Cosby Cemetery
Garland County, Arkansas

Beaudry Circle, Jessieville, Arkansas
Submitted March 11 2004
updated Aug.12, 2006
by: Carlotta Ragsdale & Brenda Johnson
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Directions to Cemetery: Turn right off of Hwy 7 North at Jessieville School
on Beaudry Circle stay straight 5.5 miles
Cemetery will be on the left on Beaudry

Roy Ermie Cosby Jr. b. March 20, 1955 d. July 28, 1955
   
son of Roy Cosby & Tessie Ragsdale

Teressa Rose Cosby
b. July 3 1952 d. Oct. 1 1958
   
daughter of Roy Cosby & Tessie Ragsdale

Bobby Gene Cosby
b. May 22, 1948 d. June 1, 1959
   
son of Roy Cosby & Tessie Ragsdale

Roy Ermie Cosby
b. April 19, 1911 d. April 5, 2003
    son of Jim Cosby & Jo Johnson
   
father of Edith, Etta Faye, Linda Sue, Jerry, Shirley, Bobby,
    Jimmy, Joretta, Teressa, Mary, Roy, David, & Sheila
    double marker w/
Tessie Mae (Ragsdale) Cosby b. Nov. 11, 1918 d. Dec. 6, 2003
    daughter of Andrew Ragsdale & Rena Baldwin
    mother of Edith, Etta Faye, Linda Sue, Jerry, Shirley, Bobby,
    Jimmy, Joretta, Teressa, Mary, Roy, David, & Sheila
    married Nov. 11, 1933

Unmarked

Unmarked

A. T. Beardsley
b. Jan 26, 1837 d. Jan. 20, 1911

Hugh Cash
b. July 18, 1829 d. Jan. 29, 1916
    double marker w/
Sena Cash b. July 22, 1826 d. March 17, 1910

Hugh Morris
b. Nov. 22, 1910 d. June 17, 1912
    son of C. L. & Rhonda Oates

Myrtle Jane Weber
b. June 26, 1909 d. Sept. 21, 1996

James A. Johnson
b. 1930 d. 1961
   
Mother: Julia Drucilla Johnson

Herbert Lee Johnson
b. April 10, 1911 d. April 30, 1978
    Husband of Julia Drucilla Johnson

Julia Drucilla Johnson
b. Aug. 5, 1912 d. June 21, 2006 Age 93
   
Parents: Monroe & Ollie Chandler Johnson
    Children: James - Wanda - Betty - Bill - Eugene - Anita

Betty S. Hamilton
b. 1933 d. 2002
   
Daughter of Julia Drucilla Johnson
   
Wife of Raymond Hamilton

Raymond Hamilton
b. 1926 d. 2005
   
Husband of Betty S. Hamilton

Bill H. Thomaston
b. July 8, 1938 d. July 1, 1991
   
Parents: Ernest Thomaston & Julia Drucilla Johnson

Ernest "Eugene" Thomaston
b. April 27, 1941 d. June 15, 2006 Age 65
    Parents: Ernest Thomaston & Drucilla Johnson
    Brothers & Sisters: James - Anita - Betty - Bill - Wanda

Wanda Shoemaker
b. 1931 d. 1989
   
Daughter of Julia Drucilla Johnson
   
Wife of Roy Shumaker
   
Double marker w/
Roy Shumaker
b. Oct. 1927 d. April 1994
    US NAVY
   
Husband of Wanda Shoemaker

Stacey L. Ragsdale
b. June 8, 1971 d. March 12, 1972

marked but unreadable

Unmarked

Joseph Crawford Cozby
no dates
   
Co. H 4ALA CAV CSA

Coleman Cosby
b. March 7, 1886 d. July 29, 1909

W. A. Cosby
b. Jan. 1, 1883 d. Jan. 27, 1935


Clarence W. Johnson
b. 1916 d. 1961

Unmarked

Unmarked

Al Unreadable

William Green Johnson b.1850 d.1921
    married Martha Cosby
    son of William Johnson & Sarah Jane Green
Martha Cozby Johnson
b. abt. 1865 d. no date
    married William Green Johnson
    married: Dec. 16, 1883

Robert E. Johnson
b. Dec. 24, 1888 d. Sept. 24, 1935

Thomas E. Johnson
b. 1885 d. 1944

Pete Genero
b. Nov. 22, 1988 d. Dec. 2, 1972
    husband of Opal Virginia Johnson


Barbara Ann Genero
b. Jan. 28, 1941 d. Jan. 16, 1954
    daughter of Pete Genero & Opal Johnson

Nancy Jane (Dickson) Johnson Jones
b. Sept. 2,1895 d. July 20,1981
    mother of Linnie, & Opal

Opal Virginia (Johnson) Genero
b. Jan. 14 1921 d. Feb. 11 1989
    daughter of Nancy Jane Dickson Johnson Jones
    sister of Linnie Johnson Ragsdale

John Freeman Ragsdale
b. Jan. 3, 1927 d. May 16, 1991
    son of Wiley Edgar Ragsdale & Ollie Cosby
    husband of Mary E. Ragsdale
    double marker w/
Mary E. Ragsdale
b. Feb.14, 1932 Open
    wife of John Freeman Ragsdale

Geneva Dorthia Cosby
b. 1919 d. 1944

Ollie Dimple Cosby b. 1906 d. 1941
    first wife of Wiley Edgar Ragsdale
    mother of John Freeman Ragsdale
    mother of Rickie Ragsdale

Wilbert Lee Cosby
b. 1910 d. 1932

James Enoch Cosby
b. Dec. 9, 1871 d. 1944
    son of Dee Cosby & Mary Louisa Arkansas Merriott

Minnie Cosby b. 1883 d. 1942

Mary Louisa Arkansas Newkirk
b. Sept. 12, 1853 Age 96
    daughter of James Wesley Merriott & Susan Geurin
    married first Dee Cosby
    mother of James Enoch Cosby
    married second Hiram Newkirk
    back of stone reads Placed by sister Lorena Frier

Richard Cozby d. July 10, 1942 Age 0

James O. Cozby
b. 1947

Clifford Cozby Jr.
b. Nov. 17,18, 1949 d. Nov. 19, 1949 Age 1 day

Walker Lee Cozby
b. Nov. 27, 1952 d. Nov.19, 1973
    Back of stone reads
    Brickmasons Local # 11 U.S. ARMY Reserves Co. A 489 ENG BTN

Lillian W. Cozby
b. May 20 1928 Open
    double marker w/
Clifton Cozby Sr.
b. Dec. 8, 1915 d. May 18, 1986
    40 years of love
    TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR 11

Herman Willis Cosby b. 1917 d. 1961

John Cosby b. 1902 d. 1957

William Emery Cosby b. Sept. 7, 1913 d. July 4, 1993

Lorena Frier b. July 9, 1903 d. July 30, 1989
    wife of Donald Frier
    sister of Mary A. Newkirk
Donald P. Frier
b. Oct. 2, 1911 d. Dec. 15, 1961
    Tec 4 9201 Tech SVC Unit World War 11
    husband of Lorena Frier

Cora E. Fleener
b. May 24, 1900 d. Oct. 1, 1950

George Leatherbury b. Dec. 9, 1929 d. July 30, 1985
    A Friend of the Cosbys


There are 59 Graves in The Cosby Cemetery