McCormick 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 ********************************************** At the junction of US Hwy. 167 and LA Hwy. 13 in Turkey Creek, turn west on Cemetery road. Go approximately 2.5 miles, and turn left onto gravel road. Cemetery is approximately .7 miles on the left side of the road. A large sign on the entrance gate has names of commissioners to be contacted for information or permission for burial. In October 2000, they were Luther Johnson, Larry King, Willie Glenn Clark, Mr. Hazelton, commissioners. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded & submitted by Mary Parker Partain and Jane Parker McManus on 23 October 2000. ------------------------------------------------------ [Group of Burials next to the front fence]: Messer, Joseph - 17 Aug 1979 / 17 Aug 1979 Messer, Cynthia L. - 26 Oct 1959 / 25 Feb 1979 Messer, Zonnie - 17 Jul 1917 / 25 Feb 1979 Messer, Herbert H. - 27 Dec 1912 / 13 Sep 1984 [Triple Slab] Aday, Herbert Dewey - 16 Mar 1972 / 18 Mar 1972 Callender, Lula M. - 7 Feb 1924 / 4 Apr 1989 Messer, Samuel Houston - 30 Jul 1996 / 30 Sep 1996 [funeral marker] Messer, Lonnie - 10 Jan 1902 / 25 Jun 1973 / Father Messer, Ollie Mae - 8 Aug 1907 / 25 Aug 1989 / Mother [Identical Stones & Slabs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Burials from far left (east) to right (west)]: Row 1: [front to back] Johnson, Stella V. - 23 Jan 1907 / 26 Jun 1982 / Mother Johnson, Dollie A. - 22 May 1886 / 11 Dec 1976 / Wife Johnson, Hadley - 17 Jun 1878 / 26 Apr 1971 / Husband Johnson, Jesse E. - 1 Mar 1909 / 18 Nov 1934 Clark, Beaulah Warner - 1910 / 1940 [4 above burials are on same concrete slab] Wiggins, Florence V. - 23 Apr 1915 / 22 Oct 1981 Clark, Bessie G. - 4 Feb 1918 / 11 Jun 1999 Clark, Robert E. - 6 Aug 1912 / 11 Sep 1991 [Double Stone & Double Photograph] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 2: [back to front] Sharp, Infant of M&M David Sharp - [no dates] King Mrs. Linnie - 1909 / 1940 Messer, Zack - 1882 / 1947 / Father Messer, Emily Hazelton - 20 Feb 1882 / 24 Dec 1950 [4 burials are on concrete slab that join with Wiggins/Clark burials in Row 1] Hazelton, David - 4 Jan 1862 / 13 Feb 1950 Hazelton, S. V. Clark, wife of David Hazelton - 13 May 1863 / 4 Feb 1934 Hazelton, Henry G. - 16 Dec 1891 / 19 Dec 1929 Hazelton, Marion Vernon - 21 Dec 1920 / 21 May 1999, Pvt. US Army WW2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 3: [front to back] Hazelton, Leacy C. - 25 Nov 1901 / 21 Oct 1987 / Mom Hazelton, Herbert - 31 Jul 1898 / 15 Aug 1979 / Dad [Double Stone] West, Betty F. - 11 Feb 1940 / 1 Jan 1977 Pruitt, Elijah - 1880 / 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 4: [back to front] [infant slab - no inscription] Garvin, Veney Messer, wife of Arthur Garvin - 13 Dec 1903 / 10 Jun 1930 Pruitt, Gertrude Messer, wife of Elijah Pruitt - 15 Feb 1908 / 18 Jan 1937 [Elijah Pruitt in row 3 is right at foot of this burial] Messer, Theophilus - 18 Jun 1881 / 21 Mar 1947 / Father Messer, Effie - 3 Jul 1883 / 11 May 1960 / Mother [Identical stones] Hackett, Mrs. Pairlee Robert M. - 22 Sep 1906 / 15 Sep 1964 [inscription above is probably, "wife of" Robert M] [adult vault - no inscription] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 5: [front to back] Johnson, Lucille - 21 May 1928 / 5 Jun 1998 / Moma "Your love was the strongest rock in our lives. It was unmoving, unchanging, and undying. You are missed every day in every way. You are held and loved forever in our hearts. Your family" Johnson, Luther - 5 Dec 1915 / 7 Mar 1980, SSgt, US Army WW2 / Daddy Johnson, Allen - 8 Dec 1882 / 19 Jun 1952 Messer, Mary - 1894 / 1929 Johnson, Leon - 1917 / 1918 [concrete border around above 3 burials] Hazelton, Steve - 1854 / 1942 Hazelton, Carrie - 1863 / 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 6: [back to front] Fontenot, Joseph - 1848 / 1922 Hale, Effie Idelia Fontenot, wife of J. H. Hale - 27 Sep 1879 / 29 Jan 1919 [unmarked burial with no inscription other than "Mother"] Johnson, Monroe Gurney, son of M&M E. O. Johnson - 21 Sep 1899 / 15 Aug 1922 Emmons, Ellen Lucinda - 8 Dec 1874 / 2 Jul 1897 Johnson, Ezell, son of E. G. & Lusenda Johnson - 21 Feb 1894 / 21 Aug 1894 Johnson, Little Darling of E. G. & Viola Johnson - b&d 1 Feb 1904 Johnson, W. F. - 20 Feb 1879 / 10 Nov 1886 [OLDEST BURIAL IN CEMETERY] Johnson, Eager - 26 Jul 1909 / 15 Mar 1911 [behind very large camellia bush] Johnson, Mandy - 1863 / 1929 Johnson, J. D. - 1856? / 1930 [almost unreadable stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 7: [front to back] Johnson, Lydia Orelia - 14 Jul 1893 / 15 May 1986 / Mama Johnson, Noah - 6 Feb 1886 / 9 Apr 1955 / Daddy [Double Stone] Johnson, Lola Marie - 16 Aug 1934 / 20 Dec 1936 [newer stone] Johnson, Lola Marie - 1938 / 1940 [small concrete stone at foot of above burial] Johnson, Noah Jr. - 6 Sep 1935 / 28 Nov 1938 Johnson, Virgie B., daughter of Noah & Orelia Johnson - 18 Aug 1910 / 6 Sep 1924 Johnson, Susan R. Clark, wife of Benoitt Johnson - 25 Mar 1854 / 18 Apr 1927 Johnson, Benoit - 15 May 1837 / 18 Feb 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 8: [back to front] Johnson, Herman - 30 Oct 1929 / 8 Jan 1934 Messer, Elizabeth - 1869 / 1929 / Mother Messer, Oscar - 1872 / 1927 / Father [Identical stones for above 2 burials] [adult vault - no inscription] [above 4 burials are on same common concrete slab] Messer, L. C. - 1878 / 1918 [almost unreadable] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 9: [front to back] Johnson, Arthur R. - 13 Sep 1896 / 5 Jul 1983 Johnson, Lydia J. - 27 Nov 1897 / 29 Apr 1979 Johnson, A. K. - 20 Jan 1925 / 17 Jul 1971 [above 3 burials have identical stones & vaults] Johnson, Ola - 1902 / 1951 Johnson, Alice Adaline - 1877 / 1946 / Mother Johnson, Leonard - 1873 / 1941 [Identical small stones] Hebert, Frank - 2 May 1852 / 10 Mar 1925 Hebert, Malendia A., wife of F. Hebert - 1 Jan 1864 / 28 Jun 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 10: [back to front]: Messer, Shona Marie - 11 Feb 1965 / 25 Feb 1979 [photo] Messer, Odell Jr. - 16 Dec 1967 / 1 Oct 1968 Messer, Reginale - 10 Jan 1963 / 21 Jul 1963 [above 3 burials on a common slab Messer, Malendy H. - 2 Mar 1889 / 2 Sep 1959 Messer, L. M. - 1870 / 1941 Messer, S. D. - died 26 May 1939, age 63 Johnson, Baby son of W. R. & Maud Johnson - [no dates] Johnson, Baby of W. R. & Maud Johnson - [no dates] Johnson, William Riley - 3 Feb 1881 / 25 Dec 1946 Father Johnson, Mary Maud Hazelton Durr - 24 Jan 1902 / 24 Dec 1981 Mother [Double Stone] Johnson, Steve Abb - 28 Jun 1933 / 11 Nov 1933 Johnson, Willie May - 6 Mar 1926 / 29 Dec 1926 DeLatorre, Jake - b&d 25 Nov 1992 [only date] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 11: [front to back] Rabb, Lambert A. - 24 Jul 1912 / 22 Aug 1955, LA Pfc. 470th Hosp. Ship Plat WW2 Hebert, Durice - 2 Aug ?1996? / 16 Sep ???? [unreadable death date, infant burial] Hebert, Murphy - 3 Nov 1917 / 2 Sep ?1922? Brabbs, Nellie J. - 24 Nov 1923 / [no dates] Mother Brabbs, Delos J. - 22 May 1920 / 26 Mar 1997 Father [Double Stone & Single Vault] Lamkin, Ruby Lee Johnson - 3 Dec 1921 / 27 Dec 1998 Sister Clark, Loretta - 1940 / 1940 [unreadable infant slab] [identical vault - no inscription] King, Elvin Lee - 9 Sep 1940 / 19 Jul 2000 [vault & funeral marker] King, Murphy - 4 May 1914 / 11 Jul 1987 Father King, Maude - 4 Dec 1921 / 15 Feb 2000 Mother [Double Stone & Wooden Cross] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 12: [back to front] Clark, Garland Sr. - 30 Aug 1896 / 21 Oct 1980 Clark, Emily J. - 7 Mar 1900 / 11 Apr 1935 [Identical Stones on common slab] Clark, G. E. - 1919 / 1919 Clark, Nely - 7 Apr 1932, LA Pvt. 84th Inf. [only date] Clark, Thomas Spraht - 8 Jan 1882 / 19 Feb 19?3 [almost unreadable hand lettered stone] Lemons [sic], Arthur - 24 Oct 1905 / 15 Mar 1938 [almost unreadable hand lettered stone] Clark, Isa Leamons - 27 Jun 1905 / 9 Nov 1991 Morgan, Sylvia Ann - 8 Apr 1962 / 8 Apr 1962 Greer, Jay Malcolm, son of M&M Joe M. Greer - 31 Aug 1940 / 8 Mar 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 13: [front to back] Clark, Mildred - 14 Aug 1937 / 13 Jul 1967 King, Cotton - 22 Jan 1928 / 25 Jan 2000 King, Ruth - 3 Aug 1914 / [no dates] Clark, Lawrence - 8 Jan 1903 / 8 Oct 1954 [Triple Stone] [infant burial - no information] Baby Fontenot, Adrian Eugene - 3 Dec 1924 / 5 Mar 1947 Fontenot, Melvin Clyde - 28 Jul 1917 / [only date] Fontenot, Willie E. - 6 Mar 1891 / 23 Feb 1978 Fontenot, Donna C. - 24 Apr 1895 / 17 Nov 1986 [Double Stone] Row 14: [back to front] Messer, Ada G. - 6 Feb 1914 / 10 Feb 1994 Messer, John H. - 9 Oct 1912 / 12 Jul 1978, Pfc, US Army / Father [Double Stone & Photo] Clark, Malinda - 3 Dec 1875 / 21 Oct 1954 [vault] Clark, Evan - 11 Mar 1871 / 2 May 1965 [vault] [above burials on common slab] Clark, Earl - [vault & funeral marker with no information] [cards on flowers have name] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 15: [front to back] King, Brent Wayne - 1 Sep 1961 / 28 Oct 1983 Son God looked down by the river shore and picked a bud To bloom in Heaven forever more. King, Barbara - 2 Apr 1934 / [no dates] King, John F. - 15 May 1929 / 27 Aug 1974 We miss you Bobby, words can never tell. I will see you again when it's the Lord's will. [Double Stone] - Married 24 Dec 1950 King, Randy - 25 Feb 1968 / 25 Feb 1968 King, Infant of John F. King - 29 Jul 1957 [only date] [common slab for above 2 burials] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Driveway through center of cemetery - New Section on right of driveway]: Clark, Merdia L. - 23 Feb 1924 / 24 Sep 2000 [vault & funeral marker near the back fence] Smiley, Thomas B. - 22 Oct 1919 / 13 Feb 2000 [funeral marker only] King, Burrel - 15 Jan 1924 / 25 Sep 1997 Dad [infant burial near front gate right of driveway - no identification] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------