Mount Holly Cemetery - Watkins Family Plot

Located at Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, AR.

And again with the stars on the head.

 

 Mary

youngest daughter of

George Claibourne and

Mary Crease Watkins

Why seek ye the living among the dead

She is not here but has risen.

George C Watkins

Chief Justice

Of the State of Arkansas

Born in Shelbyville KY

Nov. 25, 1815

Died in St Louis MO

Dec. 7, 1872

Mount Holly Cemetery - Matthews Family Plot

Located at Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, AR.

 Agnes Somers Matthews

March 11, 1880 - November 22, 1933

 Justin Matthews

December 23, 1875 - March 21, 1955

Justin Matthews was a developer of the Park Hill and Lakewood subdivisions of North Little Rock. And the founder of the Metropolitan Trust Company.

Mount Holly Cemetery - Fones Family Plot

Located at Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, AR.

Texanna D Reaves

Wife of

Daniel G Fones

Born March 6, 1848

Died July 28, 1893 

 Daniel Gilbert Fones

Aug. 19, 1837 -  May 28, 1912

Saturday Symbol: Philanthropic Educational Organization (P. E. O.)

Philanthropic Educational Organization (P. O. E.) - is a philanthropic organization where women celebrate
the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and stewardship of Cottey College; and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations.

Offical website

Mount Holly Cemetery - Haney Monument

Located at Mount Holly in Little Rock, AR

Cara Peyton

Only Child of

John H. & Mary

Haney

Born

Feb 23, 1870

Died

Oct 29, 1876

Mount Holly Cemetery - Basham Family Plot

Located in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, AR. Sadly my photos do not do these beautiful monuments justice.

These two monuments are the daughters of George L. and Julia Beall Basham. According to Doug Keister's book "Forever Dixie" :

"The Basham family plot features the two little Basham girls dressed in the clothing they would have worn at the time.  The sculptures were carved in Italy for the local monument company owned by William L. Funston. When the sculptures arrived, the family wasn't pleased with the likeness and had them sent back to Italy for a better rendering.  The children's statues are fronted by  cradle markers- a device used for planting flowers."

Gone Before

Papa's Sweet Heart

& Mama's Pet

Pearl Reed

First Daughter of

Geo. L. & Julia P

Basham

Born July 22, 1880

Died Nov. 7, 1886



With

Sister Pearly

Papa's Baby

Mama's Darling

Martha Parma

Second Baby of

Geo. L. & Julia P

Born Dec 3, 1882

Died Aug 10, 1887

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Mount Holly Cemetery - Hornibrook Monument

We recently made a trip to Little Rock, AR for the Annual Arkansas Gravestones Project picnic. Of course  we had to visit at least one cemetery while we was there. The cemetery we picked was Mount Holly Cemetery.  This is definitely a must see if you are in the area and like older cemeteries.  Mount Holly is a compact cemetery that sits on four square blocks which has roughly 5,000 buried in 1,300 plots. It was established in 1843 and to date is pretty much filled to capacity.  If you love statuary then you will love this place. 

I was like a kid in a candy store.  Just inside the gate the wonderful monuments start showing themselves and you don't have to look very far to find the next beauty. 

The Hornibrook monument is just inside the gate on the left side.

Sacred

To The Memory of

James H. Hornibrook

Born at

Toronto, Canada

July 8, 1840

Died

May 24, 1890

Margaret R. McCulley

Wife of

James H. Hornibrook

Born

March 28, 1844

Died

July 3, 1893

Matthew Hornibrook

Born

Memphis, Tenn

Aug 21, 1867

Died

Nov 25, 1934

St. Louis, MO



Any clue what the star on her head means?

 I will be sharing my photos from Mount Holly over a number of post so keep checking back to see all the wonderful monuments I found.