George Berry Washington, who died in 1928, was a former slave who went on to become one of Crittenden County’s eight largest landowners, owning 1,145 acres at the time of his death. He also pastored a Baptist church and owned a commissary and a cotton gin.
The 13-foot statue and a short wall surrounding it were erected on his grave as a memorial by his wife and two daughters. It is isolated in a cotton field about 100 feet from Highway 149 where it sits atop a 10-foot Indian mound.
Appearing on the monument which is enclosed by a low stone wall having ornate posts with an old woodmen of the world sign are these words.
"Hallelujah! Tis done
I believe in the Son
I am saved by the blood
Of the crucified One"
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~lunsford/cemeteries/berrycem.htm
The 13-foot statue and a short wall surrounding it were erected on his grave as a memorial by his wife and two daughters. It is isolated in a cotton field about 100 feet from Highway 149 where it sits atop a 10-foot Indian mound.
Appearing on the monument which is enclosed by a low stone wall having ornate posts with an old woodmen of the world sign are these words.
"Hallelujah! Tis done
I believe in the Son
I am saved by the blood
Of the crucified One"
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~lunsford/cemeteries/berrycem.htm
George Berry Washington, who died in 1928, was a former slave who went on to become one of Crittenden County’s eight largest landowners, owning 1,145 acres at the time of his death. He also pastored a Baptist church and owned a commissary and a cotton gin.
The 13-foot statue and a short wall surrounding it were erected on his grave as a memorial by his wife and two daughters. It is isolated in a cotton field about 100 feet from Highway 149 where it sits atop a 10-foot Indian mound.
Appearing on the monument which is enclosed by a low stone wall having ornate posts with an old woodmen of the world sign are these words.
"Hallelujah! Tis done
I believe in the Son
I am saved by the blood
Of the crucified One"
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~lunsford/cemeteries/berrycem.htm
The 13-foot statue and a short wall surrounding it were erected on his grave as a memorial by his wife and two daughters. It is isolated in a cotton field about 100 feet from Highway 149 where it sits atop a 10-foot Indian mound.
Appearing on the monument which is enclosed by a low stone wall having ornate posts with an old woodmen of the world sign are these words.
"Hallelujah! Tis done
I believe in the Son
I am saved by the blood
Of the crucified One"
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~lunsford/cemeteries/berrycem.htm
