Taylor Cemetery

Holly Springs, Arkansas

Photo by Leroy Blair

This Cemetery is also known as:None known

GPS Location: 613707 - 3913833

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: 3WH0747

Number of Marked Graves: About 65

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: 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.



The original record on this cemetery was prepared February 17, 1962, by White County Historical Society member Cloie Presley

and her husband Leister, who lived at one time at nearby Clay. Then it was updated 38 years later by Leroy Blair, a member of the

Historical Society who, coincidentally, also lives at nearby Clay. The cemetery is located in Section 33, Township 9 North, Range 7

West. Here’s how Mrs. Presley described it: "Going from Clay to Holly Springs, about three miles from Clay a road to the left

through the woods leads to the cemetery about a half mile off the main road. It is on a beautiful pine-covered hill; the wind moans

through the treetops and the graves are covered with a carpet of pine needles." She added that the Taylor family came from

Tennessee.

Blair visited the cemetery July 20, 2000, and was impressed with its natural beauty. He found 28 graves that were not on the

original list. Following is his report: "To reach this cemetery from Searcy take Highway 16 to Fairview Road at the north Searcy

city limits sign. Stay on Fairview to about one-fourth mile north of the Holly Springs Church. Across the road from the Wayne Walls

residence at 1078 Fairview Road there is a gate across a dirt road that goes out into an open field. Take that road. The road winds

back into the hills about half a mile. The cemetery is on the left of the road. It is a very nice and clean cemetery. The number of

graves has about tripled since the list was prepared in 1962."

Wayne and Helen Walls, who own the farm where this cemetery is located, provided updated information in December 2001.

According to Mrs. Walls, "There is one grave that had a marker that wasn’t engraved, and it is broken and not in the right spot.

Also, there is a rock that I was told was marking a grave."

Following is a list of known burials in this cemetery.

? – (FM), illegible – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Baker, Cletus Eugene – December 24, 1943 – April 30, 1944 – Son of Herman Baker – (Unmarked) Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs AR

– (Obit)

Baker, Herman “Buck” – January 6, 1922 – July 30, 1989 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit) July 31, 1989 paper

Baker, Infants – March 21, 1955 – March 23, 1955 – Two graves, Children of Buck and Mildred Baker - Taylor Cemetery, Holly

Springs, AR - (Obit)

Baker, John G. – October 27, 1889 – May 2, 1964 – DS with Ola Baker - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit May 4, 1964

paper)

Baker, John Ray – December 15, 1931 – November 27, 1995 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Baker, Mildred Louise – February 7, 1925 – May 4, 2001 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Baker, Ola Mae – September 22, 1901 – March 28, 1979 – DS with John G. Baker - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR



Barnett, Pauline – June 27, 1920 – September 23, 1981 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Barnett, Troy – February 1, 1918 – February 3, 2001 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Deaton, Minnie Lee – June 1870 – March 5, 1935 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Evans, Carson Grady – August 15, 1917 – November 24, 1988 – DS with Ona Mae Popham Evans - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs,

AR

Evans, Ona Mae Popham – November 2, 1925 – January 5, 1998 – DS with Carson Grady Evans - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Featherston, Ina Flo – January 21, 1901 – September 24, 1973 – DS with Vester Featherson - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Featherston, Vester – February 4, 1889 – January 30, 1974 – DS with Ina Flo Featherston - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Helms, Ada E. – December 1, 1891 – June 8, 1968 – DS with Sam Helms – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit June 10, 1968

paper)

Helms, Samuel E. – May 29, 1890 – July 24, 1951 – DS with Ada E. Helms - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Lemons, James A. – August 3, 1844 – April 8, 1947 – (FM) – Civil War Veteran - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Miller, Josie Lemons – 1881 – February 7, 1957 – - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit February 8, 1957 paper)

P., D.X. (initials only) – this marker has been replaced by a marker that reads only “Baby” - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Pearce, Dixon Harvey – Died April 17, 1948 – Age 82 years – (Unmarked grave) - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Poole, Mattie Ellen – November 26, 1917 – April 1, 1999 – DS with Wilton Lee Poole - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Poole, Wilton Dean – October 2, 1939 – June 12, 2012 – U.S. Army National Guard – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs AR – (Obit)

Poole, Wilton Lee – June 4, 1914 – March 21, 1993 – DS with Mattie Ellen Poole - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Pratt, Roger Glenn – September 24, 1936 – June 4, 2012 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs AR - (Obit)

Pylent, Hannah D. – April 1, 1855 - December 6, 1938 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Smith, Cody Baughn – November 8, 1980 – November 8, 1980 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Smith, Hartsell – December 29, 1949 – August 21, 2011 – Husband of Katy Baughn Smith - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR -

(Obit)

Smith, Hestor – February 12, 1889 – February 14, 1950 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)



Smith, Lewis – February 12, 1885 – November 4, 1965 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit November 5, 1965 paper)

Smith, Maude Walls – February 20, 1890 – March 29, 1935 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Smith, Ola – July 1, 1893 – April 17, 1980 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Smith, Paul D. – August 16, 1912 – February 15, 2006 - Husband of Zella E. Snowdon Smith - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR -

(Obit)

Smith, Zella Estha Snowden – November 8, 1915 – July 7, 2004 – Wife of Paul D. Smith - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, Alice – October 11, 1863 – April 4, 1940 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, Carl Wayne – March 17, 1932 – March 14, 1992 - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, Frank C. – March 3, 1859 – January 20, 1929 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, Guy Madison – March 26, 1913 – January 9, 2001 –(Unmarked grave) – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, Ida Mae – January 4, 1931 – December 14, 1988 – DS with Robert L. Taylor – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit)

December 14, 1988 paper

Taylor, Infant - No dates listed – Child of John and Ora Taylor - Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, John E. – 1885 – 1949 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Taylor, Mira Matilda – July 14, 1890 – April 21, 1981 – DS with William Troy Taylor – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Taylor, Ora D. – 1893 – 1958 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit May 12, 1958 paper)

Taylor, William Troy – December 11, 1889 – January 9, 1955 - DS with Mira Matilda Taylor – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

(Obit)

Treat, David Herol – April 28, 1947 – May 16, 1993 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Derol Bermell – April 3, 1937 – July 15, 2014 – Taylor Cemetery, Clay, AR (Obit)

Treat, Don – January 18, 1935 – January 19, 1935 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Dustin Colt – May 20, 1985 – June 7, 1985 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Dwane Franklin – November 28, 1932 – January 4, 2013 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly AR – (Obit)

Treat, Elizabeth Ann – July 18, 1966 – July 18, 1966 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit July 19, 1966 paper)



Treat, George Mason – December 21, 1900 – January 20, 1958 – (FM) – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit January 21, 1958

paper)

Treat, George Owen – January 9, 1924 – March 12, 2002 – Husband of Nellie Geraldine Treat – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Glenn R. – 1942 – 1996 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, J.D. – September 24, 1929 – December 28, 2000 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Larry – March 25, 1946 – June 14, 2009 - (FM) – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Treat, Nellie Geraldine – February 3, 1925 - Wife of George Owen Treat – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – April 15, 2010 (Obit)

Treat, Steve – September 20, 1941 – March 26, 1979 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Susie – May 31, 1959 – February 25, 1973 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Treat, Thomas Elton – December 29, 1925 – August 13, 2001 – Husband of Fred Helen Norman Treat – Taylor Cemetery, Holly

Springs, AR

Treat, Wilma – September 24,1931 – November 5, 2011 – Wife of William “Bill” Treat – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Treat, Zella – October 19, 1903 – March 25, 1953 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR - (Obit)

Walls, Leola McNew – December 6, 1910 – September 23, 1989 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR – (Obit) Sep. 24 & 25, 1989

paper

Walls, Martha Susan Madden – February 23, 1859 – April 4, 1939 – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

Watkins, Flora Lorene – May 28, 1927 – October 24, 2002 – Wife of Albert Watkins – Taylor Cemetery, Holly Springs, AR

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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.