Salem Cemetery, Union Co, AR

Arkansas Cemeteries

SALEM CEMETERY, Est. 1878

Union County, Arkansas

Transcription & Copyright November 16, 2001, by Janice Holzer

Updated April 20, 2004, using a canvass done by Ralph O. Weldon on September 15, 1991.

Updated from Obits May 2006

Cemetery Photos May 29, 2005, by Janice Holzer

Along Hwy. 172 West toward Lisbon.

CLICK ON PHOTOS BELOW FOR LARGER VIEWS

*MM – Mortuary Marker

* "&" - Double Headstone

*SSI - Social Security Death Index

*ob - info from Obituary

*WOW - Woodman of the World monument

GILBERT A. ALFORD 3-11-1921 to 1-19-1987 U.S. Army WW II

BESSIE LaBEFF ATKINSON 4-8-1909 to 9-15-1970 Md: J. L. Bishop 1924

WALTER T. ATKNSON 4-8-1909 to 11-5-1964 WW II wf, Mary C. Burge

ELIZABETH BALDWIN (no dates)

Great Grandfather BALDWIN (no dates)

Great Grandmother BALDWIN (no dates)

JOHN ALVERT BISHOP 7-8-1932 to 3-12-1987 Age 54 (MM Rumph Mortuary)

J. P. BRADLEY 6-15-1855 to 11-19-1913

IDA BRADLEY 9-26-1861 to 4-7-1918 wf/of J. P. Bradley

JEANETTE WHITE BREWER 8-22-1903 to 8-3-1982

EMMA BROWN died 1920's

JESSE J. BURTON 7-31-1934 to 9-19-2000 Md: 11-13-1953

RELDA MURPHY BURTON 2-19-1936 (one date)

JAMES LAVELLE CLAWSON, SR. 7-27-1911 to 5-3-1980

& MINNIE LEE TURNER CLAWSON 12-31-1912 to 11-19-1996

JAMES L. CLAWSON, JR. 3-25-1939 to 1-30-1993

JAMES MONROE CLAWSON 12-7-1871 to 12-3-1961

Wf, ANNIE VIRGINIA LEBEFF CLAWSON 5-28-1881 to 9-9-1966

LESLIE CLAWSON 3-4-1941 to 8-20-1980

KATHERINE LOUISE LEVERITT CLAWSON 1-31-1943 to 5-22-1986

(*MM Rumph Funeral Home Marker)

JAKE B. COKE 3-31-1889 to 11-1-1974

RUBY E. COKE 4-28-1893 to 1-24-1983

LUCY NANCY COKE 5-16-1899 (one date)

MARION "BOSS" COOK d: 1904

EVELYN THOMPSON COPPAGE 10-12-1910 to 11-21-1975

EDITH PARKS CRAWFORD 2-24-1889 to 5-17-1933

ELTON LEROY CRAWFORD 1911 to 1926

JIM CRAWFORD 9-30-1901 to 4-11-1962

PRESTON DENNIS died 1920's

CHARLES H. DUKE 9-4-1886 to 6-18-1956

& PEARL M. DUKE 2-28-1892 to 6-13-1984

ELIJAH TERRELL DUKE 1-16-1890 to 6-17-1971 (Eliga) WW I

JEWELL MURPHY DUKE 2-3-1893 to 6-18-1991

VERDIE DUKE 4-8-1896 to 1-14-1967

ARK Pvt. Btry D 20 Field ARTY WW I

ALICE M. EMMONS 4-27-1880 to 9-9-1948

BETTY JANE DARDEN ESHELMAN 4-8-1930 to 4-5-1977

CHARLES EARL FARLEY 3-17-1949 to 8-10-1991 (Mason) "Father"

EARNEST FARLEY 8-25-1919 to 7-8-2001

EDWARD FARLEY 7-4-1912 to 8-15-1973 s/of John Edward & Nellie G. Farley

JOHN E. FARLEY 7-7-1883 to 2-4-1952

& Wf, NELLIE G. FARLEY 2-22-1885 to 4-13-1968

LENA DUMAS FARLEY 12-22-1905 to 4-14-1978 wf/ of Edward Farley

LEON FARLEY 6-21-1908 to 12-25-1933

MARVIN FARLEY 5-12-1926 to 1-22-1996 s/of John Edward & Nellie G. Farley

SILAS FARLEY 4-11-1917 to 2-11-1969 U.S. Navy WW II

HATTIE McCOLLUM GOEPFERT 1-2-1894 to 1-24-1984

ANNIE C. GOODE 12-24-1894 to 3-31-1910

MATTIE GOODE 10-4-1958 to 6-20-1952

EVALINE MATILDA PRIMM GOODWIN 12-4-1839 to 5-14-1876

wf/o JOEL H. GOODWIN

EARNEST GLENN GRAY 6-29-1909 to 8-11-1933

Infant GRAY 9-13-1880 to 9-16-1880 d/of Thomas & Mary C. Gray

JAMES H. GRAY 1-27-1857 to 2-4-1912

JAMES W. GRAY 1-28-1878 to 5-11-1918

MARY C. GRAY 1-1-1850 to 11-21-1933

THOMAS CRAY GRAY 11-2-1859 to 3-18-1926

Along with inscription on headstone it says Primitive Baptist

MELVINA GRAY 2-9-1889 to 3-3-1889 d/of Thomas & Mary C. Gray

TOMMIE W. GRAY 6-21-1905 to 11-9-1934 (WOW marker)

WILLIS BARNES GRAY 6-27-1908 to 11-29-1909 s/of T.C. & O. M. Gray

BETTY JEAN GULLEY b & d 11-17-1931 d/of C. L. Gulley

VIVIAN LAWRENCE HAMMOND 8-17-1894 to 11-22-1969

RAY SELLS HAMMOND 9-11-1888 to 7-23-1972

CLARENCE M. HIGHT 1-15-1908 to 11-23-1982

NEVA MAE HODGES 1-12-1908 to 3-6-1991

& WALTER H. HODGES 7-5-1904 to 1-7-1978 Md: 52 yrs

ARTHUR MITCHELL HOGG 9-27-1883 to 4-20-1931

WM. H. HOGG 3-20-1891 to 8-3-1953 WW I Bugler Btry A 316 FID Army

Mother, MAUDIE M. HOGG 3-18-1900 to 2-15-1976

WM. SHERMAN HOGG 10-6-1924 to 1-5-1925

Miss AGNES M. HOLLOWAY, d/o J. D. & E. O. HOLLOWAY 1-28-1884 to

9-25-1899

EDMOND HOLLOWAY 1819 to 8-3-1897

ELLA OPHELIA HOLLOWAY 1-21-1853 to 10-17-1939

JOHN DAVID HOLLOWAY 9-17-1851 to 10-25-1939

WM. B. HOLLOWAY 3-9-1856 to October 1890

BETTY P. HOWARD 12-3-1848 to 11-8-1914

GEORGE HUEY HOWARD 2-10-1905 to 8-26-1974 Md: 12-24-1926

RUBY H. HOWARD 3-22-1909 to 2-2-1978 wf/of Huey Howard

Infant HOWARD 1-6-1923 s/of V. & Pennie Howard

JAMES HENRY HOWARD 3-13-1921 to 11-1-1922 s/of V. & P. Howard

JAMES T. HOWARD 7-28-1853 to 7-12-1952

LITTIE MAE HOWARD 1^st wf/o V. HOWARD 3-18-1881 to 12-12-1910

NELLIE HOWARD 12-15-1878 to infant d/of T. J. & E. J. Howard

VERNON D. HOWARD 6-27-1891 to 8-31-1959 (Father)

& PENNIE P. HOWARD 6-27-1891 to 10-1-1963 (Mother)

Mrs. ELIZEBETH MURPHY HOWARD 10-13-1859 to 7-30-1935

Erected by JEWELL MURPHY DUKE 1960

JOYCE MARIE HOWSER 2-2-1931 to 12-29-1990

ANNIE CLYDE KEGLEY 4-12-1909 to 7-26-1990

HENRY PAUL KEGLEY 4-28-1902 to 10-7-1966

DEWEY ELVIN KEGLEY 2-10-1927 to 12-19-1965 WW II

FLORENCE KING 3-1-1893 to 12-9-1919 wf/of R. L. King

CHARLEY AYLMER LABEFF 9-9-1900 to 5-9-1961

& CLARA WILSON LABEFF 8-8-1899 to 8-9-1932

MARGARITE JANE LABEFF 1847 to 1943 wf/of Paulsey, Sr.

PAULSEY LABEFF 2-5-1835 to 3-21-1922

PALSEY WRIGHT LABEFF 5-23-1876 to 8-15-1955

MATTIE CLAWSON LABEFF wf/o PALSEY 6-18-1875 to 1-12-1963

ALVIN C. LANGLEY 1903 to 1969

DARRELL ALLEN LANGLEY 1963 to 1991 (*MM Youngs Funeral Home)

EUNICE M. LANGLEY 1908 to 1951

NORMAN LESTER LANGLEY 10-5-1933 to 4-27-1981 U. S. Navy

Md: 5-20-1955

WM. B. LANGLEY 11-2-1901 to 6-2-1983

WM. PRYOR LANGLEY 9-14-1868 to 8-5-1945

Wf, BIRTIE E. PARKS LANGLEY 4-6-1885 to 4-27-1970

WM. B. LANGLEY 11-2-1901 to 6-2-1983

REV. PAUL LAWRENCE 5-27-1886 to 6-7-1926

DOROTHY MADDEN 7-18-1897 to 7-31-1972

CHARLES L. McCALL 8-14-1944 to 4-14-1999 "RED" "PAPAW RED"

NADINE STONE McCALL 2-9-1915 (one date) Md: 10-23-1936 "Mother"

& RUBY EDWARD McCALL 9-21-1912 to 1-6-1979 "Father" (Rudy?)

JAMES J. McCARTY 6-27-1885 to 2-18-1918 32 yrs 7 mo 21 dys

NELLIE M. PARKS McCARTY 1-29-1892 to 12-2-1977

Miss EMMA McDONALD 11-9-1840 to 7-1-1893 age 52 yrs. (stone broken)

FRED V. McDONALD 2-14-1875 tO 4-20-1951 (in Mausoleum with Thompsons)

HATTIE THOMPSON McDONALD 10-19-1876 to 10-24-1954 wf/of Fred

(Hattie in Mausoleum)

Infant McWilliams 4-21-1908 d/of Plez & Lela McWilliams

LELA MAE McWILLIAMS 6-11-1890 to 5-17-1981 Md: 9-17-1906

& PLEZ ORBY McWILLIAMS 1-2-1887 to 8-29-1950

AMOS D. MEDLOCK 1-5-1852 to 2-28-1893

JESSIE M. MURPH MINOR, wf/o JOHN W. MINOR 1-29-1897 to 9-25-1924

ALICE MURPH 1-21-1851 to 3-4-1923 (Elizabeth Alice Thompson)

TIMOTHY CAROWAY MURPH 4-28-1848 to 8-4-1923

HARRY DALE MURPH, s/o T. C. & E. A. Murph 12-5-1893 to 5-24-1895

NETTIE EDNA MURPH, d/o Timothy & E. A. Murph 6-11-1874 to 12-2-1882

AMY REBECCA MURPHY 9-2-1985 infant d/of George & Cindy

B. N. MURPHY 10-11-1857 to 6-10-1933

EMMA VICTORIA MURPHY 7-13-1859 to 4-12-1940

GEORGE ELMER MURPHY 1-28-1896 to 7-24-1966 WW I

Pvt. ARK 64 Co 162 Depot Brig.

LOIS YOCUM MURPHY 12-29-1901 to 9-28-1983 d/of George & Henrietta Yocum

HENRY OSCAR MURPHY 10-6-1855 to 3-15-1933/35

& ELLA HOLLOWAY MURPHY 6-4-1858 to 2-13-1945

HENRY W. MURPHY s/o H. O. & E. S. Murphy 9-4-1877 to 9-18-1882

Infant MURPHY 3-20-1897 s/of J.P. & C.E. Murphy

LAURA A. MURPHY, d/o J. Warren & Martha T. Murphy 12-2-1882 to 9-2-1883

TURNER GRAY MURPHY 2-29-1872 to 9-12-1872 s/of J. Warren & Martha Murphy

ALVIE LEE PARKS 10-30-1903 to 11-29-1984 (Alvy)

& VERA SUSAN PARKS 10-6-1909 to 7-2-1931

ANNIE ADELLE PARKS 3-10-1882 to 11-15-1969

BILLY NOLEN PARKS 5-21-1934 (one date)

& JO ANN TUCKER 908-1935 to 12-23-2000 "MOM"

CARMEN DAISY PARKS (no dates) In Memory of "Sister"

COURTNEY M. PARKS 1-25-1896 to 5-8-1926 s/o M. E. & L.O. Parks Age 30yrs

EDDIE ALINE PARKS 10-6-1918 to 9-9-1937 d/of W.E. & Dollie Parks

EUGENE PARKS (no dates) s/of Mr. & Mrs. L.D. Parks

HARVEY WATSON PARKS 1-18-1897 to 1-18-1962

& LUDDIE DAISY PARKS 7-28-1908 to 9-6-1955

Infant PARKS 1-12-1936 s/of W.W. & Vera Parks

Infant PARKS 3-10-1882 d/of L. O. & M. E. Parks

Infant Parks 3-7-1917 d/of W.W. & Vera Parks

JOHN C. PARKS 2-7-1851 to 5-30-1915

& MARGARET ANNIE PARKS 4-18-1873 to 4-5-1962

JOHN HUBERT PARKS 3-5-1924 to 6-5-1942

LONNIE D. PARKS 11-4-1898 to 3-2-1939

L. O. PARKS 10-24-1847 to 8-2-1931

M. E. PARKS wf/o L. O. PARKS 9-2-1859 to 5-21-1908

MORINE PARKS 3-1-1926 to 3-21-1926 d/of W.E. & Dollie Parks

NANNIE PARKS 4-12-1899 to 4-13-1899 d/of L.O. & M.E. Parks

ROBERT M. PARKS 12-31-1902 to 8-11-1964

LAURA REBECCA PARKS 2-21-1904 to 5-19-1933 wf/of R.M. Parks

LORENE PARKS 4-24-1909 to 3-6-1958 wf/of Robert M. Parks

SAMMIE L. PARKS 9-21-1900 to 8-11-1917

WALTER WALLACE PARKS 3-23-1893 to 10-17-1967

Wf, VERA MURPHY PARKS 1-7-1899 (one date)

WM. BIRCH PARKS 6-30-1920 to 5-7-1992 U.S. Army WW II

WM. EDDIE PARKS 6-2-1895 to 10-3-1958 Pvt. 153 Infantry WW I

DOLLIE B. DARDEN PARKS 2-21-1900 to 7-21-2003

W. W. PARKS, h/o M. A. PARKS 6-4-1820 10-17-1884

M. A. PARKS, wf/o W. W. 1-18-1825 to 10-27-1902

LOUWILDA "BILLIE" HUNT LANGLEY PAXTON (age 71) D/of Cecil & Eloise Hunt and Lennie & Earl Thompson. 5-5-1934 to 11-21-2005 Wife of her 1^st late husband, Norman Langley; Survived by her 2^nd husband of 18 yrs Lester Lee Paxton, Jr.

* ob

HESSIE ST. CLAIR PINSON, wf/o DR. Hamet Pinson 12-1-1846 to 10-5-1872

ELIZA ELDRIDGE REED wf/o T. B. Reed 11-30-1841 to 10-7-1895

53yr 10m 7days (?Eldryce)

EVA M. MURPHY ROBERTSON, wf/o C.C. ROBERTSON 8-30-1879 to

9-20-1902, 6:30 A.M. d/o H. O. & E. S. MURPHY

MINNIE MURPHY SCOTT 2-18-1881 to 7-6-1912

EDWARD "ED" SCROGGINS 8-6-1905 to 4-4-1986

LUCY D. SCROGGINS 5-16-1899 to 10-22-1991

J. J. W. SMITH 7-12-1862 to 11-15-1914

NORLETTA LANGLEY SMITH 11-18-1957 to 9-11-1984 d/of Norman Lester

Langley

RICHARD E. STEELE 3-27-1920 to 11-11-1997 WW II & Korea

& MARTHA F. STEELE 7-25-1924 (one date)

BERTHA STONE 11-1-1893 to 5-11-1977

GRACIE LEE STONE 5-14-1900 to 8-24-1905

HOMER STONE 6-14-1902 to 2-4-1918

MARGARETT STONE 9-5-1874 to 9-20-1947

& STITH STONE 3-6-2874 to 8-11-1946

JACKIE DAVID SWILLEY 6-15-1951 to 2-25-1952

JAMES DAVID SWILLEY 1963 to 1986

JAMES EARL SWILLEY 1-12-1942 to 10-9-1974

WILEY RICHARD SWILLEY 5-25-1916 to 3-2-1999

DOROTHY B. SWILLEY 6-15-1916 to 1-11-2005 d/of Emmitt Pearl Hughes & Maggie Bradford Hughes *ob

WILLIAM F. THOMAS 1881 to 1937

BAMA ARANT THOMPSON wf/o DR. A. G. Thompson 1879 to 1935

B. Q. THOMPSON 11-20-1844 near Columbus, GA to 11-13-1924

Wf, NANCY R. MURPHY THOMPSON 3-23-1852 to 7-21-1894

IDA JEWEL CHIPMAN THOMPSON 5-10-1885 to 2-2-1974

(Large above the ground newer vault - appears to have been replacement)

JESSE EATHEL THOMPSON 12-2-1883 to 12-28-1973

SARA BOLTON THOMPSON 9-2-1884 to 9-30-1973 wf/of Jesse E. Thompson

JONATHON KANNON THOMPSON, D.D.S. 5-20-1871 to 3-20-1963

SALLIE PERRY THOMPSON 7-31-1862 to 1-22-1946 wf/of Dr. J. K. Thompson

*Fred V. & Hattie Thompson McDonald buried in this vault.

J. K. THOMPSON 5-3-1868 age 54

SALLIE A. THOMPSON, wf/o J. K. Thompson 3-8-1821 to 1-13-1901

THOMAS JAMES THOMPSON 7-15-1874 to 4-1-1941

JOHN J. TIFFIN 8-9-1849 to 1-29-1867 s/of P.S. & Mary Tiffin

P. S. TIFFIN 9-18-1826 to 5-12-1867

THOMAS W. WARD 10-15-1913 to 2-9-1994 Md: 7-16-1936

& MURRIEL Hall WARD 6-8-1908 to 4-9-2006 d/of John W. & Nettie Smith Hall

twin sister of Mildred Hall Harrell *ob

WILLIS W. WATSON 3-1-1870 to 1-7-1941

SAMMIE WILBERT 4-28-1918 to 1-4-1919 s/of C.A. & Mearley

ARTHUR MAX WILLETT 2-2-1920 to 1-7-1970 WW II

VIOLET BRASHER WILLETT 6-19-1920 TO 6-21-1995

ARTHUR SCOTT WILLETT 3-8-1882 to 4-28-1975

CORINNE MURPHY WILLETT 8-31-1888 to 12-23-1986

Infant son WILLETT, s/of A. Scott & Corinne Willett 7-12-1933 to

7-19-1933

JOHN HENRY WILLETT, SR. 9-12-1924 (one date) Md: 12-26-1944

DORA MARIE BULL 9-17-1924 to 8-24-1999

MURRY HUGH WILLETT 1-15-1915 (one date)

Md: 9-12-1936

& LOIS MAYFIELD WILLETT 1-31-1915 to 12-7-2000

RANDOLPH SCOTT WILLETT 8-1-1923 (one date) Md: 7-12-1942

& LUCY PICKERING WILLETT 1-31-1915 to 12-7-2000

R. DAVID WILLETT 2-18-1947 to 1-12-1985

PAULA LONG WILLETT 1-13-1952 (one date) Md: 6-6-1970

DONNIE RAY WILLIAMS 12-19-1945 to 9-27-2001 Md: 8-28-1966

& CINDY WILLETT WILLIAMS 12-26-1948 (one date)

DALE LYNN WILSON 8-4-1959 to 4-15-1990

RUBY F. YODER 7-23-1903 to 11-20-1976

& SOLOMON E. YODER 3-15-1888 to 3-13-1961

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