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 |
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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.) (Jocies 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, oer 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, |
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, |
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. |
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 |