Mount Olive Cemetery

Joyland, Poinsett County, Arkansas

Located 4 miles south of Marked Tree, Arkansas at the junction

of Highways 149 and 322.

Only eight visible graves were found on this day although there was evidence of several unmarked graves. Additional entries have been added from an earlier survey for graves that are no longer marked.

Mount Olive Church is no longer standing.

Surveyed May 2001 by Wayne & Debbie Yates

BLACKBURN, Benjamin J., born 1848, died 1923, "Honored By All"

Walter, Marianna, & Katherine

BRONE, Ossel-Well, born 1893, died 1965

CALDWELL, Beulah, born Oct. 25, 1900, died Aug. 9, 1973

CALDWELL, T.C., born 1860, died 1936 - This stone not visible May 2001

CALDWELL, Viola, born 1886, died May 28, 1950

DOBBINS, Charlie, born Jan. 30, 1926, died Sep. 23, 1946

Arkansas Tec 5 Constr BNC World War II

DOBBINS, Sam Ellis, born Sep. 25, 1923, died Dec. 30, 1952

Arkansas Pvt. 4050 Area SVC Unit Korea

DOBBINS, Thomas, Sr., born 1917, died 2001

Woodard Funeral Home, Marked Tree

LOWELL, (?), born 1860, died Aug. 22, 1936 - This stone not visible May 2001

MURRY, Alice, born 1867, died 1973

RICHARDSON, Retha Oxley, died Dec. 4, 1930, Phillips County, AR

(Unmarked, born 1902 in Greenville, NC – wife of Marshall Richardson))

Information from Carmen Hammons

Last Updated Saturday, June 17, 2006