St. Paul’s Cemetery

Armstrong Springs, Arkansas

Photo by Ellen Blair

This Cemetery is also known as: None known

GPS Location: 603706 - 3904248

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: WH0740

Number of Marked Graves: About 40

Number of Unmarked Graves:Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: 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. No known contact person.



This cemetery is located near the old Morris School for Boys and was maintained by the Franciscan Brothers until the school was

sold in August 2000. This list was prepared by Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society, who visited the cemetery

September 12, 2000. A list prepared years earlier by Brother Linus Meyers of Morris School contained names and death dates only.

Blair found 22 graves that were not on the Meyers list. There are 11 Franciscan Brothers buried here. Blair provided these

directions to the cemetery: “From Searcy take Highway 36 west about 3½ miles to Morris School Road. Turn right [north]; the

cemetery is on the right about one-quarter mile past the old school. There is a gate by the road and the cemetery is back in a field

about 100 yards. It is a clean cemetery.”

The area surrounding Morris School was sold by the Catholic Church in 2000. (See 2003 White County Heritage.) The land including

the cemetery was sold to nearby residents Mary and Kenneth Cook, who locked the gate to the cemetery to deter hunters, but will

open it for cemetery visitors.

Following is a list of known burials in this cemetery.

Aman, Brother Francis – May 19, 1912 – November 4, 1987 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR – (Obit) November 6, 1987

paper

Batts, Henry Payne – 1900 – 1941 – DS with Margaret Annie Batts - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Batts, Margaret Annie – 1898 – 1971 – DS with Henry Payne Batts - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Bauer, Brother Lambert – January 4, 1901 – September 6, 1987 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR – (Obit) September 9,

1987 paper

Bauer, Brother Leo – January 1, 1903 – February 20, 1982 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Bishop, Willa Ethel – 1896 – 1977 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Boudreaux, Joseph B. – November 6, 1917 – November 29, 1966 – WWII – St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR – (Obit

November 30, 1966 paper)

DiSabella, Brother Maurus – May 2, 1924 – December 30, 2002 – Husband of Dorothea DiSabella - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong

Springs, AR

Duran, Brother Stanislaus – March 13, 1915 – May 15, 1997 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR



Edwards, Infant – Died December 5, 1937 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Edwards, Infant – Died October 31, 1938 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Feltrop, Benjamin Herman – February 8, 1880 – May 9, 1947 – DS with Mary Holtmeyer Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong

Springs, AR - (Obit)

Feltrop, Carson Angel – Born and died March 21, 2003 – Child of Frankie & Cassandra Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong

Springs, AR

Feltrop, Franklin – August 19, 1944 – October 22, 1961 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR – (Obit October 23, 1961 paper)

Feltrop, Infant – Born and died November 6, 1936 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Feltrop, John Andrew – April 10, 1938 – July 15, 1988 – U.S. Army - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR – (Obit) July 18,

1988 paper

Feltrop, Laken Angel – Born and died June 8, 2003 – Child of Frankie & Cassandra Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs,

AR

Feltrop, Lucy Ellen – October 12, 1903 – January 17, 1979 - DS with William Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Feltrop, Mary – 1857 – 1929 –DS with Stephen Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR - (Obit)

Feltrop, Mary Holtmeyer – September 15, 1882 – September 13, 1942 –DS with Benjamin H. Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong

Springs, AR – (Obit)

Feltrop, Stephen – 1856 – 1931 – DS with Mary Feltrop - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Feltrop, William – February 5, 1888 – March 20, 1963 – DS with Lucy Ellen - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR – (Obit

March 21, 1963 paper)

Gerbert, John Henry – December 15, 1905 – February 5, 1927 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Gerbert, Judy Faye – March 11, 1944 – April 11, 1984 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Hagan, Mary Ellen – December 31, 1884 – December 10, 1927 – Daughter of J.A. & Annal Hagan - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong

Springs, AR



Hewitt, Brother Bernard – November 18, 1914 – November 15, 1988 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Hill, Brother Cyprian – February 7, 1904 – November 7, 1991 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Hite, Brother Benedict – December 26, 1907 – October 2, 1982 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Labodie, Brother Pancratius – November 4, 1903 – October 16, 1988 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Meyers, Brother Linus – February 15, 1906 – June 10, 1992 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Parks, Joseph Henry – March 31, 1936 – May 21, 1936 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Perez, Jose Angel – July 2, 1993 – July 19, 2006 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR - (Obit)

Smith, Jess W. – 1921 – 2001 – Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps – DS with Mary J. Smith - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Smith, Mary Jeanette – January 8, 1920 – May 14, 2013 – DS with Jess W. Smith – St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR –

(Obit)

Stemann, Brother Ferdinand – October 19, 1898 – February 20, 1986 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Vail, Walter – 1870 – 1936 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Walters, R.D. “Shorty” – February 16, 1914 – December 12, 1980 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, AR

Willett, Brother Gabriel – November 1, 1916 – August 11, 1979 - St. Paul's Cemetery, Armstrong Springs, 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

.

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.