Nancy's Lawrence County Corner

BROWN CEMETERY
Lawrence County, Arkansas


Location: South of Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas. From highway 63 take highway 91 south about two miles, west of highway 91 just southeast of Maple Slough.
Latitude: 35.969N -- Longitude -90.946W -- Map


Thank you to Greg Elders and Teddy Wyatt. They visited the old overgrown Brown cemetery off Ark 91 with his father (my grandfather) John Wyatt as guide. This was 11/27/98, and here are the stones we found. It's possible we missed some, the cane and briars were very thick.

Henry C. Ivins -- January 5, 1858 - February 2, 1922
Molly M. Ivins -- 1867 - 1930
John Calvin Ivins -- October 16, 1894 - May 8, 1916
Lee Smith -- unmarked, next to John Calvin Ivins
Melvin, "Son of C.C. and Leola Ragsdale" -- October 8, 1917 - August 8, 1918
Leola, "Wife of C.C.Ragsdale" -- July 30, 1898 - November 6, 1918
Chas. C. Ragsdale -- October 4, 1884 - February 7, 1919
Marion Ballard -- 1851 - 1900
Henry Elmo Ballard -- (broken stone) ? 1909 - November 17, 1909
Ballard, William F. -- 1880 - 1919
Ballard, Nannie E. -- 1878-1936
Edna Burton Brown -- August 3, 1899 - March 15, 1904
Dempsey Crow -- February 10, 1908 - July 28, 1909
Bertha Crow -- March 26, 1878 - November 10, 1912
Amanda Lewis -- August 20, 1822 - September 10, 1906
M.T. and S.A Stanley -- January 13, 1889 - July 13, 1899
Identical marker adjacent, no legible markings
George Mack Stanley -- born March 28,1876, died August or September 1924
----- brother of S.A Stanley


If you find someone you are looking for, I would be happy to create a link to you. Also if you know of someone that I have omitted, please let me know.

Nancy Matthews

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