Smyrna Cemetery
Pope County, Arkansas
From the supermarket in Hector, go north on highway 27 for 16.9 miles to Nogo Church. Turn left on county road and go 3.4 miles. Turn sharp right between two square stone columns and go .8 mile to old Smyrna Church. Turn left and go .1 mile to cemetery. Fenced and clean. Approximately 95 unmarked graves.
Updated info and additional pictures will be added when available.
Submitted pictures appear in the Smyrna Cemetery Album at bottom of page.
ADAY, Caroline 04 Apr 1852 20 Oct 1888
 Daughter of Edmund ADAY? and Rebecca?
Wife of James William SANDERS
Child: James Monroe SANDERS
This probably should be Caroline ADAY SANDERS
BELL, Clinton 15 Mar 1932 18 Sep 1933
BELL, Elsie 1897 1898
BELL, Enoch M. 01 Oct 1844 28 Nov 1911
Born Mississippi
Husband of Mary M. HOLMES
Married 27 Feb 1870 Book D, page 221...Pope County, Arkansas
Children: Senthy A., James, George, Selene
BELL, Mary 11 Oct 1844 26 oct 1928
Born Arkansas
Daughter of James HOLMES and Mary SCOTT
Wife of Enoch M. BELL
BELL, George 1898 1901
Son of James F. BELL and Mattie GARNER
BELL, James Francis, Jr. 22 Feb 1873 10 Jul 1949
Born Arkansas
Son of James F. BELL, Sr. and Phoebe C. HOLMES
First Wife: Mattie GARNER
Married 16 Oct 1892 Book B, page 216...Searcy County, Arkansas
Children: George, Mary Evelyn SANDERS, Sebastian
Second Wife: Eva YOUNGER
Married 24 Jan 1904 Book G, page 177...Searcy County, Arkansas
Children: Dewey, Elbert, Loy, Russell, Monroe, Worlie,
Jettie BOATMAN, Versie SEALES, Libby WALDEN
BELL, Mattie 1873 30 Jun 1899
Daughter of Racey GARNER and Lenora
Wife of James F. BELL, Jr.
BELL, Mary 05 Aug 1921 30 Sep 1922
BELL, Phoebe 1851
Born Arkansas Arkansas
Date from census and marriage record age.
Maiden name: HOLMES
Wife of James F. BELL, Sr.
Married 12 Mar 1871 Book D, page 256...Pope County, Arkansas
Children: James Francis, Mary E., Janette, Enoch and John L.
BELL, Purna 03 Jan 1920 17 Nov 1949
BELL, Sebastian 'Bass' 20 Sep 1893 10 Oct 1978
Son of James Francis BELL, Jr. and Mattie GARNER
Husband of Elsie Mae PACK
Married 07 Oct 1917 Book L, page 298...Pope County, Arkansas
Children: George Cleatis, Cleveland, Cleo C., Donnie C., John F.,
Pearl GREGORY, Joyce ADAY, Pauline CASEY, Patsy HOUSLEY, Joann TANNEHILL,
and Para Lee FREEMAN
View picture of marker in album. (Item #1)
BELL, Elsie Mae 07 Feb 1902 06 Jul 1964
Maiden name: PACK
Wife of Sebastian 'Bass' BELL
CARR, Nancy C. 29 Sep 1854 28 Jun 1936
CASSEY, Farel 29 Jul 1905 23 Aug 1905
Last name could be COSSEY
Child of A. J. COSSEY and Sally T. CURTIS
CHAMBLISS, Cleveland 18 Jun 1884 31 Jul 1886
Son of J. A. CHAMBLISS and Sarah
CHAMBLISS, William 17 Oct 1879 05 May 1892
Son of J. A. CHAMBLIS and Sarah
CHURCH, James B. 1845
Born North Carolina
Date from census
Husband of Emla A. RACKLEY (Martha Ellender)
Children: Alva James, Liza, Martha, Roselene, William Siler, Columbus
 Co. E, 2nd Ark. Cav. Civil War
View picture of marker in album. (Item #2)
CHURCH, Emla A. 05 Feb 1844 19 Apr 1900
Martha Ellender
Maiden name: RACKLEY
Wife of James B. CHURCH
Married 01 Aug 1867 Book D, page 157...Pope County, Arkansas
Her name is Emla A. on tombstone and Martha Ellender on marriage record
CHURCH, John E. 13 Sep 1909 23 Oct 1909
Son of Columbus M. CHURCH and M. E. VAUGHN
CHURCH, Johnnie No MARKER
Died 17 Jun 1909
Child of J. A. CHURCH and Sarah PACK
Courier Democrat article dated 24 Jun 1909
CHURCH, William Siler 10 Mar 1877 07 Jun 1905
Son of James B. CHURCH and Emla A. RACKLEY
COTTON, Calvin 27 Mar 1893 19 Feb 1919
Wife of Dicie PENDLETON
Married 15 Oct 1916 Book L, page 102...Pope County, Arkansas
COTTON, Elizabeth 26 Jan 1847 12 Dec 1890 ?
Stone broken along death date
Wife of James M. COTTON
Children: Nancy A., Martha C., Tennessee, Mary, Ruth, Colorado, John S.
COTTON, John S. 23 Sep 1881 23 Sep 1896
Son James M. COTTON and Elizabeth J.
This stone is broken
GRINSTEAD, Alice Belle 27 Jul 1881 31 Oct 1917
Maiden name: SANDERS
Wife of Jake L. GRINSTEAD
Married 28 Jul 1901 Book H, page 130...Pope County, Arkansas
GRINSTEAD, Isabell J. 15 Oct 1843 26 Jun 1915
Wife of Henry GRINSTEAD
Children: Will, Hake, Fred, Retta HUDLOW, Lela O. BELL, Grace THOMPSON
Courier Democrat article dated 08 Jul 1915
Henry GRINSTEAD is buried in Hudson Cemetery near Moreland, Arkansas in Pope County
View picture of marker in album. (Item #3)
GRINSTEAD, William Henry 1908 09 Nov 1911
Jake L. GRINSTEAD and Alice Belle SANDERS
Courier Democrat article dated 09 Nov 1911
HINCHEY, G. M. 14 Mar 1869 26 Apr 1932
Husband of Nancy J. BALLINGER
Married 28 Sep 1893 Book G, page 90...Pope County, Arkansas
HOLMES, James 18 Oct 1807 07 Oct 1884
Husband of Mary 'Polly' SCOTT
Children: Mary, Winnie, Senthia
HOLMES, Polly (Mary) 09 Jan 1801 08 Dec 1877
Maiden name: SCOTT
Wife of James HOLMES
HORN, Infant ?
This stone has: Bless this infant.
No name, no date, and is located beside Vivian HORN.
HORN, Vivian H. 15 Feb 1927 04 Jan 1928
KENDRICK, Perry 21 Mar 1864 19 Sept 2000
Son of Earnest Thomas KENDRICK and Vivian TIMMONS
Step-father J. L. SANDERS
MATHIS, Anna I. 15 Feb 1889 08 Oct 1890
Daughter of J. B. MATHIS and L. J. CHURCH
MATHIS, John A. 23 Jan 1886 29 Nov 1904
Son of J. B. MATHIS and L. J. CHURCH
McENTIRE, Mary 23 Nov 1904 23 Mar 1992
Died Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
Daughter of William P. WALKER and Mary Jane BRIDGES
First Husband: John Roy PACK
Married 04 Feb 1922 Book M, page 473...Pope County, Arkansas
Children: William Cletis, Kenneth, Lelis, Willard, Ray, Larry,
Don, Ida CARR, Pearlie McALISTER, Gwindlee DRISKILL.
Second Husband: M. A. McENTIRE
McCUIN, Dorothy 1913 1913
Daughter of Francis M. McCUIN and Cordelia ROSS
McCUIN, Francis M. 1887 1914
Son of Isaac McCUIN and Ruth A. BROWN
Husband of Cordelia ROSS
Married 08 Apr 1908 Book J, page 67...Pope County, Arkansas
Child: Dorothy
McCUIN, Cordelia 1890 1913
Wife of Francis McCUIN
McCUIN, Infant Son 1933 1933
Son of Hobart McCUIN and Lucille
McCUIN, Infant Son 1941 1941
Son of Hobart McCUIN and Lucille
MILLSAPS, Clara J. 02 Feb 1902 28 Jun 1903
Daughter of W. D. MILLSAPS
Courier Democrat article dated 02 Jul 1903
MILLSAPS, Ida M. Stone Broken
Born 03 Dec ____
Died 10 Aug ____
Daughter of W. D. MILLSAPS and Martha C. CHURCH
MILLSAPS, Infant Daughter
Daughter of W. D. MILLSAPS and Martha C. CHURCH
This child was listed in the cemetery books copied by Pope Co. Historical
Association in 1969-70. We did not find a marker in the mid 1990s. It might have
been a funeral home marker that didn't make it through mowing of the cemetery.
MILLSAPS, James J. 21 Feb 1894 15 Mar 1895
Stone broken
Son of W. D. MILLSAPS and Martha C.CHURCH
MILLSAPS, Matha C. no dates
Maiden name: CHURCH
Wife of W. D. MILLSAPS
Married 1890 Book 4, page 542...Van Buren County, Arkansas
PACK, Clarence M. 26 Oct 1903 22 Aug 1904
Son of J. H. PACK and A. L. CHURCH
PACK, Emma 28 Sep 1876 06 Aug 1910
Stone broken
Maiden name: COSSEY
Wife of Jesse M. PACK
Married 27 Jun 1909 Book J, page 191...Pope County, Arkansas
There is a descrepancy in her dates. According to the marriage
record she was age 17 in 1909 and was Emma CASEY. But other records show her
to be a COSSEY.
PACK, Genetta Elizabeth 20 Jul 1873 08 Apr 1937
'Nettie'
Daughter of Charles Lafayette BOYD and Sarah Caroline HENDERSON
Wife of William Jesse PACK
Married 09 May 1889 Book F, page 399...Pope County, Arkansas
Children: Jesse M., Oscar, Pamma FARREL WOOLEY, Floyd Thomas, John Roy, Infant,
Ethel CHURCH, Robert, Elbert Lelis, Ona ADAY, and Eva YOUNGER
PACK, Herman L. 26 May 1919 01 Sep 1922
Son of Jesse M. PACK and Arizona BRIDGES
PACK, Infant 18 Mar 1904 18 Mar 1904
Baby of William Jesse PACK and Nettie BOYD
PACK, John Roy 12 Mar 1903 28 Feb 1943
Son of William Jesse PACK and Nettie BOYD
Husband of Mary WALKER
Married 04 Feb 1922 Book M, page 473...Pope County, Arkansas
Children: Kenneth, Ida E. CARR, Lelis Ray, Willard Paul, Roy Fay, Pearlie L. McALISTER,
Larry Willis, Don, Mary Gwendlee DRISKILL and William Cletus
PACK, Robert 30 Jul 1908 06 Jun 1922
Son of William Jesse PACK and Nettie BOYD
PACK, William Cletus 17 Jul 1923 06 Oct 1926
Son of John Roy PACK and Mary WALKER
RACKLEY, Dilia J. 24 Sep 1886 08 Dec 1886
Daughter of George W. RACKLEY and Martha A. ARTHUR
RACKLEY, Nancy M. 13 Oct 1825 06 Feb 1883
Stone broken
Wife of W. G. RACKLEY
RAMBO, Jessie M. 01 Mar 1874 13 Mar 1904
Born Arkansas
Son of Wesley RAMBO and Nancy
Husband of Hattie DAVIS
Married 24 Jun 1900 Book G, page 563...Pope County, Arkansas
RAMBO, Nancy R. 23 Jan 1852 29 Feb 1904
Born Arkansas
Wife of Wesley RAMBO
Children: John W., Jesse M., Martha A., Isaac L.
ROBINSON, Infant
Child of Rev. John ROBINSON and Ella CHAMBLISS
ROBINSON, Infant
Child of Rev. John ROBINSON and Ella CHAMBLISS
ROBINSON, Infant
Child of Rev. John ROBINSON and Ella CHAMBLISS
ROBINSON, Roy 23 May 1894 20 Oct 1895
Son of Rev. John ROBINSON and Ella CHAMBLISS
View picture of marker in album. (Item #4)
ROSS, Benjamin M. 23 Mar 1861 15 Mar 1914
Husband of A. S. BELL
Married 14 Oct 1888 Book F, page 359...Pope County, Arkansas
SANDERS, James Monroe 23 Jul 1880 18 Apr 1907
Son of J. W. SANDERS and Eliza (Caroline?)
Husband of Lucinda HUGHES
Married 11 Sep 1898 Book G, page 457...Pope County, Arkansas
Courier Democrat article dated 25 Apr 1907.
Survived by wife and three children
SANDERS, Lorene 20 Dec 1930 20 Jan 1931
SANDERS, Lunsford L. 24 Aug 1901 08 Sep 1904
SANDERS, Noah F. 1897 1918
Husband of Nicie PENDLETON
Married 20 Sep 1914 Book K, page 364...Pope County, Arkansas
Child: Ira
SANDERS, Ruby 17 Jul 1914 20 Jul 1914
SANDERS, Solomon
Son of J. W. SANDERS and Caroline
SANDERS, Wade
Son of J. W. SANDERS and Caroline
WILLIAMS, J.
Co. D, 16th MO. Cav. Civil War
View picture of marker in album. (Item #5)
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