This cemetery was originally recorded in 1987 and published in the Tri-County Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1., along with a copy of the original deed in the name of Oakland Cemetery. Since, many names have been added from family sources and funeral home records. Located in the southwest corner of Section 7, Range 2South, Township 5 East. Also referred to as Hill and as Brooks Graveyard. As recorded in 1987 by Julia Aitken and Wanda Ridge:
Inside chain link fence: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edwards | died Oct. 3, 1919 | |
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edwards | died Jan. 3, 1927 | |
Osborne, Mary Eliza | died Oct. 17, 1921 | sister to Elizabeth Woods Weatherly |
Weatherly, Gideon P. | died Jan. 2, 1912 | age 62 years |
Weatherly, Elizabeth Woods | August 17, 1924 | Mother |
Weatherly, Robert D. | Oct. 1, 1890 - Nov. 11, 1952 | Brother |
Inside another enclosure: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Cook, Norma Jane* | Jan. 1, 1942 | Age 10 yrs |
Hill, Addie Verrell* | June 15, 1932 - Sept. 30, 1936 | |
Hill, Lawrence D. | Feb. 14, 1901 - Dec 29, 1956 | Arkansas Cpl 3 Signal Co., WWI |
_________Patettio?* | Aug. 27, 1918 - Feb. 16, 1926 | |
_________* | 1925 - Dec. 6, 1927 | |
* No commercial tombstone; grave marked by funeral home marker |
On hillside: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Caraway, J. B.* | died Aug. 31, 1940 | age 80 years (Howard Undertakers, Monette and Manila, AR) |
Elizabeth | Feb. 29, 1912 - Oct 14, 1913 | Daughters of S. I. and E. L. Williams (one stone) |
Ella Mae | Jan. 1, 1910 - April 19, 1910 | |
Hearn, G. B., Sr. | Nov. 10, 1862 - March 18, 1937 | born Troy, Ala. |
Mattie | April 10, 1849 - Feb. 7, 1914 | beloved wife of P.T.R. Miller |
Stephens, Woodrow* | died Sept. 29, 1934 | age 19; Cunningham-Haraway records birth date as Sept 24, 1915. Name originally recorded as Steppins). |
* No commercial tombstone; grave marked by funeral home marker |
Information from Lee Rightor Hearn, son of G. B. (Gustavus Bertrand) and Beulah Childers Hearn: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Hearn, Beulah Childers | Jan. 9, 1875 - Oct. 23, 1943 | |
Hearn, Gustavus Bertrand, Jr. | March 10, 1909 - Feb. 16, 1959 | |
Hearn, Henry Brady | Dec. 21, 1901 - Dec. 1945 | |
From family Bible of Lee Williams, Jr., Helena: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Williams, Robert | Oct 19, 1907 - April 21, 1917 | |
From Keeshan-Lambert Funeral Home Records: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Brand, George W. | Aug. 20, 1860- March 16, 1938 | |
Cantrall, Mrs. Septa | Sept. 5, 1858 - Sept 21, 1933 | |
Carraway, George W. | Aug. 22, 1858 - July 10, 1933 | |
Carrier, Mrs. L. | Oct. 16, 1888 - Nov. 12, 1918 | (dau of G. W. Brand) |
Cook, Stillborn twins of J. O. and Addie E. Cook | February 22, 1930 | son and daughter |
Dalashmit, Charlie | June 4, 1876 - July 13, 1936 | |
Delashmit (sic), Margaret | Sept 2, 1926 | Age 76 yrs. |
Dellanghter, Willie | Nov. 4, 1918 | Age 15 yrs. |
Deweese, Martha | Dec. 25, 1874 - Nov. 10, 1946 | |
Drurey, Jessie Lee | Nov. 10, 1926 | Age 23 yrs. |
Gregory, William | Jan. 30, 1927 | Age 76 yrs. |
Hill, Molly Maxine | April 8, 1908 - Feb. 24, 1950 | |
Hutchinson, Connie C. | Sept. 30, 1934 | Age 49 yrs. |
Johnson, Zade | Nov. 8, 1935 | age 70 |
Johnston, Eunice | Sept. 18, 1918 | Age 19 |
Wooley, Willis R. | Nov. 29, 1924 | Age 59 yrs |
From Cunningham-Haraway Funeral Home Records: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Annadale, William | Jan. 4, 1927 | |
Brand, Mollie S. | Aug. 29, 1925 | |
Corder, Infants of Jim T. and Edna | born July 31, 1925 | age 6 days |
Davis, Gerald | Feb. 28, 1929 | |
Easter, Carrie Donnie | March 1, 1926 | |
Edwards, Infant Henry Curtis (sic) | Jan. 3, 1927 | |
McKinney, John R. | Oct. 3, 1926 | |
Prihoda, John | Jan. 23, 1923 | |
Shephard, Charles | April 14, 1928 | Age 54 yrs. |
Stewart, Henry | Jan. 2, 1922 | |
Thompson, Thomas A. | Aug. 27, 1921 - Nov. 27, 1921 | |
Turantine, J. W. | June 1, 1925 | |
Williams, Edgard L. | May 1, 1868 - Oct 31, 1926 | |
The following additions are from the files of Irene Bottorff McClendon of West Helena, dated March 14-15, 1967 and shared by her daughter, Carolyn McDaniel. There was no source given. |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Bailey, Fanie | d. April 4, 1915 | Age 50 yrs; Native of TN; Membership in Central Missionary Baptist Church |
Davis, Emma | d. Nov. 1, 1904 | Age 70 yrs; Stone erected by Nannie Davis |
Farr, Joan | d. Jan. 31, 1939 | Age 5 yrs |
Hill, Little __(?) Earline | d. 1956 | Age 26 days |
Shepherd, J. L. | Dec. 13, 1913 - June 12, 1914 | Marble Stone |
Shepherd, W. W. | Dec. 13, 1913 - Aug. 8, 1914 | Same stone as J. L. |
Watson, Easter | d. 1900 | |
Watson, Nannie | d. Sept. 6, 1904 | (Same stone with Easter) |
Watson, John | Oct 5, 1854 - May 1, 1909 | concrete marker by Hodge |
From I Remember Stringtown Road, by Alma E. Faust, Phillips Co. Historical Quarterly Sept. 1965: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Gill, Will and children Josephine and Clarence | | |
From the Helena Weekly World, Sept. 26, 1900: |
Name | Dates | Inscription/Comments |
Brand, Ivy | Sept. 25, 1900 | Age 13 yrs. |