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Driving directions: From the Nevada-Hempstead county line on Hwy. 278, go a short distance into Hempstead Co. and turn left on a gravel road. Go about 1.5 miles and the cemetery will be on your left on a hillside.
Homemaker's Survey in 1970
New Hope Cemetery-Bodcaw
This small cemetery is located near the Hempstead Co. line on County Rd. 5. On some early maps, this is called Ebenezer, not to be confused with the large Ebenezer Cemetery near Bluff City.Driving directions: From the Nevada-Hempstead county line on Hwy. 278, go a short distance into Hempstead Co. and turn left on a gravel road. Go about 1.5 miles and the cemetery will be on your left on a hillside.
Homemaker's Survey in 1970
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almand, (son) | 9-20-1920 | 9-21-1920 | Son of John and Emma Almand |
| Cassady, Sarah Lou | 11-15-1858 | 4-9-1945 | |
| Cassady, James M. | 1855 | 1906 | Husband of Sarah Lou Cassady; born in Coffee Co., Alabama; lived 25 years in Nevada Co., died in Red Level, Alabama; great-grandparents of President Bill Clinton; this is a memorial marker; he is buried in Alabama |
| Cornelius, Muriel Luvnia | 9-12-1912 | 6-12-1943 | Wife of W. H. Cornelius |
| Cornelius, Floyce Merlene | 1-4-1936 | 8-15-1936 | Daughter of W. H. & Muriel Cornelius |
| Davis, Frances M. | 1-29-1918 | 9-28-1995 | |
| Gross, Kimberley J. Guidry | 5-9-1968 | 10-3-1994 | |
| Guidry, Betty Bourg | 12-22-1937 | Double marker with Ernest J. Guidry; m. 8-21-1952 | |
| Guidry, Ernest J. | 8-14-1934 | 9-16-1990 | Double marker with Betty Bourg Guidry; m. 8-21-1952 |
| Guidry, Aaron Joseph Labit | 6-1-1986 | 6-2-1986 | |
| Guidry, Omerlee Joseph | 1-2-1954 | 3-27-2007 | SA- US Navy - Vietnam |
| Hanson, Monica A. | 9-13-1953 | 10-5-2010 | Monica Ann Torbert Hanson in obituary |
| Harris, Tommy | Grave not found-listed in 1970 record | ||
| Lewis, Arvon Glendon | 10-5-1926 | 1-23-1927 | |
| Lewis, Lona R. | 8-7-1894 | 1928 | Full birth date from old record; only years engraved on stone |
| Lewis, Carl W. | 3-10-1900 | 3-24-1987 | Double marker with Retha M. Lewis |
| Lewis, Retha M. | 2-8-1909 | 7-2-1992 | Double marker with Carl W. Lewis |
| Martin, Anna | 12-23-1828 | 7-18-1918 | |
| Mitchell, Richard K. | 7-19-1932 | 4-26-1934 | |
| Russell, (baby) | 1-10-1899 | 2-14-1899 | |
| Russell, Odesa | 4-16-1897 | 12-26-1898 | |
| Russell, Orva Lee | 3-19-1892 | 5-20-1898 | |
| Russell, George W. | 9-3-1863 | 1930 | Double marker with Elizabeth Russell; full birth date from old record; only years engraved on stone |
| Russell, Elizabeth | 3-20-1872 | 1-26-1968 | Double marker with George W. Russell; full dates from old record; only years engraved on stone |
| Russell, John Albert | 6-13-1890 | 6-13-1916 | |
| Russell, William J. | 1-14-1825 | 2-23-1897 | Double marker with Mary Russell; CSA footstone |
| Russell, Mary | 10-31-1828 | 4-18-1900 | Double marker with William J. Russell |
| Russell, William J., Jr. | 3-15-1854 | 11-8-1934 | |
| Russell, Mary E. | 10-28-1891 | 11-21-1921 | Old record had Mary Elizabeth |
| Vines, Ada Fay | 10-5-1895 | 7-12-1930 | Double marker with Lum C. Vines |
| Vines, Lum C. | 1-25-1888 | 1-18-1970 | Double marker with Ada Fay Vines |
| Vines, Margarett | 1912 | 1919 | |
| Vines, Elmer S. | 1900 | 1919 | |
| Vines, Martha M. | 1866 | 1930 | |
| Vines, Henry A. | 1867 | 1931 | |
| Vines, John H. | 6-3-1836 | 5-30-1923 | Co. E -11 Ark. Inf.-Confederate States Army |
| Vines, Haze R. | No dates | ||
| Vines, Delbert | 1915 | 1932 | |
| Vines, Claudie Lynn | 8-6-1928 | 1-9-1983 |
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References to an "earlier record" usually refer to a survey conducted in the 1950's by the Nevada County Extension Homemakers' Clubs, the original of which is on file at the Nevada County Depot and Museum.
Since 1997, Jery and Jeanie McKelvy have conducted a periodic canvas of each cemetery in the county and use additional resources to keep the listings current.