Heffington Community Cemetery

Bradford, Arkansas

This cemetery is located in Jackson County near the White County line.

No picture available for this cemetery

This Cemetery is also known as: None known.

Legal description:

SW, NW, NW, Sect 34, T10N, R5W

GPS Location: Not known.

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #:

3JA737

Number of Marked Graves: About 12

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: February 15, 2006 By Leroy Blair.

Current status of cemetery: This cemetery is no longer in use.

Point of contact for cemetery. No known contact person.

This cemetery is located about 100 yards in the field behind 1080 and 1100 Jackson County Road 302. It was visited on February

15, 2006, by Leroy Blair of Clay, a member of the board of directors of the White County Historical Society who filed the following

report:

I had been told that an old cemetery was located not far from the Smith Cemetery west of Bradford. But I had not been able to get

access to it or find out a name for it. On February 15, 2006 my wife Ellen and I were visiting in that area. As we were going down

the road we saw an elderly lady out in her yard very close to where I knew the cemetery was located. We stopped and talked to

her. She said that the cemetery was back in the field behind her house and her son’s house that is nearby. She said we could drive

through the gate in front of her son’s house and drive back to the cemetery. She said it was in very poor condition. She said she did

not know a name for it but she thought her son might. While I was at the cemetery her son came home and joined us. He said he

was told that the cemetery was known as the Westmoreland Cemetery. As we were on our way back to Bradford I saw an old

gentleman who had originally told me about the cemetery several years ago. I stopped and ask him if he knew a name for it. He



said that when he was young it was called the Heffington Cemetery. He also said that the cemetery was much larger when he was

young. He said that a lot of rocks that once marked graves had been removed over the years and the ground farmed over.

There is an old fence around it. The cemetery is overgrown to the point that it is very hard to see what is there. There are also

from 25 to 30 graves marked with rocks. A lot of them appear to be children.

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.

Goad, Ella – August 25, 1859 – January 19, 1909 – Wife of T.H. Goad - Heffington Community Cemetery

Goad, Estie – June 30, 1889 – June 31, 1909 – Daughter of T.H. & Ella Goad - Heffington Community Cemetery

Hodge, Alexander – August 16, 1880 – March 2, 1900 – Son of A.L. & A.E. Hodge - Heffington Community Cemetery

Hodge, Robert – December 21, 1881 – December 31, 188 – Son of A.L. & A.E. Hodge - Heffington Community Cemetery

Kempson, Harmon H. – August 15, 1898 – January 30, 1899 – Son of L.S. & M.E. Kempson - Heffington Community Cemetery

Ransom, Gracie – April 19, 1886 – September 30, 1904 – Wife of Ira Ransom - Heffington Community Cemetery

Rotzel, Jackie – April 13, 1891 – March 28, 1892 – Son of H.A. & S.P. Rotzel - Heffington Community Cemetery

Rotzel, Willie R. – May 14, 1886 – October 24, 1893 - Heffington Community Cemetery

Tidwell, Katie – March 29, 1854 – July 10, 1895 - Heffington Community Cemetery

Tidwell,, Luther – June 6, 1852 – September 7, 1924 - Heffington Community Cemetery

Tidwell, Johnny L. – November 12, 1878 – January 2, 1879 - Heffington Community Cemetery

Tidwell, May – December 29, 1891 – June 7, 1885 - Heffington Community Cemetery

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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 on

the square in Searcy. WCHS P. O. Box 537 Searcy, Ark. 72145.

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.