Goad Cemetery

Denmark, Arkansas



Photos by Ray & Lois Etheridge

This Cemetery is also known as: None known.

GPS Location: 628530-3929705

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: 3WH0640

Number of Marked Graves: About 115

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: December 31, 2004 By Leroy Blair.

There has been Obituaries that were printed in the newspaper posted since the last survey was made.

Current status of cemetery: Active.

Point of contact for cemetery. No contact person known.



The following material was first prepared by James Logan Morgan of Newport and published by the White County Historical

Society in its 1980 edition of White County Heritage. When he completed his inventory of all legible markers December 9-10, 1979,

Morgan was living at 314 Vine Street, Newport, AR 72112.

Goad Cemetery is a large old burying ground in Denmark Township,White County, Arkansas. The United States Geological Survey

map (Huff Quadrangle, 1965) indicates that it is located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter

of Section 12 in Township 10 North, Range 6 West. It is located at the western line of Jackson County, Arkansas, and many of the

families represented in the cemetery lived in Jackson County.

One way to locate the cemetery is to begin in the southern part of Pleasant Plains, in Independence County, at the point where

Arkansas Highway 157 leaves U.S. Highway 167. (This section of U.S. Highway 167 is also Arkansas Highway 87.) The county line

between Independence and White Counties (also the line between Townships 10 and 11 North in Range 6 West) is about 2.3 miles

southeast of this point in Pleasant Plains., Follow U.S. Highway 167 southeasterly to the Midway community, then due south. About

1.8 miles below the line between Independence and White Counties, turn left (or east) off U.S. Highway 167 onto a gravel road,

which leads directly to the cemetery. This road runs almost due east about 1.2 miles; after crossing a narrow bridge near the head

of Glaize Creek, there is a sharp curve to the right, and the road (on the line between White and Jackson Counties) continues south

about .2 mile, ending at the gate to Goad Cemetery. The cemetery is surrounded by a barbed wire fence and has a barbed wire

gate. There is a seldom-used road through the cemetery. A large part of the enclosure is north of the road, and I found only one

grave (with a 1979 death date) north of the cemetery road. Near the entrance to the cemetery are the concrete steps of a building

which seems to have vanished without a trace. (Perhaps a one-room schoolhouse from years ago?) (Additional information

indicates that these steps are from the former Independence Baptist Church building. The building of that church is now on land

obtained from Lloyd Winningham, and is located on Highway 167 just north of the turn-off to the Cemetery.

I have never been more impressed in my 25 years of cemetery inventorying than I was by Goad Cemetery. Though it is not very

well maintained, trees have been cut down and there is no dense vegetation which would prevent locating gravestones. The

cemetery contains about eight family plots with rock walls around them, some as high as three feet. Unfortunately, about half of

these elaborately walled lots have no markers, except unlettered fieldstones or sandstones. The Goad family plot is in the western

part of the cemetery, as are other early family burial plots. The graves of Rev. John Goad and his wife are surrounded by a rock

wall. The north wall of this plot forms the south wall of another plot, which is also fully walled--one grave space deed and about 24

feet long. There is another rock partition and still another walled plot north of the second one. This third plot is only about eight

feet long. In the three rock-walled grave plots, only the spaces occupied by the remains of Rev. John Goad and his wife have

markers with lettering. Also impressive are the walled grave plots of the families of Elder J. J. Goad and G. W. Swick--each of

which is about 20 feet in length. Another impressive aspect of this cemetery is the existence of about 15 fully rocked individual

gravesites--none of which bears any identification. The rock structures covering the individual graves vary from about 1 to 2.5 feet

in height. Three of the graves are capped with single stones covering the entire grave spaces. (Unfortunately, shifts in the rocks

which support the large stones have resulted in breaking the huge rocks on top.) These three graves are in a row, north to south.

There is also a massive brick covering for another grave space. There are many graves marked with unenscribed rocks, and a

large number of graves are marked with concrete blocks buried in the ground. It would be a task in itself to count the number of

graves which are marked but have no legible identification in this extremely large and old cemetery.



This beautiful cemetery seems to have escaped vandalism. If its history could be more fully developed, it could possibly be a

candidate for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. John Goad, J. J. Goad (ordained in 1882 at Union Hill Baptist

Church) and John W. Swick (ordained in 1884 at Independence Baptist Church) are Baptist preachers who have tombstones in this

historic cemetery.

Twenty-two years after James Logan Morgan wrote the above report, Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society visited

Goad Cemetery with his wife Ellen. On February 26, 2001, they found 42 graves that were not listed in Morgan’s inventory.

Following are Leroy Blair’s directions for reaching the cemetery: "From Denmark take Highway 167 north about 1 ¾ miles to the

first gravel road to the right. Take this road, which ends at the cemetery. The barbed wire gate mentioned in the 1979 report has

been replaced with some three-inch metal pipes made into an entryway and gate a very nice job of welding and building. It is

painted white. You can easily see it before you get to it. The cemetery was very clean and well cared for… I found about 100

cement blocks set in the ground even with the top of the ground that mark graves but with nothing on them. There are also a lot of

depressions that are probably unmarked graves." Blair returned to the cemetery on December 31, 2004, and double-checked the

information below by inspecting the information on each tombstone. At the time, Blair was chairman of the Historical Society’s

cemetery committee and a member of the board of directors. He had personally surveyed every known cemetery in White County,

and said this is one of the most beautiful.

If you have corrections or additions to this list or other information on this Cemetery, Contact the White County Historical Society,

P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145. Or phone 501- 278- 5010

Following is a list of known burials in this cemetery.

Allgoad, Donald Ray – Died July 26, 2001 – Only date listed – Son of Iva Allgood - GoadCemetery

Allgood, Golden L. – August 7, 1909 – April 18, 1994 – DS with Iva Allgood - GoadCemetery – (Obit)

Allgood, Iva (Sims) – March 13, 1916 – July 9, 2010 - DS with Golden L. Allgood - GoadCemetery – (Obit)

Bastel, Irene C. – August 23, 1908 – September 20, 1984 – DS with Lewis Bastel - GoadCemetery

Bastel, Lewis – January 24, 1901 – February 2, 1981 – DS with Irene C. Bastel - GoadCemetery

Berry, Nettie – January 16, 1882 - February 13, 1938 - GoadCemetery

Braddock, J. N. – Died "AUG XV 1871" (1891?- scratched on rock) - GoadCemetery

Bragdon, Eugene C. – October 30, 1912 – September 14, 1988 – DS with Evelyn Bragdon - GoadCemetery

Bragdon, Evelyn M. – Maya 3, 1914 – April 10, 1986 – DS with Eugene C. Bragdon - GoadCemetery



Brown, Guy H. – April 15, 1916 – Only date listed – DS with Marchie Ann Brown - GoadCemetery

Brown, Marchie Ann (Goad) – December 21, 1904 – December 27, 1992 – DS with Guy H. Brown - GoadCemetery

Brown, Tina Marie – April 23, 1967 – August 17, 1993 - GoadCemetery

Bryan, Loya – September 8, 1918 – September 10, 1918 - GoadCemetery

Burrow, Ella Turner – September 29, 1888 – February 12, 1978 - GoadCemetery

Cleveland, John – October 25, 1882 – September 2, 1884 – Son of J. C. & N. E. Cleveland - GoadCemetery

Cleveland, Joseph Turner – January 31, 1879 – July 7, 1879 – Son of Jos C. & Nancy E. Cleveland - GoadCemetery

Cleveland, Nancy E. – September 11, 1855 – October 26, 1884 – Wife of J. C. Cleveland - GoadCemetery

Curtis, C. B. – January 18, 1919 – February 5, 1941 – (FM) - GoadCemetery

Curtis, Elva – No dates listed – "AGE 33" – Carved on rock - GoadCemetery

Curtis, Mrs. Effie – January 6, 1940 – Age 46 yrs., 11 mos., 5 days – (FM) - GoadCemetery

Davis, Clarence N. – March 10, 1927 – January 24, 1993 – Pfc U.S. Army - GoadCemetery

Davis, Franklin – February 21, 1951 – September 27, 1990 – AE1 U.S. Navy - GoadCemetery

Davis, Roy Gene – September 2, 1945 – March 20, 1979 – (FM) - GoadCemetery

Dunsmoor, George B. – November 19, 1919 – April 13, 1991 – DS with Grace G. Dunsmoor - GoadCemetery

Dunsmoor, Grace G. – October 25, 1922 – Only date listed – DS with George B. Dunsmoor - GoadCemetery

E T S – Scratched on rock – No other information - GoadCemetery

Eden, James Lavern – April 18, 1953 – August 20, 1997 – DS with Kathy Eden - GoadCemetery - (Obit)

Eden, Kathy – May 25, 1952 – Only date listed – DS with James Eden - GoadCemetery

Edwards, Charles – July 10, 1938 – September 15, 2011 – Husband of Jessie - GoadCemetery - (Obit)

Edwards, Julia A. – August 6, 1880 – September 2, 1905 - GoadCemetery

Fraser, Jas. B. – March 7, 1859 – February 25, 1923 - GoadCemetery



Fraser, M.I. (Mary Isabel) – January 4, 1858 – December 9, 1938 - GoadCemetery

Fuller, Jimmie Dean – 1955 – 2000 – (FM) - GoadCemetery

Gilbert, Carmaletta – Died October 21, 2012 – Age 41 years – Goad Cemetery – (Obit)

Goad, Alma D. – December 15, 1883 – December 17, 1977 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Delpha – March 2, 1895 – February 19, 1952 – Pvt. 141

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Goad, Delpha Jr. – 1931 – 1932 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Docie N. – November 19, 1870 – May 24, 1872 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Dora L. – September 25, 1874 – September 25, 1875 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Edwin – 1922 – 1922 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Elizabeth – October 11, 1809 – October 3, 1875 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Eva E. – March 2, 1891 – June 8, 1978 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Fannie E. – May 22, 1877 – August 30, 1880 - GoadCemetery

Goad, G. H. – January 18, 1872 – June 4, 1944 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Gabrel – February 22, 1870 – April 26, 1914 – Son of G. H. & Julie Ann Goad - GoadCemetery

Goad, George Washington – July 1830 – March 1889 – Civil War Veteran - GoadCemetery – (Obit)+(Pioneer Obit)

Goad, J. J. – August 4, 1845 – May 20, 1919 – Husband of Quintella Goad - GoadCemetery

Goad, J. W. – February 4, 1863 – May 2, 1943 - GoadCemetery

Goad, Jacob – November 25, 1873 – September 21, 1930 – DS with Meda Goad - GoadCemetery .

Goad, John – September 6, 1806 – December 3, 1887 - GoadCemetery – (Obit)

Goad, John A. – Error in dates - GoadCemetery

Goad, Julie Ann – 1837 - 1903 – Wife of George Washington Goad - GoadCemetery

Goad, Meda – January 29, 1875 – July 14, 1967 – DS with Jacob Goad - GoadCemetery



Goad, Merle D. – March 15, 1924 – March 7, 1998 – U.S. Merchant Marine - WWII - GoadCemetery

Goad, Quintella – July 25, 1849 – November 14, 1939 – Wife of J. J. Goad - GoadCemetery

Hall, Ann Taylor – January 13, 1947 – September 20, 1992 - GoadCemetery

Harrington, George W. – August 16, 1866 – November 4, 1866 – Son of M. V. & S. F. Harrington - GoadCemetery

Harrington, Mary F. – February 14, 1868 – April 27, 1871 – Daughter of M.V. & S. F. Harrington - GoadCemetery

Harrington, Sarah C. – June 15, 1874 – September 11, 1878 – Daughter of M. V. & S. F. Harrington - GoadCemetery

Harrington, Sarah F. – August 29, 1845 – November 27, 1887 – Wife of M. V. Harrington - GoadCemetery

Hodges, Claude – July 21, 1894 – September 11, 1980 – U.S. Army - WWI - GoadCemetery

Hodges, Ethel – July 6, 1899 – September 26, 1902 - GoadCemetery

Hodges, Margaret – May 20, 1868 – August 1, 1956 - GoadCemetery

Jacobs, Nora Katherine – June 3, 1968 – June 14, 2001 - GoadCemetery

Jenkins, Clyde Leslie – February 4, 1913 – June 30, 1995 – (FM) - GoadCemetery )

Jenkins, Geneva – Died January 6, 1940 – Age 4 yrs., 8 mos., 13 days – (FM) - GoadCemetery

Marshall, Ophelia Ann – March 1, 1924 – Only date listed – DS with Raymond Marshall - GoadCemetery

Marshall, Raymond – March 17, 1930 – Only date listed – DS with Ophelia Ann Marshall - GoadCemetery

Money, Mallory Renee – August 1, 1984 – December 8, 2003 - GoadCemetery – (Obit)

Pankey, Edward Wayne – April 27, 1939 – April 28, 1939 – Son of Edward & Dorthy Pankey - GoadCemetery

Payne, Elizabeth Katherine – August 11, 2010 – November 13, 2010 – Daughter of Robert & Rachel – Goad Cemetery (Obit)

Rhoden, Matilda Jane – July 7, 1849 – October 12, 1888 - GoadCemetery

Robertson, Helen Bonita – May 20, 1962 – December 29, 1998 - GoadCemetery

Scantlin, Ann – May 2, 1825 – September 4, 1868 - GoadCemetery

Scantlin, Robert – July 4, 1816 – March 3, 1907 - GoadCemetery



Scott, Robert Neil – August 2, 1938 – July 15, 1999 – U.S. Army - Vietnam - GoadCemetery

Shaver, Ruth – December 20, 1912 – July 12, 1973 - GoadCemetery

Sherrill, Arilla Mae – August 12, 1932 – August 24, 1933 – Daughter of W. L. & R. M.S. Sherrill - GoadCemetery

Siler, Doyne Edwin – August 11, 1933 – December 17, 2013 – Goad Cemetery – (Obit)

Skinner, George W. – May 24, 1927 – November 13, 1996 – (FM) - GoadCemetery

Skinner, Sherman Morris – May 22, 1940 – June 4, 1997 - GoadCemetery

Smith, Leva D. – December 31, 1908 – October 13, 1999 - GoadCemetery

Spraggins, Josephine P. – February 24, 1889 – June 19, 1920 – Wife of W. G. Spraggins - GoadCemetery

Swick, G. W. – June 1, 1828 – March 10, 1876 - Husband of Sarah A. Swick - GoadCemetery

Swick, James F. – September 27, 1866 – August 19, 1873 - GoadCemetery

Swick, John W. – December 17, 1861 – February 17, 1886 - GoadCemetery

Swick, Sarah A. – March 29, 1839 – December 29, 1896 – Wife of George W. Swick - GoadCemetery

Swick, Sarah Elizabeth – May 1, 1870 – July 14, 1879 - GoadCemetery

Taylor, Alice K. – November 16, 1922 – Only date listed – DS with Henry Z. Taylor - GoadCemetery

Taylor, Henry Z. – November 28, 1909 – January 16, 1988 – DS with Alice K. Taylor - GoadCemetery

Turner, Mary Ann – 1866 – 1945 – DS with William H. Turner - GoadCemetery

Turner, William H. – 1863 – December 6, 1947 – DS with Mary Ann Turner - GoadCemetery

Vick, Turner A. – July 25, 1810 - Mar. 15, 1885 - GoadCemetery

W. B. – No other information (Painted on concrete) - GoadCemetery

Whitlow, Larrah – April 29, 1877 – July 3, 1900 - GoadCemetery

Whitlow, Parrilee – February 15, 1852 – July 1, 1935 - GoadCemetery

Whitlow, Sarah – January 9, 1872 – January 15, 1882 - GoadCemetery



Whitlow, Stephen – January 27, 1870 – October 18, 1870 - GoadCemetery

Whitlow, Stephen C. – November 24, 1821 – August 25, 1868 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Burnas – October 2, 1930 – December 14, 1930 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Caroline F. – October 27, 1864 – September 17, 1945 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Clinton D. – December 12, 1918 – July 23, 1988 – DS with Syble L. Winningham - GoadCemetery

Winningham, David – Died May 18, 2012 – Only date listed – Goad Cemetery – (Obit)

Winningham, Elizabeth “Lizzie” – July 12, 1892 – October 4, 1968 – DS with William H. Winningham - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Harse L. – June 4, 1916 – August 18, 1996 – U.S. Army - WWII - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Howard V. – May 29, 1921 – March 5, 1923 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Infant - No dates listed – Son of Floyd & Elizabeth Winningham - GoadCemetery

Winningham, J. M. – April 19, 1855 – April 25, 1930 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Jacob B. – December 16, 1897 – April 30, 1977 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Larry J. – July 20, 1948 – June 3, 1988 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Leo – June 4, 1916 – August 18, 1996 – DS with Pauline Winningham - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Lloyd James Jr. – Died September 9, 2009 – Only date listed - GoadCemetery - (Obit)

Winningham, Myrtle L. – June 22, 1892 – October 5, 1985 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Pauline – June 8, 1919 – May 16, 1983 – DS with Leo Winningham - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Syble L. – July 4, 1926 – April 13, 2000 – DS with Clinton D. Winningham - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Sylvia F. – April 3, 1944 – September 8, 1944 - GoadCemetery

Winningham, Welcie T. – March 21, 1921 – February 4, 2011 - GoadCemetery – (Obit)

Winningham, William H. – April 20, 1885 – March 21, 1953 – DS with Elizabeth “Lizzie” Winningham - GoadCemetery



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Legend: Copyright-Aug.23, 2016-Paul V. Isbell-Webmaster:

Most of the cemetery information listed was collected by Leroy “Lee” Blair Former member of the White

County Historical Society Board of Directors. Now working at the White County Historical Society office

If you have any additions or corrections to the burial listing please contact the Historical Society. Phone 501-

278-5010 or Email me at

lblblair74@gmail.com

or wchs1962@gmail.com

I will be posting more burials later. The Searcy Daily Citizen donated all their Micro Film and Ledgers dating

back to 1953. After reviewing them, if I find a death of a person that we do not have I will to add to the

cemetery listings.

There are some graves listed as unmarked that may have had a tombstone set since the listing was made.

I may have missed some graves when I prepared the listing. Some cemeteries are very hard to get an

accurate listing due to how some graves are scattered

The following Abbreviations are used in the listings

.

FM-Funeral home marker DS-Double tombstone TS-Triple tombstone

(Obit)-means that the Historical Society has, or has access to the Obituary for this person.