LEWELLEN CEMETERY

Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas

 

 

 

Transcribed by Deborah Lunsford Yates

May 31, 2003

by permission of Luther Sigman

 

Located north of Wynne off US Highway 1.  Travel approximately 1 mile from the Highway 1 and Highway 64 junction.  Turn east on County Road 396.  Cross over the railroad track.  The cemetery is located on private property inside a locked fenced.

 

The last burial in this cemetery appears to be that of James T. Lewellen

who died Oct 25, 1924

 

 

CALHOON, GEORGIE R.

Son of G. H. & Josie Calhoon, died Aug 20, 1879, aged 4 yrs, 19 dys

“Tis a little grave but oh have care, for worldwide hopes are buried there.

How much of light, how much of joy, is buried with a darling boy”

 

CALHOON, JOSIE D.

(no dates)

 

FUTRELL, EARNEST H.

Born May 27, 1886, died Nov 9, 1886

“Darling we miss thee”

 

FUTRELL, EDWARD E.

Departed this life Aug 7, 1877, Aged 7 yrs, 7 mos, 7 dys (born Jan 20, 1870)

 

FUTRELL, GORDON C.

Born Jul 9, 1881, died Jul 17, 1887

“Asleep in Jesus”

 

FUTRELL, IDA PEARL

Born Oct 17, 1888, Died Feb 20, 1899

“He is not gone but sleepeth”

 

FUTRELL, ISABELLA F. LEWELLEN

Wife of Alexander Futrell, born May 11, 1844, died Apr 8, 1898

“In after time we’ll meet her”

 

FUTRELL, WILLIE B.

Born Aug 30, 1876, died Sep 8, 1895

“He is gone to the mansions of rest”

 

LEWELLEN, BERT

Born Mar 15, 1886, died Jul 28, 1916 (double stone with Emma Lewellen)

“Gone But Not Forgotten”

 

LEWELLEN, EMMA

Born Mar 19, 1894, died Jul 28, 1916 (double stone with Bert Lewellen)

 

LEWELLEN, HARRY S.

Born Jun 22, 1891, died Nov 25, 1892

Children of J. W. & H. A. Lewellen (double stone with J. F. Lewellen)

“God blesses an early death, and takes the infant to himself”

 

LEWELLEN, INFANT

Dau of  J. T. & M. A. Lewellen, born Feb 27, 1885, died Mar 7, 1885

(double stone with Mary N. Lewellen)

 

LEWELLEN, J. A.

Born Sep 13, 1813, died Aug 6, 1888

 

LEWELLEN, J. F.

Born Jun 2, 1885, died Aug 12, 1894

Children of J. W. & H. A. Lewellen (same stone with Harry S. Lewellen)

 

LEWELLEN, JAMES T.

Born Jan 28, 1857, Died Oct 25, 1924 (double stone with Mollie Lewellen)

“In Thee O Lord, Have I Put My Trust”

 

LEWELLEN, MARY N.

Dau of J. T. & M. A. Lewellen, born Sep 9, 1883, died Nov 2, 1883

(double stone with Infant Lewellen)

 

LEWELLEN, MOLLIE

Wife of James T. Lewellen, Sep 20, 1858

(one date only, appears to be birth date, double with James T. Lewellen)

 

LEWELLEN, N. E.

Born Dec 9, 1883, aged 63 years

 

LEWELLEN, W. M.

Son of J. A. & N. E. Lewellen, born May 5, 1860, died Jun 25, 1887

Aged 27 years, 2 months, 20 days (stone broken into three pieces)

 

LEWELLEN, WILLIE E.

Son of J. W. & H. A. Lewellen, born May 9, 1883, died Jul 5, 1884

 

LEWELLEN, WILLIE F.

Son of J. T. & M. A. Lewellen, born Feb 21, 1888, died Mar 26, 1888

Aged 1 month, 5 days

 

SIGMAN, ELI E.

Son of B. & M. Sigman

Born in Catawba Co., NC Apr 3, 1835, Died Dec 8, 1879

“Kind husband of love thou art gone to thy rest,

forever to bask ‘mid the joys of the blest”

 

SIGMAN, HENRY J.

Son of E. E. & M. J. Sigman, Born Jan 5, 1867, Died Jan 15, 1915

“Those who knew him best, loved him most” (Woodmen of the World)

 

SIGMAN, MARY JANE

Born Jan 25, 1847, died Feb 13, 1924

“Mother”, “Sweetly Sleeping”

 

SIGMAN, NELLIE

Wife of H. J. Sigman, Born May 8, 1876, Died Apr 15, 1899

“In joy she lived, in peace she died, her life was ?????, but God denied”

 

 

Other Cross County deaths, unknown if buried in this cemetery:

 

Louis Calhoun, died Jan 28, 1916

Jennie Sigman, died Jan 13, 1924

 

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