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While looking for a headstone I came across several that I wanted to take pictures of.  The first of which are very young children’s headstones that are buried in one small area of the cemetery.  As a mother of four daughters it really touched my heart.  The others are stones that my daughter took pictures of and a few that I thought were very nice.  More will come as I have time to get out here, however I am not sure that I will transcribe the entire cemetery as it is so large.

The Children’s Plot

Darrel Wayne COON
No. 2, 1948

Diana Lynn SPARKS
Sept. 2, 1949
Beloved Daughter

Baby GILSTRAP
1949
Now I lay me down to sleep

Terry Lee ANDREWS
June 3, 1948
April 27, 1952

Michael Ray CONROW
1951 – 1951

Baby Girl HAILEY
1950

Ima Jean PETTY
March 27, 1949
Sept. 6, 1949

Carol Jean
Dau of Gordon & Mary RILEY
1947 – 1951

Jeannie Mae ENOCHS
1954 – 1956

Now I lay me down to sleep
Nancy Elaine SARDUK
Dec. 23. – 25, 1956

Randy Eugene ENOCHS
12. 15 1957

Baby Girl
Carol Sue SLANKARD
Feb. 27, 1958 – Feb. 27, 1958

Our Baby
Joyce Ann SPENCER
Mar. 21, 1955
Oct. 27, 1962

Billy Jack
Infant son of
Mr. & Mrs. E.G. COMER
1963

Leroy E. COX
Apr. 26           May 3
               1963
Now I lay me down to sleep

Mary Elizabeth
Dau of
Lester & Elizabeth LAWHORN
Sept. 1923

Our son
Randy Wayne SPENCER
1960 – 1969

Zachary Tyler WILSON
July 13, 1994
Austin Ryan WILSON
Oct. 5, 1995
Now I lay me down to sleep

Tracy DICKEY
April 13, 1962

Ladonna Sue MACON
Oc 11, 1861

Angela Mae JONES
Aug. 17, 1961

Sondra Dee GRIBLIN
May 15 – 18, 1961

Tressa Lynn TARDRICH
No 3, 1991

Our Baby
Lisa F. McHOWE
Dec. 66 – Nov. 68

Glenn LaFLEUR
Son of
Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. LaFLEUR
1968

Now I lay me down
To sleep
Scotty Leroy HUFFMAN
1967

Brenda Day MACON
Oc 1, 1960

Kenneth D. KING
1959
Our Baby

Our Darling Angel
Brenda Lee FELKER
Mar. 5, - Mar. 7, 1964
Sleeping in God’s Keeping

Our son
Aaron Lee FRY
June 22, 1960

Thomas MICHAUD
Dec. 22, 1958
Asleep in Jesus

Michelle Lynn SWARENS

James William OLSON
1976

No name or dates, so sad

End of Children’s Plot

Etta Green WILLIAMS
Nov. 5, 1877 – April 3, 1958
Devoted Mother – Charitable to others

Joan S. GREEN
1929 – 1945
“To know her was to love her”

Peaches H. GREEN
1908 – 1949
She loved us, and we loved her

Melvin P. GREEN
July 22, 1903 – Jan. 9, 1965
He loved people and was charitable to all

RICHARDSON
Mother                       Father
Dora J.                        Joseph W.
1881 – 1942                1872 0- 1931

William D. WOODWORTH
1845 – 1923
Co. C 1st. ARK. CAV.

Floyd D. WOODWORTH
1883 – 1928

Mary E. WOODWORTH
1857 – 1939

WOODWORTH

Dorothy J. SHELTON
June 6, 1908 – July 24, 1999

Edmond M. SHELTON
April 2, 1904 – July 31, 1976

Grant J. HAMLIN
1912 – 1970

Mother
Barbara HAMLIN
1888 – 1952

LEMMONS
Father                         Mother
Walter                        Edith V.
1916 – 1964                1920 – 2000

Edna Wallace HARRIS
Oct. 7, 1907
Apr. 27, 1996
We love you

Father
George L. WALLACE
Aug. 26, 1905 – May 31, 1951

William W. FLYNN
Missouri
PVT US ARMY
World War 1
Dec. 14, 1893 – Sept. 13, 196?

Laura May FLYNN
Dec. 4, 1903 – Feb. 3, 1980
In loving Memory

Burials submitted by guests

The following have been submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

William J. Greer
1848
No death date, side by side with Alice
Source: Colleen Belk's Tombstone Inscriptions, Jasper County, MO

Richard R. Greer
1874
1916
Source: Colleen Belk's Tombstone Inscriptions, Jasper County, MO

Alice Reynolds Greer
1851
1921
Source: Colleen side by side with William J.
Belk's Tombstone Inscriptions, Jasper County, MO

Eunice Blankenship Greenwood
1898
1970
Source: Colleen Belk's Tombstone Inscriptions, Jasper County, MO
Blankenship lot

Walter Greenway
1890
1920
Source: Colleen Belk's Tombstone Inscriptions, Jasper County, MO
son, side by side mother

mother Greenway
no dates, side by side with Walter
Source: Colleen Belk's Tombstone Inscriptions, Jasper County, MO

Gus Shure
Source: Knell Mortuary Records
No dates given.
Gus Shure, Route 5, Jasper, age 61 years, buried Forest Park Cemetery. No other information.

The following were submitted by: Cathy Townsend-Garcia
Nora Wedington Townsend
December 23, 1880
October 3, 1918
Date of Burial: October 5, 1918
Source: Bilk-Kennedy Cemetery Records Vol. 6-51
wife of Charles Townsend
mother of Josephine, Ruth, Gladys, Clyde and Clarence.
daughter of Robert Wedington and Emily Harkins-Wedington (Weddington).
Resided in Duenweg Mo.

Charles Townsend
1873 - 1927
Source: Bilk-Kennedy Cemetery Records Vol. 6-51
h/o Nora Weddington

Clarence Townsend
1905 - 1937
Source: Bilk-Kennedy Cemetery Records Vol. 6-51

Josephine Townsend
March 24, 1912
November 25, 1917
Source: Bilk-Kennedy Cemetery Vol. 6-51
daughter of Nora and Charles

Submitted by: Lori Jarosz
Name of Deceased: David Alexander Head
Date of Birth: 20 Jul 1864
Date of Death: 12 Mar 1932
Date of Burial: 14 Mar 1932
Source: Death Certificate
David is the son of William Franklin Head, b. about 1838 in NC and Sarah Ann Broady, b. 1839 in Saltville, VA. David was born in Saltville, Washington Co. VA as well. David's parents and siblings settled in Ray County, MO.

Submitted by: Cynthia Webb
Name of Deceased: Tennessee Bell Dunn Carson
Date of Birth: 29 Dec 1880
Date of Death: 25 Jan 1916
Date of Burial: 27 Jan 1916
Source: Death Certificate

2nd Wife of Robert Lee Carson, COD - Lobar Pneumonia, St. Johns Hospital

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