SYCAMORE GROVE 

CHURCH OF CHRIST & CEMETERY

Est. ca 1898

 

 

Located NE of El Dorado, on McMahan Trace, off  O' Rear Road

west of  Hwy.167 or  East of  Hwy. 7 & state Hwy. 335, Union Co., Arkansas;

Surveyed October 19, 2001

.   *Last Survey October 2011  Last updated October 2018.  

Janice Holzer   JCSH432@gmail.com

 

*OB ......  Information from obituary.

*ARDI  ....... Death date Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*SSDI   .......  Some information from Social Security Death Index

*MM    .......  Information from a Mortuary Marker, instead of a headstone

*WOW  .......  Woodman of the World headstone.

*Use  of the  &  symbol indicates a double or multiple headstone

JOHN  THOMAS "TOM" AKIN  8-13-1929  to  4-15-2016

*Age 86, of Crossett, AR / born in Weldon, LA.

*S/of  Jacob Maurice Akin(1879-1952) & Clara Brazzel Taylor(1894-1965)

*Md:1/16/1948 *1^st wife,  Lillian Ovaughn Bates

*Md: late 2^nd wife, after 2003, Kathrine Quimby Herron(1929-2012)

*Katherine's 1^st husband, of 49 yrs,  was Charles J. Herron(1924-1994)

*Retired RN   *Buried Bethel Church Cemetery, Holly Ridge, LA.

&  LILLIAN  OVAUGHN BATES AKIN  6-24-1929  to  4-3-2003

*Age 73, of Crossett, AR.  Born 6 miles north of El Dorado.

*D/of  Robert Lee Bates(1893-1937) & Freda Opal Dumas Bates Blair(1902-1991)

*1^st wife of John Thomas Akin

JAMES  ARTHUR  ANDREWS   5-2-1881  to  7-6-1938

*Born in Tennessee.  Died in Union Co., Arkansas

*H/of Sarah Ossie Saunders

&  SARAH  OSSIE  SAUNDERS  ANDREWS  

11-30-1885   to  12-24-1938

*Wf/of  James Arthur Andrews

 

LOUIS  DREW ANDREWS (77) 10-25-1915  to  9-13-1993

*Navy SeaBee in World War II

*Note: Louis & Mary have the same birthdays Oct. 25^th;

Both also died in the month of September.

&  MARY EVELYN  F.  JACKSON  ANDREWS (91)

10-25-1919   to   9-3-2011  *OB

*D/of  George Wm. Jackson (1891-1967)  & Ruby Hammond Jackson (1895-1988)   

*George & Ruby Jackson both buried in Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery, El Dorado

JESSE  ANDREW  BURTON   5-3-1881  to  9-3-1952

*Spouses:  *Md: 1912, *1^st Laura Eddie Whatley Burton White(1888-1947)

*Laura md: Jessie Andrew Burton  &  Willie Byrd Milner(1883-1955)

*Speculation as to who was 1^st or 2^nd / marriages appear to have ended in divorce

*Laura is buried in Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Cemetery

*2^nd  Linnie Mae Leach Kirkpatrick Dumas Burton Cook(1908-1990)

*Linnie Mae Leach is also buried in Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Cemetery

*See Linnie Mae Leach Cook(1908-1990)

*Jesse (aka James) was the 3^rd marriage for Linnie Mae Leach

*Jesse, age 48, md: Linnie Mae, age 22, 3/28/1931 Union Co., AR

*Linnie, age 18  md: *1^st John Alvin Kirkpatrick, age 21, 7/16/1924

*John Alvin Kirkpatrick buried in New Hope Cemetery, Calhoun Co., AR

*Linnie, age 16, md: *2^nd B. Eugene Dumas, age 21, 2/28/1925

*Bene Eugene Dumas buried in Rest Haven Memorial Garden Cemetery

*Note: since Linnie & her many spouses were all married multiple

times, it is very confusing to keep all this straight.  Also because many of these

marriages ended in divorce, info is  further complicated.  Apologize for any

descripanicies here. 

 

OSCAR  F.  BURTON  7-1-1887  to  11-19-1898

*Aged  11 yrs-4 mos-19 dys

 

(S.H.) SAMUEL  HENRY  BURTON  

9-17-1855   to   5-2-1923

*S/of  Cader Burton(1817-1897) & Lavinia Johnson Burton (1824-1900)

*Samuel was born in Walker County, AL  Died in Union Co., AR

*Age 67 yrs-7 mos-15 dys

"Earth Has No Sorrow, That Heaven Cannot Heal"

EUPHAMA "FAMIE" LOLLAR  BURTON (82)  

10-4-1844 Jasper,AL   to   2-17-1927 LA

*D/of  William Lollar(1810-1875) &  Mary Kiker Lollar(1817-1892)

*1^st husband, Mr. Bud Townley  *2^nd husband, Samuel  H. Burton

*Mother of seven children, three left to mourn her.

     *Age: 82 yrs-4 mos-13 dys

CALEB  LEE  CARROLL "BO"   9-8-1987  to  11-2-1999

"What We Keep In Memory Is Ours Unchanged Forever"

"Your Footprints Have Left Their Imprints On Our Hearts" (On top of marble bench this is

engraved along with his name; on the edge of seat, the "What We Keep In Memory"

passage is engraved  & on other edge of seat Matthew  18:1-5 is engraved)

Center top of seat has a Heart with tiny footprints inside)

(He has a tear shaped monument & an angel statue alongside—also his photo is embedded)

*The following verse is inscribed at the base where the angel stands:

"THROUGH GOD'S GRACE YOU WERE OURS, FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

NOW YOU LIVE IN EVERLASTING LIGHT, FOREVER

GOD'S  PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILD, YOU WILL LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS,

OUR THOUGHTS AND EVERYTHING  WE DO, AND AT THE END OF EVERY

DAY WE PRAY TO GOD AND THANK HIM FOR  THE GIFT OF YOU"

 

ELZIE  FRED  CARROLL  8-16-1891  to  5-12-1961

*S/of  James H. Carroll(1856-1928) & Laura E. Shoemaker Carroll (1859-1933)

"Faith Builds A Bridge Across The Gulf Of Death"

&  BIRDIE  MARTIN  CARROLL  11-4-1890  to  1-22-1986

*D/of  John Thomas Martin(1859-1945) & Nancy Jane Connor Martin(1860-1940)

 

HUBERT  F. "HUB"  CARROLL  1-2-1920  to  11-29-2000

*S/of  Elzie Fred Carroll(1891-1961) &  Birdie Martin Carroll(1890-1986)

*Md:11/2/1946    "He Died As He Lived A Christian"    *SGT  US  Army ~ World War  II

&   BETTY  JANE  NESBITT  CARROLL (82)

 2-9-1924    to   7-7-2006

*D/of  Mary Frances Cordelia Hardin (1889-1979)  & William Henry Nesbitt(1888-1964)

*Wf/of Hubert F. Carroll

 

JAMES  H.  CARROLL    2-8-1856   to   4-6-1928

*Born in Mississippi.  Died in Union Co., AR

&   LAURA  E.  SHOEMAKER  CARROLL  

3-10-1859   to  3-13-1933

*Wf/of  James H. Carroll

"At Rest"

 

JAMES  MARTIN CARROLL  11-13-1925   to   2-11-1988

*S/of  Elzie Fred Carroll(1891-1961) &  Birdie Martin Carroll(1890-1986)

"JIMMY"     *Md:1/20/1950   Mary Ann Cooper

"Then Would I Fly Away And Be At Rest"

&   MARY ANN COOPER  CARROLL (84) 

3-17-1930 AR  to  12-17-2014 TX    *OB

*Mary Ann Cooper died in Sugar Land, Texas.

*D/of Thad B. Cooper (1908-1978)  &  Fannie Lou Nolan Cooper (1909-2004)

*Mary Ann moved with her husband to Angleton, TX in 1956 & resided there until 2013.

*Moved to to an assisted living facility in Sugar Land in 2013.

*Faithful member of the Church of Christ in Angleton.

JOE  MICHAEL CARROLL (67)  

10-27-1949  to  5-9-2017 *OB

*S/of  Hubert “Hub” Carroll  & Betty Jane  Nesbitt Carroll

*Wf/of  46 yrs, Toni Crow Carroll, D/of  Emma Jane Crow Davis & Paul Crow

 

PERCIVAL  "PERCIE" CARL  CARROLL 

10-3-1893   to  12-13-1958

*S/of  Laura E. Shoemaker(1859-1933) &  James H. Carroll(1856-1928)

"To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"     *VFW   World War  I

ARTHUR  J.  COOK   4-24-1925  to  5-17-2000

   *US Army~  World War II     *Purple  Heart

*Md:2/14/1945  Addie Ruth Simpson

&  ADDIE  RUTH  SIMPSON  COOK (91)

 9-15-1919   to   9-24-2010

*D/of  Hugh M. Simpson  & Nellie Gray Simpson

*Late brother, William Hugh Simpson & late sis, Laura Bass Whatley

 

LINNIE  MAE  LEACH  COOK 

9-11-1908 LA   to  7-10-1990 AR

*D/of  John Alfred Leach(1885-1947) & Maggie Ophelia Cole Leach(1892-1987)

*Spouses:  *1^st  md: 7/16/1924 – John Alvin Kirkpatrick (1903-1986)

*He was age 21 & she was 18, both residents of Norphlet.

*Birth year of 1908 is given on tombstone, but it does not

correspond with the info given at the time of her marriage.

**********************

*2^nd md: 2/28/1925,Union Co., AR- Bene Eugene Dumas(1905-1980)

*He was 21, she was 16, both resided in Union Co, AR.

***********************

*3^rd md: 3/28/1931, Union Co., AR,  James Andrew Burton(1881-1952)

*He was 48, she was 22. Groom resided in El Dorado / Bride resided in Norphlet, AR

*******************

SHARON  RUTH  COOK   11-17-1949  to  11-20-1949

*D/of  Arthur J. Cook (1925-2000) & Addie  Ruth Simpson Cook(1919-2010)

GEORGE  WILLIAM  DAFFER  

10-16-1856   to  10-15-1941

*S/of  James Alexander Daffer (1831-1925) & Rebecca Hatfield Daffer (d: 1893)

*James A. Daffer was born in Baltimore, MD  Moved with his parents to

Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1835; Married Rebecca Hatfield in 1849, and from

this union, eleven children were born, seven sons, four daughters

*Six sons & one daughter survived at the time of his death.

*James  A. Daffer, died at the age of  94,  at the home of his son,

Charles Daffer, in Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, where he had been living

for the past two and a half years.  He is buried there in the

Pleasant Dale Cemetery, Nebraska.  *Minister in the Methodist church

until the infirmities of life compelled his retirement.  

*Obit: Seward Journal, Seward, NE, Thurs, Dec 31, 1925.

"Each Duty Done, They Rest In Peace"

&   JESSIE  LOUISE  TAYLOR  DAFFER   

2-2-1860  to  11-25-1946

*Wife of George William Daffer.

"Each Duty Done, They Rest In Peace"

BETTY  JEAN  MURPH   DUMAS (50)    

9-18-1932  to  8-4-1983

*D/of Mary Maude Yarbrough (1902-1999) & Miles Murph (1898-1964)

"Resting In Gods Arms"

 

IRA  VERNON  DUMAS    9-22-1908  to  9-19-1950   

*S/of  Charles G. Dumas (1878-1962) &  Ida E. Henley Dumas(1878-1957)

"Son"      "Just A Little While And Then"      "Mother"

&  IDA  E.  HENLEY  DUMAS  7-9-1878  to  8-2-1957

*Born in Mississippi.  Died in Union County, AR

(these two on same headstone)  "Just A Little While And Then"

*Wife, of Charles G. Dumas (1878-1962)

*Husband, Charles buried at Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Cemetery

ARNOLD  L.  FITZGERALD (94)    

5-2-1878  to  4-28-1973

 

JESSIE  F.  KIZER  FITZGERALD(19)  

9-6-1894   to   6-13-1914

*Wife & Baby of  R. L.  Fitzgerald

 

WILLIAM  H.  FITZGERALD   

Jul  1882  to  Jul  1943

*S/of Martha E. Fitzgerald (b: ca 1863)

*H/of  Amanda  "Manda"  L.  Burton  Fitzgerald,  

*D/of  Samuel  &  Euphama "Fannie" Burton; 

*Amanda L. Burton  md: 5/14/1905, William H. Fitzgerald, Union Co., AR

 Manda  md: 6/11/1896,  James A. Vineyard, Ouachita Co., AR.

*Only one name, William's,   on large double monument

*Amanda & William had two sons.  Amanda & James A. Vineyard had

a daughter, Blanche Gertrude Fitzgerald Cates (1913-1977)

Blanche G. Fitzgerald Cates is buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park &

Mausoleum, in Haughton, Louisiana.

LAURA  LEE  ANDREWS  GRAY GILLS  

12-20-1877TN   to  11-14-1959AR (81)

*D/of Mary Louise Shoemaker Perry(1849-1927) & Henry James Andrews (b: ca 1828 TN)

*Laura's spouses:  *1^st husband, William T. Gray

 *2^nd husband, Thomas Anthony "Tom" Gills

"In Memory Of Mother"

ROBERT  CONRAD  HOLLAND  

10-24-1936 TX   to  5-7-1991 AR

*Husband of  Phyllis Louise Hendrix Holland

*PFC  US Army

PHYLLIS  LOUISE  HENDRIX  HOLLAND 

11-7-1947  to  5-7-1991  *Age 43

*D/of Harvel George Hendrix (1914-2002) & Lucy Mae Baker Hendrix (1915-1978)

*Member of  Sycamore Grove Church of Christ

*Wf/of  Robert Conrad Holland.

*Survived by two sons, one sister, and her father.

*Obit: The Guardian Journal, Homer, LA, on 23 May 1991.

JAMES  HENRY  JOHNSON   1-1975  to  9-1975  

*Infant Son of  Nelda  &  Daryl Johnson  *MM

HOMER  KIZER  9-5-1901  to  8-20-1923

*S/of  William F.  Kizer  &  M. Lavonia Townley Kizer 

*Age 21 yrs-11 mos-15 dys

"Weep Not Father and Mother For Me,  For I  Am Waiting In Glory For Thee"

 

WILLIAM  F.  KIZER (67)   12-3-1857  to  2-1-1925

*S/of  William Kizer(b: ca 1814 TN) & Nancy Emaline Harbour  Kizer(b: ca 1825 LA)

*Md: 1892, Nevada County, AR     M.  Lavonia Townley  

&   M.  LAVONIA  TOWNLEY  KIZER    

4-25-1869   to  12-1-1926

*Wf/of  William F. Kizer

BOBBY  HAYES  LESTER    2-22-1922  to  3-6-1922

*Infant  S/of  "Bruce" Daniel Brewster Lester  &  Jessie Carroll Lester

"Safe In The Arms Of Jesus"  .

 

"BRUCE"  DANIEL  BREWSTER  LESTER   

10-20-1882   to   9-7-1957

&  JESSIE  CARROLL  LESTER   6-16-1887  to  10-26-1941

*D/of  James H. Carroll(1856-1928) & Laura E. Shoemaker Carroll (1859-1933)

"Each Duty Done They Rest In Peace"

 

DAN  LACEY  LESTER    6-26-1914  to  7-6-1916

*S/of  "Bruce" Daniel Brewster Lester(1882-1957)  &  Jessie Carroll  Lester(1914-1971)

*Twin brother to Jim Carroll Lester

 

JIM  CARROLL  LESTER    6-26-1914   to  7-17-1971

*S/of  "Bruce" Daniel Brewster Lester(1882-1957)  &  Jessie Carroll Lester(1914-1971)

*Twin brother to Dan Lacey Lester

"The Hunter, Home From The Hill"     "Proverbs 31"

&   SARAH  RUTH  JACKSON   LESTER   

12-14-1917   to  11-18-1999  *Age 81

*D/of  George W. Jackson & Ruby Hammond Jackson

 

LOUIS  BRUCE  LESTER   7-18-1911  to  4-28-1963

*S/of  "Bruce" Daniel Brewster Lester(1882-1957)  &  Jessie Carroll Lester(1887-1941)

"His Memory Is Blessed"

MARGARET ALICE  JACKSON  LESTER  

11-20-1923  to  9-4-1998    "Mother"

*D/of  George W. Jackson & Ruby Hammond Jackson  

*Wf/of  Louis Bruce Lester

"The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength"  

LINDA  KAY  LEVERITT    10-24-1942  to 10-19-1944

  "Our Loved One"

Infant  MARTIN    b  &  d   1-17-1951   "Only Sleeping"

*S/of  Claude  &  Mary Lou  Martin

 

JOHN  THOMAS  MARTIN    9-12-1859  to  12-11-1945

*S/of  Joseph A. Martin(b: ca 1830 AL) &  Nancy Craig Martin(1838-1897)

"Rest Is Thine;  Sweet Remembrance Ours"

NANCY "NANNIE" JANE  CONNOR  MARTIN 

3-17-1860   to  12-14-1940

*D/of  William Samuel Connor(1831-1907) & Sarah Jane Bolding Connor(1836-1924)

"Rest Is Thine;  Sweet Remembrance Ours"

 

LEWIS  LEE  MARTIN (71) 9-23-1878  to  3-25-1950

*Born in Appanoose Co., Iowa      Died in El Dorado, AR

*S/of  Oliver Perry Martin(1843 OH-1928) &  Amanda J. Hayes Martin(1845 OH-1888 IA)

*Md: Eva Lee Daffer in Shannon Co., MO in 1912

&   EVA  LEE  DAFFER  MARTIN 

 7-14-1888   to  3-18-1977  *Age 88

*Born in Rock Valley, Sioux Co., Iowa  Died in El Dorado, AR

*D/of  George Wm. Daffer (1856-1941)  &  Jessie Louise Taylor Daffer(1860-1946)

"Only Sleeping"

 

LEWIS  OLIVER  MARTIN   11-7-1912   to  12-23-1935

*S/of Lewis Lee Martin (1878-1950) & Eva Lee Daffer Martin(1888-1977)

*Note: Texas Death Certificate lists his birth as 12/7/1911

*Born in Sannon Co., MO   Died in Kilgore, Gregg Co., Texas

"Not Lost, But Gone Before"

 

MATIE  MARTIN   5-13-1895  to  11-22-1996   *Age 101

*D/ of Nancy" Nannie" Jane Connor (1860-1940) & John Thomas Martin(1859-1945)

 

 

VERNA  MARTIN   2-24-1902   to  12-14-1996

*D/ of Nancy" Nannie" Jane Connor (1860-1940) & John Thomas Martin(1859-1945)

JOHN  J.  McINTOSH   12-9-1843  to  2-17-1899

"His Many Virtues Form the noblest monument to his memory"

MILES  MURPH    2-15-1898  to  9-12-1964

*S/of  Frank Murph(1860-1927) &  Mollie Farris   Murph(1873-1917)

*Md: 4/24/1919  Mary Maude Yarbrough

&  MARY  MAUDE  YARBROUGH  MURPH  

5-8-1902  to  3-23-1999

*D/of John Parker Yarbrough & Prudence Loduska Ann Lane Yarbrough

*October 2011, her death date not on tombstone.

CHARLES  WILBUR  "BUZZY"  NESBITT (91)  

4-6-1920  to  11-17-2011  *OB

*S/of  William  Henry Nesbitt(1888-1964)  &  Mary Frances Hardin Nesbitt(1889-1979)

When he was little, everyone called him "Buzzy", since he had no formal name.

When he started school, he had to have a name, so he picked Charles Wilbur for

himself. Retired oil refinery operator for American Oil Co. *Served his country in

the Arkansas National Guard & the U.S. Navy.

*Md:5/22/1944  Lucy Nell Meggs

&  LUCY  NELL  MEGGS  NESBITT  1-26-1924  to  4-14-2000

*D/of Melvina Lou McClain (1893-1972 AR) & George Thomas Meggs (1889 NC-1957AR)

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

 

ELVIE  ALLEN  NESBITT   8-6-1914   to   3-30-1979

*S/of  William Henry Nesbit (1888-1964)  & Mary Frances Hardin Nesbitt(1889-1979)

*Md: *1^st wife, 1940,  Mattie Pauline Murphy(1913-1970)

*Md: *2^nd wife, 9/2/1950  Mary E. Hostetler   

(Mason) * U.S. Navy  vet  M.OM.M.M.  13

&  MARY  E.  HOSTETLER  NESBITT(89)

10-20-1922  to  4-1-2012 *OB

*D/of  Arnold W. Hostetler(b:ca 1887 KY)  &  Ida  Maddry  Hostetler (b: ca 1898 LA)

*Elvie Nesbitt and Mary Hostetler   married  9/2/1950

 

(H.W.)  HENRY  WAYNE  "WAYMON" NESBITT 

1-23-1928   to  10-19-1989

*S/of  Wm Henry Nesbitt(1888-1964) & Mary Frances Cordelia Hardin Nesbitt (1889-1979)          

*Henry's military marker has a different middle name &  a different death date. d:8-19-1989

*Military marker "Henry Wayne Nesbitt  US Navy  ~  World War II  

*Other marker - H.W. "WAYMON" Nesbitt" (Mason)      

*Md;12/25/1949  Carolyn Reagan

&  CAROLYN  REAGAN  NESBITT 

12-22-1929   to   11-2-2002

*D/of  William Carl Reagan(b:ca 1903 AR)  & Faye Kolb Reagan(b:ca 1910 AR)

 

WILLIAM  HENRY  NESBITT  12-29-1888  to  1-18-1964

*S/of  Allen Harris Nesbitt (1856-1913) & Minerva Jane Wafford Nesbitt (1859-1946)

"Mason"   *Md: 2/24/1909 Mary Frances "Fannie" Hardin

&  MARY  FRANCES  CORDELIA "FANNIE" HARDIN~ 

NESBITT     2-18-1889   to   2-3-1979

*D/of  William Allen  Hardin (1847-1920) & Mary Jane Thompson Hardin(1848-1904)

FRANCIS  NORWOOD  “WOODY”  NIXON, JR.  (68)

10-5-1948  to  12-7-2016

*S/of  Reba Calaway Nixon  &  Francis Norwood Nixon, Sr.     *OB

*US Air Force *Vietnam veteran 4 yrs   *Wf/of 47 yrs, Barbara Nixon

*Member of Hillsboro Street Church of Christ

CLYDE  H.  PUGH   12-5-1921  to  4-30-1996

*PFC  US Army ~ World War II

*Md:4/8/1944   Melba Ruth Ware

&  MELBA  RUTH  WARE  PUGH (93) 

7-27-1924    to   3-24-2018

*D/of  Thomas Fred Ware(1883-1965)  &  Grace P. Martin Ware (1893-1978)

*Member of Church of Christ

LITTLE  JESSIE  RIPLEY    11-6-1902   to  7-13-1905

*D/of  J. L.  &  J. E.  Ripley

"Sleep On My Baby And Take Thy Rest In Jesus Arms Forever Blest"

SYBIL  MURPH  ROGERS    2-24-1920  to  7-4-1987

"Asleep In Jesus"

MELINDA  MILDRED  COOPER  CLAWSON  ROLLS  

6-23-1895 TX   to  4-16-1973 Galveston, TX

*According to Texas death record, Melinda Mildred Rolls was the

*D/of  Henry Wilderson Cooper & Mattie Stalkcup Cooper

*No additional info on the "Clawson" name that some link with her.

*She was a widow at the time of her death, living in Alvin, Brazoria Co., TX

*Late husband, August Peters Rolls (1883-1958)

*August Peters Rolls is buried in Warren Cemetery, Warren, Tyler, TX.

*She shares a double headstone with her husband, with no death date.

*She does have a small marker in Sycamore Grove with both birth & death

dates engraved.    "She's Safe At Home"

HUGH  MINOR  SIMPSON   7-28-1886   to  12-3-1964

*S/of  William P. Simpson (1855-1919)  &  Nancy E. Askew Simpson(1864-1903)

&  NELLIE  CENORA  GRAY  SIMPSON   

1-4-1895   to  10-19-1988

*D/of  Laura Lee Andrews Gray Gills (1877-1959)  &  1^st husband, Wm Thomas Gray

CHARLIE   H.  SMITH    1880  to  8-17-1944

A. C.  VINYARD   1900  (One date)

Infant   VINYARD   b  &  d  1898

O.  FRANK  VINYARD   1902  to  1950

Infant  WARE     b  &  d   12-7-1946  

*S/of  Theron Fred Ware (1917-1995)  &  Bonnie Jean Nesbitt Ware(1917-2001)

Infant  WARE   (stone has no dates )

 

THERON  FRED "BUSTER"  WARE 

8-14-1917  to  10-26-1995

*S/of  Thomas Fred Ware(1883-1965) &  Grace P. Martin Ware(1893-1978)

*Md: 4/30/1944         *SGT  US  Army ~  World War II   "Purple Heart"

&   BONNIE  JEAN  NESBITT  WARE  

7-22-1917  to  12-28-2001

*D/of  William Henry Nesbitt(1888-1964) Mary Frances Cordelia Hardin(1889-1979)

 

THOMAS  FRED  WARE   10-15-1883  to  11-14-1965

*S/of  Enoch Mathews Ware(1850-1916) &  Hannah Hancock Ware(1855-1945)

&  GRACE  P.  MARTIN   WARE    6-23-1893   to   8-13-1978

*Wife of Thomas Fred Ware

RAYMOND  EDMOND “R.E.” WHATLEY(85)

6-28-1924  to  3-24-2010      *OB

*S/of  Rufus Edmond Whatley(1896-1974) & Maude Velma Carroll Whatley(1900-1943)     

"Loving Husband, Daddy and Friend"  *Md:2/17/1946  *Emma Naomi Holland

*TEC  5  US Army ~ World War II  735^th Engineer Heavy Shop Company

&  (EMMA)  NAOMI  HOLLAND  WHATLEY  

4-24-1929   (One date)

*D/of  Arthur & Sue Holland.  (Emma Naomi Holland)

 

*All five of the mentioned  family members below, died on June 24, 1996.

The father/husband & youngest daughter are buried here,

while the wife/mother & two other daughters are all three

buried in the Smackover Cemetery.

 

RUFUS ARTHUR WHATLEY   6-16-1952  to  6-24-1996

*S/of  Raymond Edmond Whatley(1924-2010) & Naomi Holland Whatley(1929- ?)

*Rufus died in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisianna

*Spouses:  *1^st md: 1974,  Gina Hunt (1955-2013) buried in Arlington Memorial Park

*Md: 1991, *2^nd husband to Rebecca Lynn Babin Burroughs (Whatley). Rebecca

and her other 2 daughters; are buried in the Smackover Cemetery.     

"In Loving Memory"   "Forever In Our Hearts"

*Counting Rufus A. Whatley , Rebecca Lynn Babin Burroughs , and her 3 daughters,

a total of five died the same.day.

&  BRITTANY  VICTORIA WHATLEY

 1-5-1995  to  6-24-1996   *18 months old

*D/of Rufus Arthur Whatley(1952-1996) & Rebecca Lynn Babin Burroughs Whatley(1959-1996)

*Brittany's mom, Rebecca Lynn Babin  Burroughs (Whatley),  & two older half-sisters all

died on the same day, as did her  father, Rufus Arthur Whatley.    June 24, 1996 ~

*Mom, Rebecca Lynn  &  other two daughters, half-sisters are (all  three)  buried

at the Smackover Cemetery in Smackover, AR:

*Mother, Rebecca Lynn Burroughs(1959-1996) ~ Sisters~ Alison Nicole Burroughs(1982-1996)

&  Summer Lynne Burroughs(1988-1996)

 A total of five died from this family on June 24, 1996.

*See listing under BURROUGHS in the Smackover Cemetery for wife/ mother,

Rebecca Lynn Babin Burroughs Whatley & other two daughters,

Allison Nicole Burroughs & Summer Lynne Burroughs.

 

RUFUS ( E.) EDMOND  WHATLEY   2-1-1896   to  3-18-1974

*S/of  Arthur Gray Whatley(1872-1899) & Victoria Saddler Whatley Braswell(1874-1961)

*Arkansas  Pvt.  U.S.  Army ~  World War I

*1^st wife, Velma Carroll (1900-1943) 

*2^nd wife, Laura Elizabeth Simpson (1914-2010)

MAUDE  VELMA  CARROLL  WHATLEY  

1900   to  2-16-1943  *ARDI

*D/of  Laura E. Shoemaker(1859-1933) &  James H. Carroll(1856-1928)

*1^st  Wife of  Rufus Edmond Whatley(1896-1974)     "Darling, We Miss Thee"

LAURA  ELIZABETH  SIMPSON  WHATLEY 

12-21-1914  to  2-18-2010

*2^nd  Wife of  Rufus Edmond Whatley

*D/of Hugh Minor Simpson (1886-1964) & Nellie Cenora Gray Simpson (1895-1988)

 

TED  EDMOND  WHATLEY   8-12-1944  to  4-24-1991

*S/of  Rufus Edmond Whatley(1896-1974)  &  Laura Elizabeth Simpson  Whatley(1914-2010)

*Ted's headstone is embedded in the ground directly in front of Rufus E. Whatley's  marker.

 

WAYNE  E.  WHATLEY  12-18-1945  to  4-6-2008

*S/of  *2^nd wife, Laura Elizabeth Simpson (1914-2010)  &  Rufus Edmond Whatley(1896-1974)

"Undying Love   May 29, 1987"

&  MARY  A.  WHATLEY  7-4-1948   (One date)

Sycamore Grove Church of Christ  &  Cemetery