MACEDONIA CEMETERY  Perry Twp., Johnson Co., AR, S30-T10N-R22W Cemetery access is through private land.  Permission of owner should be obtained. Copyright 1999  Debra C. Blackard.

 

Macedonia Cemetery has been neglected for many years, suffering damage from overgrowth, animals, and the ravages of time.  The Minnow Creek 4-H Club chose to "adopt" Macedonia as one of it's service projects in 1998-1999.

 

INVENTORY   by Lacey Tate and Debra Blackard, 11 Apr 1999.   (1) from JOHNSON COUNTY CEMETERIES, JOHNSON COUNTY ARKANSAS,  Johnson County EHC, 1986. ( 2) Rebecca Webb Knox, from interview with Eva Lee Webb Neece  (3) Ina Russell Dollins

 

NAME & INSCRIPTION	NOTES
(1) Eady Kate Webb Davis, 18 May 1868 - 24 Apr 1935	no marker found  (2) Eady Kate Webb, s. of Miles J.Webb,  m. Joseph N. Davis.  Source: Eva L. Webb Neece, Miami, OK
Earnest James Davis, 26 Apr 1922 - 21 Jan 1982  TEC 5 US ARMY  WORLD WAR II  Cross	bronze flat marker, military
(1) Joseph Newton Davis, 6 Mar 1865 - 26 Oct 1929	no marker found  (2) s/o William & Jane Brown Davis.  Source: Eva L. Webb Neece, Miami, OK
Jane Brown Davis, 23 Mar 1828 - 22 Apr 1917  BORN IN MISSOURI   DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BROWN AND ELIZABETH HALSTEAD	modern flat granite marker
(1) Levi Davis, 13 Oct 1869 - 9 Aug 1930	no marker found  (2) s/o William & Jane Brown Davis,  b. 13 Oct 1869, d. 1928. Source: Eva L. Webb Neece, Miami, OK
Sarah Elizabeth Webb Davis, (1) 3 Jul 1879 - 11 Mar 1952	funeral home marker, badly damaged  (2) Sarah E. Webb, s. of Miles Jackson Webb, m. Levi Davis. Source: Eva L. Webb, Miami, OK
Thomas Davis,  10 Jul 1792 - 15 Oct 1882  BORN IN N.C.	modern flat granite marker
William Davis, 2 Oct 1813 - 28 Aug 1883  BORN IN N.C.  SON OF THOMAS DAVIS AND REBECCA NIX	modern flat granite marker
Martin A. Devore, 16 Jul 1893 - 19 Jul 1896  SON OF A. J. & L. A. DEVORE  Budded on earth to bloom in heaven	marble Gothic obelisk
(1) Jess Milsap	no marker found
(1) Liza Milsap	no marker found
Gracie Mae Willis Minnie, 4 Jul 1903 - 25 Dec 1920,  AT REST IN HEAVEN, MINNIE	brick coping, granite tablet-on-base
Pritchett, Jan 1926  INFANT SON OF CHARLES AND MARY PRITCHETT	Marker placed by Roy Pritchett & family, 1999.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF  Charles M. & Mary Price Pritchett, 1895 - 1926,  BY SONS, ROBERT, ROY & ROLAND	A double stone memorializing the Pritchetts was placed in the Macedonia Cemetery in 1999. Charles Pritchett, son of John.
F. P. Russell, 18 Jul 1855 - 22 Jun 1913,  GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT FROM OUR MEMORY, RUSSELL  clasped hands	concrete composition marker on base
Lydia Irene Russell, 10 Aug 1928 - 14 Feb 1933,  DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM & MYRTLE	modern flat granite marker
[(3) Lydia Owens Russell, b. 1859 - d. 1914]	no stone found  (3) d/o of Jabez Owens & ELizabeth J. Whittenburg  Source: Ina Russell Dollins, Morley, MO
Marie Ruby Russell, 19 Mar 1919 - 7 Jul 1920,  DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM & MYRTLE	modern flat granite marker
Ora Belle Webb, (1) 9 Feb 1903 - 19 Feb 1903  daughter of M. J. and A. M.	marble tablet on base  (2) 19 Feb 1903 -19 Feb 1903.  Source: Eva L. Webb Neece, Miami, OK
John W. Willis, 1 SGT. CO I, 2 ARK. INF.	USA, marble tablet marker, military
[unknown]	funeral home marker, illegible; grave depression, adult-sized; fieldstone head and foot markers
This inventory is IN PROGRESS. There are several graves marked only with fieldstones that will be added to the inventory later.	Minnow Creek 4-Hers plan to complete a detailed site map showing the placement of each grave in the entire cemetery.

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