Inventory: Hickey Cemetery

Copyright 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004  by Debra Blackard.  

Row

Inscription Notes
1 Edward G. Schumacher, 13 Aug 1904 - 28 Sep 1998 Temporary marker Hardwicke Funeral Home,   Clarksville, AR.

1

Jonathon Douglas Gregory, Infant, Son of Matthew & Lisa, 19 Jan 1996 Lisa, nee Shumacher; temporary marker Shinn Funeral Service, Russellville, AR.

2

Clyde Lee Jones, 25 Apr 1925 - 13 May 1993 Father of Denise Jones Hickey, temporary marker from Hardwicke Funeral Home.

2

F. Lester Stalliongs, Born March 9, 1900 in Putnam Co., Tennessee, Died April 1943. Beloved father of Ellen Glena John Frances Anne Alline Brother to a Mrs. Ramsay, who lived on what is now the John Meimerstorf place

3

Lena Joe Selby, 5 Jul 1943,
daughter of Coleman & Dorothy Selby
Dorothy, daughter of Oscar Carothers and wife, Lena Hickey.

4

Elizabeth Nordin, 1885 -

Clyde Nordin, 1886 - 1937 (concrete curbing)

Elizabeth, nee Selby, buried in California

Son of John R. And Eliza Simpson Nordin, stepson of Myra Hickey Nordin; John R. Nordin first married Susan Brockman, daughter of Mary Jane Hickey Brockman Shandy Owen. 

4

Bobby, 22 May 1939, Infant son of Coleman & Alma Burgess Alma, nee Selby

4

Infant son of Coleman & Alma Burgess, 28 Oct 1946  

4

Thomas Austin Burton, 12 Apr 1841 - 1912, G. G. Grandfather Austin "Auss" Burton is buried here according to information given by long-time community members. Jackie and Doris Smith placed a marker at the grave of Thomas A. Burton, 21 Apr 2002. Jackie is a great great grandson of Thomas Austin and Martha L. Hickey Burton. The new stone was placed directly in front of the original fieldstone marker.

4

Cecle [sic], son of J.M. and Jennie M. Burton, 8 May 1914 - 1 Feb 1915, GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT FROM OUR HEARTS (lamb) Jennie Burton is buried in Oklahoma. 

5

Ruth Ruth Brazell Hickey, dates on the family marker

5

Buehal Hickey, Sr, 26 Sep 1904 - 17 Feb 1947

Ruth Brazell Hickey, 30 May 1914 - 24 Feb 1947

Buehal Hickey, Jr. 23 Mar 1936 - 18 Feb 1947

Vernon E. Hickey, 11 Apr 1938 - 17 Feb 1947

Patricia A. Hickey, 27 Jul 1940 - 17 Feb 1947 [Patsy]

Bobby L. Hickey, 13 Feb 1944 - 17 Feb 1947

Helen Ruth Hickey, 30 Mar 1946 - 17 Feb 1947

Son of Benjamin M. and Anna Stewart Hickey

died of burns in a Memphis hospital

died of burns in a Memphis hospital

Buehal, Sr., Vernon, Patsy, Bobby L., and Helen Ruth are buried in the same grave. The entire family died as the result of a house fire. Their home burned when Buehal Sr. was kindling a fire and poured gasoline on red-hot coals. The family lived in Earle, AR, at that time

5

Buehal Jr. Dates included on family marker

5

Charles Maynard, Sr. 1918 - 1981 [HFH marker only] Husband of Hazel Breedlove Maynard

5

Hazel Maynard, 1914-1982 [HFH marker only] First marriage was to Jesse Henry Blackard

6

Christie M. Peterson, 14 Jul 1983 - 15 Jul 1983, Infant daughter of Robert and Janice, We Love You (Teddy Bear) Janice, nee Meimerstorf

6

[Unmarked grave, infant(s)] Child of Burl and Rebecca Anthony, nee Waldo. (See note below.)

6

[Unmarked grave, infant(s)] Child of Burl and Rebecca Anthony. One of these two graves is the burial place of twins, buried in a shoebox. The other is a single infant.

6

Bart Anthony, 16 Apr 1900 - 25 May 1902

Our darling one has gone before to greet us on that other shore

Son of General [G.J.] and Rhoda Shandy Anthony. Rhoda Shandy was the daughter of Christopher Shandy and Mary Jane Hickey.

6

Luren A. Anthony, 2 Aug 1898 - 16 Nov 1918

Gone Home

Daughter of General and Rhoda Anthony

6

[Unmarked grave, infant] Premature child of Burl and Rebecca Anthony

6

G.J. Anthony, 2 Oct 1856 - 19 Aug 1922, Gone Home Masonic emblem

7

Anna Stewart Hickey, 8 Oct 1884 - 26 Nov 1981

Ben M. Hickey, 6 Aug 1875 - 12 Dec 1944

[original stone at foot of grave, Ben M. Hickey, 1875-1944]

Benjamin Monroe Hickey, son of Baron DeKalb Hickey and Mary Elizabeth Bookout Hickey

7

Opal Hickey, 22 Sep 1906 - 8 Jun 1912

OUR DARLING BABY, Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven

Daughter of Ben and Anna Hickey

7

Sybil Hickey Nordin, 4 Dec 1914 - 19 Jan 1934 Daughter of Ben and Anna Hickey

7

John S. Nordin, 1910 - 1966 Son of Clyde and Elizabeth Selby Nordin. Married 1st Sybil Hickey, 2nd Eugenia Hickey [lives in CA]

8

Louise Boxnick

Frank H. Boxnick, Jr., 5 Dec 1911 - 29 Aug 1935

Living in CA (Oct 1997); dau. of Roy & Mayme Blackard Hickey; 2nd marriage to James Kushner

8

Henry August Meimerstorf, 20 Apr 1898 - 18 Aug 1973

Margaret Clemens Meimerstorf, 28 Nov 1904 - 7 Dec 1997

 

8

Kenneth Wayne Meimerstorf, 15 Dec 1947 - 18 Dec 1981 LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER (cross)  

8

[Unmarked grave, infant] Child of Maurice/Morris & Isabelle "Belle" Whorton. Belle, neeWilkins

8

Myra Hickey Nordin, 19 May 1873 - 30 Dec 1933 daughter of Baron DeKalb Hickey & Mary Elizabeth Bookout Hickey; wife of 1) W. Rainey Wells, and 2) John R. Nordin

9

Admiral Dewey Winn, 1 Nov 1898 - 16 Nov 1980,

WW I 9 Jun 1917 - 13 Jan 1919, WW II 3 Oct 1942 - 9 Mar 1943

son of Ada J. Winn Hickey, stepson of Charles J. Hickey; Admiral was given name, not rank

9

Little Charley Junior Hickey, 1910 - 1918 son of Charles J. & Ada J. Hickey

9

Joyce Hickey, 1907-1908 James Joyce Hickey, son of Charles J. & Ada J. Hickey

9

Henry Winn, 1896-1908 son of Ada J. Winn Hickey, stepson of Charles J. Hickey

9

Arch Hickey, 19 May 1896 - 19 May 1908 drowned, son of Baron DeKalb Hickey

9

B. D. Hickey, 22 Aug 1840 - 12 Jan 1927,

AT REST, The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want

Baron DeKalb Hickey, son of John Hickey & Nancy Gibson Hickey; husband of 1)Mary Elizabeth Bookout, 2)Mrs. Margaret F. Miller, 3)Mattie Pearson, 4)Mary F. Winn Howard, 5) Mary F. James, and 6) Mrs. Elizabeth Hail

9

Morgan G. Hickey, 17 May 1860 - 1 Feb 1898

[Previously marked by a fieldstone with chiseled inscription, "M. G. Hickey, 17 May 1860 ~ 1 Feb(?) 1898"] 

son of John and Nancy Gibson Hickey, husband of 1)Meldora Webb and 2)M.F. Howard.

9

Beatrice Hickey Johnson daughter of Ben M. and Anna Stewart Hickey.

living, residing Rt. 1, London, AR The John Johnson grave marker has been moved to the nearby Nordin Cemetery in Pope Co.

9

Charlie Hickey, 29 Mar 1882 - 5 Oct 1905,

No pains, no griefs no anxious fears can reach our loved one sleeping here (square column topped with closed Bible, carved drape with fringe, leaves)

Son of Michael H. and Kansas E. Simpson Hickey, husband of Mary Jones

9

Nanna Riggs, 9 Oct 1878 - 28 Feb 1908,

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, (oak leaves and acorns)

Nancy J., daughter of Michael H. and Kansas E. Simpson Hickey; wife of Arthur Riggs

9

Mary I. Riggs, 27 Mar 1866 - 4 Dec 1910,

She followed virtue as her truest guide, Lived as a Christian - as a Christian she died.

wife of M. L. Riggs; mother-in-law of Nanna Hickey Riggs

10

Charley E. Blackard, 10 May 1916 - 20 Jul 1919

[Concrete marker]

Charles Eugene, son of Robert E. Lee and Irene Hickey Blackard 

10

Irene Blackard, 1886 - 1956 daughter of Michael H. & Kansas E. Simpson Hickey; wife of Robert E. Lee Blackard

10

Robert E. Lee Blackard, 17 Aug 1884 - 3 Dec 1967 son of Alvin G. & Susan M. Franklin Blackard; family says he gave himself the "E" initial.

10

Jesse H. Blackard, Sr., 1893 - 1965 son of Alvin G. & Susan M. Franklin Blackard; first wife was Etta Hickey Blackard

10

Etta Blackard, 1895 - 1930

[She and newborn son are buried together]

twin to Sarah Ethel Blackard; daughter of Joshua B. and Dee Simpson Hickey; wife of Jesse H. Blackard; died soon after birth of her second child

10

Dee Hickey, 2 Dec 1857 - 12 Nov 1922, wife of J. B. Hickey,

She was the sunshine of our home (Tall column.)

Adelia B., daughter of Thomas and Ann Simpson

10

Joshua Hickie, 4 Apr 1850 - 18 Feb 1897,

We trust to him a home is given among the saints with Christ in heaven (Tall Column.)

Joshua B. Hickey, son of John and Nancy Gibson Hickey; husband of 1)Sarah A. Simpson and 2)Adelia Simpson.

10

Kansas Hickey, 1 Jan 1855 - 26 Jan 1928,

wife of M. H. Hickey, She was a kind and affectionate wife a fond mother and a friend to all

(Pulpit-style column topped with closed Bible inscribed AT REST)

known as "Kan"; daughter of Thomas and Ann Simpson

10

M. H. Hickey, 19 Jan 1844 - 25 Sep 1910,

husband of Kansas Hickey, Gone but not forgotten

(square Gothic-style column topped with Bible, oak leaves and acorns, calla lilies)

Michael H. Hickey, son of John and Nancy Gibson Hickey

10

Robert Earl Hickey, 24 Jun 1894 - 8 Aug 1913,

To him we trust, a place is given, Among the saints with Christ in Heaven, (square column topped with closed Bible, carved drape with fringe, leaves)

Son of Michael H. and Kansas Simpson Hickey, said to have died of typhoid fever

11

Dorothy Carolyn Blackard, 13 Dec 1933 - 29 May 1934,

Our Darling, (LAMB) 

daughter of Clint and Edie Pless Blackard;

11

Unmarked grave, small adult Carl Brown, b. 1906. Son of Joe and Mattie Blackard Brown, 15 years old

11

Mattie M. Brown, 12 Mar 1883 - 4 Jan 1920, wife of Joe N. Brown, How desolate our home bereft of thee daughter of Alvin G. & Susan M.Franklin Blackard 

11

Climie Taylor Blackard, 4 Jun 1886 - 17 Aug 1921,

wife of M. I. Blackard, She faltered by the wayside and the angels took her home

wife of M. I. Blackard 

11

Manuel Blackard, 18 Mar 1882 - 30 Oct 1946 Manuel Irvin, son of Alvin G. & Susan M. Blackard; siblings married Hickeys.

11

Sarah Ethel Blackard, 4 Mar 1895 - 14 Jan 1953 twin to Etta Hickey Blackard; daughter of Joshua B. and Dee Simpson Hickey; wife of William M. Blackard.

11

William M. Blackard, 4 Jan 1892 - 20 Jan 1980,

At Rest, (Also FUNERAL home marker, 1892 - 1980, age 88.) 

William Monroe Blackard, son of Alvin G. and Susan M. Franklin Blackard; husb. of Sarah Ethel.

11

George Higby, 7 Mar 1913 - 7 Oct 1913

(Second marker is discarded concrete marker, George M., son of J.L. and Jocie Higby, 7 May - _?_ Oct 1913.)

Son of Jim L. And Jocie Hickey Higby

11

Jocie Higby, 1881 - 1913,

Jim L. Higby, 1875 - 1950, (Masonic emblem.) 

(Jocie’s original gravestone has been placed at the foot of her grave. Its inscription: Josie, wife of J. L. Higby, 4 Jan 1881, 6 Aug 1913, Rest Mother, rest in quiet sleep, while friends in sorrow, o’er you weep.)

Jocie Hickey Higby, daughter of Michael and Kansas Hickey:
Jim son of James M. & Magena Hopper Higby.
   12 Edward Parsons, "Bud"

Mary Emma Parsons"Meme"  12 Mar 1930 - 26 June 2000,
(Our Father Who Art in Heaven, Roses, Cross, Praying Hands.)

Living

daughter of Lee C. and Myrtle Anthony Nordin, wife of T. Edward Parsons; great-granddaughter of Mary Jane Hickey, et al.

12

R. Maxine Nordin,

married 14 Aug 1948

Roland L. Nordin, 1922 - 1973,
(military marker)

Roland Lee Nordin
Ark. S Sgt. U. S. Army, WW II
13 Dec 1922 - 23 Jul 1973

Living, nee Parsons

Roland son of Lee and Myrtle Anthony Nordin; great-grandson of Mary Jane Hickey, et al.

12

Lee C. Nordin, 23 Feb 1901 - 16 Oct 1972,

Have Faith in God, (Cross), [Humphrey-Gardner Funeral Home, Russellville, Arkansas, 11 Oct 1972, aged 71 yrs., 7 months, 25 days.]

grandson-in-law of Mary Jane Hickey, et al.

12

Myrtle Iva Nordin, 23 Nov 1901 - 6 Oct 1948,

Have Faith in God, (Cross) (Gardner Funeral Home, Russellville, Arkansas)(Concrete marker,mostly illegible)

daughter of General J. & Rhoda Shandy Anthony; granddaughter of Mary Jane Hickey

12

Susan M. Blackard, 1866 - 1949

Alvin G. Blackard, 1859 - 1937

(Concrete curbing)

Susan Magnolia, daughter of Aaron and Mary C. Turner Franklin; Alvin son of Irvin Hence & Lavinia Jane Johnson Blackard; Four of their children and several grandchildren married Hickeys

12

Edith May Higby, 1906 - 1988,

(Roller-Cox Funeral Home, Clarksville, Arkansas)

J. Martin Higby, 1904 - 1957, (Rock curbing)

daughter of Manuel I. & Climie Taylor Blackard

son of J.L. and Jocie Hickey Higby

12

Clema Joe Higby, 30 Jun 1937 - 31 Nov 1937,

(Dove) (Original concrete marker at foot of grave,

Clema Joe daughter of _?_, _?__?__)

daughter of J. Martin and Edith Higby

12

James Earl "Wimpy" Lamb, 18 Feb 1924 - 18 Jan 1999

Vonda M.
(Father, Mother, In Loving Memory)

bur 23 Jan 1999, husband of Vonda, nee Higby

Living

12

Hattie Schlitt, 22 Dec 1908 - 27 Sep 1991,

William P. Schlitt, 26 Jan 1902 - 25 Mar 1974,

(Masonic emblem)

daughter of J.L. and Jocie Hickey Higby

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