The markers in the Pontiac Cemetery bear these inscriptions:
Pontiac Missouri Cemetery. Listing of 309 identified graves and 23 unidentified graves. Listing of 309 identified graves and 23 unidentified graves compiled April 1, 1981 by by Helen Zenda, listing in the White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 9, Fall 1981:
Barnard, Clara Feb. 11, 1903 - Feb. 19, 1971
Barner, Elza Mar. 25, 1923 - Oct. 16, 1923
Barner, Harry R. Oct. 6, 1898 - Jan. 16, 1979
(only undertaker’s temporary marker on this grave)
Barner, Ida Jan. 12, 1903 - April 1, 1959
Barner, Landon C. Dec. 31, 1856 - May 5, 1935
Barner, Samuel C. May 23, 1894 - Aug. 19, 1980
Barner, Sarah Aug. 15, 1858 - Feb. 25, 1922
Bennett, Anna Marie (infant) Nov. 27, 1944
Berry, H.H. Oct. 1849 - Jan. 3, 1928
Bingold, Dora 1896-1968
Bowers, LeRoy Feb. 17, 1913 - Aug. 17, 1974
Breedlove, Nettie (wife of F.W.) Jan. 24, 1873 - Aug. 14, 1904
Chambers, Mattie Taylor Turnbo Feb. 11, 1875 - Mar. 25, 1956
Coffey, Bert June 22, 1891 - Jan. 12, 1974
Coffey, Ollie Nov. 23, 1892 - Jan. 6, 1977
Collins, Alice Dec. 19, 1875 - Sept. 14, 1949
Collins, Clyde Oct. 21, 1906 - May 11, 1978
Collins, Ethel Feb. 15, 1909 - May 24, 1966
Collins, Johney Feb. 1919 - Sept. 28, 1920
Collins, Mary Nov. 9,1877 - Aug. 1, 1902
Collins, Sarra June 11, 1871 - Dec. 9, 1955
Collins, Steve Aug. 18, 1673 - Apr. 1, 1937
Collins, W.D. Apr. 6,1876 - Feb. 19, 1951
Cosby, Josie VanMeter 1877 - 1914
Crabtree, Delie E. Mar. 25, 1889 - July 11, 1962
Crabtree, James P. Mar. 18, 1886 - Mar. 7, 1967
Crabtree, Malinda J. May 18, 1866 - May 26, 1962
Crabtree, Mariah Apr. 2, 1855 - Mar. 11, 1931
Crueling, Lizzie 1867 - 1934
Crueling, Will M. 1869 - 1955
Cummins 1891 - 1903
Denton, Jasper Oklahoma Wagoner Sup. Co. 141 Fld. Arty. WWI Nov. 7, 1894 - Apr. 16, 1965
Douglas, Shirley J. Apr. 30, 1941 - Sept. 12, 1977
Ellison, E.E. Mar. 5, 1915 - May 1967
Ellison, Imogene Mar. 8, 1931 - Oct. 2, 1931 (infant)
Ellison, Joe born and died Aug. 5, 1929
Ellison, Laverne Jan. 3, 1924 - Jan. 12, 1924 (infant)
Ellison, Malinda May 10, 1840 - Aug. 8, 1920
Ellison, Myrtle 1899 - 1979
Ellison, Orville Dec. 1, 1898 - Aug. 7, 1955
Ellison, Priscilla July 29, 1878 - July 11, 1944
Ellison, R.T. Aug. 6,1873 - June 1, 1929
Ellison, Roy Dec. 23, 1900 - Apr. 23, 1973
Ellison, Vernon May 20, 1905 - Oct. 19, 1918
Ellison, Wilma Christine Aug. 11, 1930 - June 8, 1936
Ford, infant daughter of J.C. and D.A. Ford - Feb. 6, 1926-Feb. 11, 1926
Ford, James Newton Mar. 19. 1882 - Sept. 3, 1934
Ford, infant son of J.N. and M. Ford - Aug. 24, 1905 - Sept. 2, 1905
Ford, James U. Nov. 27, 1851 - Oct. 23, 1929
Ford, Mamie Sept. 29, 1900 - June 24, 1972
Ford, Maud 1885 - 1978
Ford, Sarah J. May 19, 1855 - Dec. 29, 1940
Ford, Zelma Mae July 20, 1920 - Oct. 18, 1922
Foster, Mary L. Oct. 30, 1865 - May 1, 1907
Funk, Mayme May 31, 1928 - Oct. 20, 1978
Gregory, James (Bill) Aug. 8, 1908 - Oct. 25, 1979
Griffin, Albert Feb. 17, 1877 - Oct. 5, 1979
Griffin, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Oct. 20, 1950
Griffin, Ben F. Sept. 16, 1913 - Mar. 16, 1968
Hackler, Donnie Oct. 25, 1916 - Feb. 15, 1939
Herd, Arlin June 23, 1922 - June 25, 1922 (infant)
Herd, Clara Nov. 5, 1890- Nov. 10, 1890 (infant moved from Turnbo Cemetary)
Herd, Eliza E. June 15, 1870 - Feb. 5, 1944
Herd, Jesse E. Oct. 10, 1867 - Sept. 7, 1945
Herd, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Otis Herd June 7, 1930
Herd, Thelma M. Nov. 19, 1922 - Mar. 5, 1924
Hickman, Mrs. Waffis Mar. 27, 1896 - 1927
Hicks, Kate B. 1900 - 1934
Hillhouse, two infants of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Hillhouse, May 23, 1921
Hillhouse, Alford Dec. 27, 1932 - Sept. 2, 1938
Hillhouse, Bonnie Ray May 25, 1927 - July 2, 1935
Hillhouse, Elza Missouri PFC 63 Inf. WWII - Mar. 4, 1921-Jan. 18, 1945
Hillhouse, Ida May Apr. 21, 1874 - May 4, 1957
Hillhouse, Iva N. 1886 - 1965
Hillhouse, Jane May 17, 1845 - Jan. 2, 1923
Hillhouse, Leonard "Joe" Feb. 19, 1925 - June 14, 1978
Hillhouse, Richard L. 1883 - 1966
Hillhouse, Samuel E. Dec. 31, 1870 - Mar. 4. 1951
Hillhouse, Troy Aug. 28, 1931 - Aug. 1, 1968
Hillhouse, Velma Oct. 6, 1917 - Jan. 30, 1969
Hillhouse, Wm. F. Feb. 10, 1835 - Feb. 5, 1910
Honeycutt, Alice (Sisney) Sept. 2, 1907 - Sept. 25, 1974
Jenkins, Jerry G. Jan. 16, 1864 - Mar. 4, 1942
Jenkins, Mary E. May 23, 1875 - Mar. 18, 1965
Jenkins, Tome H. Aug. 27, 1894 - Dec. 26, 1979
Johnson, A.J. Dec. 10, 1871 - Oct. 27, 1949
Johnson, Dora 5. June 12, 1896 - Jan. 6, 1919
Johnson, Everett Z. Dec. 9, 1888 - May 23, 1967
Johnson, Gene T. Apr. 27, 1930 - Oct. 16, 1978
Johnson, Guy Feb. 1, 1903 - Nov. 15, 1976
Johnson, Hansel R. Jan. 23, 1918 - Apr. 11, 1918
Johnson, Jane Apr. 16, 1879 - Mar. 8, 1959
Johnson, Lelar Livesay July 8, 1894 - Dec. 27, 1917
Johnson, Troy Nov. 20, 1905 - Feb. 24, 1906
Johnson, Verden Dec. 31, 1893 - July 10, 1976
Jones, Fannie May July 29, 1907 - Aug. 27, 1978
Kosek, Frank Oct. 15, 1885 - May 20, 1969
Larrimore, Carl C. Sept. 21, 1907 - Aug. 19, 1979
Lester, George Cpl. U.S. Army WWII - Dec. 22, 1922 - June 11, 1976
Livesay, James T. Oct. 21, 1853 - May 15, 1919
Livesay, Sarah E. (Blackwell) Aug. 17, 1858 - Feb. 6, 1920
Mahan, Allie Apr. 10, 1892 - Apr. 2, 1980
Mahan, Arthur E. June 22, 1914 - Jan. 27, 1969
Mahan, Ellen C. July 15, 1870 - May 13, 1944
Mahan, Emma Livesay May 7, 1885 - Jan. 10, 1964
Mahan, Gladys Aug. 21, 1915 - Jan. 6, 1916
Mahan, Hettie J. Dec. 15, 1869 - Aug. 20, 1902
Mahan, Isaac N. Oct. 8, 1870 - June 19, 1955
Mahan, Jesse Jr. June 9, 1944 - Mar. 5, 1956
Mahan, Jo Lynn Apr. 20, 1937 - Mar. 28, 1939
Mahan, John Co. 1,46 Mo. Inf. Nov. 27, 1843- Oct. 31, 1912
Mahan, Julie A. Oct. 4, 1884 - Aug. 23, 1904
Mahan, Kenneth E. Sept. 3, 1955 - June 18, 1974
Mahan, M. H. Dec. 14, 1860 - July 15, 1939
Mahan, Margarett E. Oct. 24, 1873 - June 2, 1955
Mahan, Marie June 27. 1921 - Dec. 13, 1922
Mahan, Mary M. Dec. 12, 1847 - June 1. 1905
Mahan, Newt Dec. 28, 1873 - Nov. 15, 1943
Mahan, Noah Mar. 20, 1898 - Dec. 15, 1978
Mahen, William Calvin Pvt. Co. H. 350 mi. WWI - Apr. 25, 1889 - Apr. 5, 1956
Mahan, William Jan. 24, 1847 - Feb. 9, 1919
Mallonee, Alberta Jan. 9, 1884 - Oct. 10. 1968
Mallonee, James M. May 9, 1877 - Oct. 24, 1957
Mallonee, Nancy Dec. 11, 1883 - May 24, 1959
Mallonee, Virgial Mar. 30. 1907 - Dec. 18, 1972
Mallonee, Zana June 19. 1908 - July 10, 1909
Martin, Bessie Aug. 28, 1901 - July 27, 1902
Martin, Estella Upton May 14, 1896 - Feb. 13,
1914
Martin, Hattie Mar. 4, 1891 - Jan. 29. 1975
Martin, Irene Livesay July 19, 1887 - Mar. 5, 1963
Martin, Isaac Newton Oct. 13, 1889 - Oct. 3, 1970
Martin, Jess E. Jan. 10, 1883 - June 6, 1971
Martin, Mable Oct. 26, 1904 - Feb. 19, 1905
Martin, Mary born and died Oct. 27, 1904
Martin, Melva Aug. 1, 1917 - Sept. 13, 1918
Martin, Mildred Jan. 22, 1879 - Feb. 12, 1974
Martin, Onie Dec. 1, 1883 - Nov. 10. 1904
Martin, Perry H. Co. B., 16 Reg. U.S. Calv. Jan. 13, 1864-July 1. 1865 Dec. 20, 1845 - Apr. 18, 1941
Martin, Polly, wife of P.H. Martin Sept. 29, 1848 - Apr. 27, 1914
Martin, Polly, Daughter of William Martin Nov. 21, 1897-Oct. 23, 1918
Martin, Thomas Nov. 30, 1877 - Mar. 6, 1968
Martin, Tommie Gene Feb. 4, 1927 - July 2, 1939
Martin, William L. July 26, 1875 - Feb. 18, 1961
Martin, Virgil Y. Mar. 29, 1885 - Mar. 8, 1905
McGinnis, Conley L. born and died Nov. 30, 1933
McGinnis, Harold Jan. 18, 1929 - Jan. 27, 1929
McGinnis, Raymond F. June 24, 1905 - Sept 4, 1980
Mefford, Albert born and died in 1909
Mefford, Fannie no dates
Mefford, Henry Dalton Sept. 8, 1903 - Dec. 27, 1967
Mefford, John W. 1870 - 1935
Mefford, Lucy no dates
Mefford, Nancy Jane 1871 - 1909
Nave, Jake A. Apr. 3, 1884 - Oct. 29, 1969
Nave, Martha S. Apr. 21, 1886 - Aug. 29, 1946
Nave, Tan B. Aug. 4, 1919 - Jan. 14, 1939
Nelson, James H. Jan. 20, 1913 - Jan. 26, 1976
Oberlin, Eunice R. 1929 - 1976
Owen, G. R. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Owen, age 13 days, no date
Owen, Isaac Nov. 5, 1882 - Apr. 23, 1967
Owen, Nancy E. May 28, 1885 - May 9, 1964
Owen, Olive J. (Turnbo) 1901 - 1963
Owen, Thomas 1904 - 1973
Oxendine, William F. Mar. 1, 1871 - Nov. 24, 1918
Pettit, Jack M. Apr. 21, 1910 - Nov. 3, 1974
Pettit, Ronald Eugene Aug. 7, 1936 - Aug. 15, 1936
Piland, Guy R. Mar. 4, 1910 - Dec. 31, 1969
Piland, Hettie 1873 - 1943
Piland, J. W. .1872 - 1947
Piland, Walter 1888 - 1954
Pitts, Clyde Mar. 4, 1903 - June 19, 1968
Poe, Jarrett William Mar. 6. 1975 - May 6. 1975
Rhodes, Clarence M. June 11, 1905 - Apr. 23, 1949
Rhodes, Cleo M. Aug. 7, 1931 - Mar. 12, 1933
Rhodes, Fred Jan. 29, 1911 - Aug. 31, 1911
Rhodes, Ollie May Feb. 2, 1886 - Jan. 6, 1961
Rhodes, Roy May 7, 1909 - Aug. 5, 1910
Rhodes, Troy L. Sept. 2, 1909 - Nov. 26, 1909
Rhodes, Vernie Apr. 17. 1917 - Feb. 8, 1971
Rhodes, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Rhodes. Dec. 17, 1913
Rhodes, William J. Mar. 31, 1882 - Sept. 14, 1968
Richmond, Mollie Barner Dye-May 23, 1894- no death date.
(An Ozark County Timnes write-up on Pontiac Cemetery 8/12/71 listed this name and information. However, I couldn’t find any such marker there today 4/1/81.HZ) There is one unmarked grave nearby Sam Richmond. I’m told this is her grave.)
Richmond. Sam G. Missouri Nt. 4, Co. 164 Depot Brigade WWI Feb. 22. 1897 - Dec. 20, 1952
Rigsby. Ike Dec. 8, 1897 - Jan. 16, 1971
Robbins, infant daughter of R.F. and Ikie Robbina Jan. 21, 1936
Sanders, Bill died 1922, grave unmarked
Sanders, Erther Aug. 7, 1890 - Nov. 11, 1962
Sanders, Henry Mar. 23, 1863 - Apr. 3, 1947
Sanders, Hiram 1894 - 1963
Sanders, Ida Jan. 2, 1891 - Dec. 16, 1971
Sanders, John Thomas May 23, 1885 - Aug. 13, 1968
Sanders, Martha Eliza Apr. 19, 1891 - June 6. 1970
Sanders, Martha J. Dec. 17, 1867 - Nov. 20, 1951
Sanders, Pearlie 1895 - 1972
Sewell, Jesse Feb. 1913 - Apr. 19134
5 unmarked graves in vicinity of Jesse Sewell (these are included in the total at end of list)
Shaw, Alvin Ernst Mar. 22, 1904 - Oct. 16, 1920
Shaw, Coy Nov. 20, 1908 - Jan. 16, 1911
Shaw, Dan 1925 - 1925
Shaw, David H. 1879 - 1942
Shaw, Eliza J. Nov. 22, 1880 - Feb. 5, 1908
Shaw. Emily J. Oct. 19, 1855 - Apr. 3, 1937
Shaw, George 1899 - 1975
Shaw, Hazel May 5 to July 22. 1918
Shaw, Helen Nov. 23, 1892 - Mar. 19, 1920
Shaw, Jess Nov. 29, 1882 - Mar. 16, 1938
Shaw, Landon O. Nov. 19, 1913 - Dec. 30, 1919
Shaw, Lisa Kay Dec. 25, 1971 - Mar. 11, 1972
Shaw, Mary R. Apr. 3, 1925 - Jan. 22, 1947
Shaw, Nancy E. 1894 - 1936
Shaw, Okeyma Leona June 25, 1935 - Apr. 4, 1979
Shaw, Patrick M. May 13, 1912 - May 3, 1975
Shaw, Prentice Apr. 17, 1919 - June 1, 1919
Shaw, RA. Dec. 16, 1889 - Apr. 15, 1939
Shaw, Robert Nov. 11, 1845 - Feb. 27, 1904
Shaw, Ruble 1906 - 1968
Shelton, Lillie A. 1881 - 1932
Shelton, Samuel E. July 16, 1878 - Apr. 16, 1944
Sisney, Alma Ruth born and died Mar. 20, 1933
Sisney, Arvist 1926 - 1927
Sisney, Dorothy June Jan. 12, 1941 - Jan. 27, 1941
Sisney, Doy Aug. 12. 1901 - Oct. 20, 1932
Sisney, Edward May 12, 1904 - Oct. 7, 1929
Sisney, Effie 1891 - 1963
Sisney, Eli William Mar. 22, 1877 - Nov. 18, 1960
Sisney, Ella Jane Apr. 7, 1878 - Mar. 18, 1938
Sisney, Everett ‘Mar. 24, 1925 - May 31. 1942
Sisney, Jessie Sept. 12. 1905 - Feb. 20. 1916
Sisney, Joe Feb. 23, 1907 - Apr. 25, 1931
Sisney, Joe 1862 - 1937
Sisney, Lester W. July 21, 1918 - June 23, 1967
Sisney, infant sons of Mr. & Mrs. Marion Sisney, no date
Sisney, Newt Feb. 8, 1887 - Aug. 20, 1955
Sisney, Patsie Lee 1945 - 1946
Sisney, Troy R. Jan. 15, 1903 - Feb. 3, 1958
Smith, Amanda Dec. 8, 1828 - July 10, 1906
Smith, Donnie July 10, 1904 - Dec. 29, 1906
Smith, Finis Mar. 30, 1851 - Jan. 9, 1924
Smith, Ollie Nov. 25, 1887 - Apr. 29, 1902
Smith, Rebecca A. Sept. 25, 1869 - Nov. 18, 1959
Sneigr, Gladys June 4, 1896 - Oct. 30, 1980 (only the undertaker’s marker on this grave)
Stanley, Billie no date
Steele, Lena Ann Feb. 6, 1907 - Jan. 8, 1974
Stephens, Mary Rose 1898 - 1973
Stephens, Ralph John 1898 - 1980
Strong, Homer L. June 1, 1886 - Oct. 1, 1967
Strong, Margie Apr. 1916 - Jan. 1917
Strong, Oather Andrew Mar. 17, 1913 - Jan. 15, 1914
Strong, Rutha Jan. 14, 1893 - Aug. 13, 1966
Terry, Alva 1914 - 1967
Terry, Cora Jane Feb. 22, 1884 - Sept. 19, 1964
Terry, Ervin Aug. 5, 1912 - Feb. 17, 1946
Terry, Fray July 13, 1920 - July 15, 1973
Terry, John Feb. 16, 1858 - Apr. 22, 1943
Terry, Lizzie Nov. 10, 1917 - July 4, 1943
Terry, Louis K. June 23, 1889 - Apr. 7, 1954
Terry, Marget I. Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1941
Terry, Mary J. Nov. 30, 1858 - May 2, 1947
Terry, Neva 1913 - 1978
Terry, Norma Nov. 11, 1918 - only date given
Terry, William Jan. 1, 1856 - Aug. 23, 1902
Terry, William E. Jan. 1, 1881 - Jan. 5, 1969
Turnbo, A.J. Oct. 15, 1863 - June 12, 1946
Turnbo, Hulda Mar. 24, 1846 - Jan. 30, 1907
Turnbo, Isaac Mar. 4, 1874 - Apr. 19, 1905
Turnbo, J.N. Mar. 26, 1847 - Dec. 12, 1925 (Donor of the ground for Pontiac Cemetery)
Turnbo, James David Feb. 10, 1860 - Sept. 23, 1900 (first one buried in Pontiac Cemetery)
Turnbo, John N. Jan. 24, 1898 - Nov. 3, 1923
Turnbo, Leslie Jane Jan. 24, 1908 - Apr. 4, 1926
VanMeter, Elcie Turnbo Oct. 27, 1884 - Dec. 4, 1913
VanMeter, Eunice Feb. 26, 1903 - Nov. 12, 1905
VanMeter, Pollie Turnbo Oct 15, 1881 - April 19, 1917
VanMeter, William S. Nov. 14, 1870 - Oct. 27, 1964
Viam, Frank Feb. 3, 1893 - Nov. 9, 1978 (Viani, Maddalena Jan. 16, 1900- Aug. 7, 1970 on her husband’s stone is a memorial record only as she is buried in Rockford, IL.)
Waggoner, Dallas Sept. 8, 1903 - Mar. 25, 1978
Wahler, Hilda L. Sept. 15, 1919 - Oct 28, 1976
Warren, James Tommy Feb. 13, 1929 - Feb. 18, 1929
Whillock, Janice Ann born and died in 1955
Wilbanks, Alice Barner June 15, 1881 - Mar. 2, 1930
Wilbanks, infant daughter of M.C. & Alice - Feb. 11, 1905
Wilbanks, Barton Oct. 30, 1867 - Aug. 27, 1958
Wilbanks, Beatrice 1903 - 1971
Wilbanks, Dolph 1899 - 1937
Wilbanks, infant son of D.N. June 28, 1919
Wilbanks, Lucinda May 9, 1881 - Feb. 23, 1973
Wilbanks, Matthew C. May 6, 1876 - Nov. 14, 1963
Wilbanks, William M. Oct. 12, 1898 - June 11, 1945
Willbanks, Ann Sept. 15, 1890 - April 15, 1904
Willbanks, Anna L. Jan. 8, 1917 - Aug. 25, 1973
Willbanks, Elijah Aug. 23, 1883 - Nov. 21, 1971
Willbanks, Georgia Feb. 23, 1916 - Sept. 26, 1917
Willbanks, Luzinda Jan. 1, 1872 - Sept. 20, 1917
Willbanks, Mary E. April 14, 1883 - Nov. 24, 1957
Willbanks, Ollie May Sept. 7, 1903 - Dec. 7, 1904 (only a broken stone marker lying loose on this grave)
Willbanks, S.C. (Cook) Sept. 29, 1909 - Aug. 25, 1973
Willbanks, Sarah F. Aug. 28, 1838 - Jan. 22. 1919
Willbanks, Thomas Sept. 14, 1868 - Nov. 15, 1918
Willbanks, William H. Oct. 5, 1842 - Mar. 15, 1927
Willbanks, Winford W. Dec. 9, 1903 - Mar. 29, 1904
Winters, Louis (new stone beside Mabel Winters - no dates)
Winters, Mabel Oct. 27, 1906 - Aug. 1, 1917
Wisdom, Sarah L. Jan. 19, 1856 - Apr. 4, 1944
Wray, Averill Doy Apr. 15, 1915 - Mar. 9, 1932
Wray, Duskei A. Mar. 29, 1893 - Oct. 11, 1977
Wray, Henry J. Oct. 21, 1894 - Mar. 1, 1971
Wray, Josie June 30, 1893 - Nov. 9, 1965
Wray, Lula Nov. 19, 1913 - Dec. 1, 1913
Wray, Neata Paulette July 9, 1947 (infant)
Wray, Willie A. Nov. 5, 1892 - Feb 5, 1975
Yates, Jack 1892 - 1960
"The little hamlet of Pontiac, Ozark County, Missouri is situated on a high ridge on the east side of Little North Fork. The village contains but few buildings, but owing to its healthful location it has a fair prospect of reaching out. Just north of the village is a fine spot of ground which has a higher elevation than where the village stands, and is set apart for a cemetery." So wrote Silas C. Turnbo in his book "Fireside Stories of the Early Days in the Ozarks," Part II. Official records in the Ozark County Courthouse at Gainesville show that on September 7, 1894, J.N. (Newt) Turnbo laid out and had surveyed by M.H. Hutchison a piece of his land which was divided according to his direction into three plots, one of which was designated in the records as "burial ground" and became Pontiac Cemetery. The next sentence from the Turnbo book reads, "The first interment here was the body of my brother, James D. Turnbo, who died September 23, 1900."
Now, eighty-one years later, the residents of "the little hamlet of Pontiac" number 207 (1980 Census), and "down the road a piece" from the community’s 80 year old landmark, Guy Johnson’s Store, there are more than 330 graves in Pontiac Cemetery, a pleasant, neatly kept setting where "its situation on the higher elevation" of the high ridge gives one a nice peek-a-boo view of Bull Shoals Lake.
For years the gateway to the cemetery was a log arch that bore a sign lettered by Ralph Shaw with the inscription. "Pontiac Cemetery since 1900--"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, said that Spirit that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." Rev. 14-13. Time and weather deteriorated the logs and the log gateway arch came down. In May 1975, after donations for it were received from every family with relatives buried in the cemetery, a new wrought-iron arch, fashioned by Herbert McGinnis, was erected and today attractively identifies Pontiac Cemetery and its inception year of 1900.