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Driving directions: From Prescott, go east toward Camden about three miles and turn right on Rd. No. 32. Go south for 1.5 miles to Rd. No. 256. Turn left. The cemetery will be on your right alongside the road.
Craven Cemetery (Black)
This African-American cemetery is located in the SE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 22 West. It is fenced on three sides and is a fairly large cemetery. Some maintenance work has been done recently when surveyed in 2018. Nine graves were found in 2018 survey that could not be identified. Some unmarked graves noted.Driving directions: From Prescott, go east toward Camden about three miles and turn right on Rd. No. 32. Go south for 1.5 miles to Rd. No. 256. Turn left. The cemetery will be on your right alongside the road.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Lois C. | 1950 | 1973 | |
| Burton, John | 12-25-1870 | 11-2-1944 | Double marker with Lattie Burton |
| Burton, Lattie | 1872 | 1914 | Double marker with John Burton |
| Burton, Rev. Leon | 9-15-1920 | 12-15-1969 | |
| Charles, Lee | 10-6-1887 | 11-24-1952 | Double marker with Mary Charles |
| Charles, Mary | 5-11-1890 | 12-20-1928 | Double marker with Lee Charles |
| Charles, Grover C. | 1910 | 1982 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Craven, Mattie Redic | 6-2-1902 | 4-23-1990 | |
| Craven, Richard Ray | 1997 | 1997 | Dates from metal marker; no dates on stone |
| Craven, William H. | 2-7-1929 | 12-26-2013 | Double marker with Levercie Craven |
| Craven, Levercie | 10-25-1936 | 2-27-2019 | Double marker with William H. Craven; death date not engraved at time of survey |
| Craven, James | 11-19-1925 | Double marker with Jannie Craven; children -- Herbert, James Jr., Janice, Janet, Rodney | |
| Craven, Jannie | 3-20-1941 | 10-25-2017 | Double marker with James Craven; children -- Herbert, James Jr., Janice, Janet, Rodney |
| Craven, James Jr. | 12-21-1958 | 5-8-2016 | Sgt. - U. S. Marine Corps - Persian Gulf |
| Cravens, Brooks | 12-25-1895 | 7-1-1977 | Pvt.-U. S. Army-World War I |
| Craven, Charlotte Ann | 1-7-1958 | 3-29-2014 | Information from obituary; not found in 2018 survey |
| Easter, Rev. A. G. | 1908 | 1997 | Dates from metal marker; no dates on stone |
| Easter, Willie Mae | 8-26-1918 | 2-14-2000 | Metal funeral home marker |
| Evans, Elzie Lee | 8-3-1927 | 7-6-2001 | |
| Evans, Florence Craven | 12-12-1926 | 6-17-2016 | |
| Evans, Sandra K. | 7-20-1959 | 10-28-2017 | Sandra Kay Evans in obituary |
| Flemons, Mack | 1909 | 1957 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Flemons, Carrie | No dates on stone | ||
| Flemons, Andrew | No dates on stone | ||
| Flemons, Fronia | No dates on stone | ||
| Flemons, Clarence | No dates on marker | ||
| Flemons, William | 1917 | 1967 | Not found in 2018 survey |
| Flemons, Vilor | 1884 | 1967 | |
| Gillard, Fred | 9-28-1896 | 11-26-1955 | Arkansas - Pvt-544 Svc BN-Engr. Corps- World War I |
| Gillard, Genous | 11-11-1925 | 3-9-1970 | Husband of Patsy; not found in 2018 survey |
| Gillard, Mr. Cleve, Jr. | 2-10-1938 | 6-8-1986 | |
| Gillard, Edward | 1905 | 1988 | |
| Gillard, Bill | 12-25-1898 | 9-11-1972 | |
| Gillard, Catherine | 9-27-1904 | 6-11-1991 | |
| Gillard, Alice | 5-7-1902 | 5-19-1979 | |
| Gillard, Lee John "Slim" | 7-21-1932 | 5-6-1998 | |
| Gillard, Nadine | 8-12-1926 | 8-8-2000 | |
| Hayes, Idella Hopson | 11-27-1929 | 4-7-2012 | Metal marker; full dates from obituary |
| Henderson, Louise Gillard | 9-12-1922 | 11-29-2002 | |
| Hendrix, Jessie James | 11-29-1929 | 4-7-2017 | Double marker with Francis Faye Hendrix |
| Hendrix, Francis Faye | 11-11-1937 | Double marker with Jessie James Hendrix | |
| Gillard, Lee E. | 1936 | 1980 | Flat stone |
| Holloway, ? | 1976 | Metal marker-some information missing; not found or could not be read in 2018 survey | |
| Holloway, Humphry | 9-24-1893 | 1-28-1974 | Pvt.-U. S. Army |
| Hopson, Elizabeth | 10-8-1872 | 6-1-1952 | |
| Hopson, (infant) | 1990 | 1990 | Metal marker |
| Hopson, C. L. | 7-10-1929 | 11-16-2002 | Double marker with Lurene E. Hopson; m. 6-9-1951; children -- Jo Anne, Margaret, Gary, Patricia, Kenneth, Eva, Franklin |
| Hopson, Lurene E. | 9-2-1932 | Double marker with C. L. Hopson; m. 6-9-1951; children -- Jo Anne, Margaret, Gary, Patricia, Kenneth, Eva, Franklin | |
| Hopson, Claudie | 4-16-1904 | 2-25-1978 | |
| Hopson, Emma Flemons | 12-4-1911 | 8-19-2007 | Emma Mae Hopson in obituary |
| Hopson, Doris Ann | 6-5-1959 | 11-7-2014 | Doris Ann Welch Hopson in obituary |
| Hopson, Lurlene Estelle | 9-2-1932 | 1-17-2019 | Information from obituary |
| Hubbard, Clinton | 5-17-1917 | 12-11-1981 | Broken stone; no dates on new stone |
| Jackson, Emma Jean | 6-2-1966 | 12-21-1994 | Age 32 |
| Jefferson, Tori S. | 1984 | 1985 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Jefferson, Leonard H. | 6-27-1949 | 11-14-1992 | Sp. 4-U. S. Army-Vietnam |
| Johnson, Jewell E. | 1963 | 1997 | Dates from metal marker; no dates on new marker |
| Johnson, Mr. Jessie | 9-23-1902 | 12-31-1979 | Not found in 2018 survey |
| Johnson, Shirley | 11-25-1944 | 1-4-2000 | Dates from metal marker; no dates on stone |
| Johnson, Queen E. | 5-1-1959 | 5-30-2015 | |
| Kendrick, Vassie Lee | 12-27-1910 | 10-24-1995 | Not found in 2018 survey |
| Lewis, Andrea | 6-26-1996 | Age 17-metal marker; no dates on stone | |
| McKinney, Mary Ella | 2-27-1902 | 4-26-1946 | |
| Murphy, Timothy D. | 1968 | 1969 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Redic, W. R. | 3-6-1875 | 4-22-1951 | Broken stone-hard to read; replace with stone with name only |
| Redic, Udora Tidwell | 1903 | July, 1978 | Death month from obituary; year only on stone |
| Redic, Oscar | 6-26-1909 | 2-23-1996 | S. Sgt. - U. S. Army - World War II |
| Redice, Bernice | 1922 | 1956 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Robison, Hattie | 1890 | 1963 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Simmons, William P. | 2-12-1914 | 9-7-1994 | Tec. 5-U. S. Army-World War II |
| Simmons, Mrs. Oree | 11-7-1921 | 5-6-2001 | Metal marker |
| Stephens, Joe Charles | 9-18-1945 | 4-26-2015 | Information from obituary; not found in 2018 survey |
| Stephens Della Mae Zachery | 4-30-1925 | 8-9-1986 | |
| Stuckey, Alvern Simpson | 11-16-1933 | 12-14-2004 | |
| Stuckey, Russell "Poppa" | 1-21-1964 | 1-23-2015 | Brothers and sisters -- Mary Holyfield Stuckey, Jordan Stuckey, Corliss Stuckey |
| Tidwell, Daniel F. | 10-30-1917 | 9-10-1982 | Pfc. -U. S. Army- World War II |
| Tidwell, Durie | 1929 | 1986 | Dates from metal marker; no dates on stone |
| Tidwell, Clarence C. | 11-7-1919 | 6-30-1988 | Pvt.-Air Force- World War II |
| Van Hook, Bama Craven | 10-30-1934 | 2-17-1990 | In plot with Brooks and Mattie Craven |
| Washington, Ennis | 8-22-1881 | 12-20-1947 | Age 66; marker hard to read; not found or could not be read in 2018 survey |
| Welch, Gloria Tidwell | 12-26-1934 | 5-19-2016 | |
| Williams, S. W. | 1877 | 1939 | |
| Williamson, Linda | 9-14-1965 | 12-18-1989 | Daughter--Vontillia |
| Williamson, Eltiser | 12-8-09 | 2-13-85 | |
| Young, Veller | 1898 | 1959 | Metal marker set in concrete |
| Young, Lavern | 11-9-1941 | 11-5-2000 | |
| Zackary, John R. | 9-9-1928 | 11-28-1956 | |
| Zackery, John Thomas | 8-31-1925 | 7-21-1995 | STM1-U. S. Navy-World War II |
| Zachery, Nancy | 10-8-1907 | 7-11-1947 |
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References to an "earlier record" usually refer to a survey conducted in the 1950's by the Nevada County Extension Homemakers' Clubs, the original of which is on file at the Nevada County Depot and Museum.
Since 1997, Jery and Jeanie McKelvy have conducted a periodic canvas of each cemetery in the county and use additional resources to keep the listings current.