HOUSES CREEK CEMETERY
Located in Section 9 Twp 27 R1W. From Van Buren, Mo go west on Hwy 60 one mile to M Hwy - turn right and go 4.4 miles to the cemetery on the left across the road from the Chruch of God Prophecy. It is well kept, fenced with a white iron arch and gate— a memorial to "Bob Bowman."" This cemetery has several unmarked graves. (Copied 1981) Revised 1996. Re-revised 1998 by Daisy Andersen and typed by Julie Huggins Feb. 1999. Note from Julie Huggins: Any notes we have that say "McSpadden Funeral Home," means that my mother got the actual funeral home records and we matched them with the deceased names. We thought that any extra information we could give would be appreciated.
Double Headstone: Baker, Burrell 24 May 1913 - 24 Feb. 1989 Edith Yates 03 March 1913 - Still living Married 06 March 1932 Baker, George W. 23 July 1920 - 05 March 1943 (HM) Baker, George W. 02 July 1882 - 11 March 1946 (HM) Baker, Mary Cordelia 04 June 1884 - 07 April 1953 Wife of George Born in Shannon County, daughter of Laura Ricker (McSpadden Funeral Home) Bell, Lona Mae 02 Feb. 1902 - 04 Aug. 1986 Wife of Joseph Biggerstaff, Deborah A. Died 09 June 1975 age 15 days (FM) Bowen, Martin V. 30 Nov. 1833 - 07 Nov. 1932 (HM) Bowen, Melvina C. 09 Dec. 1853 - 04 Jan. 1929 (HM) Bowen, Tyman 23 Aug. 1904 - 10 Feb. 1971 Son of Joe Bowen & Sarah L. Wallace (McSpadden Funeral Home) Bowen, Oscar 28 April 1884 - 02 March 1964 Son of Martin Van Buren Bowen & Catherine Kennedy (McSpadden Funeral Home) Bowman, William 12 March 1885 - 10 July 1956 age 71y 3 m 28d (HM) Bowman, Pearl 30 March 1886 - 20 Oct. 1967 (HM) Daughter of Willis Nichols Bowman, William Robert “Bob” 03 May 1940 - 19 Nov. 1979 Double Headstone: Bowman, Earnest 01 Feb. 1910 - 23 Aug. 1982 Mabel Clark 18 Dec. 1913 - 11 May 1988 Married 15 Oct. 1930 Double Headstone: Bowman, Cecil 07 May 1914 - 22 Jan. 1991 Ester Clark 02 Nov. 1918 - Still Living Married 30 June 1936 Brawley, Wanda Fay 31 Oct. 1940 - 12 Nov. 1940 (HM) Bucy, Mary Jane 1859 - 1934 Daughter of Cleveland Hawkins & Abbie Gordan Bucy, James Franklin 1848 - 1917 Bucy, Henry Tolman 1899 - 1900 Son Bucy, James T. 06 Feb. 1963 age 84y 4m 22d Bucy, Carrie 1877 - 1935 Burnham, Frank H. March 1910 - 24 Feb. 1973 62y 11m 22d (HM) Burnham, Retta 1915 - 1997 (FM) Chronister, Meadie No Date (HM) Chronister, Elsie Marie 02 Nov. 1957 - 05 Nov. 1957 Chronister, Anita L. 13 Nov. 1955 - 13 Dec. 1955 Chronister, John Basley 1880 - 1965 Chronister, Mary L. 10 Feb. 1901 - 22 May 1954 (HM) Chronister, Goldie Born & Died 25 Nov. 1940 Chronister, William A. 29 May 1902 - 17 Oct. 1965 MO PVT FA REPL TNG CEM WWII Married Helen Hurt 22 Sep. 1975 Double Headstone: Clark, Clyde H. 15 March 1912 - 04 July 1997 Sarah M. 02 Jan. 1912 - Still Living Clark, Curtis Lee 1949 - 1975 Clark, Herbert R. 1940 - 1981 Clark, David C. 1879 - 1951 Double Headstone: Clark, Emma T. 1890 - 1961 William M. 1887 - 1970 Clark Glen C.. 05 May 1930 - 29 Jan. 1978 Double Headstone: Clark, Crandell H. 05 Oct. 1908 - 09 March 1997 Alpha Omega Miller 1908 - 1980 Married 29 Nov. 1928 (Obit) Double Headstone: Clark, Cleo G. Miller 03 July 1913 - 26 Feb. 1983 (obit) Roy 21 June 1909 - 01 July 1982 (obit) Married 19 July 1928 Clark, Betty R. Piles 14 Feb. 1951 - 12 Aug. 1983 Married Terry 04 Jan. 1966 Double Headstone: Clark, Rev. Lyman 05 April 1928 - 14 May 1989 Helen Martin 30 May 1932 - Still Living Married 22 Aug. 1947 Clark, Viola B. 1901 - 1987 Clark, Pauline 1934 - 1982 Cowin, Cleston Joseph 16 April 1923 - 15 Dec. 1959 MO PFC Col 5 Inf 71 Div WWII BSM Born in Reynolds County, Died in Gelena Mo. of crushed chest by train Son of Clarence Cowin and Nettie Smith (info McSpadden Funeral Home) Culpepper, Thelma A. 23 June 1918 - 29 Aug. 1946 (HM) Double Headstone: Culpepper, Goldie D. 06 Feb. 1918 - 06 Dec. 1957 Daughter of William Bowman & Pearl Nichols (McSpadden Funeral Home) Joseph F. 12 Nov. 1912 - 18 June 1975 Dawson, John A. 25 Dec. 1911 - 20 Oct. 1991 US Army WWII Dawson, Bertha L. 1888 - 1968 Dawson, James C. Died 05 Jan. 1948 age 77y 7m 12d Dawson, Mary V. Died 20 Jan. 1967 age 86y 0m 28d Dawson, Rhonda Lee Born & Died 08 Dec. 1958 Dawson, George W. 1917 - 1976 Cpl U.S. Army WWII Dawson, Walter A. Jr. 18 Oct. 1936 - 14 Feb. 1959 Died at home accidental gun shot wounds by 14 yr. old brother Son of Walter Dawson & Thelma Hines (info McSpadden Funeral Home) Dawson, (Carson) Gene 11 July 1934 - 06 Sep. 1968 Killed when log truck overturned on him Son of Walter Dawson & Thelma Hines (info McSpadden Funeral Home) Dawson, (Jonathan) Wade 16 June 1970 - 08 Sep. 1989 Dawson, James Walter 26 Sep. 1905 - 04 July 1985 Dixon, Curtis 1958 - 1998 (FM) Twins: Dixon, Dollie 10 May 1948 - 08 June 1948 age 28 days Dixon, Mollie 10 May 1948 - 25 May 1948 age 15 days Dixon, Walter 02 Feb. 1907 - 21 Dec. 1971 Son of Henry Dixon & Daisy Ellen Garrett (McSpadden Funeral Home) Dixon, Lula 26 Aug. 1906 - 21 Aug. 1994 Married Walter Dixon 25 June 1929 Esmond, William Cecil 05 July 1902 - 30 Oct. 1960 (HM) Son of Druzella Clark, & Thomas Esmond, Druzella 27 June 1874 - 24 Jan. 1949 Esmond, Thomas H. 04 July 1865 - 27 Nov. 1952 Esmond, Beulah 14 March 1906 - 23 June 1998 Ford, Joe Ellen 23 Jan. 1947 - 21 April 1948 (HM) Ford, Clinton R. 1925 - 03 Aug. 1976 age 51y 4m 18d Ford, Robert L. 19 May 1937 - 14 June 1974 Forster, Baby Larry Born & Died 06 June 1965 (FM) Fowler, Rick, Jr. 2m 1d (FM) Freeman, Sarah 08 Sep. 1880 - 28 Dec. 1964 Born in Shannon County Daughter of George Wallace & ?? Pogue (McSpadden Funeral Home) Gassaway, Arthur Cromwell 12 Feb. 1865 - 19 Nov. 1947 Gassaway, Infant Children No Dates Children of A.C. & Elizabeth Gassaway Double Headstone: Gresham, Opal H. 09 April 1932 - 04 June 1974 James H. 16 May 1916 - 02 May 1978 Hall, Rosie 19 Feb. 1934 - 04 Feb. 1982 Harrison, Infant Born & Died 26 Dec. 1970 Infant of Mr& Mrs. J.E. Hart, Carol Ellen Born & Died 22 Dec. 1946 Hart, Alpha M. 1905 - 1978 Hart, Dephia C. 05 March 1909 - 22 Jan. 1976 Hart, Steven 12 June 1951 - 10 April 1952 Hart, Ronald Dale Born & Died 26 March 1948 Hart, Perry 03 Nov. 1901 - 13 June 1987 Married Alpha Sanders 1922 Hart, Betty Lea 13 Feb. 1933 - 28 Nov. 1996 Hines, Claudie B. Aug. 1896 - March 1919 Mother Huddleston, Alpha 20 Dec. 1924 - 26 Sep. 1992 Huddleston, Elmo 07 Feb. 1915 - 26 Sep. 1984 (obit) Married Alpha Chronister 25 Jan. 1941 Huddleston, James Jr. 24 July 1952 - 17 Aug. 1983 Married Deana Stephenson 05 June 1971 Hulen, Jimmie C. 1935 - 1969 Double Headstone: Hulen, Delores Geneva Snider 25 March 1917 - 17 June 1986 Alonzo 01 Oct. 1910 - 20 Feb. 1986 Double Headstone: Keeney, Floyd 09 March 1907 - 12 Aug. 1991 Ann 18 Sep. 1915 - Still Living Lambert, Janie M. 07 Jan. 1951 - 18 April 1959 Lambert, Shirley Mae 10 Dec. 1939 - 01 March 1940 Lambert, Barbara S. Died 29 Sep. 1942 (FM) Lambert, Louis No Date (HM) Lambert, Josephine No Date (HM) Son Lewis Lambert & Josephine Yates Married Laura Roark 12 May 1966 Lambert, Daisy Marie 01 Feb. 1924 - 09 March 1953 Daughter of James C. Dawson & Mary V. Freeman (McSpadden Funeral Home) Lambert, John 10 June 1904 - Sep. 1972 Mall, (Wall?) Gladys Faye No Date Marhut, John 24 June 1887 - 12 April 1955 Illinois WAGR BTRY B 333 FLD ARTY WWI Martin, Ida Jean 07 Aug. 1933 - 14 Aug. 1933 (HM) McCall, Mary 01 Oct. 1910 - 01 April 1962 Born in Shannon County Missouri Daughter of Charley Rector & Becky Brooks (McSpadden Funeral Home) Muckleroy, Ola F. 18 Feb. 1898 - 04 April 1982(FM) Wife of Ellis Double Headstone: Miller, Thomas D. 25 Sep. 1883 - 02 Dec. 1967 Born in Pennsylvania, died in Truxton Missouri (info McSpadden Funeral Home) Ida J. 08 March 1890 - 28 Dec. 1987 Miller, Ester Lee 1927 - 1928 Double Headstone: Miller, Wilburn 14 Nov. 1922 - 07 Oct. 1995 Letha E. 05 July 1926 - Still Living Nelson, Maude Lee 24 May 1898 - 24 Aug. 1974 Prewitt, Josephine Maberry Date to faded to read Rector, C. Steven 28 Jan. 1960 - 29 March 1960 Son of Dave Rector & Jean Clark Rector, Chalres A. 19 May 1886 - 31 Dec. 1946 Rector, Rebecca E. 13 Sep. 1890 - 17 Feb. 1954 Rector, Sterling Price 29 May 1899 - 11 April 1955 Born in Shannon County Missouri Rector, Melvin Ray 18 Dec. 1944 - 16 Oct. 1963 Auto accident on Hwy M, died of a skull fractor Son of Noah Rector & Pauline Dawson (info McSpadden Funeral Home) Rector, Naomi Pauline 21 Jan. 1928 - 04 April 1971 Daughter of Robert Dawson & Ira Cowin Rector, Della Alma 24 June 1905 - 13 March 1973 Daughter of Arby Chaffin & Nora Green Rector, Bill 28 Sep. 1912 - 28 Nov. 1980 Double Headstone: Rectorr, Jean 09 Aug. 1927 - 27 Jan. 1990 David 27 Dec. 1927 - Still Living Married 24 Feb. 1951 Reeves, Bonnie L. 14 Oct. 1931 - 13 Aug. 1959 (HM) Reeves, Lucille Bell 14 Oct. 1931 - 16 Feb. 1959 (obit) Ruddick, Wesley D. 26 April 1942 - 05 Aug. 1998 (obit) Ruddick, William Thomas 15 June 1974 - 19 Aug. 1974 Sanders, Maud Died 28 Dec. 1957 age 68y (HM) Sanders, Rev. Silas 28 March 1888 - 17 Nov. 1959 (HM) Sanders, Rev. James 22 June 1844 - 28 Feb. 1919 (HM) Sanders, Louise 04 March 1849 - 03 July 1914 (HM) Sanders, Mary E. 13 Oct. 1886 - 08 Jan. 1967 Sanders, Melvin 03 Nov. 1917 - 02 Aug. 1995 PFC US Army Sanders, Cecelia Rose Marshall 13 March 1919 - 03 March 1997 Sanders, Frank 11 April 1883 - 05 July 1976 Double Headstone: Smith, Marian R. 08 Aug. 1935 - 17 June 1989 Ralph J. 09 March 1932 - Still Livng Double Headstone: Swafford, Lucinda 02 May 1907 - 21 Aug. 1955 Daughter of Lewis Lambert & Josephine Yates Died in Willow Springs General Hosptial (info McSpadden Funeral Home) Walter 1900 - 1974 Swafford, Roy A. 16 Feb. 1931 - 28 June 1983 (Obit) Married Edna Chronister 21 Oct. 1950 Swafford, Edna 1930 - 1990 Swafford, James “Lloyd” 26 April 1921 - 22 Aug. 1987 Pvt. US Army WWII Taylor, Una 1885 - 1970 Walters, George Melvin 23 Dec. 1874 - 12 Aug. 1957 Born in Indiana (McSpadden Funeral Home) Walters, Clara L. 24 Oct. 1895 - 11 May 1982 Weaver, Violet Rose Born & Died 07 March 1929 Weaver, Mary Melissa 23 Dec. 1881 - 20 Nov. 1973 Daughter of Louis & Martha Gannon Weaver, Oscar D. 15 June 1879 - 20 April 1962 Indian PVT Com 6 regt MO Inf Spanish American War Weible, Jerry 30 Sep. 1947 - 16 Jan. 1982 (FM) Vietnam Army Williams, R.E. 13 July 1918 Only Date Double Headstone: Williams, Andrew Jackson 28 June 1892 - 23 March 1970 Son of John H. Willisams & Sarah Cassidy Sophronia 11 April 1899 - 11 July 1991 Williams, John H. 26 Oct. 1939 age 85y 9m 24d (FM) Williams, Sarah 07 March 1861 - 03 Sep. 1916 Wife of John H. Williamson, Nellie L. Williams 15 June 1926 - 16 Oct. 1995 Married (1) Gerald Randolph 1944 Married (2) Glen “Pete” he died 25 Feb. 1985 Double Headstone: Yates, Martha Myrtle Bowen 05 Nov. 1881 - 01 Sep. 1960 Daughter of Martin & Catherine Bowen W. Henry 28 Oct. 1870 - 08 Feb. 1948 Married 16 May 1895 Yates, Philmore No Date Yates, Jane No Date