Brushy Creek, Old River Road, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana Listing Compiled by Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. Cole Date: October 1992 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ BRUSHY CREEK OLD RIVER ROAD Listing Compiled by Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. Cole October 1992 Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes are preceded by LVH Brushy Creek Cemetery has a "working" twice a year (second Saturday in May and second Saturday in September). It is behind the Brushy Creek Baptist Church and is surrounded by woods. There is one big old oak tree and a shelter for inclement weather. The birds singing in the woods, the shrubbery, a dogwood tree, and the wild sunflowers and other wild flowers make this a unique place. In the front corner is a section of City Service Gas pipeline. This cemetery is on LA 389 south of Merryville or west of Fields. It is where LA 389 makes a sharp bend east; continuing south, it would be Old River Road. Follow Old River Road to the right, and then immediately turn left---Brushy Creek Church is on the right. ============================================================================== == BOLENBAUCHER, JIMMIE DEAN NOV 4 1942 DEC 11 1960 BOLENBAUCHER, JOSEPH W APR 14 1915 FEB 9 1989 BOLENBAUCHER, NAOMA AG 20 1906 SEP 16 1991 w\o FRANK BOLENBAUCHER [M] BOLENBAUCHER, T.W. 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Marze, (2) George Hoosier, and (3) William John Spikes] TAYLOR, COLUMBUS P OCT 10 1866 DEC 20 1917 WATSON, RHODA MINCHEW 1808 1880 w\o SAMPSON WATSON WATSON, SAMPSON 1803 1880 h\o RHODA MINCHEW WATSON WHITMAN, EDWIN R L APR 24 1934 JUL 8 1989 MM-A3C USAF Korea WHITMAN, GORE WHITMAN, HAMPTON WHITMAN, HAMPTON A MAY 22 1899 FEB 1 1957 h\o NETTIE B WHITMAM [photo of HAMPTON A WHITMAN WHITMAN, INFANT JUL 1911 dau\o JAMES\MARY WHITMAN WHITMAN, INFANT OF H.A. 1944 WHITMAN, INFANT OF H.A. WHITMAN, JAMES M APR 15 1876 AUG 18 1959 h\o MARY S WHITMAN [LVH: James Monroe, s/o Joseph Adam and Elizabeth J. (Foster) Whitman, h/o Mary Melvina Smith] WHITMAN, MARY S AUG 19 1873 DEC 31 1967 w\o JAMES M WHITMAN [LVH: Mary Melvina Smith, w/o James Monroe Whitman] WHITMAN, NETTIE B SEP 7 1903 OCT 15 1984 w\o HAMPTON A WHITMAN [photo of NETTIE B WHITMAN] WHITMAN, TWINS OF H.A. ============================================================================== ==