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SPURLIN CEMETERY
Papa's Trail
Off Shady Grove Road
Garland County, Arkansas
GPS Coordinates: N 34.45217 W-93.00584
Directions: From Malvern Avenue (Highway 270 East), take Carpenter Dam Road; turn south and go to Shady Grove Road; turn east and go to the 1600 block; turn right onto Papas Trail. Drive about one block, and the cemetery is on the left.
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The Melting Pot Genealogical Society has archived most of The Sentinel-Record obituaries for 1996-1999, 2005-May 10, 2012, as well as some from other years. You may check our obituary section to see if they are listed. If not, please check back as we may be adding more. Some of those archived will be annotated on this page.
Read and transcribed by Patti Vance Hays December 2, 2010, and replaces a prior reading by Martha Wilson as this one is more current.
| Row | Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notations on Marker | Comments |
| 1 | Williams, Infant Girl | 1926 | 1926 | Gross FHM | |
| Williams, Johnny | 1923 | 1923 | Gross FHM | ||
| Williams, Infant Girl | 1928 | 1928 | Gross FHM | ||
| 2 | Webb, James Franklin | 08/26/1937 | 02/09/1966 | California SP5 US Army | |
| Rowland, Marvin E. | 03/18/1931 | 12/30/2014 | Dad; married 11/19/1949 | dbl with Floy; dod from obituary | |
| Rowland, Floy Mae | 10/16/1931 | 10/14/2008 | Mom; married 11/19/1949 | dbl with Marvin | |
| Rowland, Larry E. | 08/29/1950 | 10/10/1950 | |||
| Spurlin, Laura Ellen | 02/24/1884 | 05/22/1950 | |||
| Spurlin, John H. | 10/01/1879 | 02/24/1947 | |||
| Almond, Oscar Valentine | 01/1888 | 09/19/1940 | Brother of Laura E. Spurlin | ||
| Jones, Walter F. | 1908 | 1977 | Gross FHM | ||
| Cannady, W. M. Ed | 1880 | 1970 | Gross FHM | ||
| Warner, Bert E. | 05/14/1873 | 01/09/1931 | |||
| McBurnett, Goldie N. | 1901 | 1924 | Wife of E. T. McBurnett Sweetly Sleeping |
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| Isom, Chester | 03/09/1895 | 12/08/1917 | |||
| Isom, Dora (Stanley) | 1870 | 11/05/1925 | In Loving Memory | ||
| Isom, Joseph | 03/04/1869 | 04/13/1950 | In Loving Memory | ||
| Hughes, Russell E. | 07/22/1917 | 05/21/1950 | I am the Resurrection and the Life | ||
| Isom, Cecil Sr. | 01/05/1909 | 01/27/1976 | |||
| Isom, Eunice | 10/03/1913 | 09/07/1977 | |||
| 3 | Spurlin, Eld. Eugene E. | 12/16/1927 | 03/11/1988 | In the Ministry 32 Years; married 07/22/1950 | dbl with Alice |
| Spurlin, Alice M. | dbl with Eugene; no dod shown | ||||
| Spurlin, Daniel R. | 10/12/1904 | 09/25/1985 | dbl with Ruby | ||
| Spurlin, Ruby A. | 09/26/1906 | 07/07/1995 | dbl with Daniel | ||
| Spurlin, Jimmy Lee | 11/09/1953 | ||||
| Spurlin, Walter C. | 1885 | 1971 | FHM shows died 12/02/1969 - age 83 yrs ? mo 8 days; SSDI shows 11/24/1886 -12/15/1969; dbl with Audie | ||
| Spurlin, Audie | 1891 | 1925 | dbl with Walter C. | ||
| Jones, Myra Sphronia | 08/06/1908 | 06/17/1975 | |||
| Hicks, Elder Cecil J. | 06/25/1911 | 11/02/1960 | |||
| Hicks, Ida Lecretia | 08/19/1888 | 08/26/1918 | dbl with F. J. | ||
| Hicks, F. J. "Joe" 1 | 03/28/1874 | 07/31/1951 | dbl with Ida | ||
| Hicks, Elmira | 01/12/1846 | 02/28/1908 | dbl with Isaac | ||
| Hicks, Isaac | 03/27/1839 | 09/12/1901 | God gave. He took. He will restore. He doeth all things well. | dbl with Elmira | |
| Wilson, Lelia | 1896 | 1959 | dbl with Martin | ||
| Wilson, Martin | 1892 | 1967 | dbl with Lelia | ||
| Wilson, Orval | |||||
| Cordell, John William | 09/07/1851 | 08/21/1934 | Tho' lost to sight to memory dear | ||
| Wilson, Vernon L. | 05/21/1928 | 05/02/1973 | CPL US Army World War II; Loving Husband and Father | ||
| Wilson, Floy Mae Hughes | 03/30/1931 | 04/07/1991 | In Loving Memory | ||
| Wilson, Charles Adam | 03/03/1961 | 12/09/2008 | In Loving Memory | ||
| 4 | Unmarked | ||||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Webb, Roscoe James | 11/15/1908 | 01/23/2001 | US Army World War II; married 04/06/1930 | dbl with Opha | |
| Webb, Opha L. | 08/01/1908 | 03/18/2001 | In Loving Memory; married 04/06/1930 | dbl with Roscoe | |
| Carpenter, Ella | 1883 | 1951 | Gross FHM | ||
| Illegible FHM | |||||
| McGuire, Jim | |||||
| McGuire, Elizabeth | |||||
| Green, John Robert | 04/21/1882 | 04/18/1941 | |||
| Wilson, Mollie Ann | 11/08/1872 | 07/17/1954 | |||
| Wilson, Walter Jr. | 02/04/1925 | 05/17/1940 | |||
| 5 | Unmarked | ||||
| Illegible FHM | |||||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Carpenter, Ella | 1893 | 1933 | |||
| Holt, Martha Ann | 12/22/1869 | 07/06/1941 | Her memory is blessed | ||
| Holt, Alex H. S. | 07/21/1861 | 03/29/1933 | Gone but not forgotten | ||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Spurlin, Susie K. | 1881 | 1958 | dbl with Thomas; Gross FHM shows 1880-1958 | ||
| Spurlin, Thomas W. | 1867 | 1926 | dbl with Susie | ||
| Spurlin, Frank Thomas | 04/25/1911 | 03/10/1994 | PFC US Army World War II; In Loving Memory of; Buried Shadowlawn Cemetery, Malvern, Arkansas | cenotaph | |
| Illegible FHM | |||||
| Kilgore, Harvey L. | 1922 | 1937 | Gross FHM | ||
| Bivens, Dave Francis | 04/19/1874 | 01/30/1938 | |||
| Bivens, Dora Withrow | 07/23/1876 | 08/25/1961 | |||
| 6 | McClure, Selma | 1899 | 1936 | ||
| Rice, Henry Freeman | 04/19/1894 | 05/20/1919 | F1 US Navy World War I | ||
| Illegible FHM | |||||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Spurlin, James Frank | 11/08/1845 | 03/03/1918 | Father; PVT Co E 19 Arkansas Inf CSA His toils are past, his work is done. He fought the fight, the victory won. |
His CSA marker shows 1945; other marker shows 1946 for year of birth. | |
| Spurlin, Sarah E | 09/14/1846 | 05/05/1923 | Mother; In love she lived. In peace she died. Her life was craved. But God Denied. | ||
| Hicks, Sarah Cristiney "Sallie" Spurlin | 03/13/1883 | 12/23/1908 | Precious Memories | ||
| Hicks, Ola May | 03/13/1908 | 10/08/1914 | Precious Memories | ||
| Swinford, George Calvin | 10/19/1915 | 07/17/1916 | Precious Memories | ||
| Johnson, Fannie Mae | 07/28/1877 | 07/08/1919 | dbl with William | ||
| Johnson, William D. | 06/22/1866 | 06/02/1920 | dbl with Fannie | ||
| Moncus, Ethyl Johnson | 04/01/1897 | 05/20/1982 | In Loving Memory | ||
| Stockstill, Dorothy Lucille | 04/15/1915 | 01/08/2000 | |||
| Burris, Margaret | 12/21/1921 | 03/13/1961 | Daughter of Alva & Violet Burris | ||
| Worley, Leona | 1908 | 1953 | Gross FHM | ||
| Illegible FHM | |||||
| Withrow, Ronny Lynn | 07/27/1955 | 05/09/1965 | |||
| 7 | Berry, Len | 02/01/1964 | 04/18/1964 | Our Baby Son; gone to be an angel | Coker-Mathews-Peters FHM shows name as Loyd Leonard Berry |
| Berry, Patsy Jo | 04/02/1951 | ||||
| McDaniels, Jennie | age 80 yrs 9 mos ? 2 | 09/18/1952 | Caruth FHM; b. May 12, 1870 d. Aug 18, 1952 3 | ||
| McDaniels, Bert | aged 83 yrs 6 mo 2? days 2 | 05/03/1958 | Caruth FHM; b. Oct. 12, 1874 d. May 3, 1958 3 | ||
| ?, Etheyl Elizabeth | rest of Caruth FHM is illegible | ||||
| Lott, Paul F. | 1925 | 1976 | CPL US Army Korea | ||
| Lott, Cora E. | 10/23/1892 | 03/08/1974 | |||
| Lott, John R. | 03/19/1881 | 10/09/1957 | dbl with Annie | ||
| Lott, Annie E. | 11/28/1849 | 06/14/1937 | Mother | dbl with John | |
| 8 | Berry, Marion Claude | 04/05/1934 | 05/17/1974 | US Navy Korea | |
| Berry, Leonard | 07/13/1888 | 11/04/1944 | Father | dbl with Pearl | |
| Berry, Pearl | 04/28/1894 | 03/09/1962 | Mother Our Precious |
dbl with Leonard | |
| Berry, Mildred E. Ritter | 01/07/1862 | 04/06/1940 | |||
| Illegible FHM | |||||
| Newman, William H. Jr. | 1918 | 1933 | Gross FHM | ||
| Newman, Myrtle | 1898 | 1923 | Gross FHM | ||
| Rogers, Rissia Jewell | 02/05/1893 | 01/06/1894 | |||
| Rogers, Pearly May | 03/11/1889 | 10/22/1895 | |||
| 9 | Spoon, Lewis M. | 11/18/1876 | 05/12/1949 | ||
| Spoon, Minnie L. | 08/30/1882 | 03/27/1938 | |||
| 10 | Miller-Humphreys, Nancy Jo | 11/01/1947 | 10/22/2010 | Gross FHM | |
| Veazey, Jack | 05/02/1924 | 08/08/1971 | Arkansas PFC US Army Korea | ||
| Veazey, Willie D. | 1903 | 1960 | Gross FHM | ||
| Veazey, Jessie Mae | 07/11/1901 | 11/30/1987 | |||
| Veazey, Jessie May | 1933 | 1934 | Gross FHM | ||
| Veazey, Dorse Gene | 1932 | 1933 | Gross FHM | ||
| Veazey, Curtis Cecil | 03/05/1905 | 1907 | |||
| Veazey, Annie S. | 01/22/1885 | 10/18/1937 | |||
| Veazey, Charles C. | 01/09/1881 | 05/17/1942 | |||
| Lelemsis, Sam John | 02/17/1924 | 01/12/1983 | Father S SGt US Army World War II Korea |
dbl with Delcie | |
| Lelemsis, Delcie M. | married 06/27/1948 Mother |
dbl with Sam; no dod shown | |||
| Gillham, Hazel Pearl | 12/03/1911 | 04/30/1984 | |||
| Gillham, John N. | 04/22/1906 | 04/05/1981 | |||
| 11 | Steelman, Lonnie J. | 12/12/1947 | FHM | ||
| Steelman, Calvin | 07/05/1893 | 09/15/1968 | Arkansas PVT 17 Ammo Train World War I | ||
| Steelman, Ethel | 03/15/1892 | 08/25/1954 | |||
| Swinford, Lidy Jane | 01/09/1859 | 05/27/1918 | dbl with W. F. | ||
| Swinford, W. F. | 12/27/1860 | 02/11/1917 | dbl with Lidy | ||
| Swinford, Mary Sue | 05/20/1932 | 05/20/1932 | |||
| Swinford, Charles L. | 10/19/1934 | 12/31/1934 | |||
| Swinford, A. G. | 11/18/1925 | 09/15/1940 | |||
| Swinford, George F. | 09/24/1889 | 10/23/1962 | dbl with Sarah | ||
| Swinford, Sarah C. | 04/12/1897 | 07/23/1943 | dbl with George | ||
| 12 | Chambers, Henry C. | 07/15/1884 | 02/16/1937 | Father | |
| Chambers, Sallie | 05/15/1887 | 11/09/1936 | Mother | ||
| Perkins, Virginia | 09/25/1935 | 04/30/1938 | Daughter | ||
| Reppo, Edith Margaret | 11/26/1925 | 02/09/2009 | Beloved Mom & Granny | ||
| Magby, Carolyn Sue | 04/11/1948 | 04/16/2010 | married 02/20/1965 | dbl with Robert | |
| Magby, Robert Dale | dbl with Carolyn; no dod shown | ||||
| Magby, Hazel E. 1 | 08/03/1907 | 03/14/1996 | Gone but not forgotten | ||
| Magby, Earnest A. | 08/30/1902 | 07/19/1975 | Gone but not forgotten | ||
| Humphreys, Sallie M. | 12/23/1904 | 09/26/1986 | Aunt Sis | ||
| Spurlin, Infant Daughter | 1930 | Baby; of S. H. and E. L. Spurlin | |||
| Spurlin, Ernest Leroy | 1902 | 1986 | Permanent marker does not show dod, but Gross FHM does | ||
| Spurlin, Emily E. | 10/28/1872 | 05/29/1952 | dbl with Orlando | ||
| Spurlin, Orlando | 07/28/1877 | 02/07/1977 | In Love they Lived. In Peace They Died. Their Lives Were Craved, But God Denied | dbl with Emily | |
| Lawson, Mary Ann | 1883 | 1974 | |||
| Lawson, J. T. -Tom- | 1874 | 1954 | |||
| 13 | Veazey, Josie L. | 06/19/1894 | 02/27/1984 | dbl with William | |
| Veazey, William Andrew H. | 09/01/1890 | 01/15/1941 | Arkansas PVT 114 Engrs 39 Div | dbl with Josie | |
| Ward, Benjamin Paul | 01/29/1981 | Caruth FHM shows year of as 1981 | |||
| Unmarked | |||||
| Evans, Estella | 1900 | 1927 | Mother | ||
| 14 | Novac, Kristina | 12/1895 | 10/1981 | Caruth FHM | |
| Unk | No Name 4 | 1918 | 1926 | Might be the Ethyl Elizabeth next to the Lott markers | |
| Name Unknown 4 | 02/17/1925 | 12/06/1927 | Could be the unmarked grave near Alex Holt | ||
| Withrow, Mary Catherin 4 | 10/04/1961 | Might be the illegible FHM next to Ronny Lynn Withrow | |||
| Spurlin, Charles L. 4 | 1902 | 1941 | |||
| McCarty, Luda 5 | age 62 yrs 8 mos 17 days | 03/07/1955 | Caruth FHM | ||
| Cook, David Lee 5 | age 62 yrs 7 mos 23 days | 06/18/1940 | Caruth FHM | ||
| Ash, Mary Elizabeth 5 | age 33 yrs 10 mos 22 days | 04/28/1954 | Caruth FHM | ||
| Baldwin, Nancy E. 5 | age 67 yrs 4 mos 6 days | 05/29/1962 | Caruth FHM | ||
| Tardy, Velmer T. 5 | age 61 yrs 9 mos 28 days | 06/14/1942 | Caruth FHM |
1 The Melting Pot Genealogical Society has the obituary archived. You may go here to find out how to request an obituary. After reading the instructions on requesting, please be sure to find the obituary in the listings so that you may copy and paste the entire line in your e-mail.
2 Very hard to read and may be incorrect.
3 Caruth Funeral Home Records 14 July 1909 to 31 Dec. 1970 compiled by Lewis Stephens
4 Marker was not seen by Patti Vance Hays in 2010 reading but seen by Martha Wilson in 2002 or 2003 reading.
5 Was not listed in Mrs. Wilson's reading nor did Patti Vance Hays see in 2010; obtained the information from Garland County, Arkansas Tombstone Inscriptions Eastern Volume I compiled by Inez E. Cline and Bobbie Jones McLane in 1969. Spurlin Cemetery was read October 11, 1968, by Inez Cline.