DUPLISSEY CEMETERY - Evangeline Parish, LA Submitter: Jane McManus Date: 28 Oct 2000 * ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From the intersection of Interstate 49 South and US Hwy. 167, drive South toward Turkey Creek for about 3.3 miles. Turn back right (west) onto gravel road and go approximately .7 mile toward Cocodrie Lake. This very small, fenced cemetery is located on the right side of the road. There is no name on the gate or anywhere else, but the majority of burials are for the family of Dupplisseys. Tombstone inscriptions recorded and submitted by Jane Parker McManus and Mary Parker Partain on 18 October 2000. [West Side of Cemetery - from front to back]: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duplissey, Sarah M. - 5 Jul 1892 / 5 Mar 1973 Mother Duplissey, Samuel D. - 14 Jun 1885 / 7 Feb 1960 Father [concrete border around these two burials] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pratt, James H. - 16 Mar 1874 / 19 Jun 1966 Father Pratt, Doshia E. - 1882 / 1944 Mother [Identical stones & slabs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [adult concrete slab - no inscription] Ratliff, Eldeller Duplissey - 22 Nov 1881 / 19 Aug 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duplissey, Charles - 14 Sep 1853 / 5 Nov 1942 Father Duplissey, Catherine - 29 Dec 1861 / 24 Jul 1935 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duplissey, Jeremiah - 1 Dec 1887 / 23 Oct 1894 Duplissey, Nancy L. - 21 Aug 1914 [only date] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [wooden cross - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duplissey, Charles W. O. - 7 Jun 1940, LA Pvt. US Army [only date] Duplissey, Mary Delia Rials - 2 May 1902 / 20 Aug 1946 Wife of Charles W. Duplissey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, Jeanette L. "Sussie" - 8 Dec 1940 / 16 Nov 1976 Duplissey, Mary R. A. - 26 Oct 1878 / 30 Aug 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fontenot, Emma D. - 5 Aug 1883 / 3 Mar 1970 Fontenot, Aurelian W. - 8 Oct 1890 / 2 Jan 1932 [Identical Stones & slabs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [infant slab - date only, no inscription] - 12 Oct 1964 [in the left back corner by the fence] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duplissey, C. C. - 18 Jan 1880 / 18 Jan 1972, 92 yrs. Duplissey, Annabel - 2 Mar 1887 / 8 Dec 1967, 80 yrs. [small identical stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fontnoth, Edward L. - 1879 / 1967, 87 yrs. Fontnoth, Morrison - 1884 / 1965, 83 yrs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, William S. "Willie" - 27 Nov 1918 / 26 Apr 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [East Side of Cemetery - from the back to front]: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson, Pearl Williamson "Patty" - 17 Mar 1921 / 2 Mar 1987 Wife / Mother Johnson, Hart Jr. "Pusser" - 16 Jul 1917 / 3 Dec 1987 Husband / Father [Double Stones & Vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fontenot, John Hawkins - 1886 / 1947 Father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Williamson, Jeff - 7 Sep 1888 / 9 Mar 1955 Williamson, Pocahotus D. - [Ardoin Funeral Marker] Williamson, John J. - 2 Aug 1926 / 30 Oct 1997, US Navy MSgt. US Army WW2 Korea [large slab, 2 vaults on ends, slab in center with funeral marker only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin, Mr. James - Dec ?1957?[unreadable funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin, Maud S. - 1 Mar 1924 / 2 Aug 1983 Austin, Thomas - 1 Nov 1922 / 19?9 [no dates], US Army 1942 / 1946 [Double Stone - unreadable funeral marker for Thomas] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gunter, Barbara - 19 Jul 1944 / 1948 Gunter, Gene - 6 Nov 1942 / 1954 Gunter, Joyce Gaynell - 17 Jan 1938 / 28 Oct 1955 [3 identical stones & slabs in a row] Gunter, Ed H. - 27 Feb 1913 / 15 Feb 1961 Father [adult slab - no inscription] [2 above slabs are identical to above 3 Gunter stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gunter, Vernie Lee - 2 Aug 1942 / [no dates] Wife / Mother Gunter, Edward Morris - 23 Sep 1939 / 7 Feb 1991, BTFN - US Navy [Double marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beasley, Katherine F. - 21 Feb 1916 / 7 Nov 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N--- , ?Martha? - b&d Mar ???? [unreadable funeral marker at infant burial] Nordrum, Ivy W. - 15 Aug 1957 [only date, infant burial] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------