Havens Cemetery, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Evelyn Cole and Roberta Doty ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Havens Cemetery East of Singer, Louisiana Listing Compiled by Evelyn E. Cole and Roberta B. Doty, October 1992 Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes are preceded by LVH Annotations by Joan Friend are preceded by JF ********************************************************************* Havens is a large cemetery which has plenty of room to grow. To reach it, go east from Singer on LA 110 to Beehive Road, turn north and go 1.2 miles. You will cross some bridges; before you come to the "T" in the road, you will find Havens Cemetery at the end of a driveway which turns back to the left (southwest). This is a real nice country-looking cemetery with lots of shrubbery and bigtrees---even a pecan tree. There is a picnic table and benches beneath one of the big oaks. The rows are carefully layed out, making graves easy to find. We hope they continue to keep it neat like this. ======================================================================= ALSTON, JESSE SEP 11 1903 NOV 6 1980 h\o RUBY DAVIS ALSTON [Flag] ALSTON, RUBY DAVIS JAN 3 1914 ** w\o JESSE ALSTON BOWMAN, ALICE G APR 29 1893 AUG 10 1991 w\o JAMES LEE BOWMAN BOWMAN, JAMES LEE AUG 30 1889 JUL 13 1954 h\o ALICE G BOWMAN BUFFINGTON, CHARLES ROBERT MAR 4 1905 OCT 22 1981 [DAD] [MASON] h\o GERTIE BURGE BUFFINGTON BUFFINGTON, GERTIE BURGE OCT 9 1918 ** [MOM] [E.STAR] w\o CHARLES ROBERT BUFFINGTON BURGE, DAN JUL 9 1919 OCT 17 1973 [Flag] BURGE, ELZIE MONROE OCT 26 1922 SEP 1 1962 BURGE, GLORIA FAY DEC 23 1941 dau\o DAN\TINIEVE BURGE BURGE, MARY HAVENS NOV 14 1890 AUG 4 1973 w\o THOMAS BURGE [MAMA] BURGE, ONDIE JUL 11 1915 AUG 19 1972 h\o VIRGINIA S BURGE [F] BURGE, THOMAS "ANDY" APR 22 1889 JUN 13 1984 h\o MARY HAVENS BURGE [PAPA] BURGE, VIRGINIA S AUG 10 1921 AUG 6 1976 w\o ONDIE BURGE [M] COLEMAN, BARNEY NATHANIEL JUN 4 1880 MAR 7 1933 COLEMAN, BERNICE H APR 22 1925 ** m-NATHAN C COLEMAN AUG 30 1941 COLEMAN, MARY WATSON DEC 31 1887 SEP 26 1955 COLEMAN, NATHAN C MAR 8 1911 FEB 11 1986 m-BERNICE H COLEMAN [Coleman, Nathan had children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren] COOLEY, JOSHUA ANDREW SEP 12 1989 OCT 2 1992 s\o James\Deana Cooley [Baby Josh] COWARD, INFANT JUN 10 1959 s\o Robert Coward DAVIS, HAROLD ATWOOD AUG 29 1932 NOV 9 1987 MM-YN1 US NAVY Korea Vietnam DAVIS, SARAH "SALLIE" OCT 30 1909 ** w\o Thomas J Davis DAVIS, THOMAS J DEC 14 1908 OCT 23 1982 h\o Sarah Davis DOUGHERTY, CHARLES W JUL 30 1906 JUL 22 1971 MM-La Pfc USARMY WWII DOUGHERTY, INFANT OCT 15 1952 DOUGHERTY, VIRGIE RUTH SEP 15 1910 NOV 14 1992 GRANTHAM, AMELIA CREAVE DEC 1 1866 MAR 27 1906 w\o JOHN GRANTHAM Mother\o 8 children GRANTHAM, JOHN MAR 26 1857 APR 17 1924 GRANTHAM, SAMUEL E SEP 3 1901 OCT 18 1951 h\o VIOLA A GRANTHAM GRANTHAM, VIOLA A NOV 28 1902 JAN 28 1986 w\o SAMUEL E GRANTHAM HAVENS, ANDY SEP 8 1906 JAN 28 1974 [Flag] [LVH: s/o Jefferson Rankin and Rachel Elizabeth (Slaydon) Havens] HAVENS, ARSAND MAY 22 1913 JAN 28 1980 h\o MAGGIE L HAVENS HAVENS, B.A. APR 5 1906 MAY 10 1907 HAVENS, BESSIE NOV 8 1912 SEP 30 1990 w\o COLAND HAVENS HAVENS, C. LESTER OCT 10 1878 DEC 10 1961 h\o MATILDA J HAVENS [JF: s/o William L. and Mary Louise Ladner Havens] HAVENS, COLAND FEB 26 1910 OCT 16 1986 h\o BESSIE HAVENS HAVENS, DANNY NOV 23 1961 JUN 3 1967 s\o ARCHIE\PAT HAVENS HAVENS, J.J. JAN 18 1904 MAR 1907 HAVENS, JEFFERSON RANK[IN] APR 20 1871 MAY 4 1956 [LVH: s/o William L. and Mary Louise (Ladner) Havens, h/o Rachel Elizabeth Slaydon] HAVENS, L.L. MM-Co H 15 Ala Cav CSA HAVENS, LONNIE OCT 12 1900 JUL 16 1986 [LVH: s/o Jefferson Rankin and Rachel Elizabeth (Slaydon) Havens, h/o Mayola Alston] HAVENS, LORA d-MAR 2 1909 HAVENS, MAGGIE L APR 17 1915 NOV 4 1976 w\o Arsand Havens HAVENS, MARK AUG -- 19-- HAVENS, MARY L LADNER SEP 30 1836 SEP 4 1899 w\o W.L. Havens [LVH: Mary Louise, w/o William L. Havens] HAVENS, MATILDA J FEB 11 1872 OCT 10 1954 w\o C. Lester Havens HAVENS, MAYOLA ALSTON NOV 29 1906 MAY 9 1990 [LVH: d/o John A. and Mary Cynthia Ann "Dolly" (Jackson) Alston, w/o Lonnie Havens] HAVENS, MILDRED E COLEMAN NOV 27 1912 JUN 10 1984 [E.STAR] w\o Ruben Havens HAVENS, RACHEL E SLAYDON JAN 20 1878 APR 29 1937 w\o J.R.Havens [LVH: Rachel Elizabeth, d/o William Justice and Alrenia "Rena" (Pierce) Slaydon, w/o Jefferson Rankin Havens] HAVENS, RUBEN LEMUEL JAN 6 1913 JUL 19 1992 [MASON] m-Mildred E Coleman MAY 16 1942 HAVENS, RUETILLUS J JUL 10 1898 NOV 4 1918 [American Legion] [Flag] [LVH: s/o Jefferson Rankin and Rachel Elizabeth (Slaydon) Havens] HAVENS, RUFUS P SEP 29 1908 JUL 18 1977 [JF: s/o C. (Charles) Lester and Matilda J. Havens] HAVENS, W.L. APR 18 1837 JUN 17 1931 h\o Mary L Ladner [LVH: William L., s/o John and Sabra Ann (Fletcher) Havens, h/o Mary Louise Ladner] NELSON, BOBBY WADE AUG 4 1925 OCT 19 1981 [DADDY] NELSON, CORA OPEL MAR 29 1904 AUG 31 1963 [M] PEDDY, CHARLES A MAY 2 1900 SEP 28 1987 PEDDY, OTHER BRUCE AUG 28 1938 MAR 4 1950 [OUR SON] PEDDY, R.C. "NICK" SEP 5 1928 NOV 8 1957 [Flag] PEDDY, ROZELLA HAVENS FEB 14 1902 OCT 16 1979 PORTLOCK, PEARL G AUG 1 1884 JUN 27 1950 REECE, JAMES P DEC 17 1857 JUN 5 1939 h\o Leona P. Reece REECE, LEONA P MAY 11 1865 DEC 12 1944 w\o James P. Reece [LVH: d/o William L. and Mary Louise (Ladner) Havens] REECE, NODA T AUG 15 1910 AUG 8 1991 w\o Willie S. Reece REECE, WILLIE S DEC 14 1905 MAY 17 1985 h\o Noda T. Reece REYNOLDS, MARY D DEC 17 1927 NOV 12 1967 RUMSEY, ETTA JUN 26 1874 JUL 3 1954 SLAYDON, ANDY 1870 1930 [LVH: Andrew J., s/o William J. and Florina (Burge) Slaydon] SMITH, JAMES LAFAYETTE JAN 15 1940 NOV 7 1991 h\o Wanda Alverne Smith MM-TMMC US NAVY Vietnam [MASON] [Engraved oil well] SMITH, WANDA ALVERNE MAY 15 1943 ** m-James Lafayette Smith APR 2 1963 SPEARS, 2 INFANTS AUG 16 1945 AUG 24 1945 [ JF: infant sons of Vergie Ruth (Havens)Spears Dougherty] SPEARS, A.R. AUG 10 1945 AUG 29 1945 [JF: Ada Ruth Spears, infant daughter of Vergie Ruth Spears] SWACHHOUSE, JOSEPHINE DEC 25 1860 NOV 16 1954 [M] ============================================================================== == Kathy (Markell) Britton contributed information useful to the annotation of the Havens family.