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Submitted: 10/23/21 • Approved: 10/26/21 • Last Updated: 10/29/21 • R1397694-G0-S3
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This cemetery is located about 10 miles south of Searcy on Highway 267, in Section 10, Township 6 North, Range 8 West.Comprehensive records on burials here were prepared October 13, 1976, by Linda Rowe and Cloie Presley of the White CountyHistorical Society and published in the 1987White County Heritage. The cemetery records were updated March 24, 2000, byTommy H. Treadway of the Historical Society and alphabetized at that time for convenience. Rowe and Presley listed graves thatTreadway could not find in his visit to the cemetery but they were added to his list. Similarly, when an earlier survey was made ofthe cemetery in 1963 by Historical Society volunteers Mrs. Lloyd Henry and her son Lloyd Jr., graves were listed which Rowe andPresley could not find. But these names remain in the list. What has happened to the markers that were in the earlier reports isunknown. As the 1976 report points out, "They may have been carved rocks, funeral home markers or even old tombstones nowbroken and gone. Many of the ones I listed are badly damaged." It is interesting to note that this cemetery is the final resting placeof Delia (Richards) Price, who died July 6, 1840. This is believed to be the oldest marked grave that has been listed in WhiteCounty. Her age was listed as "79 years" in an early survey, and repeated many times since. This would have made her 21 yearsolder than her husband Frederick Price. At the request of the White County Historical Society, volunteer Leroy Blair inspectedDelia Price's tombstone again on July 28, 2002. He found that it was broken into two pieces, and the fracture ran through theportion containing her age. After careful scrutiny, Blair reported that the stone listed her age as 39 years and 5 months. On thatsame day, in an old section of the cemetery, Blair made a startling discovery. Several gravesites had been cleaned by a Weedeaterthe previous day, uncovering an old native stone which had "Steve L." inscribed on it, with a birth date of April 22, 1775, and deathdate of October 31, 1795. Blair reported the name and dates were "very clear and easy to read." After investigating this puzzlingfind, historical society officials concluded it was a Halloween prank (note the day of death is Halloween).
Contributed on 10/23/21 by hawkinsdonna48
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