HARMONY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Transcribed by Patti Simmons on 4/22/98.
Updated 11/10/12 by Frank Arnold

Located beside Harmony Primitive Baptist Church which is about 2 1/2 miles east of Idlewild on Idlewild Hollyleaf Road. 
Idlewild is small community between Bradford and Milan, TN.

 

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A little history of Harmony Cemetery


Harmony Primitive Baptist Church was formerly located near the intersection of Old Harmony
Road and Buddy Neill Road just to the northeast of its present site.  The new church-house
was constructed in 1952.  Prior to its being relocated, most burials from the church were
held at Pratt Cemetery. James Lee Arnold of the Harmony Community donated the land for the
new church building and cemetery in the early 1950s.  The first burial here was Youngie
LaFayette/Fate Arnold who was the brother of James Lee.  Their parents, Joel Arnold and
Sarah Paris Arnold are buried at Pratt Cemetery and James's wife Lockie Demarious Maynard
is also buried at Pratt.  However, James decided in later years to be buried at Harmony,
the land where he was born, next to his brother Youngie.

1.  ARNOLD, Minnie Ford            Dec. 18, 1896   Sept. 18, 1977
          J. E. (Eddie)            Oct. 22, 1895   Feb. 7, 1977

2.  ARNOLD, James Lee              Sept. 19 1868   Apr. 19, 1962

3.  ARNOLD, Youngie                         1865            1955
            Belle                           1873            1960

4.  ARNOLD, Harmon Ross            Feb. 5, 1903    Jan. 18, 1979
            Linnie Cleo            Sept. 30, 1907  Oct   2, 1998
           "Daughters: Evelyn
                       Peggy"

5.  SMITH, Roger Dale              Aug. 30, 1953   Nov. 20, 1965

6.  MAYO, Belle McCaslin           Feb. 7, 1900    Oct. 2, 1983
          Lonzo F.                 Feb. 5, 1897    Feb. 23, 1984

7.  SMITH, Vetris Arnold           Aug. 19, 1909   Nov. 6, 1998
           Dwain                   May 13, 1908    Nov. 16, 1992        
8.  BULLINGTON, Winona M.          Jan. 14, 1919   Feb. 16, 1994
                Lonnie Hurchel     Oct. 10, 1917   Nov. 5, 1988
       "Married: Dec. 24, 1937"

9.  MALLARD, Willie Bell           Sept. 1, 1893   June 5, 1977
             David Clayton         Mar. 11, 1887   Apr. 17, 1964
    "Married: May 9, 1909"

10. MALLARD, Mary O.               Feb. 17, 1925   Feb. 28, 1994
             Noble A.              Oct. 18, 1921   Aug, 31, 2012
    "Wed: June 7, 1941"

11. COLE, Dorothy                  Feb. 24, 1912   May 7, 1997
          Elbert                   Apr. 25, 1908   Aug. 13, 1989
    "Married: Jan. 14, 1933"       Children: Nancy and Monelle

12. PENTECOST, Jerry Wayne         Aug. 6, 1938    Aug. 8, 1997

13.  PENTECOST, James S.           Jan. 5, 1914    Jan. 12, 1981
                Elsie L.           July 11, 1915   Mar. 30, 2006

14.  LEYHUE, Velmer                Oct. 19, 1894   May 23, 1964
             Earnest               Jan. 1, 1894    Aug. 4, 1973

15.  BUCHANAN, Dessie B.           Sept. 26, 1898  Dec. 25, 1985
               Henry P.            Feb. 22, 1892   Mar. 7, 1966

16.  BUCHANAN, Ann Hames           Sept. 15, 1941
               Jerry Dale          July 29, 1937   July 26, 1992
     "Children: Amanda, Ricky and Randy"

17.  GARNER, Margarette            Oct. 19, 1926
             Lee                   Nov. 22, 1923   Mar. 17, 1990

18.  LEYHUE, Leroy E.                       1917            1988
     "Pvt U. S. Army - World War II"

19.  MATHENY, Lucille M.           Aug. 19, 1919   June 22, 1999
              Reuben C.            Nov. 22, 1917   Nov. 7, 1975
     Military Foot Marker for Reuben - SSGT U. S. Army - World War II

20.  MCCARTNEY, Lottie W.          Jan. 23, 1898   Jan. 12, 1987  Photo
                C. A. (Babe)       Apr. 13, 1893   Aug. 25, 1975

21.  JAMES, Ollie Nick             Aug. 21, 1891   Mar. 21, 1973
     Bertha M.                     Nov. 28, 1894   Mar. 17, 1987
     "Memory Lane - June 5, 1910"

22.  WILLIAMS, Minnie Lou          June 13, 1904   Mar. 16, 1997
               W. G "Buck"         Jan. 8, 1901    June 21, 1990

     Scott, Elsie Norene           Aug. 23, 1926   April 5, 2012
     Scott, Billie Caldwell        May 25, 1922    Mar. 14, 1999
       Married June 30, 1945; children Donald, Sammy, Michael

     Mallard, Lillie D.            Aug 10, 1924    Mar. 28, 1999
              Lloyd W.             Mar. 17, 1917   Mar. 25, 2001
              married Apr 28, 1945; sons:  Alan & Terry
 23. RUTLEDGE, Roxie T.            Jan. 22, 1925   Oct 20, 2011
               Bernie E.           June 5, 1925    May 18, 1994
     Military Foot Marker for Bernie - TSgt U. S. Army - World War II

     Mallard, Jean Kirk            June 10, 1928   ____________
              Nelson Paige         Sept. 19, 1915  Apr. 7, 1999

24.  HOUSE, Connie Sue Kail        Feb. 20, 1965   July 1, 1985
     Wife

25.  WALKER, Aultie                Nov. 19, 1909   Jan. 14, 2007
             J. T.                 Aug. 5, 1918    Dec. 17, 1997

     Arnold, Elsie Williams        July 6, 1935    _____________
             Howard Leon           Jan. 18, 1918   Nov. 18, 2003
     "Not lost, blest thought, gone on before
      Where we shall meet to part no more."

26.  WALLACE, Latisha M.           Dec. 9, 1913    Oct. 31, 2002          
              Willie W.            Feb. 28, 1913   Dec. 18, 1984

27.  WILLIAMS, Gladys Keys         Mar. 30, 1929   Dec. 31, 1996
               Everett             Sept. 12, 1928  Sept 27, 2011

28.  WILLIAMS, Jewel Bell          Jan. 23, 1909   Jan. 8, 1992
               Fred                Sept. 3, 1906   Oct. 3, 1985

29.  BEHEN, Jacob Leigh "Jake"     Apr. 2, 1978    June 19, 1996

30.  WILLIAMSON, Ila Mae           Aug. 14, 1916  Sept. 24, 2007
                 Willard N.        Apr. 7, 1909    Dec. 1, 1979

31.  AUSTIN, Brenda Fay            July 29, 1940   Jan. 13, 1978

32.  LAW, Jewel E.                 Aug. 8, 1909    Feb. 9, 1983
          R. L.                    Oct. 11, 1907   Mar. 1, 1987

33.  MCMINN, Ludie Elizabeth       Aug. 20, 1923   July 31,2006 
             Carman Allen          July 12, 1916   June 1, 1990

34. ARGO, Vadie                    May 6, 1898     Nov. 21, 1975
          Martin                   July 16, 1897   July 28, 1966
    "Married: Dec. 26, 1915"

35.  DUNLAP, Bobbie Sue            Jan. 26, 1936   May 6, 1992

36.  ARGO, JR., Martin R.                   1926          1977
     Military Stone - SC3 U. S. Navy - World War II

37.  ARGO, Lena                    June 21, 1932
           J. C.                   Feb. 13, 1930   Dec. 21, 1987
     "Married: Mar. 26, 1955"

38.  MALLARD, Evora Argo           Aug. 7, 1921    Mar. 12, 1986
              Elwin C.             Apr. 26, 1910   Aug. 4, 1969
     "Married: Nov. 18, 1935"

39.  MALLARD, Glenda Greene        May 26, 1936
              Donald Ray           Aug. 20, 1936   Mar. 25, 1989
     "Married: Oct. 9, 1954"

40.  ARNOLD, Allie B.              Aug. 14, 1909   Feb. 28, 1990
             Erby L.               Sept. 26, 1899  Mar. 6, 1975

41.  TOLLEY, Janie E.              June 16, 1890   Sept 23, 1981
             Sam L.                Oct. 7, 1888    Feb. 18, 1969

 

42.  SELLERS, Katie L.             Dec. 19, 1926   Sept 29, 2005

 

43.  TOLLEY, Altie Mae             Dec. 27, 1930   Nov. 24, 2000

             Elder S.T.            Sept 20, 1929

 

44.  JONES, Billy Glenn            May 5, 1942     Aug. 15, 2004

            Sheila Smith           Dec 4, 1955

 

45. BULLINGTON, Ronald David "Bull" Nov. 15, 1953  Jan. 10, 2008

 

46. MALLARD, Dorothy Sue "Dot"     Jan. 20, 1925   Oct. 30, 2007

 

47. ALLEN, James Elmo              Dec. 14, 1914   Nov. 18, 1998

           Edith Pearl             Feb. 17, 1917   Feb. 17, 2002

 

48. BERNERO, Elder John            Sept 22, 1931   July 28, 2001

             Betty Ball            July 15, 1932

 

49. COOK, W.A.                     Nov. 16, 1916   Oct. 13, 1999

          Louise                   Aug. 8,  1923   Apr. 7,  2006

 

50. GURLEY, Malinda Moore          Dec. 3, 1941    Oct. 14, 2008

    GURLEY, Robert                 Feb. 17, 1940   Feb. 18, 2010

51. ROMINES, Joseph H. "Johnny"    Sept 16, 1940   Aug. 6,  2004

             Elizabeth Williams    Nov. 13, 1946

 

52. McCARTNEY, James Andrew        Apr. 4, 1921    Dec. 16, 1999

                Evelyn Arnold      Feb. 8, 1926

 

53. ARNOLD, Harold Dean            July 26, 1938  

            Carolyn Web            Apr. 11, 1942

 

54. BRIDGES, Velma Edmonds         Sept 14, 1919   Jan 31, 2011

 

55. CREWS, Harold E.               Mar. 16, 1939

56.  ARNOLD, Gene C.               Aug  31, 1930

             Mattie B.H.G.         Sept 17, 1927

 

57.  MCCORMICK, Charles Glen       Oct 18, 1938

               Nancy Cole          Aug 22, 1934 

 

58.  CAMPBELL, Walter E. (Gene)    Aug 15, 1941    Sept 14, 2009

               Wanda N.            Aug 30, 1942

 

59.  MAYO, Charles Glen            Oct 1, 1937     Sept 22, 2009

           Emma Jane Barrett       Aug 14,1941

 

60.  CHURCHWELL, James Brown       Jun 18, 1964    Aug 11, 2009

 

61.  MALLARD, Hannelore            Oct 21, 1944

              Author Wayne         Jun 9,  1941

 

62.  ARGO, John A.                 Jan 21, 1940

           Mary Jane               Nov 10, 1945

 

63.  PENTECOST, Wayman             Mar 15, 1942    Sept 28, 2012
                                 

 

 

 

 

 

Flat rock located between graves of James Lee and Youngie Arnold with following:

              A TRIBUTE OF LOVE

Upon this soil our grandfathers were born to be
               Arnold brothers
         Youngie Fate and James Lee

 Together they lived as they went on their way
           and together they rest
            until that great day.

 With this land James Lee was the one who gave
  within this land Youngie Fate was the first
                 to be laid.

ARNOLD GENEALOGY

1868  James Lee             1962
1876  Lockie (Mainord)      1939
1865  Youngie Fate          1955
1873  Belle (Carruth)       1960
1825  Joel Arnold           1868
1828  Sarah (Paris)         1900
 ?    James Lee Arnold      1837
1800  Malinda (Gilliland)   1884
1768  James Arnold          1808
1772? Dorcus (Taylor)       1860

 

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