Sunflower Cemetery, Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Creath Hendricks June 2002 Source: Cemeteries of Franklin Parish Louisiana, Public, Private and Abandoned by: Lucille D. Ainsworth Copied and updated by Glenda Warner Boyd and Gwen Horne: May 2009 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Sunflower cemetery is located off Hwy 132, which is known as the Delhi-Baskin road. Take a road that turns to the left off Hwy 132 and cross a canal to get to the cemetery. It is surrounded by farm land. ***************** Pearl E Fuller 3-4-1890 - 5-14-1969 Louis E Fuller 6-20-1884 - 6-21-1960 Lula A Fuller 3-10-1876 - 7-3-1953 Willie C Fuller 11-30-1871 - 10-26-1948 Masonic Ivey A Fuller 10-11-1905 - 5-31-1978 Lillian Fuller 7-18-1915 - Blank Bruce Morgan 5-2-1899 - 11-22-1962 Evaie J Morgan 8-19-1904 - 2-17-1983 Felix Severien Girod 4-19-1883 - 7-14-1963 Annie Dunham Girod 1-26-1888 - 6-8-1970 Married 1-6-1906 Mary Amanda Malone Girod 11-12-1912 - 9-4-1982 (Buried Monday 9-6-1982 Labor Day) Auldon Leonidas Girod 3-31-1910 - 6-23-1979 Married 10-29-1933 Walter Leon Girod 9-6-1920 - Blank Mary Anne Girod Pertius 1937 - 2003 Gosber Fife (no dates) Bessie Crider Fife d March 1948 age 76 years Paul B Morris BABY (funeral home metal marker, dates illegible) Danny Lee Thornsberry 7-10-1951 - 6-17-1971 Joseph F Thornsberry 2-21-1921 - 5- 11 - 1948 LA S/Sgt 2533 AF BU WWII Joe Thornsberry 9-26-1887 - 6-21-1955 Jimmie Thornsberry 1-11-1887 - 9-21-1968 Jim Thornsberry 12-22-1928 - 6-17-1971 Eugene Fife 10-25-1897 - 10-21-1949 LA Pvt. 53 Art. CAC WWI Henry Earl Fife Jr. 10-9-1930 - 6-27-1970 LA Pvt. 105 Co. 30 Eng. Tng. Bn. KOREA Maxine Sutton 2-20-1924 - 2-15-1969 2 graves marked with metal stake, no inscriptions 1 grave marked with a wooden board driven into ground Bettie Crider 1867 - 1943 William Butler Crider 1-4-1851 - 6-1-1942 Lenora A Bradley Crider 2-8-1869 - 10-5-1916 Norma Alice Johnson 6-27-1931 - 2-17-1933 (d/o Clarence & Nona Johnson) Dorothy Loraine Johnson 2-24-1925 - 3-12-1925 (d/o Clarence & Nona Johnson) Benjamin F Johnson d. 4-9-1940 LA Wagoner 47 Field Art. 16 Div Claude C Isaac d. 1-15-1905 s/o J J & Z E Isaac James ??? (marker illegible) Charles E Isaac d. 10-6-1902 age 6 yrs s/o J J & Z E Isaac Ella Isaac 6-31-1903 - 10-4-1904 d/o J J & Z E Isaac E H Lairid (Laird) Co B 1 Alabama Arty. CSA (no dates) Marker with no inscriptions Harvey Fuller 10-18-1894 - 8-28-1898 s/o W C & L A Fuller Ola E Fuller 5-11-1913 - 10-7-1913 d/o W C & L A Fuller James W McKensie 1865 - - 7-5-1938 Mary M Strong Woods d. 8-7-1963 age 46 years John A Shepherd 1-4-1909 - 6-2-1964 Everett C Shepherd 3-13-1913 - 4-12-1968 Minnie S Shepherd 3-14-1874 - 6-16-1959 Curtis R Shepherd 8-18-1882 - 7-7-1958 Lillie Mae Fuller 6-5-1911 - 12-1-1979 Benjamin C Fuller 8-6-1903 - 11-3-1961 William Deggans 9-7-1878 - 4-2-1946 Annie B C Deggans 3-4-1890 - 11-29-1960 Married 4-1-1908 R L Derrick 9-19-1892 - 2-17-1928 Richard H Hartley 4-22-1883 - 3-30-1970 Georgia A Hartley 10-22-1901 - 7-8-1977 Barbara Ann Massey b & d 7 25-1951 Billie Hartley 12-24-1925 - 11-11-1934 Infant son Covington d 10-25-1938 s/o Marcus & Maude Covington Gertrude W Woods 12-13-1892 - 6-17-1935 Dennis R Woods 7-27-1878 - 1-31-1934 Thomas C Robinson 3-4-1861 - 11-24-1929 Sida D Robinson 12-11-1871 - 6-2-1934 James Albert Robinson d. 10-18-1928 La Pvt 1Cl, 43 Inf. 15th Div Infant daughter Sutton 1-7-1916 - 1-27-1916 d/o R G & F R Sutton Iola Murray 1888 - 1968 Roderick G Sutton 2-6-1889 - 4-19-1933 Florence R Sutton 12-10-1890 - 6-29-1970 ************ The following inscriptions marking graves were side by side on cement slab Tobert B Roberts 12-27-1868 - 8-22-1930 Frank J Roberts 7-20-1872 - 10-20-1950 Mary D Roberts 1-27-1886 - 3-20-1918 (Married 12-30-1906) Lonze S Roberts 2-11-1889 - 8-2-1961 *********************** Tary L Roberts 5-11-1908 - 6-25-1912 s/o F J & Alice Roberts Elbert B Roberts 3-17-1907 - 10-12-1971 Frank J Roberts Jr. 3-3-1914 - 12-23-1971 Mary Jane Roberts 8-13-1935 - 2-14-1936 Elbert B Roberts (no dates) Co. B. 3 LA Cav. CSA Olive Louise Evans 8-3-1931 - 6-25-1938 Jerry E Fuller 11-9-1935 - 3-17-1970 Max Calvin Fuller 5-14-1937 - 5-4-1974 Son J B Messenger 10-22-1863 - 2-3-1914 Horace Evans 7-22-1921 LA Pvt. 71 Inf. 11 Div. Edward Caleb Dunham Nov. 14, 1864 Jan. 21, 1915 Grandpa Stone replacement placed beside original headstone Mary Virginia Sumrall Dunham Sept. 9, 1867 Jan.10, 1941 Grandma Molly James Robert Merriwether Jan. 15, 1885 April 10 1951 TATUM Infants, Jim & John 12-21-1970 John W Merriweather 7-29-1886 - 1-10-1954 LA Pvt Inf. WWI William Pate Girod 2-10-1935 - 9-25-1979 George William Evans Sr 10-22-1911 - Feb. 22,1996 Sarah Elizabeth Evans 4-30-1914 - 7-31-1982 Married 5-19-1929 Edward C Dunham 4-21-1887 - 9-21-1932 Maude Robinson Dunham 1-10-1895 - 5-12-1914 Betty Schoonover b. 1931 d. 1998 ------------------------------------- May 2009----Copied and updated by Glenda Warner Boyd and Gwen Horne Harvey Lee Fuller Oct. 31, 1937 Mar. 1, 2004 SP4 US Army Max Ray Goodwin Jr. May 14, 1952 June 10, 2002 Double HS Max Ray Goodwin Apr. 16, 1923 Aug. 13, 1991 Nadene Johnson Goodwin Feb. 20, 1926 Aug. 29, 2000 Benjamin C. Fuller, Jr. Feb. 4, 1933 Dec. 5, 1988 Double HS Pearlie Seymour Apr. 17, 1941 married Sept. 23, 1958 Goldie May Seymour Apr. 13, 1941 June 3, 2003 Double HS Odis B. Lord June 4, 1901 Feb. 8, 1989 Annie L. Lord July 18, 1907 Ray Edward Wise Nov. 7, 1949 Feb. 23, 2005 Inscription: Loving Husband, Daddy, Pap, Bumpie Stewart, Maurina, Elizabeth Colten Katie Emily Edward Ernie Here Lies A Man Who Lived Life For All That Its's Worth Double HS Dorothy C. Deggans Oct. 20, 1922 Lethell E. Deggans Mar. 6, 1921 July 24, 1986 Lillian Marie Deggans April 21 1924 March 4, 1998 In Loving Memory Ernest E. R. Dub Seymour Mar 8 1884 May 19 19?2 Birtie Anna Jones Seymour Apr. 5, 1904 May 11, 1983 TSGT Jim Owen Garner March 9, 1927 Sept. 28, 1994 US Air Force Henry H Woods Cannot read dates PVT US Army World War II John T. Dixon Dec. 9, 1917 Feb. 1, 1992 SGT US Army World War II Case Bentley Dunham Dec. 23, 1861 Nov. 2, 1954 Uncle Case James Houston Wilson Aug. 18, 1926 May 28, 1955 Inscription: The Greatest Gift We Ever Had Came From God We Called Him Dad Double HS Carl M. Evans Sept. 23, 1931 Mar. 29, 2008 Loving Father Danette B. Evans June 25, 1941 military marker--Carl Marvin Evans A2C US Air Force Korea Daniel Jim Fuller Oct. 29, 1934 Aug. 31, 2003 US Army Double HS Daniel Butler Fuller Feb. 13, 1901 Jan. 26, 1977 Minnie Ola Sutton Fuller May 17, 1914 January 12, 2001 William A. Evans Feb. 10,1935 May 9, 1986 A2C US Air Force Korea Double HS Shirley Jean Roberts Aug. 24, 1936 Edward Wayne Roberts Oct. 29, 1938 Double HS Wilton A. Roberts Jan. 21, 1912 Sept. 7, 2005 married Nov. 19, 1932 Rebecca J. Roberts Feb. 19, 1910 May 4, 2003 Jewel Stephenson Merriwether Jan. 19, 1911 May 22, 1993 Betty M. Schoonover Dec. 04, 1931 Dec. 10, 1998 Stone replacement Double HS John Austin Lord Dec. 5, 1886 Dec. 22, 1967 Minnie Fuller Lord Sept. 13, 1895 Jan. 3, 1939 Double HS Sue M. Tatum Nov. 16, 1945 Mother Larry Tatum Aug. 30, 1945 Sept. 27, 2000 Father "Wes" John Wesley Laird July 4, 1884 Feb. 27, 1937 Mary Alice Bassett 1923 Baby Della Bassett 1903 1929 Mary Bassett Wade 1885 1968 Williams A. Bassett 1862 1938 Ora Z. Fife Feb. 19, 1905 July 12, 1986 Wylie Morgan Mar. 24, 1897 Oct. 4, 1986 PVT US Army World War I Double HS Cora Mae Cox Fuller Nov. 18, 1936 Apr. 8, 2008 Nae Nae married Feb. 26, 1972 Louis Edward Fuller, Jr. June 4, 1926 Sept. 24, 2004 PaPa Jim Fuller Mar. 1860 Mar. 1, 1930 Double HS Glascell Morris 1942 wed 1980 Margie J. Morris 1943 Double HS Vernon S. Morris Jan. 16, 1913 Jan. 17, 2003 Evie E. Morris June 25, 1908 Jan. 23, 1987 Jason Paul Morris Jan. 10, 1976 Jan. 10, 1976 Asleep In Jesus Double HS Paul B. Morris Dec. 7, 1934 Nov. 6, 1991 Louise Little Morris Aug. 5, 1941 Will Oglesby Dec. 26, 1883 Nov. 8, 1953 Double HS Lester Lavon Morris Oct. 24, 1932 May 8, 2001 Daddy US Army Doris Mayrene Johns Morris February 2, 1934 May 18, 1997 MaMa Mary Anne Girod Pertius 1937 2003