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. *CEMETERY OVERVIEW NORTH WEST

Romance Cemetery
White County,
Arkansas

At one time, Romance was a thriving little trade center with several stores, a cotton gin and other businesses. Today, the old buildings are gone or abandoned. Modern churches are nearby, a Masonic Lodge and a couple of antique stores on Highway 5. Kentucky pioneers settled in this area before the Civil War and the area was called Kentucky Valley. In 1884, a petition for a post office was approved but a name other than Kentucky Valley was required. According to local belief, J.J. Waters, a schoolteacher, was asked by fellow citizens to select a name. He chose Romance, explaining that the surrounding area seemed romantic to him.

Romance Cemetery was first listed in 1969 by the Romance Homemaker's Extension Club. The number of unmarked graves was not listed. The aging list was updated by a team that worked on the project from May through October 2000. Involved were Wilma Saunders of Romance and her daughter Carol Witt of Judsonia and Carol's daughters Amber Witt and Angela Witt. The Witts had worked the year before on a similar project at Evergreen Cemetery in Judsonia. Romance Cemetery is located on Highway 31 about a mile east of the junction with Highway 5. It is beside the Romance Church of Christ and across the highway from the post office which was built in 1989. The old post office /store is now abandoned. The 2000 team reported the cemetery "appears to be well cared for." They found 181 graves marked with small stones painted white or other rocks.

*This list was updated by Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society.

Contributed on 2/16/13 by hawkinsdonna
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Submitted: 2/16/13 • Approved: 2/16/13 • Last Updated: 2/19/13 • R833450-G0-S3

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