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Submitted: 4/21/11 • Approved: 4/21/11 • Last Updated: 6/29/23 • R511734-G0-S3
What is the fate of Old Seminary Cemetery located about 2 miles north of Stephens, Arkansas at CR 104 & CR 112? All the surrounding land has the timber cut down or razed by heavy equipment. Several headstone were crushed by the equipment.
Photo Provided By Kenneth Britt kenbritt3@comcast.net
This old cemetery is overgrown with brush. It is about one acre in size and most of the monuments are in good shape. An African-American cemetery also called Seminary Cemetery, is located on another road about ¼ mile from this one, and it is still active.
Directions: From downtown Stephens, go north on Hwy. 57 for 2.5 miles. Turn left on a gravel road (Rd. 104) and go 9/10ths of a mile to a sharp curve to the right. Two dim roads will leave the gravel road in this sharp curve. The first one (Rd. 112) leads to the black cemetery still in use. The second road is very dim and is about 50 feet from the first one. The cemetery is about 2/10ths of a mile down this dim road and will be on your right. There are large oak trees at the site, and you will have to look closely to see the monuments in the underbrush. Jerry McKelvy
Contributed on 4/21/11 by tootied
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