Location & Information
Three-quarters of a mile from the railroad tracks in Eagleton, right on Polk 97, right on Polk 103 to cemetery on left side of road.
NE, SW, Section 10, Township 1 South, Range 31 West
Parcel # ?
There are an additional 33 adult, 23 children and 12 infant graves that are unnamed and/or unmarked in this cemetery.
Because of the remote location of Eagleton, Sexton, Howard, Downs and Little Cemeteries, Bessie M. Little Gilbert wishes to share the following information.
She has lived in the Eagleton, Arkansas area for thirty-seven years. Her great grandfather was born in North Carolina, but moved to Lineloce County, Tennessee, then on to Westfork, Arkansas, finally settling in the Rich Mountain and Black Fork Communities in Polk County.
Angus Little, Bessie’s grandfather, is buried on Black Fork Mountain. Her father, Joshua Z. Little, and her Uncle, William Mark Little, are buried in the Eagleton Cemetery. John Robert Little, another uncle, is buried in Howard Cemetery.
Her uncle, Sam Little, who homesteaded the land on which the Black Fork Cemetery is located, is buried at Noshoba, Oklahoma in an unnamed and unmarked grave.
Jack E. Burk of Susanville, CA furnished information about the Burk family on 1/19/2005. He visited the graves in 1993 and 2001.
Internment
- Anglin, Mary – 1871-1952
- Beck, Noel – 5/19/1940 – 5/29/1940
- Beck, Rettie (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Blakeley, Kay Frances – d 5/31/1948 – child of Lois and Laverne Blakeley
- Blakley, Lois D. – 1910-1977 – Pvt U. S. Arm WWII
- Blakely, Minnie – 8/14/1886 – 3/14/1975
- Boren, John W. – 1/12/1891 – 5/4/1982 – Pvt U.S. Army WW 1
- Boren, A. J. Rev. – d 3/2/1910 (52 years)
- Boren, John Henry – 1938 – 1978 – SP 4 US Army
- Boren – Three Infants (Unnamed and unmarked graves)
- Burk, E. V. – (Edward Vern Burk) – Born 12/8/1900 – d 9/28/1936 – (Father Clarence Edward Burk buried Pinecrest Cemetery-Mena)
- Burk, C. F. – d 1928 – this inscription is on a rock – Edward Vern Burk’s Infant Son
- Caldwell, Minnie – 1878 – 9/1900 – this inscription is on a rock
- Craddock, Mrs. (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Davis, Patsy – 1939 – 1942
- Dell, Jessie – d 1928 (80 Years) (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Downs, Doris Elaine (daughter of Horace & Eppah Mackey Downs) (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Downs, Horace S. – 10/3/1896 – 3/9/1958
- Drigger, Earl (Small child) (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Edward, Frank “Dad” – 4/6/1863 – 2/27/1947
- Etchison, Kate J. – 1896-1923
- Gist, Dau. – 12/21/1909 (Johnny and Etta’s daughter)
- Gregory, William P. – 1/9/1928
- Gregory, Vaunda Lee – d 2/2/1938 (15 years) – The age may be incorrect, according to Bessie M. Gilbert, Vaunda Lee was a baby.
- Gregory, Billy G. – 6/14/1926 – 6/28/1926 – (son of Mr. & Mrs. Perry G.)
- Hardy, Lillian E – 1896 – 1902
- Hawkins, Alice Holly – 1890 – 1973
- Hemphill, James W – Aug 15, 1866 – Oct 3, 1942
- Hill, John Thomas – d May 31, 19? (2 day) Year of death not legible
- Jones, Mary J – Sept 26, 1976 (58 Years)
- Landers, Amelia C. – 2/3/1863 – 11/15/1918
- Little, Jesse – d 1941 (38 Years) (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Little, John Angus – d ajn 26, 1976 (68 Years)
- Little, Joshua Z – 1870 -1945
- Little, Katie Cora – Oct 3, 1883 – Oc5 30, 1961
- Little, Lula – Sep 3, 1898 – May 31, 1969
- Little, Maggie – 1882 – 1969
- Little, Sybil Louise – 3/28/1943-9/23/1943
- Little, Tom – Feb 1, 1896 – Apr 24, 1954
- Little, William Mark – Jan 8, 1872 – Apr 24, 1961
- Mackey, James A. – 1870 – 1942
- Mackey, Adelia R. – 1870 – 1945
- Mackey – Two infants (Unnamed and unmarked graves)
- Mahar, Isabella B – 1865 – 1933
- Masse, Aurele Pierre – 1916 – 1980 – US Navy WWII
- McAnany, Eugene Albert – Feb 24, 1893 – Dec 21, 1961
- McBride, Lennie (Unnamed and unmarked grave)
- Reeder, Sarah Lennis – 9/22/1888 – 5/19/1974
- Reeder, Andrew Jackson – 1879 – 1952
- Thomas, Walter F. – 11/13/1885 – 10/21/1918
- Thomas, John L. – 7/23/1908 – 9/1/1908
- Thomas, John A. – 9/25/1883 – 11/15/1918
- Thomas, Pearl M. – 12/16/1890 – 1/6/1968
- Williams, John P – Jul 17, 1857 – May 28, 1937
- C. E. M. – these initials are on a rock
- A. F. M. – these initials are on a rock
The unnamed and unmarked graves information was given by Bessie M. Little Gilbert of Mena Arkansas.