--photo by Leroy Blair, 2000

New Hope Cemetery

Searcy, Arkansas

New Hope is located north of Searcy. The original listing was prepared by Cloie Presley and Nell Henry of the White County Historical Society in October 1962. It was updated 38 years later by Society member Leroy Blair, who added some 40 names and other information and provided these comments: "To get to this cemetery from Searcy, take Highway 16 north to Four Mile Hill. Turn left on Oak Forrest Road. Go about 1 ½ miles to Coles lane, which is not marked. There is a sign that reads ‘Lighthouse Church of Deliverance.’ Turn right at that sign and go about one-third mile. The cemetery is just past the mailbox at 143 Coles Lane, about 100 yards off the road. It is fenced and fairly clean. I visited this cemetery October 12, 2000. I found 51 graves that are marked by rocks or old funeral home markers that cannot be read. There are about 30 depressions or mounds with no markings at all."

If you have corrections or additions to this list or other information on New Hope Cemetery in Searcy, contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145.

Baker, Berry E. – September 13, 1936 – September 19, 1936

Baker, Carl Newton – February 7, 1934 – October 27, 2001

Baker, Flora H. – January 17, 1899 – November 23, 1973

Baker, Joyce –December 14, 1937 – June 6, 1980

Baker, Roy E. – December 22, 1895 – July 31, 1967 – WWI

Baugh, Betty Elizabeth – 1853 – 1940

Baugh, James Q. – 1878 - August 6, 1953

Baugh, Joseph A. – 1850 – 1938

Baugh, Luther P. – March 9, 1880 – April 11, 1921

Baugh, Sidney E. – Ark. Pvt. 1 cl. QM Corps – July 20, 1893 – November 20, 1944

Beck, Hursell – July 21, 1914 – June 14, 1940

Brown, Roy Edward – February 21, 1922? – September 30, 1942

Carver, John C. – April 2, 1950 – 90 years, 11 mos., 3 days

Coles, Ella – July 6, 1882 – February 10, 1936

Coles, Ellen – September 15, 1853 – March 11, 1927 – stone broken

Coles, Frankey – stone broken – no dates

Coles, Irma – stone broken – cannot read dates

Coles, John Samuel Sr. – December 4, 1876 – September 8, 1952 – stone is broken

Coles, Leta – stone broken – no dates

Coles, P.S.R. – April 2, 1847 – October 20, 1926

Coursey, Joseph D. – April 20, 1871 – September 9, 1949- on double stone with Minnie A. Coursey

Coursey, Mertie Iowa – December 25, 1903 – September 17, 1998 – on double stone with Theadore Coursey

Coursey, Minnie A. – April 13, 1872 – August 31, 1948 – on double stone with Joseph D. Coursey

Coursey, Theadore – September 11, 1905 –June 6, 1974 – on double stone with Mertie Iowa Coursey

Cox, Larry Del "Chief" – December 11, 1955 – September 4, 1974

Gentry – on concrete slab – no first name or other information

Gentry – on concrete slab – no first name or other information

Gentry, Ethel Hicks – April 15, 1900 – August 4, 1932

Gibcomb, Alice Cook – November 14, 1874 – November 1925

Gilbeath, Doris E. – August 22, 1927 – blank – on double stone with James C. Gilbeath

Gilbeath, James C. – November 26, 1924 – October8, 1979 – U.S. Navy WWII – on double stone with Doris Gilbeath

Gilbeath, Violet L. – January 13, 1900 – September 18, 1972 – on double stone with William Gilbeath

Gilbeath, William – February 4, 1902 – blank – on double stone with Violet Gilbeath

Graham, Minnie M. – March 25, 1887 – January 2, 1927

Hall, Elizabeth J. – 1876 – January 10, 1945 – 69 years, 2 mos., 20 days – on double stone with John Hall

Hall, John – February 1878 – August 31, 1940 – on double stone with Elizabeth Hall

Jackson, Sarah Ann – 1867 – 1913

James, Willie J. – 1899 – 1902

Jameson, Ella M. – January 5, 1878 – March 15, 1923 – on double stone with George Jameson

Jameson, George C. – August 2, 1866 – July 26, 1952 – on double stone with Ella Jameson

Kendall, Garlen – December 22, 1910 – December 23, 1911 – son of W.W.S. and Lula Kendall

Kendall, Winnie & Minnie – January 2, 1909 – February 22, 1909 – twin daughters of W.S. & Lula Kendall

McNeese, - November 30, 1868 – June 14, 1960 – no first name

McNeese, Isaac I. – November 30, 1868 – June 17, 1960

McNeese, Isaac Luther – February 19, 1902 – May 14, 1992

McNeese, Willella – December 13, 1907 – October 28, 1962

Miller, - died August 3, 1954 – Age 81

Mitchell, Dora M. – May 28,1915 – March 31, 1974

Mitchell, Frank R. – August 22, 1901 – May 4, 1995 – on double stone with Dora Mitchell

Nations, David D. – April 13, 1849 – October 12, 1913

Osborne, Alma – February 14, 1894 – November 21, 1931

Osborne, T.H. – May 10, 1868 – April 1, 1938

Slaten, Emma Lea Blackwood – August 28, 1921 – no other date

Slaten, Estell – November 10, 1914 – September 20, 1915

Slaten, Fred – September 19, 1874 – February 11, 1943

Slaten, S.M. – June 17, 1875 – July 26, 1949

Slaten, Mrs. S.M. – died August 27, 1950

Slaten, Pearl Olive – January 9, 1895 – March 8, 1968 – on double stone with William Westley Slaten

Slaten, William Westley – June 19, 1888 – June 5, 1968 – on double stone with Pearl Olive Slaten

Taylor, Jerry Lynn – May 15, 1961 – December 8, 2000