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"Old"  SHADY GROVE BAPTIST CEMETERY

Est. 1846  Union Co., AR

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Located about 7 miles East of El Dorado.  Go East Hwy. 63 to West Lake Road, then go North

down a dirt road for a mile or so. Cemetery will be to your left.  ( aka formerly known as Hwy. 15)

Locals refer to this highway as Old Union or Moro Bay Rd.

* Note:  this cemetery is in the woods but covers about 3 acres.....there are probably about

30 to 50  graves that I did not inventory, but most were more recent. 

This cemetery has both white and black burials. 

The white section is located on the back side (across the top of the knoll) and runs from

the woods on the south  end to the woods on the north end.

Undoubtedly many graves are unmarked, since there is a lot of open space between

the top and bottom half of the cemetery, and it is an old cemetery.

 One Revolutionary Soldier, Benjamin Cook,  is buried here.   October 7, 2001

Updated April 2004, using earlier canvass done by Ralph O. Weldon in December 1991.

*New survey April 11, 2012;  Last & Final Update August  2018 . 

Janice Holzer  JCSH432@gmail.com

 

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{SUPT.} REV.  DONNIE  AARON, JR.  "Sunrise" 3-14-1925  to  "Sunset" 8-2-2011

*S/of  Donnie ‘Don’ Aaron, Sr. (1888-1948)  &  Lena Bray Aaron(1896-1948) *Born Plain Dealing,

Bossier, LA  *Md:8/7/1955   Dora Jean Reddick   "Caring Parents, Loving Partners, Faithful Friends"

A gentle & humble man, was “Reverend Aaron” as he was known in El Dorado & beyond.

*Ordained Elder & Pastor of two churches: Holy Ghost Love Headquarters COGIC, Smackover, AR

&  Holy Bethel COGIC, Bearden, Arkansas for over 50 years.  He was appointed to the post of

Superintendent for the Tribe of Aaron District of the Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Arkansas

under the leadership of Jurisdictional Prelate, the late Bishop R. E. Matheney in 2008.

For a number of years, while pastoring both churches, he was also employed full-time by

El Dorado Water Utilities until his retirement.   Also founding board member of A.F.R.I.C.A., Inc –

American Families Real In Christ Association, Inc.  {Christian Brothers FH-MM)

&   DORA  JEAN  REDDICK  AARON  

"Sunrise" 2-29-1932   to  "Sunset"  6-12-2014

*D/of  Clyde Reddick (1909-1989)  &  Dollie Williams Christopher (1913-1985)

*Born in Spearsville, LA  Died in El Dorado, AR

*Wf/of  Donnie Aaron, Jr.   “Missionary”  Miss ‘Y.  Dora Jean Aaron

“Caring Parents,  Loving Partners, Faithful Friends

"Weeping May Endure For A Night But Joy Cometh In The Morning"  *Photo embedded

[The seal of the Church of God in Christ  - Organized 1907 – Memphis, Tennessee]

*Children:  Matthew, Raymond, Lena  Jean, Flora Jean, Linda Joyce, Bonnie Faye, Donnie Ray, James

Edward, Diane, Jan Elizabeth, Murphy Joe, Angiela Janell, Martha, Sarah Ann, Felesia Annett.

 

JEARLINE   AARON   1917   to   unknown

 

LENA  BRAY  AARON   1896  -  1948 "Mother"

*D/of  Thomas Bray  &  Florence Mosley Bray  *Mother of, Rev. Donnie Aaron, Jr.

*Wife of  Donnie ‘Don’ Aaron, Sr. (1888-1948) *Md: 5/2/1911, El Dorado, Union Co., AR

[Donnie, Sr. buried in Saint Paul Cemetery, Union Co., AR].  "Gone but not forgotten"

 

MATTHEW  AARON   5-1-1918  to  12-25-1990

*S/of  Donnie Don Aaron, Sr.(1887-1948)  &  Lena Bray Aaron(1896-1948)

* Wife, Clemmie Williams Aaron(1909-2011)     "In Loving Memories Of"

"Sister"  CLEMMIE  WILLIAMS  AARON     8-1-1909  to  12-29-2011  *OB

*Mother Clemmie Williams Aaron was born in Wesson, AR, the  D/of Mittie Williams

*Faithful member of the Douglas Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in El Dorado.

*Wife of  Matthew Aaron for 40 years.   From this union, they reared five children.

*She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one daughter, two sons, & one granddaughter.

*African American  *Age 102  *Sims MM

 

MATTIE  LEA  N.  AARON   1919  to  1947 ?

*D/of  Donnie Don Aaron, Sr.(1887-1948)  &  Lena Bray Aaron(1896-1948)

*Homemade headstone....death date difficult to read.

 

PROVELL  AARON  9-16-1917  to  4-30-1964

*S/of  Donnie Don Aaron, Sr.(1887-1948)  &  Lena Bray Aaron(1896-1948)

*Md: 1947, wife, Frances Jackson, Union Co., AR

*Arkansas  PVT  US Army –WW II

 

SUZETTE  HENRY  AARON  2-17-1959   to  1-11-1998

 

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JONES  AMASON   Aug 1835  to  3-24-1918  (Mason)

*PVT  CO E, 3rd  Arkansas Infantry, CSA  *Jones shares a double headstone with his daughter.

*Spouses: *Md:1st Emma Grumbles in 1868, Union Co., AR

*Md: *2nd in 1876, Loretta Lernar Suggs (1841-1914)Loretta buried at Champagnolle Cemetery.

*Lorretta & Jones Amason had a son, Thomas Clark Amason(1880-1944) buried in Wesley Cemetery,

Union Co., AR  with his wife, Annie West Amason(1886-1935)  "O Father how we miss you"

& daughter,  ELIZABETH  AMASON    2-24-1873  to  7-29-1920

*D/of  Jones Amason (1835-1918)  &  Emma Grumbles Amason (d: between 1873-1876)

"Gone but not forgotten"

 

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MARY  E. AMERSON    3-4-1856   to  11-11-1880

 

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ANNIE  MARIE  ANDERSON (38)  4-12-1971   to   12-21-2009

 

BOB  ANDERSON   6-27-1877   to   12-2-1966

*H/of  Nancy Anderson

&   NANCY  ANDERSON    3-22-1887    to    9-6-1969

*Wife of Bob Anderson

 

EARL  ANDERSON   10-28-1911   to   6-21-1981

“He Giveth His Beloved Sleep”

 

LYONEL  R.  ANDERSON    6-22-1925    to   10-8-1991

*MM2  United States Army

 

OTIS  ANDERSON    7-24-1921   to   5-31-1988  “Brother”

 

WILLIE  MAE  ANDERSON      died  Sept  2014

 

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HENRY  LEE  AVERY   1940   to   1994

 

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JOE  WILLIS  BAILEY, III    4-10-1981   to   2-26-2007

 

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Mr.  BILLY  WAYNE  BEARD, SR.  4-18-1946  to  8-26-2011

*Age 65   *Andrews FH-MM

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QUAID  EDWARD  BEASLEY   7-2-1971   to   5-31-2005   “Son”

“Gone But Not Forgotten”

 

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ODIE  B.  BENTON    8-20-1933    to   6-14-2003

“We Love You”   “With Love Julia and Family”

 

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BLUFORD    1974    to   2002

 

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PAUL  BRAY     2-18- 1896    to    8-9-1902

*Son of  Franics Bray  *Stone broken /lying on ground.

*Dates & inscription hard to read. (2012)

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ADDIE   B.  BRODIE    7-4-1921    to    10-28-2003

*Maiden name may have been Boone   * Nearby is a tombstone that says,

“Mother of Annie Boone Grandmother of Michael, Pamela, Felica “

This tombstone is the first in a row of three tombstones; possibly

Addie, Fannie , Pearlie Brodie  are the three on these tombstones.

 

FANNIE  BRODIE    3-27-1902    to   3-7-1985

 

PEARLIE  BRODIE    12-20-1892    to    4-2-1970

 

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A.L. "FOX"  BROWN  12-25-1886   to  5-7-1975

"Brother- Veteran of World War I"   "At Rest"

 

GEORGE  BROWN    2-9-1892   to  1-22-1965

*Louisiana  Pvt,  US Army -  WW I

 

JEWEL  BROWN    8-20-1889  to   6-18-1891

*D/of  Napoleon  Bonaparte Brown(1845-1925)  &  Martha Ann Moody Brown (1866-1949)

"She was lovely She was fair.  And for awhile was given.

An Angel came and claimed his  ?____   And bore her home to heaven."

 

LULA  MAY BROWN    5-1-1890  to  11-8-1915

*D/of  Napoleon  Bonaparte Brown(1845-1925)  &  Martha Ann Moody Brown (1866-1949)

"She was the Sunshine of Our Home"

 

MARY  ELIZABETH  WARREN  BROWN   3-4-1856  to  11-11-1890

*D/of  Benjamin W.M. Warren(1822-1892) & Mary E. Stuart Warren(1833-1861)

*W/ of  Lafayette Brown (2012-headstone broken)

*Mother of  Robert Adair Brown(1878-1941) & Henry Napoleon Brown(1880-1957)

*Henry Napoleon Brown buried Champagnolle-Castleberry Cemetery, Union Co., AR

"No pain, No grief, No anxious fears can reach the peaceful sleeps here"

 

(N. B.) NAPOLEON  BONAPARTE  BROWN   2-14-1845  to  8-10-1925

*Age 80 yrs-6 mos   *H/of  Martha Ann “Missie” Moody  "Rest Soldier rest thy warfare is o'er"

MARTHA  ANN "MISSIE"  MOODY  BROWN    8-17-1866  to  8-1-1949

*Wf/of  Napoleon  Bonaparte  Brown (1845-1925)  "A Tender Mother and A Faithful Friend"

 

SUSIE  “SALLIE”  BROWN   7-28-1893   to  4-20-1966 "Sister"

*D/of  Napoleon Bonaparte Brown(1845-1925) &  Martha Ann Moody Brown (1866-1949)

*Susie  married  Lonnie Ford  in Union Co., AR, 1912.

 

VIRGIL  BROWN   12-28-1900  to  12-15-1943

*S/of  Napoleon  Bonaparte Brown(1845-1925)  &  Martha Ann Moody Brown (1866-1949)

"Rest In Peace"  *Virgil Brown was the first husband of  Lucille Dunbar.    He died

of a brain tumor.

 

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GRADY  LEE  BROWNING,  JR.    7-28-1975   to   11-21-2004

 

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SANEQUA  SAMONE  BUGGS   1-13-1996  to  8-24-1996

"Loving Memory"  "Little Angel"

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JAMES  B.  “COWBOY”  BURKS   10-19-1908  to  6-14-1984

 

MINNIE  LEE  RICHARDS  BURKS     3-6-1925   to   12-20-2004

 

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JANIE  MARTREESE  MILLER  CARROLL   5-12-1982    to   9-7-2006

“She Was The Sunshine Of Our Home”

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TRISTA  L.  CHAMPION   9-10-1973   to  8-17-2012

 

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BENJAMIN  COOK    Died  2-27-1846  Age about 86 yrs

"Erected by the Pine Bluff Chapter  D.A.R.  Mrs. B.J.(R.C.)  Thompson, Regent."

*I  CO GA  MIL  REVOLUTIONARY  WAR

 

BENNIE  DELL  COOK    3-13-1828    to   11-30-1929   “In Heaven”

 

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"Miss"  BRINA  ANN  DAVIS "Bre-Bre"  9-1-1976  to  3-27-2011

"Age 34"   *Has new headstone &  *Andrews  FH- MM  "Gone but not forgotten"

 

LARRY  C.  DAVIS,  SR.    5-25-1946  to  4-28-1990

“With Christ In Heaven”

 

LARRY  C.  DAVIS,  JR.    6-28-1966   to   1-1-2017

*S/of  Larry (L.C.)  Davis, Sr.

 

LEROY  DAVIS, SR.   2-11-1947   to   2-4-1971

 

MAY  BELL  ANDREWS  DAVIS   12-20-1904   to   4-17-1971

 

R. C.  DAVIS     8-14-1925    to    11-5-1988

*Md: in 1947, as her 2nd husband, Juanita Inena Sledge

"Take My Hand Precious Lord"

JUANITA  INENA  SLEDGE  GENERAL  DAVIS   9-22-1923  to  8-25-1979

*D/of  Porter C. Sledge (1901-1932)  &  Rosa Nelson Sledge (1907-1937)

*Md: *1st in 1942, Levi General in Union Co., AR   *Md: *2nd in 1947, R. C. Davis, Union Co.,AR

"Take My Hand Precious Lord"

 

SHERICO  DENISE  “TYSHEA”  DAVIS   12-31-1981    to    10-26-2005

 

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LEE  DOTSON    Age 69    died  11/24/1956

"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."

 

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Infant  Boy  FAMOUS    B   &   D  10-19-2010

 

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ROY  FERGUSON     8-23-1914    to   3-25-1989

*Mark's  MM   Grave next to Wife Mary Frances Moody.

*Md:  Mary Frances Moody in 1937, Union County, AR

*He has a military marker, but it sunk into the ground making the dates un-viewable. U.S. Army

 

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Reverend  JERRY  LEE  FIFER   5-6-1933    to    5-20-2011

"Beloved Husband to Pearline Fifer"  *Age 78  *Andrews FH-MM

"Loving Daddy To Flossie, Perry, Terry"

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LIZZIE  B.  FORD    12-15-1922  to   1-9-1994

 

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LOIS  FREEMAN(83)  of Camden, AR     *Died  October 2012

 

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SARAH  MARSHALL  GARRETT   (no dates)

(2012) Tombstone is broken off at ground; it has never had dates on it, just the name & even

though broken off at the ground, the rest of the stone is intact & in good shape.

 

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MATILDA  GOODE    1-10-1874   to   3-3-1947

*D/of  William Goode (b: ca 1834 AL)  &  Celia Goode (b: ca 1850 LA)

"We will meet again"

 

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EMMA  SUE  GRAHAM (92)  5-12-1914  to  6-11-2006  *ob

 

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ASA  OLIVER  GRAVES    2-21-1887  to  5-22-1887

 

ELIZA  J.  GRAVES   1-20-1857  to  5-12-1886  (stone broken- part of it missing)

or   ELIZA  J.  CR___?  "Blessed Are The Pure In Hart For They Shall See God"

*I think it may be Eliza J. Graves or one of the Graves's females.

 

MARY  JANE  GRAVES     1868    to   Oct 1872   *Age  4 yrs

*D/of  John Davenport Graves (1830-1906)  &  Martha Ann McKinnie Graves (1842-1921)

 

SARAH  JANE  McKINNEY  GRAVES    8-15-1835  to  10-12-1869

*1st Wife of  John Davenport Graves (stone broken thru death date)

*After Sarah’s death, John D. Graves married her sister, Martha Ann McKinney, as 2nd Wife.

Her tombstone is lying on top of ground near Miss'y  Y. Dora Jean & Donnie Aaron Jr.'s  gravesite.

*John Davenport Graves (1830-1906) & 2nd wife, Martha Ann McKinnie(1842-1921) are buried

in  Old Union Cemetery, Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery,  Union County, Arkansas

 

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GINNIE  HALL     died  11-29-1917  (only one date)

 

GOOT  HALL   12-4-1896  to  2-28-1960

*H/of  Lue Ella Nelson

*Homemade concrete marker

LUE  ELLA  NELSON  HALL   9-17-1917  to  Aug 1974

*Wf/of  Goot Hall    *Social Security gives her date of birth as 2-27-1906

"The Lord is My Shepherd"

 

HOLLY  MOSLEY   HALL    11-9-1916  to  4-16-1960

*S/of  Julia Goode Mosley (1882-1974) & Tim Mosley (1879 - 1913)

*Siblings  Jimmie Lee Mosley  &  Freddie Mosley (1906-1984)

*Arkansas  TEC5   Medical Department -  WW II

 

WILLIE  C.  HALL   3-20-1934  to  7-23-1994

*S/of  Goot Hall (1896-1960)  &  Lue Ella Nelson Hall(1917-1974)

"He walks with me"

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Mrs.  RACHEL  HARBIN   6-28-1784 GA   to  3-20-1873 AR

(*buried in same squared off plot— for Benjamin Cook family)

*Appears in 1860 Census with  Jilson ( ? Gilson) Harbin b: ca 1801 SC)...possibly her son.

"Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Rachel Harbin"

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ONEIDA  LOWERY  HARDY    6-17-1956    to    2-20-2007

 

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DAN  HEATH   7-22-1960   to   5-25-2013

 

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PATSY  HENDERSON    2-19-1946   to  6-14-2002

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GLADYS  MARIE  “MAE”  HENRY    10-26-1960   to   1-28-2011

“Mother, Sister, Aunt, Friend”

 

JOYCE  ANN  HENRY     7-27-1949   to   1-16-2005  “Mother”

*”From Your Daughters, Brothers, And Sisters”

 

LUTRESE   HENRY (42)  of  El Dorado,  died  Friday, Jan . 2, 2015

*Paradise Funeral Home of Bernice, LA

 

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HOWOUONTE  LAMAR  HI?? (? HICKS) (Infant) 

 8-28-199?   to   8-29-19??

*Sims Mortuary, Inc., Serving South Arkansas  *Have an office in El Dorado, AR. (MM)

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MRS.  ANDELL  HICKS  2-5-1911  to  7-2-2003

*Age 92   *Andrews FH-MM

 

FREDDIE  LEE  HICKS, SR.  "Sunrise"  5-30-1930  to "Sunset"  5-16-1997

*S/of  William L. Hicks (b: ca 1910 AR)  &  Oner Fields Hicks (b: ca 1910 LA)

*Wife, Alice Mae Moody Wilson (1933-2005)    "In Loving Memory"

*Bottom of headstone has sunk into the ground, making the death date un-readable.

*See listing under WILSON  for Alice.

 

HICKS   1905  *Only info given on tombstone.

*Broken tombstone laying flat on ground.

 

JIMMIE  HICKS   1930  to  1956    "At Rest"

*Stone broken  (2012)

 

Miss  MATTIE  HICKS  died  August 12, 1946

 

SISYREE  HICKS   12-10-1911   to   9-24-1941

*Homemade concrete marker.

 

WILLIE  GEORGE  HICKS   7-4-1903  to  7-11-1980

*S/of  Will Hicks (1865-1940)  &  Matilda Hicks (b: ca 1879)

"Beloved Husband  Rest In Peace"

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JIMMY  T. F.  HOPKINS   6-27-1933   to  9-11-2012  *Searcy, AR

 

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WILLIE  PEARL  GENERAL - JACKSON  10-26-1964  to  5-28-2004

 

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LOIS  JEAN  JOHNSON   1-4-1960 *Camden, AR    to  12-24-2011

*D/of  Richard  &  Lula Mae Johnson   *Lois began playing the piano at age seven.  She served

as musician for a number of churches in South Arkansas, East Texas & North Louisiana. She graduated

from Harmony Grove High School in 1978, attended Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR &

later attended Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana where she received her Bachelor of Arts

in Theater.  She later began work on her MBA at the University of Phoenix in Little Rock, AR.  Lois was

preceded in death by her parents and her older sister, Verder.

 

 

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Captain  W.  C.  JOHNSTON    3-23-1831AL    to   12-19-1883 AR

*Listed in 1860 as  a  “Mulatto” slave owner  (owned 4 slaves), with his wife, H. L. Johnston

* This headstone is broken in a way that makes it hard to make

out the name.  I think it says Captain W.C. Johnston. (2012)

*Referring to earlier surveys, it is Captain W. C. Johnston.

 

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ARIE  WATLEY  KENNEDY    10-22-1920   to   11-23-2000

 

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"Our Uncle"  JAMES  D.  LAMBERT     1850   to  12-1-1922   "Age 74 Yrs"

*S/of  Matthew Lambert (1814-1890) & Sarah A. Miles Lambert (1825-1891)

"Gone but not forgotten"

 

JOHN  LEWIS  LAMBERT   2-13-1850  to  9-3-1850

*Son of  Casrel Monroe Lambert (1825-1879)  & N. Lambert

"Suffer little children who come unto me"

 

MATTHEW  LAMBERT    8-4-1814   to   9- 28-1890

*S/of  Isaac Alexander Lambert (1779-1849)  &  Abigail Davis Lambert(1785-1863)

*This headstone is broken in half thru birth date. "Gone Home"

*M. R. or Mr. Lambert  -Lower half is 100%  illegible.  (2012)

SARAH  A.  MILES  LAMBERT    11-1825   to  7-30-1891

*Wf/of  Matthew Lambert

"Her happy soul has winged it's way To our pure bright eternal day."

 

WILLIE  LAMBERT     1891  to  1977   *Pvt  US Army  World War I

*Md: in 1920, Union Co., AR   Nina Nelson

 

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ALBERT  C.  LEE,  JR.      3-20-1969    to   2-12-2004   *Age 34

*Last  residence in El Dorado, AR

 

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LEDELL  ANTHONY  LEWIS     1946  to  1981

*PVT  US  Marine Corps-Vietnam

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DAYTON  LOWERY       6-8-1910    to   5-17-1988

*Children:  Robert Lee Lowery (1931-2016)   &  Julia Mae Lowery Jones (1932-2003)

 

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DELBERT  MATHIS     8-17-1967    to   1-17-2010

“We Love You”

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SARAH  IONE  TURNER  MARONEY (79) 10-22-1930  to  6-29-2010

*D/of  Murray Raeford Turner & Lennie Don Roark Turner:   *OB

*Wf/of  late Walter Dewitt Maroney

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EMMA  MIEARS    6-2-1877   to   9-15-1879

*D/of  William F.  Miears(1843-1900) &  Louisa W. Grumbles Miears (1845-1885)

"Our Loved One"

 

FRANK  MIEARS   5-2-1879  to  12-28-1885

*D/of  William F.  Miears(1843-1900) &  Louisa W. Grumbles Miears (1845-1885)

 

KITTIE  MIEARS   4-5-1879  to  1-17-1882

*D/of  William F.  Miears(1843-1900) &  Louisa W. Grumbles Miears (1845-1885)

"Our Loved One"

 

LOUISA  W.  GRUMBLES  MIEARS   11-17-1845   to  12-31-1885

*D/of  James Grumbles (b:ca 1804 SC)  &  Jane Grumbles (b: ca 1805 GA)

*Wf/of  William F.  Miears (1843-1900)

*Her husband, William F. Miears is buried in Warner Brown Cemetery in El Dorado, AR

"Her Many Virtues  ?form  the noblest monument to her mermory"

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ARTHUR  “PAP”  MILLER     11-7-1937   to   2-2-2003

“We Miss You”   “Husband, Father, Brother, and Uncle”

 

BIRTHA  MAE  MILLER    5-5-1912  to  7-15-1976

 

CLARENCE  MILLER     12-1-1917   to   10-24-1987

*TEC5  U.S.  Army    World War II

 

EDDIE  HUGH  MILLER     1912 AR  to  1952 AR

*Wife, Alice Stanley

*Md: May 8, 1935 Union Co., AR.

ALICE   STANLEY  MILLER      5-17-1917   to  12-13-1959

*Husband,  Eddie Hugh Miller  (1912-1952)   *Age at death: 42 yrs, 5 mos, 27 dys

*1940 Federal Census, Arkansas, E.D: # 70-17,  El Dorado,  Page 9B, Union County

*Eddie Hugh Miller, age 25, Residence, El Dorado;  Spouse: Alice Miller, age 24, birthplace:AR,

Race: Negro (Black) > Children: Mike E. Miller age 4; Margaret Ann Miller age 2;  Infant Miller

age ½   (6 months)

 

GEORGIA  ANN  MILLER        7-14-1886    to   7-6-1968

 

“DEACON”  JAMES  RAY  “JOE”  MILLER,  SR. (70)  4-8-1940   to   3-21-2011

 

JAMES  R.  "BO-BO"  MILLER   11-10-1948   to   2-9-2008

“Gone But Not Forgotten   We Will Meet Again”

 

JERRY  LEE  MILLER    6-2-1948   to   4-1-2000

“In Loving Memory Of “

 

LORINE  MILLER     8-1-1930    to   8-15-1963

 

LOU  DELLA  MILLER   1920   to  1988

*Mark’s Funeral . Homes (MM)

 

MACK  EDWARD  MILLER    7-27-1936    to   2-1-2000

“His Memory Is Blessed”

 

NORA  MILLER   3-24-1921  to  7-26-1933

“Loving Mother”

 

PET  MILLER    died   June 18, 1929

 

RAYMOND  MILLER (47)     2-7-1964    to   7-7-2011

*Funeral home marker (MM)  says  “Found July 7, 2011”

 

RION  “BILLY”  MILLER (67)   5-10-1944   to   11-20-2011

 

ROOSEVELT  MILLER    1-7-1910   to  5-28 1982

“Beloved Brother and Uncle”      *Marks Funeral Homes  (MM)

 

SYLVESTER  MILLER     1914  -  1981

*PVT   U.S. Army     World War II

 

VALERIE  WILLIS  MILLER   5-24-1967   to   9-13-2007

“Gone But Not Forgotten”

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JOHN  W. MOODY      9-15-1844   to  10-18-1912

*S/of  Thomas Moody (b: ca 1844)  &  Martha Lambert Moody(b: ca 1848)

*(2012) Headstone is broken off base & propped up against it.  Questions

about his birth year...some give it as 1874, but I believe it was misread & should be 1844.

 

MARTHA  E.  MOODY  (Age  55) ca 1846  to  11-23-1901

*Speculation: (2012)  There is a broken headstone next to John W.

Moody, that is totally illegible & broken....but the shape & style is

similiar to John W. Moody's headstone.  Martha's age & death date are from

earlier surveys done of the cemetery.

 

"Sister"  MARY  FRANCES  MOODY  4-24-1920  to  9-2-1989

*D/of  Monroe Moody (1892-1974) &  Willie Mae Nelson Moody (1903-1987)

*Monroe Moody ~ Buried Saint Paul Cemetery, Union Co., AR

"We Will Meet Again" *Next to her grave is the grave of Roy Ferguson.  I found an old

mortuary marker for her that says "Mrs. Mary Frances Ferguson"

 

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FREDDIE  MOSLEY  8-8-1906  to  4-1-1984

*S/of  Julia Goode (1882-1974)  &  Tim Mosley (b: ca 1879 - 1913)

"Gone But Not Forgotten"   *Md:  Alma Bray in 1933, Union Co., AR

 

HEZEKAH  MOSLEY  1912   to   1939  *Age 27   “At Rest”

{ Surname is either Mosley or Hicks }  He is buried in the Mosley Plot

 

JIMMIE  LEE  MOSELY      “Gone But Not Forgotten”

?? illegible  born1908/1909  &  died 1949 /1950,  at age 41.  (from a photo where stone

had been rubbed with chalk.)   *1930 Census states his year of birth as 1912

*Inscription  “Age 41 yrs”   *S/of  Julia Goode (1882-1974)  &  Tim Mosley (b: ca 1879-1913)

 

JULIA  GOODE  MOSLEY    10-10-1882  to  10-29-1974

*Mother of  Freddie Mosely,  Jimmie Lee Mosely & Holly Mosely Hall

*Wife of Tim Mosley (b: ca 1879)   "Beloved Mother  Rest In Peace"

"Gone but not forgotten"  *(2012)  Stone is illegible.  Most likely an African American grave.

 

MOSLEY  Family Plot.....* I believe the following people to be Mosley's or possibly Hicks.

The Mosley family stone is very visible, but behind it is a pile of rubble from broken tombstones

&  a couple of the following ones with only a first name given. These graves are found in the

African American's section.

TIM  MOSLEY   1879-1913   Age 34  "At Rest"   *H/of  Julia Goode Mosley (1882-1974)

HEZEKAH ___(? Mosley / Hicks)  1912  to  1939   *Age 27  "At Rest"

*See listing above.

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JESSE  N.  MURPHY    3-17-1911  to   9-18-1919

"A little time on earth he spent.  Till God for him is angel sent."   *8yr old Son

 

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ARRILOW   NELSON     8-27-1902    to   3-29-1918  *Age 15 yrs

*D/of  Bob Nelson, Sr. (b: ca 1870 LA)  &  Dossie Lee Blackman Nelson(1870-1918)

"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"

*(2012) Stone is broken, but presently roped & tied to a tree)

 

ROBERT  “BOB”  NELSON, JR.   9-25-1897  to  2-26-1973

*Son of  Robert “Bob” Nelson, Sr. (b:ca 1870 LA) &  Dossie Lee Blackman Nelson(1870-1918)

*Bob Nelson, Jr. md: Gertie Morgan in 1921, Union Co., AR

*Arkansas  PVT  US Army  WW I

 

DOSSIE  LEE  BLACKMAN  NELSON  3-10-1870  to  4-14-1918  *Age 48 yrs

*Md: Robert “Bob” Nelson, Sr.  in Union Co., AR, 1891.

"Faithful to her trust even unto death"

 

LULA  BARNES  NELSON     3-16-1910  to  6-3-1975

"Rest is Thine: Sweet Remembrance Ours"

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LELIA  J.  AMASON  O'BARR    1879  to  1923

Mother of  Louis T., Tom J., & Gladys O'Barr

*Wife of  Louis Turner O’Barr (1861-1910)

 

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ARTHUR  "JAKE"  PETERSON   3-14-1907  to  5-30-1984

"At Rest"

EARLENE  PETERSON   11-24-1934  to  11-11-1986

*D/of  Willis Peterson (1910-1991)  &  Mattie Moody Peterson(1913-2002)

"We Will Forever Love You"   "Tender Mother and Faithful Friend"

 

MATTIE  MOODY  PETERSON   6-23-1913  to  12-27-2002

*D/of  Monroe Moody (1892-1974)  &  Georgia Moody(b: ca 1890)

*Mattie  Md: Willis Peterson in Union Co., AR in 1933

"Absent in body, but present in spirit"

WILLIS  PETERSON    3-23-1910  to  5-22-1991

*S/of  Joseph Petterson (b: ca 1881)  &  Della Peterson (b: ca 1886)

*Husband of  Mattie Moody (1913-2002)   "Gone But Not Forgotten"

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LONNIE  PHILLIPS,  JR.     12-30-1963   to   4-7-2004

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MAE  LOU  DAVIS  RATLIFF (82)      7-3-1931 *Bernice, LA   to  7-24-2013

*D/of  Burns Davis  &  May Bell Andrews Davis.  *Member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church

*Employed with the U. S. Postal Service as a router/mail.  Preceded in death by her husband,

Robert Ratliff  and her parents.

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SARAH  PARKER  ROBERTS (90)     11-25-1903   to   11-29-1993

“Grandmother”

 

 

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DIANE  AARON  ROBINSON     1-19-1957  to  8-21-1986

*D/of  Donnie Aaron (1925-2011)  &  Dora Jean Reddick Aaron (1932-2014)

 

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MARY  LEE  ROGERS      11-2-1929  to   5-23-1982

 

NAKINA  JASHARI  ROGERS     3-13-2009    to    4-6-2009

We Trust Our Loss Will Be Her Gain  And That With Christ She Has Gone To Reign”

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EARL  RUCKS     3-18-1952    to    4-6-2009

 

ROBERT  ALEXANDER "Al " RUCKS (35)  8-11-1972  to  6-30-2008

burial July 5, 2008  *ob

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NOBBIE  “TOOTSIE”  SHEPPARD    Sunrise  3-21-1952  Sunrise  (Only one date)

*Home made tombstone has sunk into the ground covering the death date. “In Loving Memory”

 

RICKIE  VERNON  SHEPPARD  (59)   Died  March 2014

*Andrews Funeral Home of  El Dorado, AR   *Funeral held at 3/22/2014, at 2:30 p.m.,

St. Vestal C.M.E.  Church, with the Rev. Fannie Washington officiating.

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MRS.   G.  MARIE  SIMS    4-8-1928    to    6-21-1975

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RUTHFORD  JAMES  “RUFUS”  SLEDGE   1903    to   12-15-1945

 

*S/of   Sidney Sledge, Sr. (1875-1940)  &  Mandy Sledge Goode (1881-1972)

*Rufus Spouses:  *1st  md: in 1925, Union Co., AR,  EFFIE  T.  HICKS

*2ND  md: 1929, Union Co., AR,  PEARLIE  MAE  ROULSTON

*3rd   md: 1935, Union Co., AR,  VELMA  HOWARD

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DOROTHY  LEE  LANDERS  SMITH   1-1-1919   to   9-8-1998

*Wife of  John Smith (1911-1950)

 

PINKIE  SMITH   1918  to  1967   *Age 49  female

*D/of Mattie Smith (b:ca 1891)

*Md: in 1937, Union Co., AR, Hosea Bray

"Homemade tombstone

 

*5 people named on this one large  SMITH   tombstone:

"In Loving Memory"

JOHN     3-12-1911  to  11-9-1950

SHIRLEY  DADE  SMITH   (No dates)

EDWARD   died 9-10-1969  {S/of John & Dorothy L. Landers Smith}

FREDDIE   10-3-1951  to  Sept 1976  {S/of John & Dorothy L. Landers Smith}

DOROTHY  LEE  LANDERS    1-1-1919  to  9-8-1998

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ANDREW  W.  STANLEY     1952  -  1979

“Together Forever  With God’s Grace”

&   CASSIE  BEA   STANLEY   1952 -   Unknown

 

DONALD  L.  STANLEY     8-16-1943  to   4-19-2003

“In  Loving  Memory “    “ Son “

 

DORIS  STANLEY (85)     6-2-1924   to   8-29-2009   “MOM”

“Always Loved And Never Forgotten”

 

FRANCES  VIRGINIA  STANLEY    11-16-1940   to   8-4-2007 “Mother”

“We Trust Our Loss Will Be Her Gain And That With Christ She’s Gone To Reign”

 

HAROLD  STANLEY    1-5-1949   to   10-24-1998

 

JAMES  L.  STANLEY   10-2-1952 (22) (Only one date-death date unknown)

 

JEFFERSON  C.  STANLEY    9-2-1924   to   11-12-2003  “Father”

“In Loving Memory”      “Father”

 

JERRY  RALPH  STANLEY,  JR.   10-1-1977  to  1-11-1978

“Our Angel,  Forever Loved”

 

JOE  EDWARD  STANLEY   3-31-1940   to  12-11-1999

 

RAYMOND  LEWIS  STANLEY   1951  -  1987

*PFC   U.S.  Army  ~  Vietnam

 

SMEAD  STANLEY      8-12- 1911    to   (Unknown)

* SMEAD  &  RUTH      “Not My Will,  But Thine Be Done”

&   RUTH  STANLEY    6-18-1914   to   12-19-1989

 

SUSIE  ANN  STANLEY   11-12-1942  to  3-27-1991

“Loving Mother And Cousin”

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FLOUISE  TANNER   10-24-1940   to   5-17-1998

*Painted on a small white cross- “One Nation Under God”

 

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JACK  TATORN    4-10-1917   (Stone broken- this is only info visible)

 

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ELORY  BROWN  TRAYLOR    12-5-1916    to    Mar 1983

*MSGT   United States  Army    World War  II

 

JOHN   &   MOSSIE  TRAYLOR     Birth  &  death dates unknown.

*Speculation: May be John Traylor born  9/16/1881 in Union Co., AR  to  William Traylor &

Louvenia Sanders Traylor.   They had three children named John, Mossie, and A.J. Traylor.

*TRAYLOR  Children:  JOHN (b: 1881)  MOSSIE (b: 1910)  A. J. (1914-1972)

*Some researchers say Mossie was the daughter of  John Traylor.

*These three names appear on this tombstone.   “Gone But Not Forgotten”

[Federal Census:  1930, Arkansas, E.D. # 8,  El Dorado, Page 7A, Union County]

*Mossie Traylor, age 20, negro, appears on this list with parents, John Traylor, age 49 &

Anne M. Traylor age 34.

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ANNIE  BELL  TUBBS      5-21-1929   (No death date)

*Md: 7/30/1944

&  DEACON’  WILBERT  TUBBS, SR. (86)  4-14-1924  to  2-27-2011  *ob

*S/of  John Tubbs  &  Carrie Alderson  Tubbs   *Wife, Annie Bell Davis

*Andrews  Funeral Home, Inc. El Dorado, AR

 

CARRIE  MAE  TUBBS   12-24-1928   to   7-1-2010

“An Inspiration To All Who Knew Her”

 

EARRIE  F.  TUBBS (77) 10-1-1931  to  12-28-2008  *ob

*D/of Curtis Ford & Gladys Evans Ford    *Wf/of late Eddie Tubbs, Sr.

 

EDDIE  TUBBS,  JR.      10-25-1948  to   9-3-2005

*PVT     U.S. Marine Corps

 

ESTER  TUBBS,  JR.    1958  -  2010

 

KENNY  SHA  TUBBS   10-9-1964   to    1-19-2002

“From Mom and Dad”

 

MARTHA  ANN  TUBBS   Jan 1976    to   1-12-1977  *Infant

 

SHINIECIA  ANNA  MONA  TUBBS    B  &   D   5-15-2014   *Infant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DANIEL  OSCAR  WARD     3-2-1872   to  7-30-1876

“In Memory Of”     (4 yr old boy)

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STACEY  D.  WATSON     7-3-1969   to   12-29-2000   “We Love Our Son”

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ALICE  MAE  MOODY   HICKS  WILSON   "Sunrise"  3-26-1933  to

"Sunset"  9-26-2005   *1st  husband, Freddie Lee Hicks(1930-1997)

*Homemade concrete covering for grave with details etched into concrete. She has a

2nd headstone of commercial quality.  *Age 72   *Andrews FH-MM

"In Loving Memory"   "Loving  Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother"

 

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*UNKNOWNS

*There are at least 5 unknown graves marked with round clumps of  concrete.

Five are in line with the "Brown graves"  & others atop the ridge,

are the Cook & Lambert graves.

One appears to have the dates Sept 1888  Sept 1889 scratched on the top.

 

*(2012) Another broken illegible headstone found up near the Graves family

& the Cook  family plot has the following that is readable: 

born May or July 20, 1835 / 1854  and

 died  May 11, 1863 /68. 

"Blessed are they that trust in the Lord"

 

*There are many other broken and illegible headstones scattered about.