ARFamilies.info presents, Bear Creek/Cooper Cemetery, Searcy County, Arkansas

Bear Creek Cemetery
aka Cooper Cemetery

Searcy County, Arkansas

Entrance photo by: Barbara Branscum. Thanks Barbara!

Directions to cemetery, provided by CL and Lina Boyd:
12 miles southwest of Marshall on Highway 27. Bear Creek Church is in front of this cemetery.
If you would like to provide notes, pictures of individuals, obituaries, grave marker photos, or other info to be included here to make this presentation complete, or if you would like to be listed as a Family Contact...just let me know. Judy Tate
A Special Thank You to Barbara Branscum for providing several grave marker pictures!
View pictures of grave markers in Bear Creek Cemetery Album at bottom of page.

Martha Elizabeth Bailey April 16, 1915 November 25, 2004 Wife of Loyal Bailey Francis Blair 1851 1884 Frances Emily Wasson Blair Daughter of Eli Jackson Wasson and Frances Angeline Voorhies First wife of Joseph Turney Blair Family Contact: Deana Bell Franklin Blair July 30, 1891 November 10, 1891 Son of Henry Martin Blair and Susan O. Daniel Family Contact: Deana Bell Millard Blair November 30, 1914 November 23, 1995 Millard Alvin Blair Son of Roscoe Blair and Carrie Wasson Family Contact: Deana Bell Pearl Blair January 11, 1893 November 18, 1891 Daughter of of Henry Martin Blair and Susan O. Daniel Family Contact: Deana Bell Roscoe Blair March 4, 1882 March 18, 1955 Sanford Roscoe Blair Son of Henry Martin Blair and Susan Octavia Daniel First Wife: Cora Belle Horton Second Wife: Carrie Wasson Cora B. Blair February 16, 1886 February 16, 1886 Cora Belle Horton Blair First Wife of Roscoe Blair Carrie Blair November 15, 1883 December 7, 1955 Daughter of Millard Wasson and Mary F. Ruff Second wife of Roscoe Blair Family Contact: Deana Bell Suson O. Blair May 2, 1856 January 2, 1942 Marker has Susan spelled with an o, Suson...she was Susan Octavia Daniel Blair Wife of Henry Martin Blair Family Contact: Deana Bell Mary 'Fannie' Bohannon 1880 1903 Mother of Pearl and Loye View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #2) Pauline (Hinchey) Bohannon November 29, 1920 July 4, 2004 Daughter of William Walter Hinchey and Norma Horton Married Jesse Bohannon July 25, 1936 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #3) Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Rex Bosworth January 3, 1897 January 14, 1993 M SGT US Army WWI and WWII View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #5a) Opal Bosworth June 13, 1905 March 21, 1985 View picture of double grave marker in below album. (Item #5) James Brewer September 1833 1903 Son of Zadock Brewer and Mary Ann Brumley Husband of Cynthia Weeks Cynthia Brewer November 13, 1838 1907 Daughter of James and Dove Weeks Both are pictured in Searcy County Scrapbook, Item #71 Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Hershall Noah Cotton April 26, 1926 July 13, 1980 Son of Iddo Z. Cotton and Lillie P. Treat Harvey G. Drewry January 30, 1919 November 19, 2001 US Navy WW II View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #6) Lillie E. Drewry December 21, 1915 January 6, 1994 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #7) Joy V. Drewry March 27, 1913 June 15, 1966 Daughter of Ulis Firestone and Ola 'Eller' Horton Wife of Radus Sylvester Drewry Floyd E. Duncan January 1894 July 10, 1969 Son of John F. Duncan and Louisa Jane Watkins Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Ulis Firestone September 19, 1887 September 3, 1932 Husband of Ola 'Eller' Horton William Ulis Firestone December 19, 1919 May 25, 1991 Son of Ulis Firestone and Ola 'Eller' Horton Lloyd R. Godwin October 2, 1936 July 31, 2002 US Army Korea, Vietnam Charles H. Golden October 9, 1931 November 23, 2001 US Army Eliza Graves No Dates Eliza Englebright Graves Wife of Thomas Graves, he is buried elsewhere George Cleveland Halsted April 12, 1912 August 3, 1993 Son of George Mack Halsted and Tamer Estelle Western Husband of Dovie A. Bohannon Jennie Harness October 23, 1834 December 2, 1936 Virginia Jane Daughter of Mark Renfroe and Elizabeth Hensley Wife of Alexander Harness View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #1) Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Bruce Vernon Hinchey February 22, 1939 December 8, 1997 US Army View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #8) Eugene G. Hinchey December 15, 1908 November 28, 1968 Arkansas PFC Co B 170 Engr Cmbt Bn WW II View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #9) Homer D. Hinchey March 7, 1895 January 3, 1971 Son of Benjamin Joseph Hinchey and Mary Matilda Cooper Husband of Vista Beulah Renfroe Married May 22, 1917 Searcy County, Arkansas Beulah V. Hinchey December 9, 1897 February 27, 1966 Daughter of William Mark Renfroe and Mary Adeline Wortman View picture of double grave marker in below album. (Item #4) Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Mack Hinchey January 17, 1898 October 1, 1976 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #10) Remmel Hinchey April 18, 1900 June 11, 1984 US Army WWII View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #11) William Walter Hinchey September 11, 1886 August 17, 1959 Son of William Auldrey Hinchey and Mary Jane Bohannon Married Norma J. Horton March 19, 1908, Searcy County, Arkansas Norma Hinchey November 26, 1891 September 27, 1929 Family Contact: Betty Renfroe George W. Horton 1822 1855 Died January 27th Son of Isaac Horton and Mary Watts Husband of Virginia Pigg Virginia Horton 1821 1910 Daughter of John Pigg and Sarah Cate Gertha 'Dot' Horton December 5, 1922 August 03, 2006 Daughter of Earnest Johnson and Rosetta Hill Wife of Noah Horton J. R. Horton February 14, 1929 October 6, 2006 John Woodrow W. Horton August 31, 1916 February 10, 1998 Son of john Nathaniel Horton and Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey Husband of Mollie Ellen House Married October 25, 1945 US Army WWII View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #12a) Mollie Ellen Horton April 5, 1925 January 19, 2001 Daughter of Troy House and Lizzie Mae Schrand View picture of double grave marker in below album. (Item #12) Sarah Horton June 19, 1879 March 15, 1923 Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey Horton Daughter of William Auldrage Hinchey and Mary Jane Bohannon Wife of John Nathaniel Horton William Loyce Horton August 15, 1921 November 29, 1978 Tec 5 US Army WW II View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #13a) View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #13) John Riley Loyd January 24, 1878 February 11, 1926 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #14) Ara LaVina Phillips May 31, 1870 August 18, 1962 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #15) Howard Gus Phillips August 1, 1907 June 19, 1946 Husband of Ora J. Phillips View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #16) William Carlisle Phillips July 11, 1830 November 3, 1904 Son of John N. Phillips and Sarah Simmons Co D 16 SC Inf Confederate States Army Husband of Lucy Moore Louisa Phillips February 18, 1834 November 20, 1870 Daughter of Jackson Moore and Nancy Watson Husband of Sarah Milam, who is buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #17) William Pinkney Phillips 1870 1955 Son of William Carlisle Phillips and Louisa Moore Vina Melton Phillips 1870 1967 View picture of double grave marker in below album. (Item #18) Thomas F. Newton April 6, 1881 September 6, 1963 Thomas Franklin Newton Husband of Rosa Belle Watkins Rosa B. Newton September 10, 1884 April 3, 1950 Daughter of Samuel N. Watkins and Sarah Frances Weeks Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Paul J. Smith September 3, 1931 January 25, 2004 Born Rush, Marion County, Arkansas Died Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas Son of Onis Smith and Laura Humphrey US Navy, Korea, Vietnam Paul appears in Benton County Those Who Served® Family Contact: Carol Goats Oren T. Taylor February 16, 1920 June 12, 1982 Pvt US Army WW II View picture of military marker in below album. (Item #19) Lou Treadwell Unknown December 25, 1902 Mother of Nettie Talmage Dewey View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #20) Floyd Turney January 2, 1904 January 16, 1907 Bethel Turney February 11, 1906 January 16, 1907 View picture of double grave marker in below album. (Item #21) Giles D. Turney January 20, 1880 January 29, 1970 Jody M. Turney March 12, 1882 June 3, 19__ Double Marker Rueben VanDyne 1832 1873 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #22) Infant Wasson August 15, 1925 August 25, 1925 Son of Bishop Wasson and Parl Turney Margaret E. Wasson January 30, 1880 December 16, 1907 'Mollie' Daughter of Webster Walker Wasson and Sarah Turney Wife of George Edward Owens, buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery Family Contact: Deana Bell Webster Wasson 1846 1903 Webster Walker Wasson Son of Eli Jackson Wasson and Francis Angeline Voorhies Mason Husband of Sarah Blair Sarah Wasson 1854 1880 Daughter of Martin L. Blair and Sarah Turney First Wife of Webster Wasson Martha Wasson February 20, 1857 December 24, 1930 Martha Jane Faughn Dyer Wasson Second Wife of Webster Wasson Family Contact: Deana Bell Samuel N. Watkins August 1847 February 20, 1930 Son of Hewell Watkins and Mary Ann Rider Company I, 2nd Ark Calvary Civil War Appears in Searcy County Those Who Served® Husband of Sarah Frances Weeks Sarah F. Watkins May 1844 1906 Daughter of James and Dove Weeks Married October 22, 1865 View Samuel Watkins Family Info Family Contact: Betty Renfroe Nancy Jane Wilbanks March 15, 1856 January 8, 1897 Daughter of Mitchell J. White and Sarah Curtis Married Edgar D. Wilbanks August 6, 1874 View picture of grave marker in below album. (Item #23)
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