Holly Springs
Albion, Arkansas
- List updated July 2013
- Legal description: SW, NE, SW, Sect.10, T7N, R8W
- Earliest listed grave: 1882
- Last listed grave: 2013
- Arkansas Archeological Survey site #3WH0625
- G.P.S. location: 614290 - 3910255
- Number of marked graves: Approximately 140
- Unmarked graves: Approximately 75
- Contact: Mrs. Paul Graham (501 268-6013)
This cemetery is located about five miles north of Searcy. It was originally listed as Castleberry Cemetery October 31, 1965, by Cloie and Leister Presley of the White County Historical Society and published in White County Heritage, the Society’s annual history, in 1971.
Historical Society member Leroy Blair updated the list in 2000, finding 84 graves that were not on the Presley list. Blair noted this cemetery now had a sign “Holly Springs Cemetery” above the gate. Leister Presley told former Historical Society president Eddie Best in June 2002 that “The cemetery was called Castleberry when we listed it in 1965; we were familiar with it; Cloie has a relative buried here.” There are many Castleberrys here, including a burial as early as 1905.
Blair gave these directions in his 2000 report: “To get to this cemetery from Searcy take Highway 16 north to Fairview Road. Go up Fairview about 4.5 miles to Rambo Road. Turn right and go about a quarter-mile. The cemetery is on the left. I found seven stones with no markings. There is a small grave that is enclosed with rocks about 2˝ feet high, 4 feet long and 3 feet wide and filled with dirt.” There was a funeral home marker on the grave but Blair could not read it. “There appear to be several unmarked graves,” Blair reported. “This cemetery is very clean.”
Following a visit here on February 6, 2007, Blair prepared a new list of the marked graves (those with inscribed headstones). He listed the graves by row beginning in the East Side and noted, “Some of the rows do not run straight or go all the way through the cemetery, but this will give a general idea as to where a grave is located.” He was unable to find some of the graves on earlier lists, and noted these.
A nearby, older graveyard was known as Holly Springs Cemetery in 1962, according to Leister Presley. [See Old Holly Springs/Union Hill Cemetery.]
If you have corrections or additions to this list or other information on Holly Springs/Castleberry Cemetery, contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145, or “Lee” Blair, P.O.Box 537, Searcy, Ar 72143. phone 501 207-2057.
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | COMMENT | ROW | |
| Barefoot, Dauline Treat | 27-Jan-24 | October 31, 2000 | (Row 10) | ||
| Bostater, ? | no first name or dates | on metal plaque set in concrete | (Row 5) | ||
| Bostater, ? | no first name or dates | on metal plaque set in concrete | (Row 5) | ||
| Bostater, Fred | January 25, 1905 | January 17, 1927 | (Row 5) | ||
| Bostater, George Jr. Stone | October 17, 1877 | November 26, 1935 | Co. F. 2nd Neb. Inf. Spanish Am. War | (Row 5) | |
| Callison, Anna Mae | June 19, 1910 | April 22, 1964 | (FM) (not found on February 6, 2007 | ||
| Carter, Bertha M. | August 7, 1912 | July 24, 1982 | DS with James C. Carter | (Row 2) | |
| Carter, Bobby Gene Stone | 1932 | 1982 | A2C U.S. Air Force Korea | (Row 2) | |
| Carter, James C. | June 7, 1910 | February 22, 1993 | DS with Bertha M. Carter | (Row 2) | |
| Castleberry, A.M. “Buck” | March 31, 1911 | July 2, 1983 | DS with Hazel Castleberry | (Row 8) | |
| Castleberry, Allison | born and died April 10, 1976 | (Row 7) | |||
| Castleberry, Arthur David | August 24, 1941 | August 15, 2005 | DS with Shirley J. Castleberry | (Row 7) | |
| Castleberry, Cora V. | May 3, 1908 | May 3, 1911 | (Row 8) | ||
| Castleberry, Hazel Inez | March 18, 1916 | February 3, 2005 | DS with A.M. “Buck” Castleberry | (Row 8) | |
| Castleberry, James Riley | October 13, 1849 | November 24, 1912 | DS with Lucinda Isabell Castleberry | (Row 8) | |
| Castleberry, John B. | November 24, 1904 | February 24, 1905 | (Row 8) | ||
| Castleberry, Lucinda Isabell | November 15, 1872 | September 7, 1957 | DS with James Riley Castleberry | (Row 8) | |
| Castleberry, Shirley J. | June 13, 1937 | only date | DS with Arthur David Castleberry | (Row 7) | |
| Cook, Infant | Born and died September 30, 1932 | daughter of H.E. and Dovie Cook | (Row 2) | ||
| Cook, Melvin McCoy | May 5, 1939 | September 14, 1940 | (Row 2) | ||
| Cook, Stella Ferren | September 5, 1906 | January 3, 1961 | (Row 2) | ||
| Cook, Wayne Berneal | August 28, 1933 | November 12, 1934 | (Row 2) | ||
| Dale, Archie | October 23, 1910 | July 4, 1969 | DS with Ellie Dale | (Row 5) | |
| Dale, Ellie | March 19, 1918 | only date | (Row 5) | ||
| Deaton, Anna Mae | January 19, 1910 | April 22, 1964 | (Row 5) | ||
| Deaton, Willis Eugene | September 15, 1931 | November 17, 2004 | (Row 5) | ||
| Drews, Emma L. | December 7, 1920 | September 20, 1980 | (Row 13) | ||
| Edwards, Cora E. | April 30, 1902 | May 20, 1984 | (Row 2) | ||
| Edwards, Herman M. | February 5, 1928 | October 14, 1937 | son of John Edwards | (Row ) | |
| Edwards, Hope Parker | May 16, 1923 | DS with John Harlin Edwards | (Row 12) | ||
| Edwards, John B. | October 9, 1892 | June 8, 1980 | DS with Cora Edwards | (Row 2) | |
| Edwards, John Harlin Stone | May 3, 1923 | November 4, 1990 | DS with Hope Parker Edwards | (Row 12) | |
| Edwards, Milford F. Stone | November 12, 1925 | January 29, 1994 | Tec5 U.S. Army WWII | (Row 2) | |
| Feltrop, Betty J. | February 5, 1943 | only date | DS with Hermon Feltrop | (Row 2) | |
| Feltrop, Hermon | November 21, 1939 | only date | DS with Betty J. Feltrop | (Row 2) | |
| Ferguson, Ruth | July 14, 1922 | only date | DS with Worley Ferguson | (Row 8) | |
| Ferguson, Worley | August 4, 1916 | only date | DS with Ruth Ferguson | (Row 8) | |
| Ferren, Alma Nicholson | May 3, 1905 | December 29, 1981 | (Row 1) | ||
| Ferren, E.F. | 1870 | 1946 | DS with R.B. Ferren | (Row 2) | |
| Ferren, R.B. | 1873 | 1932 | DS with E.F. Ferren | (Row 2) | |
| Ferrin, Elmer Robert Stone | February 22, 1895 | June 16, 1961 | Pvt. Co. G. 113 Ammo Train WWI | (Row 1) | |
| Fields, Eula M. | February 13, 1929 | October 25, 1977 | DS with Seiba Fields | (Row 2) | |
| Fields, Selba P. Stone | November 17, 1915 | February 19, 1996 | U.S. Army WWII DS with Eula Fields | (Row 2) | |
| Fuller, Beverly Franklin | died January 15, 1941 | age 71 years, 2 months, 26 days (not found on February 6, 2006) | |||
| Fuller, Dorthy | November 26, 1912 | April 6, 1992 | (Row 4) | ||
| Fuller, Ernest Jay Stone | 1925 | 1977 | U.S. Navy WWII | (Row 4) | |
| Fuller, Faye | July 18, 1904 | May 1, 1984 | DS with Raymond Fuller | (Row 3) | |
| Fuller, Frank | October 21, 1869 | January 15, 1941 | DS with Stella Fuller | (Row 4) | |
| Fuller, Joyce | January 19, 1938 | May 19, 1938 | (Row 3) | ||
| Fuller, Mona | September 11, 1906 | December 26, 1985 | DS with Ralph Fuller | (Row 4) | |
| Fuller, Neal Winford | June 14, 1939 | June 21, 1939 | (Row 3) | ||
| Fuller, Norine | April 25, 1928 | January 15, 1932 | (Row 3) | ||
| Fuller, Ralph Stone | May 25, 1908 | December 7, 1985 | Pvt. U.S. Army WWII DS with Mona Fuller | (Row 4) | |
| Fuller, Raymond | August 19, 1898 | April 26, 1972 | DS with Faye Fuller | (Row 3) | |
| Fuller, Stella | July 31, 1877 | November 9, 1936 | DS with Frank Fuller | (Row 4) | |
| Giffin, Jodie | August 25, 1894 | December 10, 1916 | DS with Pearl Giffin | (Row 7) | |
| Glosser, Meda H. | February 12, 1908 | February 16, 1996 | (Row 7) | ||
| Glosser, Terry Lee | April 12, 1969 | July 1, 1990 | (Row 7) | ||
| Glosser, Vera Alma | died 1996 | age 88 years, 6 months (FM) (not found on February 6, 2007) | |||
| Griffin, Pearl | March 17, 1898 | September 18, 1988 | DS with Jodie Griffin | (Row 7) | |
| Grimes, A.E. | January 17, 1891 | October 26, 1918 | (also has another stone in row 12) | (Row 16) | |
| Grimes, Jerry | January 8, 1905 | November 15, 1920 | son of J.A. and Della Grimes | (Row 16) | |
| Grimes, Robert Harold Stone | August 23, 1911 | October 10, 1981 | Pfc. U.S. Army WWII | (Row 16) | |
| Helms, Ben F. | October 13, 1895 | February 7, 1967 | DS with Emma Helms | (Row 14) | |
| Helms, Dotsie Jane | April 7, 1921 | April 19, 2004 | DS with Everett Franklin Helms | (Row 15) | |
| Helms, Eliphaz S. | April 21, 1914 | September 17, 1976 | (Row 14) | ||
| Helms, Emma M. | January 21, 1894 | February 6, 1968 | (Row 14) | ||
| Helms, Everett F. Stone | September 23, 1923 | November 10, 1966 | S/Sgt. U.S. Army WWII DS with Dotsie Jame Helms | (Row 15) | |
| Helms, J. Arwood | September 18, 1938 | August 7, 1955 | (Row 16) | ||
| Helms, Jennie West | February 18, 1913 | December 13, 1986 | DS with Westly Helms | (Row 16) | |
| Helms, Joseph Lee Stone | April 8, 1921 | January 6, 2006 | DS with Zelma G. Helms | (Row 14) | |
| Helms, Westly | December 5, 1916 | July 18, 1989 | DS with Jennie West Helms | (Row 16) | |
| Helms, Zelma G. | October 3, 1925 | February 23, 2005 | DS with Joseph Lee Helms | (Row 14) | |
| Jordan, Arnold | March 4, 1914 | December 14, 1996 | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordan, Austin | January 21, 1927 | October 2, 1987 | DS with Lucille Jordan | (Row 7) | |
| Jordan, Frank | May 15, 1875 | November 27, 1931 | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordan, Infant daughter | no dates | TS with infant son and infant son | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordan, Infant son | no dates | TS with infant son and infant daughter | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordan, Infant son | no dates | TS with infant son and infant daughter | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordan, Lucille | December 15, 1928 | April 2, 1997 | DS with Austin Jordan | (Row 7) | |
| Jordan, Morley “Pete” | October 1, 1916 | July 28, 1977 | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordan, Viola | June 19, 1888 | August 29, 1966 | (Row 6) | ||
| Jordon, William Franklin | July 18, 1953 | November 15, 1958 | (Row 7) | ||
| Lackie, Avis Laverne | June 8, 1927 | March 13, 1989 | (Row 11) | ||
| Langford, Elie Fair Morrow | November 3, 2009 | ||||
| Langford, Grover | October 30, 1903 | March 6, 1995 | (FM) (not found on February 6, 2007) | ||
| Lott, Wayne EugeneStone | 18-Nov-36 | 25-Jul-90 | Pvt. U.S. Army | ||
| May, Dallas | 1916 | 1937 | (Row 9) | ||
| May, Dallas Dale | January 12, 1938 | January 21, 1999 | (Row 13) | ||
| May, James Leroy | October 29, 1892 | November 3, 1965 | DS with Mamie Ruth May | (Row 9) | |
| May, Mamie Ruth | August 25, 1893 | July 2, 1982 | DS with James Leroy May | (Row 9) | |
| McNew, George D. | November 17, 1884 | January 7, 1934 | (Row 7) | ||
| Morrow, Francis C. | July 25, 1879 | May 23, 1959 | DS with Robert E. Lee Morrow | (Row 5) | |
| Morrow, Robert E. Lee | March 14, 1874 | September 5, 1958 | DS with Francie C. Morrow | (Row 5) | |
| Murdaugh, Jane Miller. | November 8, 1929 | May 15, 2007 | DS with Roy Murdaugh | (Row 12) | |
| Murdaugh, Roy H. | February 14, 1929 | October 5, 1991 | DS with Jane Murdaugh | (Row 12) | |
| Myers, B. Frank | November 5, 1905 | January 5, 1994 | (Row 16) | ||
| Myers, Lydia G. | August 7, 1911 | February 9, 1980 | (Row 16) | ||
| Nicholson, Burl James | June 22, 1917 | July 4, 1917 | son of C.L. and Mary Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Nicholson, Clyde L. | November 28, 1899 | February 22, 1973 | DS with Mary L. Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Nicholson, Clyde Neal | December 27, 1924 | January 6, 1925 | son of C.L. and Mary Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Nicholson, Earl "Woody" | June 27, 1940 | Jan. 2, 2013 | |||
| Nicholson, Earl Monroe | June 22, 1917 | October 1, 1986 | DS with Elva Mae Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Nicholson, Elva Mae | November 16, 1918 | December 7, 2003 | DS with Earl Monroe Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Nicholson, Mary L. | August 20, 1895 | December 15, 1991 | DS with Clyde L. Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Nicholson, Vivon Leon | May 18, 1921 | May 24, 1921 | daughter of C.L. and Mary Nicholson | (Row 8) | |
| Parker, Daisy Castleberry | January 14, 1900 | September 3, 1986 | DS with James Roy Parker | (Row 11) | |
| Parker, Gordon R. | March 5, 1928 | March 16, 1994 | DS with Zelma Parker | (Row 11) | |
| Parker, James Roy | January 24, 1899 | August 15, 1981 | DS with Daisy Castleberry Parker | (Row 11) | |
| Parker, Zelma | November 19, 1933 | only date | DS with Gordon R. Parker | (Row 11) | |
| Pool, A.L. | June 15, 1859 | July 7, 1939 | (Row 12) | ||
| Pool, Ellen | March 5, 1867 | December 15, 1917 | wife of A.L. Pool | (Row 12) | |
| Pool, Louis C. | Died June 20, 1898 | son of A.L. and N.E. Pool | (Row 12) | ||
| Pool, Lula J. | February 11, 1889 | age 4 years, 2 months, and 19 days daughter of A.L. and N.E. Pool | (Row 12) | ||
| Pool, Mary E. | October 1, 1882 | December 9, 1882 | daughter of A.L. and N.E. Pool | (Row 12) | |
| Pool, Noah Franklin | March 20, 1886 | August 3, 1896 | son of A.L. and N.E. Pool | (Row 12) | |
| Rankin, Franklin D. | 1935 | 2004 | DS with Wannetta Scott Rankin | (Row 10) | |
| Rankin, Wannatta Scott | 1933 | 2004 | DS with Franklin D. Ranklin | (Row 10) | |
| Rock covered grave | No information | (Row 8) | |||
| Rowe, Billy Ray | December 3, 1959 | December 2, 1997 | SP/4 U.S. Army | (Row 1) | |
| Rowe, Clyde Walter | November 17, 2013 | ||||
| Rowe, Pauline | July 25, 1931 | June 21, 2004 | (Row 1) | ||
| Rowe, Ruthey | November 25, 1905 | July 2, 1995 | DS with Sidney Ray Rowe | (Row 1) | |
| Rowe, Sidney Ray | September 26, 1908 | January 12, 1988 | DS with Ruthey Rowe | (Row 1) | |
| Sherrod, Vergil P. | August 17, 1843 | July 21, 1918 | (Row 5) | ||
| Smith, Ida | December ?, 18?? | December 11, 1942 | (Row 13) | ||
| Smithson, Riea | August 28, 1971 | Only date | DS with Tony Smithson | (Row 7) | |
| Smithson, Tony | May 23, 1969 | December 24, 2004 | DS with Reia Smithson | (Row 7) | |
| Southard, Dale O. Stone | November 11, 1927 | April 29, 1984 | Pfc. U.S. Army Korea DS with Elwanda Taylor Southard | (Row 1) | |
| Southard, Darrel G. | born and died December 14, 1963 | (Row 1) | |||
| Southard, Dwaine | February 14, 1937 | July 30, 1955 | (Row 1) | ||
| Southard, Elwanda Taylor | November 4, 1931 | only date | DS with Dale O. Southard | (Row 1) | |
| Southard, Janice Dianne | born and died December 3, 1957 | ||||
| Southard, Laure E. | 1904 | 1969 | (Row 1) | ||
| Southard, Raymond V. | May 28, 1906 | June 27, 1996 | (Row 1) | ||
| Sublett, Ernest E. | January 18, 1949 | February 25, 1992 | (Row 16) | ||
| Sublett, Floyd Ivan Stone | February 19, 1927 | December 17, 1999 | Pvt. U.S. Army WWII | (Row 16) | |
| Sublett, Hattie Parline | 2/11/2014 | ||||
| Sublett, Michel Kent Stone | December 10, 1949 | September 25, 1968 | Cpl. U.S. Army Vietnam | (Row 19) | |
| Treat, Bertie Amelia | November 24, 1904 | March 22, 1989 | DS with Jess Marshall | (Row 10) | |
| Treat, Jess Marshall | October 13, 1903 | November 13, 1993 | DS with Bertie Amelia | (Row 10) | |
| Walters, Earl | October 29, 1892 | August 27, 1946 | (Row 11) | ||
| Walters, Stella Castleberry | September 14, 1897 | February 25, 1976 | (Row 11) | ||
| Williams, Anna B. Mitchell | April 14, 1918 | April 17, 1998 | DS with Norman L. Williams | (Row 7) | |
| Williams, Norman L. | April 8, 1919 | Only date | DS with Anna Williams | (Row 7) | |
| Unreadable FM next space north of Ella Dale | (Row 5) | ||||
Grimes, ? father of Robert Harold Grimes provided by Mrs. Robert Harold Grimes
Grimes, Della wife of J.A. Grimes and mother of Jerry Grimes
Grimes, J.A. husband of Della Grimes and father of Jerry Grimes
Following is a list of veterans who are known to be buried in Holly Springs Cemetery; there are probably more that do not have a military marker. If you know of a veteran buried here (or elsewhere in White County) without a tombstone, contact the White County Veterans Service Office at 411 North Spruce Street, Searcy, AR 72143, phone 501 279-6210 or write the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145, or contact “Lee” Blair at P.O.Box 537, Searcy, Ar 72143. phone 501 207-2057. The federal government will provide a free military headstone for the grave of any qualified veteran who does not already have a tombstone.
| Bostater, George Jr. | October 17, 1877 | November 26, 1935 | Co. F. 2 Neb. Inf. Spanish Am. War | (Row 5) | |
| Carter, Billy Gene | 1932 | 1982 | A2C U.S. Air Force Korea | (Row 2) | |
| Edwards, Milford F. | November 12, 1925 | January 29, 1994 | Tec5 U.S. Army WWII | (Row 2) | |
| Ferrin, Elmer Robert | February 22, 1895 | June 16, 1961 | Pvt. Co. G. 113 Ammo Train WWI | (Row 1) | |
| Fields, Selba P. | November 17, 1915 | February 19, 1996 | U.S. Army WWII DS with Eula Fields | (Row 2) | |
| Fuller, Ernest Jay | 1925 | 1977 | U.S. Navy WWII | (Row 4) | |
| Fuller, Ralph | May 25, 1908 | December 7, 1985 | Pvt. U.S. Army WWII DS with Mona Fuller | (Row 4) | |
| Grimes, Robert Harold | August 23, 1911 | October 10, 1981 | Pfc. U.S. Army WWII | (Row 16) | |
| Helms, Everett F. | September 23, 1923 | November 10, 1966 | S/Sgt. U.S. Army WWII | (Row 15) | |
| Rowe, Billey Ray | December 3, 1959 | December 2, 1997 | SP/4 U.S. Army | (Row 1) | |
| Sublett, Floyd Ivan | February 19, 1927 | December 17, 1999 | Pvt. U.S. Army WWII | (Row 16) | |
| Sublett, Michel Kent | December 10, 1949 | September 25, 1968 | Cpl. U.S. Army Vietnam | (Row 19) |
