Last updated
Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 03:30:57 MDT
McDOWELL CEMETERY
(also known as MADDOX CEMETERY)
Calico/Reynolds Road
Royal, Garland County, Arkansas
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.49216, Longitude: -93.29970
Take Highway 270 West out of Hot Springs; go past Royal, Arkansas; turn left on Ragweed Valley Road; go about .7 mile and turn left on Calico/Reynolds Road; take the first right (about .5 miles) to stay on Calico/Reynolds Road. Drive about 1 mile and the cemetery is located in an an enclosed fence. (Directions are from "Google Maps.")
The cemetery has numerous graves marked only by rocks or round concrete pavers and were not photographed. It is still active and well kept.
The cemetery was copied by Debra Slater Garner in 1995 and notations were also made by Debra. The cemetery was updated by Patti Vance Hays February 27, 2010.
The tombstone photos may be found by clicking on the underline names (or words). The tombstone photographs are the property of Patti Vance Hays, Dennis McDowell and Bettye McDowell Jarrell.
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Apodaca, William "Sky" 1-13-1954 3-31-2007
Member of the Hunkpapa Sioux Indian Tribe, a descendant of Sitting Bull
Carpenter, Arlene E. 07/08/1920-03/17/2011 [dod from obituary]
Carpenter, Henry P. 08/21/1917-08/24/2010 [dod from obituary]
Carpenter, William Ted 4-5-1911 11-4-1991
s/o Jack and Nancy E. Fisher Carpenter
Carpenter, Nancy E. 1874 1946
d/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
m: Jack Carpenter
Hughes, Sidney A. 9-8-1887 5-17-1962
Hughes, Iva 7-18-1906 12-24-1999
w/o Sidney A. Hughes
Reynolds, Theda K. 12/24/1924-03/13/1999
Reynolds, Ferman R. 09/05/1924-07/15/2005 World War II
Reynolds, Terrance Lee 5-17-1905 9-11-1982 [closeup]
s/o Jerry and Fannie Mayhab Reynolds
m: Georgia Opal Maddox 6-3-1923
Reynolds, G. Opal 1-13-1905 9-21-1990 [closeup]
d/o Evan and Estella Cearley Maddox
wife of Terrance Lee Reynolds
Maddox, James W. 11-24-1923 12-31-1991
Green, Claude 3-25-1898 2-7-1985
Maddox, Evan 2-26-1881 7-9-1966
s/o James and Deborah E. Morris Maddox
m: Estella Cearley 1903
Maddox, Estella 6-22-1886 1-26-1944 "Wife of Evan Maddox"
d/o George Cearley and Mary Jane Cain
Maddox, Loyzel Gilford 7-21-1908 3-29-1961
Arkansas Tec5 3196 Sig Service Co World War II
s/o Evan and Estella Cearley Maddox
Maddox, Lucile 1903 1905
d/o Henry M. and Belle Dillon Maddox, Jr.
Covey, Troy David 3-7-1935 8-8-1935
Lavender, Infant Son of Mr. Mrs. L. F. Lavender [no dates]
Maddox, William E. 9-1-1901 9-18-1901
s/o Leonard and Eldorado McDowell Maddox
Maddox, Devorah Ellen 2-16-1857 10-27-1916
w/o James William Maddox
Maddox, Leonard Elmer 6-2-1875 7-19-1936
s/o James and Deborah Morris Maddox
m: Eldorado McDowell 12-30-1900
Maddox, Eldorado McDowell 2-30-1872 3-24-1972
d/o James and Lavicy Griffin McDowell
Sorrells, Dallas Aiden Fisher 11-25-2006 11-25-2006
Parents: Luke Hawkinson and Kristina Sorrells
Grandparents: James and Debra Sorrells
Great Grandparents: Klugh and Loretta Sorrells
Sorrells, Floyd E. 2-13-1909 2-13-1983
s/o Thomas and Elsie Maddox Sorrells
m: Ruby Houser
Sorrells, Ruby Houser 2-15-1912 3-16-2000
D/o Joel A. and Gertrude Houser
Our Children Klugh, Tommy and Richard
Thornton, Odie Sorrells 4-14-1899 10-13-1990
d/o Thomas and Elsie Maddox Sorrells
w/o Wade Thornton married 12-24-1933
Sorrells, Thomas Elmer 2-5-1874 12-16-1923 [Tom]
m: Elsie Maddox
McDonough, Elsie Sorrells 3-15-1879 11-24-1967
d/o James and Deborah Morris Maddox
m: 1st. Thomas Sorrells 11-8-1896, 2nd. Wm. McDonough
Sorrells, Baby no dates
Fisher, John H. 3-8-1887 10-13-1962
s/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
Rodgers, Sallie Fisher 9-18-1878 5-24-1959
d/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
Fisher, Harvey 1892-1919
Fisher, Henry Millard 1-13-1848 8-24-1908 [closeup]
s/o George and Elizabeth Millard Fisher
m: Tennessee McDowell 11-24-1872
Fisher, Tennie McDowell 3-20-1855 4-27-1927 [closeup]
d/o James and Nancy Baldwin McDowell
Fisher, Rado 1883-1898
Fisher, Lola 1880-1898
Hall, Malinda 1876-1901
Unknown (52)
McDowell, Oliver Davis 10-15-1886 7-20-1888 [day of birth corr by pvh]
s/o Wm. D. and Amanda Mayberry McDowell
McDowell, Tennessee E. 2-21-1879 8-25-1880
d/o of Wm D. and Amanda Mayberry McDowell
McDowell, W. D. 12-27-1851 6-27-1905
s/o James and Nancy E. Baldwin McDowell
(died in a sawmill explosion)
McDowell, Amanda C. 10-30-1857 7-28-1941
d/o David and Rhuannah Gibbons Mayberry
m: William Davis McDowell 1-12-1873
McDowell, James Wilford 08-1825 2-14-1908
s/o Isaac McDowell
m: 1st. Nancy Baldwin 12-20-1850
2nd. Lavicy Griffin
McDowell, Lavicy E. 11-30-1840 1-19-1929
d/o James and Rebecca Brewer Griffin
w/o James Wilford McDowell
McCaslin, Charles -02-09-1942
s/o Emmett R. McCaslin and Lucile Maddox
McCaslin, Emmett R. 8-2-1903 2-3-1979
s/o Robert E. and Clara Ann Rawls McCaslin
m: Lucille Maddox 12-20-1925
McCaslin, Lucile 1-25-1909 1-2-2009 [added per obituary]
d/o Leonard and Eldorado McDowell Maddox
McCaslin, Jerry Wayne 04-07-1965 1-16-1992 [dob from SSDI]
s/o Stanley and Ima Ferrell McCaslin
McCaslin, Arthur Ray 10-29-1929 4-23-2008
s/o Emmett R. McCaslin and Lucille Maddox
h/o Martha Abbott married 6-19-1951
McDowell, Nona Ethel 6-23-1898 4-2-1993
d/o Wm. D. and Amanda Mayberry McDowell
McDowell, Henry W. (10-3-1892) 5-31-1936
s/o William D. McDowell and Amanda Mayberry
h/o Elva McCaslin
McDowell, John B. 01/26/1876-01/25/1975 
McDowell, Mary E. 02/23/1884-11/03/1963
Bayless, Joseph E. 12-22-1928 6-30-1995 
Pvt US Army World War II
Parents: Joseph E. Bayless and Eldorado McDowell
Spouse: Veda Anne Garver
Walker, Eugenia Virginia 02/18/1927-01/21/1996 
Smith, Andrew Wesley born and died 06/27/1996
"Beloved Son of Nathan and Jenny"
Bayless-Jarrell, Rado 7-7-1908 10-4-2001 
Parents: John Bunyan McDowell and Mary Elizabeth Henson McDowell
Sp: Joe Bayless 4-12-1925
J. Prentice Jarrell married February 12, 1999
Fisher, Elisha 1897-1897
Fisher, James B. II 1930 1930
s/o James B and Era Cunningham Fisher
Messamore, Lillie Fisher 2-25-1894 8-1-1984
d/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
m: Fred Messamore 2-21-1922
Fisher, Elva 11-14-1889 5-19-1969
d/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
Unknown Gross Marker [no name]
Fisher, Dewey L. Z. 11-21-1900 3-13-1969
Arkansas Pvt US Army World War I
s/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
Hullinger, Kenneth E. 3-10-1928 6-1-1988
Hullinger, Edith K. 3-10-1928 5-4-2000
McDowell, Daniel 03-28-1923 4-10-1993
Tec5 US Army World War II
s/o John and Elizabeth Henson McDowell
h/o Irene Staggs
Elizabeth Page
McDowell, Brison Elmine 6-1-1914 1-22-1975 [month of birth corr by pvh]
s/o John B. McDowell and Mary Henson
McDowell, Frances E. 4-13-1878 6-4-1940
d/o William Phillips
Following are ones seen by Debra and unable to read February 2010.
Some of these may be the unknowns that are listed above.
Fisher, George Wilford 4-26-1885 1-28-1965
s/o Henry and Tennessee McDowell Fisher
m: Edith Helms 2-10-1928
Maddox, Ethel 6-14-1888 2-12-1898
d/o James and Deborah Morris Maddox
Maddox, James William 4-22-1852 1919
s/o Henry and Elizabeth Maddox
m: Deborah E. Morris 3-5-1874
McDowell, Carrie 1913 8-11-1916
d/o John B. and Elizabeth Henson McDowell
McDowell, James D. 12-14-1874 1952
s/o Wm. D. and Amanda Mayberry McDowell
m: Frances Phillips Bowers 12-2-1911
McDowell, Lillian 12-6-1884 1904
d/o Wm. D. and Amanda Mayberry McDowell
Miller, Ruie Olivia McDowell 6-17-1906 8-5-2004
d/o John B. McDowell and Mary Henson
Reynolds, Inf. b.d 1958
s/o Clifton and Velma Blanton Reynolds
The following were found in Garland County, Arkansas Tombstone Inscriptions Western Volume II compiled by Inez E. Cline and Bobbie Jones McLane and were no longer there or illegible:
McDowell, William H.
Rogers, Sarah Ann 1878-1959 (Gross)
These are added from obituaries
Martin, Robert Samuel "Sam" 06/21/1936-06/15/2010