Hopewell

Hopewell Cemetery

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hopewellgate.jpg (97348 bytes)    Hopewell Cemetery is between Decatur and Alvord. About half way between Alvord and Decatur on Hwy 287 turn on CR 2395 to the east. Go about two miles and turn left (north) on CR 2391. The cemetery is about two miles on the right.

 

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       At the time of my survey in August of 2000 I found and photographed 172 headstones.

    There is a granite marker at the gate that reads as follows:
   

 

History of Hopewell Cemetery Organized 1872
(on granite marker with picture of Elmer Hodges)
Land given by Geo Buchanan
Hopewell Church was located 50 yds east of cemetery.
First pastor at that location was W.M. Thompson in 1872.
Church later moved to present location in 1887.
Rev. J.O. Peyton Rev. Perry Peyton Rev. G.T. Levertt Rev. T.W. Thorp

Families who lived in community and buried in Hopewell Cemetery
Hornbeck, Clardy, Hodges, Johnson, Nunn, Farrington, Bond, Perkins, Jennings, King, Watson, Reynolds, McFarling, True, Phillips, Grantham, Davis, Hill, Wilson, Beavers, Blair, Murray, Cage, Claborn, Morrison, Berg, Parks, White, Taylor, Hanner, Ringo, Payton, Gaylon

Veterans of War
E.L. Hodges Roy Sherman Clovis Hodges B.L. Peyton W.H. Hodges Ogle Shipley Eddie Farrington Wm Smith Ziba King

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    The cemetery was divided into sections and rows as shown in the map .

    Use the headstone # in the complete information table to find the name in this layout order list - -

 

 

 

 

 

Section - Row - # - Last Name - First Name
1-N 1 1 Nunn G. A.
1-N 1 2 Nunn David J.
1-N 1 3 Johnson Frank
1-N 1 4 Johnson Winney
1-N 1 5 Johnson H. S.
1-N 1 6 Johnson Samuel
1-N 1 7 Thompson W. M.
1-N 1 8 Peyton Benjamin L., Jr.
1-N 1 9 Peyton Babe
1-N 1 10 Peyton Lema
1-N 1 11 Peyton Ben
1-N 1 12 Peyton Edna Pearl
1-N 1 13 Peyton Henry H.
1-N 2 14 Clardy Bettie
1-N 2 15 Hornbeck Rachel M.
1-N 2 16 Hornbeck Jackson
1-N 2 17 Wilson Mildred
1-N 2 18 Claborn Jettie M.
1-N 2 19 Claborn Ezra B.
1-N 2 20 Ragan Mary C.
1-N 2 21 Claborn Vernie L.
1-N 2 22 Claborn William A.
1-N 2 23 Davis Lucy
1-N 2 24 Davis J. C. (Jim)
1-N 3 25 Beavers
1-N 3 26 Hodges Clovis
1-N 3 27 Hodges Lula
1-N 3 28 Hodges William E.
1-N 3 29 Hall Jo Jimmie Hodges
1-N 3 30 Hodges Elmer Dad
1-N 3 31 Hill Edna H.
1-N 3 32 Hill Raymond L.
1-N 3 33 Thompson Betty Jeanette
1-N 3 34 Stapleton Joseph L.
1-N 3 35 Hodges Barbara K.
1-N 3 36 Hodges Calvin E.
1-N 3 37 Hodges Beulah Mae
1-N 3 38 Hodges Earl
1-N 3 39 Hodges Infant Son
1-N 4 40 Watson David
1-N 4 41 Watson Caroline
1-N 4 42 Farrington Edward Gerome
1-N 4 43 Farrington Clarence E.
1-N 4 44 Grantham Sarah
1-N 4 45 Grantham West Sheffield
1-N 5 46 Hodges E. L.
1-N 5 47 Hodges W. H.
1-N 5 48 Hodges Sarah
1-N 5 49 Farrington Lovetta
1-N 5 50 Farrington Bettie
1-N 5 51 Farrington Harvey S.
1-N 5 52 Funk Jim
1-N 5 53 Thorp Emma
1-N 5 54 Thorp C. J.
1-N 6 55 Ivins Vera S. Farrington
1-N 6 56 Ivins Elmer
1-N 6 57 Jones Nettie
1-N 6 58 Thorp Rev. T.W.
1-N 6 59 Thorp Ruby
1-N 7 60 Buchanan W. A.
1-N 7 61 Buchanan Susan T.
1-N 7 62 Buchanan G. A.
1-N 7 63 Bond Edna
1-N 7 64 Bond Ned
1-N 7 65 Perkins William W.
1-N 7 66 Perkins Jannie I.
1-N 7 67 Perkins Clifford D.
1-N 7 68 Davis Ivy Lee
1-N 7 69 Davis Dewey Harrison
1-N 8 70 Jennings T. L.
1-N 8 71 Albin Farris Isaac
1-N 8 72 Perkins Eula
1-N 8 73 Perkins John Bert
1-N 8 74 Stovall Missouri Effie
1-N 8 75 Ball James Marion, Sr.
1-N 8 76 Spencer Vivian
1-N 8 77 Reynolds William, Mary
1-N 8 78 Reynolds Nora
1-N 8 79 Reynolds Jonah
1-N 8 80 Reynolds Milissie
1-N 8 81 Reynolds Burtha
1-N 8 82 Reynolds Fanny
1-N 8 83 Reynolds Ruth
1-N 9 84 King Calvin
1-N 9 85 King Mary
1-N 9 86 King Ziba
1-N 9 87 Peysen Margaret Elizabeth
1-N 9 88 Peysen Willie John
1-N 9 89 Kyle Ota C.
1-N 10 90 Claborn Bonnie Lee
1-N 10 91 Claborn Izo
1-N 10 92 King Mary Elmer
1-N 10 93 King Charlie E.
1-N 10 94 King Melvin C.
1-N 10 95 Leverett Infants
1-N 10 96 Leverett Rev. G. T.
1-N 11 97 Jennings Sarah F.
1-N 11 98 Jennings A. P.
1-N 11 99 Wariner Alfred Benson
1-N 11 100 Capps J. C.
1-N 11 101 Capps Rheba
1-N 11 102 King Dolly Dobson
1-N 11 103 Hanner Hattie H.
1-N 12 104 Taylor Emma
1-N 12 105 Wariner Wm.
1-N 12 106 Sanders Mary Alice
1-N 12 107 Perkins Clain T.
1-N 12 108 Peyton Amanda M.
1-N 12 109 Peyton Rev. J. O.
1-N 12 110 Peyton Buelah Blanche
1-N 12 111 Peyton Rev. G. P.
1-N 13 112 Taylor Larrie Melvina
1-N 13 113 Parks Ollie E.
1-N 13 114 Taylor Allie Carlee
1-N 13 115 Berg Lula May
1-N 13 116 Taylor Joe T.
1-N 13 117 Taylor Willie Landa
1-N 13 118 Peyton Willie
1-N 13 119 Peyton John Henry, Sr.
1-N 13 120 Peyton Guenn Lewis
1-N 14 121 Watson Ella
1-N 14 122 Unthank Charlie
1-N 15 123 Parks W. Jordon
1-N 15 124 Parks Calantha M.
1-N 15 125 Taylor Maudie
1-N 15 126 White Mamie Parks
1-N 16 127 Parks Gus
1-N 16 128 Parks Elbert E.
1-N 16 129 Smith William Melvin
1-N 17 130 King Emma Lucy
1-N 17 131 King William M. (Red)
1-N 17 132 King Mary Margaret
1-N 17 133 Richards James Edward
1-N 17 134 Borchers Ruth Ann
1-N 17 135 Borchers Herb
1-N 18 136 Bonchu Rick
1-N 18 137 Clouse B. J.
1-N 18 138 Clouse Janet May
1-N 18 139 Clouse Robert Lee
2-S 1 140 Shipley Ogle Davis
2-S 1 141 Horton William S.
2-S 2 142 Galyon Charles P., Sr.
2-S 2 143 Galyon Charles P., Jr.
2-S 2 144 Galyon Eula Mae Petty
2-S 2 145 Cage A. C.
2-S 2 146 Cage Minnie C.
2-S 2 147 Cage Marvin D.
2-S 2 148 Cage Reginald B.
2-S 2 149 Miller Eliza Jane
2-S 3 150 Sherman Roy
2-S 3 151 Sherman Sammie Lee
2-S 3 152 McFarling Grace
2-S 3 153 McFarling W. Emett
2-S 3 154 Blair J. O.
2-S 3 155 Blair Della May
2-S 3 156 Murphy Emily S.
2-S 3 157 Murphy Ada
2-S 4 158 Courtney William H.
2-S 4 159 Courtney Andrew R.
2-S 4 160 True Dorotha E.
2-S 4 161 True Wm. Carol
2-S 4 162 Phillips Bessie I. Morrison
2-S 4 163 Cates Minnie Morrison
2-S 4 164 Morrison Rhoda J.
2-S 4 165 Morrison Green M.
2-S 4 166 Morrison Dean Jewel
2-S 4 167 Morrison Henry Clay
2-S 5 168 Dalton E. G.
2-S 6 169 Barclay Jerry
2-S 6 170 Barclay Otis
2-S 6 171 Brooks Cora Ellen
2-S 7 172 Ringo Charles F.