Honey Family Cemetery
W. of Paragould Cr 707 Rd
This photo below was taken by my dad , Otto Morton .
Thank you !
Daddy
HISTORY OF HONEY CEMETERY
POSTED BY PERMISSION
BY DR. AND MRS. C.W. STARNES
01/11/2009
DR. STARNES HAS FREELY DONATED ALL OF HIS RESEARCH HE HAS COMPILED THRU THE YEARS TO ME TO POST TO THE GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS AND CROSSOVER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WEBSITE .
HE HAS COMPILED YEARS OF RESEARCH AND HARD WORK ON ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY , COMMUNITIES , FAMILIES , CEMETERIES , MAPS , SCHOOLS AND LOTS MORE OF INTERESTING TOPICS IN GREENE COUNTIES HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED . HE HAS GIVEN A LIFETIME OF CONTRIBUTING AND STILL DOING THE RESEARCH HE LOVES TODAY ON GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS .
I AM HONORED TO BE GIVEN THIS PRIVILEGE TO SHARE , DR. STARNES LIFETIME OF RESEARCH WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS .
THANK YOU
TINA EASLEY
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HONEY CEMETERY
COMPILED - 1970 BY DR. AND MRS. C.W. STARNES
HONEY CEMETERY CAN BE REACHED BY LEAVING HWY 25W IN CENTER HILL ON OLD WALCOTT ROAD , DRIVING PAST CROWLEY'S RIDGE ACADEMY FOR 1/4 MILE TO WHERE PAVEMENT ENDS , THEN CONTINUING ALONG ON WALCOTT ROAD FOR 2 MILES , LOCATED RIGHT BESIDE A NEW BRICK HOME ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD , IS A TINY LITTLE PLOT SURROUNDED BY A NEAT IRON FENCE .
APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO , AN ELDERLY COUPLE CAME BY FROM CALIFORNIA AND PLACED A LONE MARKER , WITH THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTION :
GRANDMOTHER
ANN (NEE SHANE ) HONEY
DIED 1852
5 GRAVES UNKNOWN
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THESE FIVE WERE SLAVES OF THE HONEY FAMILY . THE COUPLE HAD THE STONE PLACED , THEN PLACED THE GRILLED IRON FENCE AROUND IT , AND APPARENTLY LEFT WITHOUT ANYONE'S KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR IDENTITY. THE EXACT RELATIONSHIPS ARE UNKNOWN , BUT MRS. HONEY IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE GRANDMOTHER OF MR. TOM HONEY , AS WELL AS AN ANCESTOR OF CHRIS CECIL AND SAM SHANE , ALL OF WHOM WERE PROMINENT CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
TOM AND NARCISSUS HONEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN : JIM , JOHN C. , MONROE AND ROSIE (HONEY) COOPER.
AT ONE TIME THE LATE MONROE HONEY , WHO WAS A SECRETARY TO SENATOR HATTIE CARAWAY , DID A GREAT DEAL OF WORK ON THE HONEY CEMETERY , LOCATING THE GRAVES AND CLEARING OUT THE BRUSH. FOR A TIME IT HAD ALMOST ENTIRELY DISAPPEARED IN THE UNDERGROWTH.