SMYRNA CEMETERY (DESOTO PARISH, LOUISIANA) Transcribed by Charolette Foshee and Deborah Foshee ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** SMYRNA CEMETERY (DESOTO PARISH, LOUISIANA) The Smyrna Cemetery is located off Highway 5 in Longstreet, DeSoto Parish, LA. You turn onto Highway 3015 East and go about 3.9 miles. The Cemetery is on the right side of the road next to the Smyrna Presbyterian Church. AUST, Thomas, born 12 Mar 1912, died 20 Aug 1930 BAGLEY, D. W., born 2 Dec 1883, died 20 Aug 1904 BAGLEY, Louise Ella, born 29 Nov 1922, died 4 Mar 1924 (dau. of L.B. & Lula) BAGLEY, L. B., born 30 Sep 1855, died 2 May 1891 BAGLEY, Leslie Boyd, born 24 Oct 1914, died 2 Jun 1990 BAGLEY, Levi B., born 6 May 1890, died 17 Jun 1975 BAGLEY, Lula W., born 14 Feb 1893, died 2 Jul 1960 BAGLEY, Mary Adelle Fisher, born 20 Nov 1916, died 22 Jan 1994 BAGLEY, Minnie A. B., born 14 Oct 1860, died 24 Feb 1957 BAGLEY, Minnie K., born 16 Aug 1892, died 14 Jul 1973 BAGLEY, Ralph Stephen, born 23 Dec 1952, died 28 Jul 1973 BIGGS, Mr., no dates (buried to the right of John & Maurice Brantley) BILLINGSLEY, Clifford H., born 26 Aug 1915, died 6 Oct 1995 (1st LT US AIR FORCE) BILLINGSLEY, Conway David, born 21 Nov 1910, died 7 Jan 1987 BILLINGSLEY, David A., born 8 Apr 1814, died 12 Nov 1883 BILLINGSLEY, David W., born 17 Feb 1851, died 2 May 1933 BILLINGSLEY, Emma, born 9 Jul 1878, died 3 Oct 1942 (dau. of W.A. & Mary I.) BILLINGSLEY, Jimmie J., born 3 Jul 1897, died 21 Aug 1898 (son of D.W. & S.A.) BILLINGSLEY, Joe N., born 20 Sep 1881, died 28 Aug 1954 BILLINGSLEY, Lilly, born 16 May 1886, died 30 Aug 1902 (dau. of D.W. & S.A.) BILLINGSLEY, Martha Jane, born 20 Feb 1820, died 23 Jul 1854 (wife of D.A.) BILLINGSLEY, Mary I., born 18 Sep 1858, died 30 Dec 1882 (wife of Walter A.) BILLINGSLEY, Rhonda Turner, born 4 Apr 1891, died 30 Mar 1989 BILLINGSLEY, Robert L., born 26 Jul 1918, died 11 Dec 1980 (PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II) BILLINGSLEY, Robert Lee, born 21 Mar 1880, died 8 Oct 1918 (W.O.W.) BILLINGSLEY, Sallie Ann, born 3 Sep 1861, died 4 Sep 1937 BILLINGSLEY, Tay Miller, born 3 Jan 1921, BILLINGSLEY, W. A., born 9 Apr 1846, died 19 May 1917 BOGLE, James Monroe, born 29 Sep 1842, died 7 Jan 1900 BRANTLEY, John T., born 1 Feb 1907, died 6 Mar 1979 BRANTLEY, Maurice S., born 8 Sep 1928, BROWN, Bernice Crenshaw, born 5 Oct 1918, died 26 Sep 1990 BROWN, Chester Leopold, born 11 Jun 1913, died 17 Jan 1980 (CPL US ARMY) BROWN, George Terrell, born 30 Sep 1941, died 10 Feb 1952 BROWN, Warren Calvin, born 2 Dec 1916, died 19 Jan 2000 (PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II) BULEY, Mary Jane, born 11 Nov 1849, died 6 Sep 1949 BULLOCK, 2 children, no dates (buried to the right of Mr. Biggs) BUSHER, B. J., born 15 Apr 1931, died 23 Nov 1980 (A1C US AIR FORCE KOREA)(Military marker says, Bernice James Busher) CASSIDY, John H., born 31 Mar 1916, died 19 Jun 1949 (LOUISIANA SGT AAF HQ & HQ SQ WORLD WAR II) CONNELL, Infant, no dates (buried to the right of Elgin Connell) CONNELL, Allen Bert, born 6 Aug 1900, died 5 Feb 1967 CONNELL, A. R., no dates (buried to the right of Infant Connell) CONNELL, C. B., born 24 May 1858, died 16 Apr 1922 CONNELL, Edwin, no dates CONNELL, Elgin, no dates CONNELL, Ella Hinke, no dates (she share's a headstone with her mother, Emeline J. Hinke) CONNELL, Henry D., born 8 Sep 1888, died 12 Mar 1892 (son of C.B. & V.S.) CONNELL, Howard R., born 8 Jan 1901, died 9 Dec 1972 CONNELL, Jack G., born 15 Nov 1931, died 31 Aug 1995 CONNELL, Joseph N., born 14 Sep 1856, died 25 Jun 1938 CONNELL, Mattie D., born 10 Oct 1872, died 20 Apr 1962 CONNELL, Myrtis G., born 7 Jul 1902, died 24 Jan 1975 CONNELL, Myrtle W., born 6 Feb 1906, died 5 Jan 1998 CONNELL, Nora English, born 18 Jun 1937, CONNELL, Sebell S., born 26 Feb 1863, died 10 Apr 1935 COODY, Gladys McMichael, born 7 Sep 1905, died 1 Jan 1955 COWDIN, Charles E., born 31 May 1896, died 24 Feb 1968 COWDIN, Gladys G., born 29 May 1909, died 12 Jun 1988 COWDIN, Joseph Edward, born 24 Feb 1949, died 14 Aug 1991 CREECH, Minnie Lee Bolton Skinner, born 24 Jun 1907, died 18 Sep 1993 CREECH, Telitha Harris Billingsley, no dates DENISON, SR., Howard George, born 23 Oct 1912, died 20 Jul 1979 (LT. COL US ARMY WORLD WAR II & KOREA) DENISON, Lucille Bagley, born 1 Sep 1918, DUDDY, JR., Danny Kevin, 20 Mar 1992 (only date) ELLIOTT, Maggie and 2 children, no names or dates (headstone is broken, she is buried to the left of Elvira Texas Billingsley) FOSTER, Jemima C., born 3 Apr 1871, died 20 Feb 1960 FOSTER, John Gilmer, born 28 Sep 1845, died 16 Nov 1917 FRANKLIN, C. P., born 1874, died 1949 FRANKLIN, Cora A. Bagley, 30 Apr 1882, died 15 Aug 1904 FRANKLIN, J. H., born 14 Jul 1847, died 27 Jun 1914 FRANKLIN, Missouri Caroline Billingsley, 6 Nov 1842 - 23 Nov 1926 (wife of J.H.) FREDERICK, Pearl Ward, born 1883, died 1969 FREDERICK, Phillip A., born 29 Sep 1908, died 31 Dec 1988 (US NAVY WORLD WAR II) FREDERICK, Philip Jacob, born 1875, died 1959 GAMBLE, Alma C., born 1885, died 1934 GAMBLE, D. Sloan, born 28 Jan 1886, died 28 Jul 1978 GAMBLE, Henry Wilson, born 25 Apr 1884, died 20 Jun 1969 GAMBLE, Rubie C., born 28 Dec 1890, died 9 Dec 1972 GUICE, Fannie Parker, born 6 Feb 1903, GUICE, George Ralph, born 11 Nov 1893, died 4 Jun 1959 (LA PVT CO I 347 INF RGT WORLD WAR I) HARRIS, J. W., born 22 Jan 1925, died 12 Jul 1987 (US ARMY) HARRIS, Peggy J., born 15 Nov 1927, died 2 Feb 1994 HATCHER, Ann Billingsley, born 1889, died 1964 HATCHER, Marvin A., born 1908, died 1966 HATCHER, Samuel T., born 1886, died 1945 HILL, Auren, age 77, died 11 Nov 1907 (birth date not given) HILL, Fannie Pridmore, born 1864, died 1909 HILL, Tommie H., born 10 Jul 1900, died 11 Dec 1977 HINKE, Emeline J., no dates JEFFRIES, Elvira "Ellie" Texas Billingsley, born 15 Apr 1848, died 20 Jun 1892 JONES, Alex Matthews, born 15 Apr 1885, died 31 Jan 1971 JONES, Avis Turnley, born 14 Aug 1912, died 20 Dec 1998 JONES, Effie H., born 30 Aug 1905, died 21 Feb 1995 JONES, Joe R., born 26 Apr 1909, died 15 Jun 1991 JONES, Joseph, born 18 Dec 1844, died 28 Jan 1919 (30 GA INF CSA) JONES, Infant of J.J. & Fannie, born & died Oct 1895 (no day given) JONES, Mildred Nixon, age 83, died 1 Apr 1999 (Rose-Neath Mansfield Funeral Home Marker) (buried to the left of Ollie) JONES, Nonie Creech, born 27 Dec 1867, died 25 Dec 1925 JONES, Ollie Attaway, born 18 Dec 1889, died 30 Nov 1982 JONES, Richard C., born 12 Oct 1903, died 19 Sep 1978 JONES, Ross, born 22 Sep 1902, died 21 Nov 1902 (son of J.J. & N.F.) LAFFITTE, Child, no dates LAFFITTE, Mrs. Dora, no dates McCLURE, Edrina Dorrthit, married 1881, died 1883 (wife of John W.) McMICHAEL, Allie Roark, born 15 Jan 1885, died 13 Jun 1927 McMICHAEL, Bessie Billingsley, born 6 Sep 1882, died 29 Sep 1974 McMICHAEL, Carlton M., born 7 Nov 1902, died 6 Sep 1966 (LOUISIANA MOMM2 USNR WORLD WAR II) McMICHAEL, Charles Schuler, born 17 Feb 1876, died 31 May 1941 McMICHAEL, Clarence Cleveland, born 1879, died 1927 McMICHAEL, Clarence Victor, born 1908, died 1924 McMICHAEL, Della Eva Billingsley, born 1 Dec 1882, died 8 Jun 1969 McMICHAEL, Maude McClure, born 1 Sep 1882, died 3 Apr 1969 McMICHAEL, Mildred, born 23 Sep 1923, died 11 Apr 1926 McMICHAEL, II, William Henry, born 3 Jun 1884, died 16 Oct 1960 McRANEY, Mary Eleanor, born 16 Aug 1915, died 8 Jul 1997 (daughter of Noble & Eva B. McMichael) McRANEY, Ralph Leon, born 12 Jun 1902, died 5 Sep 1973 (LOUISIANA MAJOR US ARMY WORLD WAR II) MARES, Reginald, born 1919, died 1986 (loving husband of Mary McRaney) (TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II) MASON, Hal B., born 1873, died 1935 MASON, Hilton Randolph, born 21 Feb 1924, died 27 Sep 1968 MASON, Irma Jones, born 27 Feb 1906, died 23 Aug 1988 MASON, Leonard G. "Spot-Lite", born 25 Oct 1928, died 8 Dec 1999 MASON, Lila Moore, born 6 Nov 1930, died 29 Dec 1989 MASON, Mamie, born 7 Dec 1895, died 6 Apr 1982 MASON, Mattie J., born 1880, died 1966 MASON, Peyton, born 10 Oct 1890, died 29 Sep 1960 MASON, Ruth "Muddy" Poag, born 10 Oct 1909, died 18 Dec 1995 MASON, T. C., born 8 Jun 1901, died 12 Oct 1978 MASON, Willie Hamilton, born 21 Feb 1896, died 28 Jun 1979 (PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I) MILLER, Betty M., born 1878, died Mar 1947 (no day was given) MILLER, Hattie B., born 1900, died 1920 MILLER, John J., born Nov 1869, died Apr 1940 (no day was given) MILLER, Mary E., born 1905, died 1918 MORTON, Lois V. Mason Hearst, born 7 Aug 1899, died 30 Apr 1990 PALMER, Edith Madgelene, born 15 Aug 1905, died 7 Feb 1995 PALMER, Rev. Lyle Gordon, born 17 Sep 1902, died 9 Aug 1965 (husband of Edith Madgelene McMichael) PARKER, Jess, born 2 Feb 1888, died 11 Aug 1929 (W.O.W.) PERKINS, Essie M., born 8 Jun 1908, died 5 Jan 1998 (death date from funeral home marker) PERKINS, Infant son of John & Pauline, 21 May 1963 (only date given) PERKINS, John Elston, age 67, died 16 Jul 2000 (Rose-Neath Mansfield Funeral Home Marker) (buried to the left of Essie M. Perkins) PERKINS, Tom W., born 5 Apr 1901, died 3 Dec 1983 PHARIS, Alice Hinkie, no dates PHARIS, Effie, no dates PLATT, Edwin David, born 7 Jan 1906, died 10 Jan 1906 (son of E.G. & K.A.) POAG, Beulah A., born 30 Jun 1869, died 19 Nov 1953 POAG, Floyd Duval, born 31 Mar 1895, died 25 Mar 1918 (son of Joseph & Beulah, VOL IN GOV SERVICE 433 SQUADRON SIGNAL CORPS-OREGON) POAG, Guy L., born 6 Mar 1893, died 4 Jul 1894 POAG, Joseph J., born 27 Jan 1856, died 29 Apr 1924 (wife Beulah) POAG, Katie, born 13 Feb 1900, died 20 Apr 1976 POAG, Powell, born 2 Nov 1901, died 25 May 1980 POAG, Ramon, born 18 Nov 1900, died 28 Oct 1903 (son of J.J. & B.A.) SHULTZ, Cornelia Cowdin, born 25 Nov 1889, died 16 Feb 1975 SIMS, J. M., born 1872, died 1953 SIMS, John H., born 21 Dec 1898, died 7 Jan 1972 SIMS, Maggie, born 1877, died 1944 SIMS, Ruby H., born 7 Apr 1913, died 29 Nov 1995 SKINNER, Cleveland R., born 30 Jun 1905, died 1 Dec 1934 SKINNER, Robert Nolan "Dootsy", born 18 Oct 1928, died 2 May 1991 (A1C US AIR FORCE-KOREA) SOJOURNER, Child, no dates SOJOURNER, Child, no dates SOJOURNER, Child, no dates SUBLETT, Alice Franklin, no dates SUBLETT, James Raymond, no dates TILLEUX, Albert Emerson, born 2 Dec 1909, died 15 Sep 1991 TILLEUX, Clarice Vivian McMichael, born 10 Jul 1908, died 22 Nov 1982 TINDALL, America L., born 3 Mar 1829, died 29 Oct 1905 TINDALL, Sallie Ann, born 23 Aug 1860, died 14 Aug 1929 (note: under the dates it says, McClure-Hooper) WARD, Alice Billingsley, born 28 Aug 1857, died 9 Jan 1929 WARD, Beulah O., born 18 Feb 1889, died 9 Jan 1993 WARD, Carrie Estelle, died 29 Apr 1950 (no other date) WARD, Cecil Nolan, born 1 Sep 1894, died 29 May 1920 WARD, Ethel Evans, born 7 Nov 1892, died 21 Dec 1980 WARD, Frederick James, born 19 Feb 1852, died 18 Nov 1940 WARD, Infant daughter of W. F. & E., born 4 Feb 1922 (no other date) WARD, Minnie, born 6 Sep 1881, died 4 Jan 1975 WARD, William Frederick, born 6 Oct 1891, died 25 Apr 1970 (PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I) WILSON, Aline M., born 25 Jan 1914, died 15 Mar 1988 WILSON, E. Russell, born 11 Nov 1907, died 5 May 1984