Cherry Grove Cemetery - Allen Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Harold Harmon. File prepared by Nancy Fruge'. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ The Cherry Grove Cemetery is located adjacent to the Cherry Grove Baptist Church off Highway LA 26 in west Allen Parish. The cemetery was assigned Row Numbers "1" through "21" for the purpose of grave recording: although no "Row Markers" are presently in place. Recording began in Row "1". DIRECTIONS to CEMETERY: From the intersection of Highways US 165 and LA 26 in Oberlin, LA, go west on LA 10 for 12. 5 miles to Cherry Grove Road. Turn left (south) on Cherry Grove Road for .2 mil to cemetery on right. RECORDED November 8, 1997 by Harold W. Harmon & F. L. Orman of Fort Worth, Texas. Row "1" HOWARD, Judson J. "Dud" Feb. 10, 1927 - Nov. 13, 1973 HABIB, Joseph D. July 4, 1924 - Sept. 19, 1995 HABIB, Mildred C. June 18, 1921 - Reserved HOWARD, Charley M. (WWI Vet) March 28, 1897 - Aug. 11, 1986 HOWARD, Sarylla S. Jan. 15, 1898 - March 5, 1990 YOUNG, Thomas B. May 2, 1929 - Nov. 30, 1970 ANDREWS, James M. July 26, 1900 - April 28, 1987 ANDREWS, Scewilla H. Aug. 22, 1908 - Jan. 15, 1992 POSEY, Wynema Andrews March 3, 1927 - April 23, 1992 ANDREWS, James Hanchey Nov. 29, 1936 - July 1, 1974 HANCHEY, Jefferson Samuel Oct. 26, 1917 - Dec. 6, 1973 Row "2" TURNER, Gilbert June 28, 1903 - Jan. 31, 1985 TURNER, Vernice H. Jan 13, 1910 - Nov. 1, 1980 MAHAFFEY, Walter June 30, 1916 - July 21, 1997 MAHAFFEY, Lula Laffell Oct. 1, 1934 - Reserved MAHAFFEY, Megan D. May 17, 1990 - May 30, 1990 BURNITT, Thomas V. Rev. June 24, 1901 - Feb. 3, 1975 BURNITT, Minnie M. Jan. 17, 1905 - Reserved (?) GIRFFITH, Garland L. July 5, 1910 - June 1, 1981 GRIFFITH, Pauline M. Nov. 24, 1909 - Nov. 22, 1978 Row "3" TRAMMEL, Charlie L. Jan. 22, 1898 - June 5, 1981 TRAMMEL, Mamie S. Jan. 22, 1906 - Feb. 13, 1986 DARCE, Ambrose P. Jr. "Buster" (WWII Vet) Jan. 24, 1927 - Feb. 27,1987 Row "4" CARPENTER, Carl L. Nov. 18, 1894 - Aug. 12, 1984 CARPENTER, Topsy H. March 17, 1903 - July 27, 1983 BOSWELL, Richad VINCENT, Jerry Lee Dec. 15, 1955 - Jan. 13, 1997 SINGLETON, Simeon Savan Sept. 24, 1902 - Oct. 28, 1988 Row "5" MAHAFFEY, Alee (WWII Vet) Dec. 5, 1910 - Aug. 31, 1988 MAHAFFEY, Eula Howard Dec. 11, 1910 - Jan. 20, 1989 Row "6" SMITH, Allison Kay (d/o Jim & Debbie) July 8, 1993 - July 8, 1993 BLOCKER, Freeman Elise March 3, 1918 - July 25, 1989 BLOCKER, Sue Bulloch May 25, 1915 - April 24, 1988 MCCRACKEN, Keisha Young Dec. 19, 1973 - Nov. 20, 1994 Row "7" STARKEY, Harry Roger (WWII Vet) Dec. 18, 1911 - Oct. 31, 1987 ELLIS, Sidney L. Jan. 30, 1925 - Nov. 7, 1991 ELLIS, Oreal Mahaffey Feb. 21, 1924 - Jan. 29, 1982 MAHAFFEY, Babb (WWII Vet) MAHAFFEY, James W. Feb. 20, 1910 - July 25, 1980 Row "8" HOLLINS, Sharon Elizabeth April 7, 1970 - Nov. 14, 1993 HOLLINS, Ora Nov. 29, 1911 - Feb. 19, 1993 HOLLINS, Dora Rayma Sept. 28, 1923 - Reserved Row "9" RUTHERFORD, Jack Aug. 26, 1919 - Reserved RUTHERFORD, Jessie Rhea Aug. 27, 1922 - March 5, 1993 SOILEAU, Raymond Lee July 11, 1934 - Aug. 22, 1995 DIMSKY, Jessie Lois June 18, 1939 - Aug. 23, 1981 PITRE, Ruby Oct. 31, 1918 - Reserved GRANGER, Hubert "Bud" July 2, 1963 - July 25, 1981 DARBONNE, Crystal Marie Jan. 14, 1980 - Jan. 28, 1980 Row "10" SEAL, Bertha Lorraine May 31, 1926 - July 3, 1993 DARBONNE, Delree April 15, 1935 - Nov. 12, 1984 DARBONNE, Amanda L. June 19, 1945 - Reserved DARBONNE, Rillia M. Dec. 22, 1903 - Aug. 18, 1973 Row "11" HAGGART, Gloria Renia Hamilton Oct. 7, 1944 - April 4, 1984 HAMILTON, Edmond James 1916 - 1985 (?) HAMILTON, Ruby Mahaffey 1922 - Reserved ANDREWS, Barney E. Oct. 3, 1893 - Sept. 28, 1990 ANDREWS, Mattie M. Feb. 1, 1893 - May 19, 1985 Row "12" BAGGETT, Shannon Dale Nov. 14, 1987 - Nov. 14, 1987 BAGGETT, Richard W. March 14, 1972 - Aug. 27, 1994 ANDREWS, Willie R. (md.12-14-1940)(WWII Vet) May 6, 1919 - Dec. 3, 1993 ANDREWS, Mildred M. (md. 12 -14-1940) May 30, 1921 - Jan. 15, 1985 ANDREWS, Carl C. March 30, 1900 - Feb. 4, 1973 ANDREWS, Minnie K. Aug. 18, 1985 - Feb. 15, 1975 Row "13" SINGLETON, Silas S. June 6, 1900 - Feb. 5, 1994 VANDUSEN, E. Ray March 12, 1901 - Oct. 20, 1988 VANDUSEN, Nellie Cole April 23, 1900 - April 13, 1983 HOWARD, George "Bunny" (WWII Vet) June 10, 1914 - Oct. 22, 1980 HOWARD, Carol A. April 19, 1922 - Jan. 25, 1988 Row "14" BURNITT, Claude "Bill" Jan. 15, 1904 - March 27, 1996 BURNITT, Mollie Jan. 26, 1908 - Reserved WILLIAMSON, J. F. "Joe" (md. 8-23-1922) Oct. 14, 1897 - Jan. 18, 1985 WILLIAMSON, Mertie D. (md. 8-23-1922) Jan. 17, 1907 - April 20,1993 TURNER, Lloyd C. (md. 7-22-1954) (WWII Vet) Jan. 10, 1925 - July 7, 1983 TURNER, Sadie M. (md. 7-22-1954) May 1, 1934 - Nov. 19, 1993 FORD, Grover C. May 3, 1907 - Sept. 9, 1985 FORD, Lola Pearl Sept. 3, 1907 - Aug. 26, 1971 Row "15" TRAMEL, Alfred (md. 12-27-1930) March 27, 1905 - Sept 4, 1985 TRAMEL, Lucy Reeves (md. 12-27-1930) March 25, 1908 - April 30, 1975 Row "16" REEVES, Cephas May 5, 1910 - Reserved REEVES, Lou M. Sept. 22, 1915 - Aug. 5, 1978 Row "17" vacant Row "18 MAHAFFEY, Ted T. Sept. 15, 1902 - Sept. 5, 1976 MAHAFFEY, Mae S. Oct. 26, 1907 - Jan. 15, 1993 Row "19" DUKES, Carlton Sr. March 24, 1916 - Dec. 22, 1991 DUKES, Gracie E. Sept. 24, 1917 - Reserved Row "20" MAHAFFEY, Arnice (WWII Vet) Dec. 17, 1918 - July 7, 1989 MAHAFFEY, Patsy R. Oct. 17, 1928 - June 19, 1987 MAHAFFEY, Kenneth Clea (US Navy Vet) Nov 13, 1927 - Feb. 3, 1977 MAHAFFEY, Amos (md. 6-10-1922) Aug. 15, 1901 - Nov. 22, 1977 MAHAFFEY, Ola B. (md. 6-10-1922) May 30, 1901 - June 24, 1978 Row "21" GOODE, James Emmitt "Buddy" Aug. 14, 1924 - Reserved GOODE, Emma Sophia Sept. 16, 1925, - April 27, 1996 RHEAMS, Felix C. Dec. 21, 1900 - Feb. 22, 1994 MAHAFFEY, Johnnie 1913 - 1996 MAHAFFEY, Annie Z. 1907 - 1985 NOTE: The following graves are located in the southwest corner of the cemetery and are not assigned a row number. HANCHEY, Elmer "Dock" Dec. 25, 1918 - Reserved HANCHEY, William Alva Feb. 11, 1905 - March 28, 1980 HANCHEY, Iva Reeves May 21, 1909 - April 3, 1995 HANCHEY, Douglas Ray July 16, 1970 - Aug. 8, 1991 -End of Cherry Grove Cemetery -