Lee Co., AR - Cemeteries - Hopewell Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jane Hartley <dorcas@ipa.net> Date Transcribed: Nov 10 2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Hopewell Cemetery, Lee County, Arkansas Location: This cemetery is located on Lee Road 810. When traveling north on Hwy 121 past Holubs Crossing, turn east onto 810. The cemetery is about 1 ½ miles down on the south side of 810. Jane Hartley submitted this cemetery on January 19, 2002 and updated it on November 10, 2005. BEARD, Martha E. 2/13/1850 - 2/16/1886 (wife of John) BENNETT, P. B. 2/13/1847 - 7/13/1898 BROOKS, Charlton P. 3/17/1855 - 11/13/1896 BURK, Daniel Clyde Mathew 11/5/1987 - 11/16/1987 (son of Steve & Nancy Mathews Burk) CARROLL, James V. 7/4/1927 - 6/24/1982 (son) CARROLL, Lucy (See St. John) CARROLL, Michael 2/23/1946 - 3/2/1946 (son) CARROLL, R. E. 6/15/1886 - 4/3/1950 (Father There shall be no night there) CARROLL, Virginia Freeland 12/1/1904 - 7/24/1972 (Mother we will meet again) CHANDLER, Lena (no marker mother of James Chandler of Forrest City) CHERRY, baby (medal marker with dove markings rusted off) CLARK, Hazel M. 7/19/1931 - 11/14/2003 [double stone with Obie Sherman] CLARK, Obie Sherman born Feb 28, 1923 [double stone with Hazel] COTHRAN, Virginia (see Carroll died a Cothran, children by Carroll) COX, Francis M. 6/22/1845 - 9/12/1915 [double stone with Margret] COX, Margret F. 9/11/1856 - 5/19/1924 (wife of Francis) [double stone with Francis] DEES, W.W. 3/1921 - 5/1939 (across road) DIAMOND, Irene (see McClendon) DISNEY, Robert Michael 2/21/1944 - 4/8/2004 (related to Tammy Newton) DOUGLAS, Frank 1853 1898 (double stone with Minerva) DOUGLAS, Ida Louise (Mathews) 9/27/1901 11/4/1982 [double stone with Stephen A.] DOUGLAS, John Henry Oct 11, 1892 1970 (husband of Maude) DOUGLAS, Johnny (no marker son) DOUGLAS, Maude Elizabeth Wurzburger 1/23/1911 - 4/2/2002 (wife of John Henry; beloved Grandmother) DOUGLAS, Minerva (Augustine) Reid 11/20/1860 - 4/19/1931 (mother) DOUGLAS, Stephen A. 3/25/1894 - 8/18/1961 (Ark PVT MGCO 128 Inftry 32 Div WW1; Husband to Ida Louise, brother to Liller, Johnny, Carrie, Ida Mae) DUKE, Benjamin F died 1/21/1933 (no marker; obit age 95) DUKE, Raymond Calvin 8/10/?-9/? (no marker infant son of Benjamin) FREELAND, Pearl Norman 3/8/1882 - 3/15/1885 (daug of MM & MA Freeland) FREELAND, Virginia (see Carroll) FREELAND, William Robert ?/1884- 8/22/1912 [triple stone with Irene Diamond - 1st husb] (Harveys father) GAMBLE, ? (father of Lawrence and Walter) GAMBLE, Lawrence 8/7/1925 - 6/22/1964 (Ark PFC US Army Korea; drowned) GAMBLE, Walter H. 5/12/1902 - 7/8/1986 (PVT US Army WWII; Hus & Fath) GAMBLE, Wanda 8/7/1907 - 7/28/90 (wife & mother) GORHAM, Morris 5/1891 died 1904 GORHAM, Winnie 6/1900 - died 190? (Parents moved to Oklahoma but later had large concrete slab cover childrens graves difficult to read dates) HALL, babys (daugh & son of Ben; died in 1928) HALL, Benjamin L. 10/27/1883 - 5/31/1956 (Husband; double stone with Mary Ethel) HALL, Donald L. July 9, 1932 May 14, 1990 (Double stone with Eva) HALL, Eva Aug 20, 1933 - ____________ (Double stone with Donald L.) HALL, Frank E. 7/24/1927 - 6/16/1981 (son PFC US Army WWII; double stone with Neva) HALL, Joseph E(mmett) 10/11/1885 - 11/14/1967 (The Lord is my shepherd) HALL, Mary Ethel 8/21/1891 -5/25/1979 (wife; double stone with Ben) HALL, Neva (Jones) Hall Mitchell 7/5/1932 Mar 13, 2005 (wife; Married June 18, 1948) HARRISS, Charles (no marker George's uncle) HARRISS, Horace (no marker George's uncle) HARRISS, Oscar (no marker George's uncle) HARRISS, unknown (Georges aunt) HARRISS, West 6/2/1836 - 10/11/1899 (Brother to George McClendon's mother) HILL, unknown June 15, 1852 Jan 1, 1887 (marker broken in area of McClendons 2005) HOLWELL, Fannie P(atton) 4/25/1884 - 10/8/1907 (wife of W. A.) HUSKEY - ? (farm hand died in late 30's or 40's no one claimed body) HUSKEY, James A. 1875-1935 HUSKEY, Martha J. 1874-1932 HUSKEY, Tom 1866 - 11/19/? JAMES, B.E. Nov 15, 1857 Apr 3, 1893 JAMES, Frank (no marker - hearsay) JAMES, Jesse (no marker - hearsay) JOHNSON, Mary J. died Nov 24, 1870 (Wife of JH; 31 yrs 9 mos 16 days; stone broken) KEY, Clara V. 1894-1931 KEY, Ira A. 1914-1919 KEY, J. I. 1885-1929 KING, Archie 5/8/1910 - 11/27/1923 (Liller Douglas's son - gored by a bull. LANE-MATHEWS, Patsy Jean Oct 8, 1943 July 16, 2000 (w/love Shelia, Billy, Danielle) LONG, Addie E. May 13, 1915 Sept 22, 1988 (2nd wife of A Otis) LONG, Arthur Otis 1/8/1897 - 5/31/1980 (husband of Maggie & Addie; son of John) LONG, Clifton 1895 - 1896 (related to Buck Long of Moro) LONG, Gurvis no marker 1914 - 10/8/1939 LONG, John Lafayette 5/1/1867 - 2/11/1948 (no marker) LONG, Josephine McClendon (no marker wife of R O) LONG, Lillie O. 8/13/1876 - 4/12/1893 (daugh of C. L. & S. W.) LONG, Lonnie 1909 1910 (no marker) LONG, Maggie Jones (no marker Otis 1st wife) LONG, Neely 1892-1893 (son of John; no marker) LONG, R. O. (no marker; John's brother- buried with McClendons) LONG, Sealy (no marker) LOONEY, Katie L. Jan 6, 1870 Sept 17, 1870 (8 mos 11 days) MARTIN, E. M. 5/16/1890(?) - 2/6/1886 MARTIN, William Franklin 1/3/1877 - 10/11/1896 (son of S. G. & Ida) MATHEWS, Ada Dunne 4/4/1893 1/18/1994 [double stone with George Vasser Mathews] MATHEWS, Charley Armond -9/26/1907 - 12/2/1997 (double stone with Viola Wilson Mathews) MATHEWS, Charles Ray Rayford Jan 13, 1925 - __________ [double stone with Louise; mar. Oct 30, 1948] MATHEWS, George Vasser 9/4/1893 - 12/19/1979 [double stone with Ada Dunne Mathews] MATHEWS, K. G. 8/1/1866 - 11/23/1900 (father of Memphis woman; WOW) MATHEWS, Louise Jones Sept 16, 1931 [double stone with Ray] MATHEWS, Lydia 11/9/1827 - 11/17/1896 (wife of C. J.) MATHEWS, Sammy 5/6/57-5/6/1957 (inft son of Sam & Eula Mae) MATHEWS, Viola Wilson Feb 28 (Still living) MCCLENDON, Billy Gene 3/13/1939 - 1/12/2000 (a loving father, husband, and friend who gave it all) MCCLENDON, Della Long (no marker Robert's mother) MCCLENDON, Draper Mae May 25, 1927 Oct 12, 1988 (Nanny) MCCLENDON, George Rufus 10/11/1872 - 8/10/1951 (triple stone with/2nd hus of Irene & Jake's father) MCCLENDON, Irene Diamond (Freeland) 1/2/1883 - 3/30/1969 (triple stone with George & William R Freeland)) MCCLENDON, J. H. 7/1/1860 - 9/11/1897 (stone broken 2005) MCCLENDON, Johnnie Alvin 4/28/1928 - 10/22/2004 (AGT US ARMY Korean War; M. 5/5/1950; double stone with Sybil F.) MCCLENDON, Kenneth "Jake" E. 2/10/1924 - 7/16/1981 (PFC US Army WWII; double stone with Draper) MCCLENDON, Lee "Bud" (no marker Robert's father also some brothers no markers) MCCLENDON, Maggie Louise (see St. Aubin) MCCLENDON, Margie Lee Sept 25, 1927 Nov 23, 2000 MCCLENDON, Mary B. 12/24/1873 - 2/26/1874 (infant) MCCLENDON, Mary Louise Johnston 6/17/1919 - 2/24/1986 (Rube s wife; Beloved Mother) MCCLENDON, Mary Magdalene Mathews Williams 9/23/1899 (wife of Robert; 2nd husband; Mannon Williams 1st) MCCLENDON, Minerva 2/13/1835 - 1/20/1907 (wife of William) MCCLENDON, Reuben Marion 7/28/1916 - 1/1/2001 (age 84) MCCLENDON, Robbie Jean 3/29/1957 - 5/4/1957 (Robert & Mary M. grand-daughter infant of Charlie) MCCLENDON, Robert A. 9/20/1900 - 2/7/1981 (double stone with Mary M.) MCCLENDON, Sybil F. 1/22/1932 - _________ (M. 5/5/1950) [double stone with Johnnie Alvin] MCCLENDON, Thomas Eugene 8/11/1918 - 5/21/1969 (suicide) (Son Thomas L. buried in Marianna) MCCLENDON, William Arthur 6/19/1914 - 9/29/1977 MCCLURG, Dorothy Mathews 3/8/1934- MCCLURG, Joe 8/1/1931 - 11/17/1995 (mar.6/21/52 to Dorothy) MOYE, George C. 10/18/1912 - ?/?/1957 (Age 45 years) MOYE, M. A. P. (not clear mother & wife; 47 yrs 4 mos 29 days; wife of WF) MOYE, Sallie H. 4/7/1861 - 7/15/1897 (wife of JCF) MOYE, William A. died 8/31/186? (Age 10 years; son of WF & MAP Moye) MOYE, William F. 5/31/1826 - 7/?/1886 (husband & father) NICHOLS, Carrie Douglas 7/18/1895 - 9/1/1983 (wife of William) NICHOLS, William 3/22/1874 - 7/26/1961 (hus. Kentucky PVT CO Regt. Infrty Span-Am) PARKER, Alvada Victoria Wilson 11/11/1908 - 10/5/1982 (double stone with Ernest E.)) PARKER, Ernest Edward 8/5/1908 - 6/5/1965 (double stone with Alvada) PARKER, Walter Warren 1/5/1885 - 10/10/1885 (son of BW & SW) REED, Hugh M (Squire) 1831 - 1860 (father of Minevera Douglas no marker) REED, Minevera Derossett 2/13/1835 - 1/20/1907 (no marker) SLIGH, Alice A. 6/29/188? - 9/10/1884 (daug of Wm & Loella; no marker 2005) SLIGH, Leon ? (son of Wm & Loella; no marker 2005) SPEER, Kate L. 9/18/1879 - 1/4/1900 (wife of WN; stone broken 2005) ST. AUBIN, Maggie Louise McClendon Billingsley 3/14/1933 - 5/3/1981 (Roberts daug) ST. JOHN, Lucy Carroll 11/27/1929 - 11/13/1979 (dau. RE Carroll) TROTTER, Doctor UNDERWOOD, O. J. (no marker) WALL, Green. 5/29/1886 - 7/25/1886 (son of W. A. & M. E; stone broken 2005) WARR, Clifford 4/10/1912 - 2/12/1917 WArr, John H. 1870 - 6/7/1935 (car accident) WARR, Stanley Aug 1, 191 Feb 17, 1917 (no marker) WARR, Leon 1895-1931 (John's son; suicide) WILLIAMS, Mannon (no marker (Mary M. Mathews 1st husband) from Humbolt, Tn.) WILSON, Fred G. 10/10/1877 - 7/31/1964 (Viola Mathews and Victoria Parker's father WOOD, Georgia Anna 4/22/1838 - 4/30/1901 (wife of J. J.) WOOD, J. J. 12/23/1826 - 9/7/1911 YARBROUGH, Ida Mae Douglas 1887 - 1968 (Husband Henry Scott Yarbrough buried in old cemetery in Marianna) Note: Charlie Stemeck lost an arm in Gill gin-buried it in Hopewell and put a marker there - it is grown into a tree. Note: Mary Magadalene McClendon, Ida Louise Douglas, Charlie A. Mathews, Annie Huckaba, Minnie Cothran (she and her 2nd husband Dick are buried in Marianna), Vasser Mathews, & Marvin Mathews were children of Oscar Rayford (buried in Miss.) & Leona Dunn Mathews who is buried in Mars Hill Cemetery.