St. John's Cemetery (African American), Allen Parish LA ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ St. John's Cemetery for African Americans is located on Harmon Road about 2.5 miles southeast of Hwy 165 between Oberlin and Kinder, Louisiana. The recording system for graves is unique in that the graves are numbered from "1" to "336". Row numbers "1" through "22 were assigned beginning at the back of the cemetery; although no row numbers are presently in place. Row numbers "1" and "3" run north to south. All other rows run south to north. Row "1" starts in the northwest corner of the cemetery. Directions to Cemetery: From the intersection of Highways US 1165 and LA 26 in Oberlin, go south on US 165 4.2 miles to Woodyard Road. Turn left (east) on Woodyard Road for 1.1 miles to Harmon Road. Turn right (south) on Harmon Road for 1/3 miles to the Access Road. Turn right (west) on Access Road to cemetery. Recorded December 14, 1998 by Harold W. Harmon and F. L. Orman of Ft. Worth, TX. Grave # Row "1" (N to S) 1. (unmarked vault) 2. MOREHEAD, Bessie 3. HATTEN, Cedonia Sept. 1, 1914 - June 15, 1916 4. GUILLORY, Earnest Jr. (Vietnam Vet) Oct. 20, 1950 - Dec. 4, 1976 5. (unmarked vault) 6. (unmarked vault) 7. ELICK, Victoria A. April 22, 1898 - Feb. 19, 1990 8. ELICK, Ivery "Scrap" Aug. 19, 1894 - May 7, 1991 9. SLATE, Nicholas C. Oct. 18, 1979 - Nov. 20, 1995 10. SLATE, Wilmer (WWII Vet) Sept. 11, 1922 - Nov. 14, 1993 11. THOMPSON, Jack Clarence May 12, 1916 - Dec. 12, 1997 12. CARSTON, James 13. (unmarked vault) 14. (unmarked vault) 15. GREEN, Robert May 9, 1912 -Jan. 31, 1985 16. (unmarked vault) 17. GREEN, Fred Jr. (WWII Vet) Jan. 15, 1916 - March 3, 1980 Row "2" (S to N) 18. (cannot read marker) 19. (cannot read marker) 20. (unmarked vault) 21. (unmarked vault) 22. (unmarked vault) 23. MOREAU, Jefferson L. (WWII Vet) 1924 - 1976 24. (unmarked vault) 25. (unmarked vault) 26. SLATE, Daisy Jan. 29, 1894 - Sept. 19, 1981 27. SLATE, Will March 21, 1886 - Aug. 7, 1959 28. SMITH, Edward David Jr. Feb. 8, 1943 - Feb. 5, 1979 29. (unmarked vault) 30. TANNER, Frank 1867 - 1941 31. (unmarked grave) 32. TANNER, Sam 1849 - April 30, 1917 (?) 33. (cannot read marker) 34. MORROW, Caroline (near tree) 1848 - 1941 Row "3" (N to S) 35. (Unmarked grave) 36. (unmarked vault) 37. (unmarked vault) 38. (unmarked vault) 39. (unmarked vault) 40. WILLIAMS, Joseph Jr. (US Army Vet) Sept. 10, 1912 - April 12, 1974 41. BRADLEY, Darnell July 18, 1955 - Jan. 3, 1985 42. (cannot read marker) 43. SLATE, Johnny D. (WWII Vet) Sept 29, 1926 - May 31, 1947 44. THOMPSON, arthur 45. (unmarked grave) 46. QUEEN, Willie 1912 - 1943 47. GREEN, Octavia 1884 - 1952 48. GREEN, Lillian March 8, 1916 - Sept. 29, 1962 49. WASHINGTON, Martha G. Feb. 10, 1922 - June 19, 1985 50. WASHINGTON, Henry (WWII Vet) Dec. 22, 1909 - July 6, 1960 51. (unmarked vault) 52. WEBB, Willie Lee (WWII Vet) June 30, 1918 - Jan. 14, 1966 Row "4" (S to N) 53. (cannot read Marker) 54. (unmarked vault) 55. CARSTON, Mary 1874 - 1943 56. TERRY, Joyce M. June 1944 - June 1977 57. (unmarked vault) 58. MANUEL, Arthur 1883 - 1941 59. (unmarked vault) 60. BRADLEY, Eli (US Army Vet) (born or died ?) Dec. 6, 1936 61. REEVES, Rosa B. Oct. 13, 1903 - Aug. 30, 1979 62. MOREHEAD, Houston (WWI Vet) May 28, 1895 - Jan. 22, 1922 63. ILES, Hollowell (WWII Vet) April 7, 1911 - Jan. 27, 1974 64. (unmarked vault) 65. (unmarked vault) 66. (unmarked vault) 67. (unmarked vault) 68. (unmarked vault) 69. (unmarked vault) 70. (unmarked vault) Row "5" (S to N) 71. (unmarked vault) THOMPSON, Mary Nov. 10, 1909 - Reserved 72. THOMPSON, Joseph Aug. 22, 1903 - July 12, 1982 73. PAGE, James A. 1860 - 1941 74. PERKINS, Eliza 1882 - 1942 75. THOMAS, James 1946 - 1946 76. CARGER, John 1883 - 1942 77. AUGUSTA, Mary - Aug. 20, 1963 78. JONES, Andrew July 1902 - Sept. 1965 79. JONES, Almetria Dec. 1911 - Aug. 1969 80. (unmarked vault) 81. (unmarked grave) 82. CAPTAIN, Lizzie 83. BOTLEY, ???? 84. (unmarked vault) 85. (unmarked vault) 86. BOTLEY, Henry (WWI Vet) April 12, 1897 - Dec. 11, 1970 87. (unmarked grave) 88. SHERFFIELD, Lola Mae April 11, 1911 - Nov. 5, 1976 89. (unmarked vault) 90. BOTLEY, Andrew (age 75) 91. GUILLORY, Phillip James (Vietnam Vet) July 1, 1950 - Nov. 13, 1995 92. (unmarked vault) 93. GUILLORY, Stanford (WWII Vet) June 28, 1924 - Sept. 10, 1993 94. (unmarked vault) 95. GUILLORY, Darrell Wayne Feb. 26, 1966 - Dec. 27, 1994 96. (unmarked vault) 97. TYLER, Debby D. March 19, 1957 - Jan. 2, 1970 98. REED, Dorothoy Mae Rhines June 9, 1928 - April 14, 1997 99. (unmarked vault) 100. COLE, John Oct. 20, 1954 - Feb. 9, 1973 101. COLE, Louis 1933 - 1945 102. (unmarked vault) 103. (unmarked vault) 104. COLE, Albert May 11, 1924 - Jan. 31, 1978 105. HARMON, Jimmie Nov. 10, 1908 - April 17, 1966 106. CITIZEN Sallie Aug. 5, 1918 - May 5, 1951 107. HARMON, David July 31, 1933 - May 28, 1994 108. HARMON, WIllie Feb. 3, 1905 - Nov. 20, 1924 109. MORROW, Pompy - 1925 (?) 110. COLE, Dave 1828 - 1924 111. COLE, Sonny 112. HARMON, ???? 113. HARMON, Marshall 1872 - 1940 Row "7" (S to N) 114. O'Quinn, Louise Rhines April 6, 1922 - June 22, 1983 115. THOMAS, Martha Ardoin Aug. 10. 1901 - Feb. 3, 1976 116. THOMAS, Marius (WWI Vet) April 5, 1897 - Nov 25, 1973 117. RINES, Julius (WWII Vet) June 30, 1918 - Sept. 5, 1982 118. RHINES, Percy May 6, 1935 - March 26, 1980 119. RHINES, Ike March 29, 1924 - Dec. 1, 1977 120. DABNEY, Luella R. April 30, 1920 - March 15, 1975 121. (unmarked grave) 122. (unmarked vault) 123. BLUE, Violet 1857 - 1951 124. AKER, Winford Feb. 17, 1919 - May 26, 1951 125. JACKSON, Horace Jr. May 13, 1929 - Dec. 13, 1977 126. WILLIAMS, Tom Jr. Dec. 8, 1915 - Nov. 19, 1997 127. (unmarked vault) 128. (unmarked vault) 129. (unmarked vault) 130. (unmarked vault) 131. (unmarked vault) 132. (unmarked vault) 133. (unmarked vault) 134. (unmarked vault) 135. BERTRAND, Wilhelmina 136. (unmarked vault) 137. CAPTAIN, Bertha 138. 139. HARMON, Morgan E. Oct. 16, 1898 - March 6, 1992 140. HARMON, Cedonia Jan. 15, 1902 - June 27, 1990 141. HARMON, Shelia May 17, 1964 - May 17, 1964 142. HARMON, Joyce A. March 12, 1947 - April 13, 1948 143. PULLARD, Cleo H. Feb. 19, 1922 - Feb. 19, 1943 144. (unmarked vault) 145. (unmarked vault) 146. (unmarked vault) 147. (unmarked vault) 148. BROWN, Harmon 1927 - 1938 149. BROWN, J. W. 1933 - 1934 150. (cannot read marker) 151. BROWN, Eli Jan. 10, 1870 - April 3, 1922 152. (cannot read marker) 153. (cannot read marker) Row "8" (S to N) 154. (unmarked grave - infant) 155. GRAY, Edith 1920-1989 156. THOMAS, Reese Nov. 7, 1919 - Jan. 21, 1989 157. HAYWARD, Niddy Thomas April 1930 - June 1960 158. (unmarked grave - infant) 159. (unmarked grave - infant) 160. (unmarked grave) 161. ARDOIN, Irene 1930 - 1944 162. MOSS, Will 1875 - 1940 163. RHINES, Pete "Pop Pete" 1899 - July 29, 1966 164. RHINES, Clara 1897 - 1961 165. KELLY, Josephine 1927 - June 23, 1963 166. RHINES, Mr. Resille 167. MORROW, Parthine May 2, 1888 - Dec. 20, 1955 168. (Unmarked grave) 169. (unmarked grave) 170. (unmarked grave) 171. (unmarked grave) 172. (unmarked grave) 173. SMITH, John Aug. 27, 1906 - Aug. 14, 1974 174. WYNN, Pearl S. Jan. 22, 1904 - Nov. 22, 1974 175. (unmarked grave) 176. (unmarked grave) 177. HARMON, Cinderella Nov. 2, 1923 - June 14, 1991 178. (unmarked grave) 179. MORROW, Rachel 1917 - 1945 Row "9" (S to N) 180. WALKER, Theresa Eve Thomas July 7, 1943 - April 30, 1989 181. THOMAS, Catherine Jan. 24, 1926 - Jan. 10, 1995 182. JACKSON, Agnes 1911 - 1945 183. (unmarked grave) 184. COLEMAN, Webster 1910 - 1950 185. RHINES, Jerrel Sr. (WWII Vet) Jan. 29, 1916 - Nov. 14, 1985 186. DABNEY, James Jr. (WWII Vet) 1916 - 1991 187. DABNEY, Robert L. March 3, 1950 - Feb. 15, 1995 188. SHERDON, Hattie P. March 31, 1900 - Oct. 31, 1966 189. (unmarked grave) 190. EDWARDS, Tresser S. Jan. 5, 1921 - Dec. 31, 1988 191. SANDERS, Beatrice Feb. 2, 1919 - Jan. 10, 1994 192. COLE, Mrs. Emma Sept. 10, 1888 - June 30, 1956 193. COLE, Ederson 1925 - 1977 194. COLE, Jessie Aug. 30, 1930 - Jan. 25, 1989 195. COLE, Fannie L. Braxton June 20, 1936 - Feb. 6, 1991 196. COLE, Paul Gene (Vietnam Vet) 1949 - 1997 197. BOTLEY, Joann Feb. 14, 1966 - March 5, 1989 198. BEROIT, Raymond Aug. 25, 1937 - Jan. 16, 1988 199. BOTLEY, Travis M. Nov. 6, 1968 - Sept. 18, 1986 200. COLE, Tessie Mae 1920 - 1964 201. MORROW, Benny Nov. 1, 1875 - Dec. 8, 1945 202. MORROW, W. 1907 - 1947 203. HOGAN, Pearl 1802 - 1861 204. MORROW, Lawrence 190? - 1930 205. MORROW, Fred 1906 - 1976 Row "10" (S to N) 206. DOOLEY, William 1866 - 1949 207. TRASK, Letha Perkins 1893 - 1948 208. WILSON, Henry 1881 - 1944 209. WILSON, Victoria 1886 - 1946 210. WASHINGTON, May Belle 1917 - 1945 211. GUILLORY, Jr. 1949 - 1951 212. HUMPHREY, Robert 1874 - 1951 213. McMAHON, Louella 1920 - 1952 214. (unmarked vault) 215. (unmarked vault) 216. (unmarked vault) 217. (unmarked vault) Row "11" (S to N) 218. SIMMONS, Earl C. 1949 - 1968 219. SIMMONS, Willie C. 1901 - 1993 220. SIMMONS, Singia N. 1906 - 1997 221. HOCKWRIGHT, Pross 1875 - 1948 222. CAPTAIN, Christine Dec. 25, 1912 - March 7, 1969 223. (Unmarked grave) 224. ARMSTEAD, Della M. Jan. 27, 1937 - Nov. 20, 1996 225. McMAHON, James W. Sr."Gennie" Feb. 8, 1944 - March 25, 1997 226. McMAHON, Clyde 1945 - 1974 227. BRAADLEY, John 1891 - 1974 228. BRADLEY, Gertrude 1895 - 1987 229. REEVES, Earnest 230. (unmarked grave) 231. BRAXTON, Jasper Lee Dec. 10, 1909 - Nov. 1, 1966 232. (unmarked grave) 233. BRAXTON, George Kevin Nov. 29, 1958 - May 9, 1980 234. (unmarked grave - infant) 235. (unmarked grave) 236. GRIFFIN, Viola 1904 - 1947 237. (unmarked grave) 238. (unmarked grave) 239. COOPER, Sarah Pine 240. COOPER, Edward Dec. 1901 - 1954 241. (unmarked grave) 242. COOPER, Lloyd Willis Sept. 1, 1932 - May 16, 1966 243. COOPER, Morris Jr. (Korea Vet) Sept. 15, 1931 - April 9, 1962 244. (unmarked grave) 245. (unmarked grave) 246. PHELPS, Betty Sue Oct. 1, 1947 - March 15, 1973 247. MORROW, Arness Dec. 20, 1910 - June 12, 1974 248. (unmarked grave) 249. BEROIT, Mary Etta Oct. 7, 1920 - June 7, 1996 Row "12" (S to N) 250. (unmarked grave) 251. ARTIS, LaWanda Jeanise Nov. 7, 1977 - Nov. 7, 1977 252. (unmarked grave) 253. ARTIS, Columbus (WWI & II Vet) 1894 - 1983 254. (unmarked grave) 255. (McMAHON, Terry L. Feb. 20, 1963 - Aug. 11, 1987 256. (unmarked grave) 257. (unmarked grave) 258. McMAHON, John Alex Oct. 3, 1976 - Oct. 12, 1976 259. (unmarked grave) 260. KRIKLIN, Freddie Mae Feb. 19, 1914 - Jan. 26, 1993 261. HAMPTON, Emma June 29, 1896 - Feb. 25, 1991 262. (unmarked grave) 263. (unmarked grave) 264. (unmarked grave) 265. KIRKLIN, Clarence Nov. 8, 1914 - Dec. 22, 1967 266. BRAXTON, Andrew Lee Aug. 29, 1931 - April 6, 1998 267. BRAXTON, Audrey Mae Sept. 5, 1932 - March 14, 1995 268. ARMSTEAD, Pauline F. Oct. 21, 1917 - May 3, 1983 269. (unmarked grave) 270. GRIFFIN, Ethel Dec. 27, 1899 - Aug. 27, 1972 271. GRIFFIN, John Jan. 5, 1892 - Nov. 29, 1971 272. SMITH, Cloudia Feb. 5, 1892 - May 7, 1967 273. (unmarked grave) 274. (unmarked grave) 275. (unmarked grave) 276. COOPER, Elijah (WWII Vet) Feb. 24, 1925 - Nov. 27, 1983 277. COLE, Shirley T. Sept. 9, 1940 - Jan. 4, 1998 Row "13" (S to N) 278. (unmarked grave) 279. (unmkared grave) 280. BERRY, Jim Sept. 1, 1868 - Sept. 16, 1961 281. BROWN, Curtis Jr. Nov. 5, 1947 - Sept. 4, 1985 282. BERRY, Jessie L. May 9, 1926 - April 15, 1996 283. COOPER, Lannie Mae Sept. 8, 1939 - Sept. 7, 1996 284. (unmarked grave) Row "14" (S to N) 285. (unmarked grave) 286. SPEARS, Dorothy M. June 20, 1938 - Oct. 21, 1996 287. JONES, Mary Ann Feb. 15, 1916 - July 19, 1997 288. (unmarked grave) 289. (unmarked grave) 290. COLE, Loney (WWII Vet) Sept. 28, 1917 - May 8, 1986 291. BEROIT, Alvin Sr. May 14, 1915 - Dec. 14, 1982 292. CAPTAIN, Ludella July 22, 1892 - Jan. 5, 1979 293. COLE, Terbithah Jan. 6, 1900 - April 19, 1988 294. COLE, Erkie Sept. 10, 1896 - Dec. 29, 1961 Row "15" (S to N) 295. GENTRY, Colline April 1, 1909 - July 28, 1970 296. CLARKSTON, Leonard "Bubba" May 23, 1916 - July 28, 1978 297. CLARKSTON, Agnes March 31, 1915 - Feb. 7, 1979 298. CLARKSTON, Len "Tiger" May 2, 1915 - July 11, 1987 299. (unmarked grave) 300. (unmakred grave) 301. COLEMAN, Richard Lee (Korea Vet)March 12, 1932 - March 21, 1996 Row "16" (S to N) 302. LASTER, Alberta M. Aug. 15, 1914 - July 29, 1993 303. GOODLEY, Bernadine "Teat" Nov. 30, 1935 - Sept. 15, 1992 304. MORROW, Jeff (WWII Vet) Nov. 22, 1904 - Feb. 3, 1980 305. GOODLEY, Rodney Jr. "Boyo" Dec. 27, 1955 - Aug. 20, 1979 306. THOMAS, LeRoy (WWII Vet) May 3, 1920 - Dec. 1, 1953 307. HAMPTON, Orange Row "17" (S to N) 308. BLACKSTON, LeRoy May 17, 1934 - Oct. 3, 1970 309. CLANKSTON, Mandy Dec. 23, 1882 - Aug. 24, 1974 310. (unmarked grave) 311. HARMON, Hazle 312. CARSTON, Henry Sr. (WWII Vet) June 24, 1927 - July 23, 1994 313. (unmarked grave) Row "18" (S to N) 314. CARRIER, Mary Elaine Kennedy Sept. 19, 1934 - Feb. 15, 1994 Row "19" (S to N) 315. (unmarked grave) Row "20" (S to N) 316. BUSHNELL, Lortha Dec. 5, 1921 - July 22, 1977 317. LAVERGNE, Pearl Ann April 1, 1992 - April 1, 1992 318. HARRELL, Mary L. 1943 - 1995 319. BUSHNELL, Jessie May 3, 1933 - March 30, 1996 Row "21" (S to N) 320. JACKSON, Charlie Mose June 12, 1913 - Feb. 4, 1980 321. JACKSON, Leo March 25, 1936 -Sept. 5, 1985 Row "22" (S to N) 322. REEVES, Robert May 26, 1945 - Dec. 9, 1980 323. REEVES, Leona July 4, 1907 - March 19, 1981 324. REEVES, William (WWI Vet) May 11,1896 - March 24, 1967 325. SKINNER, Donald C. July 13, 1970 - Dec. 7, 1994 326. WOLFE, Ricky Lee Aug. 9, 1960 - Oct. 1, 1994 327. WOLFE, David Jr. Nov. 24, 1939 - April 9, 1990 328. (unmarked grave) 329. BABIN, Harry April 26, 1905 - June 4, 1981 330. JACKSON, Tommie Jo Feb. 19, 1945 - Sept. 11, 1983 331. (unmarked grave) 332. DeVILLE, Mable Fontenot Sept. 7, 1917 - June 19, 1990 333. KAOUGH, Mary Alice May 22, 1946 - Jan. 6, 1991 334. SMITH, Sander Oct. 10, 1900 - Jan. 20, 1992 335. (unmarked grave) 336. (unmarked grave) - END OF ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY -