Scott County Arkansas Cemeteries PARKS CEMETERY AT NOLA Contributed by Charlene Holland Email: Char@presys.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ===================================================================== PARKS CEMETERY AT NOLA State Highway 28, near the Yell County line SW quarter of the SW quarter of Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 26 West Visited April 28, 1998 This is a partial listing of the tombstones in this cemetery. If you can add to it, please contact Charlene at char@presys.com. Thanks. [Last updated 18 April 2001] Laurah Bell Harris June 12 1873 - Jan 27 1942 and on the same stone Robert M. Harris Dec 29 1868 - October 29 1915. (There are two rocks off to the right. One looks like it might have been marked at one time, but I can't read it. The other one is just a rock. There's four other stones that are unmarked around the grave.) It is believed that Benjamin Christopher Harris and Anna Louisiana Ivey Harris are buried in this cemetery in unmarked or illegible graves. Benjamin C. Harris 1889-1963, h/o Elizabeth, s/o Daniel & Elizabeth M. (Jones) Harris and on the same stone is Elizabeth Harris 1891 - 1952 (Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" Watts) Right next to them on the right is Wesley Harris 0ct 1, 1897 - March 8, 1975, h/o Dewey Dewey D Harris Jan 11, 1900 - April 7, 1981, w/o Wesley Thomas B Harris 0ct 13, 1928 - Feb 25, 1977 Cpl US Army World War II R. ? Annah V. Harris March 20 1929-April 23 1996 and on the same stone Thomas B. Harris Cpl. Oct 13, 1928- Feb 25, 1977 (there are two stones for him) Daniel W. Harris 1871- 1956 and Elizabeth Ann (Jones) Harris 1873-1950 Roscoe Harris Sep 1913 - Jun 1929 B.D. Harris 1898 - 1983, h/o Allie and Allie Harris 1901 - 1965, w/o B.D. S.C. Herrin (Vess) Jun 18, 1892 - April 4, 1968 h/o Thula Harris Herrin Hunnicutt William B. Hunt Feb 14 1872 - Mar 14 1949 Levi B. Jones Nov 24, 1822 to Dec 25, 1860, h/o Nancy A. He is one side and on the other side is Nancy A. Jones born April 25, 1829 died Oct 10, 1896, w/o of Levi B. William S. Jones (stone is shaped like a tree trunk) Apr 3 1869 - Jan 28, 1908 The Jones one is under a tree. There are so many stones you can't read. There are many that are just a rock or a stone with nothing on them. Levi B Jones, Jr. 1854 - 1934. Mary E. Jones, Feb 27, 1860 - Feb 3, 1900, wife of Levi Jr. Edgar R. Jones, 1880 -1920. Edison S. Jones, 1884-1931, s/o Levi B. Jr. Faye Jones, 1919 - 1937 Myrtle Pullen Jones, 1884 -1960 Eddy Jones, son of LB Jones M.E. Jones, b Feb 8, 1886 - Dec 25, 1900. J. Jones, born Sep 19, 1893 - Aug 18 1912. A lot of stones nearby are unmarked. H. A. Joslin, 1884 - 1947, h/o Ella Ella (Morrow) Joslin, 1887-19 (there is no date.), w/o H.A. Robert Bruce Morrow, Feb 20, 1928 - Jul 22, 1970, s/o Ben and Ollie, h/o Nettie Gene "In loving memory" Bill Morrow, Aug 13, 1919 - Mar 5, 1985; md Oct 15, 1940 to Pauline Jones, b. Feb 24, 1924. Bill was the s/o Ben and Ollie Ollie C. (Ollie Clementine Harris) Morrow, May 5 1891 - Feb 16, 1961 "In loving memory", w/o Ben A. Ben A. (Benjamin Allen) Morrow, Jun 20, 1888 - Apr 3, 1974, "In loving memory", h/o Ollie C. (At the foot of Ollie and Ben Morrow's on Ollie's side which is the left side facing it says "Mom" and on the other side right side, it says "Dad") Jossie Morrow, May 2, 1910 - Jun 12, 1911, dau of Ben and Ollie Geneva Morrow, Oct 12, 1908 - Nov 24, 1910, dau of Ben and Ollie Melvina Morrow, Feb 15, 1860 - Jan 23, 1931 "Thy trials endeth thy rest is won. She was sunshine of our home." W.P. (William Preston) Morrow, 1858 - March 30, 1929 "A precious one from us is gone, voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our home which can never be filled" There are footstones at Melvina & W.P. Morrows graves also. There is several stones in this plot with no markings. At least twelve of them. ====================================================================== THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY MARGIE BUCKMASTER doc4god@flash.net W.A. McCormack, born Aug. 03, 1834; died Sept 10, 1921 and says "Remains of an honest man gone to rest, but not forgotten." Mary wife of W.A. McCormack daughter of Geo. Weaver, born in Miss. July 15, 1849 Married October 21, 1866 Died February 09, 1901 saying "Gone to Rest." The above two are my great grandparents. Then there is the daughter Pairalee McIntyre, 1876-1946 but the 1876 date was actually turned around and she was born in 1867. Her husband William H. McIntyre, October 25, 1866 died December 22, 1942 stating "He died as he lived a Christian." Sarah Kiziar, daughter of W.A. & Mary McCormack Born June 02, 1870 Died August 03, 1887 and says "When this you see remember me Though many miles away I'll be, And probably when this you see You can't see me." And under this is written: "Her composition just before death." Then a son George W. son of W.A. & Mary McCormack Born February 09, 1879 Died July 11, 1880. ====================================================================== THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY DONNA CHISM Tstorm2@aol.com. Lester Hutchins, born July 8, 1921 Waldron Arkansas died July 2, 1974. He married Callie Mae Jones. He is located in the little island at the front of the cemetery next to Walter and Viola Jones in a small concrete wall about 2-3 inches high. Rocks cover the grave site. Walter Jones born 1889 died 1964 next to him is Viola Jones born Sept 19, 1894 died 1982, My great-grandparents. Their house used to be right on the county line of Scott and Yell counties. Walter and Viola Jones are the parents of Callie Mae Hutchins, Eloise Hunnicutt, Troyce Jones, Farris Jones, Gladys McConnell and Ezell Jones. Their names and dates and on the same headstone. Next to Uncle Lester Hutchins. Robert "Sugarbabe" McConnell born August 1, 1906 died May 15, 1985. This is my grandfather eveyone knew him only as Sugarbabe so that is put on his headstone. He was born in Bluffton just about 7 miles from Gravelly. A very loveable likeable man and he is still very missed by My grandmother Gladys and everyone else that knew him. The headstone also has the date that him and my grandmother married. Troyce Jones. Birth date I can't remember but the death date was Dec, 1990 about a week or 2 before Christmas. He was married to Abby Sue Lofland-Jones who is buried next to him. He had a long battle with cancer before he died. Abby Sue Jones birth I can't remember death date was in 1982 shortly after Grandma Jones died. I loved Aunt Abby Sue so much and still miss her. Her and Uncle Troyce never had any kids. Aljay Hunnicutt Birth April 1915? death Nov. 12, 1996 died of heart attack getting ready to go hunting. Was married to Eloise Jones-Hunnicutt. ======================================================================= THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY ED CAIN Ecain41581@aol.com William B. Ferguson, born Nov 8, 1901, died Nov 8, 1902. George Alvis Ferguson, born July 18, 1869, died Oct 10, 1908. Martha Alice Cain Ferguson, born Oct 11, 1873, died Feb 25, 1937. Hector V. Cain, born Feb 5, 1839, died June 18, 1914. His grave has now been marked with a CSA military tombstone. He is buried next to Martha Alice Ferguson, his daughter. Monte Cain Ferguson, born Dec 1885, died Sept 9, 1916. She is buried next to Hector Cain, her father, but does not have a marker. She is Hector and his 2nd wife Kansas Sullivan's dau. Martha Alice was the dau of Hector and his 1st wife Katherine Frye. ======================================================================== THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY BILLIE CENCARIK BCencarik@aol.com Pairallee (McCormack) McIntyre and William H. McIntyre are buried at the back of the cemetery at the end of the drive, with the following children: Roy Opal McIntyre, 1904-1938 William Estes McIntyre, 1892 - 1967 Linner McIntyre, 1894 - 1974 (dau-in-law of W.H. & Pairallee) Ardeth S. McIntyre, Mar 3, 1915 - Oct 5 1990 (son of W.E. & Linner) A. Arlene McIntyre, Jan 7, 1921 - Jan 24, 1994 (wife of Ardeth S.) John Caulf, 1880 - 1906, Spanish American War stone ========================================================================= THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY SUZY B. BURT sas@sydcom.net Quinn M. Fry, son of Philip Fry and Maria Magdalena "Mary" Derrick married Nelly Tidwell. Of their ten children, two were: George Washington Fry and Nellie Fry. George Washington Fry married Minerva Welch. Four of their six children are buried in Parks Cemetery: Mary Nelley Fry: born 8 August 1853, died circa 1862, buried in unmarked grave Matilda Jane Fry Chastain {married Henry M. Chastain}: born 30 September 1851, died 4 November 1900 Elijah Jefferson Fry: born 9 February 1859, died 3 May 1911 Cloea Ann Fry Blaylock {married William D. Blaylock}: born 19 December 1860, died 13 February 1901 Another daughter of George and Minerva, Lavinia Isabelle Fry, married John W. DeArmon[d]. One of their five children is buried in Parks Cemetery: George S. or R. "Knox" Dearmon{d}: born 15 November 1881, died 2 January 1906 Another daughter of George and Minerva, Hannah Elizabeth Fry, married Lorenzo Coleman "Ranzy" Yeats. Three of their eight children are buried in Parks Cemetery: Alvin Andrew Yeats: born 28 October 1884, died 6 August 1886 Grady Coleman Yeats: born 29 May 1889, died 24 December 1890 Johnny Jefferson Yeats: born 12 April 1894, died 13 March 1899 Cloea Ann Fry and William D. Blaylock, above, had ten children; one is buried in Parks Cemetery: Esta or Estey E. Blaylock: born 10 October 1890, died 25 October 1912 Nellie Fry, daughter of Quinn M. and Nelly, her husband and one of their seven children are all buried in Parks Cemetery: Nellie Fry Garner: born 21 March 1843, died 23 June 1910 George Arthur Garner: born 9 November 1837, died 25 February 1888 Maiden Garner Ferguson {married J. Mark Ferguson}: born 2 or 21 April 1882, died 2 December 1913 William Lee Garner, son of Nellie and George, his second wife and a son are all buried in Parks Cemetery: William Lee Garner: born December 1869, died 18 November 1950 Mary Elizabeth Wagner Garner: born January 1877, died 1929 Otho Woodrow Garner: born 8 June 1913, died 3 October 1976 A son of William Lee Garner and his first wife, Laura E. Oglesby, is buried in Parks Cemetery: Baxter Garner: born 1898, died 1917 Lowell Garner, son of William Lee and Mary Elizabeth, married Lessie Jones. Two of their four children are buried in Parks Cemetery: William Edward Garner: born 10 December 1933, died 15 December 1970 John L. Garner: born 23 June 1937, died 22 June 1940 Sarah L. Garner, daughter of Nellie Fry and George, her husband and four of their six children are buried in Parks Cemetery: Sarah L. Garner Cockreham: born 1874, died 1914 Baxter P. Cockreham: born 1868 or 1869, died 1953 George Nuton Cockreham: born 6 October 1896, died 6 August 1900 Grady Odell Cockreham: born 7 December 1898, died 19 June 1900 Irma Cockreham: born 28 January 1901, died 5 September 1902 Herschelle E. Cockreham: born 31 January 1903, died 7 February 1968 John A. Fry, brother of Quinn M., had a son named Lorenzo Rogers Fry. He married Sissala ?Matilda? Lee - they had ten children, one buried in Parks Cemetery with her husband and two of their eight children. Sissala is also buried there: Sissala Lee Fry: born 4 July 1818, died 20 October 1873 Nancy Abigail Fry Lofland {married J.S. Lofland}: born 10 September 1842, died 26 May 1889 J.S. Lofland: born 6 April 1840, died 6 January 1894 Emma B. Lofland: born 18 October 1880, died 15 Sept. 1881 Logan Lofland: born 15 September 1882, died 15 October 1887 Another daughter of Lorenzo and Sissala, Missouri Catherine, married Hector Valentine Cain. He is buried in Parks Cemetery, according to Ed Cain: Hector Valentine Cain: born 5 February 1839, died 18 June 1914 [His military marker was dedicated May 2000.] Martha "Alice" Cain Ferguson [married G.A. Ferguson] born 11 October 1873, died 25 February 1937 - Eastern Star G.A. Ferguson, born 18 July 1869, died 10 October 1908, Mason & Woodmen of the World William B. Ferguson, born 8 November 1901, died 8 November 1902 Still another daughter of Lorenzo and Sissala, Louisa "Elizabeth", married First John Thomas Kelley. He and two children are buried in Parks Cemetery: John Thomas Kelley: born 6 February 1843, died 6 August 1887 Julia M. Kelley: born 1 July 1877, died 22 August 1886 Oscar L. Kelley: born 5 July 1886, died 5 December 1888 ================================================================================ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN BRUMLEY jbbrum@atiinternet.com Albert Burton Brumley's grave is marked by a Confederate marker. He was born 13 June 1817 in Lawrence Co., TN and died 1 March 1897. He fought with the 2nd Regiment of AR State Cavalry. =================================================================================