Bivens Cemetery, Beauregard Parish Louisiana Submitted by Evelyn Cole Date: July 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ BIVENS CEMETERY Listing Compiled by Evelyn E. Cole and Roberta B. Doty August 22, 1992 Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes are preceded by LVH This is an extremely neat and well-kept cemetery. It is located behind Boxwood Church of Christ in Bivens. Bivens is located on LA 389, which is a good, paved, all-weather road, about 12 miles or so south of Merryville. There are several large oak trees in the newer section; the older section has traditional cedar trees. Cement benches have been conveniently placed in several locations for those needing a resting place. The atmosphere here is very relaxing and peaceful. The cemetery is surrounded on three sides by woods of mixed trees and the church with its parking facilities on the fourth side. In a conversation with the caretaker of Bivens, it was related that there is an old cemetery for black folk behind the Meadows Cemetery. There is no sign of grave markers at this time. In researching Hixon Funeral Home records, we find this cemetery listed as "Franks Cem" during the 30s. ============================================================================== == ALSUP, PHILIP R MAY 19 1949 SEP 29 1983 MM-SP4 USARMY Vietnam ANDREWS, BASIL MAR 24 1905 JUL 15 1935 AUTREY, ALICE EBARB DEC 7 1880 MAR 4 1914 BELL, J.H. FEB 5 1879 NOV 12 1915 BRADLEY, CHARISSA ELOIS FEB 2 1965 APR 5 1983 BRATHERTON, JAMES HUGH JUN 14 1916 DEC 9 1985 MM-Tec5 USARMY WWII BREAUX, BERTIE B OCT 1 1917 DEC 25 1985 w\o CURTIS BREAUX [M] BREAUX, CURTIS NOV 19 1917 OCT 1 1979 m-BERTIE B BREAUX AUG 10 1936 [DADDY] BRITTAIU, R.E. (MRS) JUN 15 1856 MAY 4 1912 BROOKS, DELOS MAR 8 1922 OCT 16 1989 m-DOROTHY L BROOKS OCT 10 1947 MM-USMC WWII BROOKS, DOROTHY L AUG 16 1928 ** w\o DELOS BROOKS BROUSSARD, CLAUDE RES. BROUSSARD, GEORGIA RES. BROWNING, BEVOLLA ---NOV 25 1897--- BROWNING, CHESTER EDWARD MAY 9 1912 MAY 13 1988 [DADDY] m-VERA CARRIE P BROWNING JAN 10 1942 BROWNING, DAVID DEC 13 1888 OCT 25 1893 BROWNING, EDWARD D (REV) 1885 1958 [DADDY] BROWNING, MARY T SEP 18 1830 FEB 14 1893 BROWNING, OLIEF JUL 8 1861 FEB 23 1944 spouse\o R.B.BROWNING BROWNING, R.B. MAR 16 1859 NOV 1 1906 spouse\o OLIEF BROWNING BROWNING, R.W. OCT 22 1862 JUL 23 1912 BROWNING, SUSAN APR 19 1895 JAN 1 1958 BROWNING, VERA CARRIE P "BIDDIE" NOV 19 1908 JUN 24 1986 [MOMMA] w\o CHESTER E BROWNING BURKS, NATHAN 1912 1978 MM-Pfc USARMY WWII BURKS, OLLIE W SEP 3 1918 DEC 14 1973 BURKS, ROBERT JUN 30 1906 AUG 19 1964 BUTLER, ARRON L MAY 27 1923 FEB 22 1969 BUXTON, TERRY WINSTON NOV 27 1958 APR 30 1982 [SHALOM] CAIN, JOHNNIE FEB 6 1909 JUN 30 1984 COCHRAN, BEULAH S AUG 19 1905 ** w\o HERMAN M COCHRAN COCHRAN, DORIS L JUL 29 1932 APR 19 1993 COCHRAN, DOROTHY ANN JAN 17 1883 JUL 2 1958 COCHRAN, E.L. (MRS) JUL 14 1870 APR 2O 1903 COCHRAN, EMMA 1888 1969 w\o JOHN ADAM COCHRAN COCHRAN, HERMAN M FEB 10 1903 DEC 22 1959 h\o BEULAH S COCHRAN COCHRAN, INFANT B\D FEB 29 1920 s\o MRS.J.A.COCHRAN COCHRAN, JOHN ADAM 1872 1937 h\o EMMA COCHRAN COCHRAN, MARGARET FEB 10 1881 FEB 25 1955 COCHRAN, MARY JANE DEC 19 1850 SEP 2 1925 w\o W.A.COCHRAN COCHRAN, NEVA P OCT 29 1917 JAN 27 1969 [M] COCHRAN, OLA S JAN 21 1903 NOV 6 1992 w\o TOMMIE COCHRAN* COCHRAN, ROSA LEE JAN 1 1914 SEP 1 1983 w\o SILAS E COCHRAN COCHRAN, SILAS E OCT 20 1911 ** h\o ROSA LEE COCHRAN COCHRAN, TOMMIE JUN 19 1900 FEB 22 1936 h\o OLA S COCHRAN COCHRAN, TOMMIE LOUISE AUG 5 1938 AUG 6 1938 COCHRAN, W.A. AUG 6 1876 SEP 9 1940 COCHRAN, W.A. OCT 20 1839 MAR 11 1923 h\o MARY JANE COCHRAN [LVH: William A.] COOLEY, CARL O "BRIGHT" SEP 11 1909 OCT 21 1992 [F]* h\o MILDRED COOPER COOLEY COOLEY, MILDRED COOPER OCT 2 1913 ** w\o CARL O COOLEY COOPER, EZRA OCT 20 1895 AUG 23 1902 COOPER, LAFAYETTE W NOV 17 1893 JAN 13 1952 h\o MADGE W COOPER [MASON] COOPER, LOUIS CLINTON MAR 9 1910 APR 20 1971 [DAD] COOPER, LULA JAN 12 1905 JAN 9 1906 COOPER, MADYE W NOV 11 1900 MAY 8 1963 w\o LAFAYETTE W COOPER COOPER, MARY J. 1873 1944 w\o N.J.COOPER COOPER, MITTIE P DEC 26 1910 JAN 1 1977 w\o NEWTON M COOPER COOPER, N.J. 1852 1929 h\o MARY J COOPER [MASON] COOPER, NEWTON M DEC 17 1900 DEC 13 1979 h\o MITTIE P COOPER [MASON] COOPER, RALPH WOODROW JAN 29 1921 AUG 28 1940 s\o M\M L.W.COOPER COOPER, SIDNEY JUN 16 1892 NOV 16 1895 COWARD, ANGELINE WATSON 1908 1947 w\o WILLIAM H COWARD COWARD, CECIL A AUG 30 1910 NOV 8 1920 COWARD, JAMES J NOV 21 1875 APR 29 1936 h\o MILDRED C COWARD [LVH: s/o Mitchell and Louisa (?) Coward] COWARD, JAMES L APR 1 1924 APR 6 1924 COWARD, MAUDIE JUL 12 1899 MAY 24 1900 COWARD, MILDRED C AUG 21 1880 MAR 9 1969 w\o JAMES J COWARD COWARD, SUSAN JANE JUN 24 1844 JUN 17 1909 w\o TIMOTHY ALONZA COWARD COWARD, TIMOTHY ALONZA JUN 11 1846 APR 11 1924 h\o SUSAN JANE COWARD COWARD, WILLIAM H MAY 30 1901 FEB 3 1975 h\o ANGELINE WATSON COWARD D.W.S. DICKENS, JANE K JUN 22 1905 APR 23 1990 DICKENS, WILLIE SEP 25 1902 APR 15 1976 E.M.S. FISCHER, GUSTAV JUL 27 1904 JUN 29 1986 ** h/o VADA JACKSON FISCHER, VADA JACKSON MAR 29 1909 ** w/o GUSTAVA FISCHER [married FEB 8, 1929, Beaumont, Texas] FRANKS, A.O. 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