Sharon Cemetery
402 Shenandoah Road
Benton, Saline County, Arkansas
Tombstone transcriptions performed September 4, 2007, by Patti Vance Hays
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.58993, Longitude: -92.58143
Located next to Sharon Missionary Baptist Church, 402 Shenandoah Road in Benton, Saline County, Arkansas.
Directions: Going East on I-30; take Exit 118 (Congo Road); take a left at service road; go about .3 miles and take a right to go over the overpass; stay on Congo Road; after going over overpass take a left on Shenandoah; go about ½ mile and cemetery is on right.
Going West on I-30; take Exit 118 (Congo Road); stay on service road for about ½ mile and take a right (right after going under overpass); take a left at sign that says “Congo”; take a left on Shenandoah; going about ½ mile and cemetery is on right.
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Row 1
Collins, Adolphus 1865-1935 Rootsweb WCP
Singleton, Hattie 12/14/1895-2/6/1914 daughter of A. A. and Mrs. Francis Collins Rootsweb WCP 1
Ballard, Fannie 03/02/1898-11/14/1917 wife of C. E. Ballard Rootsweb WCP 1
Collins, Francis 1872-1938 Rootsweb WCP
Willis, Bell Elizabeth 03/26/1896-05/02/1926 wife of Wylie Willis 1
Willis, Jennie 03/27/1889-04/24/1914 wife of Wyley Willis 1
Willis, John Wylie 11/17/1882-07/22/1949 [obit indicates 7/23/49] 1
Nalley, Carolyn S. 12/06/1936-12/03/1991 married 05/25/1955
Nalley, Johnnie W. [no date of death shown]
McAllester, Carbott John 1901-1922 [stone is no longer there 08/30/2007]
McAllester, Ruth E. 04/25/1845-04/26/1921 1
McAllester, W. M. 05/06/1846-11/06/1913
Willis, E. S. 10/12/1859-09/14/1914 1
Willis, Thacher B. 07/21/1904-12/25/1911 son of E. S. and Sallie Willis
Willis, Bertha 02/16/1896-10/13/1898 dtr of E S and Sallie Willis
Ivy, Joe 1882-1950 (Twins)
Ivy, Andy 1882-1950
Row 2
Nalley, Mary Rachel 01/30/1917-12/29/1917
Nalley, Charles M 04/18/1883-10/08/1942
Nalley, Daisy 03/06/1898-05/20/1983 1
Nalley, Carl “Boose” 07/24/1915-02/25/1979 1
Nalley, Gladys Bell Wright 03/16/1910-08/26/2003 1 Obituary | Rootsweb WCP
Nalley, Infant son of W. A. and Rosa Nalley, born and died 04/03/1914
Nalley, William J., son of W. A. and Rosa Nalley, 01/12/1901-11/14/1901
Nalley, William A. 1867-1932
Nalley, Richard C. 1872-1937
Nalley, Cassie Jane 08/02/1839-06/17/1913
Nalley, William A. 08/20/1829-06/04/1913
Nalley, Joe F. 11/11/1866-07/29/1954 1
Hatch, Mattie 1881-1962
Hatch, Robert L. 08/31/1872-03/12/1939
Ellis, Ruthie Mae [no date of death]
Ellis, Tommy 11/05/1945-11/15/1950
Ellis, James Troy 07/27/1923-12/23/2003 Sgt US Army World War II 1
Troute, Claude E. 06/30/1898-05/16/1951 1
Jarnagin, Minnie I. Troute 07/06/1903-09/04/1978
Ivy, H. M. Dewell 03/09/1919-11/18/1992 Tec 4 US Army World War II
Row 3
Willis, Infant Babe of Bill and Mollie Willis, 1/30/1911-3/27/1911
Willis, Mollie, wife of Bill Willis, 9/27/1890-12/28/1913 1
Willis, John Collins, 8/20/1908-10/7/1932 [obit indicates 10/5/1933] 1
Willis, Thelma, 2/26/1900-6/7/1968 1
Willis, W. H. “Bill”, 11/10/1888-7/25/1971 1
Willis, Tom, 1/6/1912-4/23/1974
McPherson, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McPherson, 4/28/1953
Willis, Martha Elizabeth, 3/26/1864-1/24/1958
Willis, John W., 10/19/1854-3/10/1936 1
Nalley, Iamolia, 9/10/1885-3/22/1906
Nalley, Louis, son of R. C. and Mollie Nalley 08/01/1905-05/06/1906
Nalley, Martha Jane 03/30/1905-07/31/1919
Nalley, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nalley, born and died 08/26/1912
Nalley, Ollie May 01/05/1910-06/03/1910
Nalley, Infant son of I. L. and K. Nalley 06/05/1907-06/15/1907
Nalley, Roy, son of I. L. and K Nalley 04/26/1904-07/03/1904
Sanders [no other name or dates]
Nalley, Johnnie, son of I. L. and K. Nalley, 06/17/1901-07/14/1901
Nalley, J. Lee 11/09/1881-02/14/1930
Nalley, Kate Willis 10/28/1880-01/13/1965
Sanders, George W. 10/13/1817-07/05/1898
Sanders, Lottie, wife of G. W. Sanders, 01/20/1839-10/23/1916 [her death certificate shows 01/20/1837-10/23/1914] Death Certificate 1
Sanders, Thomas A. 03/26/1899-11/14/1917 [his death cert shows born 03/26/1879]
Willis, Dave, 10/14/1896-4/5/1960
Rogers, Lewis William 08/15/1911-08/16/1992 US Army WW II
Rogers, Martha Ann 03/07/1926-03/23/2008
Nalley, Louis Theodore Sr., US Navy WWII 09/25/1918-08/25/1998
McMullin, Baby Carlee Brycelyn 02/12/1999
Leech, Carl Rowland 03/31/1909-07/30/1988
Leech, Lucille Dodson 10/23/1911-11/07/2004 1
Row 4
Kinney, Walter D. 10/26/1880-07/02/1945
Kinney, Rachel E. 1874-1943
Kinney, Sam D., son of W. D. and R. B. Kinney 07/17/1905-09/19/1906
Kinney, William Earl 06/22/1900-11/09/1960
Sanders, John Warren 02/01/1938-09/02/2001
Patterson, David Earl 06/22/1945-02/17/1992
Sanders, Patsy Ann 03/05/1942-06/18/1944
Sanders, Lola L. 08/06/1914-10/24/1989
Sanders, Henry F 12/5/1913-2/17/1986; married 9/2/1932]
Sanders, Elmer E. “Bud” 09/22/1909-09/05/1953
Sanders, Anna Laura 1875-1973
Sanders, L. H .“Doc” 1877-1945
Sanders, Dewell L., son of L. H. and A. L. Sanders 09/28/1897-09/11/1900
Sanders, George A, son of L. H. and A. L. Sanders 03/18/1899-09/04/1900
Monument—no name
Sanders, Eila A,, dtr of L. H. and A. L. Sanders 12/08/1907-12/05/1915
Sanders, Charles Albert 12/13/1906-04/24/1934
Ballard, William “Will” 04/1857-02/1914 1
Ballard, Hulda “Sis” 02/1860-06/1944
Peeler, Mary M 07/31/1894-09/01/1986
Peeler, Sherwood 09/15/1889-07/04/1966 Ark Pvt Co D 162 Depot Brig, WWI 1
Nowell, Johnny J. 03/15/1942-05/22/1980
Hilton, Louetta S. 09/11/1916-02/10/2000
Hilton, M M 09/03/1904-11/14/1987
Elrod, Joe P. 03/22/1919-01/22/2004 married 04/09/1946
Elrod, Christine [still living]
Wright, Gordon S. 06/12/1912-07/15/1986 married 03/21/1936 1
Wright, Gladys B.
10/11/1920-04/06/2010
Wright, Tom L. 08/28/1927-02/20/2003 US Army WWII married 09/13/1947 1
Wright, Bonnie Jo
03/23/1927-06/12/2010 1
Mangum, Charles E. 04/16/1918-02/15/2004 married 01/21/1938 1
Mangum, Bonnie L. 12/22/1922-04/05/2000
Rowland, Thad Edward 02/14/1913-03/19/1994 F1 US Navy, WWII married 12/24/1937
Rowland, Catherine “Katy” 02/22/1916-06/16/1997
McClendon, Dustin Blake 01/26/1984-08/20/1994
McClendon, R. C. 09/11/1920-04/23/1994 US Army Air Corp WWII
McClendon, Lavern 09/23/1924-10/22/2002
Kret, Ruby L 1946-2011 Ashby FHM [shows 2012 in error]
Spradlin, Dorothy Lynne Tyler 12/9/1959-06/12/2000
Tyler, Kenneth Lee 02/18/1925-07/03/2008 married 06/04/1943
Tyler, Florene Bowen [no date of death shown]
Row 5
Wright, Ada 07/25/1905-08/05/2001
Mangum, Doris 03/21/1922-11/06/1929 1
Mangum, Margaret 4/3/1925-9/27/1928 1
Mangum, Ed 4/24/1883-07/18/1952; Woodmen of the World Memorial 1
Mangum, Nettie 03/08/1897-05/03/1926 Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle 1
Mangum, Bernice 03/03/1921-03/04/1921
Brooks, Rhoda A. 1846-1921 1
Brooks, Henry J. 1847-1927
Sawyer, Willie Mae Neill 02/26/1904-08/24/1969
Neill, Samuel J. 08/19/1894-10/16/1948
Neill, Horace Lee 1899-1900
Neill, Minnie Brooks 1872-1905
Neill, Luther Owens 1872-1949 [obit indicates 9/8/1949] 1
Wood, Mildred 10/18/1832-10/10/1902
Kellems, Monroe E. 12/27/1905-02/05/1908 son of John W. and Minnie Kellems [stone is broken]
Kellems, Ivan H. 02/25/1912-05/10/1913 son of John and Minnie Kellems
Kellems, Sherman E. 01/22/1916 son of John and Minnie Kellems
Kellems, Minnie 02/19/1880-02/08/1916 Woodmen Circle memorial 1
Kellems, John W, 1872-1929 1
Welch, Goldie K 01/26/1914-07/06/2007 married 02/25/1933
Welch, Richard B 10/02/1908-12/26/1984 S SGT US ARMY WWII 1
Mangum, Sam 11/08/1874-03/11/1907 Woodmen of the World memorial
Puthuff, Mattie E. 10/27/1873-03/28/1892 wife of J. E. Puthuff, daughter of J. H. and N. C. Mangum
Mangum, James H. 12/04/1848-01/17/1908 husband of N. C. Mangum
Mangum, Catherine N. 01/12/1855-03/30/1913 wife of J. H. Mangum Woodmen Circle memorial
Dodson, Mollie Louisa 11/26/1881-12/28/1923 1
Wright, Kate 9/24/1885-12/23/1957
Wright, Willie E. 8/7/1880-5/14/1970
McNeil, Martha Etta 12/24/1916-02/15/2006
McNeil, Oliver “Red” 7/23/1913-4/25/1973
Richardson, Gordon “Rowdy” 12/29/1896-04/21/1978 SEA 2 Navy WWI
Richardson, Hazel Beulah Wright 12/02/1913-06/03/2001 1
Wright, James Harvey "Jay" 11/16/1922-11/06/1980
Wright, Troy Curtis 08/20/1929-05/29/1999 married 04/26/1958
Wright, Maxine Griffin 05/21/1934-03/14/2000
Geurin, Virgil 05/17/1912-08/07/1995 married 12/25/1937
Geurin, Anna Delois 11/01/1918-11/04/2004 1
Fitzhugh, Obie F. 11/25/1919-02/18/2006 S Sgt US Army World War II; Purple Heart
Fitzhugh, Charlene M [no date of death shown]
Doss, Jerry Dale 07/30/1936-01/22/2005 married 01/15/1954
Doss, Credonna M.
Row 6
Moore, Martha Ann 09/01/1888-04/17/1972
Moore, J Herbert 04/08/1880-10/14/1969
Ballard, Infant died 07/05/1904 age 24 days
Ballard, Alvena died 07/08/1904 aged 1 year 7 months children of A. and A. Ballard
Bunch, Tom F. 5/31/1868-4/12/1963
Bunch, Coy Ann Brooks Born 1879
Bunch, Martha Mattie Brooks 08/15/1871-08/22/1899
Bunch, Tommie 08/18/1899-09/10//1899
Rowan, Ethel 01/17/1891-06/19/1963 1
Rowan, Fred 06/16/1888-03/16/1968 1
Serr, Agnes 1875-1963
Ballard, Rowland E. 01/20/1921-01/16/1994 US ARMY WWII
Carmical, Sharon Ann 02/04/1945-10/16/1981 1
Eaves, Elvin Wade 02/26/1922-03/17/1986 Navy WWII 1 (SSDI shows dob as 04/26/1922)
Crowson, Corey Nicholas 02/01/1988-02/02/1988 son of Jeff and Shelly Crowson
Carter, Olin Franklin 12/09/1912-03/18/1995 T Sgt ARMY WWII married 10/20/1945
Carter, Helen B. 05/20/1929-12/01/2010 1 2
Shipley, Paul K. 05/17/1911-09/12/1997 married 3/5/1932
Shipley, Nancy N. 03/02/1915-08/17/1996
Abbott, Carrol J. 06/15/1942-01/17/1997 married 3/30/1963
Abbott, Lois L. [no date of death shown]
Moore, Darlene 05/28/1936-01/26/2008 married 09/24/1953
Moore, Dicky [no date of death shown]
Wagner, Alfred Dee 07/11/1943-02/04/2010 married 02/23/1962
Wagner, Patsy Ruth [no date of death shown]
Row 7
Moore, Oscar S 01/20/1910-03/10/2006
Moore, Shirley B 08/13/1913-02/12/2004 1
Moore, Margie Rachel 09/10/1915-03/10/1916
Moore, Lee Edward 12/16/1909-12/20/1909
Depew, Anna J. 1865-1928 1
Depew, Sallie Bell 08/07/1860-09/08/1900
Ballard, Franklin 08/10/1917-06/10/1919 son of Sam and Mary Ballard 1
Ballard, Sam H. 04/05/1896-02/10/1959 1
Ballard, Mary L. 06/08/1894-10/09/1965 [obituary indicates October 8, 1965] 1
Ballard, Linda Kay 09/18/1957-07/11/1965
Browning, Bertie 1903-1982
Browning, Iva 1907-1964
Powell, Amanda Leeanne 09/03/1970-09/13/1992 her marker says this: Birth Sept 3, 1970; Pilot Wings June 25, 1992; Heavenly Wings September 13, 1992; Flying With the Angels; [addition—she was a very good friend of my daughter, Denise, and (along with Denise) was enrolled in the Aviation Department at Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, when she was killed in an auto accident]
Row 8
Nalley, Infant son of Carl and Gladys Nalley no dod or dob
Ivy, Lela M born 10/06/--10/08/1906 (very hard to read)
There are then about 3 tombstones that I could not read—one looked like (check back as I hope to get a chance to figure these three out)
Clemens, Vernon 05/02/1911 (or 5/27/1911) – 06/09/1911
Ivy, Henry T. 7/20/1885-11/4/1950
Ivy, Zona M. 02/04/1900-04/25/1986
Bryant, Opal May 9/22/1917-11/9/1988 married 06/19/1943
James Elmer Bryant, Sr. 01/12/1908-11/13/2000
Ivy, Frank 01/05/1910-07/14/1993
Neill, Hattie Bunch 1872-1955
McAllester, Jossie, wife of J. J. 05/31/1879-09/27/1932 1 Death Certificate | Rootsweb WCP
McAllester, James J. 10/06/1870-09/04/1937 [Arkansas death index shows he died 10/3/1938—a relative also says 1938 is correct) Rootsweb WCP
McAllester, Ida M. 1906-1999 (Roller Ballard FH) [when I transcribed cemetery earlier there was a fhm--no marker there on August 30, 2007]
Glenn, Sherrilyn Curtis 01/15/1955-02/23/2004
Row 9
Ballard, Miles D. 03/01/1909-05/31/1969
Ballard, Mary C. 02/28/1909-11/10/1960
Glover, Violet Patricia 01/13/1921-05/03/1975
Glover, Elmer Dan 03/27/1925-10/26/1988
Granderson, Pearl Mangum 09/16/1918-01/27/1966
Mangum, Virgil 05/2/1911-06/02/1912 son of J. E. and S. M. Mangum
Mangum, Sarah M. 02/23/1878-10/23/1916 wife of J. E. 1
Mangum, Emmett 03/16/1872-06/04/1933 1
Collins, Soloma 07/14/1873-05/16/1949
Wright, Ella 06/21/1878-04/21/1963
Mangum, William J. 06/16/1846-01/01/1907
Mangum, Mary Jane 11/27/1844-08/08/1922 1
Davenport, Boyce and Joyce 05/31/1938
Davenport, Lucille 07/15/1910-01/11/1986 married 7/4/1925
Davenport, Lloyd 12/31/1905-01/29/1988
Davenport, Jeffrey Edmond 07/27/1951-07/06/1989
Davenport, L. Edmond 02/13/1927-10/06/1986 married 08/28/1947
Davenport, Catherine E. [no date of death shown]
Davenport, Christopher Michael 01/12/1977-04/8/1977, son of Jeffrey and Paula
Row 10
Dixon, Doris dtr of Mr. And Mrs. G. F. Dixon 12/22/1916-9/10/1917
Dixon, Clara wife of Grover Dixon 04/08/1892-10/23/1918
Ballard, John Thomas 1881-1950
Alice Dunn Ballard 1888-1948
Ballard, Little Will (no dates)
Cochran, Pauline Beryl Collins 12/14/1914-08/15/2005
LeQuieu, Steven Dale 09/07/1955-02/29/2008
Lequieu, Vada Joyce Hart 03/14/1941-02/15/2010
Mangum, Minnie A. 10/16/1887-10/13/1961 1
Mangum, C. A. 1878-1943 [obituary indicates April 10, 1943] 1
Mangum, Vadis 11/05/1888-02/12/1914 wife of Charlie Mangum Woodmen Circle memorial 1
Mangum, Martha Fay 04/02/1917-01/12/1920 dtr of Charlie and Minnie Mangum 1
Mangum, Henry T. 06/14/1911-08/14/1967
Mangum, J. Harvey 06/26/1909-03/27/1974
Wright, James Ervin 10/09/1907-2/20/1994 US Army WWII married 09/24/1929
Wright, Sadie Lee 06/30/1911-02/15/2003 1
Wilson, James Doyle
10/03/1927-01/04/2009
Wilson, Billie Sue
[no date of death shown]
Watts, Herman Junior 05/18/1916-10/16/1995 S Sgt US Army WWII married 10/17/1937
Watts, Virginia Kay 02/22/1918-04/20/2005
Row 11
Ballard, Warren K. 1909-1936 [obituary indicates January 5, 1936] 1
Ballard, Henry W. “Fox” 01/31/1883-01/01/1964 1
Ballard, Elda Bunch 05/03/1882-07/06/1966 1
Derrick, Raymond “Ray” 06/10/1914-11/08/1986
Derrick, Marie Louise 04/26/1919-03/23/2009
Hawkins, Dee Troy 1878-01/18/1942
Hawkins, Sallie Lee Cozart 1872-07/17/1948
Hawkins, Bevily G. 02/01/1907-05/29/1977
Hawkins, James T. 03/04/1887-04/03/1966
Swopes, William Floyd 03/20/1918-04/20/1971
Swopes, Katie M. 04/23/1898-12/12/1981
Row 12
Lane (nothing else)
Andrews, Brenda K. 04/15/1945-11/02/2002
Lane, Joe J. 05/12/1892-05/15/1974
Lane, Ollie P. 04/17/1902-11/17/1987
Ballard, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ballard 12/20/1935
Collins, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Collins 10/17-10/19/1933
Collins, Edith P. 9/4/1893-8/26/1969
Collins, Fred D. 3/11/1893-5/7/1973 1
Lequieu, Coy E. 08/09/1929-03/26/1995
Walters, Addie 1875-1957
Ramsey, Esther 10/12/1907-12/11/1982 married 01/09/1926
Ramsey, George Sr 08/04/1891-10/09/1975
Ramsey, Bobby Joe 2/25/1933-9/30/1933
Browning, Carl 03/22/1906-02/07/1981
Browning, Angie 12/02/1907-03/07/1999
Browning, Infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Browning 06/09/1935
Row 13
Collins, Leon (Sam) 1/20/1914-10/26/1978 1
Carter, Hattie Lovel 01/18/1918-07/17/1997 1
Lovel, Roscoe R. 07/07/1913-06/03/1959; Arkansas S2 USNR WWII 1
Lovel, Lorretta 06/03/1937-03/13/1938; dtr of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Lovel 1
Collins, Wallen, looked like 1/17/1924 [faded] [Arkansas death index shows his name to be Wallace Collins and dying in Saline Co]
Collins, Ethel Peeler 8/30/1892-2/3/1960 
1
Collins, W. D. 7/3/1887-10/24/1970
Collins, Olin E. 10/14/1919-03/24/1974 married 03/19/1966 1
Collins, Althea Rose [no date of death shown]
Blakley, Ruby Hiblong 7/2/1902-4/24/1939
Blakley, E. P. 2/12/1854-2/6/1935
Blakley, Gordon W 11/17/1885-4/5/1959
Hart, William 1877-1929
Hart, Lydia 1895-1941
Roberson, Harold E. 12/15/1910-03/17/1965 1
Roberson, Rachel V. 01/28/1914-05/24/1988
Row 14
James, Daisy Welch 05/16/1896-03/14/1978
Welch, Richard B 10/02/1848-04/04/1925
Welch, Mary M 04/14/1877-07/27/1943
McNeil, Reuben F. 1936-2007
McNeil, Reuben F. 02/11/1911-12/23/1987 married 07/27/1929
McNeil, M. Ruth 01/17/1912-07/05/2002
Welch, Daniel S. 11/26/1905-07/14/1988 married 11/30/1929
Welch, Effie M. 10/29/1907-05/13/1990
Row 15
McAllister, Garland 02/29/1912-05/19/1980 married 11/11/1939
McAllister, Arline 12/31/1923-03/02/2006
McAllister, Ed 02/08/1878-01/06/1930
McAllister, Lillie 04/06/1883-10/15/1959
McAllister, Gilbert W. 04/06/1921-09/13/1990
McAllister, Alice Lorene 10/08/1924-01/23/1987
Duncan, Edward N. 07/13/1892-10/27/1969
Duncan, Etta Mae 09/21/1894-10/18/1961
Duncan, Ramona 02/13/1926-04/09/1930
Phillips, Loyd Dwain 02/05/1934-02/19/1934
Fooks, Joyce Ann 08/20/1945-09/03/1945
Cochran, James D. 06/13/1925-10/09/1949
Cochran, Ruth L. 01/25/1882-02/17/1973
Cochran, James Ray 12/28/1941-02/23/1963
Cochran, Opal Ray 08/18/1919-10/20/2003
Cochran, Tina Faye 09/05/1926-01/06/2004
Cochran, Vera Mae 08/10/1908-03/01/1965
Cochran, Stanley 02/14/1906-08/31/1983 PFC US Army WWII
Cochran, Ivo, Jr. 02/04/1935-01/22/1977
Cochran, Mary F Eason 10/29/1936-08/24/1994
Row 16
Willis, Earl Franklin 01/12/1920-01/10/1982 married 06/17/1939
Willis, Mary Areminda (dob 4/29/1921)
Willis, W. P. 05/22/1882-06/03/1949 1
Willis, Idar L. 09/25/1883-05/29/1941 1
Cordon, Kenneth 01/16/1936-02/7/1936 son of L. A. and B.
Cordon, Beatrice Petty 05/27/1906-10/01/1962
Cordon, Lewis A. 01/12/1905-06/09/1980
Cordon, Ed J., Sr. 1869-1957
Cordon, Emma M. 1865-1939
Evans, Verta Ivanelle 04/28/1936-05/01/1936
Evans, Floyd E. 08/28/1896-01/09/1945
Edwards, Winnie Evans 11/09/1904-12/28/1988
Garrison, Lawrence E. 12/3/1921-08/15/1975
Virdin, Mary 05/25/1922-10/11/1985 dtr of W. H. “Bill” and Thelma Willis 1
Willis, Aileen 07/15/1924-09/22/1992 dtr of W. H. “Bill” and Thelma Willis 1
Willis, Ervin 12/09/1919-07/19/1993 1
Row 17
Turbyfill, Calvin T. 1892-1927 1
Ivy, Tom 02/02/1921-11/23/1978 FTC US Navy WWII
Ivy, Horrel D. 09/05/1926-05/06/1957 Ark S1 US Navy WWII
Ivy, Stanley Eugene 06/03/1951-07/27/2010 PVT US Army Vietnam 1
Ivy, Elbert L. 10/01/1888-11/30/1968 married 11/23/1910 [obit shows 11/29/68 but Sat was 30th] 1
Ivy, Nola R 03/02/1891-02/03/1969
Ballard, W. Hubert (Nub) 05/12/1916-05/25/1967 1
Ballard, Gerine C. 07/18/1920-08/06/1997
Neill, Robert J. 1912-1950
Row 18
Ivy, Raymond 03/12/1917-02/09/1988 Tec 5 US Army WWII married 08/04/1945
Ivy, Rachel M. 03/22/1924-12/28/2008
Parents of Mike, Thomas, Carolyn, David, Darlene, Arlene, and Baby Ivy
Petty, Willis E. 06/28/1908-12/22/1989 married 01/14/1933
Petty, Lola M. 06/15/1913-03/15/2008
Carter, Johnnie Petty 5/10/1903-7/11/1982
Peeler, C. E. 1884-1937
Peeler, Pearl 1891-1960 1
Wright, Max E. 12/07/1928-05/07/1994 married someone [no name on stone] 05/30/1948
Wright, Earl E. 07/30/1905-12/13/1963
Wright, Thelma M 11/20/1910-03/17/1972
Chastain, Mildred 09/23/1930-01/24/2006 married 08/13/1949
Chastain, William Floyd 05/02/1929-10/03/1999
Row 19
Pelton, Effie 12/10/1898-12/06/1934
Pelton, Oscar 08/07/1880-05/08/1936
Pelton, Charles E. 11/23/1934-01/25/1992 PFC US Army Korea 1
Kilgore, William 08/20/1860-01/13/1938
Kilgore, Ida Cox 10/16/1860-06/01/1940
Row 20
Bryant, Della Fay 04/17/1940-07/08/1940
Wright, Charles William “Bones” 05/26/1943-12/01/1999 married 01/11/1969
Wright, Joyce Ann (living)
Wright, Raymond W. 06/09/1920-10/21/1978
Wright, R. Janettee 11/30/1941-07/19/1943
Wright, Doris 09/25/1920-04/02/1993
Ballard, Charles E. 06/30/1898-07/05/1969
Ballard, Bessie O 03/25/1905-01/10/1940
Willis, Charlie 07/08/1903-10/13/1984
Willis, Izora 12/25/1904-10/25/1941
Holiman, Tilman Carl 08/08/1907-04/24/1981
Holiman, Maggie 1880-1946
Holiman, Hubert G. 02/20/1917-01/31/1998
Depriest, Steve O. 12/24/1938-09/13/1972
James, Paula Michelle Depriest 05/13/1965-06/08/1991
Row 21
Pelton, Infant 08/30/1938
Pelton, Infant 04/06/1942
McClain, Edward 02/18/1907-03/27/1940
Garrett, Ruth McClain 07/10/1902-09/15/1991
Weaver, Mary N. 03/23/1920-07/23/2002 married 07/05/1947
Weaver, James Tollie 09/25/1919-10/09/1985
Pelton, Kenneth M. 1906-1954
Pelton, Mary E. 1905-1971
Ferrell, Webb Eugene, Sr. 02/02/1907-03/17/1985 married 07/03/1929
Ferrell, Laura Edith 04/22/1905-3/17/1984
Miller, Ramon Monroe 01/10/1926-11/02/1998 married 01/02/1948
Miller, Melba Juanita [no date of death shown]
Row 22
Petty, Nathan M. 03/12/1871-08/01/1942
Petty, Lucy Jane Willis 11/22/1879-06/10/1968
Tyler, Irene Petty 01/13/1901-05/13/1980
Covert, George N. 02/11/1881-11/16/1965
Covert, Ida 07/25/1881-12/22/1942
Covert, Henry Floyd 06/06/1913-07/17/1959 Ark M1 USNR WWII
Covert, G. Harrison 01/26/1908-08/12/1981
Covert, Esther E. 04/12/1910-12/31/1969
Covert, Larry W. 03/16/1944-10/09/1994 US Air Force
Taylor, Charlotte Ann 02/03/1953-06/29/2003
Fonshill, Augusta S. 1869-1944
Allen, Mary S. 1884-1967
Allen, Edgar L. 1882-1949
Richardson, Mary A. 1907-1984
Wilson, James Howell 11/18/1929-06/14/2007
Radican, Clyde J 02/16/1895-04/12/1986 married 08/13/1919
Radican, Iona V 10/25/1902-05/26/1990
Helmich, Victor Arthur 08/21/1935-11/21/2009 married 07/02/1954
Row 23
Cotten, Esther Swaby 05/03/1930-05/04/1952 1
Swaby, Ernest D. 1907-1965
Swaby, Isabell D. 1906-1997
Wright, Rebecca J. 08/13/1898-10/13/1961 1
Willis, J. W. 11/20/1920-06/11/1987 US Army WWII married 08/18/1947
Willis, D. La Verne 03/26/1923-02/07/2012 [date of
death from obituary]
Rogers, James Monroe 01/01/1909-01/23/1984 married 02/19/1939
Rogers, Lora Mae 11/16/1911-05/30/1981
Wilson, James Howell 11/18/1929-06/14/2007
Wilson, Patricia Ann 01/25/1935-06/27/2009
Willis, Albert Virgil 01/04/1909-07/27/1980 1
Willis, Martha Lorene 06/18/1911-05/13/2003) 1
Campbell, Wayne 02/23/1940-02/22/2004 married 08/05/1960
Campbell, Judy
Garrett, Walter Edward 05/08/1919-12/08/1988 PFC US Army WWII
Row 24
Lowrey, Lou Frank 09/06/1920-03/29/1989
Lowrey, Virgie Mae [no date of death shown]
Forte, Cody Matthew 05/28/1987 born and died
Barker, Ludie Frances 05/10/1919-07/21/1997
Barker, James, Jr. 12/16/1921-08/09/1952
Hiblong, Lexie B. 10/28/1905-04/06/1943 married 02/20/1924
Hiblong, Howard J. 05/07/1900-12/21/1969
Row 25
Nalley, Leeman "Dipper" 01/13/1940-11/06/2010 Married 12/05/1959
Nalley, Myrtle Sossamon [no date of death shown] Parents of Credonna, Scotty and Dana
Shellnut, Jimmie Carl 02/03/1937-12/21/2008 married 10/14/1956
Shellnut, Thelma L. [no date of death shown]
There are many unmarked graves in this cemetery.
Obituaries I have collected that indicate Sharon Cemetery but did not see tombstones
Bray, Tom; Benton Courier obituary indicates he died 02/05/1919 1
Collins, Louise; Benton Courier obituary indicates she died 10/27/1923 1
Collins, Sarah Frances; Benton Courier obituary indicates she died in 1916 1
Debolt, Frank P., Benton Courier obituary indicates he died 10/10/1940 at age 61 1
Glenn, Infant; Benton Courier obituary indicates the baby died in 1910 1
McAllester/McAlester, Floyd; Benton Courier obituary indicates he died March 1927 1
McAllister, Lucille; Benton Courier obituary indicates she died May 1, 1925 1
Pickard, Johnny Allen; Benton Courier obituary indicates he died 12/06/1969 at the age of 2 days 1
Willis, Sarah E., Benton Courier obituary indicates she died 6/5/1951 at age 82 1
Burials from obituaries after cemetery was transcribed
Ellis, Ruthie Mae Troute 11/16/1924-12/08/2011
Griffin, Mary Elizabeth Crawford 09/19/1929-04/09/2012
Henthorne, Daniel Jay 06/14/1979-10/03/2011
James, Ashley Nichole 02/16/1987-02/20/2012
Nalley, Ronnie L. 04/16/1949-04/12/2011
Nalley, Tanner 11/21/1992-12/11/2011
Rowan, Bobby Joe 11/30/1929-09/19/2011
Willis, James O. 07/24/1927-11/06/2011
1 I have the obituary for this person and am willing to share. Please send me an email to request and show Sharon Cemetery Obituary Request in the subject line and copy and paste the entire line showing the name and dates in your e-mail.
2 From obituary. Obituary did not say she is buried in Sharon Cemetery, but she has a preneed double marker with her husband, Olin.