Bethlehem Cemetery Picture

--Photo by Gerald Torrence, 2001

Bethlehem Cemetery

Plainview, Arkansas

The information on the following list was collected by Leroy “Lee” Blair A Member of the Board of Directors White County Arkansas Historical Society.P.O. Box 637. Searcy AR. 72145

 

This cemetery is located on Bald Hill Road northwest of Plainview AR. 1t was originally surveyed October 20, 1965, by Cloie & Leister Presley of the White County Historical Society. The Presleys reported seeing 135 unmarked graves. Paul E. Miller of the Historical Society updated the list in 1991, then again in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Mr. Blair visited it for the first time on August 30, 2000 and updated the other list.

Mr. Blair returned to this cemetery on October 2, 2006 and made a new listing. This time Mr. Blair listed the graves by row to make it easier to find the location of a grave. Row one is the first row on the north side of the cemetery and row 18 is a very short row on the southeast side of the cemetery. Some of the rows do not run in a straight row or go all the way through the cemetery, but having them listed this way will give a general area as to where the grave of someone is located. Mr. Blair was unable to find several names that were on previous listings; I have noted them after the name Also at the end of this list I have made another list with the names of some people who may be buried at Bethlehem Cemetery in unmarked graves.

 There is also a list of Military Veterans that are buried in the cemetery.

The following abbreviations are used for this list DS = Double tombstone TS = Triple Tombstone FM Funeral Home Marker

Name Birth Death Comments Row
Bacus, Helen 1847 1923 On stone with Mandy Millsaps, John H. Miller, Harry Miller, & Ruthy Miller (Row 9)
Bell, Dwight W. April 2, 1948 August 8, 1964   (Row 11)
Bell, Houston December 6, 1918 Only date DS with Iris Naoma Bell (Row 11)
Bell, Iris Naoma July 11, 1925 November 7, 2000 DS with Houston Bell (Row 1)
Bell, Jason   Died October 17, 1976 Only date (Row 11)
Benskin, Albert Horace January 1, 1871 October 3, 1960 DS with Alice Jane Benskin (Row 4)
Benskin, Alice Jane March 1, 1883 December 9, 1947 DS with Albert Horace (Row 4)
Brown, Alberta May 7, 1903 June 1, 1984   (Row 3)
Brown, James 1897 1979 Pvt. U.S. Army WWI (Row 3)
Brown, Marvin Glen September 16, 1932 November 28, 2003 (FM) (Row 3)
Brown, Oreta Dates unknown Died at age 14 Daughter of James and Alberta Brown Buried in a grave marked with a small cement block in the next space north of the grave of Lydia May Lang This information was obtained from her brother who lives across the road from the cemetery (Row 3)
Brown, Ruby Dates unknown Died at age 17 Daughter of James and Alberta Brown Buried in a grave marked with a small cement block in the second space north of the grave of Lydia May Lang This information was obtained from her brother who lives across the road from the cemetery (Row 3)
Bryant, Guy July 24, 1903 February 24, 1910 Son of Linsey & Claudie Bryant (Row 3)
Burton, Nancy C. October 18, 1865 July 14, 1921   (Row 7)
Case, Joseph W. June 26, 1913 August 6, 1978   (Row 13)
Clark, Henry Harrison October 22, 1867 July 15, 1883 (Stone broken) (Row 9)
Clarke, John Milton October 28, 1868 July 17, 1879   (Row 9)
Clarke, T.P. No dates . Sgt. Co. I, 10th Ill. Cav (Row 9)
Cline, Christopher February 20, 1996 August 8, 2005   (Row 1)
Curtis, S. Cassie May 18, 1903 January 6, 1998 DS with L. Howard Curtis (Row 15)
Curtis, L. Howard September 26, 1898 February 9, 1980 DS with S. Cassie Howard (Row 15)
Davis, Andrew J. September 11, 1881 January 9, 1961 DS with Jannie Davis (Row 14)
Davis, Jannie December 18, 1891 August 14, 1983 DS with Andrew J. Davis (Row 14)
Davis, W.J. May 7, 1920 May 30, 1988   (Row 14)
Dumas, Auneen September 17, 1905 August 1, 1947 DS with Judson Dumas (14 Row)
Dumas, James D. September 1, 1871 March 18, 1944   (Row 6)
Dumas, Judson June 1, 1902 March 4, 1969 DS with Auneen Dumas (Row 14)
Dungan, Andrew November 25, 1874 August 17, 1886 Son of William & Nancy E. Dungan TS with Flora A. and Joseph W. Dungan (Row 5)
Dungan, Flora A. October 16, 1872 December 9, 1873 Daughter of William & Nancy E. Dungan –TS with Andrew and Joseph W. Dungan (Row 5)
Dungan, Joseph W. November 19, 1883 June 10, 1884 Son of William & Nancy E. Dungan TS with Andrew and Flora A. Dungan (Row 5)
Edwards, Lillian Stratton   Died April 2, 1955 Only date. (Unmarked grave) (From Obituary notice in Newspaper)
Ellis, Stephen Thomas   No dates (Not found on October 2, 2006 )
Eyestone, George L. February 18, 1907 September 5, 1914   (Row 2)
Eyestone, R.H. September 22, 1917 October 15, 1918   (Row 2)
Eyestone, Rholland H. May 19, 1879 September 7, 1920   (Row 1)
Felton, Allen Lloyd July 3, 1894 December 23, 1974 DS with Vera S. Felton (Row 10)
Felton, Vera S. February 29, 1920 July 25, 1997 DS with Lloyd Allen Felton (Row 10)
Ferren, Elsie Sharp May 13, 1902 December 1, 1977   (Row 8)
Ferren, Fred Ward February 8, 1897 May 9, 1981 Pvt. U.S. Army WWI (Row 8)
Ferren, Jewell February 2, 1929 only date DS with Wilton Ferren (Row 8)
Ferren, Jewell September 5, 1930 Only date DS with Sherman Clifford Ferren (Row 8)
Ferren, Wilton July 2, 1925 December 25, 1993 DS with Jewell Ferren (Row 8)
Ferren, Sherman Clifford June 10, 1928 January 1, 1985 Pfc. U.S. Army KoreaDS with Jewell Ferren (Row 8)
Gonzales, Seferino R. August 20, 1920 August 23, 1991   (Row 5)
Griggs, Sylvia Ruth July 23, 1928 December 22, 2005 (FM) (Row 12)
Griggs, William Audie March 15, 1926 December 11, 1981 U.S. Army (Row 12)
Guthrie, Mary E. October 11, 1884 August 26, 1967   (Row 5)
Guthrie, Frank No dates Son Samuel Guthrie (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Harp, Joe January 4, 1937 June 1, 2004 DS with Wilma Harp (Row 12)
Harp, Wilma September 20, 1935 Only date DS with Joe Harp (Row 12)
Hicks, Annie January 18, 1882 February 11, 1941 (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Hunt, Nina November 26, 1894 August 13, 1973   (Row 12)
Hutchinson, Evaline Jane   Died March 27, 1878 Age 46 years, 9 months, 28 days (Row 6)
Jackson, Grover C. September 19, 1918 March 17, 1978 DS with Hazel Jackson (Row )
Jackson, Hazel March 1, 1923 January 1, 1985 DS with Grover C. Jackson (Row 1)
Jackson, James Leroy June 26, 1951 August 23, 1993   (Row 1)
Jackson, Thomas A. May 19, 1909 April 8, 1974 Pvt. U.S. Army (Row 17)
Jackson, Wanda January 26, 1916 December 27, 2003 (FM) (Row 17)
Johnson, Luphenia April 18, 1861 October 6, 1932   (Row 8)
Jordan, Eddie E. February 9, 1954 January 21, 1997   (Row 9)
Joyner, Charles March 26, 1918 January 18, 1969 Pfc. Inf. WWII (Row 11)
Joyner, Conley James January 1, 1894 June 18, 1927 DS with Edna Jane Joyner (Row 11)
Joyner, Edna Jane December 27, 1898 April 3, 1978 DS with Conley James Joyner (Row 11)
Joyner, Lloyd W. January 3, 1935 August 6, 1936 Son of Woodrow Joyner (Row 12)
Kelley, Iva T. 1904 1964 DS with Rhea C. Kelley (Row 16)
Kelley, Rhea C. 1899 1951 DS with Iva T. Kelley (Row 16)
Kimbro, B.L. July 25, 1869 May 13, 1925   (Row 16)
King, Cathey L. 1952 Only date DS with Roy L. King ( Row 12 )
King, Martin June 4, 1912 May 24, 1974 (Not found on October 2, 2006 )
King, Roy L. 1941 Only date Married Cathey L. February 12, 1982  DS with Cathey L. King (Row 12)
Lacefield, Maude Yingling October 3, 1889 June 14, 1973   (Row 12)
Lang, Augustus Edward September 5, 1861 January 31, 1936 DS with Lydia May Rector Lang (Row 9)
Lang, Beverly J. March 4, 1934 Only date DS with Robert Harold Lang (Row 9)
Lang, Lydia May September 18, 1869 February 16, 1958 DS with Augustus Edward Lang (Row 9)
Lang, Robert Harold August 17, 1934 December 17, 2003 DS with Beverly J. Lang (Row 9)
Leasure, Allie E. April 22, 1893 November 16, 1973 DS with Leslie F. Leasure (Row 13)
Leasure, Alvevda 1895 1980   (Row 12)
Leasure, Augusta V. February 14, 1851 March 6, 1928   (Row 13)
Leasure, Dale Christine November 22, 1916 November 14, 1981   (Row 13)
Leasure, Harry C. October 17, 1891 November 4, 1967 Cpl U.S. Army WWI (Row 12)
Leasure, Leslie January 23, 1895 November 9, 1980 DS with Allie E. Leasure (Row 13)
Leasure, William E. October 14, 1846 December 11, 1923   (Row 13)
Martin, Alice January 12, 1923 January 20, 1923 Daughter of C.E. & N.J. Martin (Row 4)
Mason, Bryant E. February 25, 1886 July 8, 1900 Son of W.B. & S.M. Mason ( Row 7)
Mason, John Silas October 11,1870 December 27,1870 TS with Lizzie Jane Kelley Mason & Mary A. Mason (Row 7)
Mason, Lizzie Jane Kelley September 30, 1847 May 15, 1877 TS with Mary A. Mason & John Silas Mason (Row 7)
Mason, Mary Ann May 31,1868 May 25, 1872 DS with Lizzie Jane Kelley Mason & John Silas Mason (Row 7)
Mason, Mary Ann October 23, 1826 March 22,1908 Married Phillip Mason in 1842 (Row 7)
Mason, Phillip September 27, 1817 September 25, 1873   (Row 7)
Mason, W.B. August 3, 1850 June 11, 1909 (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Matthews, George William July 2, 1942 January 1, 1970   (Row 11)
McCoy, Baby Lester Born and died Memorial Day 1956 Son of Greta P. McCoy (Row 17)
McClendon, Barbara November 30, 1947 Match 1, 2004   (Row 1)
McDaniel, Mrs. S.E.   Died April 24, 1938 Age 77 years, 7 months, and 6 days (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Miller, Alyene Y. April 8, 1922 October 19, 1994 DS with Paul E. Miller (Row 17)
Miller, Carlie Born and died July 3, 2003 (FM) (Row 14)
Miller, Charles W. September 26, 1921 December 21, 1995 U.S. Army WWII DS with Salinas Miller (Row 16)
Miller, Clara G. 1893 1977 DS with Joe H. Miller (Row 16)
Miller, Harry No dates   On stone with Helen Bacus, John H. Miller, Ruthy Miller ( Row 9 )
Miller, Joe H. 1886 1949 DS with Clara G. Miller (Row 11)
Miller, John M. 1863 1939 On stone with Helen Bacus, Harry Miller, and Ruthy J. Miller (Row 9)
Miller, Paul E. July 4, 1916 Only date DS with Alyene Y. Miller   (Row 17)
Miller, Ruthy J. 1861 1950– On stone with Helen Bacus, John H. Miller, Harry Miller (Row 9)
Miller, Salinas March 15, 1921 Only date DS with Charles W. Miller (Row 16)
Miller, “Tax” November 5, 1997 November 5, 1997   (Row 14)
Mills, Jackie A. December 24, 1926 January 5, 1999 (FM) (Row 14)
Millsaps, Mandy 1838 1916 Helen Bacus , John H, Harry, & Ruthy Miller ( Row 9 )
Morris, Lydia Died September 11, 1909 Age 90 years Wife of Stephen Morris (Row 5)
Moss, Bille Wayne July 27, 1932 Oct. 3, 1933 (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Neir, Annie E. Clarke 1863 Only date (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Neir, J.H. No dates or other information (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Nier, Julia E. September 2, 1902 April 14, 1970   (Row 13)
Nier, L. Idell November 17, 1929 February 10, 1981 DS with Woodyard R. (Row 13)
Nier, Thomas J. January 27, 1885 July 17, 1971   (Row 13)
Nier, Woodyard R. May 11, 1925 March 11, 1981 DS with L. Idell Nier (Row 13)
Perez, Briana Vega July 6, 2006 July 10, 2006 (FM) (Row 10)
Redman, Jo Ann January 6, 1943 March 16, 1980 Daughter of W.J. Davis (Row 14)
Robertson, Lucretia October 24, 1815 May 15, 1902   (Row 7)
Romine, Lucille November 10, 1932 August 11, 1998   (Row 12)
Romine, Shannon Floyd March 16, 1970 December 30, 1992   (Row 12)
Safley, Albertine Hyde December 12, 1917 June 28, 2003 DS with Maurice Grayson Safley (Row 10)
Safley, Maurice Grayson May 27, 1917 June 12, 1998 DS with Albertine Safley (Row 10)
Shireman, Jessie Roy Jr. 1926 1989 Cox. U.S. Navy WWII (Row 13)
Shireman, Nadine Case June 13, 1922 August 2, 1999 (FM) (Row 13)
Soloman, Orvill Odell October 25, 1921 May 18, 2006 Cpl. U.S. Army WWII (Row 6)
Stenger, Helen September 25, 1912 October 27, 2003 DS with John Stenger (Row 9)
Stenger, John June 11, 1913 December 28, 2004 DS with Helen Stenger (Row 9)
Sumpter, Dora August 5, 1882 January 5, 1939. (Unmarked grave) From Death Record at Powell Funeral Home
Thompson, John Andrew May 27, 1875 April 3, 1959   (Row 8)
Thompson, Minnie Lee September 11, 1880 April 21, 1953   (Row 8)
Treece, Nancy August 8, 1944 Only date DA with Thomas E. Treece (Row 17)
Treece,Tom February 16, 1945 February 8, 1991 DS with Nancy Treece (Row 17)
Unknown Footstone with E.V.Y. No matching headstone ( May be a Yingling) (Row 6)
Unknown Footstone with M.A.M. No matching Headstone   (Row 9)
Unknown Footstone with W.A.M. No matching Headstone   (Row 7)
Veach, Tommy G. July 11, 1935 November 7, 1976   (Row 14)
Vega, Maria Perez October 26, 1998 November 7, 1998   (Row 10)
Wallace, Esther January 8, 1850 Only date DS with John L. Wallace (Row 2)
Wallace, ? No other information (Not found on October 2, 2006 )
Wallace, John L. April 29, 1847 March 6, 1915 DS with Esther Wallace (Row 2)
Watkins, Alice Benskin May 20, 1880 April 17, 1943   ( Row 4 )
Watkins, Charles Spencer January 31, 1917 Only date (Not found on Oct. 2, 2006)
Weaver, Richard L. Jr. January 27, 1934 May 30, 1997 U.S. Army Veteran (Row 11)
Whiteman, Patsy Ann September 7, 1932 July 11, 2002 (FM) (Row 16)
Whittaker, Earlene M. June 4, 1938 Only date DS with Lloyd Jackson Whittaker (Row 13)
Whittaker, Lloyd Jackson July 8, 1933 December 24, 2003 DS with Earlene M. Whittaker (Row 13)
Woodard, Maggie Elizabeth July 12, 1903 May 27, 1965   (Row 14)
Woodward, George W. May 18, 1892 May 5, 1972   (Row 14)
Wright, Florence Clarke 1877 1943   (Row 9)
Wright, Martha 1860 1947   (Row 2)
Wright, Samuel 1854 1914   (Row 2)
Yingling, Charlotte December 17, 1853 November 6, 1933 DS with Phillip Yingling (Row 15)
Yingling, Earl Stillborn January 29, 1929 DS with Richard Lee Yingling ( Row 16 )
Yingling, Earnest Alvin No dates No other information (Not found on October 2, 2006)
Yingling, Hettie Ferguson June 15, 1892 Only date DS with James Osco Yingling (Row 15)
Yingling, James O. Jr. April 14, 1922 December 19, 1996 Sgt. U.S. Army Air Corps WWII (Row 17)
Yingling, James Osco October 1, 1892 October 18, 1961 DS with Hettie Ferguson Yingling (Row 17)
Yingling, John Albert No dates or other information   (Row 6)
Yingling, Phillip December 1, 1853 April 1, 1938 DS with Charlotte Yingling (Row 16)
Yingling, Phillip Murray February 27, 1924 March 14, 1925 Son of Osco & Hattie Yingling (Row 16)
Yingling, Richard Lee January 1, 1928 January 7, 1928 DS with Earl Yingling (Row 16)
Following is a list of veterans known to be buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, there are probably many more that do not have a Military Marker. If you know of anyone that is a veteran and buried in Bethlehem Cemetery and does not have a Military Marker and you would like to get them one contact the White County Veterans Service Office at 411 North Spruce St. Searcy. AR.72143. Phone 501-279-6210 or write The White County Historical Society, PO Box 537 Searcy AR 72145. Or if you like you can contact me Leroy “Lee” Blair 557 Baker Rd. Searcy AR. 72143. Phone 501-207-2057 and I will assist you in getting them a military marker.


Name Birth Death Comments Row
Clarke, T.P. No dates Sgt. Co. I, 10th Ill. Cav. (Row 9)
Ferren, Fred Ward February 8, 1897 May 9, 1981 Pvt. U.S. Army WWI (Row 8)
Ferren, Sherman Clifford June 10, 1928 January 1, 1985 Pfc. U.S. Army Korea (Row 8)
Griggs, William Audie March 15, 1926 December 11, 1981 U.S. Army (Row 12)
Jackson, Thomas A. May 19, 1909 April 8, 1974 Pvt. U.S. Army (Row 17)
Joyner, Charles March 26, 1918 January 18, 1969 Pfc. Inf. WWII (Row 11)
Leasure, Harry C. October 17, 1891 November 4, 1967 Cpl U.S. Army WWI (Row 12)
Miller, Charles W. September 26, 1921 December 21, 1995 U.S. Army WWII (Row 16)
Shireman, Jessie Roy Jr. 1926 1989 Cox. U.S. Navy WWII (Row 13)
Soloman, Orvill Odell October 25, 1921 May 18, 2006 Cpl. U.S. Army WWII (Row 6)
Weaver, Richard L. Jr. January 27, 1934 May 30, 1997 U.S. Army Veteran (Row 11)
Yingling, James O. Jr. April 14, 1922 December 19, 1996 Sgt. U.S. Army Air Corps WWII (Row 17)
The following may be buried in Bethlehem Cemetery in unmarked graves. Their relatives are buried here and I can not find them buried in any other cemetery in or near White County. If you know that any of these people are buried in another cemetery please contact me


Bryant, Claudie Wife of Linsey Bryant and mother of Guy Bryant
Bryant, Linsey Husband of Claudie Bryant and father of Guy Bryant
Dungan, Nancy E. Wife of William Dungan and mother of Andrew Dungan, Flora A. Dungan and Joseph W. Dungan
Dungan,William Husband of Nancy E. Dungan and father of Andrew Dungan, Flora A. Dungan and Joseph W. Dungan
Mason, S.M. Wife of W.B. Mason
Morris, Stephen Husband of Lydia Morris
If you have any corrections or additional information on Bethlehem Cemetery, please contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145. Or Leroy Blair 557 Baker Road. Searcy AR 72143