Champagnolle Cemetery
also known as Champagnolle-Castleberry Cemetery
Union County, Arkansas
Established 1882
Submitted June 13, 2004, by Janice Holzer; updated May 2006 from obituaries
(Near Ouachita River SE of Calion.) The original cemetery (established about 1873) was located closer to the river and part of the cemetery was washed away during a flood. According to what Mrs. Holzer was told by an "old timer," the cemetery was moved farther away from the river and located on higher ground.
*ob -- indicates info from obituary
JAMES F. ABLES 1-26-1930 to 3-21-1994 md: 10-21-1950
and WANDA PARKER 10-30-1931 (one date)
ALICE ELIZABETH ADAMS wf/o Ely M. Adams 4-6-1856 to 7-17-1934
CLEMMIE ANN IDA ADAMS 6-10-1856 to 1-27-1930
FLOYD ADAMS 2-22-1818 to 3-15-1896
FRANK J. ADAMS s/o F. and S.E. Adams 5-10-1854 to 1-13-1884
Infant ADAMS b and d March 1890 d/of S.L. and Enima Adams
JETTIE ELMER ADAMS d:3-10-1956 69yrs 1 mo 1 day (1st husband of Martha Annie Murphy md: 1908)
LEMMIE LOUIS ADAMS 9-17-1881 to 1-2-1938
MARY JANE ADAMS 5-14-1849 to 3-21-1931
NORA EMMA ADAMS 9-12-1856 to 6-30-1894 wf/o S.L. ADAMS
RUFUS URIAH ADAMS 4-23-1884 to 4-22-1909
SARAH ELIZABETH M. ADAMS 1-22-1822 to 4-12-1900
S.L. ADAMS 3-29-1846 to 4-14-1926
WALTER ADAMS 7-29-1880 to 8-1881
WILLIAM "DICK" GILES ADAMS 2-20-1915 to 1-11-1990
WILLIAM EARLY ADAMS 10-29-1885 to 7-23-1927
ANNIS GILES ADAMS 1-21-1889 to 7-8-1940
WILLIAM PAUL ADAMS 6-24-1851 to 11-1-1938
JOHN TERRY AMASON 10-28-1960 to 12-28-2003
ESTELLE B. AMASON (age 87) 10-26-1917 to 10-10-2005 *ob
LORETTA AMERSON 1-15-1841 to 7-10-1914 "Mother"
wf/o Jone Amerson
CODY C. AMOUR 6-27-1923 to 12-29-1965 "Son"
ALEX ARMER 1-16-1868 to 6-4-1934
REBECCA LUDWIG ARMER 9-18-1879 to 7-20-1975
GLADYS ARMER 10-5-1911 to 9-18-1913
HOWARD ARMER 12-17-1879 to 3-13-1889
CAMMIE ARMER 9-29-1882 to 10-22-1882
JOSEPH ARMER 12-29-1824 to 3-29-1882
wf, ELLEN ARMER 10-16-1844 to 9-16-1920
RUBY ARMER 12-16-1909 to 1-1-2005
MITTIE M. ARMOUR 9-22-1878 to 9-8-1966 "Mother"
hus, GEORGE B. ARMOUR 6-17-1876 4-17-1927
CODY C. ARMOUR 6-27-1923 to 12-29-1965
WILLIE EUGEAN ARMSTRONG 7-19-1900 to 2-23-1965
MATTYE BELLE ARMSTRONG 1-1-1905 to 2-1-1970
GENIA MURPHY BAKER 8-15-1878 to 10-13-1954
WILLIAM EDGAR BAKER 11-26-1870 to 12-6-1935
WILLIAM BAKER 11-10-1916 to 4-10-1974
AMandA FREEMAN BETTS 8-4-1850 to 12-11-1940 wf/of F.M. Betts
FRANCIS M. BETTS 11-1-1849 to 1-28-1907
WILLIAM A. BETTS 2-21-1874 to 3-26-1915
MARY BROWN BOWEN 8-30-1907 to 11-5-1983
MARGIE A. BOWERS 1-5-1924 to 1-9-1984
J. MYRT. BRAMLEY 10-17-1880 to 9-6-1952
JOHN J. BRAMLEY 6-29-1847 to 2-28-1921
JOHN J. BRAMLEY 12-13-1882 to 11-30-1899 s/of J.J. and S. M. Bramley
SALLIE M. BRAMLEY 5-12-1852 to 2-2-1944
EPPS BROWN 8-30-1909 to 5-1-1996 (Mason) md: 8-13-1949
and LOVIE ARMER BROWN 2-26-1908 to Oct 1964 *SSDI
HENRY N. BROWN 5-3-1880 1-1-1957
DIXIE GRIFFIN BROWN 7-15-1885 5-18-1926
ROBERT ADAIR BROWN 1878 - 1941
AUGUSTUS G. BURNS 2-5-1883 to 12-1-1964
md: 3-25-1913
ETHEL BRAMLEY BURNS 2-28-1891 to 5-8-1987
Baby DALE BUTCHER 1933 s/of Luther and Essie Butcher
ESSIE D. BUTCHER 7-30-1910 to 3-26-1971
JOHN B. BUTCHER 2-21-1866 to 6-22-1929
LAURA ROWE BUTCHER 10-12-1880 to 12-10-1935
OSCAR HUDSON BUTCHER 1-17-1907 to 8-3-1987
FANNIE ESTERS BUTCHER 5-30-1910 to 4-18-1983
H. L. BYROM 3-12-1879 to 9-1-1921
OTTO LUTHER BYROM died 8-19-1975 Age 65 yrs
VIOLA BYROM 3-2-1886 to 8-7-1971
JAMES B. CASTLEBERRY died April 1943
JAMES T. CASTLEBERRY M.D. died 1908
JANE C. CASTLEBERRY died 1920
PINKIE CASTLEBERRY died March 1955
WILBUR E. CASTLEBERRY died October 1944
EDDIE A. COOK 6-1-1882 to 11-1884 s/o J.M. and A.V. Cook
WILLIAM WALLACE COOK 10-12-1877 to 8-25-1881
MARY BAKER CRAIG 1-261913 to 12-30-2000 (*in middle of this double headstone are a set of rings; the top ring says 10-4-1935, the bottom ring says "Temple" 7-20-1972
LAURIE MORELand 4-17-1910 to 9-17-1992
MARY A. CRAVY 1-6-1835 to 12-23-1903
NORA E. CRAVY 5-17-1855 to 9-7-1893
JOSEPH CLIFTON DUMAS 2-27-1901 to 10-5-1967
BERTA CANADY DUMAS (age 97) 12-4-1909 to 1-16-2006 D/of Sam and Annielee Canady Wife of Clifton Dumas (md: 1932) *ob
WILLIAM T. DUMAS 7-1-1877 to 7-15-1959
wf, ILDA L. DUMAS 11-7-1877 to 4-17-1958
ARTHUR DUNN 5-9-1888 to 4-26-1955
MARY A. DUNN 6-25-1888 to 2-26-1980
NETTIE ADAMS DUNN 4-10-1863 to 8-20-1939
SAM DAVIS DUNN 7-12-1856 to 2-27-1929
ETHEL P. EPPS 5-27-1893 to 4-12-1915
GEORGE W. EPPS 1-12-1887 to 9-1-1920
WILLIAM B. EPPS 11-2-1858 to 1-13-1925
TOM FAULKNER (no marker or data – see info at end of listings)
LUCY D. FAULKNER (no marker or data – see info at end of listings)
JAMES W. GARRETT 8-2-1923 to 6-1-1999 md:2-10-1994
and LORAINE D. GARRETT 8-11-1926 to 5-17-1996
GASTON (Metal marker No dates)
MATTIE AGLES GILES 7-20-1898 to 12-26-1910 d/of J.T. and C.P. Giles
Mr. J. T. GILES 7-28-1840 to 1-20-1916
Mrs. CORIN GILES 12-30-1865 to 3-28-1933
ANNER GORE 6-30-1881 to 3-5-1965
ROBERT WESLEY GORE 4-15-1865 to 12-15-1927
CARRIE LOREANE GRAFF 6-10-1923 to 10-8-1923
JAMES LEWIS GREER 10-25-1985 to 6-24-2004
WM. L. GREER 9-22-1955 (one date) md:9-10-1977
and BRENDA JOYCE BYRD GREER 10-12-1956 to 4-4-2002
ANN GRIFFIN ( no data)
ARCHIE J. GRIFFIN died 7-22-1928 Age 30 yrs
DIXIE GRIFFIN 7-15-1885 to 5-18-1926
FLORENT C. GRIFFIN 1867-1928 (? Griffing)
MOLLIE A. GRIFFIN 1871 – 1954 (? Griffing)
JIM GRIFFIN (no data)
Mrs. MARY GRIFFIN died 8-1-1885 Age 63 yrs
W. W. GRIFFIN died 6-12-1894 Age 46 yrs
WILLIAM ROBERT GRIFFIN 5-8-1912 to 2-8-1986
OMER D. GRIFFING 1-5-1892 to 11-17-1917
GEORGE GRIFFITH s/of Jack Griffith. George drowned in the Ouachita River
(no data)
JACK GRIFFITH (no data) h/of Zettie Epps and father of George Griffith
LAURA HALL (Square concrete base with not other info or dates)
Mrs. LAURA JONES HALL died 2-1-1990 Age 80
LEON K. HALL 8-24-1924 to 10-15-1985
CELESTE MICHELLE HANNEGAN 5-2-1971 to 11-2-1991
RONALD R. HARRISON 11-17-1938 to 1-17-2003 md:7-28-1960
and MARTHA HINES HARRISON (no dates)
HATTIE ELIZABETH HASTINGS, wf/o John L. Hastings 6-12-1879 to 3-25-1935
CARL FELTON HAYNES 5 month s/of Ruth and Felton Haynes
JIM HAYNES (no data) Uncle of Alfred and Jerrell Parker
LILLIE BELL GREER HAYNES 11-20-1888 to 1-11-1965
hus, WM. CARTER HAYNES 10-5-1877 to 8-14-1932 (Will)
PRESTON FELTON HAYNES 4-9-1910 to 11-27-1969
SAM LEE HAYNES 12-26-1906 to 2-8-1991
SAM HOUSTON HAYNES s/of Will and Lillie Haynes
SUZIE HAYNES half sister of Alfred and Jerrell Parker
JESSE GUY HAYS 9-24-1902 to 6-26-1976 Tech 5 U.S. Army WW II
RETHA L. HAYS 1-21-1927 to 5-31-1993
NOLAN WM. HENSLEY 1-23-1921 to 2-6-1979 Tec 4 U.S. Army WW II
Md: 1-31-1942
BURNL ROGERS HENSLEY 12-5-1918 to 9-4-1984
JEWELL HENSLEY wf/o Otto Hensley 10-3-1903 to 10-10-1927
OTIS HINES, SR. 4-15-1917 to 12-26-1998 md:9-10-1965
and JOYCE L. GREER 8-23-1949 (one date)
JOE HOFFROG died February 1905 Age about 63 yrs Erected by his friends
(headstone was toppled over ) Joe Hoffrog, along with John and Lucas andrews drowned in the Ouachita River. *See story at end of listings.
M. (MABLE) DALE HURST 2-7-1926 to 9-25-1971
J. ROBERT JOHNSTON 12-11-1862 to 12-22-1883 s/of R.N. and Mary A. Johnston
MARY A. JOHNSTON died 3-23-1884 Age 51 yrs Widow of Robert N. Johnston
CARTER L. KING 4-8-1918 (one date)
NELL R. KING 11-17-1924 to 9-22-1970
DAVID LEE KING 9-13-1943 to 2-3-1944 s/of Carter and Nell King
LITTIE LEE LANGFORD 9-16-1878 to 6-5-1880 d/of J.W. and R.V. Langford
CLAUDE ELMER LANGLEY 9-15-1896 to 12-30-1972
wf, EVELYN DUMAS LANGLEY 10-14-1906 to 10-21-1992
LARRY LAVELLE LANGLEY 4-23-1951 to 1-2-1968
JOE LEAMONS, Jr. born and died 3-16-1941
JOE MACK LEAMONS 9-27-1904 to 5-31-1986
THELMA ALENE LEAMONS 6-15-1912 to 10-5-1967
JOHN LEAMONS 9-26-1867 to 3-10-1934
WM. THOMAS LEOPARD 7-26-1909 to 5-16-1990
wf, GILBERTINE LEOPARD 12-15-1912 to 12-4-1998
RUTHIE MAE HAYNES MANTOOTH 5-5-1923 TO 6-3-2005 *ob
ALICE ELIZABETH MARTIN 5-16-1926 to 5-31-1927 d/of C.M. and G.E. Martin
BILLY MARTIN (age 63) 3-23-1943 to 8-30-2006 s/of Paul K. Martin, Sr. and Ruby Johnson Martin; Brother to the late Leland Morgan Martin, May Martin Braddock, and Judy Martin Ragan. *OB
GEORGIA BRILLHEART MARTIN 8-3-1882 to 1-14-1968
hus, CHARLES M. MARTIN 3-2-1880 to 5-24-1937
LELAND MORGAN "Buddy" MARTIN 4-14-1938 to 10-2-2003 SSG US Army Vietnam
MARGARET HELON MARTIN 3-31-1922 to 07/05/1994
MARY HYLDRED MARTIN 3-12-1906 to 6-13-1920 d/of C.M. and G.E. Martin
PAUL K. MARTIN 7-26-1908 to 11-19-1987
Md: 5-29-1931
RUBYE E. (Johnson) MARTIN 12-28-1911 to 01/11/1993
WILLIAM CHARLES "BILLY" MARTIN 03-23-1943 to 08/30/2006
JOSEPH F. MASSEY, SR. 4-30-1874 to 4-18-1940
wf, EDMONIA CLAWSON MASSEY 4-25-1881 to 2-20-1958
GRACIE MASSEY 4-12-1910 to 3-27-1912 d/of J.F. and E.A. Massey
JOSEPH F. MASSEY 4-6-1912 to 5-18-1988
Md: 5-1-1937
EDNA F. ROBINSON MASSEY 12-30-1910 to 5-28-1987
MACK M. MASSEY 4-10-1903 to 2-6-1922
WOODROW W. MASSEY 11-24-1918 to 5-7-1955
CICERA McBROOM 8-14-1917 to 4-10-1983 PFC U.S. Army WW II
RACHEL McBROOM 7-12-1910 to 12-13-2002
CARRIE H. McCAIN 5-20-1864 to 2-23-1942
* buried in Morgan K. McCain plot
CARA MORGAN McCAIN d/o J.G. and M.J. McCain 12-7-1873 to 3-8-1891
Rev. J.G. McCAIN 4-4-1830 to 3-1-1903
wf, M. J. McCAIN 6-29-1838 to 12-13-1895
MARY EMILY McCAIN d/o J.G. and M.J. 10-8-1856 to 7-24-1885
BILL McCOY ( no data)
ROY M. McDONALD 10-9-1902 to 3-3-1987
Md: 1-22-1927
LILLIAN K. (Kirkpatrick) McDONALD 10-2-1908 to 3-2-1978
BOB R. McGOUGH 1-16-1893 to 10-22-1927
MAYBELLE BRAMLEY McGOUGH 12-27-1887 to 12-13-1937
C.B. MEEK 5-12-1918 to 8-30-1983 U.S. Navy WW II
WILMA B. MEEK 3-13-1921 to 10-4-1973
CARROL HARDY OLIVER 5-27-1932 to 4-9-1976 Cpl. U.S. Army Korea
Corp. JOHN F. OLIVER 12-26-1898 to 7-17-1925 (Olveer ) "Sweetly Sleeping"
PAUL C. OLIVER 5-4-1907 to 3-3-1979
CORA L. OLIVER 3-12-1905 to 7-4-1983
J. C. OWEN 1-5-1870 to 8-27-1908 Md: 11-15-1899
wf, LIZZIE (SLADE) OWEN 8-5-1872 to 5-28-1902
JIM OWEN 8-18-1908 to 10-8-1910 s/of J.O. and Genie Owen
JOHN A. OWEN 2-27-1854 to 8-5-1923
ALFRED PARKER 7-15-1904 to 10-19-1977
Md: 3-31-1927
MARY L. WILLIS PARKER 7-26-1910 to 7-1-1999
ARNESA HAYNES PARKER mother of Jerrell and Alfred Parker
Infant PARKER s/of Jerrell and Lois Butcher Parker
JAMES ALFRED PARKER 12-24-1928 to 7-19-1997 (Mason) md:7-7-1951
and IDA JANEECE McKINNEY 7-1-1926 (one date)
JERRELL PARKER 6-15-1901 to 9-11-1982
LOIS BUTCHER PARKER 3-27-1911 to Aug 1986
LINNIE PARKER 1-22-1879 to 12-30-1899 wf/of T. R. Parker
LONNIE PARKER father of Jerrell and Alfred Parker (no dates)
LONNIE RAY PARKER s/of Jerrell and Lois Butcher Parker ( no dates)
NORMAN GLEN PARKER s/of Jerrell and Lois Butcher Parker (no dtes)
CURTIS "BOGARD" PEPPER 10-2-1957 to 10-2-1976
JOAN PEPPER 10-25-1932 to 1-9-1981 "My Dearest Aunt"
M. WHITMAN PERDUE 2-15-1838 to 12-25-1920
wf, MARY JANE PERDUE 5-25-1843 to 7-21-1906
WALTER PURCELL PERDUE 10-13-1879 to 10-24-1880 (foot stone only)
JUDITH A. MARTIN RAGON 7-24-1940 to 8-30-1993 "Maw"
CHARLIE W. RICE 8-19-1891 to 3-9-1962
ZETTIE P. RICE 2-22-1900 to 6-15-1973
WARREN G. RICE 11-26-1920 to 8-27-1958
GAY EPPS ROGERS 12-17-1898 to 4-12-1915 "Mother"
MARY L. STAPLES AMASON-RUSSELL 5-18-1921 (one date)
HATTIE WARD SCHMIDT 4-9-1870 to 4-27-1924 wf/ of WM. Schmidt
LEONARD SCOTT died August _____? Age 27 yrs (Funeral Home Marker)
BILLY JEAN SHIREY 2-27-1946 to 4-23-1965
SKIPPER (no dates or other info on marker)
FLORENCE SLADE 8-4-1850 to ?-30-1899 wf/of WM. L. Slade
JOHN MILTON SLADE 2-22-1870 to 9-25-1898
WILLIAM L. SLADE 5-4-1846 to 9-14-1921 h/of Nettie Slade
JESSIE WYLIE SMITH 1896-1928
SPRIGGS ( no data or dates)
SQUIRREL (no data on this flat marble stone)
A.C. STAPLES 11-10-1851 to 9-12-1874 wf/of John D. Staples
JOHN DANIEL STAPLES 4-5-1841 to 3-23-1919 CSA 3 ARK CO E Inf
ALTO LILLIAN STAPLES 10-8-1866 to 2-14-1960
DAN LEE STAPLES, JR. 1-25-1915 to 11-8-1983 (mASON)
NETTIE LOU STAPLES 9-2-1919 to 12-20-2003
DAN LEE STAPLES, SR. 1894 to 1964
IRENE WOOD 1893 to 1967
JOHN LEE STAPLES 3-1-1871 to 3-4-1900 s/of John D. and A.C. Staples
JOHN DANIEL STAPLES 4-5-1841 to 3-23-1919 Pvt Co E 3 Ark Inf CSA
MARY ANN A. STAPLES 10-22-1829 to 3-20-1914 wf/of John D. Staples
MARY JEANNETTE STAPLES 5-16-1920 to 8-21-1948
RACHEL ELIZABETH STAPLES 8-9-1873 to 6-17-1880 d/of J.O. and A.C. Staples
WARREN VICTOR STAPLES 5-22-1896 to 8-3-1971
WM. JASON STAPLES 8-27-1843 to 8-22-1862 CSA CO E 3 ARK Inf
ZETTIE AMandA STAPLES 5-11-1872 to 8-11-1875 child of S.C. and J.C. Staples
ISAAC DUDLEY STEPHENS 12-2-1873 to 2-4-1971
wf, (JOSIE) JOSEPHINE ARMER STEPHENS 3-17-1871 to 11-26-1949
ROSS STEPHENS 12-10-1908 to 3-11-1912 s/of Isaac and Josie Stephens
RUTH WHATLEY STEPHENS 3-5-1905 to 9-12-1922
d/o Isaac and Josie Armer
CLARK A. SUGGS 5-12-1841 to 6-6-1885 (broken stone)
JOHN SELLERS SUGGS 1817 - 1897
MARTHA REYNOLD SUGGS 1820 - 1883
JULIA OZE SUGGS 6-10-1880 (only one date readable) infant d/of C.A. and M.L. Suggs
LOUIS C. "JACK" TIPPY 4-21-1900 to 5-20-1976
Md: 8-20-1938
BELLE BAIN 9-23-1916 to 12-4-1985
(Louis md: 1st Lottie Sanders in 1922, Union Co., AR)
Infant WALKER 11-24-1928 infant s/of Robert and Dortha Walker
MICHAEL LYNN WALKER 9-18-1954 to 7-7-1955
ROBERT ISOM WALKER 4-30-1897 to 2-21-1959 Ark Pvt U.S. Army WW I
DORTHA "DORA" MAE WALKER 4-14-1908 to Sept 1983
F. M. WARD 9-19-1843 to 2-3-1905
Infant WARD 2-19-1909 s/of C.A. and Dolly Ward
MARY J. WARD 7-7-1851 to 10-25-1946
OSCAR GORDON WARD 8-26-1888 to 7-23-1913 s/of F.M. and M.J. Ward
LOVIE ADAMS WESTELIUS 9-2-1911 to 4-9-1983
RHONDA JO WILLETT 9-23-1966 to 7-3-1970
DORA WILLIS 1880 – 1964
ERNEST F. WILLIS 1887 - 1961
MARY DONELSON WOOD wf/o Henry Wood 8-6-1863 to 10-9-1920
There are several unmarked graves in this cemetery or they are only marked with field stones.
Broken unreadable stone: August 6, 1874 Aged about 27 yrs
The following information was furnished by family members:
*(1) JOHN B. ANDREWS: The family of JOHN and LUCAS ANDREWS, and JOE HOFFROG, intends to place a new marker for John, just as they did for Lucas and Joe. All three men drowned in a boat accident on the Ouachita River somewhere between Lock and Dam 8 at Calion and Monroe. James Alfred Parker of Calion gave information on this to the family: "They were working with a logging crew on a boat hauling barges of logs to Monroe; a storm suddenly came up and sank the boat and the barges. All three men drowned, and it took a long time to recover their bodies. James Alfred Parker's father, Alfred, helped to bury them at Champagnolle. The bodies are located between the grave of Joe Hoffrog's old marker and fence.
(2) ROBERT ADAIR BROWN 1878 - 1941
(3) TOM FAULKNER
(4) LUCY D. FAULKNER
(5) ANN GRIFFIN
(6) ARCHIE GRIFFIN
(7) GEORGE GRIFFITH s/of JACK GRIFFITH. George drowned in the Ouachita River.
(8) JACK GRIFFITH married ZETTIE EPPS, father of George Griffith
(9) JIM GRIFFIN
(10) CARL FELTON HAYNES 5 months s/of Ruth and Felton Haynes
(11) JIM HAYNES Uncle of Alfred and Jerrell Parker
(12) LILLIE GREER HAYNES buried next to Felton Haynes, wf/of Will Haynes
(13) SAM HOUSTON HAYNES s/of Will and Lillie Haynes
(14) SUZIE HAYNES half sister of Alfred and Jerrell Parker
(15) WM. CARTER (Will) HAYNES h/of Lillie Greer Haynes
(16) BILL McCOY
(17) ARNESA HAYNES PARKER. Mother of Jerrell and Alfred Parker
(18) Infant son of JERRELL and LOIS BUTCHER PARKER
(19) LONNIE PARKER father of Jerrell and Alfred Parker
(20) LONNIE RAY PARKER, s/of Jerrell and Lois Butcher Parker
(21) NORMAN GLEN PARKER s/of Jerrell and Lois Butcher Parker