Polk County Cemeteries
(Directions
to Polk Co. cemeteries may be found in the cemetery transcription book
available at the Polk Co. Public Library.)
ALESHIRE CEMETERY.
On the land that J.S. Aleshire homesteaded in the middle 1800's.
ANTIOCH CEMETERY.
Two miles north of Hatfield on Highway 71.
BAKER CEMETERY.
South and East of Wickes on Highway #4 East.
BATES CEMETERY. Two
or three miles southwest of Big Fork Post office.
BOARD CAMP CEMETERY.
Nine and one-half miles east of Mena on Highway 8, behind the Primitive Baptist
Church on south side of highway.
BRUMBACK CEMETERY.
West of Mena on Hwy. 8 and S of Mtn. Fork.
BRUSHY CREEK
CEMETERY. Twelve miles east of Cove.
BUFFALO CEMETERY.
Two miles west of Cove.
BULGER CEMETERY. Six
miles west of Hatfield, near the intersection of County Road 40 & 157. On
road to Alder Springs.
CECIL CEMETERY.
One-half mile west of Vandervoort.
CECIL CHAPEL
CEMETERY. One and two-tenths miles west of Vandervoort Junction.
CENTER CEMETERY.
Fifteen miles east of Vandervoort on Hwy. 246.
CHERRY HILL
CEMETERY. Twelve and one-half miles east of Mena on Highway 88.
CLEM MILLER CEMETERY.
About a mile S of Cove and one half mile east of Highway 71 on land that is now
owned by Carol Schultz.
CONCORD CEMETERY.
Just E of the city limits of Ink on Hwy. 88.
CORINTH CEMETERY.
Three miles east of Mena on Highway 88.
COUNTY POOR FARM
CEMETERY. One-half mile north of Potter Junction off Highway 71 near K.C.S.
Railroad.
CRAWFORD CEMETERY.
In the Center Point Community, west of Mill Creek.
CHRYSTAL HILL
CEMETERY. Three miles east of Wickes on Highway 4, and about one and one-half miles
south of Highway 4.
CURETON CEMETERY.
Five miles east of Cove.
DANIEL CEMETERY. One
mile east of Wickes.
DOWNS CEMETERY. Four
miles west of Rich Mountain on Highway 270-59.
EAGLETON CEMETERY.
Three-quarters of a mile from the railroad tracks in Eagleton.
FOOTE CEMETERY.
About four miles southeast of Cove.
FORAN CEMETERY. Nine
miles north of Mena on Highway 71.
FOSTER CHAPEL
CEMETERY. Five miles west of Mena on old 71 Highway and one half mile north
west on Rocky cut-off road.
GANN CEMETERY.
One-half mile south of New Potter on old Hwy. 71.
GILLIAM CEMETERY.
Fifteen miles east of Vandervoort and three miles north of Old Hartley on the
Hartley-Shady Forest road #31.
GRANNIS CEMETERY.
One block west of Highway 71 in the city limits of Grannis.
HEIFLEY-WITHERSPOON
CEMETERY. On top of Rich Mountain, NW of the Lodge.
HIGHLAND CEMETERY.
About three miles north of Cherry Hill.
HILTON CEMETERY. One
mile north-east of Board Camp, on a farm known in 1983, as the Eigsti Farm.
HOLLY GROVE
CEMETERY. Five & one-third miles E of Grannis on Frachiseur Road.
HOLLY SPRINGS
CEMETERY. Four miles northeast of Mena on property owned by Odis Bowen.
HOWARD CEMETERY. Six
miles west of Rich Mountain on Highway 270-59 upon the high hill just east of
Howard Community.
INDIVIDUAL GRAVES.
About five miles west of Big Fork on Highway 8 is the grave of : Bates, Lou
Ella.
INDIVIDUAL GRAVES.
Two graves bearing the name CABBLER. These markers are on the east side of
Highway 8, southeast of Big Fork.
JACKSON CEMETERY.
About three miles north of Cove off Highway 71 and about one-half mile west of
Highway 71 on land owned by Faye Davis.
LAMBERT-JACKSON
CEMETERY. Five miles north of Opal. Opal is 12 miles east of Mena on Highway
370.
LIBERTY CEMETERY.
About two miles northwest of Board Camp.
LITTLE CEMETERY. Two
and one-half miles west of Rich Mountain on Hwy. 270-59.
LITTLE AFRICA OR
PINEY CEMETERY. One mile south of Nunley, north of the bluff that overlooks
Board Camp Creek.
LONE VALLEY
CEMETERY. Four miles southeast of Hatfield on County Road 34.
LOST CEMETERY. About
twelve miles west of Mena on Hwy. 8 and one-half miles south of the highway in
the Center Point Community.
LOST CEMETERIES.
Three cemeteries in the vicinity of Camp Pioneer.
LOWER BIG FORK
CEMETERY. Two miles west and one mile north of Opal.
McDANIEL CEMETERY.
About two miles SE of Hatfield off the Old Line Road about one hundred yards on
the west side, just before crossing Six Mile Creek.
McKINNEY CEMETERY.
About one mile E of Old Potter on a hill N of the road.
MILLER CEMETERY. One
& three-fourths miles S of Cove, on E side of Hwy.71.
MINERAL CEMETERY.
West and south of Highway 71, near the Sevier County line.
MOLLIE GANN
CEMETERY. About four miles W of New Potter, on County Road 38.
MOORE CEMETERY.
About two and one-half miles E of Potter on Bethesda Spring Road, just east of
where Old Highway 71 and the road to Bethesda Lake cross.
MT. CALVARY
CEMETERY. West edge of Mena off Hwy.8, corner of Eve and Averett.
MTN. FORK CEMETERY.
Eleven miles west of Mena on Highway 8.
MT. GILEAD CEMETERY.
Six miles west of Mena on Highway 8.
NICHOLS CEMETERY.
About five miles west of Hatfield, on County Road 38.
NORRIS CEMETERY. Ten
miles east of Highway 88 from the intersection of Hwy. 71 and 88 East, on land
owned by Nick Bowen.
NUNLEY CEMETERY. Six
miles east of Mena on Highway 8 east.
OAK GROVE CEMETERY.
Three miles west of Wickes and one mile south of Hwy. 84.
OLD DALLAS CEMETERY.
Seven miles east of Mena on Hwy. 375.
OLD POTTER CEMETERY.
About one hundred yards W of Potter Junction on Hwy.375.
OVERTURF CEMETERY.
Two & one-half miles S of Grannis,three miles E of Hwy.71.
OWEN CHAPEL
CEMETERY. About three miles NE of Mena, off Hwy. 71. Turn at Acorn Baptist
Church sign.
OZARK CEMETERY. Hwy.
71 South one half mile south of Grannis, right on Co. Road 1. Go 2.6 miles. The
old school and cemetery is on the left.
PERRY CEMETERY.
Three and one half miles south of Mena on old Hwy. 71, then west about one-half
of a mile.
PINE CREST CEMETERY.
Three blocks south of Hwy. 71 on Bethesda Road in Mena.
PLEASANT GROVE
CEMETERY. Two miles east of Big Fork.
PLEASANT GROVE
CEMETERY. One-half mile SE of Cove.
PLEASANT HILL
CEMETERY. About three miles west of Hatfield on Co. Rd. 26.
ROCK SPRINGS
CEMETERY. Four & one-half miles E of Hwy.71 on Posey Hollow Rd.
ROCKY CEMETERY.
About nine miles west of Mena on Highway 8.
SEXTON CEMETERY. One
mile west of Rich Mountain on Highway 270-59.
SHADY CEMETERY. One
mile east of Mena on Hwy. 8, then thirteen miles south on Hwy. 375. Behind New
Hope Bapt. Church.
SHORES CEMETERY. On
Bufram Creek in the N part of Center Point Comm., near the food of Rich
Mountain.
SIX MILE CEMETERY.
One half mile south of Hatfield School.
WESTVIEW CEMETERY.
Three and one-half miles Southwest of Cove.
WHITE CEMETERY. Three-tenths
of a mile south of the city limits of Mena, turn off Hwy. 71, cross RR track,
take immediate road to south; go to dead end.
WHITE OAK CEMETERY.
West edge of Mena off Hwy. 8, at corner of Eve & Averett.
WITHERSPOON
CEMETERY. One mile S, then one-half mile E of Vandervoort.
WRIGHT CEMETERY.
About one-fourth mile south of Mena, off Hwy. 88 E. In the Country Club Estates
on land of Byrd Norris.
YOCANA (YUCANNA) MT.
ZION AMISH CEMETERY. Nine and one-half miles each of Mena on Hwy. 88, then one
mile north on the Yocana Community Road.
NEW CEMETERIES IN POLK COUNTY
The following cemeteries are ones that were not in existence when
the Cemetery Inscriptions of Polk County, Arkansas was published in
1984.
Located on Canaanland Church property at 2307 Southerland, Highway
8 West.
DREYER, SARAH JANE
Oct 19, 1953 Feb 2, 2005
HARRIS, BETTY JEAN
Dec 6, 1934 Apr 25, 2005
Location: Five miles west of Mena on old 71 Highway and one-half mile northwest on Rocky cut off road. Turn into a lane just past the Foster Chapel cemetery. Graves are located in a pasture with a fence around them, on land previously owned by the Dees family.
DEES, ROBERT
Aug 23, 1916 Apr 19, 2004
DEES, LILA EVA CHRISTOHER
Apr 29, 1916 Oct 25, 2004
Located at The Place of the Holy.
The church house is located at 5023 Hwy. 8 East of Mena. Drive just past the church and turn left on
County Road #67. Turn left off Road 67
approximately 500 yards up this road at the second lane. There are only two graves in this cemetery.
WILDER, L.C. JR.
(PASTOR OF THE PLACE OF THE HOLY
Dec 11, 1921 Nov 10, 1999
THE MAN OF GOD IS BURIED HERE.
SANDLIN, EULLA MAE
1921 - 1999
Located approximately five miles east of Cove, Arkansas on County Road # 23. If traveling south on Highway 71, turn left at caution light in Cove. Travel east on County Road # 32 to Road # 404. Turn right on # 404, and as soon as crossing a bridge, turn left on County Road 23. Cemetery is on the left side a mile or so down this road.
ROGERS, DOROTHY MAY
Jun 10, 1927 Nov 9, 1995
DAVIS, ESTELLA JUANITA
Aug 22, 1929 Mar 17, 1997
PLUMMER, BESSIE MAE
Feb 18, 1914 Sep 17, 1997
CRAFT, MARY ANN
Aug 1, 1940 Jul 28, 2000
FULGIUM, HUBERT GLENN
Aug 21, 1935 Dec 5, 1991
SSGT US AIR FORCE VIETNAM
KNIGHTEN, DONALD EDWARD
Oct 24, 1930 Jul 13, 1992
TWENTY-YEAR MILITARY
ROGERS, MYRTLE
1912 Sep 26, 1992
Age 80 yrs. 7 mo. 29 days.
HUTSON, DENNIS H.
Jan 13, 1949 Mar 6, 1995
RHODES, VIRGIL ANDREW
Dec 6, 1923 Jun 30, 2004
SHERWOOD, IDA IRENE
Jul 28, 1955 Jun 24, 1991
TAYLOR, JOYCE J.
May 5, 1942 Jul 2, 2000
CHANDLER, DOROTHY L.
Aug 10, 1921 Apr 15, 2003
ROLLING, KAY
Jul 22, 1944 Jun 16, 1990
DUFRENE, ALPHA
1942 1982
MC MAHAN, HENRY WILLIAM
A3C US AIR FORCE KOREA
Nov 20, 1927 Jul 13, 1990
CARVER, ROBBY LYNN
Jan 17, 1969 Jun 21, 1996
CARVER, ROBBY LYNN JR.
Aug 6, 1994 (only date)
WHITE, THOMAS N.
Nov 22, 1903 Jul 24, 1987
MAMA DELLS FAMILY CEMETERY
Located at 3100 Highway 88 E., just before you cross the Ouchita River if you are traveling east out of Mena.
WALLACE, LURA ODELL
Aug 8, 1917 May 4, 1997
ROBINSON, BARBARA BOBBIE
Mar 2, 1929 Nov 13, 2003
This cemetery is possibly the same
as the Sexton Cemetery. Sexton is
located one mile west of Rich Mountain on Hwy. 270-59. Obituary found in the Mena Star Newspaper,
listing the burial place as Rich Mountain Community Cemetery
USERY, BENNIS WASHINGTON
Apr 27, 1913 Oct 16, 1998