Bethlehem Cemetery

Johnson County, Arkansas





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Calvin Acord                                  January 22, 1824          December 11, 1880
    Son of John Acord and Sarah Turner
    Husband of Angeline Cook  
Angeline Acord                                            1824                       1905
    Wife of Calvin Acord 

H. B. Wesley Arnold                             April 11, 1874              June 19, 1876
    Son of Benjamin Franklin Arnold and Harriet Hightower   
  
William C. Arnold                            November 17, 1850             March 14, 1883
    Son of Henry Arnold and Ann 
    Husband of Nancy Rosemond Kendall  

John Franklin Babson                                                     October 29, 2004
    Age 84 years, of Clarksville, Arkansas
    Son of Jesse James Babson and Penelope Inman 
    Husband of Naomi
    Children: Judy BLACK, Gary, Daniel, and Chris 
    With Rev. Bob Oden and Josh Bazyk officiating the funeral
    Extracted from obituary by Judy Tate

Artie Mae Baker                               December 20, 1916          February 6, 1917
    Daughter of John Cleveland Baker and Maude Mae Kendall   
  
John C. Baker                                  January 27, 1886              May 17, 1970
    John Cleveland Baker   
Maude M. Baker                                     May 26, 1891             April 6, 1984
    Maude Mae Kendall
    Daughter of Joseph Price Kendall and Amanda Susannah Cates
    Wife of John C. Baker   
  
Abraham L. Baskin 
    Co. K 2 Ark. Inf  
    Son of John M. Baskin and Malissa Emeline Laster   

Osmore Beavers                                             1884                      1956
Minnie Beavers                                             1892                      1962
  
Argus H. Blackard                              December 6, 1906         November 28, 1910
    Son of William Hurley Blackard and Ida Christine McWherter   

Edna Stamps Blackard                                       1904                      1926
    First Wife of John Blackard

Ferol N. Blackard                              January 25, 1922         December 15, 1944
    In memory of Ferrell Nicholas 'Judge' Blackard
    Son of William Hurley Blackard and Ida Christine McWherter
    Killed in action at the Battle of the Bulge 
    Buried Hochfelden, France   
  
George Daniel Blackard                        November 19, 1875               May 8, 1958
    Son of George D. Blackard and Mary Stovall
    Husband of Lucy Yandell     
  
Ida A. Blackard                                  April 24, 1918         February 26, 1919
    Ida Ailene Blackard
    Daughter of William Hurley Blackard and Ida Christine McWherter
    Shares marker with brother Noel Jackson Blackard 
Noel J. Blackard                             September 26, 1916               May 6, 1928
    Noel Jackson Blackard
    Son of William Hurley Blackard and Ida Christine McWherter    
 
Lucy Adeline Blackard                          February 2, 1879           October 2, 1942
    Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Yandell and Arizona Pace
    Wife of George Daniel Blackard
   
Lula E. Blackard                                   May 14, 1907          January 30, 1986
    Lula Esther Blackard
    Daughter of George Daniel Blackard and Lucille   

Ola Parker Blackard                                        1898                      1920
    Daughter of Tom Parker
    First wife of Harlan Haskel Blackard   

Paul Blackard 
    Son of Harlan Haskel Blackard and Ola Parker
    Husband of Lillian Halmes     

William H. Blackard                            January 17, 1874              May 30, 1964
    William Hurley Blackard
    Husband of Ida Christine McWherter     
Ida C. Blackard                                  March 25, 1878          January 17, 1963
    Ida Christine, wife of William Hurley Blackard 

Ben F. Blakley                                     May 29, 1885           August 10, 1911
    Husband of Carrie Boyer

P. B. Blakley                                       May 1, 1864            March 22, 1929
Amanda N. Blakley                            September 22, 1863             June 14, 1942
    Wife of P. B. Blakley

A. B. Bland                                  September 19, 1896         February 17, 1898
    Daughter of J. F. Bland and E. L.

Ross Boen                                                          1912       

A. I. Bowen                                                1885                      1941
  
Charles Ross Bowen                                 May 28, 1891        September 28, 1912
    Son of James Monroe Bowen and Ida Lucinda Blackford   

Ida Lee Bowen                                  January 23, 1870         November 24, 1920
    Daughter of William Carl Blackford and Martha Jane Willy
    Wife of James Monroe Bowen

Louisa Haws Bowen                             December 20, 1821              July 2, 1888

Euclid A. Boyer                                 August 30, 1889          November 4, 1911
    Son of William S. Boyer and Emma Sanders

Euclid Eugene Boyer                           November 4, 1851            August 20, 1915
    Son of Dr. H. L. Boyer and Lois Wofford

Herbert L. Boyer                                                   No Dates

James W. Boyer                                November 24, 1851              May 31, 1932

M. Emeline Boyer                                 April 29, 1861                      1877
    Daughter of William Henry Boyer and Mary C.

Mary Cooper Boyer                                          1852          November 7, 1901
    Wife of William Henry Boyer

Mary Mickle Boyer                              January 18, 1858              May 28, 1922
    Wife of Jasper M. Boyer

William Smith Boyer                           October 14, 1863             March 30, 1941
Son of William Henry Boyer and Mary
Emma Sanders Boyer                                April 6, 1861            April 23, 1895
    Wife of William Smith Boyer
Sarah F. Mason Boyer                          February 18, 1867             July 24, 1931
    Wife of William Smith Boyer

Sallie M. Braselton                            February 5, 1884          November 1, 1893
    Daughter of J. R. Braselton and Harriet

J. T. Brasher                                       May 3, 1920               May 3, 1920
    Son of Charles Brasher and B. Gould

Mary Blakley Brown                            December 30, 1883         November 12, 1937   

J. T. Brasher                                       May 3, 1920               May 3, 1920
    Son of Charles Brasher and B. Gould   

J. L. Casey                                   December 23, 1869          October 18, 1897
    Son of W. E. Casey and Mary
    Husband of Lou

John R. Cates                                    April 18, 1847           January 3, 1917
    Husband of Margaret Rebecca Stumbough   
Rebecca Cates                                 February 25, 1845            April 12, 1916
    Wife of John R. Cates 
    Margaret Rebecca Stumbough
    Children: Mollie and Amanda Cates
   
C. W. Chandler                               September 31, 1856            March 15, 1907

Essie Vinnie Chandler                               May 3, 1898          December 5, 1978

George William Tipton Chandler                September 3, 1857            March 15, 1922
    Son of Joseph Thomas Chandler and Amie Anne Sellers 

Jeff Dewey Chandler                               July 26, 1898              June 7, 1977

R. J. Nichols Clay 
    Nichol's Ark. Inf. C.S.A.
   
  
James Geisler Coffee                           October 31, 1908         February 27, 1993
    Husband of Alma Sexton
    Married December 20, 1931
Alma Sexton Coffee                           September 22, 1910          February 9, 1985
   Wife of James Geisler Coffee 
   
Lester M. Coffee                                           1879                      1959
Jessie A. Coffee                                           1882                      1977
   Jessie Ann Geisler
   Daughter of George Geisler and Mary Elizabeth Stovall
   Wife of Lester M. Coffee 

Sylvester Conway                                           1887                      1957
S. Pearl Conway                                            1888                      1975
   Wife of Sylvester 

James Melvin Davis                              August 19, 1919          January 21, 1981

Attie Dake Day                                    July 15, 1891          November 7, 1921
   Wife of Virgil Day

Clark B. Day                                   January 17, 1937         November 25, 1967
   Son of Virgil Day and Oleta Pryor
   Ark A 2C USAF

E. L. Ras Day                                     March 2, 1901             April 4, 1976

Fredonia A. Jacobs Day                                     1872                      1958
   Wife of A. T. Day

Luster Day                                        July 24, 1903        September 12, 1939
   Son of Sam Day and Fredonia
Mamie McNeely Day                                  June 1, 1909          October 12, 1935
   Wife of Luster 

Samuel T. Day                                    March 14, 1933             June 26, 1935
   Son of Seldon Day and Mary Gilbreath

Seldon Day                                    February 28, 1895             July 23, 1967
   Son of A. T. Day and Fredonia

Virgil M. Day                                              1888                      1957
   Son of Samuel

Virgil M. Day Jr
   Son of Virgil Day and Attie
   Ark Pfc Co B 112 Inf 28 Inf Div WWII

Dessie Day Hurn Dobbs                         December 18, 1893         December 20, 1977

Garland L. Dobbs                              February 16, 1900           August 19, 1972

Selmadene Nelson Dobbs                            June 12, 1930              July 9, 1968

R. H. Edwards                                  February 7, 1858          October 25, 1936

Sarah Edwards                                 December 25, 1876         February 22, 1934

Wilham T. Edwards                                               No Dates

Virgil Lee Evans                                   May 12, 1891            August 6, 1958
   Husband of Martha Stamps
Martha Evans                                  December 15, 1893             June 12, 1950

Bonnie Mickel Geisler                           August 17, 1892           January 5, 1924
   First wife of Clinton B. Geisler 

Infant Gould                                 September 23, 1924           October 9, 1924
   Son of Ira Gould and Frances  

Grant Hawkins                                              1874                      1934
Candis Hawkins                                             1878                      1961
   Wife of Grant 

Dee Winger Henderson                             April 27, 1917             June 22, 1980

Layman Holt                                                1916                      1917

Ellis Hurr                                                 1890                      1960

Rebecca Ingram                                   March 11, 1890         November 15, 1890
   Daughter of W. L. Ingram and T. A.

W. L. Ingram                                       June 5, 1854               May 5, 1907
Theodosia Adams Ingram                            July 10, 1856         September 1, 1914
   Wife of W. L. Ingram

Ben Jacobs                                                 1890                      1953
   Son of Dr. William Jacobs and Emma Powell

Jim Jacobs                                    December 27, 1866          December 8, 1926
   Son of Dr. William  Jacobs and Emma Powell

Nola Ann Jacobs                                            1900                      1913
   Daughter of Dr. William Jacobs and Emma Powell

William F. Jacobs, Dr.                                     1844         November 28, 1916
   Garett's Co Gerdon's Remt. Ark Cav USA
Sallie A. Jacobs                              September 3, 1844           October 6, 1886
   Wife of Dr. William F. Jacobs

Diana Kaye Jones                                 August 9, 1955           August 14, 1955

Amos C. Dick Kendall                                       1851                      1899
   Amos Clark Kendall
   Son of Isaac Kendall and Sarah Melissa Clark
   Husband of Mary Melissa 'Mollie' Cates
Mollie Cates Kendall                                       1864                      1899
   Mary Melissa 'Mollie' Cates
   Daughter of John R. Cates and Rebecca
   Wife of Amos Kendall    

Amos C. Kendall                                   July 12, 1897         December 27, 1986
   Son of Amos Kendall and Mollie Cates
   Husband of Lou Blakely 
   Cpl US Army WW II  
Lou Blakely Kendall                                        1897                      1980
   Wife of Amos Kendall 
  
Ben F. Kendall                                             1876                      1927
   Husband of Dora Jacobs
Dora Kendall                                   February 5, 1880           August 10, 1952
   Daughter of William F. Jacobs and Sarah Arnold
   Wife of Ben F. Kendall 

Blakley A. Kendall                             December 9, 1926         December 23, 1953
   Ark Sgt 5 Quartermaster Bn, WWII.
   Son of Amos Kendall and Lou Blakely   

Dwight Kendall                                   August 6, 1891              July 8, 1963
   Dwight Oliver Kendall
   Son of Amos Clark Kendall and Mary Melissa Cates
   Husband of Orda 
Orda Dake Kendall                             December 19, 1893          October 30, 1968
   Wife of Dwight Oliver Kendall    

Gwendolyn Kendall                              October 30, 1921              May 26, 1923
   Daughter Of Amos C. Kendall and Lou Blakely
   
Isaac Kendall                                   August 24, 1823             April 7, 1892
   Son of Edward Kendall and Nancy Smith
   Husband of Sarah Melissa Clark    
S. M. Kendall                                  January 21, 1826          January 29, 1917
   Sarah Melissa 'Sally' Clark
   Wife of Isaac Kendall 

J. Price Kendall                                           1863                      1957
   Joseph Price Kendall
   Son of Isaac Kendall and Sarah 
   Husband of Amanda Susanah Cates
Amanda Cates Kendall                                       1870                      1950
   Daughter of John Cates 
   Wife of J. Price Kendall     

Oscar Kendall                                     March 2, 1893          January 31, 1896
   Son of J. Price Kendall and Amanda Cates   

Telia Kendall                                     July 27, 1895          January 20, 1927
   Frances Artelia Kendall
   Daughter of Joseph Price Kendall and Amanda Susanah Cates 

Finnis W. Lovell                               October 17, 1889           October 4, 1952

Richmond M. Lovell                               March 24, 1883

Thomas Mahand                                       May 4, 1816            April 16, 1888

Gus Marion                                                 1895                      1928

Lucy Stamps Martin                               March 11, 1894         December 12, 1919
   Wife of Dennis Martin

Ross Martin                                        May 25, 1887           October 7, 1927

E. Monroe Mason                               September 1, 1886              July 8, 1922
   Son of Edmon Mason

John H. Mason                                 December 24, 1883             July 30, 1912
   Son of Edmon Mason

Elvira Watson Mason                               July 31, 1839         February 17, 1913
   Wife of Edmon Mason

Lizzie Mauldin                                November 19, 1860            March 31, 1883

William G. Mauldin                                March 3, 1868         December 27, 1882

Leona May                                       August 25, 1877        September 23, 1879

W. S. May                                         April 9, 1882           August 15, 1883

William R. Miner                                    May 9, 1907          December 6, 1957
   Ark Pvt G 11 Cav WWII

Cleo Lee Morgan                              September 30, 1921         February 21, 1923

Seth Stegall Morgan                                May 29, 1909             July 13, 1971

George Morris                                 November 20, 1894           August 23, 1940

Carrol M. Nelson                              February 18, 1906           October 4, 1957

Loys Lee Nelson                                January 19, 1895          December 9, 1906
   Son of J. M. Nelson and M. A.
 
Michael Wayne Nelson                                                         May 11, 2001
   Age 48 years, of Clarksville, Arkansas
   Father and Step-Mother John and Maxine Nelson of Clarksville
   Grandmother, Gertrude Leach of Clarksville, Arkansas
   Child: Sarah NELSON
   US Marine Corps Vietnam 
   With Burley King officiating the funeral
   Extracted from obituary by Judy Tate

A. R. Ogilvie                                  October 23, 1883              May 23, 1923
   Archie LeRoy Ogilvie
   Son of Abraham Wilson Ogilvie and Sonora Alice Frost
   Husband of Lucy Geisler   
Lucy Ogilvie                                  November 15, 1885            April 22, 1980
   Wife of A. R. Ogilvie  

William Patton                                             1866                      1948
Lavina M. Patton                                           1868                      1931
   Wife of William Patton

Buster Perkins                                 Ocotber 10, 1917          October 11, 1970

Francis Perkins                                 August 24, 1879            March 31, 1924

Mario Protto                                     March 31, 1912           August 23, 1977

Elise Day Ray                                              1918                      1970

Michel Ray                                    February 10, 1942         February 10, 1942

Julia Riley                                                1880                      1965

Thomas L. Rogers                                              No Dates

Louise Shelton                                                No Dates 

William T. Sisemore                              April 13, 1881           August 12, 1881 
   Son of Ephraim Sizemore and Louvicy Ann Acord    

C. C. Stewart                                                    No Dates   

Frances S. Stewart                                               No Dates   

Liza C. Stewart                                   April 2, 1881             July 20, 1882
   Eliza Gertrude Stewart
   Daughter of Christpher Columbus Stewart and Frances Marie Acord

Luvicy H. A. Stewart                             April 12, 1879             July 14, 1882
   Daughter of Christopher Columbus Stewart and Francis Marie Acord

Twin Sons Stewart                                 April 7, 1876             April 7, 1876
   Sons of Christopher Columbus Stewart and Frances Marie Acord

Erie O. Stone                                      May 21, 1896            March 23, 1912
   Daughter of James Melton Stone and Mary J. Kendall    

Melton Stone                                               1857                      1939
   James Melton Stone
Mary Stone                                                 1866
   Mary Jane 'Mollie'
   Daughter of Isaac Kendall and Sarah Melissa Clark
   Wife of James Melton Stone      

Adda E. Swift                                      June 3, 1872             July 22, 1872

Arthur Swift                                    January 5, 1851            September 1861
   Son of John Dean Swift and Haedenia Clough   

Cloyce W. Swift                                            1907                      1931

Essie Swift                                    November 8, 1900        September 25, 1901

Hardenia C. Swift                              January 20, 1802           August 31, 1882
   Daughter of John and Sarh Clough
   Wife of John Dean Swift   

Infant Daughter Swift                                                   1914
   Infant daughter of Walter Swift   

Infant Son Swift                                               April 2, 1931
   Infant son of Walter Swift   

James P. Swift                                 January 17, 1844         November 18, 1864
   Son of John Dean Swift and Hardenia Clough
   Pvt Co A 16 Regt Ark Inf Civil War
   
Thomas J. Swift                                October 20, 1840          October 18, 1844
   Son of John Dean Swift and Haedenia Clough  

Walter C. Swift                                    May 26, 1878         December 25, 1963
   Husband of Rosalia
Rosalia E. Swift                                 March 14, 1877          January 12, 1936
   Wife of Walter C. Swift      

William A. Swift                               October 16, 1867            April 28, 1877

amos J. Umheltz                                 August 18, 1847            March 18, 1877

Albert R. Vangilder                            February 3, 1886                April 1907

Gertrude Vangilder                               March 20, 1891          December 7, 1896
   Daughter of W. M. Vangilder and H. J.

Bryan Marvin Waller                                May 17, 1896            April 18, 1970
Fannie Day Waller                                          1898                      1982

Claude Walters                                  August 25, 1880         December 22, 1882
   Son of Sarah Rash

Jesse Hinton Welborn                              July 19, 1882        September 17, 1882
   Son of M. Welborn and E. T.    

M. B. Welborn                                     July 25, 1884          January 18, 1902

W. W. Welborn, Dr.                             October 17, 1805         December 29, 1902

Marshall Wellborn                                March 13, 1832          October 28, 1898
   Cpl Co I 61 Regt Ala Inf CSA

Lee Ray Willis                                 January 18, 1873            March 16, 1955
Pernigie Ann Willis                             October 1, 1864           August 29, 1923
   Wife of Lee Ray Willis   

William Joseph Willis                             July 10, 1916          October 22, 1948
   SIC US Navy WWII  

Ora Blakely Wilson                             December 3, 1889          February 4, 1910

Susie Stamps Wooden                            January 14, 1891             March 9, 1927

Annie Mitchel Yandell                           April 25,  1894              May 21, 1936

Arlie Yandell                                     July 17, 1908           March  29, 1913
   Son of J. Tom Yandell and Sula   

Billy Ray Yandell                             February 11, 1936             July 28, 1939
   
Bobby Yandell                                  January 24, 1926           January 3, 1928
   Twin of Rodger
     
Charlie O. Yandell                            February 15, 1884              May 17, 1971
Mary E. Yandell                                 August 25, 1893           October 1, 1966
   Wife of Charlie O. Yandell   
  
Clyde Yandell                                              1908                      1915
   Son of William A. Yandell and Nancy Viola Kendall
   
Ella L. Yandell                                 August 30, 1923           August 13, 1951
   Wife of Herman D. Yandell
   
George Yandell                                December 24, 1880          October 25, 1883
   Son of I. M. Yandell and  Orpha
   
George Yandell                                             1889                      1959
   
Hugh M. Yandell                                February 7, 1887              July 3, 1975
   
I. M. Yandell                                September 15, 1849          November 4, 1936
Orpha Yandell                                  January 28, 1854          February 1, 1903
   Wife of I. M. Yandell

Ivis Yandell                                               1900                      1977 

Ivis Smedley Yandell                                               No Dates              
 
Sula Jacobs Yandell                           November 28, 1882         February 12, 1943
   Wife of J. Tom Yandell   
  
Ora Yandell                                                1887                      1967
   
Rodger Yandell                                 January 24, 1926         February 15, 1926
   Twin of Bobby
   
Rogers Yandell                                                   No Dates
      
Thomas J. Yandell 
   Co K 5th Reg CSA
   Thomas Jefferson Yandell
   Husband of Arizona R. Pace 
Arizon Pace Yandell                              August 9, 1852               May 4, 1932
   Wife of Thomas Jefferson Yandell   

Will Yandell                                               1883                      1923
 





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