Mount Holly Cemetery
Broadway and 10 Streets
Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Arkansas
Mount Holly Cemetery is often called the Westminster Abbey of Arkansas, a name that seems justified by the great number of individuals of significance in the fields of art, literature, religion, and politics who are buried there. Eleven Arkansas governors are interred therein, as well as thirteen state Supreme Court Justices, four United States senators, four Confederate generals, and twenty-one Little Rock mayors. 3
Mount Holly Cemetery dates from February 23, 1843, when ground was deeded by two leading citizens, Chester Ashley and Roswell Beebe, to the city of Little Rock. The cemetery is located on a four-square-block site between 11th and 13th streets and from Broadway to Gaines Street. The cemetery remains its original twenty-acre size. Before the establishment of Mount Holly, burials were made in private family cemeteries and a public burial ground on what would first become the Peabody School site and later the location of the present-day Federal Building at Capitol Avenue and Gaines Street. A number of grave markers with dates predating the formation of Mount Holly represent reinterments from the Capitol Avenue site. 3
This is a partial listing of the tombstones found in Hollywood Cemetery and are shown in alphabetical order. The tombstone photographs are copyrighted by Patti Vance Hays. You may use them for your personal use but not for publication in any medium without permission. You may, however, use the tombstone photographs on your public [permission is not granted for private trees] ancestry.com family tree site as long as you type in the description field the following: Courtesy of Patti Vance Hays as posted on the Found Leaves and Branches website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pattisgenealogypages/
If you use any of the photographs (and I will be adding more), I would love to hear from you. Let me know (via email below), and I will post on the bottom of this webpage the link to your ancestry.com family tree. Please make sure you type the following in the email subject: Mount Holly Cemetery ancestry.com family tree
In most cases, the lot name in "Notes" is from Mount Holly Cemetery: Little Rock, Arkansas; Burial Index 1843-1993, compiled by Sybil F. Crawford and Mary Fletcher Worthen, under sponsorship of Mount Holly Cemetery Association.
Click on "Deceased Name" or other underlined words to view photograph.
| Deceased Name | Closeup or Double Marker | Dates | Veteran Information | Notes |
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| Abraham, Samuel Victor | 01/13/1892 - 02/04/1958 | Mausoleum | ||
| Adams, Catherine Yeiser | 03/23/1827 - 07/06/1909 | John D. Adams Lot Wife of John D. Adams |
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| Adams, Charles S. | 09/28/1872 - 09/10/1906 | John Dudley Adams Lot | ||
| Adams, David Walker | closeup | 02/15/1838 - 03/05/1852 | John D. Adams Lot Marker on side of Samuel and Rebecca monument |
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| Adams, Dean | 02/22/1855 - 10/15/1923 | John D. Adams Lot | ||
| Adams, Eddie | no dates | John Dudley Adams Lot "Our Little Boy Eddie" |
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| Adams, Jackson B. | 03/03/1840 - 03/05/1840 | John D. Adams Lot Infant son of Samuel and Rebecca Adams |
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| Adams, Jesse May | individual marker | 04/29/1830 - 11/20/1851 | John D. Adams Lot Marker on side of Samuel and Rebecca monument |
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| Adams, John D. | closeup | 06/23/1827 - 12/07/1892 | John D. Adams Lot | |
| Adams, John D. Lot | John D. Adams Lot | |||
| Adams, John Dean | closeup | 12/02/1883 - 05/19/1906 | John D. Adams Lot Son of Dean and Amelie Wright Adams |
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| Adams, John Dudley | 06/18/1843 - 01/17/1897 | John Dudley Adams Lot | ||
| Adams, John Dudley Lot | ||||
| Adams, Joyx Collins | closeup | 01/07/1835 - 02/28/1861 | John D. Adams Lot Son of Samuel and Rebecca Adams |
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| Adams, Margaret Adeline Denison and Infant Son | 01/14/1877 - 07/23/1902 | John D. Adams Lot Beloved wife and son of Samuel B. Adams |
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| Adams, Marie Louisa | 10/13/1843 - 01/28/1906 | John Dudley Adams Lot | ||
| Adams, Mary Boyd | closeup | Died 04/09/1868 Aged 23 years 26 days | John D. Adams Lot Wife of Samuel B. Adams |
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| Adams, Rebecca | closeup | 11/22/1807 - 06/04/1840 | John D. Adams Lot Wife of Samuel Adams |
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| Adams, Rosa Martin | closeup | Died 10/17/1855 Aged 3 years 6 months | John D. Adams Lot Child of John D. and Catherine Adams |
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| Adams, Sallie | 08/01/1876 - 08/02/1968 | John D. Adams Lot | ||
| Adams, Samuel | closeup | 06/05/1805 - 02/27/1850 | John D. Adams Lot | |
| Adams, Samuel Burton | 01/17/1849 - 12/25/1928 | John D. Adams Lot | ||
| Adams, Sarah Haney | 06/24/1854 - 01/15/1897 | John D. Adams Lot Beloved wife of Samuel B. Adams |
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| Adams, William H. | 09/02/1870 - 07/05/1881 | John Dudley Adams Lot | ||
| Alford, L'Moore Smith | 09/13/1919 - 04/27/1999 | "Ark. Woman of the Year 1959" | ||
| Alford, Thomas Dale M.D. | 01/28/1916 - 01/25/2000 | "U.S. Congressman 1959-1962" | ||
| Almand, Alexander James | 10/16/1915 - 11/18/1996 | Colonel United States Air Force | Mausoleum | |
| Almand, Carolyn Baird | 04/22/1924 - 11/09/2010 | Mausoleum | ||
| Basham, George L. Lot | ||||
| Basham, George Leftridge | 03/24/1848 - 11/19/1941 | George L. Basham Lot Beloved father of Gertrude Basham |
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| Basham, Julia Parma Beall | 08/06/1856 - 01/10/1911 | George L. Basham Lot Beloved wife of George L. Basham |
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| Basham, Martha Parma | 12/03/1882 - 08/10/1887 | George L. Basham Lot Second Baby of George L. and Julia P. Basham |
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| Basham, Pearl Reed | 07/22/1880 - 11/07/1886 | George L. Basham Lot First Baby of George and L. and Julia P. Basham |
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| Bates, Patsy McGinnis | 06/11/1933 - 07/24/2007 | Philo Hooper Lot | ||
| Bathurst, William R. M.D. | 11/13/1876 - 08/31/1933 | Mausoleum | ||
| Battle, B. B. Lot | Name on step shows Cannon, but book above shows B. B. Battle Lot | |||
| Battle, B. B. | closeup | 07/24/1838 - 12/21/1917 | B. B. Battle Lot | |
| Battle, Josephine Cannon | closeup | 02/22/1840 - 11/19/1899 | B. B. Battle Lot Beloved Wife of B. B. Battle |
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| Bowman, James Arthur | closeup | 07/15/1862 - 06/29/1931 | Mausoleum | |
| Bowman, James Arthur Jr. | 07/23/1903 - 12/24/1993 | Mausoleum | ||
| Bowman, Maude Lescher | 01/12/1910 - 09/27/1994 | Mausoleum | ||
| Bowman, Octavia Jennings | 03/18/1870 - 05/17/1948 | Mausoleum | ||
| Bright, Eudora A. | 11/12/1855 - 11/24/1935 | S. W. Williams Lot | ||
| Brown, Dorothy A. | 11/25/1910 - 08/29/1969 | Mausoleum | ||
| Brown, Robert R. Lot | ||||
| Brown, Robert Raymond | 06/16/1910 - 02/05/1994 | The Ninth Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas, 1955-1970 | ||
| Brown, Warwick Rust | 07/02/1912 - 01/31/1992 | Wife of the Ninth Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas | ||
| Callahan, Hortense J. Watkins | 02/20/1885 - 12/26/1906 | W. C. Watkins Lot Wife of W. E. Callahan |
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| Cannon, John Sharp | 06/05/1811 - 07/02/1883 | B. B. Battle Lot |
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| Cannon, Lunica Stuart | 01/22/1821 - 02/14/1910 | B. B. Battle Lot Beloved wife of John Sharp Cannon |
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| Carroll, George W. | 03/04/1800 - 11/03/1863 | Philo O. Hooper Lot Born in Maryland; died in Texas |
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| Carroll, Lucy H. | 08/07/1809 - 04/07/1876 | Philo O. Hooper Lot Born in Virginia; died at Little Rock |
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| Cherry Mausoleum | ||||
| Cherry/O'Connell Lot | ||||
| Cherry, Ann Keesee Richardson | 06/16/1895 - 11/28/1982 | Cherry Mausoleum Daughter of Dr. Willis Moss Richardson and Annie Sue Keesee Richardson of Helena, Arkansas |
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| Cherry, Calvin N. | closeup | 07/30/1879 - 01/20/1958 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot | |
| Cherry, Fletcher | 06/07/1922 - 06/09/1922 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot | ||
| Cherry, Lewis Williamson | 11/22/1858 - 06/11/1922 | Cherry Mausoleum Only son of Calvin Washington Cherry and Sarah Blount Williamson Cherry of Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Cherry, Lewis Williamson Jr. | 12/16/1893 - 09/15/1974 | Cherry Mausoleum Son of Lewis Williamson Cherry and Lina Vendegrift Denison Cherry of Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Cherry, Lina Vandegrift Denison | 12/01/1872 - 10/21/1957 | Cherry Mausoleum Daughter of George Wilson Denison and Olivia Cochran Vandegrift of Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Cherry, Olivia F. | closeup | 12/21/1882 - 12/01/1965 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot | |
| Christian, Robert A. | 04/18/1918 - 10/21/2004 | Tec 4 US Army World War II | ||
| Crease, Ann Sophia | 1834 - 1911 | J. H. Haney Lot | ||
| Crease, Jane P. | closeup | 1798 - 03/29/1872 | Born at Alexandria, Virginia...died at Retirement Saline Co.
Ark." J. H. Haney Lot |
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| Crease, John H. | closeup | Died 11/25/1872 | "Born at London, Eng...Died at Little Rock, Ark." J. H. Haney Lot |
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| Crews, L. Adron | closeup | 07/08/1934 - 05/01/1996 | Crews Lot | |
| Cross, J. C. Jr. | 05/31/1880 - 06/18/1902 | Mausoleum | ||
| Cross, J. C. Sr. | 10/14/1844 - 07/23/1922 | Mausoleum | ||
| Cross, Mollie Rice | 05/25/1861 - 08/09/1923 | Mausoleum | ||
| Cross, T. Flournoy | 03/30/1882 - 12/24/1961 | Mausoleum | ||
| Daugherty, Daniel Harold | closeup | 04/23/1923 - 11/21/1996 | ||
| DeClerk, Robert Anthony | 02/26/1943 - 07/14/2010 | |||
| Denison, George Wilson | double | 1840 - 1916 | ||
| Denison, Olivia Vandegrift | double | 03/18/1846 - 06/24/1931 | ||
| Finne, Donald Allen Sr. | 09/22/1931 - 11/05/2002 | |||
| Fletcher, Adolphine Krause | closeup | 09/03/1854 - 05/29/1910 | John G. Fletcher Lot | |
| Fletcher, Charlie May Hogue | closeup | 08/17/1897 - 03/21/1977 | John G. Fletcher Lot | |
| Fletcher, James R. | closeup | 04/15/1878 - 12/11/1936 | ||
| Fletcher, John G. | closeup | 01/06/1831 - 01/31/1906 | John G. Fletcher Lot | |
| Fletcher, John G. Lot | ||||
| Fletcher, John Gould | closeup | 01/03/1886 - 05/10/1950 | John G. Fletcher Lot | |
| Fletcher, Mamie Sandlin | 10/31/1887 - 10/05/1957 | Mausoleum Photograph was overexposed |
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| Fletcher, Mary C. | closeup | 08/24/1880 - 01/09/1956 | ||
| Fletcher, Thomas 4 | 04/08/1817 - 02/26/1880 | President - Arkansas Senate 1860-61; Acting Governor 1862 | ||
| Fletcher, Tom | 01/16/1876 - 05/14/1948 | Mausoleum | ||
| Fletcher, Wiley L. | closeup | 10/07/1855 - 04/07/1833 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot Born Columbia Co, Ark.; Died Burnet, Texas |
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| Flournoy, Lucy Rice | 03/28/1845 - 01/25/1923 | Mausoleum | ||
| Ford, Robert Fraser | 02/05/1919 - 04/20/1992 | Philo Hooper Lot | ||
| Hailey, Eleanor Lawson | 09/03/1916 - 02/26/1993 | Perrin Hailey Lot | ||
| Hailey, Perrin Clayton | 05/27/1915 - 10/30/1981 | PFC US Army World War II | Perrin Hailey Lot | |
| Hailey, Perrin Lot | ||||
| Hall, Aileen Isabel | Died 02/05/1894 Age 2 years 7 months | James Lawson Lot Only Child of R. J. and Isabel Hall |
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| Haney, J. H. Lot | ||||
| Harpole, Patricia Brown | closeup | 11/17/1925 - 08/17/2008 | ||
| Henderson, G. DeMatt | 07/07/1881 - 03/12/1945 | Mausoleum | ||
| Henderson, Vera T. | 10/07/1881 - 11/06/1966 | Mausoleum | ||
| Hooper, Georgie Carroll | 09/28/1839 - 03/11/1902 | Philo O. Hooper Lot | ||
| Hooper, Mary | closeup | Died 10/21/1875 Aged 2 Years | Philo O. Hooper Lot Daughter of Dr. P. O. and Georgie Hooper |
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| Hooper, Philo Grafton | 04/12/1867 - 03/28/1900 | Philo O. Hooper Lot | ||
| Hooper, Philo O. Lot | ||||
| Hooper, Philo Oliver | 10/11/1833 - 07/28/1902 | Philo O. Hooper Lot | ||
| Jackson, Arline Mitchell | 09/24/1916 - 09/08/1998 | |||
| Jackson, Rhea Ewing | 10/09/1913 - 10/12/1993 | |||
| Jennings, E. Crews | 1875 - 1925 | Mausoleum | ||
| Jennings, Gertrude E. | 02/04/1851 - 12/22/1922 | Mausoleum | ||
| Jennings, Dr. R. G. | 06/11/1833 - 04/05/1899 | Mausoleum | ||
| Kelley, Fred L. Jr. | 01/01/1923 - 02/12/2002 | |||
| Kirby, Katherine Mortimer | 07/24/1876 - 06/12/1924 | |||
| Kolbe, Harry C. | 09/30/1877 - 11/17/1930 | Mausoleum | ||
| Kolbe, Nan Gill | 05/27/1873 - 05/02/1953 | Mausoleum | ||
| Lawson, Bessee Chase | 02/24/1878 - 11/14/1945 | James Lawson Lot Wife of James Lawson |
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| Lawson, Charles S. | 09/07/1882 - 07/27/1936 | James Lawson Lot Son of James and Emily Lawson |
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| Lawson, Emily Anna Scott | 10/25/1846 - 01/24/1909 | James Lawson Lot Wife of James Lawson |
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| Lawson, Emily Helen | 05/21/1912 - 02/09/1915 | James Lawson Lot Daughter of C. S. and L. W. Lawson |
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| Lawson, Gertrude | 08/12/1900 - 06/14/1932 | James Lawson Lot Daughter of James and Bessee Lawson |
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| Lawson, James Jr. | 06/22/1871 - 03/07/1933 | James Lawson Lot Son of James and Emily Scott Lawson |
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| Lawson, James | Confederate Cross | Died 12/09/1893 | James Lawson Lot Marker illegible |
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| Lawson, James Lot | ||||
| Lawson, Louise | 12/13/1886 - 03/24/1933 | James Lawson Lot Wife of C. S. Lawson (This one is out of focus.) |
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| Lea, Wilhelmina 1 2 | Died 11/18/1977 | |||
| Marshall, John G. | 02/20/1843 - 07/16/1867 | S. W. Williams Lot | ||
| Mausoleum | ||||
| Miller, James Arthur | Veteran Marker | 05/22/1898 - 04/10/1966 | Arkansas BM2 US Navy World War I | Veteran marker has incorrect date of birth |
| Miller, John Fletcher | 12/03/1914 - 01/31/1965 | Arkansas CWO US Army World War II | ||
| Miller, Johnny | 12/28/1939 - 09/09/1993 | |||
| Miller, Sceleta Caroline Smith | closeup | 07/06/1905 - 07/07/1989 | ||
| Moore, C. B. | 03/31/1836 - 12/06/1911 | C. B. Moore Lot | ||
| Moore, Carl | 06/07/1869 - 06/12/1885 | "Second Son of Major & Mrs. C. B. Moore" C. B. Moore Lot |
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| Moore, Joshua Green | 05/12/1867 - 05/08/1883 | C. B. Moore Lot | ||
| Moore, Louise Booker | 03/24/1845 - 02/26/1912 | "Wife of C. B. Moore" C. B. Moore Lot |
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| Mortimer, Walter Charles | 01/31/1868 - 08/27/1928 | |||
| Newman, Harry | closeup | 03/04/1856 - 12/30/1949 | Mausoleum Born Cornwall, England |
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| Newman, Sarah | closeup | 06/29/1855 - 02/06/1925 | Mausoleum Beloved wife of Harry Newman Born at Bere Ferrers, England |
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| O'Connell, Daniel L. | Died 03/30/1873 Aged 44 Yrs, 3 Mos | Cherry/O'Connell Lot | ||
| O'Connell, Edgar | Died 07/02/1871 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot | ||
| O'Connell, Olivia Hall | 12/23/1837-08/26/1890 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot Born Macon Co, Georgia |
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| O'Connell, Oscar | Died 11/20/1869 | Cherry/O'Connell Lot Son of D L and Olivia O'Connell |
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| Ogden, Lillian Worthen | Died 10/11/1955 | Mausoleum Infant Daughter of Mahlon and Lillian Ogden |
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| Ogden, Mahlon Dickerson Jr. | 08/17/1908 - 07/16/1994 | Mausoleum | ||
| Ogden, Mary Lillian Balch | 04/08/1921 - 04/04/1991 | Mausoleum | ||
| Ogden, Mary Rebecca | Died 04/18/1952 | Mausoleum Infant Daughter of Mahlon and Lillian Ogden |
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| Parsons, William B. | 02/03/1868 - 12/27/1927 | Mausoleum | ||
| Pearson, Gertrude Slaughter | 07/23/1888 - 12/20/1969 | Mausoleum Beloved wife of John Benjamin Pearson |
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| Pearson, John Benjamin | 11/13/1885 - 04/07/1925 | Mausoleum Beloved husband of Gertrude S. Pearson |
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| Peyton, Cara Crease | closeup | Died 07/22/1904 | J. H. Haney Lot | |
| Peyton, Dr. Craven | closeup | 11/30/1823 - 11/07/1872 | "Born at Shelbyville, Ky." J. H. Haney Lot |
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| Price, J. P. Patsy Hixson | 09/03/1930 - 07/21/2007 | B. B. Battle Lot but on Sholars side of lot | ||
| Rustam, Mary Allen | 07/20/1905 - 02/16/1996 | Born Little Rock, Ark. | ||
| Rustam, Naorooz | 07/02/1897-05/14/1989 | Born Yazd, Persia | ||
| Sheeks, Cora Lee | closeup | 06/16/1859 - 03/13/1891 | Wife of E. V. Sheeks Born in Doverhill, Ind. Died in Little Rock, Ark. |
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| Shoemaker, Embry Scott | 12/30/1916 - 03/21/2003 | Married 10/30/1936 | ||
| Shoemaker, John Earl | 04/25/1913 - 08/31/2002 | Married 10/30/1936 | ||
| Sholars Lot | Book says it is B. B. Battle Lot | |||
| Sholars, Augustus Bryant | back | no dates | ||
| Sholars, Isadora Nevarre Cannon | back | No Dates | ||
| Slaughter, Albert Cannon | 04/29/1892 - 09/07/1939 | Mausoleum | ||
| Slaughter, David Peyton Sr. | 02/25/1865 - 12/30/1921 | Mausoleum | ||
| Slaughter, Ernestine Waters | 01/11/1893 - 11/09/1956 | Mausoleum | ||
| Slaughter, Nannie Scruggs | 02/22/1866 - 08/01/1951 | Mausoleum | ||
| Smith, J. Rudy | closeup | 06/17/1863 - 11/17/1924 | Mausoleum Born Henderson, Ky. |
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| Tachoir, Ella Sibley Adams | 08/08/1885 - 02/21/1945 | John D. Adams Lot | ||
| Tachoir, Felix Andrew Jr. | 07/10/1881 - 09/05/1932 | John D. Adams Lot | ||
| Terry, David D. Jr. | 06/02/1911 - 05/26/1962 | Arkansas Colonel US Air Force Retired World War
II Korea DFC & 2 OLC - BSM - AM & 3 OLC |
David D. Terry Jr. Lot | |
| Terry, David D. Jr. Lot | ||||
| Terry, David D. III | 03/05/1941 - 01/12/1971 | Arkansas SP4 Us Army Res Vietnam | David D. Terry Jr. Lot | |
| Terry, Grayce F. | 11/21/1919 - 04/09/1992 | North Dakota 1st Lt US Air Force World War II | David D. Terry Jr. Lot | |
| Terry, Unknown | 1967 - 2011 | David D. Terry Jr. Lot | ||
| Trotter, Marnette Wood Chesnutt | 10/20/1922 - 07/08/1998 | Daughter of Dr. James H. and Marnette W. Chesnutt Mother of Marnette W., John F. Jr., Scott C. and Timothy W. |
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| Watkins, George C. | 02/21/1888 - 02/14/1893 | W. C. Watkins Lot Son of W. C. and M. J. Watkins |
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| Watkins, Missouri J. | 06/10/1845 - 01/09/1927 | W. C. Watkins Lot | ||
| Watkins, W. C. Lot | ||||
| Watkins, W. Clen | 02/06/1852 - 04/08/1918 | W. C. Watkins Lot | ||
| Wentworth, Grace Harrow Smith | closeup | 1878 - 1973 | Mausoleum | |
| White, Frank Durwood | 06/04/1933 - 05/21/2003 | 41st Governor of Arkansas 1981-1983 | ||
| Williams, Edwin M. | 07/07/1889 - 03/26/1945 | Arkansas Captain Air Service | S. W. Williams Lot | |
| Williams, Gilbert M. | 02/25/1859 - 04/26/1872 | S. W. Williams Lot | ||
| Williams, Mary Marshall | closeup | 05/05/1829 - 08/31/1886 | "Born in Franklin Co. Ark...married in Little Rock Jan. 18,
1855, Died in Little Rock" S. W. Williams Lot |
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| Williams, S. W. Lot | ||||
| Williams, Samuel Wright | closeup | 08/23/1928 - 03/14/1900 | "Born in York District, S. C...died in Little Rock, Ark." S. W. Williams Lot |
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| Worthen, Booker | 11/17/1908 - 12/14/1981 |
1 I have this particular obituary. When requesting the obituary, please show Mount Holly Cemetery Obituary Request as the subject; in the message please copy and paste the entire line from this page so that I will know where to find the obituary in my files. If you cannot open a microsoft word file, please let me know in your email.
2 From Sentinel-Record obituary
3 Sybil F. Crawford, "Mount Holly Cemetery," The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 23 July 2009, 26 March 2012, <http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=49>
4 He is actually buried in Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock. His obituary shows he died February 21, 1900.