Tucker Cemetery

Albian, Arkansas

Photo by Leroy Blair

This Cemetery is also known as: None known

GPS Location: Pending

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: Pending

Number of Marked Graves: 1

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: February 6, 2002 By Leroy Blair

Current status of cemetery: Abanded

Point of contact for cemetery. No known contact person.

Following is a list of known burials in this cemetery.



There is one grave – that of Willie Maud Tucker – on the Garland Hardcastle Farm, Section 31, Township 9 North, Range 7 West. It

is a short distance northeast of the point of the northeast corner of the Smith farm.

According to White County Historical Society researcher Cloie Presley, who wrote about this site around 1962, "This child was a

cousin of Mary Whisenant Yingling of Pangburn and she gave the following story. This was the daughter of Melissa Howell and

Lewis Tucker. At that time there were several families living in the area where the grave is located and the road came through on

the section line. The child caught fire and burned to death, the creeks were in flood and it would have been difficult to reach a

cemetery so she was buried here."

Leroy Blair of the Historical Society visited this gravesite on February 6, 2002 and filed the following report: "The cemetery is

closer to Albion than Pangburn. To get to the cemetery from Albion, take Highway 16 north to Highway 305. Turn right and go

about 100 yards to the first road to the right. This is the old missile base road. Follow this road about one-fourth mile. There is a

dirt road off to the left. Turn onto it and go maybe 100 feet. Another dirty road will turn right. Take it around the backside of the old

missile base. Follow it probably 100 yards to a red metal gate, which is locked. You will have to walk from there. After you get over

the gate turn right onto a logging road and go about one-fourth mile. You will come to a cabin and an old barn. Go between the

cabin and barn. The grave is located just past the barn to the right. It has an old-type tombstone with the following on it:

"The old list said the child caught fire and burned to death. Mrs. Hardcastle, who owns the land where the grave is located, said

that the little girl’s father was killing hogs and the little girl fell into a vat of boiling water and died. The gravesite needs to be

cleaned and possibly fenced in."

If you have additional information on this burial contact the White County Historical Society at P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145.

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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.