mattie Clawson LaBeff (1875-1963)

*Md: 1924    (1st)  John Lee  Bishop (1893-1976)

*Buried Burns Ebenezer Cemetery

WALTER  T.  ATKINSON

7-23-1924 AR   to  11-05-1964 Marin Co., CA

*S/of Cecil Calvin Atkinson (1898-1983)  & Janette Cox White Atkinson

*Mississippi~ Pvt  U.S. Army World War II

*Wife, Mary C. Burge

 

ANNE  WILLETT  BAIN (73)

11-15-1936 Kilgore, TX    to   8-17-2010 AR

*D/of Woodrow Wilson Willett (1913-1971)  &

Josie Dorrine Duke Willett (Kundert) (1915-2015)

ELIZABETH  BALDWIN  (no dates)

Great Grandfather  BALDWIN  (no dates)

Great  Grandmother  BALDWIN   (no dates)

 

JIM  DAN  BALLARD, III

8-29-2003   to   5-18-2004

GEORGE  BARR

7-14-1924  Indiana  Co.,, PA   to   6-03-1992 Lisbon, AR

*S/of  Zora G. Barr (1896-1967)

*Zora buried in Marion Center Memorial Cemetery, Ind Co., PA

*SFC US Army World War II –Vietnam

*H/of Myrtle Estelle Langley

MYRTLE  ESTELLE  LANGLEY   BARR(98)

7-22-1916   to   8-16-2014 *OB

*D/of  William Pryor Langley (1868-1945)  &

Birtie Estelle Parks Langley (1885-1970)

*Born in Smackover    *Wife of George Barr

DOYLE  PAUL  BISHOP (85)

12-29-1927   to   9-01-2013    *OB

*S/of John Lee Bishop (1893-1976)  &

Bessie LaBeff Bishop Atkinson (1909-1970)

*H/of Gaytha Muriel Freeman

GAYTHA  MURIEL FREEMAN  BISHOP (79)

8-13-1932 MS   to  2-7-2012 AR

*D/of Grady Freeman & Bessie Dupree Freeman.

*Born in Smith County, Mississippi

*Wife of Doyle Paul Bishop.    *OB

JOHN  ALBERT  BISHOP (54)

7-08-1932   to   3-12-1987

*S/of  John Lee Bishop (1893-1976)  &

Bessie LaBeff Bishop Atkinson (1909-1970)

*John died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

*John *Md: Shirley Bob Eason, in 1951, Ouachita Co., AR

(*MM Rumph Mortuary)

LAURA  GALE  WILSON  BLACKWELL(54)

5-26-1962    to   7-31-2016   *OB

*D/of Darwin Gene Wilson &

Marjorie Mae Langley Wilson (1931-2012)

*Cremation   *Speculation as to where Laura is buried,

but her mother and late brother are

both buried here at Salem Cemetery.

HORACE  VINSON  BLAKNEY (77)

6-29-1935 AL  to   8-24-2012 AR   *OB

*S/of  Osmond  Blakney (1909-1988)  &

Lillie Mae McCool Blakney (1910-1993)

*U.S. Air Force

*Husband of  Regina Marie Zawislak  *Md:11/28/1959

REGINA  MARIE  ZAWISLAK  BLAKNEY (75)

9-07-1935   to   4-16-2011

*D/of Felix A. Zawislak (1909-1978) &

Helen Micek Zawislak  (1911-1987)

*Wf/of Horace Vinson Blakney  *Md:11/28/1959

(J. P.) JOHN  P.   BRADLEY

6-15-1855   to  11-19-1913

*S/of Thomas J. Bradley (b: ca 1825 NC ) &

Mary L. Bradley (b: ca 1835 AL)

*Md: Union Co., AR in 1884  Ida Murph

IDA  MURPH  BRADLEY

9-26-1861   to   4-07-1918

*D/of William Hendricks Murph (b: ca 1828 AL)  &

Elizabeth B. Gholsen  Murph (b:ca 1832 AL)

*Md: Union Co., AR in 1884

*Wf/of  (J. P.) John P. Bradley

 

JEANETTE  WHITE  BREWER (78)

8-22-1903   to   8-03-1982

"Beloved Mother"   "Rest In Peace"

DONNIE  RAY  BROWN

6-28-1943   to  10-05-2008

*S/of  Modie & Richard Brown.

*Born in Fresno, Calif.  Died in Louann, Ark.

*Survived by his wife, Joyce Marie Gray Brown (1948-2019)

*Preceded in death by his parents, a son, Nathan Ray Brown,

& a daughter, Donna Sue Brown; & sister, Maxine Brown.

* No headstone.

&  JOYCE  MARIE  GRAY BROWN(70)  *OB

10-13-1948   to   2-10-2019 Conway , AR

*Born in  Lawrenceburg, TN  to Arthur Gray  &  Goldia Marie Gray

*Preceding her in death, was parents; her husband,

Donnie Ray Brown & her son, Nathan Ray Brown ;

her brother, Bobby Gene Gray.

NATHAN  RAY  BROWN (33)

7-05-1970  to  10-19-2003

"Husband ~ Father ~ Son ~ Brother"

"We will Meet Again"

*Nathan shares a double headstone with wife,

*Husband of Jill Kristine Brown *Md: 2/27/1990

&   JILL  KRISTINE  BROWN

4-15-1973  (One Date)

*Wf/of  Nathan Ray Brown  *Md: 2/27/1990

*Parents of Ashley Marie

JESSE  JAMES  BURTON

7-31-1934     to    9-19-2000

*S/of Linnie Mae Leach Cook (1908 LA -1990 AR )  &

her 3rd husband, James Andrew Burton (b:1883)

*Md: 11/13/1953  Relda Ann Murphy

*See mother, Linnie buried in

Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Union Co., AR

RELDA  ANN  MURPHY  BURTON

2-19-1936     (One date)

*D/of George Elmer Murphy (1896-1966)  &

Lois Yocum Murphy (1901-1983)

*Md: 11/13/1953   Jesse James Burton

*Shares a double headstone with Jesse;

no death date on her marker.

JAMES  LAVELLE  CLAWSON,  SR.

7-27-1911   to   5-03-1980

*S/of James Monroe Clawson (1871-1961) &

Annie Virginia LaBeff  Clawson (1881-1966)

*Husband of Minnie Lee Turner

&  MINNIE  LEE  TURNER  CLAWSON

12-31-1912   to   11-19-1996

*Wife of James Lavelle Clawson, Sr.

*Minnie & James share a double headstone.

JAMES  LAVELLE  CLAWSON,  JR.

3-25-1939    to   1-30-1993

*S/of James Lavelle Clawson, Sr. (1911-1980 ) &

Minnie Lee Turner Clawson (1912-1996)

JAMES  MONROE  CLAWSON

12-07-1871    to   12-03-1961

*S/of John Hines Clawson (1845-1926)  &

Maria Cebe Lawrence Clawson (1844-1932)

*Husband of Annie Virginia LaBeff  *Md: 1897

&  ANNIE  VIRGINIA  LaBEFF  CLAWSON

3-28-1881   to   9-09-1966

*D/of Paulsey Labeff (1835-1922)  &

Margarite Jane Peterson Labeff (1847-1953)

*Wife of James Monroe Clawson *Md: 1897

KATHERINE  “LOUISE”  LEVERITT  CLAWSON

1-31-1943    to    5-22-1986

*As it appears on headstone: Louise L. Clawson

LESLIE  AARON  CLAWSON (39)

3-04-1941   to   8-20-1980

NOAH  &  GLENDA  CLAWSON

Born & died  12-17-1939   *MM

 

JAKE  B.  COKE  (85)

3-31-1889    to   11-01-1974

*S/of James Thomas Coke (1855-1943) &

Mary Eliza Leverett Coke (1866-1943)

*Husband of Ruby Etta Wood

&  RUBY  ETTA  WOOD  COKE (89)

4-28-1893   to   1-24-1983

*Wife of  Jake B. Coke

*Shares double marker with Jake B. Coke.

KATHERINE  BISHOP  COLVIN

3-18-1930 AR    to   11-30-1999 LA

*Born in El Dorado, AR – Died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

*D/of John Lee Bishop (1893-1976) &

Bessie LaBeff Atkinson (1909-1970)

*Katherine Bishop Md: 1950, John Edward Colvin (1924-1998)

*John was born in Arkansas  &  died in Louisiana.

*U.S. Navy Veteran-World War II, as Seaman First Class.

*John E. Colvin ~ S/of Mary Mattie Featherston Stuart (1899-1971)

&  LaRoy Drake Stuart (1894-1965)

*John was buried 12/22/1998  Wilson Cemetery,

Lewisville, Lafayette Co., AR. *His mom is also buried here.

 

MARION "BOSS"  COOK

ca 1849   to   1904

(death year only date given on marker)

*S/of George Washington Cook  & Elizabeth Mendenhall Cook

EVELYN  THOMPSON  COPPAGE

10-12-1910    to   11-21-1975

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

ELTON  LEROY  CRAWFORD

1911   to   7-02-1926   *ARDI

*S/of David Austin Legrange Crawford (1879-1945) &

Edith Parks Crawford (1889-1933)

EDITH  PARKS  CRAWFORD

2-24-1889    to   5-17-1933

*D/of Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Howard (1859-1859) &

Lycurgus  O. Parks (1847 GA-1931 AR)

*Edith was the *1st Wf/of  David Austin Legrange Crawford

*David (1880-1945) is buried @ Woodlawn Cemetery.

EUGENE  CRAWFORD

4-16-1938    to    2-19-2010

*Husband of  Stella L. Crawford  *Md: in 1965

*Eugene born in Smackover, Ark..  Died at Crossett, Ark.

*Resident of El Dorado for 60 years.  Worked in the oil fields for

over 50 years & retired in 1986.  Preceded in death by his wife,

Stella Crawford; his mother, Dorothy Peppers; father, Ray

Spooner; step-father, Jim Crawford; & brother, Don D. Crawford.

*Survived by two sons, Chip and David Crawford;

one daughter, Stacy King.

“Beloved Husband and Father”

STELLA  LOUISE  ANFELDT  CRAWFORD

11-12-1944   to   2-07-2009

*D/of Henry Carl Anfeldt (1889-1961) &

Annie Louise Schmidt Anfeldt (1899-1972)

*Born in Wheeling, Cook Co., ILL.  Died in El Dorado.

*Wife of Eugene Crawford  *Md: in 1965

“Beloved Wife and Mother

JIM  CRAWFORD

9-30-1901   to   4-11-1962

“His Memory Is Blessed”

LISA  PONDER  CUPPLES

12-21-1969    to   7-26-2007

*D/of O. C. Ponder (1930-1999) &

Ruby Jean Lively Ponder (1943-2001)

"Rest In Peace"

 

JEWEL  EDWARD  DARDEN (76)

8-04-1938    to    4-15-2015   *OB

*S/of William Turner Darden (1870-1953)  &

Lucy Nancy Coke Darden Scroggins (1899-1991)

*Late son Jewel Edward “Buddy”  Darden, Jr. (1959-1983)

*Buried Woodlawn Cemetery

 

PRESTON  DENNIS   died  1920's

CHARLES  HOMER  DUKE

9-04-1886    to   6-18-1956

*S/of Elizabeth Jean Crawford (1851-1910)  &

William G. Duke(1850-1897)

*Husband of Pearl Neutine Murphy

&  PEARL NEUTINE MURPHY  DUKE

2-28-1892   to   6-13-1984

*D/of Henry Oscar Murphy (1855-1935) &

Ella Holloway Murphy (1858-1945)

*Wife of Charles Homer Duke

ELIJAH   TERRELL  DUKE

1-16-1890   to   6-17-1971

*S/of Elizabeth Jean Crawford Duke (1851-1910)  &

William G. Duke (1850-1897)

* "ELIGA"  Arkansas  PVT  US Army ~ World War I

*Husband of Jewell Murphy

&  JEWELL  MURPHY  DUKE

2-03-1893    to    6-18-1991

*D/of Henry Oscar Murphy (1855-1935)  &

Ella Holloway Murphy (1858-1945)

*Wife of Elijah Terrell Duke

HENRY  BYRON  DUKE

7-31-1922    to   7-25-2005

*S/of Charles Homer Duke (1886-1956) &

Pearl Murphy Duke (1892-1984)

*SGT  U.S. Army Air Forces ~ World War II

*Md: 10/9/1967 Union Co., AR

*Husband of Dorothy Mae Eason

"Beloved Husband and Daddy"

&  DORTHY MAE  EASON  DUKE

4-13-1931    (one date)

*D/of James Daniel Eason (1891-1954) &

Dollie Ozella Lee  Eason (1907-1993)

*Md: 10/9/1967 Union Co., AR

*Wife of Byron Duke Henry

"Forever One On Earth And In Heaven"

THOMAS  DUKE

1-06-1925    to    4-16-2009

*S/of Charles Homer Duke (1886-1956) &

Pearl Murphy Duke (1892-1984

"An Honest Man's The Noblest Work of God"

GERALD  VERDIE  DUKE

4-08-1896    to   1-14-1967

*S/of Elizabeth Jean Crawford Duke (1851-1910)

& William G. Duke (1850-1897)

*ARK  Pvt.  Btry  D  20  Field ARTY    *World War I

*Md: Gladys Idell Bates in 1921

GLADYS  IDELL  BATES  DUKE

11-22-1902   to   1-13-1972

*D/of Frank Bates (1873-1904)  &

Annie Julia Willett Bates (1872-1957)

*Wf/of  Verdie Duke  *Md: 1921

ALICE  M.  EMMONS

4-27-1880    to   9-09-1948

* "Her many virtues form the noblest monument to her memory"

*Alice’s daughter, Edna Mae Emmons Langley (1910 LA-1976 CA),

buried  Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, California.

*Edna’s spouse, Curtis Lee Langley (1907-1984)

 

BETTY  JENE  DARDEN  ESHELMAN  (46)

4-08-1930    to   4-05-1977

"She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"

WILLIAM  ROBERT  FAIR (87)

3-01-1928 LA    to    4-03-2015 LA

*Spent his early life in El Dorado, later living in Opelousas

& Cut Off, LA  *Korean War Veteran  *Mechanic by trade.

*Retired from Texas Eastern Pipeline of Shreveport after 40 years.

*Survived by his beloved wife of 67 years, Bettie Parks Fair.

*William & Betty Jene     *Md: 8/8/1948

*Shares double marker with his wife, Bettie Parks Fair.

&   BETTIE  JEAN  PARKS  FAIR

9-01-1929    to    ? (One date)

 

CHARLES  EARL  FARLEY

3-17-1949    to    8-10-1991

"Father"

“Absent in Body,  But Present In Spirit”

“Our Beloved Dad”  “Precious Memories”  *Mason

EARNEST  FARLEY

8-25-1919    to   7-08-2001

*S/of John Edward Farley (1883-1952) &

Nellie Gardner Farley (1885-1968)

"My Trust Is In God"

EDWARD  FARLEY

7-04-1912    to   8-15-1973

*S/of John Edward Farley (1883-1952) &

Nellie Gardner Farley (1885-1968)

*Died in Camden, Arkansas

*Md: 10/19/1923  Lena Dumas

LENA  DUMAS  FARLEY

12-22-1905   to   4-14-1978 LA

*D/of William A. Dumas (1882-1911) &

Carrie Emily Hogg Dumas (1883-1955)

*Born in Arkansas.  Died in Shreveport, Louisiana

*Wf/ of  Edward Farley  *Md: 10/19/1923

JOHN  EDWARD  FARLEY (68)

7-07-1883   to   2-04-1952

*S/of Lorenza Farley (1858-1888) &

Martha Fowler Farley (1862- ?)

*Husband of Nellie Gardner

&  Wife, NELLIE  GARDNER  FARLEY (83)

2-22-1885   to   4-13-1968

*Nellie & John Edward share a double headstone.

*Wf/of John Edward Farley

LEEON  FARLEY

6-21-1908   to  12-25-1933

*S/of John Edward Farley (1883-1952)  &

Nellie Gardner Farley (1885-1968)

*Leeon is the name given on his tombstone.

MARVIN  FARLEY

5-12-1926   to   1-22-1996

*S/of  John Edward Farley (1883-1952)  &

Nellie Gardner Farley (1885-1968)

*Wife, Margarette Louise Perdue Farley (1926 Miller Co., AR -2014 TX)

*Margarette, D/of  Arthur Jennings Perdue (1900-1921) &

Helen Claire Barnes Perdue (1904-1988)

*Resided in Houston, Texas at the time of her death.

*Cremated.

SAMMIE  WILBERT  FARLEY

4-28-1918   to   1-04-1919

*S/of  Chester A. Farley (1897-1977) &

Sallie M. Shirey Farley (1898-1969)

SILAS  FARLEY

4-11-1917   to   2-11-1969

*S/of John Edward Farley (1883-1952)  &

Nellie Gardner Farley (1885-1968)

*Arkansas – WT1     *U.S. Navy  World War II

MARY  CAROL  BLOCKER  FILLMORE

7-19-1941    to    9-03-2016 TX   *OB

*D/of Alvin Blocker Pugh (1917-1976) &

Gladys E.  Harper Pugh (1921-2013)

*Mary Carol Blocker  born in Gurdon, AR

HATTIE  McCOLLUM  GOEPFERT (90)

1-02-1894    to   1-24-1984

“Beloved Mother”   “Rest In Peace”

PATRICIA  ANN   BISHOP  GOLEY (63)

10-06-1957   to   3-24-2021

"MORNING SUN"

*D/of Fred Albert Bishop (1904-1977)  &

Ella Mae LaBeff Bishop (1919-1972)

*Patricia Ann *Md:2-22-1980  Dale Goley

*Pat and Dale had been married 41 years.

*Survived by two daughters, Ella Daniels &

Zoie Lovejoy; her husband, Dale Goley; her

two sisters, Mary Linda Darden & Helen Meeks;

and six grandchildren.  *OB

ANNIE  O.  GOODE (15)

12-24-1894    to   3-31-1910

*D/of Mattie Goode (1858-1952)

“She Is Resting Peacefully With Jesus In That Beautiful Home Above”

MATTIE  GOODE (93)

10-4-1858    to   6-20-1952

“She’s Safe At Home”

EVALINE  MATILDA  PRIMM  GOODWIN (36)

12-04-1839    to    5-14-1876

*Wf/of  Joel H. Goodwin

“Why should we mourn departed friends, Or shake at deaths alarm;

Tis but the ?voice__  ?____  Jesus sends To call us to his arms.

BOBBY  GRAY (35)

7-20-1966    to   11-25-2001

"Beloved Son, Brother, Husband and Father"

EARNEST  GLENN  GRAY

6-29-1909    to    8-11-1933

*S/of Thomas Cheak Gray (1879-1955) &

Ola May Funderburk Gray (1883-1964)

GOLDIE  MARIE  ENOCH  GRAY (77)

4-04-1932   to  12-28-2009

*D/of George Washington & Pearl Lee Enoch  *OB

*Born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

*Died at Louann, Ouachita Co., Ark.

*Perry's Funeral Chapels "El Dorado – Strong"

Infant  GRAY

9-13-1880   to   9-16-1880

*D/of Thomas Gray (1859-1926) &

Mary C. Barnes Gray (1850-1933)

&  MELVINA  GRAY

2-09-1889   to   3-03-1889

*D/of Thomas Gray (1859-1926) &

Mary C. Barnes Gray (1850-1933)

JAMES  H.  GRAY

1-27-1857   to   2-04-1912

*Father of, Naomi Tennessee Gray Williams (1891-1978)

*Born in Fort Smith, Ark.  *Died Placentia, Orange Co., Calif.

*Buried Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark

*Naomi's Spouses:

*Md: *1st husband, 1907, Ulysses Telemachus Alphonso(1869-1912)

*1st wife was Susie Evatt    *2nd wife was Neomi/Naomi T. Gray

*Wedding announcement gives his name as Mr. Tea Creekmore

*Ulysses "Tea" Telemachus Alphonso Creekmore buried @

Forest Park Cemetery, Sebastian Co.,Ark.

*Md: *2nd husband, 1913, Virgil Henry Williams (1893-1961)

*Buried Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark

*Virgil & Naomi's son~ Roger Lafayette Williams (1916-1964)

*Sgt. Roger L. Williams along with wife, Rose May are buried @

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California

JAMES  W.  GRAY (40)

1-28-1878   to   5-11-1918

*S/of Thomas Gray (1859-1926) &

Mary C. Barnes Gray (1850-1933)

“Thy trials ended  thy rest is won.”

THOMAS  GRAY  (66)

11-02-1859    to   3-18-1926

*H/of Mary C. Barnes Gray (1850-1933)

"Father"   *Inscription on headstone :

"There is a Heaven above where all is peace and love".

“PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS”

&   MARY  C.  BARNES  GRAY (83)

1-01-1850    to   11-21-1933

"Mother"

*Wf/of  Thomas Gray

*Shares double headstone with spouse, Thomas.

TOMMIE  W.  GRAY (29)

6-21-1905    to    11-09-1934

*S/of Thomas Cheak Gray (1879-1955) &

Ola May Funderburk Gray (1883-1964)

*WOW  headstone

“Sweet Rest Is Mine  /  Sweet Memories Are Ours”

WILLIS  BARNES  GRAY

6-27-1908    to   11-29-1909

*S/of Thomas Cheak Gray (1879-1955) &

Ola May Funderburk Gray (1883-1964)

“Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven”

 

BETTY  JENE  GULLEY

b  &  d    11-17-1931

*D/of Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Gulley

*Born in Ely, Nevada. * Died in Buhl, Twin Falls Co., Idaho

RAY  SELLS  HAMMOND

9-11-1888    to   7-23-1972

&  GARNER  "VIVIAN" SWILLEY  LAWRENCE  HAMMOND

8-17-1894   to  11-22-1969

*D/of Wiley Richard Swilley (1868-1932) &

Samuel Garner Austin Swilley (1873-1959)

*Tombstone listing:  VIVIAN LAWRENCE HAMMOND

*Born Union Co., Ark.  *Died Licking, Texas Co., Missouri

*1st husband,  Md: 1911, Rev Paul Lawrence(1886-1926)

*Buried Salem Cemetery, Lisbon, Union Co., Ark.

*2nd husband, *Md: 1927,  Ray Sells Hammond (1888-1972)

MARY  MARISE  GORMAN  HAYNIE (86)

5-06-1931   to   2-15-2018   *OB

*D/of George Simon Gorman (1892-1971) &

Tennie Geneva Garrett Gorman (1908-1977)

*Mary born in Jersey, Bradley Co., Ark.

*Late sons, Edward Lynn Haynie ~ William Charles Anderson

*Born in Jersey,AR    *Death date not on tombstone.

"Mother"

CLARENCE  BROWN  HIGHT

5-17-1939   to   5-31-2005

*S/of Clarence M. Hight (1908-1982)  &  Bethel R. Hight (1915-1997)

*Clarence  &  Linden share a tombstone , their brother,

Lee M. Hight has his own tombstone.

&  LINDEN  R.  HIGHT

7-18-1956    to   9-24-2008

*Brother to Clarence Brown Hight

"Precious Lord Take My Hand"

CLARENCE  M.  HIGHT

1-15-1908   to  11-23-1982

*S/of George Chester Hight (1877 NC - 1943 Saline Co., AR)

*H/of Bethel R. Hight (1915-1997)

&  BETHEL  R.  HIGHT

9-22-1915    to   5-05-1997

*Hight Family

Lee M. Hight ~ Clarence Brown Hight ~ Linden R. Hight

Clarence M. Hight  ~ Bethel R. Hight

*Wife,of Clarence M. Hight

LEE  M.  HIGHT

5-22-1934   to   2-29-2008

"Beloved Brother"

*S/of Bethel R. Hight (1915-1997) &

Clarence M. Hight (1908-1982)

*Brother of Clarence Brown Hight & Linden R. Hight

 

LUTHER  LINDEL  HODGES  (68)

6-09-1936 TX   to  10-01-2004 AR

*S/of Luther Goodwin Hodges (1908-1974) &

Mildred Marquette Randolph Lyde (1914-1999)

*Born in Henrietta, Texas.  Died in El Dorado, Ark.

*1st wife, Martha Ann Hodges (1937-2004)

*2nd wife, Genevieve Arellano Propp (1944-2014)

& GENEVIEVE  ARELLANO  PROPP  HODGES (69)

“Genny”   1-16-1944 CA   to   1-04-2014  *OB

*D/of Rubert Richard Propp (1900-1952)  &

Esther Pricilla Lee Wilcox Propp (1912-1971)

*1st husband,*Md:1958, Edgar T. Roberts (1938-1998)

*2nd husband, Luther Lindel Hodges (1936-2004)

*Mother of  Eddie Roberts / Richard Roberts /

Alfred Roberts / Jake Roberts, all of El Dorado.

*Stepmother to, Teresa Hodges & Lyndle Hodges.

MARTHA  ANN  HODGES

10-15-1937   to   9-08-2004

*Husband, Luther Lindel Hodges (1936-2004)

*She was his 1st wife.

“Our Beloved Mother”   “Rest In Peace”

WALTER  H.  HODGES

7-05-1904    to   1-07-1978

*Husband of Neva Mae Howard for 52 years

*Walter & Neva Mae share a double headstone.

&  NEVA  MAE  HOWARD  HODGES

1-12-1908   to   3-06-1991

*D/of Vernon D. Howard (1880-1959)  &

Pennie P. Darden Howard (1891-1963)

*Md: 52 yrs to Walter H. Hodges

 

ARTHUR  MITCHELL  HOGG  (47)

9-27-1883   to   4-20-1931

*S/of Arthur Richard Hogg (1851-1915)  &

Julia Ann Melton Hogg (1854-1940)

WILLIAM  HAMPTON  HOGG

3-20-1891   to   8-03-1953

*S/of Arthur Richard Hogg (1851-1915) &

Julia Ann Melton (1854-1940)

*Ark Bugler BTRY A 316 FLD ARTY ~ World War I

*Husband of, Maudie Maureen Clawson   *Md: 9/6/1917

&  MAUDIE  MAUREEN  CLAWSON  HOGG

3-18-1900    to   2-15-1976  “Mother”

*D/of  James Monroe Clawson (1871-1961)  &

Annie Virginia Labeff  Clawson (1881-1966)

 

*Wife of  William Hampton Hogg  *Md: 9/6/1917

 

 

WILLIAM  SHERMAN  HOGG

10-06-1924   to  1-05-1925

*S/of Maudie Maureen Clawson Hogg (1900-1976) &

William Hampton Hogg (1891-1953)

*Death Certificate gives death date of Feb 05, 1925

*Dates above are from his Tombstone

 

Miss  AGNES  M.  HOLLOWAY

1-28-1884    to   9-25-1899

*D/of John David Holloway (1851-1939)  &

Ella Ophelia Parks Holloway (1853-1934)

EDMOND  B.  HOLLOWAY

1819 Atauga Co, AL   to   8-3-1897 AR

*S/of Joseph Holloway (1792-1853)  &

Mary Jane Newton Holloway (1795-1830)

*Md: 7/16/1850 Union Co., AR

*Tombstone ~ Edmond Holloway

HAROLD  HARLAN  HOLLOWAY (76)

3-29-1934    to   11-18-2010 *OB

*S/of Jessie David Holloway (1907-1972) &

Opal Estelle Stone Holloway (1912-2004)

*Md: 1/8/1955  Mildred Virginia Smith

&   MILDRED  VIRGINIA  SMITH  HOLLOWAY

9-24-1935    (One date)

*Wife of 55 yrs, to Harold Harlan Holloway

JOHN  DAVID  HOLLOWAY (88)

9-17-1851 AR    to   10-25-1939

*S/of Edmond B. Holloway (1819-1897) &

Marinda Sebrina Baldwin (1829-1874)

&  ELLA  OPHELIA  PARKS  HOLLOWAY (81)

1-21-1853 GA   to   10-17-1934

*D/of  William W. Parks (1820-1884)  &

Margaret A. Maddox Parks (1825-1902)

*John David & Ella Ophelia share a double headstone.

MARINDA  SEBRINA  BALDWIN  HOLLOWAY

7-18-1829 GA    to   3-13-1874

“MORANDY”

*Tombstone ~  Morandy Holloway

WILLIAM  B.  HOLLOWAY

3-9-1856    to   October  1890

*S/of Edmond B. Holloway (1819-1897)

Marinda Sebrina Baldwin Holloway (1829-1874) &

 

ELIZABETH   JOSEPHINE  MURPHY  HOWARD

10-13-1859   to   7-30-1935 “LIZZIE”

*Erected by Jewell Murphy Duke-1960

*D/of George W. Murphy (1831-1899)  &

Sara A. Cook Murphy (1839-1923)

*Md: 12/20/1875  James Thomas Howard (1853-1952)  *Divorced

“Earth Has No Sorrow, That Heaven Cannot Heal”

GEORGE  HUEY  HOWARD

2-10-1905   to   8-26-1974

*S/of Vernon Decamp Howard (1880-1959)  &

(1st Wife)  Littie May McWilliams Howard (1881-1910)

*Md: 12/24/1926   Ruby Hight

&  RUBY  HIGHT  HOWARD

3-22-1909   to   2-02-1978

*D/of George Chester Hight (1877-1943) &

Arabella Hair Hight

*Wf/of  Huey Howard  *Md: 12/24/1926

Infant  HOWARD

B  &  D   1-06-1923

*S/of Vernon Decamp Howard (1880-1959)  &

(2nd Wife Pennie P. Darden Howard (1891-1963)

JAMES  HENRY  HOWARD

3-13-1921   to   11-01-1922

*S/of Vernon Decamp Howard (1880-1959)  &

(2nd Wife) Pennie  P. Darden  Howard (1891-1963)

JAMES  THOMAS  HOWARD

7-28-1853   to   7-12-1952

*1st  Md: 12/20/1876  Union Co., AR

*1st Elizabeth Josephine Murphy (1859-1935)

*2nd  Md: 11/13/1881

*2nd Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie or Betty” Parks

&  SARAH  ELIZABETH “ BETTY”  PARKS  HOWARD

12-03-1848   to   11-08-1914

*D/of William W. Parks (1820-1884)  &

Margaret  A. Maddox Parks (1825-1902 )

*James & "Betty" share a double headstone.

*Wf/of James T. Howard   *Md: 11/13/1881

LITTIE  MAY  McWILLIAMS  HOWARD (29)

3-18-1881    to   12-12-1910

*Age 29 yrs~7ms~24 ds

*1st Wife of  Vernon Howard  *Md: 5/07/1904

NELLIE  HOWARD

B  &  D   12-15-1878

*Infant D/of J.T. &  Elizabeth  Howard (1848-1914)

VERNON  DECAMP  HOWARD

11-23-1880   to   8-31-1959  “Father”

*S/of James Thomas Howard (1853-1952)  &

Elizabeth Josephine Murphy Howard (1859-1935)

*1st wife, Littie May McWilliams (1881-1910)

*Md: 5/7/1904  Union Co., AR

*2nd wife, Pennie P. Darden

*Md: 9/26/1917, Union Co., AR

&   PENNIE  P.  DARDEN  HOWARD

6-27-1891    to   10-01-1963  “Mother”

*D/of George Washington Darden (1867-1957)  &

Elizabeth Virginia“Beth” Hogg Darden (1871-1949)

"We Will Meet Again"

JOYCE  MARIE  PARKS  HOWSER

2-13-1931   to   12-29-1990

*D/of William Edward “Eddie” Parks (1895-1958) &

Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)

 

RONNIE  HUGHES (73) of  Smackover

9-03-1944    to   3-03-2018 *OB

*S/of James Edward Hughes & Francis Wise Hughes

*Wf/of 20 years, Tena Lewis Hughes

*Bailey Funeral Home

DEWEY  ELVIN  KEGLEY (38)

2-10-1927   to   12-19-1965

*S/of Henry Paul Kegley (1902-1966)  &

Annie Clyde Clawson Kegley (1909-1990)

*Arkansas - S1 -  USNR  -  World War II

HENRY  PAUL  KEGLEY

4-28-1902    to   10-07-1966

*S/of Solomon Luther Kegley (1873-1959) &

Josephine Elizabeth Greenwood Kegley (1873-1926)

*Husband of Annie Clyde Clawson  *Md: 1924

&  ANNIE  CLYDE  CLAWSON  KEGLEY (81)

4-12-1909    to   7-26-1990

*Wf/of Henry Paul Kegley  *Md: 1924

PAUL  WAYNE  KEGLEY (87)

4-24-1925    to   5-19-2012  *OB

*S/of Henry Paul Kegley (1902-1966)  &

Annie Clyde Clawson Kegley (1909-1990)

*1st wife Odie Mae *Md:7/19/1946

*Survived by *2nd wife, Jessie Nicholson Kegley

&  ODIE  MAE  KEGLEY

11-8-1924   to   3-25-1992

*Md: 7/19/1946  Paul Wayne Kegley

*Odie Mae & Paul share a double headstone.

 

DILLON KEITH  KEMP(28)

6-30-1985   to   8-25-2013  *OB

*S/of the late Keith Kemp & Julie Ann Clawson Kemp Morgan

*Preceded in death by his father, Keith Kemp; grandfather

Joe Edward Kemp; grandparents, Leslie & Louise Clawson;

and Uncle Joe Kemp, Jr.

*Survived by three children, Jada Kemp, Dillon Kemp, Jr.,

& Anna Williams, all of Calion; Mother, Julie Ann Morgan &

her husband, Jeff Morgan of Magnolia; & his wife, Emily.

*Wife, Emily Kemp of Calion, AR   *Killed in auto accident

 

DONALD  WAYNE  KENT (75)

11-11-1936 AL    to   6-10-2012 AR    *OB

*S/of  Bennie D. Kent (1901-1962)  &

Myrtice Merrill Kent. (1909-1978) *Evergreen, AL

*Member of Lisbon United Methodist Church.

*Preceded in death by his parents; an infant son,

Michael Wayne; & a brother, James C. Kent.

Survivors include his wife, Peggy Ann of Smackover;

daughters, Tammy Swift & Tina Kent Reynolds, both

of Smackover; & a sister, Nita Prince of Bluff Dale, TX.

He & his wife, Peggy, owned Kent's Bulldozer Service

for 35 years before retiring this past year.

*Wife of 56 yrs, Peggy Ann Fillmore Kent of Smackover.

 

FLORENCE  GRAY  KING

3-01-1893    to   12-09-1919

*D/of  Thomas Gray (1859-1926) &

Mary C. Barnes Gray (1850-1933)

*Wife of  Robert Lee King (1880-1940)

*1st wife, Florence Gray King (1893-1919)

*2nd wife, Dollie Key Launius (1889-1959)

*Robert is buried @ Chapel Hill Cemetery,

Sparkman, Dallas Co., Arkansas

HERBERT  STANLEY  KING (73)

3-07-1933   to   11-21-2006   *OB

*S/of  Stanley Alexander King & Marion Doris Harris King

*Father of four sons & two daughters.

*Sons; Stanley W. King of AR, Randall L. King of OK.,

Jeffery E. King of AR, & Gregory L. King of TX.

*Daughters; Cheryl A. Hight of AR & Beverly G. Nemeth of AR.

*Former wife & mother of his six children, Opal Spencer.

*Parents preceded him in death.

*Born in Monta Vista, Colorado

*Served 5 yrs in Korean War, USAF.

*Member of 45th Engineering Batalion

of the Oklahoma National Guard,

until 1968 as Sgt. 1st Class

*Korean Service Medal  *W/2 Bronze Stars

 

CHARLES  “CHARLEY” AYLMER  LaBEFF

9-09-1900   to   5-09-1961

*S/of “Mattie” Clawson LaBeff  (1875-1963) &

Palsey Wright LaBeff  (1876-1955)

*Charley A. LaBeff   *Md: 9/23/1917  Clara Mae Wilson

&   CLARA  MAE  WILSON  LaBEFF

8-08-1899   to   8-09-1932

*Wife of Charley Aylmer LaBeff *Md: 9/23/1917

CHARLES  LABEFF (65)

7-30-1927   to   10-21-1992

*PVT  US Air Force  World War II

OTIS  LaBEFF (86)

5-20-1924    to   8-24-2010

*S/of Charley Aylmer LaBeff (1900-1961) &

Clara Mae Wilson LaBeff  (1899-1932)

*Md:1st in 1944, Dura Elizabeth Gathright (1925-2006)

*Md: 2nd, Alma Dean Webb (1926-2009)

*PVT  U S  Army ~  World War II   *OB

*Member Joyce City Baptist Church

'Under God's Construction. Task Completed. Called Home.'

PAULSEY  LaBEFF, Sr.

2-05-1835    to    3-02-1922

*2nd husband of  Margarite Jane Peterson

*Father of Annie Virginia LaBeff Clawson (1881-1966)

&  MARGARITE  JANE  PETERSON  LaBEFF

1847    to  1943

*1st husband,  Md: 1872 Gabriel Disotell (1832-1872)

*2nd husband, Paulsey LaBeff, Sr. (1835-1922)

*Mother of Annie Virginia LaBeff Clawson (1881-1966)

*Wife, of James Monroe Clawson. (1871-1961)

*Annie was the mother of 8 children

PALSEY  WRIGHT  LABEFF

5-23-1876    to   8-15-1955

*S/of John Palsey LaBeff  (1835-1922)  &

Margarite “Maggie” Peterson LaBeff  (1847-1943)

*Husband of Margaret Jane Clawson  *Md: 1897

& MARGARET  JANE  MATTIE” CLAWSON  LABEFF

6-18-1875    to   1-12-1963

*D/of John Hines Clawson (1845-1926)  &

Maria Eucebia Lawrence Clawson (1844-1932)

*Wf/of Palsey Wright LaBeff  *Md: 1897

ALVIN  CARROLL  LANGLEY, SR. (66)

9-21-1903   to   12-24-1969  *SSDI  *OB

*S/of William Pryor Langley (1868-1945) &

Birtie Estelle Parks Langley (1885-1970)

*Member of Crossroads Baptist Church

*Md: 1923  Eunice Mae Scott

&  EUNICE  MAE  SCOTT  LANGLEY

1908   to  1951

*Wf/of Alvin Carroll Langley, Sr. *Md: 1923

*Eunice & Alvin  share a double headstone.

DARRELL  ALLEN  LANGLEY

2-05-1963   to   8-06-1991

*S/of  Norman Lester Langley (1933-1981) &

Louwilda Hunt Langley Paxton (1934-2005)

*Born & died in Harris County, Texas

"Beloved Son"

NORMAN   LESTER  LANGLEY

10-05-1933    to   4-27-1981

*S/of Alvin Carroll Langley (1903-1969) &

Eunice Mae Scott Langley (1908-1951)

*U. S. Navy

*Md:5/20/1955   Louwilda Hunt

*Norman & Louwilda share a double headstone.

&   LOUWILDA  “BILLIE”  HUNT  LANGLEY-(PAXTON)

5-05-1934   to   11-21-2005

*D/of Cecil & Eloise Hunt and Lennie & Earl Thompson;

*Md: 5/20/1955,*1st husband, Norman Lester Langley

*Inscription under Louwilda's name on headstone:

(List her 2nd husband's name, Paxton)

*Md: abt 1987, *2nd husband, Lester “Les” Lee Paxton", Jr.(1940-?)

*Louwilda & Lester Paxton had been married for 18 years,

when Louwilda died in 2005. (according to info in her Obit)

*See Paxton

RONNIE  LANGLEY

12-07-1958    (One date)

*Ronnie Langley  *Md: 11/8/1983 Peggy Murphree

&  PEGGY  MURPHREE  LANGLEY (48)

4-04-1961   to   3-12-2010   *OB

*D/of James Douglas Murphree  &  Juanita Alene Shelander.

*Born in Laguna Beach, California. Died in Little Rock, AR

*Peggy was preceded in death by her parents.

*She is survived by her husband, Ronnie Langley; a son,

Norman James Langley of El Dorado; two brothers,

Michael James Murphree of Memphis, TN & Donald

Shelander of Grandbury, Texas; a sister, Patty Murphree

Giovingo, of Walker, LA; stepmother, Betty Owen

Murphree of El Dorado.

*Member of Parkview Baptist Church

*Wf/of Ronnie Langley

"Jesus Wept"

WILLIAM  BYRD  LANGLEY

11-02-1901    to    6-02-1983

*Son of William Pryor Langley (1868-1945) &

Birtie Estelle Parks Langley (1885-1970)

*Born in Smackover, Ark.  Died in Lake Village, AR

*Md:1924,  Mamie Hazel Patton (1907-1972)

*Mamie was born in & died in Ouachita Co., Ark.

*D/of Thomas Clifford Patton (1873-1951) &

Annette Cohen Hardin Patton (1883-1976)

*Buried @ Mounty Horeb Cemetery, Elliott, Ouachita Co., Ark.

WILLIAM  CECIL  LANGLEY (64)

9-04-1935    to    8-03-2000

*SP4  US Army

WILLIAM  PRYOR  LANGLEY

9-14-1868    to    8-05-1945

*H/of Birtie Estelle Parks

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

&  BIRTIE  ESTELLE  PARKS  LANGLEY

4-06-1885   to   4-27-1970

*D/of  Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &

Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks (1859-1908)

*Member of First Baptist Church of Smackover.

*Mother of five sons & three daughters.

*Wife of William Pryor Langley

NANCY  SCROGGINS  LASTER (74)   *OB

1-10-1945 El Dorado   to   8-22-2019  Hot Springs, AR

*D/of Edward ' Ed' Scroggins (1905-1986)  &

Roxie Maxine Fowler Scroggins

"ED" Scroggins is buried here with his*3rd wife,

Lucy Nancy Coke Darden Scroggins (1899-1991)

*See Scroggins on list.

*Preceding her in death; her  parents; husband,

Roy Laster, & a sister, Judee Dunn.

*Survivors are her son, Dennis McKinney of

London, AR; daughters, Teresa Wright of Malvern, AR

& Missy Kettell of Glen Rose, AR; brothers: Edwin

Scroggins of Norphlet, Charles Scroggins of

Smackover; Lester Scroggins of Little Rock.

*Sisters, Mary Ann Ward of Norphlet &

Susan Sears of Hot Springs, AR.

REV.  PAUL  LAWRENCE

5-27-1886    to   6-07-1926

*S/of John Waller Lawrence (1843-1927)  &

Oceola Lee Rogers Lawrence (1858-1934)

*Rev. Paul was  Age 40 yrs-10 dys    *Mason

*Md: 1911, Wife,  Garner "Vivian" Swilley

GARNER "VIVIAN" SWILLEY LAWRENCE (HAMMOND)

8-17-1894    to   11-22-1969

*D/of Wiley Richard Swilley (1868-1932) &

Samuel Garner Austin Swilley (1873-1959)

"Vivian" born in Union Co., Ark.

*Died in Licking, Texas Co., Missouri

*Md: *1st, in 1911, Rev. Paul  Lawrence (1886-1926)

*Md: 2nd husband, in 1927,  Ray Sells Hammond (1888-1972)

*See listing under under Hammonds.

*Vivian & Ray Hammonds share a double headstone.

CHARLES  ELLIS  LEVERITT

1-13-1949   to   3-17-1950

*S/of Ellis Hardy Leveritt (1910-1976) &

Ruth Magdaline Harris Leveritt (1911-1991)

ROBERT  THOMAS  LEVERITT

12-29-1950   to   8-17-2004

*SGT  U.S. Army  Vietnam

BERTHA  LEE  LANGLEY  LEWIS

9-06-1908   to   8-17-1993

*D/of William Pryor Langley (1868-1945) &

Birtie Estelle Parks Langley (1885-1970)

*Born in Smackover & died in El Dorado.

 

REX  A.  LUM

10-07-1951   to  ?  (no death date)

*Brenda & Rex   *Md: 11/13/1978

&   BRENDA  J.  LUM   (42)

3-04-1961   to   7-21-2003

*Rex & Brenda share a double headstone.

DOROTHY  LaBEFF  LASH  MADDEN

7-18-1897   to   7-31-1972

*Md: *1st  in 1916,  Jessie Thomas Lash  (2/20/1894 to 6/7/1951)

*1sthusband, Jessie Thomas Lash, buried Smackover Cemetery

*From this union three children were born.

*Stella Mae Lash DeSadier (1917-1993)

*Husband Joe DeSadier (1914-1978) buried same as Stella

*Joe is buried @ Green Acres Memorial Park, Bloomington, California

*Stella buried in Green Acres Memorial Park, San Bernardino Co.,CA

John David Lash (1918-1984)

*Wife, Mary Virginia Windham  Wiley (1925-2008)

*Mary is buried in Jett Cemetery, Orange, Texas

*Buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside Co., California

J. T. Lash (1920-2004)  *World War II  Vet – US Army

*Wife, Mary Ella Patterson Lash (1925-2006)

*Both buried at Cotton Valley Cemetery, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, LA

*Dorothy LaBeff  Md: *2nd husband, Boyd Madden

*Dorothy LaBeff Lash Madden (1897-1972)  died in Texas

“Beloved Mother”  “Only Sleeping”

PERRY  L.  MASSEY (48)

11-18-1968   to   8-26-2017

*Born in Camden, Ark. Died in Hot Springs, Ark.

*Survived by his wife, Katrina L. Massey; two sons,

Dwaine & Samuel Massey; & his mother, Veleta Pannell.

*Cremated.  (El Dorado News-Times (AR)- Aug 29, 2017)

*Shares a double headstone with wife, Katrina, who was

still living at the time of his death.

"He Is In Our Hearts As God Is In His"

HESTER  L. TEMPLE  McADAMS  (89)

10-26-1919    to   1-24-2009  *OB

*D/of  William Robert Temple  &  Ada Samantha Smith Temple.

*Wife of the late Leroy McAdams

CHARLES  L.  McCALL

8-14-1944    to   4-14-1999

"RED"  "PAPAW RED"

RUBY  EDWARD  McCALL

9-21-1912    to   1-06-1979

* It says FATHER  on  Ruby Edward McCall's tombstone

*Ruby Edward McCall  *Md:10/23/1936  Nadine Stone

"Father"

&  NADINE  STONE  McCALL (84)

2-09-1915    to   10-27-1999

*Ruby E. McCall  & Nadine Stone McCall

share a double headstone.

"Mother"

JAMES  J.  McCARTY

6-27-1885   to   2-18-1918

(32 yrs-7 mo-21 dys)

*Md: 1909   Nellie Mae Parks

NELLIE  MAE  PARKS  McCARTY

1-29-1892    to   12-02-1977

*D/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &

Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks (1859-1908)

*Wife of James J. McCarty *Md: 1909

Miss  EMMA  McDONALD (52)

11-09-1840   to  7-01-1893

(stone broken)

FREDERICK  VALENTINE "FRED"  McDONALD

2-14-1875    to    4-20-1951

*Husband of  Hattie Thompson   *Md:1900

(In Thompson – McDonald  Mausoleum with 5 Thompsons)

&  HATTIE  THOMPSON  McDONALD

10-19-1876   to  10-24-1954

*D/of Barcella Quincy Thompson (1844-1924) &

Nancy Rebecca Murphy Thompson (1852-1894)

*Wf/of Frederick Valentine McDonald. *Md:1900

*Thompson-McDonald Mausoleum

MADGE  NELL  DUKE  WATKINS  McELWEE(94)

"Mother"   11-26-1919   to   4-20-2014   *OB

*D/of Charlie Homer Duke (1886-1956)  &

Pearl Murphy Duke (1892-1984)

*Madge born in Dumas City, Union County, AR  &

died in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR

*Md: *1st  Thomas Gordon Watkins (1922-2001)

*Md: *2nd James McElwee

Infant Dau. McWILLIAMS

B:  &  D:   4-21-1908

*D/of Plez Orby McWilliams (1887-1950) &

Lela Goode McWilliams (1890-1981)

“Hush, My Dear, Be Still and Slumber,

Jolly Angels Guard Your Bed”

PLEZ  ORBY  McWILLIAMS

1-02-1887   to   8-29-1950  "Father"

*Md: 9/ 17/ 1906  Lela Mae Goode

“Each Duty Done, They Rest In Peace”

&  LELA  MAE  GOODE  McWILLIAMS

6-11-1890    to   5-17-1981   "Mother"

*D/of Mattie Goode (1858-1952)

*Wife of Plez Orby McWilliams *Md: 9/ 17/ 1906

*Plez & Lela Mae share a double headstone.

AMOS  D.  MEDLOCK

1-5-1852  to  2-28-1893

*S/of Lucius Medlock (1820-1871) &

Jemima A. Dumas Medlock (1827-1885)

*Husband of, Alice E. Hollaway Medlock (1853-1922)

*Alice buried Lakeside Cemetery, Stamps, Lafayette Co., Ark

BORIS  LaVERNE  MILE (47)

12-16-1972   to   2-05-2020  *OB

*S/of Pleasant & Bessie Miles.

Preceded by his mother, Mrs. Bessie Miles; and one

brother, Alvin Benard Henry.

*Survived by his daughter, Ariana Miles of Arlington, TX;

his father, Pleasant Miles of El Dorado; two sisters,

Shirl Gibson of El Dorado & LaSaundra Franks

of Magnolia. (Marks Funeral Home)

JIM  HENRY  MILES  (79)

12-10-1937   to   8-28-2017

LELA  MILES (87)

1927  to   3-09-2014

*Birth date unknown, but based on age given in her

obituary and her death date, her birth year appears to

have been 1927.

*Funeral held at Salem Baptist Church in Junction City,

with burial following at Salem Cemetery,

Saturday, March 15.

JESSIE  M.  MURPHY  MINOR (27)

1-29-1897   to   9-25-1924

*Wf/of John W. Minor

HARRY  DALE  MURPH

12-5-1893   to   5-24-1895

*S/of Timothy Caraway Murph (1848-1923) &

Eliza Alice Thompson (1851-1923)

 

NETTIE  EDNA  MURPH

6-11-1874    to   12-02-1882

*D/of Timothy Caroway Murph (1848-1923) &

Eliza Alice Thompson Murph (1851-1923)

*Age  8 yrs / 5 mos / 21 dys

TIMOTHY  CAROWAY  MURPH

4-28-1848    to   8-04-1923

*S/of Lewis Murph  (ca 1806) &

Susan Dunaway Murph (ca 1808 GA)

“A friend in his country and a believer in christ”

&  "ELIZA" ALICE  THOMPSON  MURPH (72)

1-21-1851   to   3-04-1923

*D/of J. Kannon Thompson (ca 1814 to 1868) &

Sallie Amelia Perry Thompson (1821-1901)

*Timothy & Eliza share a double headstone.

“She was a kind and affectionate wife,

a fond mother, and a friend to all.

AMY  REBECCA  MURPHY

B  &  D   9-2-1985

*Infant  D/of George & Cindy Murphy

BENJAMIN  NEWTON  (B.N.) MURPHY

10-11-1857   to   6-10-1933

*S/of George W. Murphy (1831-1899) &

Sara Ann Cook Murphy (1839-1923)

*Husband of  Emma Victoria Thompson   *Md: 3/17/1878

EMMA  VICTORIA  THOMPSON  MURPHY

7-13-1859   to   4-12-1940

*D/of  J. Kannon Thompson &

Sarah Amelia Perry Thompson(1821-1901)

*Wife of Benjamin Newton Murphy *Md: 3/17/1878

LTC.  GEORGE  EDGAR  MURPHY

5-27-1932   to  12-17-2018  *OB

*S/of George Elmer Murphy (1896-1966) &

Lois Yocum Murphy (1901-1983)

*H/of Bobbye Frances Moore McDaniel Murphy.

*Graduated Smackover HS; the University of  Georgia;

& the US Army Airborne School; the Airborne Jumpmasters

School; Aerial Delivery School;  Heavy Drop School;

Special Warfare School; 11th ABN Division NCO

*Honor graduate, etc. etc;

Artillery Officers Candidate School~ honor graduate,

distinguished military graduate & first academically.

Baptized by Methodist Church 1944.

*Survived by his loving wife, three daughters,

Christine Uhland,  Elizabeth McGee & Margaret Leville;

two sons, George Edgar Murphy, Jr., Thomas Lamar Murphy;

four stepsons, Rex, Robbie, Ryker and Ragan McDaniel.

GEORGE  ELMER  MURPHY

1-28-1896   to   7-24-1966

*S/of Thomas Edgar Murphy (1872-1924) &

Martha Rosetta Ballard Murphy (1874-1947)

* Pvt. ARK  64  Co 162  Depot  Brig.  World War I

&  LOIS  YOCUM  MURPHY

12-29-1901   to   9-28-1983

*D/of George Decalb Yocum  (1863-1940)  &

Henrietta C. Watts Yocum  (1873-1939)

HENRY  OSCAR  MURPHY

10-06-1855    to   3-15-1935

*S/of George W. Murphy (1831-1899) &

Sara Ann Cook Murphy (1839-1923)

“Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal”

&  ELLA  HOLLOWAY  MURPHY

6-04-1858   to   2-13-1945

*D/of James Edmond Holloway (1819-1897) &

Marinda Sebrina Baldwin Holloway (1829-1874)

HENRY  W.  MURPHY

9-04-1877   to   9-18-1882

*S/of Henry Oscar Murphy (1855-1935)  &

Ella S. Holloway Murphy (1858-1945)

Infant  Son  MURPHY

B  &  D    3-20-1897

*S/of John Perdue Murphy (1875-1954) &

Carrie Emily Turner Murphy (1877-1951)

LAURA  A.  MURPHY

12-02-1882   to   9-02-1883

*D/of J. Warren Murphy & Martha T. Murphy

 

TURNER  GRAY  MURPHY

2-29-1872  to  9-12-1872

*S/of J. Warren & Martha T. Murphy

 

AGNES  VENELL  WEBB  NASH

2-21-1922   to   2-11-2008

*D/of  Frank & Mattie Jerry Webb;

Late husband of 56 yrs, Rev. Charles Wm. Nash

( ? Salem Baptist Church Cemetery)  *OB

MICHAEL  B.  "MIKE" NEELY (65)

7-02-1954   to   11-14-2019

*S/of the late Jimmy Bart Neely (1928-2018) &

Janette McKnight Neely

Retired Master Electrician.  Member of One Community

Church of El Dorado.  Preceded in death by his

grandparents & by his father, Jimmie B. Neely.

Survived by his wife of almost 35 yrs., Norma Neely

& his mother, Janette McKnight Neely.

BILLY  PANNILL (73)

1-29-1928    to   1-01-2002

*S/of Charles David Pannell (1892-1975) &

Edna Wallace Pannell (1902-1981)

*Rumph-Owers Mortuary

 

ALVY  LEE  PARKS  “Alvy” (81)

10-30-1903   to  11-29-1984

*S/of John Courtney Parks (1851-1915) &

Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)

*Husband of Vera Susan Parks

&  VERA  SUSAN  PARKS

10-06-1909  to  7-02-1931

*D/of Samuel A. Watson (1879-1948) &

Ola M. Davis Watson (1880-1919)

*Wf/of Alvy Lee Parks

ANNIE  ADELLE  PARKS

3-10-1882    to   11-15-1969

*D/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &

Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks (1859-1908)

BILLY  NOLEN  PARKS(77)

5-21-1934    to   4-25-2012

*S/of Harvey Watson Parks (1897-1962) &

Luddie Daisy Davis Parks (1908-1955)

* US Army  "Dad"  *Mason   *OB

*Retired from US Postal Service after 30 yrs.

*Preceding him in death were his parents; 1st wife,

Jo Ann Parks; brothers Homer Wade Parks & J.C. Parks &

sister, Carmen Daisy Parks. *Survived by his

2nd wife, Floy Garrett Parks; sons, Jim Parks of

Benton and Glen Bradham of El Dorado; daughters,

Brenda Bates & Donna Paxton both of Smackover.

*1st wife, Jo Ann Tucker  *Md; Nov 29,1958

*Current *2nd wife, Floy Garrett Parks

&  JO ANN  TUCKER  PARKS

9-08-1935    to   12-23-2000

*D/of Ruben Ibrey Tucker (1891-1944) &

Dollie Melvinie Cason Tucker (1892-1963)

*Jo Ann Tucker  *1st Wife,  *Md; Nov 29,1958

"Mom"  *RN

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

CARMEN  DAISY  PARKS

7-12-1931   to   3-22-1934

*D/of Harvey Watson Parks (1897-1962)  &

Luddie Daisy Davis Parks (1908-1955)

*In Memory of   "Sister"

COURTNEY  M.  PARKS (30)

1-25-1896   to   5-08-1926

*S/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &

Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks (1859-1908)

*aka  “BETTY”  or  “LIZZIE” *See Lycurgus O. Parks listing.

*Son, Courtney M. Parks  *Born Jan 25, 1896  Died May 08, 1926

*Courtney, Age 30 yrs~3 mos.~13Dys.

In many rcords Lycurgus O. Parks is listed as married twice.

In my own records I have these two women with the same

birth & death dates, but different marriage dates.

On the 1900 Census for Arkansas, Union County,

Lycurgus is listed with his wife, Lizzie Parks.

DAISY  MAE  PARKS

2-21-1907   to   9-30-1993

*D/of John Courtney Parks (1859-1915) &

Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)

"Rest In Peace"

EDDIE  ALINE  PARKS

10-06-1918   to   9-09-1937

*D/of William Edward Parks (1895-1958) &

Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)

"She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"

GEORGE  E. PARKS (78)

8-06-1936   to   2-27-2015  *OB

*S/of William Edward Parks (1895-1958) &

Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)

*Youngest of 10 children

*Member of Dumas Memorial United Methodist

where he was baptized on the same day his

triplet grandchildren were christened.

*Wf/of  56 yrs, Carolyn Jones Parks

HARVEY  WATSON  PARKS

1-18-1897   to   1-18-1962

*S/of John Courtney Parks (1859-1915) &

Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)

"Our Loss Is Heaven's Gain"

&  LUDDIE  DAISY  DAVIS  PARKS

7-28-1908   to   9-06-1955

*D/of Will Marshall Davis (1882-1930) &

Gennie Smith Davis (1886-1968)

*Luddie & Harvey share a double headstone.

HOMER  WADE  PARKS

4-16-1927   to   9-16-2002

*S/of Harvey Watson Parks (1897-1962) &

Luddie Daisy Davis Parks (1908-1955)

*S1  US Navy  World War II

*Homer W. Parks & Marguerite Evans   *Md:11/7/1957

&   MARGUERITE  EVANS  PARKS (93)

2-07-1928    to    4-07-2021

*D/of Ollie Evans (1888-1978) &

Mary Iva Cardwell Evans(1896-1974)

*Member of First United Methodist Church of Smackover

*Wife of late, Homer Wade Parks

"God Is Love"

Infant  PARKS

Born  &  Died  1-12-1935

*Infant S/of (W.W.) Walter Wallace Parks (1893-1967)

& Vera Murphy Parks (1899-2002)

"Budded On Earth To Bloom In Heaven"

Infant  PARKS

Born  &  Died   3-10-1882

*D/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931)  &

Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks (1859-1908)

"Infant Daughter of L.O. &  M.E. Parks"

Infant  PARKS

Born  &  Died   3-07-1917

*D/of (W.W.) Walter Wallace Parks (1893-1967) &

Vera Murphy Parks (1899-2002)

"In Loving Remembrance Of Our Baby Daughter"

JAMES  N.  PARKS

9-03-1923    (One date)

*Md: 10/4/1941  Betty J. Lewis

*James N. & Betty J. Parks share a double headstone.

&  BETTY  J.  LEWIS  PARKS

8-24-1924    to   11-01-2008

*Md: 10/4/1941   James N. Parks

*James & Betty share a double headstone.

J.  C.  PARKS (82)

4-16-1929   to   5-23-2011

*S/of Harvey Watson Parks (1897-1962)  &

Luddie Daisy Davis Parks (1908-1955)

*Born in Mount Holly.  *Died at U.A.M.S. Medical

Center in Little Rock, AR.  A lifelong resident of

Union County, AR. *Spent 35 yrs with the

U.S. Postal Service. He was director of the JOY

\Senior Adult Club of Ebenezer Baptist Church

for more than 30 years, along with his wife, Marilyn.

*Survived by his wife, Marilyn, two sons, Don Parks, of

Marshall , Texas &  Paul David Parks of Dallas; three

sisters, Velma Smith, Sue Williams & Peggie Thomas.

*Survived by his wife, of 57 years, Marilyn Naomi Ward ,

the love of his life, *Md: 12/5/1953

JOHN  COURTNEY  PARKS

2-07-1851   to   5-30-1915

*S/of William W. Parks (1820-1884)  &

Margaret A. Maddox Parks (1825-1902)

*John C.  & Margaret Annie *Md: 8/5/1894

&  MARGARET ANNIE  McWILLIAMS  PARKS (88)

4-18-1873   to   4-05-1962

*D/of James W. McWilliams (1/06/1832 ~ 7/15/1898)

'James's W. McWilliams 'Wives'

*1st wife, 5/12/1851, Nancy Mary ? McWilliams

*2nd wife, 7/05/1871, Eliza Jane Hammontree

*3rd wife,  1/01/1881, Sarah Jane Beeson  (1865-1932)

*James son of Anderson McWilliams & Elizabeth Duff

*James buried in Big Hickory Cemetery, Magnolia,

Columbia Co., AR

JOHN  HUBERT  PARKS

3-05-1924    to   6-05-1942

*S/of William Eddie Parks (1895-1958) &

Dollie B. Parks (1900-2003)

"Gone To A Better Land"

LONNIE  D.  PARKS

11-04-1898   to   3-02-1939

*S/of John Courtney Parks (1851-1915) &

Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)

*H/of Edna Hogg (1907-1991)

"We Will Meet Again"

LONNIE  EUGENE  PARKS

6-11-1929    to    2-28-1930

*S/of Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie D. Parks

LYCURGUS  O.  (L.O.) PARKS

10-24-1847    to    8-02-1931

*S/of William W. Parks (1820-1884)  &

Margaret A. Maddox Parks (1825-1902)

*Md: 1881, Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks

&  MARY  ELIZABETH (M.E.)  HOWARD  PARKS

9-02-1859   to   5-21-1908

*Age 48 yrs-8mos-19dys   *aka  “BETTY”  or  “LIZZIE”

*Md: 1881,  Mary Elizabeth Howard Parks

*1900 Census for Arkansas, Union County,

Lycurgus is listed with his wife, Lizzie Parks.

MORINE  PARKS

3-01-1926    to   3-21-1926

*D/of William Edward "Eddie"  Parks (1895-1958) &

Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)

NANNIE  PARKS

4-12-1899   to   4-13-1899

*D/of  Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931) &

Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Howard Parks (1859-1908)

ROBERT  M.  PARKS

12-31-1902   to   8-11-1964

*S/of John Courtney Parks (1859-1915) &

Margaret Annie McWilliams (1873-1962)

*Mason

*Robert's Wives

*1st wife, Laura Rebecca Darden  & *2nd wife , Lorene Parks

LAURA  REBECCA  DARDEN  PARKS (29)

2-21-1904    to   5-19-1933

*D/of George Washington Darden (1867-1957) &

Elizabeth Virginia Hogg Darden (1871-1949)

*1st Wf/of  Robert M. Parks  (1902-1964)

"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

LORENE  PARKS (48)

4-24-1909   to   3-06-1958

*2nd Wf/of  Robert M. Parks (1902-1964)

"She was the Sunshine of our home"

SAMMIE  L.  PARKS (16)

9-21-1900   to   8-11-1917

*S/of John Courtney Parks (1859-1915) &

Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)

WALTER  WALLACE  PARKS (74)

3-23-1893   to  10-17-1967

*S/of Lycurgus O. Parks (1847-1931)  &

Lizzie M. Howard Parks (1859-1908)

Walter W. & Vera *Md: 2/19/1916

*Walter W. & Vera share a double headstone.

&  Wife, VERA  MURPHY  PARKS

1-07-1899   to   11-23-2002

*D/of Mial Snider Murphy (1870-1940)  &

Julia Ardecia McCarty Murphy (1876-1916)

"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal"

WILLIAM  BIRCH  PARKS

6-30-1920   to   5-07-1992

*S/of William Edward "Eddie" Parks (1895-1958)  &

Dollie B. Darden Parks (1900-2003)

*MSGT   U.S. Army ~ World War II

WILLIAM  EDWARD  "EDDIE " PARKS

6-02-1895   to  10-03-1958

*S/of  John C. Parks (1859-1915)  &

Margaret Annie McWilliams Parks (1873-1962)

*Arkansas Pvt. 153  Infantry  World War I

&  DOLLIE  B.  DARDEN  PARKS  *103

2-21-1900   to  7-21-2003

*D/of George Washington Darden (1867-1957) &

Elizabeth Beth Hogg Darden (1871-1949)

WILLIAM (W.W.)  PARKS (64)

6-04-1820   to  10-17-1884

*Mason

*H/of Margaret  A. Maddox

(Hard to read – stone in bad shape/  64 yrs-4 mos-13 dys)

&  MARGARET  A.  MADDOX  PARKS  (77)

1-18-1825   to  10-27-1902

*Wf/of William W. Parks

*Headstone broken/has been repaired.

LOUWILDA"BILLIE"  HUNT  LANGLEY  PAXTON (71)

5-05-1934   to  11-21-2005   *OB

*D/of Cecil & Eloise Hunt and Lennie & Earl Thompson;

*Md: 5/20/1955 ~Her *1st late husband, Norman Langley.

*Survived by her *2nd husband of 18 yrs, Lester Lee Paxton, Jr.

*Md: Lester L. Paxton, Jr.  abt 1987.

*See other listing under LANGLEY.

HESSIE  ST. CLAIR  PINSON

12-01-1846    to   10-05-1872

*Wf/of  Dr. Hamet Pinson

B. J.  PONDER

2-27-1928   to  2-07-2002

*S/of Bennett King Ponder (1899-1980) &

Madie Lee Ponder (1902-1978)

*B. J. & Martha Earlene share a double headstone.

*B.J. & Martha Earlene  *md: Jan 29, 1982

MARTHA  EARLENE  BREWER  PONDER

4-05-1938   to   3-23-2005

*B.J. & Martha share a double headstone.

DONNA  ELISHA  PONDER (58)

12-27-1961   to   3-03-2020

*Born in Mobile, AL.  Died in Lisbon, AR.

*D/of Margielee Annette Teal.

*Preceded in death by her mother and her

brother Gary Williams.

*Baptized early in life at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

*Survivors are her husband of 42 years, Johnny Ponder,

one son, John Ponder, one daughter, Rachal Berry.

GRADY WILLIAM  "BILLY" PONDER (46)

8-18-1957   to   6-14-2004

*Son of O.C. Ponder (1930-1999)

 

HUEY  P.  PONDER (69)

10-13-1935 LA  to  2-04-2005

*S/of  Bennett King Ponder (1899-1980) &

Madie Lee Ponder (1902-1978)

*Born in Louisiana.  Died in El Dorado, AR.

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

*Bulldozer sketch etched into headstone.

ALICE  ETHEL  BISHOP  PONDER (76)

7-10-1938   to  2-20-2015 *OB

*D/of John Lee Bishop &

Bessie M. LaBeff Bishop

*Born in Smackover, Union Co., AR

*Resided in Elm Grove, Louisiana

*Died in Bossier City, Louisiana

*Preceded in death by her parents; her husband,

Huey P. Ponder; two brothers, John & Doyle Bishop.

Two sisters, Katherine Colvin & Martha Cook.

*Spouses:

*Md:  Huey P. Ponder (1935-2005)

*Md:1955, Wilbert Joseph Mackles (1934-2020)

O. C.  PONDER

1-30-1930   to  1-03-1999

*S/of Bennett King Ponder (1899-1980) &

Madie Lee Ponder (1902-1978)

*Md: 1/24/1969   Ruby Jean Lively

&  RUBY  JEAN  LIVELY  PONDER

9-08-1943 LA   to   9-29-2001 AR

*D/of  Buck  Lively  (1906-1990)  &

Hazel  Knight  Lively  (1911-1977)

*Md: 1/24/1969  O. C. Ponder

 

ELIZA  ELDRIDGE  RAY  REED

11-30-1841   to   10-07-1895

*Husbands: *1st John T. Ray  (b:ca 1833 GA)

*2nd Thomas Benton Reed  (1838 AL -1905 AR)

*53 yr-10 mo-7 dys

*Mother of Henry Allen Reed / John Steve Ray / Thomas J. Ray

“Beautiful In Life and In Death,

But Still More Beautiful In Heaven

JOANN  DUKE  RICHARD (41)

5-08-1932   to   5-29-1973

*D/of Gerald Verdie Duke (1896-1967) &

Gladys Idell Bates Duke (1902-1972)

*Survivors include a son, Lynn Wayne Morgan of El Dorado;

two daughters, Misses Deborah Kay & Cindy Gail Richard,

both of El Dorado; a brother, Jerry Duke, of El Dorado,

& a sister, Miss Joaquin Duke of El Dorado.

*Sister, Joaquin Duke (1922-2019) passed since her

brother died.  She was cremated.

 

ALFRED  FLOYD  ROBERTS (49)

10-25-1964   to   9-03-2014

*S/of Edgar T. Roberts (1938-1998) &

Genevive Arellano Propp Roberts Hodges (1944-2014);

*Died as a result of an automobile accident.

*Md: Mary Ann Adair in Henrietta, TX

*Alfred moved to El Dorado & worked for the local

El Dorado Paper Bag until a tragic car accident.

Alfred was cared for by his wife & family &

in home nursing care, until he went to

Courtyard Estates Rehabilitation Center.

Mary, his wife died 5 mos. prior to his passing.  .

MARY  ANN  ADAIR  ROBERTS (56)

10-09-1957   to   4-06-2014  *OB

*Preceded in death by her parents

L.B. Adair & Moreene Miller Adair.

*Mary Ann was the caretaker of her husband after

he suffered permanent injuries from an automobile accident.

Mary died 5 months before he passed.

*Survived by her three children, Travis, Malinda, &

Tommy Morton.

EDDIE  THOMAS  ROBERTS, SR. (59)

1-20-1961    to    11-18-2020

*S/of Edgar T. Roberts (1938-1998) &

Genevive Arellano Propp Hodges (1944-2014)

*Born in Clinton, Oklahoma *Died in El Dorado.

*Preceding him in death are his parents; former wife,

Janice Perkins Roberts; & brother, Alfred Roberts.

*Survivors include his wife, Kathy Torres Roberts of

Smackover; daughters, Denise McGlaughlin of

Barstow, CA; Kimberly Marie Richardson of McKinney, TX;

sons, Eddie Thomas Roberts, Jr., Mark Ross Roberts, &

Andrew Lee Roberts, all of El Dorado; step-children ,

Sara Livingston, Tyler Livingston, & Joseph Pennington, all

of Smackover.

EVA  M. MURPHY  ROBERTSON (23)

8-30-1879   to   9-20-1902, 6:30 A.M.

*D/of Henry Oscar Murphy (1855-1935) &

Ella  S. Holloway (1858-1945)

*1st wf/of  Chastain C. Robertson (1869 VA-1952 OK)

*Chastain C. Robertson   md: Eva’s cousin, as his

*2nd wife,  Sallie Elizabeth Murphy (1882 AR -1956 OK)

*D/of George Quinney Murphy  (1851-1928)

&  Martha Eugenia Davis Murphy (1857-1891)

*Chastaine C. Robertson, along with his 2nd wife,

Sally, are buried in  Schoolton  Cemetery,

Cromwell, Oklahoma.

 

MINNIE  L. MURPH  SCOTT (31)

2-18-1881  to  7-6-1912

*D/of Timothy Caraway Murph (1848-1923) &

Elizabeth Alice Thompson (1851-1923)

EDWARD  "ED"  SCROGGINS

8-6-1905   to  4-4-1986

*2nd Husband of  Lucy Nancy Coke

LUCY  NANCY  COKE  DARDEN  SCROGGINS

5-16-1899    to   10-22-1991

*D/of James Thomas Coke “Jim Tom” (1855-1943) &

Mary Eliza Leverett Coke (1866-1943)

*1st  husband, William Turner Darden (1870-1953)

*Lucy was Mr. Darden' s 3rd wife. (12/4/1920 Union Co.)

*2nd  husband, Edward Scroggins (1905-1986)

 

 

BERTHA  BAKER  SHAVER (92)

*Died  3-19-2008

*D/of Jack & Isabelle Snyder Baker

*Wf/of James Robert Shaver

BRANDON  DEWAYNE  SMITH (25)

3-01-1988   to   5-18-2013  *OB

*S/of the late Cleve J. Smith & Patricia Alford Smith

*2006 graduate of El Dorado High School.

*Preceded in death by his father.

J. J. W.  SMITH

7-12-1862   to  11-15-1914

*S/of  J. J. W. Smith, (d:during Civil War) &

Candice Thompson (b: ca 1846 GA) –

*J.J.W. Smith, Sr.  died at the end of the Civil War

on his way home from Vicksburg & is buried in

New Spring Hill Methodist Church Cemetery.

*Candace was D/of  J. Kannon Thompson &

Sarah Amelia Perry Thompson

*J.J.W. Smith, Jr. moved west with his

grandparents Jonathan K. & Sarah Thompson.

“Tho lost to sight, but to memory clear”

NORLETTA  GAIL "SUSIE"  LANGLEY  SMITH

11-18-1957   to   9-11-1984

*Born Harris County, Texas. Died in Smackover, AR.

*D/of Louwilda “Billie” Hunt Langley Paxton (1934-2005) &

Norman Lester Langley (1933-1981)

“Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal”

RICHARD  E.  STEELE

3-27-1920    to   11-11-1997

*GY-SGT  US Marine Corps

World War  II  &  Korean Conflict

*H/of Martha F. Steele

*Martha & Richard share a double headstone.

“Loving Husband and Father”

&   MARTHA  F.  STEELE (83)

7-25-1924    to    8-02-2007

*Wf/ of  Richard E. Steele

*Parents of Cathryn Michelle Steele Weaver(1951-2013)

*Cathryn buried in Smackover Cemetery

“Beloved Wife and Mother”

 

BERTHA  STONE (83)

11-01-1893  to  5-11-1977

"Rest In Peace"

GRACIE  LEE  STONE

5-14-1900   to   8-24-1905

*Tombstone  is unreadable

HOMER  STONE (15)

6-14-1902   to   2-04-1918

*Stone is unreadable due to moss & fungi

STITH  STONE (72)

3-06-1874   to   8-11-1946

*Shares headstone with wife, Margarett Dunlap

"Rest Is Thine, Sweet Remembrance Ours"

&  MARGARETT  DUNLAP  STONE

9-05-1874  to  9-20-1947

*Wf/of Stith Stone

JACKIE  DAVID  SWILLEY

6-15-1951  to  2-25-1952

*S/of Wiley Richard Swilley (1916-1999) &

Dorothy B. Hughes Swilley (1916-2005)

JACKIE  LYNN  SWILLEY

B  &  D    1-16-1970

*Infant D/of James & Jamie Swilley

JAMES  DAVID  SWILLEY (22)

10-22-1963   to  7-14-1986

*Son of James Earl Swilley (1942-1974) &

Jamie Joyce Williams Hodge (1943-1993)

*Grandson of Wiley Richard Swilley (1916-1999) &

Dorothy B. Hughes Swilley (1916-2005)

JAMES  EARL  SWILLEY

1-12-1942   to  10-9-1974

*S/of  "W.R." Wiley Richard Swilley (1916-1999) &

Dorothy B. Hughes Swilley (1916-2005)

"A Man With Many Friends"

WILEY  RICHARD  SWILLEY "W.R." (82)

5-25-1916    to   3-2-1999

*S/of Wiley Richard Swilley (1868-1932) &

Garner Austin Swilley (1873- MS- 1959 AR)

*Wiley & Garner *Md: 1893

*W. R., Member of Lisbon Methodist Church.

*U.S. Army – World War II

*For 40 years he owned & operated full-service gas stations.

*Retired from Swilley Lion Sation in 1978.

&   DOROTHY  B.  HUGHES  SWILLEY(88)

6-15-1916   to  1-11-2005

*Born in Malvern, AR   *OB

*D/of Emmitt Pearl Hughes &

Maggie Bradford Hughes

*Member of First Baptist Church of Smackover

*M/of Margaret Swilley McClung (1934-2014) ;

James Earl Swilley (1942-1974);

Jackie David Swilley (1951-1952)

Normon Otis Swilley; Johnny D. Swilley;

Margaret Ann Swilley McClung.

 

WILLIAM   FRANCIS  THOMAS

1881   to  1-29-1937  *ARDI

*Born in Barry Co., MO.

*S/of Elisha Jaggers Thomas (1857-1906) &

Henrietta “Etta” Garland Thomas .

*Husband of Evelyn Collins.

BAMA  ARANT  THOMPSON

1879  to  1935

(aka Donia Arant  /  aka Bama))

*2nd Wf/of  Dr. Abner Gaither Thompson  *Md: 11/3/1910

* Dr.Abner Gaither Thompson 11/11/1868  to  6/05/1939

*Abner & his 1st wife, Lola Hearin are buried in

Woodlawn Cemetery, El Dorado.

(B.Q.) BARCELLA QUINCY  THOMPSON

11-20-1844   to  11-13-1924

*Born Columbus, Georgia

*S/of J. Kannon Thompson (ca 1814-1868) &

Sarah Amelia Perry Thompson (1821-1901)

*1st Wife, Nancy Rebecca Murphy  *Md:1868

*2nd Wife, Virginia F. Howard   *Md:11/10/1897

*Virginia~ (1841-1924) buried  *Yocum Cemetery

*D/of Elizabeth Collins (1804-1857) &

James Bowling Howard (1796-1897)

"I Have Fought A Good Fight.

I Have Finished My Course.  I Have Kept The Faith."

&  NANCY  REBECCA  MURPHY  THOMPSON

3-23-1852   to  7-21-1894

*D/of Thomas Jesse Murphy (ca 1827 AL  to 1862 St. Chas, AR) &

Martha Eugenia Perry Murphy (1831 GA - 1905 AR)

*1st Wf/of  Barcella Quincy Thompson *Md:1868

"Her Happy Soul Has Winged Its way To One Pure Bright Eternal Day"

(Large above the ground newer vault  - appears to have been replacement)

JESSE  EATHEL  THOMPSON

12-02-1883   to  12-28-1973

*S/of Barcella Quincy Thompson (1844-1924) &

Nancy Rebecca Murphy Thompson (1852-1894)

*Thompson-McDonald  Mausoleim

&  SARA  GAIL BOLTON  THOMPSON

9-02-1884   to   9-30-1973

*D/of  Isaac Langston Bolton (1826-1905) &

Ella Perry Bolton (1843-1917)

*Wf/of  Jesse E. Thompson

*Buried in the Thompson – McDonald family Mausoleum

(J.K.) J.  KANNON THOMPSON (54)

(born abt. 1814)   Died  5-03-1868

*Husband of Sallie Amelia Perry

SARAH  "SALLIE" AMELIA  PERRY  THOMPSON

3-8-1821    to   1-13-1901

*Born in South Carolina. Died Union County, AR.

*D/of Docton Perry (ca 1776 NC - aft. 1820 SC) &

Mary Yarbrough Perry (1779 SC - 1848 AL)

*Wf/of J. Kannon Thompson

JONATHON  KANNON  THOMPSON, D.D.S.

5-20-1871  to  3-20-1963

*S/of Barcella Quincy Thompson (1844-1941)  &

Nancy Rebecca Murphy Thompson (1852-1894)

&  SALLIE  PRICE  PERRY  THOMPSON

7-31-1862   to  1-22-1946

*D/of Abner Perry (1811 SC -1897 MS) &

Sara Louisa Thompson Perry (1820 MS-1895 MS)

*Wf/of  Dr. J. K. Thompson

*Buried in the Thompson – McDonald Family Mausoleum.

“She Fought A Good Fight.  She Finished Her Course.

She Kept The Faith.  Hence Forth, There

Is Laid Up For Her A Crown Of  Righteousness.”

LENNIE  BROWN  THOMPSON (82)

2-13-1910   to  6-19-1992  "MOM"

THELMA  MAY  TEAGUE THOMPSON (88)

1-27-1924   to  2-06-2012  *OB

*D/of  Oat A. & Ruth G. Waltney Teague

THOMAS  JAMES  THOMPSON

7-15-1874   to  4-01-1941

*S/of Barcella Quincy Thompson (1844-1941) &

Nancy Rebecca Murphy Thompson (1852-1894)

*Husband of Ida Jewel Chipman *Md:1906

&  IDA  JEWEL  CHIPMAN  THOMPSON (88)

5-10-1885   to   2-02-1974

*Wf/of Thomas James Thompson  *Md:1906

“She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home”

JOHN  J.  TIFFIN

8-9-1849   to  1-29-1867

*Son of Peter S. Tiffin (1826-1867)  &

Mary Flanekin Tiffin (1829-1898)

(P. S.) PETUS “PETER”  S.  TIFFIN

9-18-1826   to   5-12-1867

*Md: Mary Flanekin 3/18/1847 in Union Co., AR

*Peter & Mary parents of four children:

John J. Tiffin (1849-1867); Allen W. Tiffin (b: ca 1853);

Martha Tiffin (b: ca 1855); Nancy Caldonia Tiffin Kinard (1859-1945);

*Mary Flanekin Tiffin (1829-1898) buried @

Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery, Union Co., AR

 

(J.T.) JOHN  THOMAS  WARD, SR. (76)

4-27-1937   to   10-19-2013  *OB

*S/of  Thomas W. Ward  & Muriel Hall Ward

*Md: 4/6/1957   Jackie Pyle Ward

*Celebrated their 56th anniversary, April 6, 2013.

“POPPA”

*Grandparents- John & Nettie Hall   &

Wm. Arthur Ward  &  Katie Ethel Ables.

THOMAS  W.  WARD

10-15-1913   to   2-09-1994

*Wife, Murriel Hall  *Md: 7/16/1936

&  MURRIEL  HALL  WARD  *OB

6-08-1908   to   4-09-2006

*D/of John W. & Nettie Smith Hall,

twin sister of Mildred Hall Harrell

*Md: Thomas W. Ward 7/16/1936

 

"God gave us life not to die but to live eternally"

APRIL  DANIELLE  WATKINS (16)

5-05-1984   to  8-24-2000

"In God's Care"

“Jesus said suffer little children and

forbid them not to come unto me for of

such is the kingdom of heaven.  Matt. 19:14”

WILLIS  WILBURN  WATSON

3-01-1870   to   1-07-1941

*Willis  *Md: 1898  Susan

*H/of Susan Amelia Murph Watson (1876-1957)

*Buried  Smackover Cemetery

SAMMIE  WILBERT

4-28-1918   to   1-04-1919

*S/of C. A. &  Mearley

 

ARTHUR  MAX  WILLETT (49)

2-02-1920    to   1-07-1970

*S/of Arthur Scott Willett (1882-1975) &

Corrine Murphy Willett (1888-1986)

*World War  II

*Husband of Violet Gertrude Brasher

&  VIOLET  GERTRUDE  BRASHER  WILLETT

6-19-1920    to   6-21-1995

*D/of Joseph Thomas Brasher & Evie Gerald Brasher

*Arthur & Violet share a double headstone

ARTHUR  SCOTT  WILLETT

3-08-1882   to   4-28-1975

*S/of James G. Willett (1852-1931) &

Georgia N. Barksdale Willett (1856-1931)

*1st wife, Annie Flournoy Willett (1883-1911) *Md:1905

*D/of Joseph Albert Flournoy (1846-1937) &

Lela Lee Flournoy (1858-1889)

*Annie is buried @ Lisbon Cemetery, Union Co., AR

&  *2nd wife, CORRINNE  MURPHY  WILLETT (98)

8-31-1888    to   12-23-1986

*D/of Henry Oscar Murphy & Ella Holloway Murphy

*Arthur & Corrine share a double headstone.

BUFORD  PIERCE  WILLETT(94)

3-02-1922    to   8-06-2016  *OB

*S/of Frank Pierce Willett (1892-1982) &

Annie B. Yocum Willett (1895-1964)

*Md: 5/24/1942  Alene Jones

*U.S. Navy ~  World War II

*50 yr Mason of Mt. Mariah Lodge

*Life long member of Lisbon United Methodist Church

&  ALENE  JONES  WILLETT

1-10-1918   to   10-22-2006

*Md: 5/24/1942    Buford Pierce Willett

Infant Son WILLETT

7-12-1933    to   7-19-1933

*S/of Arthur Scott Willett (1882-1975) &

Corrine Murphy Willett (1888-1986)

JOHN  HENRY  WILLETT, SR. (92)

9-12-1924    to   2-27-2017 *OB

*S/of Arthur “Scott” Willett (1882-1975) &

Corrine Murphy Willett (1888-1986)

(Mason)

*Husband of  Dora Marie Bull  *Md:12/26/1944

*Late sons, John Henry Willett, Jr. & William “Bill” Willett.

*Lifetime member of Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge (for 50 yrs)

&  DORA  MARIE  BULL  WILLETT, SR.

9-17-1924    to    8-24-1999

*D/of Joe A. & Myrtle B. Bull

(Eastern Star)

*John Henry & Dora Marie share a double headstone.

*Wife of John Henry Willett  *Md:12/26/1944

MAX  ALLEN  WILLETT (77)

2-06-1941  to  3-07-2018 Ruston, LA   *OB

*S/of Arthur Max Willett (1920-1970) &

Viola Brasher Willett (1920-1995)

*Served in the Army Reserves.

*Owner & Operator of Willett Welding Service.

*Husband of  Lila Clawson for 48 years

&   LILA  CLAWSON  WILLETT (79)

2-20-1941   to  7-07-2011  *OB

*D/of Benjamine Rowe Clawson (1908-1982) &

Mary Elizabeth Nunnally Clawson (1911-1993)

*Wf/of Max Allen Willett for 48 yrs.

MURRY  HUGH  WILLETT (93)

1-15-1915   to   6-29-2008

*S/of Arthur Scott Willett (1882-1975) &

Corrine Murphy Willett (1888-1986)

*Md: 9/12/1936   Lois Mayfield

*U.S. Marine Corps  World War II

&  LOIS  MAYFIELD  WILLETT

1-31-1915   to  12-07-2000

*Md: 9/12/1936   Murry Hugh Willett

*Murry & Lois share a double headstone.

RANDOLPH  SCOTT  WILLETT

8-01-1923   to   3-01-2003

*S/of Arthur Scott Willett (1882-1975) &

Corrine Murphy Willett (1888-1986)

*Md: 7/12/1942    Lucy Virginia Pickering

&  LUCY  VIRGINIA PICKERING  WILLETT

2-13-1922    to   10-30-1990

*D/of  John Pinson Pickering (1889-1967) &

Nancy Elizabeth Goodwin Pickering (1890-1967)

*Md: 7/12/1942   Randolph Scott Willett

R.  DAVID  WILLETT

2-18-1947   to   1-12-1985

*S/of Arthur Max Willett  (1920-1970) &

Viola Brasher Willett (1920-1995)

*Md: 6/6/1970   Paula Long

*Aprile, Amy, Scott

&  PAULA  LONG  WILLETT

1-13-1952  (one date)

*Md: 6/6/1970   R. David  Willett

ROBERT  G.  WILLETT "BOB"

2-02-1951   (One date)

*S/of Arthur Max Willett (1920-1970)  &

Violet Brasher Willett (1920-1995)

D. G.  "BUDDY" WILLIAMS (78)

1927   to   2006

DONNIE  RAY  WILLIAMS

12-19-1945   to   9-27-2001

*S/of James Mace Williams (1911-1981) &

Verna Lou Post Williams (1912-2006)

*Md:8/28/1966    Cindy Willett

&  CINDY  WILLETT  WILLIAMS

12-26-1948  (one  date)

*Wife of Donnie Ray Williams *Md:8/28/1966

“Those Having Loved Others

Will Live Forever

In The Hearts Of Those They Loved”

 

DALE  LYNN  WILSON

8-04-1959  to  4-15-1990

*S/of Darwin Gene Wilson &

Marjorie Mae Langley Wilson (1931-2012)

MARJORIE  MAE  LANGLEY  WILSON (81)

6-02-1931   to   7-28-2012   *OB

*D/of Alvin Carroll Langley (1903-1969) &

Eunice Mae Scott Langley Wilson (1908-1951).

*1st husband, Alvin C. Langley (1903-1969)

*Late * 2nd husband, Darwin Gene Wilson

(d: before 2012)

JOHNNIE  HERSHEL  WOODLE (89)

4-06-1923  to  9-03-2012   *OB

*S/of  Oscar & Clair Woodle.

*U.S. Air Force - World War II

&   LILLIAN DELORES WOODLE (75)

1-18-1928   to   9-25-2003

*Johnnie  &  Lillian share a double headstone.

 

 

SOLOMON  E.  YODER (72)

3-15-1888   to  3-13-1961

&   RUBY  F.  YODER

7-23-1903   to   11-20-1976

WILLIAM  MICHAEL  YODER

8-12-1945   to   5-14-2003

*S/of  Solomon  E. Yoder (1888-1961) &

Ruby F. Yoder (1903-1976)

"In Memory Of"

"AT  SEA"  25"58.152N   97" 03.983W

*US Navy  Vietnam

Salem Cemetery   View 2005

Salem Cemetery  View  June 2011with Flag in background

2011:  The large new flag pole with lights  is located toward the back /

center area of this photo taken in 2005.

 

Salem Cemetery   2005    Thompson-McDonald Mausoleum

in background.

 

 

Salem Cemetery  June 2011  ~  Salem Cemetery  Pavilion  June 2011