Willow Springs Baptist Church Cemetery - African American - Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Compiled and Submitted by Libby Shipman and Bobbie Barrett, March 7, 2000 North of Sulphur, Louisiana ** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Nancy Jourdan 22 January 1869 - 2 October 1977 Unmarked Ann ( ) Death 1965 George Perkins PFC US Army 1921 - 1990 Shelton Jourdan, Jr. 28 March 1945 - 23 April 1980 Versa Jourdan 19/90 (written down as shown on marker) Oscar Jourdan, Jr. May 1927 - June 1983 Letha Mae J. Hunter 24 November 1953 - 21 January 1981 Melton Jordan US Army WWII 21 July 1920 - 25 August 1995 Henry Jourdan 1980 [only date] Chester Jourdan 26 August 1919 - 5 October 1979 Katherine M. Victorian 14 March 1947 - 8 April 1976 Maby ? Shelton Jourdan, Sr. 22 April 1923 - 8 December 1966 Oscar Jourdan [unclear] Died 6-2-5? Looks like a masonic ring buried in cement R. L. Armstrong 1932 - 1962 Milton Broussard 7 November 1927 - 16 April 1962 La 5PC Co B 16 Army Eng Bh Beulah P. Rigmaiden 2 April 1909 - 5 December 1989 Turner Rigmaiden 8 August 1904 - 14 February 1978 Curtis Braxton 28 August 1922 - 1 May 1991 Pvt. US Army WWII Unreadable stone Erdin Smith 20 May 1912 - 19 June 1978 Walter B. Smith 4 July 1919 - 20 October 1980 PPG - USA - WWII Earl Smith 12 August 1907 - 28 November 1990 Martha Smith 18 June 1907 - 1989 Unmarked Ammie Smith 31 August 1883 - 10 October 1958 Mother of Church Ora Lee Tanner 1934 - 1951 Unmarked Unmarked Ed Tanner 8 September 1932 Husband of Susie Tanner Elnora V. Smith 2 March 1931 - 21 December 1988 Unmarked Uhill Porter, Jr. No dates Unmarked Leon Tanner 3 January 1931 - 3 September 1996 Wife - Mattie Tanner Can't read Unmarked Can't read Sopaie Celeste 15 October 1902 - 4 May 1977 Joseph "PaPa Vincent 29 June 1899 - 2 July 1955 Johnnie Lee Rigmaiden 25 September 1935 - 12 February 1960 Leonard Johnson 30 April 1937 - 9 July 1987 Unmarked Unmarked Alvin Perkins 7 May 1940 - 5 August 1988 Anderson P. V. Vincent 14 November 1922 - 12 December 1983 Isiah "Ike" Perkins 27 December 1929 - 18 July 1980 Unmarked Unmarked Unmarked Wilki Perkins Died November 1960 Father Jennie Perkins Died 28 January 1973 Mother Alvin Perkins Died 11 July 1976 Brother Can't read Gennie LeDoux 1988 Murphy Armstrong La Pvt 335 - Serv. P.N. OMCC. 31 October 1934 Unmarked Oscar Stevenson 7 June 1929 - 4 May 1957 La StMT US Navy WWII Carrie Jones 1888 - 1957 Can't read Unmarked Charlie Perkins 15 August 1916 - 5 September 1947 Mary Brandon Ada Tanner 1895 - 1977 Can't read Alfred Tanner 11 August 1905 - 8 September 1980 Mable T. Benoit 10 September 1924 - 24 February 1981 Unmarked Mary Bell (Sue) Richard 30 August 1925 - 22 December 1990 Unmarked Wilbert Benoit 17 June 1925 - 25 September 1992 Pvt. US Army WWII Barbara Jourdan 1 November 1950 - 3 October 1984 Unmarked [child] Edward Lee Rigmaiden 25 December 1972 - 3 October 1975 Son of Ed and Wilma Joseph Jones 30 July 1927 - 13 October 1962 Alberta Bert Tanner 24 November 1897 - 21 February 1994 Particia A. Tanner Wash. 1938 - 1988 Alice Milton 3 November 1921 - 25 December 1986 Grave of sister and brother - Above ground Alice M. Washington 1947 - 1978 Ellis Washington, Jr. 18 December 1948 - 28 April 1997 L. Cpl. US Marine Corp. - Vietnam Gloria V. Tanner 4 March 1934 - 24 February 1977