Lee County, Arkansas Cemeteries

 

Morning Star Cemetery

Bear Creek, Arkansas

 

 

 

Location: This cemetery is on Lee Road 239, also known as the Low Road.  Take Hwy 44 to Bear Creek Lake and when the pavement turns to gravel, stay on 239 past the camp ground road (223) and past the turn off to the High Road (221).  When you get to the intersection of 225 & 239, bear right.  After crossing the first bridge, you will notice an abandoned brick house on a hill to the right.  The cemetery is located on the hill behind the house.

 

I, my sister, Cricket, and my brother, Andrew, transcribed this cemetery on October 23, 2005.  There were several groupings of stones, perhaps family plots.  In addition, the land owner told us of one Chinese grave that was to the right of the others.  We located the stone leaned against a tree for Craven B. Chin that was actually the oldest burial that we found.  He died in 1897.  There were broken bricks everywhere not far from the tree, also.  Several of the other stones had the numbers “1965” engraved inside a circle on them either at the top or the bottom.  I don’t know the significance of this number, since none of them were born or died in the year 1965.  Maybe it was the year that the stone was erected.  As always, there were many unmarked graves.

 

 

If you know of anyone else buried here, and would like to add their name, please contact me.  I can also create a link for you to any of these names if you find someone that belongs to your family.  The information presented is as correct as possible, however you may want to verify its accurateness. 

 

* Information taken from various cemetery books

** No Marker – information was submitted by person noted

 

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?? – died 1929 (This stone had a lot of writing on it, but we just couldn’t make any of it out for certain)

 

BARNES, James Otis – June 19, 1942 – July 7, 1968

BENFORD, Andrew – died 1915

BENFORD, Johnny – May 13, 1902 – Aug 16, 1913 (Face of engraved clock on stone was stopped at 3:30)

B., H. – (This stone had the “1965” engraved in a circle and the inscription “Someday Gone Over The River Never Be Forgotten Whear The Trees Are Blooming”)

 

CHIN, Craven B. – died Dec 27, 1897 (Aged 47 years)

COOK, James – June 15, 1909 – 1962

 

H. R. – died 19__

HUTCHINS, Banks – died 1905 (Inscription read “Born in Silver War”)

HUTCHINS, Reo Joe – Mar 20, 19__, June 13, 1911 (This could be Rev instead of Reo)

HUTCHINS, Rev Robert – Feb 10, 1904 – 1963 (This was on a large cross with Rev Jim Thomas & Rev Jof Thomas and was engraved with “1965”)

 

JAMS, R.V. (maybe they misspelled James)

 

MEANS, Mary – Aug 4, 1894 – Aug 10, 1937 (This stone had the “1965” engraved in a circle)

MEANS, Mary – Aug 5, 1894 – July 22, 1938

 

NELSON, Mima – Apr 19, 1920 – Apr 14, 1965

NICKSON, Ida – Oct 6, 1872 – Jan 19, 1931 (This stone had the “1965” engraved in a circle)

NICKSON, Ida – Oct 10, 1876 – Jan 20, 1931

 

PASTURE, Lucy – 1850 – May 1923 (Face of engraved clock on stone was stopped at 3:00)

 

TEMPLE, Robert – died 1927

THOMAS, Afiar – died 1901

THOMAS, A.L. – died 1911 (Inscription read “Born in Kentucky Solder in Silver War”)

THOMAS, Cal – died 1918

THOMAS, Fanie – died 1903

THOMAS, Frances

THOMAS, Jessie – 1908 – 1931

THOMAS, Morgan – died 1936

THOMAS, Rev Jof? (This was on a large cross with Rev Robert Hutchins & Rev Jim Thomas and was engraved with “1965”)

THOMAS, Rev Jim (This was on a large cross with Rev Robert Hutchins & Rev Jof Thomas and was engraved with “1965”)

THOMAS, Uallia – died 1927

THOMAS, Will – died 1902

TURNER, Williams – died 1959

 

WHITE, Jane

 

 

 

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