Violet Cemetery is in Osceola, Arkansas, on S. Ash Street between
E. Johnson and E. Semmes Streets. It is significant because it is where many of the early settlers of Mississippi County are
buried. Violet Cemetery has been nominated to the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the National Register of
Historic Places. The earliest marked grave is from 1831, which predates both the formation of the County and Arkansas statehood.
In the early 1900s, the cemetery had fallen into disrepair, with fallen
headstones and sunken graves. A group of local ladies contacted relatives of those buried there, and they formed a Cemetery Association
which reset the stones and filled the graves with dirt. Within five years, violets were planted on all of the graves, and the
cemetery became known as Violet Cemetery.
Today, there are 634 marked graves and about 65 unmarked graves.
70% are at least 50 years old. Many pioneer families have members buried there. 42 Confederate soldiers
are buried here, as is Thomas Craighead, for whom Craighead County was named. There are
veterans from the Spanish-American War, both World Wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam War here, also.
ABREY, George West, b. 12 Mar 1860 d. 05 Jun 1948
ABREY, Howard Anthony, b. 02 Dec 1886, d. 05 Dec 1886
ABREY, Minnie Bell (EDRINGTON), b. 26 Oct 1865 d. 11 Apr 1926 m. George West ABREY
BARD Jr., William, b. 10 Aug 1792 d. 13 Aug 1855
BENTON, Effie Afton b. 1879 d. 1928
DANIELS, Seth W., b. 20 Feb 1824 d. 16 Aug 1855
EDRINGTON, Bettie (GOSS), b. 13 Aug 1870 d. 22 May 1902 m. George EDRINGTON
EDRINGTON, Bonnie Jean b. 17 Dec 1920 d. 08 Dec 1929
EDRINGTON, Clair Alvina (IRVIN), b. 1895 d. 18 Aug 1959 m. Henry Clay EDRINGTON later divorced
EDRINGTON, Collier, b. 03 Aug 1903 d. 12 Feb 1965
EDRINGTON, Effie Jean, b. 14 Dec 1908 d. 12 Nov 1912
EDRINGTON, Estella Clare (WARD), b. 27 May 1871 d. 30 May 1914 m. Samuel Clay EDRINGTON
EDRINGTON, George b. 16 Jan 1868 d. 20 Jul 1951
EDRINGTON, George N., b. 10 Jul 1904, d. 10 Nov 1923
EDRINGTON, Henry Clay b. 24 Nov 1827 d. 21 Apr 1874
EDRINGTON, Henry Clay b. 22 Apr 1892 d. 1960
EDRINGTON, James Hancock b. 23 Jan 1872 d. 14 Apr 1872
EDRINGTON, Jefferson H. b. 15 Apr 1861 d. 11 Sep 1863
EDRINGTON, Jimmy Dean b. 17 Dec 1920 d. 26 Mar 1922
EDRINGTON, John P. b. 27 Dec 1858 d. 10 Sep 1860
EDRINGTON, John William b. 02 Nov 1869 d. 11 Jun 1953
EDRINGTON, Joseph Price b. 27 Oct 1821 d. 06 Dec 1856
EDRINGTON, Mary Lewis (ALLEN), b. 27 Jun 1880, d. 14 Aug 1963 m. George EDRINGTON
EDRINGTON, Murray b. 09 May 1850 d. 09 Nov 1913
EDRINGTON, Robert Wilson b. 10 Oct 1952 d.
EDRINGTON, Sarah Jane (HAZARD), b. 4 Mar 1841 d. 24 Sep 1915 m. Henry Clay EDRINGTON
EDRINGTON, Sarah Mabel (FLANNIGAN), b. 30 Jul 1886, d. 19 Aug 1980 m. John William EDRINGTON
EDRINGTON, Thelma, b. Sep 1897 d. 16 Feb 1901
EDRINGTON, William Bard b. 27 Apr 1817 d. 16 Jul 1851
EDRINGTON, Woodfin b. 30 Apr 1907 d. 25 Mar 1915
HAZARD, Emily Rebecca (EDRINGTON), b. 14 Jun 1820 d. Jul 1880, m. to James H. HAZARD
HAZARD, James H. b. 04 Sep 1824 d. 08 Sep 1872'
HAZARD, John H. b. 1851 d. 1880
HUGHEY, Mary Clay (LOVEWELL), b. 28 Nov 1905 d. 05 Apr 1962 m. Hugh H. HUGHEY
LOVEWELL, John Freeman, b. 28 Mar 1878 d. 09 Apr 1917
LOVEWELL, Hugh McVeigh, b. 08 Sep 1886 d. 25 Feb 1971
LOVEWELL, James Hazard b. 06 Dec 1874 d. Sep 1942
LOVEWELL, John A. b. 12 Mar 1848 d. 10 Jan 1916
LOVEWELL, Maggie Lula b. Jan 1877 d. 07 Apr 1877
LOVEWELL, Mary Hale (EDRINGTON) b. 1905 d. 1962, m. to John A. LOVEWELL
LOVEWELL, Susan Cox (HAMPSON), b. 1882 d. 1960 m. James H. LOVEWELL
MATTHEWS, Mary Ann (EDRINGTON), b. 1849 d. 1909 m. John MATHEWS
MURRAY, Hettie b. 1867 d. 1880
MURRAY, Margaret (EDRINGTON) b. 19 Apr 1846 d. 02 Jan 1930
SHEETS, Sarah (EDRINGTON), b. 27 Nov 1798 d. 03 Jul 1888 m. Charles SHEETS
SULLINGER, Helen Floyd (BENTON), b. 1881 d. 1972 m. Charles E. SULLINGER
YOWELL, Gladys P. (EDRINGTON), b. 27 Apr 1894 d. 1971 m. Marshall H. YOWELL
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