ALSTON CEMETERY, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Evelyn Cole ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Submitted to the LaGenWeb Archives by Evelyn Cole. BETWEEN RAGLEY and DeQUINCY, LOUISIANA Listing Compiled by Roberta B. Doty Edited and printed by Evelyn E. Cole February 1993 - updated March 1997 Annotated by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes Turn south on Pilgrim Rest Road from LA 12, which is about half way between De Quincy and Ragley. After 2 1/2 miles, Pilgrim Rest Road will become gravel, but you continue on straight till it makes a sharp right turn---less than 1/2 of a mile farther. The road will make a sharp left---the cemetery will be 1/2 mile more...a total of about 5 miles. There is a woods type road all around Alston; the main gate is on the north end, but a secondary gate is on the south. There are a lot of cedar trees, azaleas, and other shrub-type bushes in the original part of the cemetery. Outside the fence, woods completely surround it. ALSTON, ADMONIA MAR 12 1875 MAY 12 1913 [LVH: d/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston] ALSTON, BLANCHE G APR 8 1907 NOV 4 1987 w\o DESMOINE ALSTON [M] ALSTON, CORA WHITE APR 8 1899 DEC 11 1981 w\o PATE ALSTON [M] ALSTON, D.L. "BAB" FEB 1 1910 JUL 15 1990 h\o VIRGINIA R ALSTON ALSTON, DESMOINE MAY 13 1899 SEP 14 1963 h\o BLANCHE G ALSTON [F] ALSTON, DESMOINE JR JUL 27 1927 SEP 5 1929 ALSTON, DRUSILLA COOLEY MAR 17 1886 JAN 29 1977 w\o JOHN ALSTON [M] ALSTON, E.J. "RAS" NOV 25 1887 OCT 18 1953 h\o VICTORIA ROBINSON ALSTON [F] [LVH: Erastus James "Ras", s/o William and Mary M. (?) Alston, h/o (1) Louvena Vincent and (2) Victoria Robinson] ALSTON, EDWARD OCT 18 1912 DEC 28 1912 inf\s\o M\M N.B.ALSTON ALSTON, EDWIN NOV 1 1911 ** m-VIOLA CLARK ALSTON SEP 20 1933 [DADDY] ALSTON, HOBBIE OCT 21 1903 FEB 17 1952 ALSTON, HOBBS AUG 17 1890 NOV 3 1902 ALSTON, INFANT JUL 17 1888 AUG 8 1888 s\o P.M.\M.C.ALSTON ALSTON, JEFFERY W SR MAR 26 1962 JUL 20 1987 ALSTON, JOHN D 1802 1876 [LVH: s/o John and Gina (Barnes) Alston, h/o Hester Ann Clark] ALSTON, JOHN DEC 11 1880 FEB 21 1916 h\o DRUSILLA COOLEY ALSTON [F] ALSTON, JOHN WILLIAM FEB 6 1940 JUN 5 1962 ALSTON, LOUVENA VINCENT SEP 19 1879 AUG 23 1907 w\o E.J.ALSTON [LVH: d/o Benjamin Homer and Mary (Gilland) Vincent, w/o Erastus James Alston] ALSTON, MARIE JAN 28 1913 JAN 17 1979 ALSTON, MARY CONSTANCE JUL 16 1846 JUN 28 1916 w\o P.M.ALSTON [LVH: Mary Ann] ALSTON, MODENA FEB 22 1881 OCT 18 1967 w\o ROBERT ALSTON ALSTON, NAPOLEON B AUG 31 1866 OCT 12 1937 [Marker matches ODELIA] [LVH: s/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston, h/o Odelia Perkins] ALSTON, ODELIA PERKINS DEC 24 1871 AUG 10 1956 [Marker matches NAPOLEON] [LVH: d/o James K. "Jack" and Delphine (?) Perkins, w/o Napoleon B. Alston] ALSTON, P.M. AUG 31 1867 MAY 25 1888 [LVH: Phillip M., s/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston] ALSTON, P.M. MAY 19 1842 DEC 26 1917 h\o MARY C ALSTON MM-U.C.V. [LVH: Phillip M., s/o John D. and Hester Ann (Clark) Alston] ALSTON, PATE JAN 29 1893 APR 21 1969 h\o CORA WHITE ALSTON [F] ALSTON, PATON DEC 4 1873 MAY 20 1889 [LVH: s/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston] ALSTON, PHILLIP McCOY AUG 29 1905 APR 30 1991 [SON] ALSTON, ROBERT DEC 20 1882 NOV 6 1935 h\o MODENA ALSTON [F] ALSTON, STELLA APR 21 1910 MAR 4 1915 ALSTON, SUSIE DEC 31 1906 APR 23 1974 [M] ALSTON, TEDDY LARAY FEB 9 1934 APR 2 1934 ALSTON, TEDDY McCOY OCT 9 1905 JUN 22 1922 ALSTON, VICTORIA ROBINSON OCT 12 1882 OCT 30 1969 w\o E.J.ALSTON [M] ALSTON, VIOLA CLARK JAN 10 1913 NOV 3 1986 w\o EDWIN ALSTON [MAMA] ALSTON, VIOLA MARY MAR 17 1944 MAY 9 1991 ALSTON, VIRGINIA R NOV 1 1914 ** w\o D.L.ALSTON ALSTON, WOODROW W JUN 15 1923 MAY 18 1945 MM-LaS1C USNR WWII ASHWORTH, BLEWETT MAR 5 1907 MAR 18 1985 MM-Tec5 USARMY WWII [LVH: s/o William T. and Harriet Catherine (Bass) Ashworth] ASHWORTH, LILLIE GEAREN AUG 24 1900 DEC 28 1987 BAGGETT, DONNIE SUE AUG 1 1936 AUG 12 1973 [PHOTO] BAGGETT, DOTTIE ALSTON OCT 18 1912 ** w\o LUTHER BAGGETT [M] BAGGETT, ELSIE ALSTON SEP 20 1907 JUL 27 1992 BAGGETT BAGGETT, JAMES "BUCK" MAY 14 1906 JUL 17 1980 h\o ELSIE ALSTON BAGGETT BAGGETT, LUTHER JUN 28 1906 MAY 27 1992 h\o DOTTIE ALSTON BAGGETT [F] BARRETT, ELIZABETH ROYER NOV 15 1931 MAY 2 1989 MM-SP4 USARMY COLE, CARROLL SR NOV 18 1893 SEP 30 1958 h\o DELLA COLE [F] COLE, CLAUDE JAN 10 1909 JUL 20 1968 [PHOTO] COLE, DELLA FEB 22 1895 FEB 26 1980 w\o CARROLL COLE,SR [M] COLE, DUMP E 1900 1959 COLE, EDNA ANNA AUG 25 1944 MAY 26 1992 [M] COLE, FAUD EARL APR 28 1913 JUL 2 1940 [DADDY] COLE, JOHN ASA APR 22 1868 APR 15 1934 COLE, LONNIE C SEP 22 1889 OCT 9 1959 h\o MONTELLA A COLE [F] COLE, MARY J MITCHELL OCT 2 1875 JUL 16 1957 w\o JOHN ACE COLE [M] COLE, MONTELLA A SEP 9 1897 NOV 12 1991 w\o LONNIE C COLE [M] COLE, SUSAN R JUN 30 1968 JUL 3 1968 COOLEY, CRUSE JAN 16 1914 NOV 25 1985 h\o MARGARET COOLEY COOLEY, CURTIS NOV 16 1911 JUN 14 1967 h\o EDITH COOLEY [F] COOLEY, EDITH MAR 23 1916 ** w\o CURTIS COOLEY [M] COOLEY, KENNEY B\D JUL 1945 s\o M\M FERN COOLEY COOLEY, KERNIE VERONE B\D 1934 COOLEY, LEANNA LYNNE MAR 6 1967 MAE 9 1967 dau\o M\M R.G.COOLEY COOLEY, LILLIE ALSTON OCT 23 1884 JAN 11 1966 w\o W.IRA COOLEY COOLEY, MARGARET S JUL 1 1920 ** w\o CRUSE COOLEY [PHOTO OF COUPLE] COOLEY, PAMELA DEC 22 1945 DEC 23 1945 dau\o M\M CRUSE COOLEY COOLEY, W.IRA DEC 28 1880 JAN 10 1953 h\o LILLIE ALSTON COOPER, LAFAYETTE W MAR 14 1874 OCT 27 1953 [LVH: s/o John T. and Madora (?) Cooper] CORMIER, DANA M B\D NOV 6 1969 DeRAMUS, FRED E DEC 26 1908 ** h\o LOLA E DeRAMUS DeRAMUS, LOLA E AUG 21 1914 SEP 11 1991 w\o FRED E DeRAMUS DOUGA, MARIE LOUISE JAN 20 1935 JAN 26 1935 dau\o M\M J.D.DOUGA [LVH: d/o J.D. and Rosa Lee (Vincent) Douga] DUNHAM, BEN L MAR 7 1880 APR 20 1963 h\o ROSE G DUNHAM [DADDY] DUNHAM, ROSE G NOV 27 1895 APR 11 1976 w\o BEN L DUNHAM [M] EYGABROAD, ANNA MAY APR 15 1927 JUN 19 1930 [LVH: d/o Leonard W. and Ellen (Alston) Eygabroad] EYGABROAD, ELLEN AUG 4 1907 MAR 5 1984 [LVH: d/o Erastus James and Louvena (Vincent) Alston, w/o Leonard W. Eygabroad] EYGABROAD, IDA G SEP 1 1861 DEC 11 1933 w\o JOHN I EYGABROAD [M] EYGABROAD, JOHN I AUG 16 1866 FEB 16 1942 h\o IDA G EYABROAD [F] EYGABROAD, LEONARD W FEB 2 1902 FEB 8 1959 [LVH: h/o Ellen Alston] FOSTER, NOLAN JUL 22 1922 NOV 8 1955 MM-LaPvt Co E 508 PRCHT Inf WWII BSM PH FOSTER, SURVELLA 1897 1953 GARY, LOU CREASY NOV 1 1841 SEP 10 1926 GEAREN, CHEERFUL APR 15 1911 APR 9 1986 h\o VERSIE BASS GEAREN GEAREN, CLARA ALSTON JAN 31 1872 MAY 26 1960 [LVH: d/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston] GEAREN, CLOVER DEC 28 1914 AUG 23 1921 GEAREN, HUEY APR 23 1912 FEB 24 1947 MM-La T\Sgt 633 Field Arty BN WWII GEAREN, INFANT B\D JAN 7 1811 s\o C.GEAREN GEAREN, INFANT s\o M\M R.M.GEAREN GEAREN, JOHN 1909 1930 GEAREN, N.A. ALSTON APR 16 1870 MAY 8 1917 w\o R.M.GEAREN [LVH: Neoma A., d/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston] GEAREN, PEGGY N JUL 7 1942 FEB 26 1972 [PHOTO] GEAREN, R.M. FEB 14 1871 JUL 26 1960 [F] [LVH: h/o Neoma A. Alston] GEAREN, SONA 1899 1981 h\o SUSIE E GEAREN GEAREN, SUSIE E 1894 1969 w\o SONA GEAREN GEAREN, VERSIE BASS JAN 5 1909 ** w\o CHEERFUL GEAREN GIMNICK, BOBBIE JUL 17 1911 APR 18 1943 GIMNICK, LUCY A FEB 9 1877 AUG 6 1966 "AUNT POP" GIMNICK, PETER NOV 19 1874 FEB 25 1966 "UNCLE PETE" [LVH: s/o Mathias and Anna (Alston) Gimnick] GIMNICK, USTER DEC 11 1896 DEC 5 1963 MM-La Sfc Motor Trans Corps WWI GOODNER, RICKEY DeWAYNE NOV 11 1960 FEB 25 1961 s\o M\M F.R.GOODNER H (GRAVE) [A.B.H. at the foot area] HODGES, DERBON SEP 8 1911 OCT 17 1985 h\o OLETA HODGES [Pic\o train engine] [LVH: s/o George Robert and Ola (Alston) Hodges] HODGES, INFANT AUG 26 1909 s\o M\M C.R.\O.HODGES HODGES, OLETA DEC 17 1919 ** w\o DERBON HODGES [Pic\o train caboose] [LVH: nee Pirtle] HODGES, ORA OCT 28 1886 JUL 31 1944 [LVH: nee Alston, w/o George Robert Hodges] HOGAN, AMANDA DRUCILLER MAR 13 1895 DEC 29 1913 HOGAN, B.F. DEC 5 1846 DEC 10 1918 h\o DRUCILLER E DEDGEWORTH HOGAN [MASON] HOGAN, BEN D AUG 23 1904 OCT 2 1907 HOGAN, DRUCILLER ELIZABETH WEDGEWORTH JUN 10 1837 APR 12 1914 w\o B.F.HOGAN HOGAN, INFANT OCT 25 1911 s\o H.L.\JULIA HOGAN HOGAN, JOHN W DEC 12 1906 OCT 17 1911 LYLES, ALPHA COOPER DEC 6 1907 NOV 15 1969 LYLES, BETTYE P MAR 8 1929 ** w\o PRENTICE C LYLES, SR LYLES, BUNNIE ALINE JUL 18 1925 JUN 2 1927 LYLES, FRED J NOV 4 1903 SEP 2 1979 LYLES, GERALD PIERCE JAN 17 1936 AUG 21 1960 MM-La BT3 US NAVY [PHOTO] LYLES, PRENTICE C SR OCT 19 1927 SEP 10 1990 [PHOTO] LYONS, AUBRY O MAR 21 1922 AUG 2 1975 h\o HELEN LYONS [F] LYONS, AUGUSTA JUL 26 1886 NOV 30 1951 LYONS, CORNELIA I JUL 3 1899 DEC 28 1961 LYONS, GUSSIE MAXINE MAY 6 1931 DEC 5 1941 LYONS, HELEN FEB 5 1929 ** w\o AUBRY O LYONS [M] McLAEN, KERNY MAR 18 1903 JUN 23 1903 McLAREN, CORA SEP 18 1877 MAY 7 1933 McLAREN, JOHN APR 30 1874 DEC 15 1957 [LVH: s/o Adam and Amanda (?) McLaren] McLAREN, KENNEY APR 3 1899 NOV 19 1926 McLERAN, INFANT APR 1 1898 inf\sons\o C\J McLERAN MEYERS, JOHN L AUG 20 1931 JUL 9 1992 MORRIS, INFANT JUN 19 1919 s\o TOM\ANNA MORRIS MUSGROVE, ALICE MAR 20 1871 APR 11 1952 [M] MUSGROVE, ALTON M MAY 25 1937 AUG 13 1988 MM-SN US NAVY MUSGROVE, AVON SEP 5 1931 JUL 19 1989 MM-USARMY MUSGROVE, BEN G APR 13 1911 OCT 25 1968 MUSGROVE, FLOYD JUN 10 1907 NOV 2 1925 MUSGROVE, INFANT B\D JAN 21 1941 s\o M\M BEN G MUSGROVE MUSGROVE, LOUIS NOV 2 1908 APR 29 1964 MUSGROVE, M.IONE FEB 20 1919 SEP 15 1988 MUSGROVE, SEAMAN JUN 13 1936 DEC 17 1936 MUSGROVE, VAN L JAN 19 1877 MAR 11 1948 [F] [MASON] NOVAK, JEANIE MARIE AUG 17 1957 DEC 10 1958 O'CONNER, LEAR SEP 24 1904 AUG 30 1905 PITRE, BABY PITRE, BABY REBOUCHE, WADE J MAY 26 1917 APR 28 1985 MM-USARMY WWII RICHARD, EDWARD J APR 20 1937 DEC 5 1970 [PHOTO] [Western motif headstone] RICHARD, FOREST MAR 25 1925 JAN 19 1983 MM-Pfc USMC WWII RIGMAIDEN, ALFRED FEB 23 1894 MAR 12 1972 [PHOTO] [LVH: s/o Thomas and Alice C. (Simmons) Rigmaiden, h/o Montie Jane Foster] RIGMAIDEN, CLEO ALSTON MAR 23 1869 JAN 11 1904 w\o JOHN RIGMAIDEN [LVH: d/o Phillip M. and Mary Ann (Constance) Alston] RIGMAIDEN, INFANT B\D JAN 11 1904 s\o JOHN\CLEO RIGMAIDEN RIGMAIDEN, INF TWINS MAR 16 1971 daughters\o REV.\MRS PAUL RIGMAIDEN RIGMAIDEN, MONTIE JANE NOV 21 1897 MAR 16 1985 [PHOTO] [LVH: d/o John W. and Cora Lee (Havens) Foster, w/o Alfred Rigmaiden] ROBINSON, CORA DEC 6 1856 DEC 6 1935 ROYER, ARTHUR "PAW" AUG 17 1902 APR 6 1985 ROYER, ELY MAY 22 1830 APR 12 1897 MM-U.C.V [LVH: Eli, s/o Onezime and Christine (Ryan) Royer, h/o Elizabeth Nichols]. ROYER, GERTRUDE ALSTON MAY 11 1864 APR 30 1951 [G-MOTHER] [LVH: d/o John D. and Hester Ann (Clark) Alston] ROYER, JACKSON 1895 1981 MM-Pfc USARMY WWI ROYER, LAURA ALSTON SEP 15 1844 APR 8 1917 [LVH: d/o John D. and Hester Ann (Clark) Alston, w/o Levi Royer] ROYER, LEVI OCT 20 1847 FEB 9 1929 MM-U.C.V. [LVH: s/o Onezime and Christine (Ryan) Royer, h/o Laura Alston] ROYER, MARY B MAR 5 1912 FEB 15 1963 ROYER, RODNEY W SEP 21 1953 SEP 22 1953 ROYER, SIMON I MAY 27 1858 FEB 5 1948 [LVH: s/o Eli and Elizabeth (Nichols) Royer] SANDERS, VERGIE JUN 5 1910 JUN 18 1918 SHOEMAKER, INFANT OCT 15 1962 s\o JOHN\ELAINE SHOEMAKER SPELL, DORIS V "JUDY" SEP 26 1938 AUG 18 1992 VAN WINKLE, JESSE H JAN 17 1925 MAR 31 1991 MM-Tec4 USARMY WWII [DADDY] VINCENT, HOMER OCT 20 1888 MAR 28 1958 [LVH: s/o Benjamin Homer and Mary (Gilland) Vincent] VINCENT, MARY OCT 16 1852 APR 15 1923 w\o P.H.VINCENT [M] [LVH: nee Gilland, 1st w/o Benjamin Homer Vincent] VINCENT, TOM FEB 22 1874 APR 3 1929 [LVH: s/o Benjamin Homer and Mary (Gilland) Vincent] WESTON, YOUEL JAN 12 1911 SEP 25 1987 WORNELL, LIZA ANN 1875 1961 WORNELL, WILLIAM ISAAC AUG 1 1867 NOV 9 1957 YELOTT, ETHEL ALSTON OCT 27 1908 OCT 29 1927 w\o ELMER YELOTT ============================================================================== == NOTE: Martha Jean Ellis of San Antonio, TX contributed information useful to the annotation.