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.

Joplin Cemetery Photos

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