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Union Grove Cemetery (Black)

This is an African-American cemetery located next to Union Grove Baptist Church between Bluff City and Reader.
Driving directions: From Bluff City, go toward Reader on Rd. 27 for about 1.5 miles. The church and cemetery will be on your left.
Fifteen graves marked with metal funeral home markers could not be identified in the 2018 survey. An earlier record made in 1970 had over 100 other names listed that we could not find in our first survey in 1998. It does not appear that there is room for that many unmarked graves. Some of the names may been listed differently from what was put on the grave marker at a later date.

Name	Birth	Death	Comments
Abner, Berbon		6-4-1997	Age 77-metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Accor, Tina Gulley	11-26-1973	9-17-2004	Metal marker; Tina Marie Gulley Accor in obituary; not found in 2018 survey
Alexander, Martha (J)	2-26-1946	12-21-2003
Anderson, Albert	10-11-1897	7-28-1958	Mason
Beasley, Bertha M.	6-15-1913	12-26-2000	Daughter of John and Lula Mixon
Benford, Annie L. Ellis	4-2-1928	6-2-1986
Bowie, Columbus	1874	1950	Metal marker set in concrete
Bowie, Charles Edward	3-20-1928	9-5-1962	Ar.-Pvt.-Co. D-179 Inf.-Korea
Brown, Pearl	1914	1949	Hard to read
Brown, Wilma Ruth	1942	5-25-2007	Metal marker; full death date from obituary; not found in 2018 survey
Corbin, Annie		10-20-1997	Age 91-metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Corbin, Georgann	3-18-1873	11-6-1945
Corden, Thomas	7-25-1953	8-14-1953
Dennis, Emma		1-8-1923	A. B. ??? Chamber #2085
Dunlap, Thomas	1887	9-4-1919
Gill, Robert L.	8-4-1916	7-16-1991
Green, Rev. Glen G.	1903	1982
Greenen, Mary E.	1-25-1929	2-11-1964	Last name probably should be Greening
Greening, Easter	1883	2-15-1941	Wife of Sam Greening; hard to read
Greening, Sam	12-15-1885	12-27-1968
Greening, Floyd	3-14-1914	10-19-1953	Ar.-Tec 5-759 Med. Sn Co.-World War II
Greening, Rachel	12-28-1858	10-15-1940	Wife of Antona Greening
Gulley, France			No information; metal marker set in concrete
Gulley, Dennis	6-11-1938	6-14-2010
Gulley, Lucy	5-20-1830	2-3-1915
Gulley, Carl	2-3-1922	7-29-1952	Ar.-Tec. 5-H & S Co-1315 Engr. Bn.; World War II
Gulley, Paul C.	1938	1956
Gulley, Frank J.	1-15-1943	5-14-1943
Gulley, Frank	4-1-1894	11-16-1936	Double marker with Daisy Gulley; age 42
Gulley, Daisy	3-2-1896	5-10-1936	Double marker with Frank Gulley; age 40
Gulley, Irine	2-22-1904	1-12-1946
Gulley, Mae Lillie	2-14-1883	8-21-1923
Gulley, Addie Pearl	6-12-1891	4-3-1923
Gulley, John Wilson		10-20-1951	Age 39 yrs., 9 mths., 12 days; metal marker
Gulley, R. L.	1925	1935	Double marker with Jessie Gulley
Gulley, Jessie	1891	1936	Double marker with R. L. Gulley
Gulley, Willie	12-13-1896	12-16-1978	Pleasant Hill Louisiana HP-Robert Gulley Son Bluff City
Gulley, Earder	1-2-1918	4-2-1979	Double marker with Emma J. Gulley
Gulley, Emma J.	3-3-1922	11-6-2008	Double marker with Earder Gulley; death date from obituary; not engraved at time of survey
Gulley, Earder Jr.	6-14-1942	8-21-2017	Double marker with Annie R. Gulley; death date not engraved at time of survey
Gulley, Annie R.	1-6-1945	6-10-2004	Double marker with Earder Gulley Jr.
Gulley, Vera Annie	4-7-1952	5-31-1995
Gulley, Hesterly	1920	1994	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Gulley, Gradie	11-30-1910	11-14-1989
Gulley, Virgil	8-5-1911	11-26-2002	Double marker with Thelma R. Gulley
Gulley, Thelma R.	8-7-1918	4-20-1974	Double marker with Virgil Gulley
Gulley, Mary			Wife of Osca Gulley; flat concrete marker at south edge of cemetery
Gulley, Bennie	6-14-1936	8-16-1987
Gulley, Johnny Junior	4-20-1985	4-23-1985
Gulley, Haril Louis	2-12-1946	6-15-2013
Gulley, Terence	1967	2018	Metal marker
Gulley, Norman Sr.	1-31-1949	3-4-2015	Metal marker
Gulley, Lydia S. Lawrence	12-26-1911	10-15-1987
Gulley, Stella M. Marks	3-13-1920	4-17-1998	Double marker with Charlie Gulley; Stella Mae Gulley in obituary
Charlie Gulley	6-25-1906	10-24-1999	Double marker with Stella M. Marks Gulley
Gulley, Richard	1850	1926	Age 76
Gulley, Richard	10-18-1908	2-10-1971	Double marker with Opal Lee Gulley
Gulley, Opal Lee	2-7-1915	7-4-1971	Double marker with Richard Gulley
Gulley, Eddie	1914	1985	Metal marker
Gulley, Tom	1-3-1884	6-28-1971
Gulley, Opelia Alexander	4-20-1905	9-23-1940
Gulley, Rufus	5-22-1880	3-20-1973
Gulley, Cora		4-13-1926	Daughter; double marker with Rev. Spencer Gulley
Gulley, Rev. Spencer	10-1-1888	1-1-1973	Father; double marker with Cora Gulley
Gulley, Liege	12-20-1887	3-23-1973	Age 83
Gulley, Annie	1899	12-24-1986	Full date from metal marker; years only on stone
Gulley, Pearlie (L.)	2-9-1975	5-3-1975
Gulley, Curtis	1-7-1923	9-28-1987	Pvt.- U. S. Army-World War II
Gulley, Herbert J.	12-4-1946	7-29-1999	Sgt.- U. S. Army- Vietnam
Gulley, Eugene "Dick"	6-25-1910	6-17-1996
Gulley, John Sr.	8-1-1952	7-28-2004	Metal marker
Gulley, Pearlie M.	6-13-1927	5-8-1999
Gulley, Christopher B.	11-25-1982	5-19-2000
Gulley, George	1917	3-12-2001	Metal marker; age 84; full death date from obituary
Gulley, Johnny	8-6-1951	7-15-2015
Gulley, Otis Earl	12-23-1956	5-26-2017	Metal marker; full dates from obituary
Gulley, Delta Sr.	9-24-1944	12-9-2008	Metal marker; Delta Ray Gulley in obituary; full dates from obituary
Gulley, Mary L.	4-17-1917	2-10-2006	Double marker with Louis E. Gulley; death date from obituary; not engraved at time of survey
Gulley, Annie Ree	1-5-1945	6-10-2004	Information from obituary
Gulley, Cullen R. Sr.	2-21-1950	5-31-2018	Cullen Ray Gulley in obituary; double marker with Jearlene Gulley; death date from obituary; not engraved at time of survey
Gulley, Jearlene	11-15-1955	8-28-2016	Jearlene Holmes Gulley in obituary; double marker with Cullen R. Gulley Sr.
Gulley, L. W.	5-15-1935	2-20-2007	Metal marker
Gulley, Joseph, Sr.	8--1-1957	7-28-2004	Metal marker
Gulley, Louis E.	2-21-1915	4-7-2004	Double marker with Mary L. Gulley
Gulley, Mary L.	4-17-1917	2-10-2006	Double marker with Louis E. Gulley
Gulley, Collen	3-10-1925	10-4-2006	Pfc. - U. S. Army Air Forces- World War II
Gulley, Gary Wayne	10-26-1968	4-30-2019	Information from obituary
Gulley, Gary Wayne	10-26-1968	4-30-2019	Information from obituary
Gulley, Michael S.	3-8-1957	11-30-2014
Gulley, Vernell	8-15-1945	12-11-2021	Information from obituary Obituary: Vernell was born on August 15, 1945 in Nevada County, Arkansas. He was...
Hatley, Leonard	5-30-1932	2-19-2022	Information from obituary Obituary: Leonard Hatley was granted eternal rest in the glorious presence of Th...
Hawthorne, Ollie	1896	1952	La.-508 Svc. Bn.-World War I
Hawthorne, J. E.	6-19-1981	6-19-1981
Haynie, Agee	9-5-1919	3-26-1978
Haynie, Lonnie	4-9-1910	2-3-1990
Haynie, Elizabeth	9-2-1916	8-16-2008
Haynie, Jerome LaTodd	2-2-1984	9-6-2021	Information from obituary
Henderson, Joseph	3-29-1896	12-27-1969	Ar.-Pvt.- U. S. Army-World War I
Henderson, Elsie	1904	1991	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Henry, Beachie Baker	7-1-1896	9-5-1977
Henry, James	4-28-1920	5-11-2008	Pvt. - U. S. Army
Hill, Ava Bell	1-26-1941	7-8-1998	Age 57; metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Hill, Claude Mae	10-3-1925	5-13-1997
Holliman, Charlie	5-30-1946	9-5-2008	Double marker with Joyce Holliman
Holliman, Joyce	1-29-1960	4-19-2009	Double marker with Charlie Holliman
Huges, Neal	1-23-1969	1-23-1969	Not found-listed in 1970 record
Hughes, S. T. W.	7-12-1878	7-13-1950
Hughes, Anna Lee	8-11-1913	9-9-1982
Hughes, Oria L.	2-28-1928	7-27-1974	Pvt. - U. S. Army
Hughes, Rosie L.	1900	1986
Ingram, Lloyd	5-1-1909	8-22-1959
Ingram, Lloyd, Jr.	12-7-1956	2-21-1981	SP4- U. S. Army
Ingram, Willis Lee	5-16-1938	1-26-1999
Jackson, Hazel	4-8-1916	10-25-1938
Jackson, Henry L.	1-1-1897	1-29-1977	Double marker with Emma Jackson
Jackson, Emma	8-14-1914	3-6-1978	Double marker with Henry L. Jackson
Jackson, Lola	7-23-1925	7-5-2004
Jefferson, Dora	2-17-1897	12-15-1967
Jefferson, Obie	11-2-1887	12-10-1948	Ar.-Pvt.-162 Dep. Brig.-World War I
Jefferson, Mollie		5-29-1944	Metal marker; age 68 yrs., 8 mths., 14 days; not found in 2018 survey
Jefferson, Nathan	5-23-1923	11-6-2005
Jefferson, Helen	2-10-1929	8-16-2008
Johnson, Sam		12-10-1960	Age 65; metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Johnson, Bessie	1-29-1910	8-9-1940
Kelly, Charlene	2-23-1939	6-7-2002
Kirby, Gladys M.	10-27-1924	6-30-2009
Jones, Minnie (Sally)	4-19-1932	2-12-2000
Kirby, Mae Ethel Walter	12-12-1927	3-23-1984
Lawance, Aevia	7-7-1887	6-21-1918	Wife of Amos Lawnce; spelled this way on stone; probably should be Lawrence
Lawrence, Amos	6-11-1882	2-14-1971
Lawrence, Timothy Hawthorne	11-4-1914	7-31-1981
Lee, Charlie	2-25-1895	8-5-1960
Lee, Martha June	6-10-1934	12-6-1990
Lee, Louis Jr.	1966	2004	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Lee, Lesser	1938	2000	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Lemon, Charles		3-11-1978
Lemons, Callie		1-22-1922	Age 82
Lemons, Cecilia	1972	2004	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Lindsey, Annie Bell	10-10-1900	2-16-1937
McIntosh, Robert		2-19-1956	Age 73; metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
McKenzie, Clyde L. "Big Bird"	11-6-1970	4-22-2001
Madison, Aresia (Powell)	10-16-1922	5-25-2008	Double marker with Albert (Curtis) Madison;
Madison, Albert (Curtis)	5-5-1922	5-30-1995	Double marker with Aresia (Powell) Madison
Madison, Thomas A.	7-5-1970	11-27-2021
Marks, Arthue Lee	7-24-1924	10-20-1945
Marks, Geneva	4-18-1926	12-18-2009	Geneva Ester Marks in obituary
Marks, Luella	11-14-1901	1-14-1982	Age 80-metal marker
Maxey, Zandua M.	4-14-1971	7-4-1971
Mixon, Lula	8-27-1893	12-19-1962
Mixon, O. J.		9-5-1934
Mixon, John	3-2-1889	4-2-1976
Mixon, Connie	1925	1996	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Mixon, Arlice	5-4-1915	5-8-1978	Double marker with Eller Lue Mixon; m. 12-8-1943; children--Everlyn, James, Michael, Earnestine, Don
Mixon, Eller Lue	6-5-1918	12-17-2000	Double marker with Arlice Mixon; m. 12-8-1943; children--Everlyn, James, Michael, Earnestine, Don
Mixon, Nancy J.	12-29-1888	5-25-1972
Moore, Charles	8-17-1919	10-7-1975
Morris, Roderic T.	6-10-1980	8-11-1997
Morris, Maggie Lee	4-27-1950	4-27-1991
Morris, Eddie Jr.	11-21-1953	9-6-1971
Morris, Richard "Rick"	5-3-1967	3-19-1991
Morris, Ellis	1-12-1928	10-12-2010
Morris, Garland Thee	1900	6-23-2001	Metal marker; full death date from obituary
Morris, Eddie	12-15-1925	6-19-2004
Morris, Alma Fields	9-15-1928	8-19-2004
Morris, Bonnie Lou	8-17-1931	6-19-2008
Norton, Henry B.		6-22-1950	Not found; listed in 1970 record; family member says death date should be 6-22-1960
Porchia, Emma L.	1921	1997	Emma Lou Porchia in obituary
Post, Garland	5-18-1890	4-13-1950	U. S. Army - World War II
Post, Alice	2-8-1896	1-11-1952
Purifoy, Donnie T.	3-12-1919	5-16-1975	Double marker with Ora Lee Purifoy; m. 12-28-1946
Purifoy, Ora Lee	7-7-1929	12-31-1998	Double marker with Donnie T. Purifoy; m. 12-28-1946
Purifoy, Claude Lee	1938	5-18-1975	Full death date from obituary; year only on stone
Purifoy, Narves	1918	1992	Metal marker set in concrete
Purifoy, Thurman	11-24-1915	7-24-1997
Ragland, Jason E.	2-22-1969		Double marker with Etaugh Ragland; children--Demario, Kannon Jason Jr.
Ragland, Etaugh "Susie"	6-12-1969	4-18-2014	Double marker with Jason E. Ragland; children-- Demaraio, Kannon, Jason Jr.
Purifoy, Mildred		7-24-2006	Age 69; information from obituary; not found in 2018 survey
Rauls, Barbara Ann	2-1-1962	2-22-2003	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Rawls, Alice F.	1942	1988	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Rogers, Wilson C.	8-3-1936	4-26-2006	Wilson Cornelius Rogers in obituary
Rogers, Eula V.	9-23-1935	6-28-2007
Sims, Buel Aron John	10-12-1887	6-11-1976	Age 98
Sims, Ruthie L. Gulley	2-8-1946	5-10-2005
Smith, Napoleon	3-11-1943	5-21-1982
Smith, Philip Lamond	4-18-1972	8-25-1978	Phillip Lamont Smith in obituary; son of Earl and Ruby Smith as per obituary
Smith, Henry	1954	2014	Metal marker
Strange, Mary E. Mixon	7-20-1930	7-29-1986
Taylor, Antia M.	1-19-1907	8-15-1969	Double marker with James Taylor; Artie Taylor on metal marker
Taylor, James		8-14-1931	Double marker with Anita M. Taylor
Threadgill, Sylvester	1-9-1897	2-25-1969
Threadgill, Louis	10-2-1949	3-13-2004	Information from obituary; not found in 2018 survey
Threadgill, Lee Helen	2-2-1920	4-12-2013	Information from obituary; not found in 2018 survey
Turner, Lorene Howard	5-8-1953	10-17-2012
Vance, Melinda Loraine	9-5-1964	1-1-2021	Information from obituary
Walker, John Lee	2-14-1915	9-12-1973	Age 58
Walker, Nellie (R.)	11-17-1911	1-4-1999
Walker, Larn L.	4-22-1935	6-11-2008	Metal marker
Walker, Murdle L.	1-17-1936	3-21-2010	Metal marker
Walker, Richard	4-5-1937	12-18-2011	Double marker with Mattie Mae Walker; m. 9-27-1965
Walker, Mattie Mae	4-9-1937	8-6-2021	Double marker with Richard Walker; m. 9-27-1965; death date not engraved at time of survey Obituary: Because love is far greater than death, her love will continue to live...
Walter, William M.	6-9-1878	4-21-1945	Double marker with Amanda W. Walter
Walter, Amanda W.	5-10-1885	12-28-1977	Double marker with William M. Walter
Walter, Amanda	1872	9-15-1958	Age 81
Walter, June			Age 58-military stone is buried too deep; can't read dates
Walter, Lular Haynie	7-11-1908	3-2-1994	Double marker with Johnnie E. Walter; m. May, 1926
Walter, Johnnie E.	7-29-1902	9-23-1995	Double marker with Lular Haynie Walter; m. May, 1926
Walter, Jimmie	1931	8-8-1933	Hard to read
Walters, Rev. Fred L.	3-28-1936	1-1-2015	Fred Lewis Walters in obituary; double marker with Mary Ruth Brown Walters; m. 1957; children -- Freddie, Vernell, Jeremiah, David, Michele
Walters, Mary Ruth Brown	12-24-1937	8-24-2013	Double marker with Fred L. Walters; m. 1957; children -- Freddie, Vernell, Jeremiah, David, Michele
Ware, Danny Ray	2-24-1959	6-15-2011	Metal marker; full dates from obituary
Welch, Laveson Bunard	1981	1981	Metal marker
Welch, Minnie Mae Carter	2-21-1919	7-29-1981
White, Ryan Cornelius	2012	2012	Metal marker
Williams, Jessie	3-29-1892	3-16-1957	Children--Elvie, Lee, Mattie, Willis, Earnest, Luciele, James, Jessie, Jethro, Elizabeth
Williams, William	6-9-1878	4-21-1945	Not found-listed in 1970 record
Williams, Julius	8-15-1883	12-29-1958
Williams, Mary Ann Morris	3-23-1948	3-4-2004
Williams, Deloise Morris	6-8-1948	12-3-2016
Yarbrough, John	1-12-1891	3-19-1945
Yarbrough, John	1-12-1879	3-19-1954	Double marker with Fannie Yarbrough; m. 12-24-1900
Yarbrough, Fannie	2-15-1882	5-12-1974	Double marker with John Yarbrough; m. 12-24-1900
Yarbrough, Lucendia	10-2-1910	5-1-1950
Yarbrough, Olyion	1-20-1926	2-12-1997
Yarbrough, Carson	1-25-1922	1927
Yarbrough, William	12-24-1925	3-4-1976
Yarbrough, Sarah Jane	12-6-1903	8-19-1973
Yarbrough, Eddie	1906	1988	Metal marker; not found in 2018 survey
Yarbrough, Willie	12-6-1926	11-10-2002
Yarbrough, MC	12-22-1925	5-3-2009
Young, De'Willis Marchello	2-24-1981	11-16-1999
Zachery, Ruby Jean	2-2-1930	7-5-2018	Metal marker; full dates from obituary

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