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MERRIOTT CEMETERY
Speers Circle
Jessieville, Garland County, Arkansas
Directions: Take Arkansas Highway 7 North to Highway 298 and turn left. Travel approximately five miles to Hamilton Church. Turn right onto Speers Circle. Merriott Cemetery is on the left of the steep hillside. The road circles around to a new cemetery at the bottom of the hill with newer graves enclosed with a chain-link fence..
Compiled by Brenda Johnson Carlotta Ragsdale May 23, 2005, with some additions and corrections by Patti Vance Hays (pvh). Ms. Ragsdale has performed considerable research of the people resting in Merriott Cemetery. There are times that listings appear where the gravesite is either unmarked or the grave marker is no longer legible. If a marker is available, and she has the full name that is different from the name on the marker that name is shown at the end in brackets [ ].
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.
John Hamilton b. 1885 d. 1945
double
marker with
Lillia Hamilton b. 1889 d. 1932
Unmarked
Mollie Speers b. 1875 d. Feb. 24, 1944
Mary Ellen Cass
Speers b. Sept. 11, 1874 d. Feb. 24, 1944
married:
July 29, 1889
double marker with
Steve Speers b. Nov. 2, 1871 d. Feb. 1946
Children: Esta, Herbert and William
Melvin W. McTigert b.
March 3, 1926 d. March 24, 1945 Age 19
Arkansas PFC
11 Inf World War II
Diane Marlene Hamilton d. April 11, 1968
0 yrs 0 mths 0 days
Mildred Mickey Hill
b. May 18, 1916 d. Feb. 23, 1979 Age 68
In loving
memory of Jo Retta and grandchildren
Cleo Johnson b. May 5,
1932 d. Nov. 15, 1933
Harley Lee Graves b. Dec. 7, 1906 d.
Aug. 31, 1936
son of Greeberry G. Graves and Mary
Susan Arkansas Hamilton
husband of Pearlie McCoy Graves
Pearlie McCoy Graves b. Sept. 19, 1912 d. Feb. 6, 1932
wife of Harley Lee Graves
Otis B. Blackmon b. May 7, 1905
d. Dec. 3, 1954
Mary Louise Blackmon b. Oct. 14, 1927 d. March
24, 1930
daughter of Otis and Willie Blackmon
she was the sunshine of our life
Willie J. Blackmon b. Aug.
22, 1908 d. Aug 20, 1992
Jehu Johnson b. Sept. 27, 1871 d.
Jan. 2, 1942
Susie Johnson b. Oct. 7, 1868 d. April 9, 1951
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
John Newton Hamilton
b. June 4, 1832 d. April 27, 1906
husband of Martha
Jane Merriott Hamilton
married March 29, 1863
father of Mary Susan Arkansas, Julia Catherine Melvina Isabelle
Ida May Loudella, and Harriett Elizabeth
double
marker with
Martha Jane Merriott Hamilton b. Oct. 23, 1844
d. July 31, 1922
daughter of James Wesley Merriott
and Susan Geurin
wife of John Newton Hamilton
married March 29, 1863
mother of Mary Susan Arkansas,
Julia Catherine Melvina Isabelle
Ida May Loudella,
and Harriett Elizabeth
Lola Mae Merriott Midkiff b. Jan. 24,
1896 d. March 31, 1902
daughter of Joseph David Midkiff
and Harriett Jane Merriott
Joseph David Midkiff b. Feb. 21,
1867 d. Aug. 25, 1899
son of George W. Midkiff and
sarah Fowler
husband of Harriett Jane Merriott
married Aug. 25, 1884
father of George Dee,
J. M. S., John, Lola Mae, and M. L.
Unmarked
Nancy Dolley
Cerindia Merriott July 1871
Mary (Polly) Hamilton Merriott
b. 1840 KY d. 1879 AR
wife of John Henry Merriott
married Jan. 27, 1859
mother of Josiah W., and Harriett
Jane
Unmarked
John Henry Merriott b. April 11, 1822
d. Feb. 2, 1904
husband of Mary (Polly) Hamilton
father of Josiah W., and Harriett Jane
Joe Merriott b. Dec.
5, 1862 d. April 7, 1951
Lillie Merriott Lamb b. Oct. 15,
1899 d. Jan. 28, 1978 Age 78
Tom Elijah Merriott b. July 17,1915
d. May 4,1988
CPL US Army World War II
husband of Dessie Merriott
married: June 27, 1936
Garland County, AR
Dessie Qualls Merriott b. March 16, 1912 d. Feb. 27, 2005
wife of Tom E. Merriott
parents: Thomas J. Qualls
and Halie Ann Reed
Unmarked (child )
Edward McKee b.
Sept. 15, 1926 d. Nov. 27, 1941 Age 15
Richard H. (Hanby) McKee
b. Dec. 12, 1900 d. Feb. 12, 1974
Age 73 yrs 2 mth
0 days
Era Cash b. Dec. 5, 1914 d. Dec. 9, 1930
John B. Cash b. Feb. 28, 1884 d. Oct. 2, 1964
double marker with
Lottie Cash b. Sept. 3, 1886 d. Nov. 25,
1985
Maurice Merriott d. Jan. 25, 1930 Age 0 yrs 0 mth 0 days
Mary Elizabeth Hamilton Graves b. 1862 d. Feb. 13, 1953
daughter of John Newton Hamilton and Martha Jane Merriott
wife of Greenberry G. Graves
married Nov. 29, 1886
mother of James Aaron, Caldonia Fay, Martha Margaret,
Julius Wesley, Harley Lee, and Thelma Katie Almetta
double marker with
Greenberry G. Graves b. 1861 d. 1918
son of William Gilliam Graves and Mary ( Polly ) Fisher
husband of Mary Elizabeth Hamilton Graves
married
Nov. 29, 1886
father of James Aaron, Caldonia Fay,Martha
Margaret,
Julius Wesley, Harley Lee, and Thelma Katie
Almetta
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
J. T.
Dudley d. March 20, 1977
Unmarked
Unmarked
Baby
Ritter b. 1921 d. 1921
Unmarked Child
Harriett Jane
Merriott Midkiff b, June 3, 1863 d. Feb. 1, 1940
Age 76 yrs 6 mth 23 days
daughter of John Henry Merriott
and Mary Hamilton
married Joseph David Midkiff
married Aug. 25, 1884
mother of George Dee, J. M.
S., John, Lola Mae, and M. L.
Jon C. Rynders b. 1982 d. 1982
Age 1 day
Timothy Leon Boman
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Baby Infant Ritter b. and d, March 3, 1919
son of Hilbert and Janie Johnson Ritter
Mary Wideman b. 1889
d. 1893
daughter of F. A. and M. E. Wideman
Fell off of a wagon and wagon ran over and killed her
Unmarked
Baby Johnson 1811
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Randolph Blocker b. Oct. 8, 1884 d. June 9, 1950
son of George W. Blocker and Lulia Catherine Melvina Isabella Hamilton
Julia Catherine Melvina Isabella Hamilton Blocker b. Dec. 13,
1866 d. Sept. 17, 1949
daughter of John Newton Hamilton
and Martha Jane Merriott
wife of George W. Blocker
married Aug. 23, 1883
mother of Randolph, James, Susie,
John R.
Ocus Mitchell, Mary Jane and Elizabeth
James L. Blocker b. Nov. 20, 1887 d. Oct. 22, 1961
son of George W. Blocker and Julia Catherine Melvina Isabella Hamilton Blocker
Married Ruby Gass
married Oct. 24, 1914
Susie E. Blocker Nations b. Feb. 2, 1890 d. Aug. 17, 1972
daughter of George W. Blocker and Julia Catherine Melvina Isabella Hamilton
Blocker
wife of James Thomas Nation
Unmarked
James Thomas Nations b. Feb. 12, 1884 d. May 18, 1982
Son of William P. Nation and Harriett Caroline Wideman
husband of Susie E. Blocker Nation
Harriet C. (Wideman) Nation b. 09/22/1853 d. 08/09/1935
"Beloved Mother" [added by pvh]
William P. "Billy" Nation b. 01/04/1862 d. 08/09/1933
"Beloved Father" [added by pvh]
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Mildred
Graves b. and d. Sept. 13, 1918
infant daughter
of Jasper and Florence Graves
James K. Kelly b. Jan. 5, 1849
d. Jan. 12, 1928
Samuel Clinton Breshears b. June 5, 1888
d. March 1980
husband of Caldonie Fay Graves
Breshears
married Dec. 12, 1911
Caldonie
Fay Graves Breshears b. Aug. 1894 d. 1938
daughter
of Greenberry G. Graves and Mary Susan Arkansas Hamilton
wife of Samuel Clinton Breshears
married Dec. 12,
1911
Unmarked
Herman Breshears d. July 15, 1938
Age 1 yr. 11 mths. 2 days
Unmarked
Aaron James Graves
Nov. 6, 1890 d. March 12, 1964
Age 73 yrs. 4 mths.
4 days
son of Greenberry G. Graves and Mary Susan
Arkansas Hamilton
husband of Delila Elizabeth Fox
father of Sylvia Pauline, Lois Ellen (Lola), Daisy Ester Mae
Unmarked
(Weldon)
B. H. Bindin d. Jan. 31, 1919
Unmarked
Millie Wildon b. July 18, 1880 d. Aug. 9, 1899
Frank Kelley b. 1899 d. 1921
Unmarked
Unmarked
Child
Unmarked child
Eutha Ann Hensley b.
May 13, 1890 d. Feb. 11, 1974
Age 84 yrs. 8 mths.
28 days
Frank Wideman b. March 7, 1889 d. July 16, 1969
Age 80 yrs. 4 mths. 9 days
Geneva Wideman b. Nov. 9, 1938
d. Feb. 26, 1939
Infant son of
Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wideman
James N. Johnson b. Dec. 26, 1882 d.
Oct. 19, 1917
Ferbie A. Johnson b. March 31, 1879 d. Nov.
6, 1932
Anna Pearl Johnson b. Nov. 26, 1912 d. Dec. 14, 1934
Ruth Bettis Merriott b. Dec. 6, 1927 Open
double marker with
Gleen Gordon Merriott b. July 25, 1922 d. May
5, 1995
married Aug. 8, 1943
Infant boy
Shelton d. Dec. 14, 1965
Age 0 yrs 0 mths. 0 days
Delilia Butler d. Jan. 19, 1973
Age 79 yrs.
4 mths. 18 days
David Earl Speers b. April 5, 1961 d. March
26, 1962
11 mths 27 days
son of Earl Speers and Virginia Louise Scroggins Speers
brother of Jimmy, Terry, and Glenda
Unmarked
Unmarked
Senda Kelley b. 1868 d. 1926 [Lucinda Graves
Kelley] 2
[A new marker has been placed with the name of Sandra Kelley
b. 1868 d. 1921.]
wife of Francis Marion Kelley
married Sept. 16, 1891
mother
of Mary E., John Calvin, Francis Marion, Albert
Walter
Henry and Harley
F. M. Kelley b. 1871 d. 1944
[Francis Marion Kelley] 2
husband of Lucinda Graves
married Sept. 16,
1891
father of Mary E., John Calvin, Francis
Marion, Albert
Walter Henry and Harley
Lavern
Kelley b. 1927 d. 1928
Pauline Kelley b. 1929 d. 1929
Nola M. Kelley b. 1932 d. 1932
[A new marker
has been placed with the name Nola M. Kelley b. 1934 d. 1934.]
Imogene Kelley b. 1931 d. 1931
Walter H. Kelley b. Oct. 3, 1905 d. Aug. 1, 1962
[Walter Henry Kelley] 2
son of Francis Marion Kelley and Locinda Graves
Kelley
husband of Ella Mae Hamilton
William A. Ault b. Sept. 12, 1921 d. Dec. 21, 1921
Mary
Ellen Ault b. July 27, 1933 d. July 27, 1933
Erna Mavis Ault
b. Feb. 16, 1924 d. June 15, 1930
Age 6 yrs. 4
mths, 1 day
Unmarked
John L. Holmes (Jack) b. May
29, 1859 d. Feb. 13, 1928
Lucinda Carolina Clift Holmes (Lou)
b. Feb. 24, 1866 d. Dec. 28, 1928
Doyle Ray Harris d.
Oct. 27, 1941
Age 3 yrs. 11 mths. 0 days
George Early Holmes b. Sept. 24, 1911 d. May 17, 1947
Ethro W. Ault b. Dec. 7, 1886 d. June 3, 1972
Arkansas PVT US Army World War I
double marker with
Bertha E. Ault b. May 8, 1902 d. Jan. 8, 1998
1
Gloria Texanna Spears Herron b. June 11, 1944 d. Jan. 17, 1997 1
William (Willie) Ollie Spears b. June 26, 1909 d. Dec. 28,
1989
son of Stephen Speers and Mary Ellen Cass
husband of Daisy Ester Mae Graves
married
Sept. 4, 1930
father of Marjorie Louise, and Tilman
Juanita Jo Spears d. Nov. 9, 1957
Age 0
yrs. 0 mths. 0 days
Daisy Ester Mae Graves Spears b. Sept.
21, 1910 d. June 9, 1953
daughter of James
Aaron Graves and Delila Elizabeth Fox
wife
of William Ollie Spears
Married Sept. 4, 1930
mother of Marjorie Louise, and Tilman
Unmarked
Dona A Speers b.1896 Open
double marker
with
James M. Speers b. 1893 d. 1960
Unmarked
Venola Graves b. Nov. 1925 d. Dec. 1926
Herschel Graves
March 22 1922
Unmarked
Orlene Speers b.
April 11, 1925 d. Nov. 28, 1970
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
James William Nation b. Sept 1, 1890 d. June 3, 1931
double marker with
Mary E. Lanter Nation b. June 9, 1902 d.
Nov. 26, 1994
Smith Hamilton Nation b. Jan. 8, 1894 d. March 6, 1942
husband of Martha Graves Nation
married
Jan. 4, 1914
father of Ervin William, Orles,
Lee Franklin, Tony and George
(Maggie) Martha Margaret Graves Nation b. Jan. 8, 1896 d. Dec.
21, 1961
daughter of Greenberry G. Graves and Mary
Susan Arkansas Hamilton
wife of Smith Hamilton Nation
married Jan. 4, 1914
mother of Ervin William,
Orles, Lee Franklin, Tony and George
Cathy Lynn Nation b. 1951 d. 1951
Joyce R. Graves
b. 193? D. 1937
William F. Graves b. 1935 1938 Age 3
W. G. Graves b. Aug. 15, 1940 Feb. 26, 1942
1 yr 6 mths. 11 days
Larry G. Marlar b. May 14, 1950 d. Sept. 17, 1972
Arkansas SP4 Co D 2 Bn 27 Inf Vietnam AM - ARCON
Laura E. Graves b. March 12, 1913 d. Jan. 24, 1987
double marker with
Fred L. Graves b. July 9, 1904 Nov. 4,
1965
married Dec. 31, 1928
Stanley R. Graves
b. Jan. 30, 1929 d. Sept. 30, 1985 [Stanley Roosevelt
Graves] 2
SSGT US Air Force Korea
son of Lou Allen (Fred) Graves
and Laura Elizabeth Edge
Oma Marlar d. Jan. 10, 1987 Age 55
Ida May Loudella Hamilton Graves b. Nov. 17, 1879 d. June 10, 1964
daughter of John Newton Hamilton and Martha Jane Merriott
married Randolph Graves
married Oct. 21, 1894
mother of Columbus (Floyd), Noah (Rufus), George Alexander,
Arminda Elizabeth (Mary), Lou Allen (Fred), Martha Ellen, Nora Myrtle
John Arthur, James Andrew, William Harvey, Woodrow Riley, and Ruby Mildred
double marker with
Randolph Graves b. May 1, 1870 d. June
14, 1937 Age 61
son of William Gilliam Graves
and Mary ( Polly ) Fisher
husband of Ida May Loudella
Hamilton Graves
married Oct. 21, 1894
father of Columbus (Floyd), Noah (Rufus), George Alexander,
Arminda Elizabeth (Mary), Lou Allen (Fred), Martha Ellen, Nora Myrtle
John Arthur, James Andrew, William Harvey, Woodrow Riley, and Ruby Mildred
Woodrow Riley Graves b. March 22, 1920 d. May 31, 1965
Texas PVT US Army World War II
son of Randolph
Graves and Ida May Loudella Hamilton
Esta Lee Speers Graves
b. Feb. 13, 1900 d. Sept. 28, 1985
daughter of
Stephen Speers and Mary Ellen Cass
wife of Julious
Wesley (Wess) Graves
married Aug. 29, 1920
double marker with
Julious Wesley (Wess) Graves b. July 8,
1899 d. Nov. 3, 1958
son of Greenberry G. Graves
and Mary Susan Arkansas Hamilton
husband of
Esta Lee Speers Graves
married Aug. 29, 1920
Unmarked
Unmarked
Unmarked
Daniel R. Outler
b. 1894 d. Oct. 24, 1940
Arkansas PVT 114 Engrs
LeRoy Outler b. 1891 d. 1947
Note: These grave are below the hill in the new section
Tamara Ann Owens Holman b. May 16, 1974 d. April 29, 1994
Clifton J. Graves b. Aug. 26, 1941 d. Sept. 2, 2002
double marker
Spouse area is open
Added by Patti Vance Hays from obituary
Donald Lee Graves b. April 13, 1936 d. April 20, 2012 1
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 Full name/dates according to Carlotta Ragsdale