Curtis Cemetery

Curtis Cemetery is located on Gum Road just west of Dyno's main office at the curve. Take HH higway to County Rd. 170. Take 170 North to Gum Rd. Take Gum Rd. West through the curve. The cemetery is on the East side of the road. There is an access road into the cemetery. It is well-kept and there are recent burials here. I went out January 6th and 7th of 2001. There was still snow on the ground so I had to go back out on January 16, 2001. I began working in the SouthWest corner where the stones are in no sort of row.

Leroy Vernon JONES
B: Dec. 10, 1919
D: Oct. 28, 2000
Aged: 80y
Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage - mortuary marker
Joplin Globe Oct. 29, 2000 - Death Notice
Leroy Vernon Jones, 80, passed away Saturday, October 28,
2000. He retired from H.E. Williams. Graveside services
will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Curtis Cemetery. Visit-
ation will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ulmer
Funeral Home, Carthage.

Carolyn Sue JONES	Richard Allen JONES
B: Jan. 12, 1945	B: Feb. 22, 1941
D: May 10, 1999	D: not dated
Joplin Globe May 12, 1999
Death Notice
Carolyn Sue Jones, 54,
passed away Monday, May
10, 1999. Services will
be at 10 a.m. Thursday
at Ulmer Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial will be at
Curtis Cemetery. Visitation
will be from 7 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the funeral
home.

To East

Florence O. EWING	Albert "Abe" EWING
B: Sep. 13, 1915	B: Nov. 10, 1910
D: not dated	D: Mar. 11, 1988

To South

Tammy R. Beam HOUSER
B: Jul. 9, 1965
D: Oct. 1, 1991
"Our shining star"
"Wife of Kevin, wed Sep. 30, 1983"

Russel R. ADAMS
B: May14, 1962
D: Aug. 2, 1980
"Our Son"
Joplin Globe Aug 3, 1980
Carthage Man Traffic Victim
Carthage, Mo. - Russel Ralph Adams, 18, Brooklyn
Heights,Carthage route 6, died at 4:50 a.m. Saturday at McCune-Brooks Hospital from injuries he received in a motorcycle accident at 1:45 a.m. Saturday in Carthage.
According to police, Adams was a passenger on a southbound motorcycle driven by Randall Sweet, 19, 827 River St. Sweet suffered apparent serious injuries and was transported to McCune-Brooks. He was later transferred to St. John's Medical Center, Joplin, where he was listed in stable condition Saturday night in the intensive-care unit.
According to reports, Sweet was being pursued by police when he lost control of the motorcycle and struck a drainage ditch on Fairlawn Drive, west of Maple Street. Police said Sweet, who was clocked traveling at a high rate of speed at Central Avenue, was pursued for about 23 blocks.
Adams was born May 14, 1962, at Carthage. He was employed by L.D. Schreiber Cheese Company.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Adams, of the home; a brother, Roger E. Adams, of the home; and two sisters, Mrs. Pamela J. Lawrence, Carterville, and Miss Rebecca M. Adams, of the home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ulmer Funeral Home. The Rev. Mike Graham will officiate. Burial will be in Curtis Cemetery, west of Carthage.

1st Row working North

Andrew D. HAGGARD
1865 - 1938

Blank stone

Luella Bell SEALS
1901 - 1924

Dora E. PHILLIPS
1863 - 1944

Martha A. GLASGO
1852 - 1937

N.M. GLASGO
1831 - 1917

William A. DAVIS	Rhoda O. DAVIS
B: Dec. 31, 1865	B: Oct. 15, 1880
D: Apr. 14, 1914	D: not dated
"Gone on before"	"His Wife"
"Soon we'll meet over there"

Margaret C. DAVIS	Philip R. DAVIS
B: Apr. 21, 1835	B: May 27, 1833
D: Apr. 7, 1914	D: Dec. 31, 1913
"Gone but not forgotten"	"Gone Home"

Geo. T. DAVIS
B: Aug. 21, 1868
D: Nov. 15, 1906
"At Rest"

Beginning of plot

W.A. FLEMMING
B: Apr. 22, 1833
D: Jan. 14, 1892
(Could be June)
Headstone is shaped
Like a log.

Ellen E. FLEMMING
B: Nov. 13, 1840
D: Jul. 6, 1916
Headstone shaped as a log

Mildred FLEMMING
1870 - 1923

George B. FLEMMING
1886 - 1931

End Plot

Fern PHILLIPS
1903 - 1996

John H. PHILLIPS
1905 - 1975

Delmar Lee PHILLIPS
Jan. 14 to 15, 1927

Dorthy May PHILLIPS
Apr. 18, 1924

Byron S. BRANSTETTER
B: Feb. 5, 1885
D: Nov. 15, 1904
"Gone but not forgotten"

2nd row working South

Broken stone

Millie BURNS
Dau of Frank & Mahala Burns
B: Jan. 30, 1886
D: Jun. 15, 1888

Mary A. HANCOCK
"Wife of Isaac"
B: Dec. 7, 1822
D: Jun. 29, 1898
"At Rest"

Isaac HANCOCK
"Father"
B: Apr. 9, 1819
D: Feb. 14, 1912

Beginning of Bean plot

Blank stone

William E. BEAN	Christena BEAN
B: Sep. 24, 1833	B: Nov. 6, 1836
D: Feb. 3, 1883	D: Oct. 8, 1915
Inscription is too weathered	"His Wife"

End plot

John S. TOMLINSON
"Son of A. & S.M. Tomlinson"
B: Jan. 14, 1862
D: Jun. 3, 1873

Thomas A. EVENS
B: Mar. 15, 1855
D: Jun. 9, 1873

3rd row working North

"Father"	"Mother"
Joshua WOODARD	Eleanor WOODARD
B: July 19, 1837	B: Dec. 23, 1838
D: Aug. 18, 1915	D: June 24, 1894

John August Wm. BODE
D: July 1, 1899
Aged: 76y 1m 18d
"Blessed are the dead that are in the Lord"

Sarah Esther BODE
B: Feb. 16, 1865
D: Dec. 6, 1935
Joplin Globe - Dec. 7, 1935
Mrs. Sarah E. Bode of Near Carthage Dies
Carthage, Mo., Dec. 6. - Mrs. Sarah E. Bode, 72 years old, a resident of this vicinity 39 years, died at 11:45 o'clock This morning at her home, five miles west of Carthage on route 4.
She had been in failing health for some time. She was born in February, 1863, at Arma, Pa. She came here from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bode was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Surviving are her husband, William Bode; a daughter, MRs. George Eastman of Springfield; a brother, Charles Hutchinson of Arma, Pa.; a sister, Miss Mamie Hutchinson of Wilkinsburg, Pa. And two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Knell service home. Burial will be in Curtis cemetery. Other plans are incomplete.

William BODE
B: April 13, 1853
D: April 17, 1938
Joplin News Herald - April 19, 1938
Bode Funeral Held.
Carthage, Mo., April 19. - Funeral services for William August Bode, 85 years old, retired Carthage district farmer who ended his life Sunday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. George Eastman, at Springfield, were held this morning at the Knell service home. The Rev. W.G. Clinton of Carthage was in charge of the services. Burial was in Curtis cemetery, five miles southwest of here. Mr. Bode is believed to have shot himself while despondent. He had made his home with Mrs. Eastman two years.

Amos S. FRENCH	Rebecca C. FRENCH
B: May 21, 1825	B: Mar. 10, 1832
D: Nov. 16, 1886	D: Jun. 9, 1925
Inscription is weathered and the stone has been broken off of its large base.

Stacked on the base of the above stone are the following:
Footstones: A.E.F.; ?.R.F.; M.F.B.; blank stone; J.S.T.; R.C.F.;
A.S. FRENCH B: May 21, 1825 continued on next stone:

D: Nov. 18, 1886
"Farewell my wife and children all,
From you a Father Christ doth call
Mourn not for me it is vain,
To call me to your sight again."

Nancy R. FRENCH
"Daughter of A. & R. French"
B: Sep. 7, 1872
D: Jun. 16, 1876

Amret E. FRENCH
"Daughter of J.H. & M.B. French"
B: Sep. 24, 1876
D: Nov. 23, 1879

Martha F. BROOKS
"Wife of Walter G. Brooks"
D: Mar. 26, 1872
Aged: 41y 7m 6d
"She has gone to the land where memory
Enjoys the sweet rapture of sweet repose
She has quitted forever this wilderness dreary
And bid farewell to time and its woes."

Mahala E. BROOKS
"Wife of S. Brooks"
D: Jul. 12, 1883
Aged: 25y

Sarah E. (or L.) SMALL
B: Jun. 12, 1876
D: Nov. 18 1878
Aged: 2y 5m 6d
"Sleep blessed child and take thy rest
God called thee home, he thought it best"

John W. BALLENCER
"Son of T.H. & N.J. Ballencer"
B: Dec. 12, 1868
D: Jul. 3, 1876
"Asleep in Jesus"

Mahala A. BURNS
B: Apr. 29, 1862
D: Sep. 10, 1937
"Gone but not forgotten"

Nadine BURNS
"Dau of Frank & Mahala Burns"
B: Jul. 1, 1900
D: Apr. 21, 1901
"Gone but not forgotten"

Frank BURNS
B: Mar. 29, 1862
D: Aug. 9, 1901
"Gone but not forgotten"

Elizabeth S. HANCOCK
B: Dec. 14, 1827
D: Apr. 2, 1901
"At Rest"

Willie KINCAID
B: Feb. 1, 1876
D: Feb.1878

Clem E. HILENBERG
1925 - 1988
Aged: 62y
Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage
Mortuary Marker

4th row working South

Hobbs plot
Karl Eugene HOBBS
B: May 11, 1917
D: Mar. 14, 1991
"SSML3 US Navy WWII"

Clara Hobbs WILLIAMS
1913 - 1941
Joplin News Herald - May 22, 1941
Carthage, Mo., May 22. - Mrs. Clara A. Williams, 28 years old, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Columbia, Mo. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Hobbs, 1315 Forest avenue, and wife of B.T. Williams, an instructor at Stephens college at Columbia. They were married five years ago at Lamoni, Iz.
Mrs. Hobbshad been with her daughter since Monday, when her illness became critical.
Mrs. Williams was born near Carthage and had lived here all her life until her marriage. A brother, Carl Hobbs, 1127 Forest avenue, also survives. The body will be brought here late this afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Knell service home. Burial will be in Curtis cemetery.

Lena L. HOBBS
1884 - 1952

Theodore T. HOBBS
1881 - 1949

End plot

William R. CAMPBELL	Sarah Ellen CAMPBELL
B: July 14, 1853	B: May 19, 1850
D: not dated	D: Jan. 4, 1928
"From Princeton, MO"	"Gone but not forgotten"

Anna L. HELTON	David L. HELTON
B: July 28, 1869	B: July 21, 1869
D: June 18, 1920	D: May 14, 1944

John William HARRISON
"Son of J.W. & Mary A. Harrison"
B: July 6, 1862
D: Mar. 31, 1893
"I am the resurrection and the life
He that believeth in me
Though he were dead
Yet shall he live
John 11, 25th verse"

Mary A. HARRISON
"Wife of J.W. Harrison"
B: Dec. 27, 1837
D: Dec. 30, 1877
"Thanks be to God who giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
1 Cort. 5ch 57verse

Mattie HARRISON
"Daughter of J.W. & Mary A. Harrison"
B: Dec. 22, 1860
D: June 15, 1880
"It was an angel that visited the
green earth and took the flower away"

T.L.H.
(By a tree stump)

Willie F. HAMMAN
"Son of J.R. & C.A. Hamman"
D: Aug. 27, 1872
Aged: 21y 8m 1d
(Inscription is illegible)

Lulu WAGGONER
"Daughter of J.C. & M.E. Waggoner"
B: Feb. 27, 1884
D: Aug. 1, 1885

Sarah PRIGMORE
"Wife of John Prigmore"
B: July 2, 1817
D: July 18, 1857

Nancy E. PRIGMORE
"Daughter of J. & S. Prigmore"
B: Feb. 21, 1857
D: July 30, 1857

William H. PRIGMORE
B: Dec. 11, 1851
D: Aug. 13, 1857

Bussie COWBUDY
"Daughter of O.V. & I. Cowbudy"
B: Oct. 4, 1885
D: ??? 30, 1886

Gertrude LOGSDON
"Daughter of S. & E.E. Logsdon"
B: June 7, 1880
D: Dec. 19, 1881
(Inscription is illegible)

Shafer LOGSDON
B: Apr. 21, 1859
D: Feb. 6, 1927

Harvey DALLAS	Elva J. DALLAS
Nov. 13, 1892

(Only date on stone)

Walter LAYTON
"Son of H.L. & M.T. Layton"
B: Sep. 9, 1885
D: July 27,. 1896
"Gone but not forgotten"

5th row working North

Maggie SCHALLER
"Wife of John Shaller"
D: July 13, 1892
Aged: 22y 3m 8d
(Inscription is illegible)

William Ellsworth BROWN, Jr.
1918 - 1918

Martha Grace Burris BROWN
Oct. 1, 1915
"A bud here
A bloom in heaven"

Abraham GEABHARD
B: Mar. 23, 1826
D: Nov. 29, 1880

Ella A. GEABHARD
B: Aug. 10, 1858
D: Feb. 28, 1880
Has footstone: E.A.G.

Cora L. BUNCH
"Daughter of M. & S. Bunch"
D: Jun. 6, 1878
Aged: 4y

Marshall BUNCH
D: Nov. 11, 1875
Aged: 15y
(Located East of Cora's)

Herbert M. HELTON
MO PVT Engineers WWII
B: Sept. 7, 1906
D: Feb. 9, 1969

Here I split the Eastern half of the cemetery into two parts. I worked on the South side first.

6th row working South

Wm. K. SHAW	Carolyn SHAW
1872 - 1928	1914 - 1916

Allen plot

W.H. ALLEN
1870 - 1944
Joplin News Herald 27 Nov. 1944
The body of William Henry Allen, 74 years old, of Duenweg, a veteran employe at the Atlas powder plant, was found by searchers at 11:30 o'clock Sunday morning in a shallow mine pond about half a mile northeast of Duenweg, following a search that begun late Saturday afternoon when he disappeared.
Investigators said the elderly man had drowned. They believe he had wandered away from his home, waded waist-deep into the pond and fell from exhaustion and exposure. He had been in ill health recently and also was worried about his wife, who is ill in a nursing home in Carthage.
Inquest Tonight.
An inquest into the death was ordered for 8 o'clock tonight at the Knell mortuary in Carthage, where the body was taken upon being removed from the pond.
Allen and his wife lived in Duenweg many years. A son, Paul Allen of Atlas, had been staying nights with him recently. He disappeared about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Neighbors saw him walking north and Mrs. Bertha Gillam, living half a mile east and half a mile north of Duemweg, saw him walking through abandoned mine dumps in that area about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
When he failed to return home Saturday night a search was begun. The son and neighbors searched during the night. Lew Bowman and Bob Groff of Duenweg found the body Sunday morning after they saw Allen's cane floating on the surface. The pond is only about three feet deep.
Employed 29 years.
Allen had been employed at the Atlas powder plant 29 years. At the time he disappeared he was carrying a watch given him by the company for 25 years of service and it had stopped at approximately 5:45 o'clock, leading those who found his body to believe he had been in the water since that time Saturday afternoon. He was a member of the Sterling chapel Methodist church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Oma Allen; three sons, Paul R. Allen of Carthage route 4, L.C. Allen of Beaumont, Tex., and S.D. Allen of Giant, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Emma Lewis of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Charles Robinson of Detroit; a brother, E.C. Allen of Boicourt, Kan.; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
28 Nov. 1944
Allen Drowning Held Accidental
Carthage, Mo., Nov. 28. - Death of William Henry Allen, 74 years old, of Duenweg, whose body was found in a shallow mill pond mortheast of Duenweg Sunday morning, was caused by accidental drowning, it was found last night by a coroner's jury at an inquest conducted by Coroner Dawson W. Derfelt at the Knell mortuary. The inquest was the first to be conducted by Dr. Derfelt since he assumed his duties as coroner following the election November 7.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Duenweg Christian church, with the Rev. John F. Morgan of Joplin in charge. Burial will be in Curtis cemetery, near Duenweg.

"Mother"
Florence E. ALLEN
1865 - 1930
Joplin Globe 2 Jan 1932 Allen Funeral Today.
Carthage, Mo., Jan. 1. - Funeral services for Mrs. Florence E. Allen, a resident of Carthage and vicinity many years, who died Wednesday at her home at Atlas, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Knell Service Home, with the Rev. John Morgan of Joplin in charge. Honorary pallbearers will be Mrs. Oscar Warman, Mrs. Laura Jasper, Mrs. Hugh McLain, Mrs. William Hessinger, Mrs. Ira Marchbanks and Mrs. William Jones. Active pallbearers will be Mrs. Lyle Foster, Mrs. Dick Rivers, Mrs. Walter Spence, Mrs. Ted Hornback, Mrs. Frank Malone and Mrs. Floyd Hunter. Burial will be in Curtiss cemetery.

"Son"
Ralph L. ALLEN
1898 - 1915

End plot

Freddie DAUMAN
"Son of J.W. & C. Dauman"
B: Aug. 5, 1885
D: Aug. 3, 1891
(Inscription is illegible)

7th row working North

Willie May SHACKELFORD	Robert Franklin SHACKELFORD
1871 - 1946	1865 - 1936

Ottie CHAMNESS
(This is all that is on stone)

Lawson plot

Lucy LAWSON
1830 - 1912

Katie GILMER
1855 - 1929

End plot

"Mother"
Elizabeath BULL
1837 - 1899
"At Rest"

8th row at the farthest East point of the cemetery; no other stones appear to be near.

John Alan BILODEAU	Bessie Ellen BILODEAU
B: Sept. 26, 1940	B: Oct. 4, 1944
D: Sept. 10, 1995	D: not dated
Married: Oct. 10, 1963
John's footstone:
John Alan Bilodeau
SP4 US Army
Sep. 26, 1940
Sep. 10, 1995
(Military stone)

NorthEast corner

1st row

Arthur McVEY	Macey M. McVEY
1891 - 1965	1894 - 1962

2nd row working South

William T. ORR	Matilda A. ORR
1859 - 1913	1865 - 1947

William Franklin ORR	Mary Catherine ORR
B: Nov. 6, 1889	B: July 28, 1895
D: Feb. 28, 1942	D: Jan. 30, 1979
Has footstone:
Wm. F. Orr
B: Nov. 6, 1889
D: Feb. 28, 1942
"In God We Trust"

3rd row working North

H.E. ORR
B: Sept. 24, 1904
D: Oct. 19, 1942
"At Rest"

Loyd Wesley McVEY
1919 - 1919

"Baby"
Barbara C. ORR
Nov. 3, 1934

4th row working South

C. Alma ORR	Lena K. ORR
1897 - 1948	1900 - 19XX

In the far NorthEast corner working South

Gerald E. PARKER
B: Feb. 7, 1928
D: Mar. 21, 1978
"We love you, your family"

Danny Le Roy PARKER
B: Jan. 10, 1965
D: Feb. 1, 1984
"We love you, your bros. & sis"
Has footstone: Danny L. Parker
Jan. 10, 1965 - Feb. 1, 1984



Information in italics is from Colleen Belk's Cemetery Inscriptions of Jasper Co. Vol 2 pg. 83 - 85.


         




Updated: Friday, December 06, 2002