BENSON CEMETERY, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Jane Sanford Keppler 
Source:  DeSoto Parish - LAGenWeb 

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                        BENSON CEMETERY 

                     Location: Benson, LA. 


Augusta BEST
Oct. 20, 1867
Oct. 22, 1901 

Jesse HILL, SR.
Mar. 25, 1874 
Sept. 5, 1946 

Charlotte Ray ANDERSON 
Apr. 27, 1939 
Jan. 25, 1941 
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. F. ANDERSON 

John Fulton SMITH 
Dec. 3, 1897
June 26, 1941 

Reubin Travis SHADOIN 
Dec. 10, 1917 
Jan. 30, 1918 

Agnes Norman CARLISLE 
Dec. 5, 1872 
May 10, 1949 

Mrs. B. C. BLACKBURN 
died May 19, 1942 

Ernest BOYD 
1882-1948 

F. H. POWELL 
Oct. 12, 1853 
Apr. 16, 1930 

May BOYD 
1895 -1926 

Annie B. POWELL 
July 15, 1864 
Feb. 20, 1934 

Maude Ione NEWELL 
died Sept. 15, 1935 

Hampton M. NEWELL 
Sept. 24, 1866 
Dec. 11, 1941 

Oscar D. POWELL 
June 28, 1903 
Nov. 1, 1905 

Francis L. NEWELL 
Feb. 26, 1909 
Apr. 24, 1944 

Nellie YOUNG 
Aug. 17, 1872 
Apr. 9, 1940 

Mrs. Mary A. BEST 
Mar. 28, 1845
Mar. 25, 1900 

Isaac J. BEST 
May 27, 1840
Mar. 16, 1902 

B. B. POWELL 
Dec. 20, 1885 
May 29, 1907 

Carolyn R. POWELL 
Aug. 23, 1949 
Aug. 24, 1949 

Johnnie M. POWELL 
Mar. 17, 1942 
Mar. 18, 1942 

Huey P. SMITH  
Nov. 20, 1930 
June 2, 1933 

Tabitha J. COOLEY CRAINE 
Feb. 24, 1871 
May 18, 1953 

Eliza J. ARMSTRONG
(Mother) 
Aug. 17, 1859 
Feb. 10, 1948 

Willie E. "Dick" ARMSTRONG 
(father) 
Jan 26, 1869 
Sept. 13, 1945 

Charley E. ALLEN
June 20, 1873 
Jan. 4, 1945 

Richard YARBROUGH 
Oct. 15, 1866 
Dec. 16, 1909 

Mary A. BEST 
Mar 28, 1845
Mar. 25, 1900 

Harvey Farmer BENSON 
Apr. 1, 1894 
Mar. 27, 1953 

Wiley WELLS 
1873 - 1952 

Stella BENSON WELLS 
1889-1951 

Robert Dudley HILL
Oct. 16, 1898 
June 30, 1951 

Thomas Tobias TEMPLE 
died Oct. 9, 1952 
age 69 years 

Edna WILLIAMS 
Feb. 2, 1904 
Sept. 14, 1928 

Lillian PALMER RASCOE 
Oct. 9, 1869 
Feb. 8, 1937 

James Finley RASCOE 
Aug. 8, 1865
Apr. 14, 1951 

Grover Carlial HICKS 
Jan. 26, 1889 
Dec. 15, 1955 

Bernice S. BRADLY 
Feb. 5, 1920 
Feb. 19, 1956 

Infant son of 
O. M. & Mamie ARMSTRONG 
Jan 26, 1929 

Infant daughter of 
H. H. & Pearl HILL 
May 22, 1903 
May 26, 1903 

Emerson F. BENSON 
Apr. 1, 1894 
May 16, 1954 

Robert Foster BENSON 
died Oct. 15,, 1956
age 60 years 

Sam FORD
Nov. 1, 1885 
Aug. 11, 1928 

Cecil Wesley Harris b. September 10, 1901 d. February 08, 1968
Elsie Ford Harris b. April 27, 1915 d. January 07, 2000
(same stone)

James J. Ford b. September 30, 1882 d. December 24, 1963
Loda Rascoe Ford b. March 01, 1891 d. April 26, 1966
(same stone)

Ruth Elizabeth Ford b. January 16, 1913 d. November 28, 1929
Clayton Rushing Ford b. April 26, 1923 d. December 02, 1929
Jimmie Gracie Ford b. December 27, 1918 d. June 11, 1919
(buried in a row - next to parents James J. Ford and Loda Esther Rascoe)

Ida Rose Ford Moorman b. October 26, 1926 d. May 28, 2000

Tiney Miriam Ford Bailey b. August 24, 1928 d. June 03, 1989

Loda Doris Ford Bell b. August 27, 1916 d. November 01, 1999