Arkansas Cemeteries

EBENEZER METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Est. 1851 Union Co.,AR

Transcription & Copyright November 16, 2001, by Janice Holzer

Updated June 2009

Ebenezer Methodist Church Cem. is located Northeast of El Dorado. Going East from El Dorado on Hwy. 63 (aka Moro Bay Hwy.) turn left on to Crain City Road, then stay to your left at "Y" in road which will put you on Armer Road. Union Baptist Church & Cemetery sit in the "Y" of the road. Cemetery is approximately 5 miles down Armer Road. Located North of Union Baptist Church & Cemetery along both sides of Armer Road. October 2001 ~ Updated June 2009. Janice Holzer [email protected]

There are two parts to this cemetery. The visible part is behind the church. But directly across the road, there is a little dirt path that goes up from the road ditch & through the trees/bushes. Inside is the oldest area of the cemetery and only a few of the graves still have markers. May 7, 2005 Janice Holzer

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This view shows the barely visible path from the ditch

through the break in the trees & there is an old gate into the cemetery.

Inside the old part of cemetery across Armer Road from the church.

Another view inside the old part of cemetery. You can see a collapsed old above ground crypt in background.

Looking from west side of Armer Road in front of path to old section across to the church and cemetery on the East side of the Road.

Use of the following symbols:

* "&" indicates a double headstone or multiple names on single headstone.

* OB indicates the info came from their Obituary

*ARDI Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950

*SSDI Social Security Death Index

*MM Mortuary Marker

*This first part of the cemetery is on the East side of the road around & behind the church. An older section is across the road from the church.

JAMES ARMER 11-28-1849 to 1-26-1932 "Father"

MARY M. ARMER 2-22-1868/69 to 8-13-1956 "Mother"

JOHN L. ARMER 1-12-1874 to 3-15-1934

wf, MARTHA DAVIS ARMER 9-2-1875 to 1-9-1939

MARINA L. ARMER 1-17-1850 to 12-22-1937

hus, WILLIAM H. ARMER 5-26-1845 to 12-3-1910

MARK R. ARMER 3-10-1953 to 2-25-2000 * Brothers

& JOHN P. ARMER 7-26-1947 (one date)

Unmarked ARMER grave d/of Henry & Mary Murphy Armer

Unmarked ARMER grave d/of John L. & Martha Davis Armer

WILLIAM. A. ARMER 6-24-1900 to 3-26-1981 md: 6-9-1923

& BEATRICE MAJOR ARMER 8-31-1907 to 4-14-1983

WILLIAM ED ARMER (77) 10-11-1871 to 2-26-1949

"Blessed Are The Peace Makers"

CARRIE TAB DETTINGHAM BLACKMON 1858-1897 (Dettingheim)

& son-n-lw, FRANK BLACKMON, SR. 1844-1906 (these two are buried with the Dettingheim family)

CHARLOTTE E. BENEFIELD 2-28-1945 to 5-14-2004 d/of of Martha Matthews & Richard C. "Dick" Russell; husband, John L. Benefield *ob

ERNEST E. "BUDDY" CARMICHAEL 10-17-1928 to 7-6-1985

FLORENCE B. CARMICHAEL 1-20-1884 to 8-16-1981 Army WW I

VINCIE C. CARMICHAEL 7-3-1833 to 12-29-1890

(Vincie Catherine Perdue)

Unmarked Grave for CASSIDY (from family member grandfather Hettie Braswell Doss)

MARY COLLINS DAVIS 1935-1935

ROBERT COLLIS DAVIS 6-26-1899 to 6-3-1971

Texas Pvt STU Army TNG Corps WW I

ALTO KELLY DAVIS 1-11-1906 to 6-6-1996

JASON DETTINGHAM 1819-1894 (original markers when I did 1^st survey)

*Jason's Family: (also Carrie Tab Dettingham Blackmon)

JACOB DETTINGHAM 5-20-1862 to 7-12-1885

LENA DETTINGHAM 3-24-1856 to 8-6-1885

*New .....all on one marker:

JASON DETTENHEIM Family 1819 to 1894

Son, JACOB 5-20-1862 to 7-12-1885

Daug, LENA 3-24-1856 to 8-6-1885

Daug, CARRIE BLACKMON 1858 to 1897

Son-in-law, FRANK BLACKMON, Sr. 1844 to 1906

ESTHA BERRY DOSS 11-3-1895 to 9-2-1983

GREEN DEPRECE DOSS 1-2-1887 to 2-21-1979

GEORGE C. DOSS 6-16-1880 to 1-16-1918

GEORGE LEO DOSS 11-16-1916 to 12-6-1983 Pvt. U.S. Army WW II

HARVEY DOSS 9-18-1897 to 7-8-1899

JOE S. DOSS 10-16-1908 to 12-2-1969 (Mason)

& SALLY ROGERS DOSS 3-6-1909 to 5-17-1998

LEE DOSS 10-10-1891 to 4-5-1912

MAGGIE PERDUE DOSS 7-3-1857 to 11-25-1914

MIKE DOSS 8-7-1852 to 12-21-1932 "Father"

W.H.F. WM. H. FERGUSON "Who departed this life" 7-17-1854

Age 31 years, 10 months, 14 days.

Unmarked Grave next to Ruthie House

Unmarked Grave next to William House

Two more Unmarked graves next to Cecile & J.A. Townsend

LENA IDELL GREGORY 8-31-1900 to 9-12-1900 d/of W.D. & E. I. Gregory

WILLIAM D. GREGORY 8-1-1877 to 2-3-1911

IDA HARRISON 11-10-1898 to 8-9-1900 d/of J.B. & Dora Perdue Harrison

JIMMIE HARRISON 12-10-1900 to 6-25-1902 s/of J.B. & Dora Perdue Harrison

LITTLE ROBERT 6-2-1905 to 10-12-1905 S/of R.A. & Mary A. Harrison

ARCHIE HOUSE 1901-1903

MARY SCHMIDT HOUSE 1877-1902

RUTHIE HOUSE b & d 1900

WILLIAM HOUSE 1895 – 1902

WILLARD HOUSE 1895 - 1896

LEONARD T. KELLY, SR. 10-11-1900 to 10-21-1971 (Mason)

MAUDE PERDUE KELLY 10-18-1899 to 5-26-1979

LOUIS MONROE LONG 8-14-1896 to 3-1-1959 "POP" WW I

Wf, ALTO PERDUE LONG 7-23-1902 to 9-8-1998

WILLIAM MARSHALL LONG 5-10-1890 to 12-22-1939

PEARL PERDUE MATTHEWS 2-24-1888 to 3-25-1973

hus, MINOR WALLACE MATTHEWS 1-18-1885 to 7-3-1941

PETER F. MATTHEWS 12-29-1853 to 4-25-1904 and Family:

JULIE, WILLIE, BETTIE, RAGAN.

PRISCILLA MATTHEWS 8-29-1923 to 12-1-1931 d/of Pearl & Minor

HETTIE BRASWELL DOSS McGILVRAY 2-13-1887 to 3-5-1973

ELIZABETH S. McGOWEN 9-5-1911 to 2-10-1914 "Sister"

RUBY L. McGOWEN 8-29-1901 to 10-20-1903

JOSEPH D. McGOWEN 1824 Duplin Co., NC Migrated to Ark 1844. Died 10-16-1878. (Mason)

BELLE SPEED MORGAN 12-27-1877 to 8-26-1947

RODERICK D. MORGAN 11-27-1910 to 10-24-1996

& SARA LILLIAN PERDUE MORGAN 12-30-1910 to 7-1-1965

CHARLES CHAPMAN NELSON 7-26-1887 to 10-22-1966

wf, AMASA NELSON 7-2-1832 to 11-27-1921

IRENE GREGORY NELSON 3-2-1882 to 4-14-1942

SELDON AMASA NELSON 2-20-1920 (one date)

CARRIE OWEN 1858 to 10-6-1936 "Sister" (Age 78 yrs)

REBECCA ? OWEN 1851 / 1852 Chris & Becky

ALICE PERDUE 12-20-1875 to 6-1-1960

hus, ALEX W. PERDUE 10-18-1876 to 12-25-1956

ALMA PERDUE 8-11-1901 to 5-28-1903 twin to Hugh d/of J.W. & Lillie Perdue

Baby PERDUE 1912 child of Howard & Alice Perdue

Rev. ANDREW JEFFERSON PERDUE 4-13-1866 to 5-3-1943 (Mason)

wf, MARTHA E. OWEN 7-10-1865 to 3-14-1931

CARLTON PERDUE 2-25-1889 to 12-11-1943

CHARLEY MONROE "CHARLIE" PERDUE 10-10-1898 to 9-5-1971

s/of Alex & Alice Perdue

COLON W. PERDUE 7-8-1905 to 10-7-1967 WW II Vet

& LILLIAN O. BEASLEY PERDUE 1-24-1905 to 5-24-1989

FRANKLIN HOWARD PERDUE 5-29-1878 to 2-11-1982 Md: 2-7-1901

ALICE MAHALIA GREGORY PERDUE 11-28-1883 to 8-20-1982

HARVEY M. PERDUE 9-17-1896 to 1-24-1932 s/of Alex & Alice Perdue

NONIE HARGETT PERDUE 7-11-1900 to 3-6-1944 wf/of H.M. Perdue

HERMAN PERDUE 1-4-1907 to Sept 1922 s/of Howard & Alice Perdue

HORACE R. PERDUE 1-26-1906 to 1-10-1935

HUGH PERDUE 8-11-1901 to 1-24-1975 twin to Alma Perdue Pvt. U.S. Army

** JOHN B. PERDUE 1825 Alabama to 1902 Arkansas (John Bailey Perdue, Jr.)

RACHEL L. "BADDY" PERDUE 1832 SC to aft. 1880

Children of John B. Perdue (names all on one headstone):

ALEXANDER WINSTON PERDUE 9-5-1851 to 6-8-1894

BETTY PERDUE b. 1870 (d: ca 1886)

“RACHEL” LOUISE PERDUE (16) 1862 to 1878 (* this is probably incorrect, even though it is on the headstone, because she was still alive on the 1880 census)

JOSEPH W. PERDUE 8-6-1864 to 12-1-1938

LILLIE SORRELLS PERDUE 3-25-1874 to 1-18-1909 wf/of J.W. Perdue

LILLIE LOUISA PERDUE 9-5-1881 to 9-1886 d/of Alexander & Martha A. Perdue in unmarked grave. Dates from family member.

LUTHER PERDUE died young/ no dates s/of Alex & Alice Perdue

MARY MURPHY PERDUE Mar 1808 to 2-2-1892 2^nd wf/of John Perdue

(*John Perdue is buried in Alabama Mary did not move to Arkansas until abt. 1870)

RUTH J. PERDUE 6-25-1907 to 6-30-1912 d/of W. Hilton & Mattie E. Perdue "Sister"

SARAH E. PERDUE 10-28-1869 Lowndes Co., AL to 8-8-1885 d/of Dr. J.B. & R. L. Perdue (stone broken)

S.M. PERDUE 6-14-1841 to 12-22-1910 (Seldon McMeans "Doc" Perdue)

wf, S.E. PERDUE 4-7-1843 AL to 1-14-1916 (Sarah E. Fickling Perdue)

STELLA PAULINE PERDUE 2-21-1919 to 3-11-1924 d/of H.M. & Nonie Hargett Perdue

WHALEY PERDUE 4-3-1916 to 2-15-1981 s/of W. Hilton & Mattie E. Perdue brother to Alto Perdue Long

WM. DEWEY "BUDDY" PERDUE 4-5-1898 to 6-21-1936 s/of W. Hilton & Mattie E. Perdue

W. HILTON PERDUE 3-27-1861 to 1-25-1937 "Father"

MATTIE E. CRAIN PERDUE 4-9-1873 to 5-5-1957 wf/of W. Hilton Perdue "Mammy"

WILLIAM J. "Bill" PERDUE 12-18-1934 to 6-4-2005 s/of Lillian & Colon Perdue *ob * Some confusion whether this is burial place or Union Baptist Cemetery up the road. Have listed on both sites. His parents are buried here.

WILLIAM R. PERDUE 1835-1892 or d: 2-25-1890

wf, MATTIE ELIZA PERDUE 1840 – 1917

RANDY CAROLYN PILL 3-15-1945 to 11-5-1985 d/of J.T. & Marion Fike

MARY ARMER RICHEY (48) 7-9-1960 to 4-10-2008 D/of John Preston Armer & Betty Dean Parker. Wife of Wesley "Erick" Richey.

RICHARD CYRUS "Dick" RUSSELL 8-19-1918 to 4-24-1994 U.S. Navy WW II

MARTHA ELIZABETH MATTHEWS RUSSELL 11-25-1916 to 8-7-2006 wf/of Russell C. "Dick" Matthews; d/of Pearl Perdue Matthews & Minor Wallace Matthews.

SCHMIDT 6-8-1895 to 8-15-1896 (in Schmidt plot) top of stone broken off)

CICERO R. SCHMIDT 1875-1961

GREEN SCHMIDT 1870-1919

Infant SCHMIDT b: 1892

KASPER SCHMIDT 1837 – 1904

& NARCISSUS SCHMIDT 1839 – 1901

MATTHEW SCHMIDT 1878 – 1941

WILLIAM SCHMIDT 1871 – 1892

RUTH EVELYN SIMPSON 6-8-1906 to 3-13-1928 sister to Joe Doss

IDA ARMER SMITH 7-21-1876 to 2-7-1931

WM. MONROE SMITH 9-12-1901 to 5-25-1904 s/o M.A. & IDA

MARTIN A. SMITH 2-8-1845 to 6-12-1907

JAMIE LEE ARMER STEPHENS 12-6-1929 to 5-17-1979

OPAL J. THOMPSON (age 80) 2-16-1926 to 1-26-2007 D/of Green Deprece Doss

& Mary Estha Berry Doss; Wf/of late B.E. Thompson for 52 yrs. *ob

CECILE TOWNSEND 6-12-1902 to 1-14-1908 (exact dates from family records)

J.A. TOWNSEND 8-10-1855 to 9-28-1878

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PART II of the EBENEZER METHODIST CEMETERY, hidden by the trees & bushes, but located across the road from the church & the cemetery.

Many of the old graves in this cemetery are unmarked.

WM. H. FERGUSON d:7-17-1854 (31 yr-10 mo-14 days)

"Sacred To The Memory"

Little ROBERT HARRELSON 6-2-1905 to 10-12-1905 s/of R.A. & Mary A. Harrelson

Grandmother HEDGE (no dates - no marker)

A female, ELLA JARRY wf/of FRANK A. JARRY is buried there....bushes have grown up around the marker. Unable to read dates at this time. (dates & details from earlier survey done in 1991 by the late Lillian McGowen Craig)

Ella Jarry 6-15-1856 to 3- 16/18-1888

TOD LYON 10-4-1852 to 11-22-1936

ALICE LYON 8-20-1860 to 3-28-1931

J. C. LYON 11-21-1897 to 1-10-1916

PETER F. MATTHEWS & FAMILY 12-29-1853 to 4-25-1904

**The following dates are not on tombstones but from family Bible.

BETTIE LOU MATTHEWS *12-27-1877 to 12-10-1899

JOHN CLIFTON BRECKENRIDGE MATTHEWS *12-28-1883 to 4-6-1965

JULIA RUES MATTHEWS * 7-26-1887 to 10-16-1891

PETER F. MATTHEWS *12-29-1853 Upson Co.,GA to 4-25-1904

REAGAN OWEN MATTHEWS *Jun 1890 to Jun 19, 1935

WILLIE WARD MATTHEWS * 7-12-1876 to 8-25-1888

ELIZABETH McWILLIAMS McGOWEN grave marked with native stone (no dates)

1^st wife of JOSEPH D. McGOWEN

JOSEPH D. McGOWEN 1824 Dublin Co., NC to 10-16-1878 (Mason) Migrated to ARK abt 1844

ELIZABETH S. McGOWEN 9-5-1911 to 2-11-1914

RUBY L. McGOWEN 8-29-1901 to 10-20-1903

JOSEPH D. McGOWEN b: 1824 Duplin Co., NC Mason He migrated to ARK in 1844. d:10-16-1878

ELIZABETH S. McGOWEN 9-5-1911 to 2-10-1914

RUBY L. McGOWEN 8-29-1901 to 10-20-1903

BETTY NEWSOM No dates

CHARLIE NEWSOM 10-22-1865 to 6-29-1895

wf, REBECCA NEWSOM 11-16-1864 to 10-25-1902

GREEN B. NEWSOM no dates on his marker

MARY E. NEWSOM 4-25-1829 to 9-5-1875 wf/of Green B. Newsom

"Sister" Miss CARRIE OWEN 1858 to 10-6-1936 (78 yrs old) *MM

Rumph-Owers Funeral Home

WM. CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" OWEN b: ca 1829 (age at marriage 22) Md:12-18-1851

REBECCA "BECKY" JOHNSON OWEN b: ca 1833 (calculated from age at marriage 18)

** No dates given. Unusual homemade headstones. Concrete with words & dates hollowed out & wood fitted & inlaid into the indentations. (Owen family)

HENRY WALTER SELF 11-7-1879 to 11-3-1922

*There are four unmarked graves for children of the SELF family, marked by native stone in 1991.

*Speculation: from ARDI: Self deaths in Union County, Arkansas

? SELF d:9-13-1918

David Fis SELF d:12-30-1923

John Isa SELF d: 7-28-1929

H.W. SELF d:11-3-1922 *listed above as Henry Walter Self

CHARLIE SWAFFORD Feb 1881 (date from 1900 census) native stone marker

JOHN SWAFFORD no dates native stone marker

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