Oaklin Springs 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 Oaklin Springs Cemetery is located on Musselwhite Road which is off Highway LA 26 about 3-1/4 miles west of Oberlin, LA The cemetery was divided into Sections "A" and "B" for the purpose of grave recording. Row Markers "1" through "17" are in place on the north and south fence rails. Recording began on Row "1" of each section . DIRECTIONS TO CEMETERY: From the intersection of Highways US 165 and LA 26 in Oberlin, LA, go west on LA 26 for .3 mile to the Allen Parish Courthouse. Turn right at courthouse and continue on LA 26 for 2.9 miles. Turn right (north) on Musselwhite Road for .1 mile to cemetery. RECORDED November 8, 1997 by Harold W. Harmon and F. L. Orman of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION "A" Row "1" MUSSELWHITE, Maude G. 1905 - Reserved MUSSELWHITE, Stewart A. 1904 - 1976 Row "2" GODEAUX, Odeaus July 3, 1907 - Dec. 6, 1986 GODEAUX, Adam F. March 27, 1875 - March 5, 1960 GODEAUX, Omarine D. Dec. 5, 1879 - Dec. 14, 1975 SIMMONS, Roger T. (s/o M/M C.O.) - April 28, 1961 (unmarked grave) - Reserved SIMMONS, Clinton V. July 28, 1902 - March 27, 1975 SIMMONS, Norman Aug. 15, 1899 - Nov. 21, 1970 Row "3" BALLARD, Shirly June 15, 1939 - Reserved BARTELL, Marcella G. Nov. 22, 1944 - Reserved BARTELL, John W. Jr. Aug. 29, 1937 - Feb. 20. 1994 (unmarked grave) - Reserved BARTELL, Joseph Webster Aug. 29, 1937 - Feb. 8, 1993 BARTELL, (infant of M/M Joseph) July 8, 1967 - July 8, 1967 BARTELL, Mabel Tate (w/o/ John) Dec. 7, 1914 - Jan. 16, 1982 (unmarked grave) - Reserved Row "4" (unmarked grave) WAITE, John F. Sept. 12, 1913 - Oct. 30, 1972 NICHOLAS, Ralph Adam June 20, 1882 - May 28, 1955 NICHOLAS, Earl (WWII Vet) June 16, 1917 - July 31, 1988 FONTENOT, Mack (WWI Vet) April 25, 1895 - Feb. 13, 1976 MOORE, Myrtle F. Oct. 6, 1900 - Oct. 13, 1974 MOORE, Amos S. (WWI Vet) July 12, 1900 - Feb. 19, 1986 Row "5" STROTHER, Luke DeVille Feb. 22, 1962 - Oct. 9, 1994 GARLAND, Luther M. (WWII Vet) 1919 - 1997 SONNIER, Hadley March 10, 1895 - Dec. 10, 1980 SONNIER, Lena F. May 28, 1898 - Jan. 9, 1984 SONNIER, Jerome Y. June 21, 1911 - June 24, 1972 Row "6" VIZENA, Uline R. Nov. 11, 1906 - Dec. 21, 1982 VIZENA, Neville Oct. 31, 1904 - Dec. 21, 1982 Row "7" RIDER, John "Black" Feb. 13, 1943 - March 25, 1994 BOUDREAUX, Lucille Lafargue Feb. 6, 1917 - April 29, 1997 HENRY, Lillie D. April 1, 1914 - HENRY, Walter I. Jan. 24, 1911 - Oct. 3, 1992 LOUVIERE, John C. Feb. 8, 1929 - Sept. 19, 1992 WATTENBARGER, Joseph T. (US Army Vet) Nov. 22, 1956 - Aug. 28, 1993 (unmarked grave) - Reserved (unmarked grave) - Reserved Row "8" RESCH, Michael A. July 19, 1960 - May 5, 1993 FLETCHER, J. D. March 20, 1903 - Aug. 8, 1984 RYDER, Regina Gale Oct. 14, 1959 - Nov. 16, 1979 SONNIER, Clara Hurlbut (md. 12 -23-1955) Sept. 10, 1935 - Reserved SONNIER, Lucian James (md. 12-23-1955) March 23, 1928 - July 16, 1997 Row 9" Vacant Row "10" WRIGHT, Delphine June 4, 1914 - April 9, 1991 (unmarked grave) - Reserved Row "11" Vacant Row "12" GUILLORY, Gloria Patrick "Mackie" June 27, 1938 - April 13, 1996 Row "13" Vacant Row "14" DARBONNE, J. Howard July 31, 1940 - July 9, 1993 Row "15" (unmarked grave) Row "16" TUBBS, Harry C. (Vietnam Vet) April 2, 1946 - Oct. 22, 1984 MANUEL, Anita May 13, 1935 - Feb. 10, 1989 MANTOU, ???? Row "17" (unmarked grave - infant) SONNIER, Shelton (US Army Vet) 1920 - 1993 SONNIER, Lloyd, (WWII Vet) Oct. 9, 1922 - June 20, 1991 SONNIER, Ament Feb. 12, 1899 - March 7, 1987 SONNIER, Roy Aug. 5, 1893 - March 29, 1968 SONNIER, Norma Diane Sept. 10, 1956 - Dec. 27, 1995 SONNIER, Clyde Oct. 24, 1913 - March 6, 1964 SECTION "B" Row "1" GILL, Elbert (Age 89 yrs) 1889 - Sept. 2, 1978 GILL, Alpha 1899 - 1978 Row "2" VEILLON, Dovick Jan. 24, 1901 - July 15, 1991 VEILLON, Aline G. March 30, 1902 - June 27, 1980 VEILLON, Lina Joseph (WWII Vet) April 5, 1923 - May 25, 1989 VEILLON, B. Jan. 30, 1929 - Reserved Row "3" LANIER, Percy R. Aug. 17, 1913 - Reserved LANIER, Pharbia G. Jan. 27, 1918 - Oct. 6, 1983 GILL, Nolan Lee (Vietnam Vet) March 5, 1947 - June 10, 1980 GILL, Percy Lee (WWII Vet) Feb. 20, 1920 - Feb. 17, 1988 Row "4" Vacant Row "5" BURNETTE, Norma P. 1912 - 1963 (?) BURNETTE, L. A. Nov. 29, 1912 - Ma?. 6, 1993 BURNETTE, N. A. Aug. 26, 1911 - Reserved Row "6" Vacant Row "7" MARLER, Carl E. Jan. 24, 1914 - Jan. 22, 1985 MARLER, Sidney M. Nov. 6, 1910 - July 23, 1987 MARLER, Muriel M. July 22, 1915 - April 9, 1989 DODD, Edward (WWII Vet) Aug. 17, 1910 - Aug. 24, 1995 McDANIEL, Jewell G. Oct. 20, 1923 - April 13, 1982 McDANIEL, Claude S. (WWII Vet) Jan. 19, 1908 - March 16, 1980 Row "8" LEBLUE, Wilbert (WWII Vet) May 24, 1918 - Jan. 4, 1969 GILL, SHELBY (Korea-Vietnam Vet) 1926 - 1978 GILL, Gloria Annette (Age 20 Yrs) 1957 - March 30, 1977 Row "9" GUILLORY, Hazel Aug. 27, 1928 - Jan. 11, 1982 DARBONNE, Johnny July 2, 1949 - Feb. 4, 1990 DARBONNE, Debbie I. May 25, 1956 - Reserved SOILEAU, Nell Tilley Nov. 29, 1929 - Reserved Row "10" CHAPMAN, Eddie E. April 21, 1905 - Dec. 3, 1992 CHAPMAN, Olita Oct. 29, 1911 - Reserved CHAPMAN, Harold (Korea Vet) 1932 - 1993 Row "11" MILLER, Errol J. (WWII Vet) June 29, 1925 - Aug. 29, 1990 Rows "12" through "15" Vacant Row "16" ROZAS, Raymond J. April 28, 1928 - June 29, 1997 ROZAS, Beverly S. Dec. 22, 1932 - July 22, 1983 ROZAS, Herbert James (Korea Vet) Sept. 16, 1931 - Aug. 27, 1991 Row "17" MANUEL, Wilford 1905 - 1969 (unmarked grave) - End of OAKLIN SPRINGS CEMETERY- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- OAKLIN SPRINGS CEMETERY SUMMARY Marked Graves - - - 84 Unmarked Graves - - - 10 TOTAL GRAVES - - - 94