Location: Fifteen miles east of Vandervoort on highway 246. (Near the town of old Hartley)
ALLMOND, J.T., Jul 27 1858-Sep 20 1912
ALLMOND Esther, Feb 15 1890-Jun 07 1905
BABERS, Orval, July 01 1905 – Nov. 15 1983
BABERS, Priscilla, Sep 28 1904 – Jan 26 1985
BLANTON, W.M Jul 22 1914-Jul 11 1910. (son of J.F. and M.F
BLOCKER, Harry Jack, Aug 01 1898-Jun 15 1973 (WW1, Pvt. U.S. Army, Texas)
BLOCKER, Mary M., Dec 15 1908
BROCK, Jim, DEC 23 1909-Oct 08 1981
BROCK, Thomas B., Dec 23 1895-Apr 15 1962. (Pvt. Co. F. 119 Inf WW1 Ark)
BROCK, Mary F., Feb 22 1921-Oct 29 1921.
BROCK, Birtha M. May 10 1925-Nov 19 1928
BROCK, J.A.,1871-1922
BROCK, Rachel 1874-1949
BULGER, Vivian, Jul 08 1915 – Sep 04 1994
CADY, James Curtis, Jr, 1879 – 1934
CARTER, B.R. 1857-1934
CARTER, Missouri J. McMILLEON 1856-1930
CARTER, Minnie Mar 18 1889-Aug 29 1960
CARTER, Wm. Butler d. Jul 19 1968 (73 yrs)
CARTER, W.J.,(Billie) 1944?
CARTER, Verbena 1897-1931(wife of A.J.)
CARTER, Infant 1918
CLARK, Emeline, dates not legible)
COFFMAN, Arminda Delia Watkins, Oct 28, 1844 – Aug 04,1919
COUNTS, Ben F. 1850-1938
COUNTS, Frances C. Oct 05 1876-Dec 17 1934
COUNTS, Wanda Fern Nov 22 1933-Jun 28 1934
FAGAN, Mary Sep 07 1905-Sep 08 1905, (dau of Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Fagan)
FAULKNER, Billy F. b. & d. Jan 30 1935
FAULKNER, George 1886-1937
FAULKNER, Arnold Jul 22 1891-Jan 25 1980(son of R.L. & S.M.)
FAULKNER, Frank Apr 17 1889-blank
FAULKNER, Nina Dec 21 1895-Sep 15 1979
FAULKNER, Henry 1883-1931
FAULKNER, Thelma Jan 1922-Feb 1922
FAULKNER, William R. 1855-1917
FAULKNER, Mary C. 1854-1935
FAULKNER, Ola 1897-1913
FAULKNER, Thomas 1885-1909
FAULKNER, Baby Mar 22 1895
FAULKNER, Francis 1919-1933
FLEMENS, Era C., 1900 - 1987
FLEMENS, Theo 1902-1942
FLEMENS, Ada Jo SCHOOLFIELD Jul 09 1904-Dec 19 1966
GENTRY, Laverne Died 1939
GOINS, Virginia Sanders,d. Mar 26 1943(37 Years)
HARRIS, Lloyd M., 1910-1033
HARRIS, Laverne Dana, July 27 1942 (infant)
JOHNSTON, Ben 1867-1950
JOHNSTON, Sally 1864-1895
JOHNSTON, Lizzie 1875-1912
LAMSON, Ira Whorton1856-1932
LEIN, Calvin James, July 24,1905 – Nov 18, 1984
LEIN, Frank J.,1870-1961.
LEIN Susanna, 1872-1953
LINDQUIST, Della May 1890-1934
MARTIN Arval, May 13 1910-Nov 22 1930
McCAULEY, John L., Apr 11 1896-Feb 15 1918.
McCAULEY, Nolus 1897- 1984 (dau. of Nan & James WATKINS)
McCAULEY, W.G., Sep 08 1866-Dec 30 1926
McCAULEY, Ida, (1870-1952 wife of W.G.)
McCAULEY, Edker, d. Jun 19 1894
McCAULEY, Emitt, 1893-1972
McMILLEON, M.L Dec 10 1864-Oct 22 1916.
McMILLEON, A.J May 06 1851-Jan 02 1922.
McMELLON, William, 1815-1890
McMELLON, Jane, 1817-1892
MEADOR, Joseph Wilson, Feb 11 1869-Jan 09 1937
MEADOR, May Curtis, Jan 10 1874-Nov 20 1934
PARSON, Clarence M.,1913-1915.
PARSON, Wm. Smiley, Jun 24 1880-Oct 24 1968
PARSON, Abbigale, Dec 17 1884-Oct 18 1972
RHODES, Matilda C Aug 27 1868-Sep 11 1906
RIDLING, Jeff(no date)
RIDLING, Chester (no dates)
RIDLING, Nancy L Apr 10 1844-1889
REDWINE, Eula Ida, 1897 – 1992
REDWINE, Manuel, 1926 – 1985
SANDERS, Dempsey L., May 07, 1937 – Aug 13,1997
SANDERS, Roger Sep 15 1947-Oct 21 1941****
SANDERS, Billie L. Jan 02 1947-Jan 06 1947
SANDERS, Bobbie Jean, b. & d. Aug 31 1844
SANDERS, Sherman Clifford, Mar 31, 1908 – Jan 06,1995
SANDERS, Opal Noice, Aug 09, 1913 – Jan 15, 1997
SCHOOLFIELD, Carl William, Jan 16,1918 – May 07, 1994
SCHOOLFIELD, Wanda Dell, Sep 30, 1932 - blank
SCHOOLFIELD, Sopha L., May 15 1881-Mar 20 1932(wife of P.H.)
SCHOOLFIELD, P.H., Apr 15 1866-Sep 05 1937
SCHOOLFIELD, Wm. N, Jan 20 1868-Sep 20 1946
SCHOOLFIELD, Ida Jun 28 1875-Aug 03 1909(wife of W.N.)
SCHOOLFIELD, Estelle A., Mar 16 1887-Dec 25 1969
SCHOOLFIELD, Sarah E. Oct 14 1841-Apr 04 1918
SCHOOLFIELD, J.L. 1903-1934
SCHOOLFIELD, Charles D. 1908-1909
SCHOOLFIELD, A.E. Jun 23 1898-Jul 16 1899(son of Ida and W.N.)
SHARP, Thelma, Jul 17 1911-Nov 12 1918 (dau of R.L. & S.M.)
SHARP, Jettie Mar 12 1917-Nov 10 1918
SNYDER, Jessie Viola 1883-1970
TICE, George D., 1888-1962
TICE, Lucy, Nov 09 1836-Jul 14 1929
TICE, Nellie Mae 1933
WARD, George, 1925 – 1998
WADKINS, Sarah C. Jan 08 1874-Aug 23 1907(never married)
WADKINS, Martha (RIDER) May 1822-Oct 16 1905
WADKINS, James M. Oct 06 1871-Jun 20 1936(Husb of Nan WADKINS)
WADKINS, Nan E., Oct 06 1874-Mar 29 1936 (wife of James WADKINS)
WADKINS, Sarah E. (Leeper) Sep 05 1844-Oct 15 1937
WADKINS, John, Nov 11 1847-Aug 29 1923 (husb of Sarah E. Leeper) (son of Martha
RIDER WADKINS)
WADKINS, Joe Dennis, Oct 12,1909 – 1994
WADKINS, Charles Addison, Nov 12, 1907 – Mar 11, 1989
WADKINS, Gladys Lee, Nov 19, 1909 – Mar 06,1988
WATKINS, Infant Son, 1938(Everett & Delphia)
WATKINS, Virgie May 29 1901-Oct 22 1911(dau of J.A. & L.A.)
WATKINS, Columbus J., 1886-1970
WATKINS, Caro L. 1889-1953
WATKINS, Homer Coyle, May 18 1909-Jul 19 1970
WATKINS, Minnie Othella Jul 10 1909-blank
WATKINS, John Feb 26 1883-Jul 12 1941
WATKINS, C. Pearl May 28 1887-1967
WATKINS, Harold Glen Jul 26 1908-Mar 15 1968
WATKINS, W. C. Sr, June 25,1915 – Jan 19,1994
WELLS, Ray P Dec 05 1901-Aug 26 1968 Pvt. U.S. Army)
WELLS, Bertha, Aug 31,1910 – Sep 15,1992
WRIGHT, Sam, 1872-1939
WRIGHT, Albert, 1910-1931
WRIGHT, Mintie, 1881-1969
WRIGHT, W.H. May 08 1905-Nov 11 1971
WRIGHT, Sterling D Aug 24 1942-Jul 30 1967 SN U.S. Navy, Arkansas.
WRIGHT, Jeneala B Jul 24 1917- Dec 13, 1985
The land for Center Cemetery was donated by Mr. Dick McCAULEY. It
is believed that Nancy L. RIDLING was the first person buried
here. She was the daugher of Moses Lemuel RIDLING.
According to a Family Bible, The WATKINS and WADKINS are related.
Some changed their names to WADKINS
There are about sixty unnamed graves in the cemetery. One of which is of the following.
WATKINS, Arminda Delilah (Minda) Oct 28 1844 Lumpkin Co. Ga. Aug 04 1919 Hartley, Polk, Ar. (wife of Robert Coffman)
According to Tina FANNIN, McCARTY her grandmother is buried in Hartley, possibly Center Cemetery.
WILSON, Rebecca Jane Oct 16 1843/46 Hancock Co. Ind. Sep 07 1931 Hartley, Polk, Ar. (wife of Nathan Fannin/g)
The following is a death notice taken from the MENA STAR after September 05, 1983
BABER, Orval Leston, d. Nov 15 1983 (78 years)