Cross Co, AR - McElroy Cemetery *********************************************************** Submitted by: Ann Branch <branch@ipa.net> Date: 30 May 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** If you have any questions about any of these or would like for me to recheck something in this cemetery, feel free to email me. McElroy Cemetery is located in Wynne, (Cross County) Arkansas. From Wynne, take Hwy 284 West and go about 3 miles and you will come to a curve continue around the curve for about a mile and you will see McElroy Methodist Church on the left, continue for about another mile and you will come to another curve, go straight ,which is Hwy 350. The cemetery is on the right. It is nestled among several old trees and is very clean and well kept. There are several old stones and some are missing. I was able to read the ones that are there and I know you will enjoy yourself while you are searching for loved ones. If you have any questions feel free to email me anytime at branch@ipa.net. My name is Ann Branch and I grew up in the McElroy community. A: Anderson, Wrennie Lee (Walls) 11-13-1926/04-20-1978 wife of Joe Anderson and dau. of Arthur and Minnie Walls An inspiration to all who knew her B: Baldwin, Mary 12-20-1940/05-13-1967 dau of Lula Dell and Loman Baldwin Gone but not forgotten Baldwin, Lula Dell 10-15-1920/02-12-1995 wife of Loman Baldwin Always in our hearts Baldwin, Loman 10-07-1915/03-28-1970 husband of Lula Dell Baldwin Gone but not forgotten Bamson, William B. 1869/1955 Bamson, Coral A. 1871/1963 Banton, Harriet Elizabeth 03-27-1897/1977 wife of Obe Banton Banton, Obe Guy 04-20-1890/06-26-1970 husband of Harriet Banton Banton, Norman R. 12-08-1921/02-19-1974 Arkansas PFC US Army WWII husband of Grace Banton Barron, George 02-14-1870/10-11-1910 His virtues form the noblest monument to his memory Double marker Battles, Carl Oren 05-23-1907/03-20-1984 Loving husband and father Battles, Ruby Mae 01-12-1921/11-03-1978 Loving wife and mother Battles, Billy Douglas 05-15-1944/11-09-1995 son of Carl and Ruby Battles Precious memories (also has Daddy at the top of the stone) Beck, Robert 03-18-1851/12-09-1910 (at top): Thy will be done (at bottom): I am the resurrection and the life h/o Coral Beck Beggs, Robert Fayne 12-08-1930/03-04-1931 Double marker Beggs, Garnett L. 1900/1992 Beggs, Ida L. 1907/1982 Double marker Beggs, John 1871/1945 Beggs, Josie 1872/1950 Beggs, Martha Swaby 1934/1975 Sorrow and pain was her portion on earth please God may eternity deal gently with her (note: this was written on the back of the stone) Blackwood, Evelyn P. (Howard) 05-24-1948/06-19-1968 dau. of Andrew and Ellen Howard Double marker Brawner, William B. 06-01-1852/10-24-1919 Brawner, Ellen V. 03-28-1854/12-31-1923 Thy life was truth and love (note: Father is on his and Mother is on hers) Double marker Brawner, Mack C. 1888/1960 Brawner, Willie E. 1895/1983 Brawner, Norah Inez 08-30-1913/08-29-1923 dau. of Mack C. and Willie E. Brawner Brawner, baby 08-12-1928 Brawner, Lester M. 07-12-1924/04-06-1978 BM2 US Navy Double marker Brawner, Robert P. 07-23-1939/07-25-1982 Brawner, Robin C. 03-02-1971/07-25-1982 Double marker Brawner, Mack George 07-29-1954/01-17-1987 (note: has Son above his name) Brawner, Juanita J. 04-27-1921 (note: has Mother above her name) Broussard, Sonya 1962/2000 (note: Thompson Wilson Funeral home marker no stone) Double marker Brown, Morgan Lee 01-21-1933 Brown, Emma Yvonne 01-02-1940/05-18-1997 Our Father which art in Heaven Buffaloe, Maggie (Spain) 1903/1957 C: Carter, Sybil E. (Sisk) 04-27-1939/08-10-1980 Casteel, Charlie 12-07-1904/05-22-1928 Casteel, Mamie 07-05-1881/03-09-1949 Asleep in Jesus Casteel, William W. 1879/1951 Daddy we will meet you Double marker Casteel, Willie W. 01-06-1923/04-30-1999 Casteel, Therauld 10-19-1913/05-16-1972 Casteel, Margaret Darlene 04-02-1942 Chadwick, Winfield 1854/1919 Chadwick, Molly 1868/1923 Chamberlain, Benjamin F. 1833/1912 Chambers, Mildred Cobb 03-18-1925/06-02-1994 Double marker Childers, Johnson A. 05-21-1923/03-03-1985 Childers, Louise C. 11-21-1922/09-12-1993 dau. of Carmella Jones Clark, Hattie Mae Kelly 07-31-1880/04-12-1948 Cobb, Howard Lewis 08-22-1945/04-05-2000 Cobb, Charles W. 08-22-1927/03-05-1949 Arkansas PFC 696 MLD Clearing Co WWII Cobb, Lillian Viola 04-19-1904/09-20-1960 Darling we miss you Cobb, Johnnie Marilyn 11-21-1942/12-25-1942 Cobb, John Hubert 05-21-1895/03-06-1972 Arkansas Cook Co 13 REC S.A.R.D. (there is an American flag etched on the stone) Craig, C.L. 01-15-1861/09-24-1881 Sleep on Mattie and take thy rest God called thee home He thought it best (also) Gone to rest at the top of the stone with a finger pointing upward) Double marker Crittenden, George S. 10-15-1909/07-03-1968 Crittenden, Ethel J. 06-23-1920 Cummins, Grace Irene 05-10-1902/01-21-1939 w/o G.W. Cummins She came to wise our hearts to Heaven she goes to call us there Cummins, George J. 1898/1957 Cummins, Willie Leon 02-18-1923/06-06-1967 In loving memory Cummins, George (Jr.) 11-15-1938/11-15-1938 D: Double marker Davis, Edgar B. 02-10-1910/03-14-2001 Davis, Margaret (Spain) 09-17-1912/ Davis, E.B. 1865/1937 Davis, Mamie B. 09-07-1894/11-17-1981 Davis, Charles 05-01-1888/03-09-1932 Dewitt, James Louis Sr. 09-12-1937/05-15-1994 US Army DeWitt, Walter (Buddy) Sr. Loving Father Dobbins, Charlotte (Anderson) 08-07-1945/04-14-2000 dau of Joe and Wrennie Anderson Earth's loss Heaven's gain Dobbins, Irene 07-30-1903/12-23-1981 Mother (at top of stone) Douglas, Francis L. 10-08-1946/12-08-1946 E: Evans, Fannie Sue 08-21-1880/09-11-1956 Evans, Roy Lee 08-13-1925/04-07-1958 F: Farmer, Dorothy Pauline 09-26-1921/07-10-2001 wife of Ray Farmer Farmer, Ray 04-27-1914/04-14-1966 Arkansas Sgt. TRP 12 112 Calvary WWII husband of Pauline Farmer Double marker Farmer, Lloyd L. Sr 1910/1982 Farmer, Dorothy Mae 1912 Farmer, Lloyd Jr. 07-12-1933/12-02-1994 Father (at top of stone) Flannigan, William S. 03-02-1917/04-26-1988 Double marker France, Frank V. 07-01-1911/07-27-1977 PFC US Army France, Ola M. 09-21-1915/02-06-1984 note: there is a picture of them on a flower vase that is between the stones Double marker France, Walter Mebane 06-13-1905/09-19-1990 France, Mary Leathea 04-27-1906 Precious Lord take my hand Double marker Furr, Willis C. 1892/1968 Baptist Minister (underneath his name) Furr, Lottie B. 1899/1984 G: Graff, Lissie (Spain) 07-26-1893/12-07-1949 H: Harp, Auther Vernon 09-18-1922/05-07-1925 son of Walter and Willie Harp Gone to be an angel Harrell, J.P. 11-23-1866/12-28-1931 His monument is a Woodsmen of the World Memorial Harrell, Roy Lee 05-10-1894/07-29-1950 Arkansas Pvt 8 Co NOV AUTO Repl draft WWI Double marker Haynes, William C. 10-06-1919/11-16-1919 Haynes, Ruth M. 06-16-1923/11-28-1924 Haynes, Robert J. 06-08-1930/10-01-1953 Son Double marker Haynes, Ida 1894/1987 Haynes, Sam 1883/1964 Haynes, Richard E. 02-11-1932/12-07-1956 Heimann, Lois Berry 03-13-1911/01-01-1986 Double marker Howard, Andrew L. 10-22-1903/05-20-1976 Howard, Ellen P. 10-13-1914/03-21-1971 J: Jeffery, Amanda Michelle 07-23-1984/07-18-1990 note: “Mandy” is on the along with a picture of her Johnson, Luther D. 03-30-1933/06-26-1976 husband of Martha Webster Johnson Johnson, Martha P. (Webster) 01-27-1934/12-29-1999 wife of Luther Johnson Jones, G. Leeroy 02-25-1925/12-26-2001 note: the information is on a Kernodle Funeral Home marker Jones, Garmelia 07-11-1903/02-16-1974 K: Kelly, Biddie 03-10-1840/02-20-1922 w/o W.K. Kelly There is no parting in Heaven Double marker Killion, Oda G. 1893/1966 Killion, Gustava D. 1895/1977 King, John Edgar 07-20-1910/07-22-1912 s/o L.E. and Nannie King Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore L: Double marker Lane, James Thomas 02-22-1864/05-08-1950 Lane, Nannie Irene Robley 09-09-1874/09-13-1942 Luker, Juanita Marie 01-01-1936/04-20-1936 Double marker Luker, Lizzie M. 02-25-1915/07-20-1989 Luker, J.W. 12-22-1919/01-11-1988 We loved you but God loved you more M: Matthewson, Gladis M. 09-29-1941/02-15-1943 McElroy, Emmit L. 01-07-1875/09-27-1951 Woodsmen of the World Memorial Double marker McElroy, John W. 01-09-1855/06-19-1949 McElroy, Katie 12-06-1871/no death date on stone Double marker, McElroy, Bert W. 08-04-1903/05-29-1972 McElroy, Florence C. 11-08-1906/09-10-1996 Double marker McElroy, Ida L. 1906/1979 McElroy, Charles L. 1890/1959 McElroy, M Pauline 1917/1922 McElroy, Gladys P. 1893/1949 Mother (on the stone) McElroy, Willard Sr. 1895/1960 Father (on the stone) McElroy, Barbara Jean 1929/1979 Mother (on the stone) McElroy, Fletcher 1887/1976 Double marker McElroy, Mary Jane 09-22-1867/03-04-1951 McElroy, Robert P. 09-25-1859/01-11-1953 Double marker McElroy, James W. 02-04-1912/07-22-1995 McElroy, Mary F. 09-12-1918/no death date given Double marker McElroy, Fred L. 12-01-1885/06-08-1949 McElroy, Belle 06-19-1884/08-24-1964 Double marker McElroy, Albert H. 1868/1948 McElroy, Sallie W. 1873/1951 McElroy, Will 12-09-1893/10-20-1918 h/o Annie McElroy Woodsmen of the World Memorial He was the sunshine of our home McElroy, Andrew J. 01-29-1830/01-12-1894 Co B Hart's Btry ARL LT ARTY CSA McElroy, Rebecca Lantroupe 1837/1880 Double marker McElroy, John 03-23-1797/06-16-1865 McElroy, Mary Stevenson 1809/1859 inscription: First McElroys to settle here in 1848 McElroy, Frances E. 02-16-1842/01-19-1898 Double marker McElroy, Murray 01-03-1916/10-28-1991 McElroy, Elvera 07-29-1917/03-15-1989 McElroy, Emerson F. 02-07-1914/08-27-1986 “Mac” (is at the top of the stone) McElroy, Avis Willis 06-30-1886/08-09-1988 Mother (is at the top of the stone) McElroy, Thomas 1884/1834 At Rest McElroy, Ernest 02-07-1892/10-22-1918 A little time on earth he spent till God for him His angels sent McElroy, Maggie 08-01-1852/05-21-1924 At Rest note:there is an older marker of hers that sits at the foot of her grave & has Mother on it Double marker McElroy, William Floyd 10-12-1874/01-26-1969 McElroy, Bertha 10-14-1890/03-11-1969 McElroy, Laura Ophelia 08-03-1877/12-29-1961 McElroy, Orville 09-09-1871/02-08-1913 Farewell my wife and children from you a father Christ hath called McElroy, J.H. 10-03-1837/02-28-1883 McElroy, Marjorie M. 1919/1935 Meredith, Leonard S. 02-22-1894/11-21-1926 h/o Eula A. Meredith At Rest Meredith, Frank Netter 03-01-1893/01-25-1923 h/o Eulah McElroy Meredith Meredith, Sim B. 02-16-1897/04-06-1928 h/o Ida L. McElroy He was beloved by God and man Meredith, Howard W. Sr. 08-11-1925/02-27-1982 US Navy WWII Meredith, Nora 03-26-1924/08-07-2001 note: there is no stone marker, it has a funeral home marker with the information Meyers, Minnie A. 09-15-1884/05-02-1927 A tender mother and faithful friend. Meyers, Robert Stewart 07-15-1914/02-09-1919 s/o W.H. and Minnie Meyers Of such is the kingdom of Heaven Miller, baby 11-27-1943/11-29-1943 note: this is a homemade marker with marbles framing the concrete very sweet Miller, Eva 1896/1923 Moody, J.T. 01-07-1881/01-01-1917 Moore, Mattie Lee 08-28-1898/11-14-1899 / 1 year 2months 17 days d/o J.W. and Emma E. Moore Moore, Frank J. 09-18-1917/01-18-1992 I will meet you in Heaven note: there is a flower vase next to his stone with wedding rings and 01-16-1982 Morris, Harry A. 10-10-1893/10-03-1918 SGT Co 13 REC. S.A.R.D. Mosley, Carol Ann 08-09-1998/08-09-1998 My little angel note: there is a funeral home marker with her name as Carol Sue Ann Cullen Mosley Murphy, Eunice 08-20-1904/06-15-1935 w/o Joe Murphy N: Double marker Neal, Bernie G. 11-26-1913/08-08-1967 Neal, Rosie M. 01-23-1917/01-07-1992 Double marker Neal, Jessie G. 1880/1958 Neal, Lucy A. 1876/1973 Neal, George T. 01-07-1917/01-24-1969 Newsom, Jessie E. 06-15-1871/04-21-1927 Woodsmen of the World Memorial We will meet again Newsom, Stella 03-25-1908/03-16-1953 Newsom, Jake A. 1899/1971 Newsom, Ora Neal (Vest) 02-21-1906/05-01-1994 O: Double marker Owens, Dorothy L. 05-09-1930/03-01-2001 Ownes, Alvie R. 01-01-1912/02-11-1998 note: on a vase between the stones is their wedding date 10-14-1944 P: Phillips, Harrell E. 03-25-1909/02-15-1910 s/o Ed and Alpha Phillips God gave He took He will restore He doeth all things well Double marker Pitts, Vivian Brawner 1926/ Pitts, Dallas L. 1927/1976 R: Reynolds, Candace Paige 06-25-1997/10-13-1997 Our little butterfly Double marker Richardson, Frank Jeff 08-19-1899/06-15-1978 Richardson, Louella M. 09-27-1914/03-25-1997 note: her death is not on stone but on a funeral home marker Double marker Robinson, Mollye W. 08-22-1898/08-11-1987 Robinson, Frank M. 07-07-1896/02-03-1974 S: Schughart, Meyes 07-28-1904/12-16-1921 s/o Joe and Kate Schughart Rest our beloved son Sisk, Lula Virginia 09-22-1874/01-17-1951 Double marker Sisk, Hanley 1882/1969 Sisk, Maggie 1880/1962 Gone but not forgotten Sisk, Mildred Lenora 10-28-1911/12-03-1914 Sisk, Wayne Walker 01-29-1915/06-01-1916 Double marker Sisk, Charlie E. 03-02-1906/01-08-1973 Sisk, Virgie L. (Flynn) 08-10-1914/12-24-1980 And I give unto thee eternal life Sisk, Hanley Winston 07-01-1936/09-21-1994 PFC US Army Resting peacefully with Jesus Sisk, Hanley W. Jr. 04-09-1971/06-05-1983 Double marker Sisk, Helen L. 12-06-1928 Sisk, John W. 12-10-1916/09-25-1981 We shall gather at the river note: there is a flower vase between them with their wedding date 10-01-1945 Sisk, Jack Willis 01-11-1937/06-20-1938 Slayton, W.C. 05-30-1856/01-10-1911 Come ye blessed (at the top) Blessed are the dead which die with the Lord (at bottom) Spain, Leta B. 02-07-1892/08-03-1893 Spain, Robert Wilborn 03-15-1895/08-09-1896 Spain, infant son 01-15-1907 Spain, infant son 03-09-1911 all four are children of Ozni and Clara Spain Spain, Margaret E. 06-08-1834/05-10-1907 w/o R.M. Spain Earth has no sorrows Heaven cannot heal Spain, RM 02-07-1834/12-11-1911 h/o Margaret Spain Thy memory shall ever be a guiding star in Heaven Double marker Spain, John Adison 1873/1951 Spain, Blanche (Jones ) 1893/1982 married 11-11-1911 Double marker Spain, Addie 03-08-1914/07-03-1914 Our darling hath gone on before to greet us on the blissful shore Spain, infant daughter 12-09-1917/12-09-1917 God blesses in an early death and takes the infant unto Himself infant daughters of John and Blanche Spain Spain, infant daughter 03-09-1911/03-09-1911 Sweetly sleeping this stone was lying against a tree near the Ozni and Clara Spain babies Double marker Spain, John W. 1936/ Spain, Anita Y. (Freshour) 1940/1988 Double marker Spain, Eugene R. 1915/1982 Spain, Nellie J. 1915/1991 Spain, Wilson 03-07-1919/05-08-1975 SI US Navy WWII Resting in Christ note: He has a veteran marker at the foot of his grave Double marker Spain, Kathy Ann 07-08-1949/08-06-1949 Spain, Jimmy Glenn 05-21-1948/05-21-1948 children of W.W. Spain Spain, Clara A. 02-08-1871/03-17-1911 wife of Ozni Spain Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Spain, Ozni 02-17-1868/04-07-1919 Woodsmen of the World Memorial Rest in peace Double marker Spain, John T. 02-04-1931/03-26-1998 Spain, Karen 03-13-1950/ note: their wedding date is on the stone 05-03-1980 T: Taegtmeyer, S.E. “Big Tag” 01-07-1921/01-11-1997 note: has Pappy at the top of the stone Taegtmeyer, Adolph John 11-16-1887/01-12-1970 Taegtmeyer, Gertrude L. 05-16-1901/06-07-1978 Taegtmeyer, Leisa Trudy 07-16-1955/05-20-1968 Taegtmeyer, Lois Yvonne 07-19-1927/12-21-1999 Beloved mother and sister Tarbutton, Cecil B. 02-20-1920/03-23-1947 Arkansas PFC 127 Field Arty WWII Double marker Tarbutton, Charlie B. 1884/1956 Tarbutton, Lloyd R. 1894/1975 Tarbutton, Charles B. 12-16-1912/05-05-1966 Thornton, Edna (McElroy) 04-24-1902/07-07-1923 Turner, Rachel 06-07-1914 Double marker Turner, Arra L. 1889/1964 Turner, Oscar 1882/1927 Tyer, Emma Lee 01-07-1878/05-01-1900 He gives and when He takes away He takes but what He gave V: Van Dusen, A. Loas Webster 07-30-1910/09-26-1977 Vest, Henry Neal 10-14-1925/08-30-1985 US Navy WWII Double marker Voyles, Charlie 1882/1953 Voyles, Maggie 1892/1954 Gone but not forgotten W: Double marker Walls, Arthur M. 07-05-1894/12-25-1975 Walls, Minnie L. 03-26-1898/12-23-1983 Double marker Want, Maurice D. 12-07-1908/06-25-1987 Want, Anna Laura 01-03-1909/06-16-1999 Precious Lord take my hand Double marker Ward, Roy T.J. 08-05-1936/05-14-1980 Ward, Patricia Gail 12-15-1941/03-02-1996 Lord be easy on the one who suffered so long gave so much and asked so little Watson, George Harmon 02-06-1899/08-25-1915 Watson, Andrew Jackson 06-17-1861/12-23-1908 Watson, George W. 12-29-1858/12-1898 Gone to his reward Watson, Mary A. 02-20-1833/03-05-1899 w/o G.W. Watson Faithful to her trust even unto death Watson, George W. 10-20-1823/03-11-1893 h/o M.A. Watson Watson, Jennie d. 02-11-1905 At Rest in the 22nd year of her age Webster, Hazel E. 05-02-1921/03-14-2002 w/o R. Earl Webster note: Kernodle Funeral Home marker no stone yet Webster, R. Earl 05-22-1907/03-24-1967 h/o Hazel Webster Double marker Weeden, Thomas J. 02-08-1854/08-18-1922 Weeden, Parolee H. 10-03-1869/07-26-1965 West, Grace Banton 10-19-1925/ Double marker White, Jimmie Carolyn 11-21-1942/03-03-1992 White, William Clarence Sr. 02-19-1919/10-22-1996 White, Clifford W. 03-19-1920/01-22-1923 Son Double marker White, Arminta J. 06-16-1859/06-28-1941 White, John R. 02-08-1856/05-28-1925 Double marker White, Pearl 10-4-1886/01-29-1980 White, Allen C. 03-20-1887/12-28-1948 Double marker White, Mollie 1887/1967 White, Lewis 1881/1963 Willis, Callie B. 11-29-1873/12-28-1934 At Rest (above her name) Our Mother Willis, Claud E. 03-13-1880/06-11-1949 Gone but not forgotten Wills, Floy Chadwick 11-26-1902/06-07-1937 Mother Wills, Aaron Floyd 02-04-1890/07-12-1940 Father Wilson, Margaret W. (Slayton) 10-20-1865/10-27-1957 Double marker Winters, J.E. 07-29-1879/11-19-1962 Winters, Ida 05-25-1884/03-10-1975 Wright, Laura J. 03-07-1842/01-27-1892 Mother Wright, Wiley W. 12-23-1839/07-10-1924 Father NOTES: Note # 1: Small stone marker between Auther Harp and Minnie Meyers no markings. Note # 2: Small pipe in the ground with silk flowers in it and no markings between Howard Lewis Cobb and another small plain marker. Note # 3: Small marker between the pipe listed above and Robert Haynes no markings Note # 4. Small rectangular marble stone between Harrell Phillips and Margaret W. Slayton, no markings. It is right beside the entry walkway. Note # 5. About 8” tall cement post with no markings between George W. Watson and Jennie Newsom. Note # 6. About 8” tall cement post with no markings between Wilson Spain's foot marker and Jessie Newsom. Note # 7. Small white marble marker with wife on back nothing else located beside Jessie Newsom. Note # 8. A metal cross(in the shape of a Maltese Cross) with CSA (Confederate States of America) no other markings located between Frances E. McElroy and J.P. Harrell.