New Hope Cemetery Hempstead County Arkansas

NEW HOPE CEMETERY

Bodcaw Township, Hempstead County, Arkansas

Submitted February 17, 2006, by Thomas Allen Jones

New Hope Cemetery is located nine miles south of Hope, Arkansas on the Patmos Road, behind the New Hope Primitive

Baptist Church, which is no longer being used.

On September 6, 1889 two acres of land in the NE of SE of Section Eleven, Township Fourteen of Range 24 West was

Purchased from S. E. Burns by the officers of the Primitive Baptist Church at New Hope. They were J. A. Burns, J. M.

Thompson and W. A. Curtis. (Hempstead Co. records Bk 23-P 199) (William S. Curtis was the son of Tapley Curtis.)

The late Pat Ratliff, who would have been 93 on July 6, 1989 grew up on a farm adjoining the cemetery. He said the

church building was constructed in 1872 and its centennial observed in 1972. He said in the early 1920’s the association

met at the church with 15 to 20 preachers and everyone traveling in buggies and wagons. The automobile changed things,

but until a few years ago, people came from Hot Springs and East Texas the first Sunday in the month as this was the only

Primitive Baptist Church in the area.

The earliest burial that is marked with a stone is that of Thomas L. Mauldin who died in 1871. Thus the cemetery apparently

was begun about the time the church was built.

NOTE ; The contents of this document were transcribed from a listing of the New Hope Cemetery published in “Hempstead

County, Arkansas Cemeteries”, Book 1 published in 1990 by the Hempstead County Genealogy Society. The software,

“Personal Ancestral File” or “PAF” was used to sort the names alphabetically.

The transcriber, Thomas Allen Jones, taj104@juno.com, will appreciate any additions or corrections of any kind. It is my

hope this transcription will aid in your researches. February 17, 2006

413 Aaron, Lynn . . Row UNK 09 Mar 1951 30 Sep 1954

201 Aaron, Robert B. . . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 30 Sep 1891 11 Apr 1938

203 Aaron, Wanda J. . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 26 Aug 1940 28 Aug 1940

261 Agan, N. A. . . . . . . Row 9 14 Sep 1823 26 Jan 1880

67 Allen, Emma . . . . Row 3 03 Apr 1876 01 Sep 1970

153 Ammons, Linda Jo . . . . . . Row 5 1958

80 B.Hodnett, Willie . . . . Row 3 1896 1913

175 Baker, Estell Arnold . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 28 Apr 1918 05 Apr 1969

155 Beesley, Amberleen . . . . . . Row 5 1896 1988

154 Beesley, William A. . . . . . Row 5 1897 1952

287 Bennett, Henry . . . . Row 11 1900 1902

288 Bennett, Otis A. . . . . Row 11 1875 1904

286 Bennett, Sallie M. . . . . Row 11 1875 1902

382 Biddle, Charlie F. . . . . Row 16 1886

384 Biddle, Forrest . . . . Row 16 age 74 13 Mar 1989

381 Biddle, Lillie . . . . Row 16 12 Mar 1892 08 May 1938

383 Biddle, Mary E. . . . . Row 16 1903

379 Biddle, Maude E. . . . . Row 16 age 88 17 Apr 1976

248 Bowden, Edith Aline . . . . . Row 9 02 Apr 1914 15 Apr 1969

291 Burns, Adelaide Smith . . . . Row 11 02 Nov 1876 29 Dec 1918

315 Burns, B. C. . . . . Row 12 05 Jun 1806 21 sep 18__

215 Burns, Daniel . . .Row 7A 1872 1922

142 Burns, Effie (Porterfield) .. Row 5 1889 1970

414 Burns, Elizah . . Row UNK 10 Oct 1921 13 Jan 1943

318 Burns, G. W. . . . . Row 12 Nov 1874 30 Apr 1876

213 Burns, Grover C. . . . Row 7A 1885 1950

216 Burns, H. H. . . . . Row 7A 19 Nov 1870 23 Apr 1919

116 Burns, Helen F. . . . . Row 4 10 Oct 1921 13 Jan 1943

118 Burns, Herman E. . . . . Row 4 22 Jul 1925 29 Mar 1958

214 Burns, Jesse Hay . . . Row 7A 28 Jul 1889 11 Mar 1942

292 Burns, Johnie C. . . . . Row 11 24 Nov 1872 31 Jul 1915

317 Burns, Lola B. . . . . Row 12 08 Aug 1875 30 Sep 1875

290 Burns, Maudie . . . . Row 11 1896 1922

293 Burns, N. T. . . . . Row 11 Sgt Co E 15 Ark Inf CSA

109 Burns, Perry F. . . . . Row 4 20 Jun 1891 19 Oct 1938

328 Burns, Tulula . . . . Row 13 23 Oct 1886 05 Mar 1887

117 Burns, William F. . . . . Row 4 08 Oct 1922 12 Dec 1943

397 Camp, Ida A. . . . . Row 17 1889 1978

395 Camp, Iris Ann . . . . Row 17 06 Sep 1913 m. 15 sep 1933

396 Camp, Johnie W. . . . . Row 17 1894 1946

394 Camp, Leslie Harry . . . . Row 17 24 Dec 1910 18 Feb 1985

56 Choate, Bettie . . . . Row 2A 1884 1962

409 Clark, Arthur C. . . . . Row 19 25 Mar 1911 14 Jan 1969

254 Clark, Harvey B. . . . . . Row 9 02 Mar 1895 14 Jun 1952

410 Clark, Jack Donald . . . . Row 19 29 Jul 1933 05 Jan 1980

253 Clark, Ruby Mae . . . . . Row 9 15 Jun 1902 17 Sep 1982

415 Curtis, R. E. . . Row UNK 3 Aug ____ 08 Apr 1937

327 Curtis, W. A. & F. T. . . . . . Row 13 1840

359 Davis, S. E. . . . . Row 15 13 Mar 1842 24 Mar 1923

98 Deaton, Jake M. . . . . Row 3 1868 1895

202 Earck, Mrs. Callie R. . . . . . . . . . Row 7 01 Feb 1898 13 Mar 1970

377 Formby, Daisy S. . . . .Row 16 28 Sep 1892 26 Mar 1936

378 Formby, Elsie A. . . . . Row 16 13 Nov 1906

376 Formby, L. Elias . . . . Row 16 15 Aug 1890 23 Dec 1948

6 Foster, Infant FHM . . . .Row 1 22 Sep 1964 22 Sep 1964

165 Fryar, Rosa B. . . . . . . . Row 6 20 Apr 1889 31 Aug 1907

231 Gay, Neomia Fay . . . . . Row 7A 31 Oct 1930 08 Jul 1984

145 Gordon, Henry A. . . . . . . Row 5 24 Jan 1911 21 Apr 1911

144 Gordon, Martha E. . . . . . . Row 5 14 Dec 1878 27 Jun 1963

143 Gordon, William Sim . . . . . . Row 5 09 Jun 1877 04 Jun 1960

68 Grant, Joseph G. . . . . Row 3 18 Jan 1877 16 Dec 1941

416 Grant, Mary Jane . . Row UNK 21 Aug 1956

400 Gray, Doyle H. . . . . Row 18 14 Dec 1920 12 Nov 1952

401 Gray, George N. . . . . Row 18 06 Dec 1876 09 Mar 1967

403 Gray, Isaac Edgar . . . . Row 18 11 Jan 1909 Feb 1988 FHM

402 Gray, Rosa L. . . . . Row 18 1882 1956

351 Greene, Herbert A. . . . . Row 15 25 Aug 1905 18 Nov 1984

164 Hamilton, Lillian L. . . . Row 6 17 Jan 1894 04 Feb 1962

163 Hamilton, Santford R. . . . . . . Row 6 06 Jan 1882 25 Aug 1943

166 Hansford, L. J. . . . . . . . . Row 6 26 Nov 1890 22 Jul 1912

187 Hatch, Glen L. C. . . . Row 6A 31 Aug 1928 01 Sep 1928

111 Hatch, Harrison . . . . Row 4 01 Aug 1912 19 Feb 1926

227 Henderson, Nannie F. . . . . . . Row 7A 01 May 1881 13 Dec 1956

418 Henry, M. . . Row UNK 1900 1912

417 Henry, Otis A. . . Row UNK 1875 1904

262 Hinton, Bird . . . . . Row 9 09 Apr 1896 09 Sep 1897

264 Hinton, Drake . . . . . Row 9 24 Jun 1884 19 Nov 1884

263 Hinton, Laura . . . . . . Row 9 27 Sep 1880 28 Oct 1880

129 Hodnett, Guartha P. . . . . Row 4 27 Oct 1880 21 Sep 1888

119 Hodnett, Howard G. . . . . Row 4 1916 1926

289 Hodnett, S. M. . . . . Row 11 11 Apr 1859 26 Aug 1931

265 Hollis, Baby . . . . . . Row 9

62 Hollis, Danny . . . . Row 2A 17 Mar 1950

60 Hollis, David A. . . . . Row 2A 02 Feb 1948

61 Hollis, Jane . . . . Row 2A 29 Dec 1948

267 Hollis, John H. . . . . Row 9 27 Sep 1879 20 Nov 1899

266 Hollis, Rosie V. . . . . Row 9 08 Apr 1890 15 Aug 1891

77 Holmes, Delia E. . . . . Row 3 03 Aug 1855 19 Apr 1923

76 Holmes, Irvin . . . . Row 3 05 Jun 1841 28 Jan 1929

69 Hooper, Edgar A. . . . . Row 3 05 Sep 1925 16 May 1947

88 Hubbard, Clara . . . . Row 3 16 Oct 1892 15 Nov 1912

371 Huckabee, Marthie E. . . . . Row 15 28 Sep 1845 25 Mar 1936

8 Hunt, Agnes W. . . . . Row 1 02 Oct 1913

23 Hunt, Bertha L. . . . . Row 1 21 Dec 1914 17 Jun 1977

16 Hunt, Clarence M. . . . . Row 1 29 Apr 1918 03 Sep 1988

22 Hunt, Harold R. . . . . Row 1 06 Apr 1904 29 Jun 1979

18 Hunt, John Roy . . . . Row 1 15 Nov 1914 03 May 1966

19 Hunt, Lewis E. . . . . Row 1 11 Oct 1878 20 Sep 1955

21 Hunt, Rebecca Ann . . . . Row 1 14 Feb 1951 26 Feb 1951

17 Hunt, Ruby F. . . . . Row 1 26 Apr 1923

7 Hunt, Willie E. . . . . Row 1 25 May 1906 31 Oct 1964

9 Hunt, Willie Ray . . . . Row 1 29 Jun 1947 31 jun 1947

20 Hunt, Winnie M. . . . . Row 1 22 Jun 1889 15 Mar 1966

234 Irvin, Ira James . . . . . Row 8 1959 1959

184 Jester, Burgus R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 06 May 1868 10 Dec 1946

182 Jester, C. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 16 Aug 1907 09 Jul 1988

183 Jester, Gracie May . . . . . . Row 6 01 Oct 1922 15 Apr 1947

172 Jester, Infant (bd) . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 16 Nov 1925

185 Jester, Katy A. . . . . . . Row 6 27 Mar 1869 16 Mar 1941

180 Jester, Leroy Willis . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 03 Jul 1938 18 Jul 1938

181 Jester, Sally Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 23 Jul 1909 22 Nov 1938

125 Johnson, William A. . . . . Row 4 17 Mar 1936

102 Kelley, David L. . . . . Row 3 03 Jul 1926

131 Kelley, Francis A. . . . . Row 4 13 May 1876 01 Aug 1945

130 Kelley, Jonothan N. . . . . Row 4 13 Jun 1864 10 Jun 1946

105 Kelley, King Newton . . . . Row 3 16 Nov 1881 19 Mar 1958

186 Kelley, Sara M. . . . . .Row 6A 07 Nov 1853 27 Oct 1927

104 Kelley, William H. . . . . Row 3 19 Dec 1855 23 Jan 1947

103 Kelley, William Henry . . . . Row 3 27 Jan 1929

160 Kennedy, Ida Bell . . Row 5A 09 Jun 1888 25 Oct 1934

156 Kennedy, Jessie J. . . . . . . . Row 5A 1892 1957

158 Kennedy, L. D. . . . Row 5A 14 Sep 1920 26 Feb 1983

157 Kennedy, Lillie May . . . . . . Row 5A 1891

159 Kennedy, Millard M. . . Row 5A 15 Aug 1887 20 Apr 1962

258 Land, Ora Maud . . . . . Row 9 30 Jun 1889 26 Oct 1910

235 Lane, Charlie L. . . . . . Row 8 26 Jun 1862 28 Sep 1889

236 Lane, Elizabeth C. . . . . . Row 8 13 Feb 1832 07 Mar 1921

259 Lane, Hugh O. . . . . . Row 9 08 Sep 1904 10 Oct 1906

260 Lane, Iverson A. . . . . . Row 9 11 Sep 1871 23 Aug 1894

237 Lane, Lewis L. . . . . . Row 8 11 Feb 1810 04 Jun 1893

120 Light, Jess J. . . . . Row 4 07 Jul 1887 12 Feb 1945

121 Light, Ola J. . . . . Row 4 10 Sep 1894 10 Jun 1979

375 Lindquist, Beatrice Formby . . . . Row 16 22 Jan 1911 10 Jun 1981

239 Lovelady, Clyde O. . . Row 8 12 Jun 1908 15 Nov 1977

238 Lovelady, Trilby . . . . . Row 8 09 May 1916 01 Sep 1987

294 M.Cheatham, Martha . . . . Row 11 64 years 1900

33 Martin, John R. . . . . Row 2 07 Oct 1953 23 Sep 1988

283 Mauldin, Thomas L. . . . . Row 10 15 Dec 1839 06 Dec 1871

28 May, Hubert Thomas . . . . Row 2 15 Oct 1943 16 Nov 1945

37 Mayton, Billy Ray . . . . Row 2 17 Sep 1940 17 Sep 1940

40 Mayton, Bob . . . . Row 2 19 Sep 1878 05 Mar 1969

38 Mayton, Doyle H. . . . . Row 2 09 Oct 1920 22 Mar 1945

95 Mayton, Frank . . . . Row 3 29 Nov 1893 11 Mar 189_

96 Mayton, J. J. . . . . Row 3 11 Nov 1850 09 May 1932

41 Mayton, Jennie . . . . Row 2 24 Jul 1893 14 Sep 1981

42 Mayton, Linda Sue . . . . Row 2 25 Nov 1948 12 Dec 1953

89 Mayton, Maxwell . . . . Row 3 1894 1975

50 Mayton, Oscar . . . . Row 2A 1890 1939

97 Mayton, Sarah Grimes . . . . Row 3 24 Dec 1856 03 Feb 1923

39 Mayton, Sevia . . . . Row 2 20 Jul 1911 15 Feb 1948

93 Mayton, Walter . . . . Row 3 22 Jun 1892 03 Jul 1892

342 McCoy, Kathryn D. . . . . Row 13 03 Jun 1927 03 Jan 1979

285 Nicholas, Terry Don . . . . Row 10 1954 1977

389 Owen, A. W. . . . . Row 16 02 Apr 1875 28 Oct 1961

390 Owen, Ada Hollis . . . . Row 16 07 Aug 1892 27 Jul 1985

387 Owen, D. G. . . . . Row 16 02 Feb 1865 21 Jul 1914

363 Owen, Edgar . . . . Row 15 08 Oct 1892 25 Oct 1892

374 Owen, Ina Bell . . . . Row 15 29 Apr 1904 04 Oct 1904

362 Owen, Ines Merl . . . . Row 15 22 Apr 1899 22 Nov 1910

388 Owen, Jessie . . . . Row 16 22 Oct 1878 30 May 1944

373 Owen, Lizzie T. . . . . Row 15 25 Nov 1869 14 Jan 1956

372 Owen, Perry W. . . . . Row 15 12 Sep 1858 28 Oct 1905

386 Owen, Valarian E. . . . . Row 16 21 Jan 1875 03 Sep 1943

385 Owens, Clarence J. . . . . Row 16 30 Mar 1879 29 Jun 1949

188 Owens, W. N. . . . Row 6A 19 Jan 1867 19 Nov 1914

282 Palmer, G. W. . . . . Row 10 10 Apr 1874 28 Aug 1877

281 Palmer, W. T. . . . . Row 10 18 Feb 1872 20 Nov 1891

300 Parsons, Alma Dean . . . . Row 11 19 Sep 1917 11 Nov 1984

12 Prather, Grace (FHM) . . . . Row 1 no dates

13 Prather, Mayton . . . . Row 1 15 Sep 1914 23 Feb 1975

197 Rateliff, Alta . . . ..Row 7 29 Dec 1897 12 Aug 1932

249 Rateliff, Columbus A. . . . . . Row 9 22 May 1909 26 Feb 1957

228 Rateliff, Felix W. . . . . . Row 7A 25 Jul 1942 05 May 1964

205 Rateliff, Fielding G. . . . Row 7 19 Aug 1965 06 Jul 1972

206 Rateliff, Fielding G. . . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 03 Mar 1919 17 Feb 1987

173 Rateliff, Hariam . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 16 Mar 1889 19 Mar 1926

34 Rateliff, James . . . . Row 2 13 Sep 1932 13 Sep 1932

198 Rateliff, James A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 23 Jul 1889 03 Jul 1949

207 Rateliff, John W. . . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 1891 1951

284 Rateliff, John Wesley Jr. . . . Row 10 06 Jan 1926 26 Jan 1980

195 Rateliff, Joseph K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 1922 1922

196 Rateliff, Lela Mae . . . .Row 7 04 May 1894 05 Jan 1917

174 Rateliff, Lula Pearl . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 1895 1940

171 Rateliff, Mattie G. . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 07 Jul 1877 23 Jun 1955

272 Rateliff, Robert C. . . . . Row 9 23 Jan 1919 17 Nov 1968

208 Rateliff, Ruth . . . . Row 7 1895

209 Rateliff, Thomas A. . . Row 7 26 Sep 1913 12 Jun 1978

230 Rateliff, Tom W. . . . . . Row 7A 06 May 1897 15 Nov 1963

229 Rateliff, Zura V. . . . . . Row 7A 16 Dec 1901 23 Jun 1973

305 Remedis, Barto . . . . Row 11 15 Apr 1907 11 Oct 1962

212 Rhodes, Fred . . . Row 7A Age 55 15 Sep 1987

299 Richards, Fannie . . . . Row 11 28 Feb 1831 11 ? 1884

298 Richards, Vannie B. . . . . Row 11 1871

332 Rowntree, B. E. . . . . Row 13 1880

348 Simmons, Lucy . . . . Row 14 1892

347 Simmons, Susie . . . . Row 14 1892

55 Smith, Everett A. . . . . Row 2A 04 Apr 1917 18 Aug 1962

393 Springs, B. W. Sr. . . . . Row 17 19 Dec 1865 16 Feb 1962

250 Stark, Syble G. . . . . . Row 9

331 Thomas, Ola V. . . . . Row 13 06 Feb 1877 15 Sep 1888

191 Thompson, Paralee . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 7 1886 1967

244 Tomlinson, Ruby Jackson . Row 8 30 Oct 1912 28 Nov 1975

70 Tompkins, Ida Louise . . . . Row 3 05 Jun 1925 11 Feb 1926

406 Turnage, Lela . . . . Row 18 1902 1970

405 Turnage, Lester . . . . Row 18 1906

204 Turnage, W. Finley . . . . . . . . . Row 7 27 Sep 1899 04 Mar 1944

99 Vines, Baby Vines Baby . . . . Row 3 No Dates

53 Vines, Carson . . . . Row 2A 1901 1957

101 Vines, Charles K. . . . . Row 3 30 Mar 1923 29 Dec 1944

54 Vines, Ethel Zona . . . . Row 2A 30 May 1903 07 Jun 1989

135 Vines, Gertrude C. . . . . Row 4 26 Feb 1901 28 Sep 1943

132 Vines, Lucy . . . . Row 4 1878

100 Vines, Mary Jo . . . . Row 3 29 Dec 1934 15 Mar 1935

134 Vines, Otho Lane . . . . Row 4 10 Oct 1897 02 Mar 1973

133 Vines, Walter . . . . Row 4 1875 1941

136 Vines, Wayne . . . . Row 4 06 May 1918 11 Mar 1940

106 Ward, John Edgar . . . . Row 3 06 May 1919 02 Feb 1982

380 Ward, Minnie O. . . . . Row 16 28 Apr 1878 16 Mar 1908

306 Warren, Cherry Beth . . . . Row 11 06 Jan 1941 06 Dec 1952

232 Whitten, Clifton Edward . . . . . Row 8 28 May 1911 22 Aug 1985

233 Whitten, Mary Rateliff . . . . . Row 8 28 May 1915 m. 2 Apr 1933

247 Whitten, Rose Ann . . . . . Row 9 1879 1971

176 Wilkerson, Alford . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 1863 1931

177 Wilkerson, Avlenar . . . . . . . . . . . . Row 6 1875 1953

3 Wilson, T. J. "Tommy" . . . . Row 1 25 Dec 1878 10 Mar 1963