Steadfast in Care

   A progression of people have maintained and managed the New Hope Cemetery, located one-half mile south of Phlox in Union Township.  The New Hope Monthly Meeting (Friends Church) established the cemetery in 1885.  The land was donated by James A. Ellis.  The first woman to be buried in the cemetery was Miriam Overman and the first man was Joel Adams.  The cemetery is sometimes referred to as Ellis Cemetery (after the donor) or Phlox Cemetery. 
   The cemetery association was incorporated in 1919 with the new directors being Carl Tennell, James Sanders, Oscar M. Fox, Job Russell, Robert Stack, Ollen Moorman, and Rollo Shockney.  As time as passed the board membership has changed.  Currently it is Jim Smith, Jim McCauley, Lamoine Clouser, Leonard Smith, Francis Hannah, Tim Singleton and Dave Buck. 
   Jim Smith was a close friend of Elden Kepler, sexton of the cemetery.  Jim helped Elden open graves with
a shovel.  Jim has been president of the cemetery association for 47 years. 
   The cemetery finances are in good shape but there are expenses each year, primarily for grounds upkeep.  The association has been able to fund that from interest on savings until recently, when interest rates dropped to nil.  Perhaps there are existing members of the families buried in the cemetery who would feel moved to make a donation in their honor.  Those surnames are
ABBOTT, ADAMS, ADDISON, ANDERSON, ARMSTRONG, AYERS, BAKER, BANNON, BARRETT, BEASLEY, BENEFIEL, BERGAN,
BERRY, BESS, BONE, BOYLES,
BRADY, BRAGG, BREWER, BRITTENMAN, BROOKS, BURGAN, BURNS, BUTLER, CARTER, CASTRO, CLEM, CLOUSER, COE, COLE, COLLINS, COLYAR, CONWAY, COUCH, COX, CREED, CRITES, CROUSORE, CRULL, DARY, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DECKARD, DERRY, DEWITT, DURHAM, EADOR, ELLIS, ENGLAND, ENNIS, ERDMAN, ERWIN, EVANS, FEAR, FELLOW, FIPPS, FOX, FRANCIS, GAIN, GIFFORD, GILLASPY, GIPSON, GLASS, GODSEY, GORDON, GREGG, GROTH, GUNNEL, HAINES, HALL, HANNAH, HARLESS, HATTON, HERSHMAN, HICKS, HICKMAN, HINDS, HINKLE, HOBBS, HODSON, HOGUE, HOLLINGSWORTH, HOLT, HORNER, HOWARD, HUGHES, HURST, HURCHESON, INGRAM, IRWIN, JACKSON, JARVIS, JOHNS, JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, JULIUS, KAUFMAN, KELLEY, KEPLER, KIMMEL, KNOTTS, KRAPF, KYLER, LADEN, LAMB, LAMBERSON, LANDRUM, LARROWE, LAYDEN, LEE, LONG, LYNAS, MAIN, MARTIN, McCANNISH, McCOY, McCRACKEN, McCREARY, McGRAW, McINTOSH, MENDHALL, MIDDLETON, MILLER, MILLS, MITCHELL, MOORE, MOORMAN, MORRIS, MURPHEY, NASH, NEELEY, NEVITT, NEWTON, NICCUM, NORMAN, OFFUTT, OGLE, OTTEN, OVERMAN, OWENS, PATTERSON, PERKINS, PETE, PHILLIPS, PICKERING, RAMEY, RASH, RAY, REED, REXFORD, REYNOLDS, RITTENHOUSE, ROE, ROGERS, ROMANGER, ROMINGER, ROSIER, RUDE, RUSH, RUSSELL, SALLEE, SALTEE, SANDERS, SAVAGE, SCHEFFER, SCOTT, SHARP, SHAWHAN, SHEA, SHOCKNEY, SHOWEN, SHRADER, SMITH, SOKOL, SOSBE, SPENCER, SPRONG, STACK, STAINBROOK, STEWART, STRASSER, STREET, SUMMERS, SYMONS, TEETS, TENNELL, THOMAS, THOMSON, TROUT, TURPIN, UMBARGER, WALSH, WARRICK, WEBB, WESTERVELT, WILLIS, WINES, WOODMANSEE, WORDEN, WORKMAN, WUNDER, WYCKOFF 
   To make a donation, send a check payable to New Hope Cemetery Association and mail to Jim Smith, 780S 850E, Greentown, IN 46936.