Cherry Hill Cemetery

05/05/2026

Decoration Day at Cherry Hill Cemetery was Sunday, May 3. Our cemetery is beautiful. If you haven't seen it lately, our cemetery certainly ranks on top as one of the best in our area.

We do need more donations for mowing and upkeep. If you would like to show honor and respect for your loved ones, here are some ways:
1) A $1000 donation puts name on Scroll of Honor in front of the Visitor Center.
2) The Memory Tree in the Visitor's Center highlights names of those remembered. These are added for $25 dontion.
3) ANY donation can be made at any time. (tax deductible!)

Please send checks to Freddie Easley, Treasurer, Cherry Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 1111, Mena, AR 71953

04/28/2026

Thank you to ALL the folks who came to help clean the Cherry Hill Cemetery last Saturday. A new post was installed for the fence, monuments cleaned, trees and shrubs trimmed, Visitor Center cleaned, and litter removed! Keep Arkansas Beautiful provided free t-shirts for the event.

Come see how beautiful our cemetery is on Decoration Day, Sunday, May 3. Donations for mowing and upkeep can be sent to Freddie Easley, Cherry Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 1111, Mena, AR 71953.

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04/19/2026

Just a reminder that clean up day is Saturday April 25th. If you plan to come out and help bring a sprayer, ant poison and extra water as we no longer have water or electricity at the cemetery due to cost savings. There are a lot of headstone that need cleaning. If you would like us to clean your family headstone please send a $25 donation as well as the name on the stones. For more information call Vickie Robbins at 479-234-3077.

04/16/2026

Another lasting way to help honor and recognize our loved ones and support Cherry Hill Cemetery is to donate $1000 or more and have your loved ones name(s) added to our Scroll of Honor. This special monument is located near the entrance of the cemetery in front of the Visitor's Center.

This donation can be sent to our treasurer, Freddie Easley, Cherry Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 1111, Mena, AR 71953 with the exact name (check spelling) to be added. Donations are greatly needed and appreciated.

04/12/2026

Do Cemeteries Matter?
(COPIED from Facebook: The Forgotten South) I liked it and wanted to share.

There's an old belief that a friend shared with me that each of us dies three times.

The first is when our body leaves the world.

The second is when the last person who knew us passes away.

And the third is when our name is spoken for the final time.

I think about that whenever I walk through an old cemetery. Row after row of names. Some still legible and visited often, some carefully tended, and others nearly lost to weather and time.

When I pass stones whose names are no longer legible, I think about the people behind them, lives that once mattered deeply to someone, now harder to trace.

One of the reasons I began doing cemetery preservation work was to gently clean stones so they could be documented and recorded. I've also learned how important it is to do that work carefully, so nothing is damaged so that future generations may still be able to read them.

Do you think cemetery preservation matters?

Cherry Hill Cemetery is offering monument cleaning for $25 (or more) donation using safe D2 cleaner. If you are interested, please send a donation and note telling us which stones you'd like cleaned. Freddy Easley, Treasurer, Cherry Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 1111, Mena AR 71953

04/12/2026

Many tombstones are showing signs of mold and mildew and "rusting." If you would like your loved ones monument cleaned, we will be cleaning them on Clean Up Day (April 25) or shortly after for a $25 donation. Please send information and check to Freddie Easley, Cherry Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 1111, Mena, AR 71953 and specify which stone you would like cleaned.

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04/12/2026

Decoration Day will be Sunday, May 3.

Clean up day will be the Saturday before, April 25, starting at 9:00 a.m. following a short business meeting. All old flowers will be removed. Everyone is encouraged to come help.

We will also be teaching those who would like to learn how to clean monuments safely using D2 cleaner.

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04/12/2026

Just a reminder to those who have loved ones buried at Cherry Hill Cemetery, mowing season is upon us. All donations of any amount are greatly appreciated. Donations can be mailed to our Treasurer: Freddie Easley, Cherry Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 1111, Mena, AR 71953.

Please share and forward this to anyone you think might be interested in Cherry Hill Cemetery or may have loved ones buried in our beautiful resting place.

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09/09/2025

Samyual Casten Obituary
Obituary published on Legacy.com by Beasley-Wood/Geyer-Quillin Funeral Home - Mena on Sep. 4, 2025.
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Samyual Ethin Brant Casten, age 15, passed away Monday, September 1, 2025, at his home in Mena, Arkansas. He was born on December 15, 2009, in Mena, Arkansas, to mother, Ashley Dianne Casten.

Samyual was a light in the life of everyone he knew. He enjoyed the outdoors but could most often be found skateboarding. His favorite activity was watching movies with his girlfriend, Leah, until the very early hours of the night and then sleeping in late the next day. Ever ambitious, Samyual had recently started up his own detailing business. Samyual was loved beyond measure, he will be remembered for his kindness and mischievousness.

Samyual is preceded in death by his grandparents, Cleo Clark, Clara Clark, and Lane Young. He is survived by his mother, Ashley Dianne Casten; his "Momma and Pops", Brittney and Brent Rexrode; his brothers, Braylon Powell, Remmington Higgins, Alex Casten, Brayden Rexrode, and Brett Rexrode; his sisters, Heaven Casten, Madelyne Powell, Sarah Cannon, and Bella Allen ; his grandparents, Elizabeth Casten and Julia Willis; his beloved girlfriend, Leah Rexrode; as well as by a host of other family and friends too numerous to mention.

Services for Samyual Ethin Brant Casten will be held Monday, September 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at Beasley-Wood Chapel in Mena, Arkansas. Brother Danny Mitten will be officiating under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Interment will be held at the Cherry Hill Cemetery in Cherry Hill, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be Aiden Rogers, Issac Griffin, Brayden Rexrode, Alex Casten, Blake Moore, and Duncan Dill. Honorary Pallbearers will be Braylon Powell, Remmington Higgins, and Brett Rexrode.

09/09/2025

Arvin Egger Obituary
Obituary published on Legacy.com by Beasley-Wood/Geyer-Quillin Funeral Home - Mena on Aug. 29, 2025.
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Arvin Duaine Egger entered the presence of his Lord Wednesday, August 27, 2025. He was born November 22, 1937, in Cherry Hill, being almost 88 years old. A model of steadfastness, he was "the same" throughout his life & in all circumstances, whether he'd just sold a home or had a very expensive bulldozer breakdown.

He eloped with his forever love, Sue (Deramus) Egger November 12, 1959, & would have celebrated 66 years of a beautiful marriage in two months. He was not a physically large man, nor did he have a bold personality, but he had a big impact in his community. He had a quiet confidence, was a loyal friend, & was respected by all who knew him, having proven himself trustworthy over a lifetime. He was a backbone member of Cherry Hill Gospel Church for his entire adult life, a strong voice in the choir's bass section, led songs for years, & showed up for every workday.

He was driving a truck before he was old enough for a license, then quit school at 14 to begin working at a sawmill in a little community in California. He was known as a hard worker & provider for the next 60 years, whether working in the log woods, driving trucks, operating dozers, & building homes all over Mena. He had a cattle farm & did his own hay until his early 80's.

He enjoyed driving & working on cars & other equipment all his life, recalling his first adventure behind the wheel. When at about 3, he was playing in his dad's car & knocked it out of gear. It sat on a hill so it could get started, and he had a little excitement with his mom chasing after him before a tree at the bottom ended that fun.Not much later, he took his dad's old jeep for a spin in the snow & ended up in the ditch. When Mena opened a circle dirt track for racing stock cars, he drove cars that he & a couple of good friends enjoyed building.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ronald & Hazel (Cline) Egger, paternal grandparents Amos & Grace (Simpson) Egger, maternal grandparents Scott & Bessie Cline, brother Ronald Egger, Jr., premature granddaughter, Kearsten Egger, premature twin great-grandchildren, brother-in-law Marlen Ronten, sister-in-law Joyce Deramus Alexander and husband, Paul Alexander.

He is survived by his wife, Sue, daughter, Duana Hawkins, son Scott Egger, grandson Brandon Harris (Becky), granddaughter Hope Egger, great-grandson Mark Harris, sisters Virginia Ronten of California, Ann Carter (Junior), & Ronell Oglesby (Larry), along with numerous nieces, nephews, & friends.

Services for Mr. Arvin Duaine Egger will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Cherry Hill Gospel Church in Cherry Hill, Arkansas. Pastor John Stubbs will be officiating under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Cherry Hill Cemetery in Cherry Hill, Arkansas.