Moore Cemetery

Wilburn, Arkansas

Photos by Leroy Blair

This cemetery is located in Cleburne County near the White County line

This Cemetery is also known as: Salem Cemetery.

Legal description: SE, SE, NW, Sect.2, T10N, R8W



GPS Location: 584022-3913612.

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #:

Number of Marked Graves: About 35

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: July 12, 2001 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 known contact person.

This Cleburne County Cemetery which is also known as Old Salem Cemetery was listed for the White County Historical Society by

Leroy Blair after he visited it with his wife Ellen on July 12, 2001. It is listed by the White County Society because many White

County residents are buried here. Following is from his report: "To get to this cemetery from Wilburn, take Tyler Road. When you

get to the end of the blacktop, go about a mile to a crossroad and turn left. (This is the same crossroad that goes to Decker

Cemetery only you turn right to go to Decker.) Go 1.4 miles to another side road and turn right. The cemetery is about a half-mile

down this road, on the right side of the road. When we visited, it was in bad need of mowing, covered with weeds and small

bushes. It appeared to have been very badly overgrown with trees and brush until someone cleared the area with a bulldozer,

taking care not to disturb the graves. This is a large Cemetery covering maybe two acres or more. The graves are in four different

sections about 100 feet apart. Due to the overgrowth, I probably missed a lot of graves and need to return when the leaves are off

the weeds and bushes."

Blair found 23 graves marked only with rocks and no information on them. There was also one unmarked grave covered with slabs

of rock.

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.

Burge, Charlotte E. – June 25, 1870 – March 14, 1921 – Wife of R.T. Burge - Moore Cemetery

Catchings, Edmond M. – November 29, 1894 – October 10, 1898 – Son of J.R. & S.J. Catchings – Moore Cemetery

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Catchings, James P. – December 26, 1883 – February 13, 1934 - Moore Cemetery

Catchings, Jesse R. – April 8, 1856 – November 2, 1930 - Moore Cemetery

Catchings, Susan J. – September 20, 1855 – July 28, 1929 - Moore Cemetery

Ellis, Clyde R. – June 11, 1928 – Only date listed listed – E-5 USAF - Moore Cemetery

Ellis, Ethel V. – June 6, 1902 – February 15, 1936 - Moore Cemetery

Ellis, George Henry – June 13, 1889 – April 16, 1926 - Moore Cemetery

Ellis, John B. – October 22, 1891 – November 22, 1943 –DS with Ethel V. Ellis - Moore Cemetery

Johnson, Lee – April 24, 1898 – November 18, 1918 – Son of Bob & Ada Johnson - Moore Cemetery

Johnson, Reuel – May 1914 – June 1914 - Moore Cemetery

Kirk, Ada – August 28, 1887 – December 26, 1924 – Wife of J.O. Kirk - Moore Cemetery

McLester, Ann M.N. (Scott) – September 22, 1840 – July 23, 1888 – Wife of Z.L. McLester - Moore Cemetery

McLester, Eldridge L. – May 1869 – February 1870 – Son of Ann & Z.L. - (Unmarked ) - (From family records) - Moore Cemetery

McLester, Zadok Lafayette – November 17, 1832 – July 5, 1883 - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Eugene F. – 1875 – 1946 - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Helen C. – February 27, 1889 – September 6, 1889 – Daughter of T.W. & M.B. Moore - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Henretta – 1852 – 1924 –DS with Louis Moore - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Infant – August 26, 1870 - Only date listed – Child of R.W. & S.S. Moore - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Louis – 1845 – 1921 - Moore Cemetery

Moore, R.W. – May 23, 1830 – March 24, 1884 - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Veta – 1890 – 1920 –DS with Eugene F. Moore - Moore Cemetery

Moore, Villa – Died November 17, 1920 – Only date listed - (Unmarked ) - Death Record at Olmstead Funeral Home - Moore Cemetery



Morris, ? – Died March 25, 1940 – age 40 years, 9 mos., 23 days – barely legible (FM) - Moore Cemetery

Morris, George J. – May 19, 1928 – May 18, 1951 – 23

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Inf. Div. Korea - KIA in Korea – Moore Cemetery

Morris, George W. – June 19, 1905 – June 7, 1936 – TS with George J. & Opie Elmer Morris - Moore Cemetery

Morris, James A. – February 7, 1857 – March 25, 1947 –DS with Rene Morris - Moore Cemetery - (Obit)

Morris, Opie Elmer – October 12, 1933 – December 3, 1934 – TS with George J. & George W. Morris - Moore Cemetery

Osborn, infant – March 27, 1947 – March 27, 1947 – barely legible (FM) - Moore Cemetery

Peeler, Frances – May 4, 1862 – February 2, 1889 – First wife of Crawford W. – (Unmarked ) - per family records - Moore Cemetery

Rigdon, Elizabeth – 1850 – 1916 - Moore Cemetery

Rigdon, L.S. – 1845 – 1911 –DS with Elizabeth Rigdon - Moore Cemetery

Roberson, Jeloy – July 22, 1917 – June 4, 1925 – Son of T.W. & E.P. Roberson - Moore Cemetery

Williams, Maxwell – October 15, 1929 – November 26, 1929 - Moore 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

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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.