Joplin "New Hope" Cemetery
This cemetery is located in section 34 Township 26 Range 3 East in Carter County, MO off Highway K. The land was donated by A.G. Joplin 1881 - 1886. The plaque on the cornerstone says "Dedicated to A.G. Joplin." The New Hope Church is nearby. Copied 1981 by Margaret Roam. Revised 1996. Updated 15 July 1998 by Daisy Samples Andersen. Typed by Julie Andersen Huggins March 1999.
Double Headstone:
Bowman, Annie Caroline Berry 05 June 1892 - 23 March 1972
Quiller 12 Nov. 1891 - 20 Jan. 1978
Double Headstone:
Bowman, Corbett 18 Oct. 1912 - 21 May 1982 WWII
Ola Josephine Eckman 23 Jan. 1924 - Still Living
married 16 Jan. 1958
Double Headstone:
Bowman, Emma 1906 - 1980
William Monroe 1899 - 1970
Triple Headstone:
Bowman, Ira 1887 - 1962
Viola M. 1892 - 1914 (first wife)
Lucy Frye 1896 - 1966 (sencond wife)
Bowman, Ivan 22 Jan. 1917 - 22 Nov. 1921
Double Headstone:
Bowman, Lee M. 1866 - 1930
Margaret 1862 - 1914
Double Headstone:
Bowman, Louise Miller 1920 - Still Living
Luther 1909 - Still Livng
Bowman, Matthew Charles 02 Jan. 1982 - 11 April 1982
son of Keith Bowman & Cindy Ferrell
Double Headstone:
Bowman, Mary Jane Berry 10 March 1891 - 19 April 1970
Roy Lee 17 April 1889 - 12 May 1964
son of Lee, married 30 Dec. 1909
Bowman, Robert A. 1917 - 1917
Bowman, Robert E. 1902 - 1918
Bowman, Sidney 01 Feb. 1899 - 04 Nov. 1918
Bowman, W. Lee Born & Died 1924
Infant son of Monroe & Emma
Bowman, Ruth Born & Died 1930
Boxx, Myrtle Davis 21 Jan. 1895 - 23 Aug. 1973
daughter of William Davis & Ellen Long
married Luther Boxx 1915
Boyer, Son Born & Died 14 Sep. 1979
infant of Sharon & Andy
Cole, Elizabeth 06 June 1838 - 17 Dec. 1912
Cole, Lucy No Date
Double Headstone:
Cole, N.A. 12 Sep. 1842 - 13 Feb. 1913
Ruben 10 Feb. 1826 - 18 Jan. 1914
Double Headstone:
Cole, Thomas W. 19 Aug. 1867 - 01 Nov. 1947
Harriet Joplin Stevens 15 Aug. 1890 - 21 March 1969
married (1) Dec. 1913
(2) George Stevens 1961
Double Headstone:
Davis, Alan 1840 - 08 April 1883
Elizabeth 22 April 1842 - 21 April 1910
Double Headstone:
Davis, Elizabeth Shoat 17 March 1871 - 25 June 1943
Francis Marion 29 Dec. 1862 - 16 Sep. 1951
Double Headstone:
Davis, Ellen Long 02 Jan. 1871 - 15 May 1951
William 22 Sep. 1867 - 26 June 1947
Davis, Floy G. Died 19 Aug. 1898 age 1y 19days
UnMarked:
DeHaven, Rosey Cole Died Nov. 1905
daughter of R.M. Cole
Double Headstone:
Denning, Charles L. 29 Dec. 1888 - 29 Oct. 1961
Born in Park County, In (McSpadden Funeral Home)
son of Joseph N. Denning and Ella Fletcher
Ida Hunter 30 March 1894 - 29 May 1993
(see Ida Kinder)
Duncan, Ester Davis 1903 - 1982
(buried near Davis)
Frye, Ida Katherine 20 Dec. 1903 - 20 March 1983
Frye, Ferman 08 April 1901 - 31 March 1988
married Ida K. Fleming 18 Sep. 1919
Gaines, Gary Howard 25 Sep. 1943 - 14 Jan. 1987 US Navy
Gaines, Howard 27 Oct. 1908 - 16 Feb. 1996
married Beulah Bowman 21 July 1928
Gaines, Beulah Bowman 10 Oct. 1910 - 22 June 1922 (obit)
Greer, Diantha 26 Nov. 1925 - 22 March 1989
married William “Sonny” Greer 27 Nov. 1947
Greer, William Curtis “Sonny” 19 Sep. 1922 - 06 march 1997 USN WWII
Double Headstone:
Grossman, Emma 18 Feb. 1873 - 20 Dec. 1969
Born in Germany, died in Farmington Mo. (McSpadden Funeral Home)
John 1881 - 27 Jan. 1857
Gunter, Mary 23 Dec. 1896 - 03 Jan. 1897
Gunter, Martha 19 June 1895 - 21 July 1897
Gunter, Eddie Allen 12 Feb. 1907 - 27 Feb. 1970
son of Oscar Gunter & Margaret Davis
Double Headstone:
Gunter, Herbert Greene 17 Sep. 1904 - 03 Feb. 1972
Muriel Joplin Stout 18 April 1909 - 1998
married 20 April 1925
Gunter, Infant Born & Died 1926
baby of Muriel & Herbert
Double Headstone:
Gunter, Oscar Greene 02 Nov. 1872 - 28 Feb. 1946
Margaret M. Davis 04 March 1873 - 29 Dec. 1945
Gunter, Clarie 02 Oct. 1910 - 03 Sep. 1912
Gunter, Baby No Dates
Hargrove, Rev. Billy 10 Aug. 1920 - 28 July 1992 US Army WWII
married Imogene Johnson 29 Sep. 1945
Highly, Angus W. 14 Oct. 1921 - 10 Jan. 1989
Double Headstone:
Hood, William Melton 16 Feb. 1891 - 17 April 1958
SGT Co 1 2 Inf WWI
Hazel 26 June 1900 - 03 March 1990
married 1919 in Des Moines IA
Double Headstone:
Hunter, James 1863 - 1958 age 95y
Sophronia Stephens 1864 - 1947
married 1888
Hunter, Daughter 02 Nov. 1932 - 03 Nov. 1932
baby of John & Della
Double Headstone:
Hunter, John F. 19 Sep. 1891 - 25 Nov. 1981
Della May 25 Nov. 1905 - Still Living
Hunter, William 10 Oct. 1889 - 14 June 1969 WWI
son of James Hunter & Sophronia Stephens (McSpadden Funeral Home)
Hutchison, Larry Thomas 11 May 1951 - 13 May 1951
Ishmel, Ira 04 Jan. 1870 - 30 May 1953
Double Headstone:
Jarvis, John Driscoll 16 July 1922 - 15 March 1992
Elsie Dalgetty 01 April 1922 - Still Living
married 15 Sep. 1943
Double Headstone:
Johnson, Janetta Gail Hemphill 24 Jan. 1900 - 09 July 1957
Milford Sheridan 18 Feb. 1895 - 16 Aug. 1965 WWI
Double Headstone:
Johnson, James Doris 01 April 1922 - 17 Feb. 1977 WWII
Margaret Hesta Williams 26 Dec. 1926 - Still Living
married 16 April 1949
Jolley, Jewell 18 Nov. 1911 - 12 March 1992
married Roy 30 Sep. 1939
Jolley, Roy 28 June 1902 - 02 April 1986
Joplin, A.G. 04 Nov. 1811 - 09 Nov. 1888
Joplin, Betty Lou 1929 - 1930
Joplin, Beulah 27 Jan. 1912 - 10 June 1912
Double Headstone:
Joplin, Charles H. 02 Dec. 1846 - 26 Sep. 1896
Elvira Gardner Emery 29 Dec. 1850 - 12 Dec. 1918
married 17 Jan. 1875
Joplin, Clyde 30 Jan. 1916 - 13 Dec. 1919
Double Headstone:
Joplin, Phillip 11 Dec. 1885 - 22 Dec. 1949
Edna Buckingham 27 Jan. 1896 - 05 March 1975
daughter of George Buckingham & Ida Ferguson
born in Ripley County Missouri
Joplin, Kathleen 27 June 1945 - 04 April 1985
Double Headstone:
Joplin, Florence James 30 Sep. 1900 - 13 March 1967
Marie Clark 27 Jan. 1906 - 21 Aug. 1992
daughter of James Joplin & Lula Nance
Joplin, James Phillip 05 June 1925 Only Date
Double Headstone:
Joplin, James J. 06 Jan. 1880 - 30 Oct. 1919
Lulu Nance Long 09 Aug. 1883 - 04 Jan. 1957
married 09 Aug. 1899
Joplin, James R. 16 Sep. 1945 - 28 April 1969 US Army Vietnam
son of Florence & Marie
Double Headstone:
Joplin, J.W. 25 Feb. 1855 - 08 Oct. 1891
Louisa 1861 - 1935
Joplin, Norman Russell 24 April 1910 - 03 Nov. 1996
Double Headstone:
Joplin, Nellie Long 26 June 1892 - Still Living
Spencer Allen 01 Jan. 1881 - 08 Oct. 1965
Joplin, Noel Willard 01 June 1920 - 24 Dec. 1965
Double Headstone:
Joplin, Orba W. 31 Jan. 1905 - 10 Nov. 1967
Emile Mildred Milankoyick 09 Feb. 1905 - 24 July 1976
married 1929
Joplin, Infant No Date
infant of Orba & Mildred
Joplin, Thomas 22 Feb. 1878 - 30 Sep. 1945
Joplin, Thomas Ruban 1889 - 1937
Double Headstone:
Joplin, Wayne L. 12 Feb. 1917 - 19 Aug. 1980
Mary K. 25 Aug. 1920 - 04 June 1986
Double Headstone:
Kearbey, Earl Cecil 19 April 1906 - 25 Jan. 1996 Mason WWII
Dorothy Mae Davis 09 July 1915 - Still Living
Kearbey, Homer D. “Brandy” 13 Aug. 1914 - 08 Feb. 1987
married Iona Shepherd 26 Sep. 1942
Kinder, Ida May Hunter Denning 30 March 1894 - 29 May 1993
married (1) Zeno w. Kunkleman in 1913 (he died)
(2) Charles Denning in 06 Aug. 1943 (he died)
(3) John L. Kinder 09 Aug. 1967 (he died)
Double Headstone:
Lantis, Ora C. 18 Jan. 1899 - 19 Aug. 1980
Zelma Joplin 24 Dec. 1902 - 24 June 1988
Double Headstone:
Leach, Jessie Myers 1899 - 1975
Willie Mack 1897 - 1960
Loer, Emil F. 1858 - 16 June 1928
Double Headstone:
Long, Lillie Adeline Joplin 22 Oct. 1890 - 27 Oct. 1972
John Russell 17 Oct. 1890 - 02 June 1972
married 25 June 1910
Long, Ruth L. 22 April 1918 - Only date
daughter of John & Lillie
Maynard, H. 22 Jan. 1845 - 06 Aug. 1929
Mathenia, Charley P. 15 Aug. 1888 - 03 Dec. 1974
Miller, Delbert L. “Doc” 20 March 1941 - 30 June 1972
Miller, Frank 15 May 1914 - 20 Oct. 1984
married Gladys Bowman 27 Nov. 1937
Miller, John H. 01 March 1926 - 06 June 1991
reitred from army
married Wilma Highly 20 Oct. 1954
Mitchell, Edward 27 Oct. 1878 - 16 July 1904
son of J.B. & M.D.
Mitchell, Thomas 16 March 1881 - 19 Nov. 1904
son of J.B. & M.D.
Double Headstone:
Mohring, Elzina Whitcanack 1895 - 1978
John Joseph III 11 Dec. 1890 - 11 Dec. 1973
son of John Joseph Mohring & Wilhemina Khen
born in Arbuque Iowa (McSpadden Funeral Home)
Moore, Grace Davis 1895 - 1975
married James Moore 1947
Myers, Basil 11 Feb. 1914 - 23 April 1979
Double Headstone:
Myers, Ida Geroge 18 May 1879 - 16 April 1956
William 25 June 1862 - 07 Dec. 1949
Myers, Lawrence 1908 - 1978
Myers, Raymond Buford “John “ 19 Jan. 1911 - 22 Aug. 1981
Newton, Margie 23 March 1878 - 14 Dec. 1959
Triple Headstone:
Northum, Dorothy 24 May 1923 - Still Living
Paul Woodrow 27 Feb. 1924 - 19 Jan. 1978 WWII Navy
A Mason - Star - Scottish Rites
Richard “Rick” 14 July 1950 - 20 Jan. 1992
Oakley, Edna Marie Born & Died 1904
Oakley, Samuel Elva 27 June 1907 - 13 July 1959
son of Marion Joseph Oakley & Sophronie Stratton
Double Headstone:
Oakley, Joseph Marion 13 Oct. 1882 - 20 May 1971
Sophrona Jane Stratton 17 March 1885 - 19 May 1952
married 24 Jan. 1904
Parks, Anna Frieda Shepherd Huett 1921 - 1970
Double Headstone:
Pennington, Marvin G. 24 Feb. 1928 - 03 Dec. 1986
Essie Hinkle 06 Jan. 1928 - Still Living
married 29 March 1944
Queen, Lucy Marjorie Davis 31 Oct. 1899 - 24 March 1994
married William Jackson Queen 1926 (he is buried in Jefferson Barracks)
his dates on stone are 12 April 1896 - 27 Dec. 1971
Rainbolt, Claudy F. 05 Jan. 1895 - 20 Aug. 1899
Rainbolt, D.W. 12 July 1898 - 02 Aug. 1898
Double Headstone:
Secrease, Yeancy Earl 21 Oct. 1907 - 13 Jan. 1993
Leta Joplin 24 March 1913 - Still Livng
Shafer, Fannie Gunter No Dates
Double Headstone:
Shepherd, Charles Clarence 15 Feb. 1892 - 13 Sep. 1968
son of Benjamin F. Shepherd & Maletha Isabelle Boyd
Goldie Gore 09 Nov. 1897 - 20 Nov. 1956
Died of cancer, son of George Gore & Fannie Johnson
Shepherd, Baby 1963 - 1963
baby of Vernon & Delores
Shepherd, Timothy D. 21 June 1969 - 04 Oct. 1986
Double Headstone:
Shepherd, Vernon E. Sr. 13 July 1926 - 15 Sep. 1993
Delores Marlene Patterson 17 March 1933 - Still Living
Sickmyre, Rosen 29 Oct. 1898 - 02 Aug. 1899
Sickmyre, Rufus 12 Jan. 1892 - 25 Jan. 1892
Double Headstone:
Silger, Caroline 28 Jan. 1850 - 27 Sep. 1927
Philip 12 March 1848 - 23 May 1924
Silger, Johnny 12 Oct. 1887 - 10 March 1899
Silger, Jasper 06 June 1885 Only Date
Double Headstone:
Stahl, Elmer T. 1901 - 1971
Mollie 1903 - 1973
Double Headstone:
Stahl, Finis 07 Feb. 1929 - 19 Oct. 1973
Wilma Rodgers 09 May 1932 - Still Living
Stahl, Gale Wayne 1947 - 1978 Sr US Navy Vietnam
Stephens, James Clifford 07 July 1923 - 20 Jan. 1979 Pvt USAF WWII
married Dorothy Shepherd
Walker, Ira Benjamin 31 March 1913 - 12 Dec. 1992
Walker, Joseph Wayne 03 Sep. 1962 - 13 Feb. 1986
Walker, Justin Allen 17 Oct. 1985 - 19 Oct. 1985
Double Headstone:
Whitcanack, Harvey C. 29 Aug. 1869 - 13 Oct. 1951
Sara Ella 18 March 1873 - 08 May 1955
Whitcanack, William A. Jan. 1863 - July 1945
Whitcanack, Slave 1885 Only Date
Whitcanack, Slave 1887 Only Date
Double Headstone:
Wood, Warren E. 10 Sep. 1910 - 19 Dec. 1980
Hazel J. 20 March 1913 - Still Living
This stone is near Lantis & Northum and has Grandma’s girl plus name
Sandra Kaye 04 July 1966 no other information, no surname