Last updated
Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 03:30:15 MDT
MORNING STAR CEMETERY
Block 1
Spring Street and Old Church Road
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas
Directions from Hot Springs: From Central Avenue, take West Grand Avenue going east and travel 4.7 miles; take the Westinghouse Drive exit (exit 5); turn right onto Westinghouse Drive after the exit; go a very short distance and take a left onto Spring Street. Travel .6 miles and the cemetery is located at the intersection of Spring Street and Old Church Road.
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.501635, Longitude: -92.973909
Transcribed by Carlotta Ragsdale and completed November 22, 2006. The Melting Pot Genealogical Society wishes to give Carlotta a big thanks for allowing us to publish her cemetery transcriptions on our website!!! There are some additions and corrections by Patti Vance Hays as well as additions by the Morning Star Cemetery Association. They have added some unmarked graves as well as supplying the Block, Lot and Space.
The earliest known burial at this time is 1883.
Some tombstone photos (by Patti Vance Hays) may be found by clicking on the name. These will be the ones that are underlined. In addition, there are some photographs that are marked with the 
icon. You can click on the tombstone for a photograph. The tombstone photographs are copyrighted by Patti Vance Hays. You may use them for your personal use but not for publication in any medium without Patti's permission. There are also some tombstone photographs on findagrave.com
The Melting Pot Genealogical Society has archived most of The Sentinel-Record obituaries for 1996-1999, 2005-May 10, 2012, as well as some from other years. You may check our obituary section to see if they are listed. If not, please check back as we may be adding more. Some of those archived will be annotated on this page.
This page is under construction. We are just beginning to add them in order of Block, Lot and Space, and this listing is incomplete. I have not included every single one of them in order thus far. If you see missing block numbers, it is more than likely that I have not included the burial info as of yet.
| Block, Lot, Space |
Name | Dates | Inscriptions | Notes |
| 1, 6, 5 | Martin, Everett C | 07/16/1932-10/11/1968 | ||
| 1, 7, 3 | Spira, Deola | 05/14/1919-07/30/1983 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 7, 4 | 2/10/1912-10/6/1985 |  |
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| 1, 7, 5 | Sarace, Cosmo | 09/19/1888-01/12/1967 | Arkansas CPL HQ 58 Infantry World War I | |
| 1, 8, 3 | Williams, Bill R | 1890-1964 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 8, 4 | Ekberg, Lillian V | 1890 - 1964 | ||
| 1, 8, 5 | Ekberg, Helmer O | 1894 - 1967 | LL.B., LL.M. Attorney At Law | |
| 1, 9, 2 | Rankin, Weaver A | -01/18/1968 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 9, 3 | Richardson, Carl Frank | 1880-02/26/1968 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 9, 4 | ||||
| 1, 9, 5 | ||||
| 1, 10, 3 | Berry, Zereme | 02/17/1887-09/08/1971 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 10, 4 | Berry, Lona Walker | -08/03/1974 | ||
| 1, 10, 5 | Wopler, Fred S | 10/04/1891-06/11/1969 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 11, 2 | George, Viola S | 10/06/1931- | married 11/14/1950 | |
| 1, 11, 3 | George, Elmer Stanley Sr. | 03/03/1929-04/29/1997 | TEC 5 US Army World War II | |
| 1, 11, 4 | Warren, Marvin H | 03/29/1884-11/19/1968 | ||
| 1, 12, 1 | Fence | |||
| 1, 12, 3 | Young, Robert H | 12/01/1894-03/06/1971 | ||
| 1, 12, 4 | Young, Flo | |||
| 1, 12, 5 | Benson, Lillian Cobb | 02/24/1879-03/30/1963 | ||
| 1, 13, 1 | ||||
| 1, 13, 2 | ||||
| 1, 13, 3 | ||||
| 1, 13, 4 | ||||
| 1, 13, 5 | ||||
| 1, 14, 1 | ||||
| 1, 14, 2 | ||||
| 1, 14, 3 | ||||
| 1, 14, 4 | ||||
| 1, 14, 5 | ||||
| 1, 15, 1 | ||||
| 1, 15, 2 | Irwin, Andrew Jackson | 08/25/1904-10/11/1961 | Iowa SI USNR World War II | |
| 1, 15, 3 | Irwin, Martha J | 1918-1978 | ||
| 1, 15, 4 | ||||
| 1, 15, 5 | ||||
| 1, 16, 1 | Almstedt, Bessie G | 05/23/1897-12/01/1984 | ||
| 1, 16, 2 | Almstedt, Albert B | 05/24/1887- | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 16, 3 | ||||
| 1, 16, 4 | Crain, Helen Louise | 09/09/1926-03/08/2007 | HSFH marker; SSDI shows dod as 09/10/1926 | |
| 1, 16, 5 | Crain, Joseph | 08/15/1915-09/13/1964 | Mason; Chief Hot Springs Police Retired | |
| 1, 17, 1 | Thacker, Infant | -1974 | ||
| 1, 17, 2 | ||||
| 1, 17, 3 | ||||
| 1, 17, 4 | ||||
| 1, 17, 5 | ||||
| 1, 18, 1 | Herring, Whitney Dayle | -10/20/1983 | Baby Girl | |
| 1, 20, 4 | Martin, Earl E. Jr. | 05/28/1971-01/12/1997 | ||
| 1, 20, 5 | Martin, Laura E. | 06/05/1910-06/27/1994 | ||
| 1, 21, 1 | Martin, Margaret (Infant) | -12/13/1953 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 21, 2 | ||||
| 1, 21, 3 | Martin, James Lieghton Jr. | 12/27/1976-04/23/1995 | My only son, I love you | |
| 1, 21, 4 | Martin, Laverne F. | 10/21/1931-06/30/1998 | ||
| 1, 21, 5 | Martin, Frank | 1888-1951 | ||
| 1, 22, 1 | Brettell, Floyd A | -04/02/1997 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 22, 2 | Brettell, Sarah M. | 06/23/1900-04/02/1970 | ||
| 1, 22, 3 | King, Jack A. | 07/03/1913-03/08/1997 | CAPT US Army World War II | |
| 1, 22, 4 | King, Doris Temkin | preneed | ||
| 1, 22, 5 | Parker, Audrey H. | 01/01/1909-06/04/1970 | ||
| 1, 23, 1 | Karimarkovich, George | 08/18/1874-03/04/1970 | Unmarked 2 3 | |
| 1, 23, 2 | ||||
| 1, 23, 3 | Storey, James | 11/24/1889-05/25/1974 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 23, 4 | ||||
| 1, 23, 5 | ||||
| 1, 24, 1 | Freeman, Leslie H. | 07/16/1907-07/24/1945 | Arkansas PVT 61 Med Tng Bn | |
| 1, 24, 2 | ||||
| 1, 24, 3 | Freeman, Leslie Leon | 05/28/1927-04/26/1961 | Arkansas CPL 4102 Area Svc Unit | |
| 1, 24, 4 | McConnell, Thelma | 04/13/1910-12/29/1978 | Mother | |
| 1, 24, 5 | McConnell, C. Alvin | 09/18/1898-10/31/1967 | ||
| 1, 25, 1 | Layman, Rosa | preneed | ||
| 1, 25, 2 | Boling, Vernon W. Sr. | 09/04/1922-05/19/1991 | PVT US Army World War II | |
| 1, 25, 3 | ||||
| 1, 25, 4 | McConnell, Homer | 10/21/1946-08/20/1984 | GM2 US Navy Vietnam | |
| 1, 25, 5 | Layman, John | -04/19/1942 | Ohio PVT 1 CL 20 Inf | |
| 1, 26, 1 | ||||
| 1, 26, 2 | ||||
| 1, 26, 3 | ||||
| 1, 26, 4 | ||||
| 1, 26, 4a | Cook, Infant | Unmarked 2 | ||
| 1, 26, 5 | ||||
| 1, 28, 1 | Davis, Mae | -12/20/1972 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 28, 4 | Egan, Eva | 1885-1944 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 29, 1 | Muller, Fred | -01/20/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 29, 2 | Perry, William | -06/25/1974 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 29, 3 | Young, Charlie T | -01/31/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 37, 1 | Bowman, Fred | 06/15/1887-08/09/1952 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 37, 2 | Bowman, Brother | -04/07/1953 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 37, 3 | Auerbach, Robert | 01/05/1933-02/14/2003 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 53, 1 | Pennington, Fred Charles | 09/16/1943-10/30/2009 | married 07/11/1966 | fhm |
| 1, 53, 2 | ||||
| 1, 53, 3 | ||||
| 1, 53, 4 | ||||
| 1, 53, 5 | ||||
| 1, 54, 1 | ||||
| 1, 54, 2 | ||||
| 1, 54, 3 | ||||
| 1, 54, 4 | ||||
| 1, 54, 5 | ||||
| 1, 55, 1 | ||||
| 1, 55, 2 | ||||
| 1, 55, 3 | Harper, Ervin T. | 08/29/1925-12/10/2009 | ||
| 1, 55, 4 | Harper, Martha H. | 1931 - 1987 | Mother | |
| 1, 55, 5 | Harper, Alfred | 6/27/1886 - 12/26/1960 | Trp L 1 Regt Texas Cav Sp Am War | |
| 1, 56, 1 | Koster, Stanley | 09/24/1905-04/11/1978 4 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 56, 2 | Harris, John G | 12/15/1895-04/18/1979 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 56, 3 | Willard, Ruth L. | 09/17/1917-02/12/1992 | Mother of James Hale; Sister of Christina M. Sohn | |
| 1, 56, 4 | James, Joseph | 05/06/1899-07/15/1981 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 59, 1 | Nelson, Myrtle Mae | 10/25/1904-01/06/1988 | ||
| 1, 60, 1 | Trott, Wesley H. Sr. | 10/14/1894-02/05/1983 | ||
| 1, 60, 2 | Trott, Mary E. | 04/01/1911-01/07/1988 | ||
| 1, 60, 3 | Trott, Wesley F | 03/15/1937- | preneed | |
| 1, 60, 4 | Trott, Geraldine "Jerri" | 01/08/1937-01/25/1995 | ||
| 1, 64, 1 | Fusco, A. A | Unmarked 2 | ||
| 1, 65, 3 | Thompson, James H. | preneed | ||
| 1, 65, 4 | Thompson, Marilynn | 02/06/1932-10/04/1983 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 67, 1 | ||||
| 1, 67, 2 | ||||
| 1, 67, 3 | ||||
| 1, 67, 4 | ||||
| 1, 67, 5 | Keith, Infant Son of Kenneth | -03/18/1986 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 68, 1 | Free, Eloise V. |
08/10/1933-02/06/1983 |
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| 1, 69, 2 | Warren, Carlene | 09/26/1948- | preneed | |
| 1, 100, 5 | Smith, Thelma | 1926-2001 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 103, 2 | Jones, Edna Josephine | 04/30/1893 4-10/29/1980 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 103, 5 | Wright, Louis R. | -12/29/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 107, 5 | Sourachek, John | 03/16/1885-08/08/1891 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 108, 1 | Mendenhall, Leona Tibbs | 02/02/1906-06/00/1987 4 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 108, 4 | Fulkerson, James Alvis | 05/05/1942-06/20/1992 | ||
| 1, 108, 5 | Rollek, Michael | -10/05/1903 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 109, 1, | Black, Edwin | 1903 - 1982 | ||
| 1, 109, 2 | Black, Esther H. | 04/01/1914-10/12/2004 | ||
| 1, 110, 2 | Hamilton, Christine | 1933-1976 | ||
| 1, 110, 3 | ||||
| 1, 110, 4 | Bryant, Herman Lee | 06/07/1930-06/22/2005 | married 07/26/1946 | |
| 1, 110, 5 | Bryant, Mary Louise | no date of death shown | ||
| 1, 111, 1 | ||||
| 1, 111, 2 | Black, Pansy S. | 04/17/1935-03/07/2009 | married 12/16/1955 | |
| 1, 113, 3 | Bryant, Elbert | 10/05/1925-05/20/2000 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 115, 2 | Rowland, Alvin W. | preneed | ||
| 1, 115, 3 | Rowland, Annette | preneed | ||
| 1, 120, 3 | Buris, Harry | -12/15/1981 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 121, 1 | Eastin, Eldorado | -05/12/1976 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 121, 2 | ||||
| 1, 121, 3 | Carpenter, Roxie | 09/14/1916-01/13/1999 4 | married 01/28/1943 | |
| 1, 121, 4 | Carpenter, Robert O | 04/17/1912-03/30/1981 | ||
| 1, 121, 5 | Jacobs, Thelma | 03/20/1909-05/12/1976 | ||
| 1, 122, 1 | Harrington, Murl | 04/15/1930- | Beloved Husband | |
| 1, 122, 2 | Harrington, Lois Marie | 05/02/1985- | Beloved Granddaughter | |
| 1, 122, 3 | Harrington, Mary Louise | 12/15/1929-06/09/2009 | Beloved Wife | |
| 1, 122, 4 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 122, 5 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 123, 1 | Cadogan, Daniel Lee | 03/01/1944-04/18/2008 | married 04/12/1975 | |
| 1, 123, 2 | Cadogan, Jane Ellen | 01/24/1940-12/29/2012 | [dod from obituary] | |
| 1, 124, 1 | Parks, Willie | 06/06/1943-07/25/2008 | ||
| 1, 124, 2 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 124, 3 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 124, 4 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 124, 5 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 125, 1 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 125, 2 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 125, 3 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 125, 4 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 125, 5 | Park Area | |||
| 1, 126, 1 | Flores, Rhonda | 04/10/1986-03/04/2006 | ||
| 1, 126, 2 | Rookard, Phillip Sr | 05/23/1943-07/07/2010 | ||
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| 1, 126, 5 | ||||
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| 1, 128, 1 | ||||
| 1, 128, 2 | ||||
| 1, 128, 3 | ||||
| 1, 128, 4 | Buck, Bonnie Hignight | 11/14/1934- | ||
| 1, 128, 5 | Buck, Jack Omar | 07/16/1924-02/24/1984 | ||
| 1, 132, 1 | Gower, JW C. | 04/29/1923-01/02/2010 | ||
| 1, 132, 2 | Gower, Audrey L. | 08/04/1930-04/04/2009 | ||
| 1, 136, 1 | Henley, Louis | 10/25/1903-08/00/1975 4 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 136, 2 | Star, Zane Brian | 06/07/1969-09/13/1994 | ||
| 1, 136, 3 | Lekas, Sam | -02/02/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 136, 4 | Ledford, William | -09/25/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 136, 5 | Johannesen, Peder | -01/15/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 141, 2 | Milner, William H. "Bill" Jr. | married 05/15/1982 | preneed | |
| 1, 141, 3 | Milner, Derethea K. "Deedee" | 09/04/1952-08/24/2006 | ||
| 1, 144, 1 | Ellis, Brandon | -06/13/2008 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 154, 1 | Mothershed, Infant | 07/10/1941-07/11/1941 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 155, 1 | Eubanks, Evelyn Scott | -02/04/1951 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 155, 2 | Eubanks, Kenneth | 1927-1945 | ||
| 1, 155, 3 | Wallace, A. W. | preneed? | ||
| 1, 155, 4 | Eubanks, Charles Wesley | preneed? | ||
| 1, 161, 2 | Kelley, Clifford | -11/14/1985 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 161, 3 | McDaniel, Jody | -01/06/1999 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 169, 3 | Allen, Juanita | 1938 - 1984 | FHM | |
| 1, 171, 1 | Humphrey, Mrs. Oliver | -12/12/1985 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 171, 2 | Humphrey, Patrick | -12/23/1983 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 172, 2 | Lake, Shirley | preneed? | ||
| 1, 172, 3 | Donathon, Raymond | -01/30/1992 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 175, 1 | Church, Floyd | 04/21/1918-11/16/1984 | SI US Navy World War II | |
| 1, 175, 2 | Church, Media | 04/23/1916-05/11/2001 | ||
| 1, 175, 3 | Church, Jaime Caroline | 04/06/1976-01/06/1998 | married 12/23/1939 | |
| 1, 175, 4 | ||||
| 1, 175, 5 | ||||
| 1, 176, 1 | Bercaus, Harry | -12/30/1975 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 176, 2 | Jones, Thomas U. | no dates | ||
| 1, 176, 3 | Jones, Willie Mae | no dates | ||
| 1, 176, 4 | Samples, O. J. | 01/25/1897-05/22/1972 | ||
| 1, 176, 5 | Samples, Nellie O. | 10/13/1888-11/23/1969 | ||
| 1, 177, 1 | Knight, Nellie | 1887 - 1967 | ||
| 1, 178, 1 | Dyer, Loren | -12/23/1986 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 178, 2 | Andel, Emily | 10/27/1889 4 - 04/23/1986 2 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 178, 3 | Derossitt, Wayne | preneed | ||
| 1, 186, 1 | Manor, George | preneed? | ||
| 1, 198, 2 | Kerill, Henry | 05/30/1893-05/03/1973 | ||
| 1, 198, 3 | Vacant | |||
| 1, 198, 4 | Kouteoky, Theresa | -01/04/1989 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 200, 3 | Kilgore, Helen Ruth Sweeden | 03/14/1929-08/22/2001 | Unmarked 2 | |
| 1, 230, 4 | Spangler, Leonard | 06/09/1910-04/00/1976 4 | Morning Star records show dod of 05/01/1976 | Unmarked 2 |
| 1, 232, 5 | Higel, Winifred | 12/16/1890-07/10/1972 | Unmarked 2 |
1 The Melting Pot Genealogical Society has the obituary archived. You may go here to find out how to request an obituary. After reading the instructions on requesting, please be sure to find the obituary in the listings so that you may copy and paste the entire line in your e-mail.
2 From Morning Star Cemetery records; probably unmarked
3 From Gross Funeral Home Records Hot Springs, Ar 16,435 Records from January 1, 1958 to December 31, 1992, compiled by Lewis Stephens. It shows: George Karamarkovich August 18, 1894 - April 7, 1970, son of Nikoli Karamarkovich and Bozana Rakonjac.
4 From Social Security Death Index