Updated by Ruth Sherrill, 2003
This cemetery is located on Industrial Street just west of the Three Rivers Nursing Home.
There is evidence of many unmarked graves.
ANDERSON, Lizzie Engram (Mrs. Charlie), 81y, born 1922, died Jan. 16, 2004 Sims-Woodard Funeral Service, Marked Tree ANTHONY, Elmyria, born Sep. 25, 1920, died June 10, 1996 BARNES, Valley Webster (Mrs. Morrison), dau. of Jim Webster, 37y2m28d, born April 14, 1890, died July 12, 1927 BLAKE, Harry Lewis, born Nov. 6, 1858, died July 15, 1989 Veteran:SSG US Army Vietnam BLAKLEY, Wash, born 1892, died 1973 BROWN, Willie Lee, born Nov. 26, 1955, died Nov. 12, 1989 Veteran: US Armry Vietnam CAMPBELL, Roberta (Mrs. Donzell), 92y, born 1912, died July 18, 2004 Sims-Woodard Funeral Service, Marked Tree COX, George, born Feb. 16, 1905, died Sep. 7, 1975 CROCKETT, Willie Atkinson (Mrs. Tom), born June 10, 1908, died June 1992 CROCKETT, Tom, born March 1892, died March 1990 DYE, Mosezetter, born 1909, died 1981 DYE, John B., born 1901, died 1972 ELDER, Elizabeth (NOTE) (Mrs. Luther), 82y, born 1917, died Sep. 25, 1999 ELDER, Jr., Luther, born Dec. 25, 1925, died March 4, 1993 ENGRAM, Manie, born Feb. 10, 1895, died June 20, 1976 EDWARDS, Edna Moore, 82y, born 1926, died May 16, 2008 -Woodard Funeral Services, Marked Tree EDWARDS, Lizzie, born March 12, 1915, died March 10, 1972 FOSTER, (?), born Feb. 1944, died June 28, 1965 GILLESPIE, Annette, born 1874, died_______ HAMILTON, Willie Lawrence, s/o Cleopha and Rosetta Hamilton Perry, 40y, (OBIT) born Jan. 21, 1951, died April 20, 1991 HAMPTON, Sylvia, born 1907, died 1939 HAWKINS, Mary P., born Aug. 2, 1888, died April 23, 1977 JACKSON, Leslie, born_______, died_______ JACKSON, Worle, born 1881, died 1918 JEFFERSON, Lillie Bell, born March 15, 1904, died Nov. 6, 1977 JEFFERSON, Wash, born March 1868, died Feb. 1960 JENKINS, Stacher Lee, born_______, died July 20, 1975 JOHNSON, Richmond, born July 29, 1888, died Dec. 29, 1960 JOHNSON, Rosie Luciele, born Feb. 20, 1920, died Sep. 9, 1955 JONES, Jodie Roy, born May 11, 1968, died Sep. 19, 1994 JONES, Robert, born June 3, 1950, died Oct. 16, 1989 Veteran: US Army Vietnam KIX, Ollie, born 1914, died_______ KNIGHT, Samuel Joseph, born Dec 1883, died_______ LESTER, Annie B., born Jan. 27, 1909, died Jan. 24, 1994 LEWIS, (infant), born Jan. 8, 1993, died Jan. 16, 1993 McKINNEY, J.L., born May 5, 1905, died Aug. 29, 1996 MITCHELL, Rebeca, born Sep. 7, 1927, died Oct. 12,1995 MOORE, Hershey Lee, s/o Andrew & Aslee Moore Sr., 48y, (OBIT) born 1952, died June 22, 2000 MOORE, Shirley Shepherd, d/o Robert L. & Izola Anderson Shepherd, 59y, born 1953, died Nov. 2, 2012 -Woodard Funeral Service, Marked Tree MORRIS, Lewis, born Jan. 1919, died 1951 PARR, Savannah (Mrs. W.H.), born 1842, died 1880 PIPKINS, Amanda, born 1872, died 1931 PURSLEY, Brice, born 1910, died 1939 SHEPHERD, Isaiah, s/o Robert L. & Izola Anderson Shepherd, 48y, born 1962, died March 25, 2010 -Woodard Funeral Service, Marked Tree SHEPHERD, Izola Anderson, 67y (OBIT), born 1932, died March 22, 2000 SIMMONS, John, born July 23, 1905, died Jan. 12, 1975 SMITH, Grover, born March 25, 1915, died April 4, 1983 SMITH, Robert B., born Jan. 5, 1930, died Jan. 19, 1991 SMITH, Marree, born Dec. 8, 1912, died March 7, 1994 TURNER, Irene, born June 2, 1920, died March 8, 1989 WATKINS, Everlean, born April 16, 1925, died Jan. 18, 1996 WILLIAMS, Edna, born Nov. 16, 1912, died Nov. 27, 1964 WILLIAMS, Fred, born Dec. 4, 1907, died April 8, 1962 WILLIAMS, Harry L., born April 18, 1940, died April 24, 1997 WILLIAMS, Lillian Johnson, born Nov. 3, 1949, died June 3, 1994 WILLS, Cora, 72y, born in Belden, MS, died Oct. 9, 1998, buried Oct. 14, 1998 WINSTON, Ardiner, born Feb. 25, 1898, died April 6, 1973
Mrs. Elizabeth Elder, A resident of Marked Tree since an early age, she lived in New York City for many years and worked for Joyce & Co. Sportswear. She returned to Marked Tree in 1946, and served on a number of public boards and commissions. In 1998, she was named one of President Bush's Thousand Points of Light and was named a Community Hero by the Arkansas Times. She was also presented a special Commendation from Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater.
She was a graduate of the Delta Business School of Marked Tree and served on the planning board of the Poinsett County Housing Meals of Wheels program and the board of the Poinsett County Housing Authority. A member of the Marked Tree City Council from 1974 to 1998, she was the first African-American to serve on the council. She was a member and secretary of the First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church. She was also active in teaching the voter's rights program in the area and was the first director of the Carver Head Start Center.
She was honored with a key to the city by Marked Tree Mayor Lawrence Ashlock and a street was named in her honor in appreciation of all her community service work. -The Jonesboro Sun, Oct. 1, 1999