CENTER CEMETERY

Hartley, Polk County Arkansas

As of February 1,1998

Contributed to the Polk County Ark. USGenWeb Project
by Ken Milam

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)


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