When John Robert Little, the uncle of Bessie Gilbert, died he left his widow, Lillie, and four children.  The oldest child was eleven years old.  Lillie raised her family in the Howard Community, on the land homesteaded by the Littles.

Joseph H. Henderson who is buried in the Howard Cemetery is the kin of John Robert Little's wife.

There are several unnamed and unmarked graves in this cemetery.  Only two graves have names and dates.  There are no tombstones.