Antioch Cemetery
Antioch, Arkansas
This Cemetery is also known as: None known
GPS Location: 598876 - 3888262
Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: 3WH0701
Number of Marked Graves: About 2170
Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown.
The last complete update of this cemetery was: Made Septemer 21, 2019 by Leroy Blair
Current status of cemetery: Active
Point of contact for cemetery. None listed
Photo by Tommy Treadway
Antioch cemetery is located on Highway 31, fives miles northwest of Beebe. Tornadoes and fires have played havoc with local church records. The
White County Historical Society reported in its 1967 edition of White County Heritage that “the first church was a log structure across the road
from the present Presbyterian-Methodist-Baptist church and a few hundred yards behind the present store [near the old gin site].” It was built on
the 9.13 acres of land owned by the Presbyterians who were here in the late 1800s. This church was called Macedonia. The old part of the Antioch
Cemetery is also a part of that plat. The Historical Society published a detailed history of the Antioch church in the ‘67 Heritage. At that time the
three denominations worked loyally together yet retained a separate identity. On the first Sunday of each month the Baptist had their pastor. On
the second and fourth Sundays the pulpit was filled by a Methodist preacher. The Presbyterian pastor delivered the third Sunday message.
The cemetery was surveyed in April 2000 by Historical Society member Tommy H. Treadway, Updates have been made by Society member Leroy
Blair several times in since the first list was made.
If you have corrections or additions to this list or other information on this Cemetery, Contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537,
Searcy, AR 72145. Or phone 501-278-5010 or Email Leroy “Lee” Blair at lblblair74@gmail.com
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