Norman Cemetery

Rose Bud, Arkansas

Photo by Leroy Blair,

This Cemetery is also known as: Norman/ Oliver Cemetery.

Legal description: SW, NW, NW, Sect.18, T8N, R9W

GPS Location: 590211-3909662

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: 3WH0689

Number of Marked Graves: 3

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: October 25, 2000 By Leroy Blair.

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

Point of contact for cemetery. No known contact person.



Early residents of this area have also called this Oliver Cemetery. It was listed as Norman Cemetery June 16, 1967, by Cloie and

Leister Presley of the White County Historical Society. They described the cemetery "off a road turning north off Highway 36 at Mt.

Bethel Church. It is east of the road across a field and is abandoned. There are at least 31 unmarked graves, four of which are

enclosed with rock. There is a fence around the cemetery and many sassafras bushes but the fence was down and sheep were

lying in the shade of the bushes." The cemetery is in Section 18, Township 8 North, Range 9 West.

The cemetery hadn’t changed when it was visited 33 years later by Leroy Blair of the Historical Society. Following is his report: "I

visited this cemetery on October 25, 2000. To get to this Cemetery take Highway 36 west about one-quarter mile past Mt. Bethel

Church, turn right onto White Road. Go about one-half mile on White Road. The cemetery is on the right off a road leading to a

white house that sits back in a field. The land where the cemetery is located is owned by the White family who live in that house.

They were not at home. The only marked graves I found were Mary Ann Oliver and J.L. Oliver. There are four graves that have a

rock wall built around them and a flat rock slab that acts like a roof. There are a lot of graves marked with rocks with no

information on them. There are some not marked at all – just depressions or mounds. Due to the weeds and grass it is hard to tell

how many. The cemetery was in bad need of mowing."

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.

Norman, Catherine Margaret Kaylor – 1803 – November 14, 1860 - (Unmarked) - Norman Cemetery

Norman, Thomas – November 6, 1819 – October 7, 1865 – per Kay Cooper - (Unmarked) - Norman Cemetery

Oliver, Mary Ann Norman– September 22, 1847 – July 12, 1927 - Norman Cemetery

Oliver, James Logan – July 4, 1843 – June 11, 1917 – (Co. K. Buchan’s Ark. Inf. C.S.A.) – Husband of Mary A. Oliver - Norman

Cemetery

Oliver, Alf – No information - Norman Cemetery

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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.