Writers and poets buried in Arkansas
Wikidata records 24 writers as buried in 14 of the cemeteries we list in Arkansas. Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock holds the most, with 5. Arkansas has the 35th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Writers and poets buried in Arkansas
- Parley P. Pratt1807-1857Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWynn Graveyard, Alma, AR
- Mary Ann Webster Loughborough1837-1887American writerMount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- Henry Niles Pierce1820-1899Diocesan bishop of Arkansas in the Episcopal ChurchOakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, AR
- Joseph Henry Lamprey1829-1910Anglo-Irish librarian and writerNorwood Cemetery, Siloam Springs, AR
- Mary A. Cornelius1829-1919American author and temperance reformerOakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, AR
- Morris M. Cohn1852-1922Indiana writer 1852-1922Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, AR
- Thomas P. Morgan1864-1928American writerRogers Cemetery, Rogers, AR
- Josie Frazee Cappleman1861-1936American poetMount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- Charles J. Finger1869-1941British-American writer and musicianFarmington Cemetery, Farmington, AR
- Arthur McCracken Harding1884-1947American mathematician and astronomer (1884-1947); Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1916Fairview Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, AR
- Thomas Elmore Lucey1874-1947American actorBerryville Memorial Cemetery, Berryville, AR
- John Gould Fletcher1886-1950American writerMount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- Bernie Babcock1868-1962American authorOakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, AR
- Henry McMillan Alexander1905-1969AcademicFairview Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, AR
- Adolphine Fletcher Terry1882-1976American activistMount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- Charlie May Hogue Simon1897-1977Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- Vance Randolph1892-1980American writerFayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, AR
- Daisy Bates1914-1999American civil rights activistHaven of Rest Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- E. Lynn Harris1955-2009African American novelist, memoiristHaven of Rest Cemetery, Little Rock, AR
- David Brown1916-2010American film and theatre producer, and writerSisco Cemetery, Green Forest, AR
- Helen Gurley Brown1922-2012American author, publisher, and businesswomanSisco Cemetery, Green Forest, AR
- Ivan Denton1927-2013American artistWest Fork Cemetery, West Fork, AR
- Liza Ashley1917-2020American chef and authorArkansas State Veterans Cemetery, Sherwood, AR
- Kurt Saxon1932-2021American writerMcDaniel Cemetery, Lowell, AR
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1910s2
- 1920s2
- 1930s1
- 1940s3
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
- 1990s1
- 2000s1
- 2010s3
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 24 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Mount Holly Cemetery · Little Rock, AR5
- Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park · Little Rock, AR4
- Haven of Rest Cemetery · Little Rock, AR2
- Fairview Memorial Cemetery · Fayetteville, AR2
- Sisco Cemetery · Green Forest, AR2
- Fayetteville National Cemetery · Fayetteville, AR1
- Farmington Cemetery · Farmington, AR1
- Rogers Cemetery · Rogers, AR1
- West Fork Cemetery · West Fork, AR1
- Wynn Graveyard · Alma, AR1
- Norwood Cemetery · Siloam Springs, AR1
- McDaniel Cemetery · Lowell, AR1
- Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery · Sherwood, AR1
- Berryville Memorial Cemetery · Berryville, AR1
Other notable burials in Arkansas
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.