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Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 03:28:02 MDT
Cane Creek Cemetery
Strong, Union County, Arkansas
Established about 1862
Cane Creek Cemetery is located along Cane Creek Road, south of the Highway 82 East (also known as Strong Highway). This cemetery is closer to the town of Strong. It is a beautiful, well maintained cemetery alongside a beautiful little building that was apparently a church and is now used for some sort of community building or possibly for get-togethers of family members who have ties with those buried there. This cemetery is in the middle of a “swamp” probably on the only high and dry place for miles.
If anyone ever wishes to visit this cemetery, do so with extreme caution if it has rained within a week as even a four-wheel drive vehicle might not get you through there after a rain. You definitely do not want to attempt it with a regular car. The road is somewhat better if you come in via Strong, Union County, Arkansas, and pick up Lovett Road to cut over to Cane Creek. There are no houses between Highway 82 and the cemetery if you come in on Cane Creek Road. Their location has probably spared the little cemetery from vandalism over the years.
* Use of the “&” sign with a pair indicates they share the same headstone.
Survey done January 9, 2003, by Janice Holzer [email protected]
Updated June 6, 2004, using canvas done August 15, 1990, by Gailon O. Hall
LILLIE GREEN ADAMS 3-22-1907 to 5-25-1909 d/of L. L. & M.A. Adams
DELLA BAGNALL Wf/of GEORGE BAGNALL 6-18-1885 to 8-21-1951
Age 30 yrs 21 mos 2 dys
ROBERT ARNOLD BAKER 9-17-1918 to 10-1-1951 s/of Wm. A. Baker
(Mason) *photo on tombstone
WILLIAM A. BAKER 10-5-1891 to 2-1-1948
BAXTER REESE BASS 9-17-1894 to 5-23-1924
C. A. BASS *Name is all that is readable on homemade concrete marker.
CHARLEY BASS 11-26-1927 to 1-24-1996 PFC. U.S. ARMY WWII
DAISY HITE BASS died 4-1-1967 Age 62 (not noted in 2003 canvass)
JANIE BASS died February 5, ___ Age 78 (not noted in 2003 canvass)
JOHN BASS died 1948 Age 80 (not noted in 2003 canvass)
WALTER J. BASS 3-23-1898 killed in a battle 6-24-1918
FLORENCE BURK, wf/of G. H. Burk, JR. 6-22-1858 to 11-21-1905/ 09
GID BURK 4-10-1857 to 12-31-1924
Dr. A. W. BURNSIDE 10-12-1880 to 3-11-1910 (WOW marker)
MARY LOU JAGGERS BURNSIDE wf/of Mathew Burnside 8-2-1844 to
2-4-1907
MATHEW BURNSIDE 3-21-1845 to 9-8-1904
COLEMAN "Mother" *Footstone North end Dennis Coleman grave (from 1990 canvass)
COLEMAN *Foot marker next grave North OLIVIA COLEMAN (from 1990 canvass )
“COLEMAN Twins” : ODELL COLEMAN 9-30-1910 to 8-23-1911
ADELL COLEMAN 9-30-1910 to 4-27-1967
DENNIS COLEMAN 4-3-1915 to 7-23-1915
FANNIE M. COLEMAN 8-21-1883 to 9-1-1885 d/of J.S. & M.J. Coleman
*broken stone not found in 2003 canvass
Infant D/of J. S. & M. J. COLEMAN b & d 1-23-1879
JAMES S. COLEMAN 1849 to 1931
& MARY JANE COLEMAN wf/of J. S. Coleman 8-3-1849 to 12-31-1896
SALLY ANN COLEMAN 1874 to 1924
THOMAS CRAWFORD COLEMAN 1879 - 1958
& LULA NORRIS COLEMAN 1882 - 1940
IRENE DUGAL CONNELL 4-7-1907 to 9-10-1975
& WALTER V. CONNELL, JR. 2-10-1908 to 4-4-1974
Small stone inset in ground in front of these graves at the foot area:
FRANKIE HAMILTON CONNELL 8-21-1943 to 12-28-2000
MARY SUE (SUZIE) CONNELL 1-19-1929 to 5-22-1998
(* these two not noted in 1990 canvass)
TWILA COOKSEY 11-16-1961 to 4-15-2004 age 42 *Young’s MM
*SSDI for complete dates
CRAVE a small concrete stone set in ground….no other info on it. (not noted in 1990)
ALLIE BURNSIDE CRUM 11-1-1862 to 11-2-1938
ROSA LEE BURNSIDE CRUM 7-10-1871 to 11-22-1962
ERNEST J. DUGAL 2-27-1885 to 6-22-1941 *(Inset photo of Ernest & Norma)
& NORMA L. DUGAL 11-17-1886 to 7-30-1981
EUNICE IRENE DUGAL 4-8-1885 to 10-24-1967 (Inset photo of Eunice)
& GEORGE WEBBER DUGAL 3-31-1883 to 1-9-1950 (Inset photo of George)
GENEVA DUGAL 7-5-1896 to 9-28-1923
GEORGE P. “DICK” DUGAL 2-12-1912 to 12-12- 2002 Md: 6-20-1942
& JULIA SLADE DUGAL 11-16-1923 (One date)
Infant DUGAL b & d 6-20-1901 s/of Rufus & Sally Dougal
JAMES RUFUS DUGAL 3-9-1855 to 6-10-1925
& SALLIE GREEN DUGAL 4-14-1853 to 6-15-1924
LEONARD DUGAL 1-24-1892 to 1-26-1913
STANLEY INDIA DUGAL 2-23-1910 to 1-8-1987 Pvt. U.S. Army WW II
md: 8-31-1935
& INEZ MUNFORD DUGAL b: 5-2-1916 No death date as yet on headstone
R.V. DYKES s/of C.C. & L.E. Dykes 11-26-1902 to 5-11-1904
Infant ETHRIDGE s/of W.M. & S.A. Ethridge 1-20-1901
JESSIE FRISBY 1860 – 1881
* small cement marker / No names or dates/ between Jessie Frisby & Charity Watkins
EDITH GREEN d/of J.E. & E. J. Green 5-1-1878 to 11-15-1893
E.M. GREEN wf/of G. W. Green 2-9-1857 to 9-25-1913
G. W. GREEN 12-4-1848 to 8-3-1919
GEORGE H. GREEN h/of Madie Murray Green 8-16-1884 to 4-10-1923
(Mason) *Madie's 2nd husband was John A. Nelson
G. SIDNEY GREEN 8-2-1870 to 9-2-1897
J. E. GREEN 3-22-1843 to 12-22-1930
ELIZABETH J. wf/of J.E. Green d: 7-21-1918 71 yrs 9 mos (Oct 21, 1846)
J. R. “BOB” GREEN 5-28-1872 to 12-11-1956
JAMES MONROE GRIFFIN 11-19-1857 to 8-26-1946 "Father"
MATTIE A. GRIFFIN wf/of J.M. Griffin 12-26-1867 to 2-10-1930
JOHN M. GRIFFIN 11-7-1895 to 2-10-1920
T. D. GRIFFIN 9-10-1917 to 9-26-1917
TOM D. GRIFFIN 11-30-1893 to 7-26-1980
& EMMA A. GRIFFIN 11-12-1892 to 7-31-1972
ARIA BELL HAM 10-20-1898 to 8-20-1900
Infant s/of Mr. & Mrs. R.D. HAM 1-25-1915
RUBEN D. HAM 8-18-1864 to 7-19-1931
& ELIZABETH HAM 2-5-1873 to 8-28-1951
MARY JANE HAM 12-29-1896 to 9-15-1897
* small cement marker with MJC on top; located between Mary Jane Ham & James S. & Mary Jane Coleman
WILLIAM AYLMER HAM 11-25-1912 to 2-13-1976
MARY MELINDA HAMMOND d/of G.W. & N.C. Hammond d: 3-22-1865
4yrs 1 mo 10 days (b: 2-12-1861)
*Please note I have spelled Hammond / Hammon the way it appears on the tombstone.
G. W. HAMMONS 4-15-1818 to 10-4-1911 Age 93 yrs 5 mos 11 dys
Wife, NANCY C. HAMMONS 11-4-1835 to 11-27-1926
* small cement marker / No names or dates / between G.W. Hammons & Mathew Andrew Morrison
* small cement marker / No names or dates/ next to fence near Nancy C. Hammons
LEMUEL RICHARD HAMMONS 4-2-1868 to 10-2-1905 (WOW marker)
Infant ? Harbin or Rubin b & d 12-10-1952 (in 1990, Funeral Home Marker hard to read)
JACK JOHNSON 8-28-1913 (one date)
& PAULINE MORRISON JOHNSON 11-12-1918 to 10-10-1982
LETCHER s/of W. H. & ROSA McKINNEY 2-14-1884 to 11-14-1888
CARL LEE MORRISON 10-18-1888 to 9-22-1963
& ELLA MAE MORRISON 4-23-1894 to 5-29-1874
Infant MORRISON two infant graves…..No dates & no names
JAMES ANDREW MORRISON 11-1-1862 to 11-2-1938
& ALLIE BURNSIDE MORRISON 9-14-1869 to 10-24-1966
MATHEW ANDREW MORRISON 3-10-1894 to 6-7-1922
HENRY F. MURRAY 6-6-1872 to 8-10-1950
& MARY A. MURRAY 9-13-1875 to 10-26-1936
Baby HARBIN MURRAY No dates
LIZZIE ADA MURRAY wf/of J. H. Murray 11-3-1884 to 8-10-1905
GEORGE HERBERT NELSON 8-17-1913 to 2-15-1921 s/of John A. & Madie Green Nelson
* This grave in very back southwest corner of cemetery. There are only 3 scattered graves in this area.
JAMES E. NEVELS 2-24-1847 to 8-15-1899
& AMANDA KELLY NEVELS 4-21-1841 to 10-25-1899
HAMP J. NORRIS 10-24-1888 to 8-7-1946
& PEARL R. MORRISON NORRIS 11-11-1893 to 2-20-1945
DONALD “PIP” PIPPEN 8-6-1942 to 7-19-2004 Md: 2-1-1963
& BARBARA JUNE DUGAL 6-3-1943 (one date)
LLOYD EDWARD SMART 5-12-1919 to 6-18-1982
& SULA MORRISON SMART 9-24-1929 (one date)
JAMES H. SMITH 6-13-1846 to 10-4-1919 (Mason)
L. D. SMITH 12-2-1899 to 12-5-1917 (hard to read)
BELLE BAKER STALLINGS 8-9-1897 to 3-21-1970
ALBERT G. TAYLOR 4-19-1888 to 10-3-1894 s/of W.J. & S.A. Taylor
* This grave in very back southwest corner of cemetery. There are only 3 scattered graves in this area.
Infant twin sons of Lee & Geneva Torrence b: & d: 9-14-1902
THOMAS LEE TORRENCE 10-31-1869 to 12-9-1936
& GENEVA ELIZABETH TORRENCE 3-28-1872 to 5-12-1962
JAMES LAFAYETTE TORRENCE 12-25-1899 to 8-16-1908
SARAH ELIZA TORRENCE 8-5-1841 to 2-4-1880
CHARITY E. WATKINS wf/of J.R. Watkins 5-20-1864 to 7-20-1916
* small cement marker / No names or dates between Charity E. Watkins & Baxter Teese Bass
“Mother” ADDIE LEE WILSON 1-5-1887 to 10-15-1944
* small cement marker / No name or dates / next to Addie Lee Wilson
ANNIE WILSON 1955 to 1960 d/of Embry Wilson
DANIEL PATRICK WILSON 1870 – 1959
ERNEST VINES WILSON 12-19-1912 to 3-15-1938
LIZZIE wf/of T. I. or J. L. WILTCHER 7-20-1862 to 11-26-1910
* This grave in very back southwest corner of cemetery. There are only 3 scattered graves in this area. Hard to read-Lizzie birthdate may be 7-30-1868
JESSIE OLEN WOODALL 10-30-1904 to 3-30-1989 U.S. Army WW II
LIZZIE WOODALL 4-18-1882 to 8-1-1921
& ROBERT WOODALL 8-16-1876 to 1-13-1957
MILLARD H. WOODALL 7-18-1906 to 12-22-1967 ARK Pfc. U.S. Army WW II
GEORGE W. WOODS 8-11-1893 to 11-3-1979 md: 10-6-1923
& GRACE MURRAY WOODS 9-10-1899 to 7-23-1979