Hammons Chapel Cemetery

El Paso, Arkansas

Photo by Leroy Blair

This Cemetery is also known as: None known

GPS Location: 585022- 3891785

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #:

3WH0674

Number of Marked Graves: About 100

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: November 28, 2000 By Leroy Blair.

There has been Obituaries that were printed in the newspaper posted since the last survey was made.

Current status of cemetery: Active.

Point of contact for cemetery.

Susan Hammons 501-849-2819.



This cemetery includes three acres located in Section 10, Township 6 North, Range 10 West. The first listing was prepared April

19, 1975 by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rowe and Mr. and Mrs. Leister E. Presley of the White County Historical Society, who described the

cemetery as being "well kept,"about three-quarters of a mile off Highway 5.

The records were updated November 28, 2000, by Leroy Blair of the Historical Society, who added 20 names to the list. He also

reported 54 graves marked only with rocks, five with illegible funeral home markers and "a few" others with no marking at all. Blair

also reported that Farrell Cook of Morning Sun, a friend, had told him previously that he had numerous relatives in this cemetery,

including an aunt Lottie M. Owens, a brother and two cousins, all who died in infancy.

The property was sold for $1 on January 17, 1914, by trustees of M.E. Church South, W.J. Thomason, Walter Wright and J.R.

Blessing, to J.W. Clark, Allen Killough and J.B. Garrett, trustees of the Hammons Chapel Cemetery Association. John Hammons, a

trustee of the Association in 1999, said his grandfather donated the land for the cemetery and his father built the original chapel,

which served as an early schoolhouse. Mr. Hammons, who was born in 1913, also stated that he has a photograph of his father

standing in front of the chapel that he thinks was taken in 1890.

Jacob Allah Hammons, John’s grandfather, was born in Alabama in 1822 and came to Arkansas around 1845. His son Jacob Daniel

Hammons, born approximately 1845, built the Hammons Chapel around 1880 and taught school there until 1890.

John Hammons and his wife Susan lived at 271 Hammons Chapel Road, Romance, AR 72136, about a mile north of Highway 5 from

Crossroads at Hammonsville.

To learn more about life at Hammonsville years ago, read the books of Strelsa Morris Machen, who grew up in this area. Also, see

"Pictures of Yesterday"-Hammonsville on this website.

If you have corrections or additions to this list or other information on this Cemetery, Contact the White County Historical Society,

P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145. Or phone 501- 278- 5010

Following is a list of known burials in this cemetery.

Armstrong, Charles R. – November 27, 1885 – August 23, 1978 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Armstrong, Margarete M.M. – March 25, 1866 – August 7, 1915 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Armstrong, S.A. – January 1, 1863 – February 9, 1929 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit)

Barnett, Bertha – 1882 – 1918 – DS with William A. Barnett - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR



Barnett, William A. – 1885 – January 1, 1971 – WWI Veteran – DS with Bertha Barnett - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Blessing, Lela – Apri1 2, 1878 – June 26, 1932 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Blevins, A.J. – September 10, 1851 – March 22, 1888 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Clark, E.M – Wife of R.L. Clark and mother of H.W. Clark - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Clark, Eddie – April 25, 1880 – December 7, 1892 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Clark, Eliza Jane – January 16, 1863 – March 3, 1938 – DS with John Wesley Clark - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit)

Clark, H. W. – September 29, 1906 – February 18, 1907 – Son of R.L. & E.M. Clark - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Clark, John Wesley – July 20, 1850 – April 14, 1930 – DS with Eliza Jane Clark - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Clark, R.L. – Husband of E.M. Clark and father of H.W. Clark - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, C.K. – May 22, 1858 – November 11, 1916 – DS with Sarah E. Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Charles 0. – 1888 – 1980 – DS with Lena Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Clinton Cleo – June 29, 1919 – January 8, 1972 – Pvt. 346

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MP Escort CD Co. - WWII - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Dorothy – January 6, 1917 – July 3, 1917 – Daughter of Charles Owen & Lena M. Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso,

AR

Cole, J. Burford – 1915 – 1981 – DS with Mary E. Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, James A. – 1893 – 1960 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Julian – August 9, 1891 – December 28, 1974 – Pvt. U.S. Army - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Lena M. – 1895 – 1965 – DS with Charles Owen Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit) + (Obit July 12, 1965

paper)

Cole, Mamie Clark – March 23, 1896 – February 18, 1986 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Mary E. – 1919 – 1994 - DS with J. Burford Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cole, Sarah E. – October 17, 1856 – February 13, 1950 - DS with C. K. Cole - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit)



Cook, Burnice E. – December 16, 1930 – April 30, 1981 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Dillard Carrol – July 2, 1944 – July 7, 2002 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Donald Lee – January 28, 1957 – October 13, 1990 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Dovie Elane – January 4, 1907 – May 4, 1991 – Wife of Henry E. Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR – (Obit)

Cook, Ellen – Probably second wife of W.H. Cook and father of Gladys, Lois P., & Lookey Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El

Paso, AR

Cook, Gladys – September 26, 1903 – July 30, 1911 – Daughter of W.H. & Ellen Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Henry Everett – June 20, 1898 – July 23, 1969 – Pvt. U.S. Army - WWI - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR –( Obit) July

24, 1969 paper)

Cook, Kellie Ann – December 21, 1968 – December 26, 1968 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Lois P. – February 21, 1905 – July 28, 190? – Daughter of W.H. & Ellen Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Lookey L. – December 26, 1908 – August 23, 1910 – Daughter of W.H. & Ellen Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Nancy – October 30, 1873 – May 6, 1900 – Wife of W.H. Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cook, Nell – March 26, 1919 – March 11, 1923 – Daughter of W.L. & Maggie Cook

Cook, William H. – December 30, 1871 – September 28, 1914 - Husband of Nancy Cook - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cooper, Clearence – March 29, 1923 – April 11, 1923 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cooper, Elbert W. – May 2, 1901 – October 26, 1970 – DS with Pearly M. Cooper - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Cooper, Pearly M. – September 21, 1903 – May 26, 1971 – DS with Elbert W. Cooper - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Crane, Angela R. “Sissy” – October 20, 1967 – February 18, 1989 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Davis, Elva Jean – January 5, 1929 – April 10, 2014 – Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit)

Duncan, Alice – Died January 2, 1940 – Only date listed - (FM) - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR



Duncan, James – January l, 1866 – 1940 - (FM) - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Duncan, L.G. – January 18, 1940 – April 10, 1940 - (FM ) - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Garrett, Alfred Houston – June 25, 1839 – May 27, 1889 – Husband Susan Cordelia “Delia” Garrett - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El

Paso, AR

Garrett, Susan Cordelia – Wife of Alfred Houston Garrett - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Gregory, Samuel P. – January 9, 1859 – January 26, 1884 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Hall, Pearl – August 20, 1890 – December 11, 1933 – Wife of A.E. Hall - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit)

Hall, William C. – March 14, 1842 – January 7, 1922 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Hall, William C. – March 14, 1842 – January 8, 1922 – (C.S.A.) – Husband of Amanda J. Hall - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso,

AR

Harris, Wilton Edwin – April 27, 1934 – April 27, 1934 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Heffington, Delpha May – January 25, 1897 – April 23, 1900 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Heffington, J.F. – March 20, 1850 – July 17, 1900 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Houston, George W. – July 4, 1885 – April 13, 1920 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Kellough, Lizzie – Died June ?, 1930 – Age 83 years - (Unmarked grave) - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR - (Obit)

Kimbrell, Arrah – April 14, 1890 – August 27, 1891 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Kimbrell, Charles F. – Died March 7, 1929 – Only date listed – Spanish American War - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR -

(Obit)

Kimbrell, Clarence – February 27, 1898 – Only date listed – DS with Retha Kimbrell - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Kimbrell, Jennie A. – 1917 – 1918 – Daughter of Joseph A. & Sallie J. Kimbrell - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Kimbrell, Joseph W. – August 11, 1850 – July 5, 1926 – DS with Lucy A. Kimbrell - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR



Kimbrell, Lucy A. – November 16, 1860 – December 26, 1944 – DS with Joseph W. Kimbrell - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso,

AR – (Obit)

Kimbrell, Retha – July 8, 1903 – Only date listed – DS with Clarence Kimbrell - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Kimbrell, Richard S. – 1888 – May 15, 1956 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Liles, John – November 17, 1836 – July 16, 1911 – Co I, 48

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Regt Tenn. Inf. C.S.A - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Martin, Belle Zora – August 23, 1880 – December 24, 1962 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCaig, Clarence – November 10, 1900 – November 16, 1900 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCaig, Estes N. – December 7, 1923 – February 20, 1925 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCaig, Fletcher Mitchell – 1905 – 1915 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCaig, Louise – December 1905 – December 7, 1923 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCraig, C. T. – October 9, 1854 – January 3, 1883 – Son of James C. & Nancy P. McCraig - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso,

AR

McCraig, James C. – August 28, 1898 – December 27, 1913 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCraig, Nancy P. – January 4, 1817 – August 3, 1910 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCraig, Susan P. – March 17, 1963 – September 7, 19?? - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCraig, W.M. – October 5, 1859 – August 9, 1928 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McCraig, William Otis – December 9, 1894 – January 14, 1914 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

McGiboney, W.T. – August 17, 1852 – January 6, 1919 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Neal, Grace E. – April 21, 1876 – January 13, 1952 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Owens, Lottie M. – March 1895 – January 1926 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Payne, Clara May – April 9, 1895 – Only date listed – Daughter of Henry H. & Ofelia Payne - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR



Payne, Henry H. – October 3, 1840 – February 10, 1908 – (Miss. Cav. C.S.A.) Husband of Ophelia - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El

Paso, AR

Payne,Willie H. – March 7, 1891 – December 30, 1909 – Son of Henry & Ofelia Payne - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Robbins, Dee – Memorial to Dee Robbins & his wife Livy, buried near here in 1865 & 1874 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Robbins, Livy – Memorial to Dee Robbins & his wife Livy, buried near here in 1865 & 1874 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Roberts, J. W. – October 16, 1843 – February 8, 1912 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Roberts, James – Died after 1901 – (Co. D. 45

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Ala. Inf. C.S.A.) (This may be J.W. Roberts) - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Roberts, Mary C. – December 7, 1854 – June 2, 1919 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Roberts, Roy C. – January 13, 1887 – June 8, 1978 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Roberts, Viola L. – March 7, 1880 – May 17, 1892 – Daughter of J.W. & M.C. Roberts - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Roberts, W. J. – April 12, 1872 – November 8, 1891 – Son of J.W. and M.C. Roberts - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Robinson, Myrtle McCaig – 1900 – 1915 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Smith, Evelyn Cole – August 4, 1917 – December 31, 2007 – DS with Papa Jim Smith - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Smith, Papa Jim – February 9, 1914 – June 25, 1992 – DS with Evelyn Cole Smith - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Taylor, Elsie P. – October 15, 1899 – April 10, 1903 – Daughter of S.M. & T.J. Taylor - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Taylor, Escar – April 23, 1898 – April 26, 1898 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Taylor, Opal M. – August 25, 1896 – August 28,1897 - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Taylor, S.M. – Parent of Elsie P. Taylor - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Taylor, T.J. – Parent of Elsie P. Taylor - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Temple, Samuel – December 26, 1832 – November 11, 1910 – Co B. 36

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Ark. Inf. Regt – C.S.A. – Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El

Paso, AR



Terry, Eva E. – April 10, 1878 – August 8, 1922 – Wife of John Terry - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Terry, John – Husband Eva E. Terry - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Terry, Sarah – 1864 – 1897 – Wife of W.R. Terry - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

Terry, W.R. – Husband of Sarah Terry - Hammons Chapel Cemetery, El Paso, AR

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Legend: Copyright-Aug.23, 2016-Paul V. Isbell-Webmaster:

Most of the cemetery information listed was collected by Leroy “Lee” Blair Former member of the White

County Historical Society Board of Directors. Now working at the White County Historical Society office on

the square in Searcy. WCHS P. O. Box 537 Searcy, Ark. 72145.

If you have any additions or corrections to the burial listing please contact the Historical Society. Phone 501-

278-5010 or Email me at

lblblair74@gmail.com

or wchs1962@gmail.com

I will be posting more burials later. The Searcy Daily Citizen donated all their Micro Film and Ledgers dating

back to 1953. After reviewing them, if I find a death of a person that we do not have I will to add to the

cemetery listings.

There are some graves listed as unmarked that may have had a tombstone set since the listing was made.

I may have missed some graves when I prepared the listing. Some cemeteries are very hard to get an

accurate listing due to how some graves are scattered

The following Abbreviations are used in the listings

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FM-Funeral home marker DS-Double tombstone TS-Triple tombstone

(Obit)-means that the Historical Society has, or has access to the Obituary for this person.