Bilbo Cemetery, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana Listing Compiled by Lamar and Linda (Myers) Schweitzer, April 20, 1993 Rechecked by Evelyn E. Cole and Roberta B. Doty March 21, 1992 Annotated by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ BILBO CEMETERY Listing Compiled by Lamar and Linda (Myers) Schweitzer, April 20, 1993 Rechecked by Evelyn E. Cole and Roberta B. Doty March 21, 1992 Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes are preceded by LVH The location of this cemetery has eluded us til now; Linda and Lamar Schweitzer were able to guide us to it. From LA 27, about 6 miles south of Singer, turn west on Old Seal Road, go 3.5 miles to Hugh Myers Road and turn right (north). The cemetery is behind Mr. Myers's house at the end of the road. The driveway leading to the gate is lined with cedar trees on one side and crepe myrtle bushes on the other. There are lots of shrubbery and trees---one ancient cedar. The cemetery proper is fenced with a cyclone fence, and is surrounded by woods. Very nice! Well taken care of, with lots of mowing necessary. There are lots of birds if you are a bird watcher. Linda Schweitzer told us the local shop teacher directed the job of making and placing markers on the graves which were unmarked several years ago. A great project which means a lot to the genealogist in search of loved ones. Thanks, guys!! ============================================================================== == ARD, JAMES ARD, JAMES (MRS) BAKER. ANN BENNETT, ROBERT E 1880 1962 BENNETT, SUSAN ELIZABETH OCT 10 1892 DEC 19 1933 [M] BILBO, CHRISTINA LOUISE REISS (RICE) JUL 14 1905 OCT 22 1980 BILBO, GEORGE T FEB 16 1883 DEC 11 1937 BILBO, GERTRUDE L MYERS MAR 14 1886 OCT 13 1927 BILBO, MARTHA LENORA NOV 18 1879 JUL 20 1957 BILBO, MARY ANN FEB 22 1853 JUN 18 1931 BILBO, T.P. JAN 30 1833 MAY 13 1900 [LVH: Thomas P., s/o John and Jane Ann (Stevenson) Bilbo] BILBO, THOMAS JOEL JUL 16 1873 MAY 28 1932 BILBO, TONY A NOV 23 1902 NOV 12 1962 BONZE, HENRY BOOTH, BARBARA BOOTH, RUBY CHILDRESS, THOMAS EDGAR SR MAY 18 1919 FEB 8 1984 m-LaVERNE PEAVY CHILDRESS NOV 7 1942 MM-M\Sgt USAF WWII CHILDRESS, LaVERNE PEAVY DEC 8 1922 ** [M] w\o THOMAS EDGAR CHILDRESS, SR CRAWFORD, JACKSON KAY OCT 1 1915 JUL 6 1989 h\o MAE CRAWFORD CRAWFORD, MAE MAR 16 1919 FEB 25 1980 w\o JACKSON KAY CRAWFORD CRAWFORD, NORA K JAN 17 1908 JUN 11 1910 [SISTER] CROW, LUTHER MAE MAY 11 1905 NOV 26 1984 [F] m-WILLIE RAE MYERS CROW DEC 20 1932 CROW, WILLIE RAE FEB 16 1912 ** w\o LUTHER MAE CROW [M] CROW, JOHNIE FAE ---JUN 2 1938 dau\o LUTHER\WILLIE RAE CROW CRYER, WILLIE R JUL 18 1927 JUL 30 1990 m-A.LENORA CRYER JUL 30 1990 [F] CRYER, A LENORA JUN 28 1928 ** w\o WILLIE R CRYER [M] DION, TRESSA AUG 29 1905 FEB 19 1935 EUBANKS, MATTIE 1876 1944 [M] GILLAND, BERTIE VAN WINKLE JUL 15 1909 FEB 7 1925 HESTER, INFANT HUTSON, AUDREY MYERS JUL 17 1929 MAR 2 1992 LIGHTFOOT, B.B 1898 1948 LOTTY, PAOVU LOVE, INFANT LUCIUS, L.J. MAR 6 1933 NOV 9 1988 h\o BILLIE D LUCIUS [DADDY] LUCIUS, BILLIE D JAN 13 1933 ** w\o L.J.LUCIUS [MAMA] MARRIETT, INFANT MARTIN, INFANT McBRIDE, INFANT MILAM, DEAN OLIVER AUG 12 1962 MAY 3 1985 s\o ED\JANET MILAM MOSES, E.J. (MRS) MYERS, ADDIE BILBO APR 5 1880 JAN 27 1945 w\o THOMAS J MEYERS MYERS, F.M. DEC 6 1846 FEB 20 1926 [LVH: Francis M., h/o Louisa (?) Myers] MYERS, GENISIS OLIVER AUG 2 1921 FEB 27 1923 MYERS, GEORGE AUG 18 1901 MAY 29 1986 MYERS, GETHRY B SEP 30 1907 MAY 13 1908 MYERS, GLADYS P NOV 4 1899 JAN 25 1900 MYERS, HENRY F MAY 11 1893 JUN 29 1961 h\o VIRGINIA ELIZABETH MYERS MYERS, HENRY G SEP 28 1869 APR 15 1920 MM-La Pvt USARMY WWI [LVH: Henry Gustavus, s/o Francis M. and Louisa (?) Myers, h/o Laura Q. Bilbo] MYERS, HUGH L SEP 15 1903 APR 10 1973 MYERS, IRA P APR 8 1897 JAN 28 1930 [LVH: s/o Francis M. and Louisa (?) Myers] MYERS, JACOB GIBSON OCT 11 1881 DEC 22 1935 MYERS, JANELLE APR 17 1962 JUN 7 1984 MYERS, KANE MYERS, LAURA BILBO FEB 10 1877 DEC -- 1965 [LVH: Laura Q., d/o Thomas P. and Mary Ann (?) Bilbo, w/o Henry Gustavus Myers] MYERS, LEONA FOY B\D 1920\6 MYERS, LUCY SPIKES APR 15 1908 JUL 17 1989 MYERS, LULA FAY B\D 1925 MYERS, OREN GIBSON OCT 8 1871 MAR 27 1961 MYERS, SARAH FOWLER 1849 AUG 9 1913 MYERS, THOMAS "T.J." JUL 30 1875 FEB 4 1961 h\o ADDIE BILBO MYERS [F] [LVH: s/o Francis M. and Louisa (?) Myers] MYERS, TOMMIE J MAY 17 1901 AUG 17 1976 MYERS, VIRGINIA ELIZABETH MAY 17 1901 AUG 17 1976 w\o HENRY F MYERS MYERS, ZELL AUG 6 1903 AUG 27 1904 PEARCE, CARL T NOV 5 1941 JAN 28 1984 [F] PEARCE, ELMER DWIGHT JAN 24 1940 SEP 21 1984 MM-A2C USAF PEAVY, BESSIE LEE BILBO MAR 12 1887 DEC 23 1980 PEAVY, HERMAN C DEC 5 1922 JUN 6 1988 MM-Sgt USAF WWII PEAVY, JESSIE BILBO FEB 12 1895 APR 22 1934 PEAVY, LEAVY OCT 18 1884 FEB 14 1963 PEAVY, LOTTIE A BILBO DEC 1 1884 MAR 10 1918 PEAVY, MILBURN JUL 26 1913 NOV 28 1965 [FLAG] PEAVY, PATE d-MAY 5 1940 age 65 PEAVY, ROBERT BERRY MAR 6 1883 AUG 2 1945 POWERS, JULIA MYERS 1884 1958 RINGER, WILLIE BILBO MYERS JUL 16 1889 JAN 31 1954 SELF, FOYLENE FEB 21 1927 JUN 15 1928 SIMS, INFANT SITTIS, INFANT inf\o R.SITTIS [Spelling is a guess] SMITH, BOBBIE B\D 1935 SMITH, WILLIAM L APR 14 1909 AUG 30 1966 h\o MARY V SMITH [F] SMITH, MARY V JAN 25 1912 ** w\o Wm L SMITH SPIKES, LORENA AUG 26 1930 MAR 4 1993 SPIKES, MADIE E WILLIAMS JUN 22 1904 DEC 5 1979 w\o RAYMOND SPIKES SPIKES, RAYMOND JUL 23 1898 APR 24 1987 h\o MADIE E SPIKES [PHOTO\CPL] VAN WINKLE, ALICE VAN WINKLE, BERNIECE 1901 1907 VAN WINKLE, CORDELIA G AUG 12 1887 JUN 2 1983 w\o JAMES L VAN WINKLE VAN WINKLE, DOSS APR 11 1904 OCT 3 1961 VAN WINKLE, JAMES L JUN 15 1866 JUL 16 1947 h\o CORDELIA G VAN WINKLE WHIDDON, SAMUEL WILLIAMS, ADA C DEC 6 1877 OCT 22 1902 w\o W.R.WILLIAMS WILLIAMS, ALVIE LEWIS DEC 6 1907 JAN 20 1991 h\o ALICE S WILLIAMS WILLIAMS, ALICE S MAY 9 1912 ** w\o ALVIE LEWIS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS, EDNA MAR 22 1914 JUL 10 1914 WILLIAMS, FRANK W FEB 6 1881 JAN 12 1970\8 h\o LOTTIE P WILLIAMS WILLIAMS, JULIUS MANOR JUL 23 1936 JUL 25 1926 WILLIAMS, KATIE WILLIAMS, LOTTIE PEAVY JAN 28 1882 MAR 28 1927 w\o FRANK W WILLIAMS ---, ANN [A slave] ============================================================================== ==