I have lived in the Phillipsburg, Missouri area for my entire life (excepting the college years). I am of the 5th generation of my family to live in this area of the Ozarks, and my children are the 6th generation. Many members of my family are buried in the Lonesome Hill Cemetery, and I have been visiting the cemetery ever since I can remember.
When I joined the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2020, one of the first activities I participated in was Wreaths Across America. When I organized the new Agnes Hill Chapter, NSDAR in Phillipsburg in 2021, one of the first things we did was add Lonesome Hill Cemetery as a new location for Wreaths Across America.
I decided that, since it is such a small cemetery, I would personally undertake to identify and locate every veteran buried in the cemetery. The process took several months, lots of walking the grounds, contact with the cemetery board, and researching obituaries. At the end of this work, a total of 87 veterans were identified, whose service covers the Civil War though the 1980s and represents the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force.
I have made a virtual cemetery on FindAGrave for each of these veterans, and I have also created a map on Google that represents the burial location of each of these service members.
I am humbled to say that in our first year with Wreaths Across America, we were able to place a wreath on every veteran grave at the cemetery. We also went out on Veterans Day and placed a flag at each veteran’s grave. We intend to continue to do this every year, as well as place wreaths for Wreaths Across America.
Click to view: Map of all veterans interred at Lonesome Hill Cemetery
Click to view: Virtual Cemetery of all veterans interred at Lonesome Hill Cemetery
Dedicated To The Brave Men And Women Who Have Served This Great Nation
Forrest Allen 11 Oct 1913 – 1 Aug 1987
Norman Oliver Angst 3 May 1928 – 21 Jul 1994
Oliver Nathan “Dub” Angst Jr. 11 Jun 1945 – 22 Nov 2020
Albert Barnett 10 Jun 1896 – 17 Feb 1979
Elmer C Barnett Jr. 30 May 1922 – 5 Jun 1949
Fay Barnhart 16 Nov 1905 – 22 Dec 1992
Alfred C Benton 13 Jun 1849 – 6 May 1924
John Aaron Benton 4 Jun 1839 – Jun 1921
William Asa Benton 1834 – 5 Jul 1861
Lavern Franklin Biggs 4 Mar 1928 – 9 Apr 1955
Claude Blackburn 11 May 1912 – 29 Aug 1979
Martin Kenneth Cheek 7 Sep 1915 – 21 Dec 1997
Don N. Cole 27 Sep 1920 – 7 May 2007
Ralph Edwin “Jack” Day 1 Mar 1920 – 2 May 1981
Robert Edwin Day 11 Nov 1949 – 29 Jun 1984
Charles D. Devlin 1834 – 13 Nov 1863
Jimmy E Finley 2 Jun 1934 – 3 May 1987
Lawrence Edwin Finley 2 May 1957 – 17 Nov 2005
Warren E Finley 14 Sep 1913 – 23 Jul 1989
James Donald Frank 22 Aug 1947 – 11 Mar 2005
Clyde Lee Gilbert 25 Jul 1932 – 27 Jan 2003
LaVern Peter Gisselbeck 18 Mar 1929 – 25 Oct 2017
Donald Keith Goodnight 4 Sep 1921 – 2 Aug 1976
Fred Guthrie 7 Sep 1896 – 15 Mar 1983
Clarence Monroe Hammers 1900 – Aug 1978
Floyd M Haney 14 Feb 1907 – 11 Feb 1969
Gerald Dean Harnish 8 Feb 1946 – Jul 1971
Cecil R Hash 2 Apr 1914 – 6 Jul 1985
Elisha Paul Hash 21 Nov 1911 – 14 Jan 1979
Wilburn H. Hash 4 Feb 1843 – 21 Jan 1916
Glenn F. Haueter 13 May 1931 – 28 Feb 2018
William Lenore Hawkins 29 Nov 1886 – 26 Jan 1966
Larry D Hayes 15 Jul 1949 – 21 Dec 2003
John B Hefton 11 Jun 1844 – 21 Mar 1883
Robert Winfred Heinmiller 13 Nov 1962 – 1 Mar 2018
William George “Bill” Henry 30 Aug 1921 – 27 Jun 1996
Jacob Melvin Honey 10 Sep 1918 – 15 Dec 2002
Esther Dwight Hopkins 15 Jan 1918 – 22 Apr 1961
Jim L. Hopkins 21 Jul 1941 – 13 Mar 1991
Solomon Hopkins 7 Sep 1843 – 3 Jan 1936
Warren P. Hopkins 25 Dec 1919 – 4 Feb 1973
Alexander C Hyde 20 Jun 1927 – 30 Dec 1990
Wilbur M Jarman 8 May 1926 – 22 Sep 2004
Randy L Johnson 11 Dec 1956 – 27 Apr 2012
Samuel D. Kerns 25 Sep 1939 – 13 Nov 1995
Lyle Clayton King 11 Nov 1923 – 30 Nov 2000
Lawrence Edward Lindley 23 Nov 1927 – 29 Aug 1996
George Elza Llewellyn 8 Dec 1939 – 23 Dec 2010
Delbert Hershel “Deb” Long 11 Aug 1935 – 19 Jun 2020
Fredrick Herman “Mutt” Long 14 Nov 1893 – 7 Nov 1963
Joseph Edward “Ed” Long 19 Jul 1888 – 21 Sep 1961
William Clifton “Bill” Long 31 Oct 1915 – 3 Aug 1999
James William Lynch 5 May 1932 – 5 May 2014
Caleb Patton Houston “Cape” Moore 8 Aug 1839 – 18 Nov 1929
Irvin Dale Moore 1 Jul 1921 – 8 Aug 1995
Lester Moore 3 Nov 1917 – 1 Oct 1984
Leslie Bennett Mulligan 21 Sep 1919 – 15 Sep 1994
Calvin Ray Neasby Sr. 7 Dec 1923 – 21 Nov 1993
Clifford Don Neasby 26 Mar 1930 – 20 Apr 1995
John Edward Parise 20 Sep 1938 – 6 Jan 1994
Donald Lee Patton 6 Jul 1928 – 23 Mar 2001
Elmer L Patton 7 Jan 1907 – 28 Aug 1985
Lloyd Dean Patton 23 Nov 1919 – 24 Apr 1985
Norman LaVar Price 19 Oct 1931 – 22 Jun 2018
Elvis Prince Jr. 26 Jul 1933 – 12 Feb 1993
Artlie Ellsworth Ragland Jan 1891 – 28 Jul 1953
Bert Richard 9 Jun 1892 – 1 May 1977
Chiles Forrest Richard 30 Oct 1930 – 24 Jul 1997
Jack S Richard 15 Jul 1926 – 17 May 1997
Edward P Robertson 1913 – 1983
Donald Edward Robinson 27 Jul 1927 – 23 Aug 2015
Lee Monroe Robinson 17 Aug 1896 – 15 Apr 1969
Scott Edward Robinson 9 Oct 1963 – 25 Oct 1982
Donald E Sexton 19 Jun 1933 – 24 Sep 2014
John Henry B Spradling 16 Feb 1923 – 9 Oct 1971
Freman Leo Stover 10 Oct 1930 – 23 Sep 2020
Harry Ross Sturdavant 17 Oct 1886 – 2 Dec 1937
John L Sturdavant 27 Oct 1843 – 29 Oct 1918
Rex Sturdavant 28 Feb 1889 – 1 Mar 1958
Charles B Thoms 20 Jun 1920 – 6 May 1973
Rex Boyd Turner 30 Apr 1929 – 20 Aug 2018
Thomas Hart Benton Turner 7 Aug 1962 – 26 Feb 2009
Leonard G Watson 4 Mar 1914 – 22 Jan 1995
John L Waugh Nov 1870 – Mar 1918
William Henry Weaver 9 Feb 1931 – 23 Jan 1998
Roy Clifford Wilson 24 Oct 1917 – 27 Apr 2005
Richard Cecil Young 25 Jan 1944 – 27 Sep 1992
