Buckner Cemetery: Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
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Buckner Cemetery is located on Arkansas State Highway 265 (Crossover Road) in the City of Fayetteville. It is ¼ mile from the intersection of Arkansas State Highway 265 (Crossover Road) and Arkansas State Highway 16 East (Huntsville Road). It is on the east side of S.H. 265 and has a narrow gate entrance between 2 white brick pillars. The name Buckner Cemetery is in wrought iron arched over the gate.
Beginning in the southeast corner of the cemetery and walking the rows south to north, the survey was made in April and May 2004 by Gerald and Jeanne Tackett.
ROW 1: Duncan –double stone Carl Leon 09/10/1916 – 01/09/1991 Billie Joe 12/16/1926 End of Row 1 ROW 2: Combs William Carl 09/15/1951 – 08/16/1957 Funeral Home Marker, small rounded stone, no inscription. Ritch – stone is turned backwards Shondra Lee 06/26/1971 – 07/02/1971 Cowan – double stone Joe D. 10/13/1945 – 01/04/2001 Married 09/10/1966 Colleen 01/06/1948 Bloyed – double stone Earl A 04/21/1911 – 07/31/1983 Lucy E. 08/26/1908 – 12/14/1980 Logue – double stone Raymond L. 06/19/1909 – 02/21/1991 Earle D. 11/04/1911 Ritch Odell 12/27/1924 – 02/03/1982 Space Love Elizabeth E. 02/22/1913 – 12/06/1984 “Mother” Combs – double stone Frank 1904 – 1984 Ruth 1924 – 1996 Wright Virgie Mary (Tommie) 03/27/1914 – 05-01-1989 “Mother” Tunstill – double stone Paul E. 08/02/1935 – 01/15/1990 Lou Ann 10/27/1936 Space Mitchell Mary Inez 06/24/1925 – 05/05/1999 ( This is a funeral home marker for Pipkin Funeral Home, 2508 North Big Spring, Midland Texas.) Baker Leroy 02/15/1922 – 04/16/1997 (This is a veteran’s marker, U S Army Air Corps PFC, U S Army, WW II, Korea [Cross]) Space Space Space Space Bohannan Bonnie L. 08/21/1920 End of Row 2 ROW 3: Combs – double stone Ada E. 10/24/1893 – 04/08/1989 William D. 04/04/1891 – 02/13/1949 Combs John Albert 10/23/1967 – 10/25/1967 Woodward – double stone Grady 07/05/1906 – 12/30/1983 Dennie A. 05/14/1898 – 12/29/1979 Stoddart – double stone Agnes 10/09/1895 – 02/26/1959 C. L. (Bob) 04/14/1884 – 10/09/1861 Keen Roy W. 07/06/1898 – 10/13/1959 Fulls – double stone Hinderk 04/06/1902 – Date of death is not on stone Martha E. 10/25/1897 – Date of death is not on stone Hughes – double stone Jack 1890-1960 Nell C. 1906-1987 Tyree Elfie Louise 04/24/1923 – 02/04/1981 Tyree Barbara Lee 12/14/1953 – 09/15/1993 Elam – double stone Married 08/18/1919 Rebecca 04/30/1892 Wesley S. 02/07/1886 – 12/05/1966 Harrison Jess 1900 – Date of death is not on stone Audrey 1917 – 1969 Tyree Eldee 06/07/1914 – 06/25/1983 Baines Kevin Paul 02/16/1956 – 02/02/1997 Poynter George R. 07/26/1924 – 10/14/1988 End of Row 3 Row 4: Drake – double stone James (Bon) 02/21/1904 – 07/29/1970 Gladys 1905-1969 Drake – double stone Ada D. 03/20/1894 – 12/24/1984 Dillard W. 09/11/1892 – 09/03/1976 Earls – double stone W.A. (Bill) 11/19/1920 – 05/30/1961 Blank Drake Forest L. 06/13/1917 – 05/10/1996 This is a military marker. PFC US Marine Corps WWII < Christian Cross> Space Warford – double stone – Married 02/21/1935 Harvey O. 08/29/1912 – 12/22/1989 Father Mildred I. 02/20/1918 – 12/18/2002 Mother Earls – double stone – Married 12/24/1919 William Fred 09/18/1896 – 05/27/1965 Clara Ella 03/13/1898 – 11/01/1984 Field stone – no legible information Space Space Mc Clendon Patricia Lavon 04/07/1959 – 05/12/1961 Space Drake – double stone Norman V. 03/22/1885 – 10/04/1971 Nora B. 09/17/1887 – 02/13/1972 Space Space Poore Margaret Wilson 01/25/1904 – 07/03/1992 “ We love you Clyde” Davis – double stone Charles H. 02/05/1901 – 05/23/1963 Ella Mae 05/21/1902 – 02/15/1973 Belote – double stone – Married 11/02/1929 Vernon G. 02/04/1908 – 07/08/1964 Beatrice 04/18/1910 – 11/07/1989 Pierce – double stone Jim S. 03/20/1888 – 09/20/1984 Mary E. 09/23/1894 – 009/20/1972 Pierce – double stone Wed – 06/08/1940 Ernest T. 02/17/1912 – 06/30/1979 Mildred M. 09/13/1924 – End of Row 4 Row 5 Caudle – double stone Married – 07/02/11976 Kenneth 09/30/1910 – 08/30/1995 Ella 03/01/1907 – 07/06/1997 Drake Benjamin “Al” 1872 – 1943 Margaret “Fannie” 1874 – 1951 Drake – double stone Married – 08/03/1916 Eva E. 03/17/1897 – 06/04/1975 Ballard B. 12/25/1895 – 10/11/1964 Drake Carl 07/10/1920 – 12/23/1942 “son of Ballard B. and Eva E.” Counts – double stone H. E. “Betty” 05/15/1883 – 04/25/1953 Edward J. 04/17/1886 – 03/30/1968 Warford Elmer – 12/02/1922 – 01/26/1971 “Dad” Baker – double stone Aravana 11/11/1900 – 04/28/1968 David A. 07/22/1888 – 04/20/1950 Gauldin – double stone Della M. 09/09/1903 – 06/23/1971 Frank P. 05/21/1895 – 05/24/1978 Baker – double stone Married 06/29/1943 E. Lucille 09/04/1926 - Deloy 04/30/1920 – 12/19/1977 Baker – double stone Married - Oval Alphis 08/17/1918 – Amanda Cleta 04/16/1920 – 09/17/2001 Parents of Carolyn, Sue, Carl, Charles and infant Marilyn Ann b/d/1960. (Actual inscription differs) Flowers Dennis Ray 1942 – 1984 Hinkle – double stone John F. 09/14/1906 – 04/-6/1983 Lillian G. 12/15/1910 – 01/13/1993 End of Row 5 Row 6 Pointer – double stone Ben F 1885 – 1954 Margaret F 1885 – 1959 Pointer Angeline 1913 – 1954 “Mother” Cates Emil Z. 02/24/1893 – 12/29/1956 Drake – double stone Otto V. 04/25/1899 – 06/ –/1977 *no day in the date of death Flossie M. 02/19/1900 – 06/27/1977 Stover – double stone Married – 08/05/1900 Abraham L. 08/20/1880 – 07/-8/1868 Mattie E. 03/19/1882 – 07/10/1964 Duncan – double stone Benjamin F. 04/12/1881 – 04/14/1951 Martha Ann 02/02/1884 – 05/13/1976 Spillers John M. 08/01/1888 – 05/14/1949 Spillers Pearl E. 02/15/1889 – 01/31/1980 Imel Nettie May Sims 07/14/1896 – 06/05/1961 Flowers Verma 07/28/1916 – 09/05/1954 Cary – double stone Herbert J. 08/20/1881 – 05/16/1974 Lillian V. 03/28/1902 – 09/04/1989 FHM – no name Bale – double stone Lester 11/24/1903 – 10/10/1961 Connie 10/01/1906 – 02/25/1982 Tunstill – double stone Clarence 02/17/1907 – 10/26/1992 Elsie W. 08/07/1906 – 04/24/1972 Spillers Willard H. 08/14/1917 – 09/12/1974 Military Marker PVT US Army World War II Stiles – double stone William D. 06/03/1903 – 01/02/1983 Grace L. 11/05/1913 – 01/08/1995 Baker – double stone J. Everett 10/24/1925 – 01/19/1980 Polly Ann 05/05/1930 End of Row 6 Row 7 Gabbard Donald Larry 06/05/1945 son of Mr. Mrs. Leroy Gabbard Taulby Sarah E. 06/09/1873 – 08/10/1954 Taulby – double stone Clyde H. 07/05/1908 – 08/24/1967 Mary J. 11/05/1905 – 06/08/1908 Cates C. Loreet 07/20/1907 – 10/13/1968 Space Andrews Mae Hinkle 04/10/1910 – 03/04/1960 wife of R. T. Andrews “Asleep in Jesus Blessed Thought” Tuck – double stone Thomas 09/17/1918 – 05/31/1999 Dorothy Marie 11/24/1924 – 10/17/1956 Space Davis – double stone Married 12/04/1904 John Fred 03/17/1883 – 04/16/1970 Mary C. 12/04/1888 – 01/16/1978 Masteller – double stone Married 12/01/1912 Elbert J. 02/28/1889 – 09/02/1974 Ida Alta 10/20/1894 – 11/20/1982 Mathis J. E. 09/30/1871 – 02/23/1960 Masonic Emblem Mathis Ethel Navada 09/03/1881 – 04/27/1967 Lawson – double stone Married 01/18/1906 Walter 12/25/1884 – 08/31/1963 Jewel 06/06/1890 – 10/21/1969 Spillars – double stone Married 11/–/1938 Euell A. ( Red) 1914 – 1972 Helen V. 1917 – 1962 “Till we meet and never part” Space Space Henderson – double stone Kelley I. 04/05/1910 – 03/20/1968 Alta M. 05/04/1911 – 06/20/1987 “Till we shall meet and never part” Davis – double stone Trant Euell 11/23/1922 – 09/19/1987 Dorothy Dolan 07/07/1922 – 10/23/1990 “The Lord is my shepherd.” End of Row 7 Row 8 Davis – double stone Andrew 07/23/1875 – 11/23/1953 Mattie 08/20/1886 – 02/15/1953 Tuck Mattie S. 1915 – 1964 “In God we trust” Hayes Bevel Wilson 11/29/1897 – 08/18/1972 Military Marker: Arkansas Pvt. U S Army WWl Hayes – double stone Ernest E. 1924 – 2002 Father Dean 1964 – 1978 Son Hinkle – double stone William A. 1882 – 1966 Minnie M. 1887 – 1976 Hinkle – double stone Oscar E. 07/01/1885 – 01/29/1969 Mayme 07/25/1894 – 11/01/1978 Andrews – double stone Alvin K. 1912 – 2003 Ruth 1916 – 1994 Hayes John Rowlins 1954 – Son Charlotte Sue 1938 – Mother Mathis – double stone Audie O. 08/28/1898 – 04/30/1978 Blanche E. 07/15/1902 – 08/29/1996 Wright Juby Ann 07/07/1956 – 07/27/1979 Stone – unmarked – no inscription Small stone E D (this may be an empty spot) Small stone M D (this may be an empty spot) Layer – double stone Merlin 05/04/1919 – Una 04/14/1921 – Lane Doy Fay 05/29/1917 – 12/10/1993 Lane – double stone Robert C. 06/15/1894 – 08/31/1987 Myrtle J. 02/11/1894 – 09/05/1980 Lane –double stone Rev. Tart 05/14/1885 – 06/15/1971 Elba May 03/16/1891 – 07/14/1975 End of Row 8 Row 9 McBroom – double stone Lawrence B. 10/03/1881 – 01/10/1965 Dovie C. 03/10/1891 – 03/10/1979 “How great Thou art.” McBroom Julie Jewel 06/24/1915 – 07/25/1987 Sister –<Christian Cross> Ledford – double stone Ida Watkins 01/10/1903 – 04/16/1968 James Arthur 08/16/1904 – 12/28/1988 Small stone – no inscription Hurdlebrink Raymond Joseph 06/07/1914 – 09/26/1970 Hurdlebrink Raymond Lee 01/15/1960 – 09/26/1970 Hurdlebrink Rhonda Leigh 07/13/1961 – 09/26/1970 Hurdlebrink Raymond Herman 09/07/1938 – 09/26/1970 Small stone – no inscription Cates Oscar L. 07/29/1937 – 04/17/1971 “Loving brother” Dolan Doris Marie 01/27/1932 – 02/16/1975 Dolan – double stone John Nicholas 09/10/1891 – 07/18/1982 Arva Marie 07/24/1898 – 02/23/1996 Space Space Space McBroom –double stone Homer 03/20/1918 – 01/21/2001 Maurine S. 11/20/1917 – McBroom Ronnie Joe 02/15/1956 – 02/28/1983 “In loving memory” McBroom – doublestone James Eulus 08/12/1925 – 01/14/1997 Irene Iola 08/02/1921 – 01/07/1999 “In loving memory” Green Timothy Dale 12/24/1959 – 06/17/1984 “In loving memory” End of Row 9 Row 10 Tuck – double stone William D. 1913 - New grave here, date of death is probably 2004 and the stone has not yet been changed. Martha M. 1907 – 1988 Stulls – double stone Married 08/18/1966 John Robert 03/24/1935 – 07/28/1999 Shirley F. 03/17/1936 – Ritchie – double stone Married 10/22/1955 Buddy 05/-3/1935 – Father Betty J. 03/09/1938 – 06/01/1999 Mother Guess Anna M. 06/09/1905 – 11/22/2002 Space Burke – double stone Married 06/14/1974 Arthur Wayne (Art) 05/29/1946 – 02/07/1998 Military marker at foot – SFC USArmy Shirley D. Morse 07/27/1951 – Space Glenn – double stone Married 04/30/1969 Austin L 04/30/1928 – 02/19/1991 Velda M Dunn – double stone Married 10/29/1935 Everett J. 05/30/1911 – 06/26/1995 Rosetta B. 06/17/1918 – 12/26/1989 End of Row 10 Row 11 Dobson Gladys 07/19/1918 – 08/06/2000 Mother Pauletta 01/08/1947 – Daughter Letter Robert 08/29/1931 – 11/12/1999 Small stone “P” (Probably not a grave) Small stone “P” (Probably not a grave) Small stone “P” (Probably not a grave) Small stone “P” (Probably not a grave) End of Row 11 Here ends the list of interments marked by tombstones in Buckner Cemetery as of May 2004.
My parents, Velda & Austin Glenn, are buried at Buckner. Also my grandparents, Elbert & Ida Mosteller. When is decoration at Buckner?