Cemeteries: Rochelle Cemetery; Grant Parish, La
Submitted to   USGENWEB   -   by: Michael May.
See http://rochelle.winnfreenet.com for info on Rochelle Louisiana
Date 2006 Photos taken see website.



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GPS Loc 31.7898633480,-92.3726867437,Rochelle Cem

This is a large abandoned cemetery with only a few of the graves marked most likely
over 100 are unmarked. Has 4 fenced in areas. List updated as more markers have now
been found. 1 was unreadable on my last photos and will have to be rechecked.

"Rochelle" was a huge company town of sawmill employees and their families.
It provided a home for more than 1,000 persons,most employed by the mill.
During its heyday, it was just as large as Colfax today. Of course, as time passed
and the sawmill closed down, people moved from the area, leaving behind deceased
loved ones in the white and black cemetery's. Most unmarked. 

Located on a gravel road off the Need More rd near the Old Hwy 165 North in Georgetown La

Mary Lowe		       1847 -        1931
Jesse George Evans	OCT 23 1924 - JAN  8 1945
Bell Evans		Jan  4 1887 - Dec  4 1961
Albert Evans		Jul  4 1883 - Jan 31 1971


Florence E Loflin	Dec  7 1880 - Nov 18 1944
Lewis B Nash		Apr  2 1851 - Apr  8 1934
James H Loflin		Dec  7 1870 - Jul 17 1943

Odessa JJPZ             Dec 11 1905 - Aug 29 1906
Bhth????A ????????      Mar 22 1896 - Nov  7 1905  (Need to recheck this one)

Eva Pearce   Thompson   Dec  3 1859 - May 16 1924 \
James Edward Thompson   Dec 23 1856 - Feb  6 1935 /


Percey Bennet (was visiting his brother who was chief Electrician)
Born London England      Aug 2 1871  - Dec 15 1915         

Hazel Lee Shugart       Nov 7 1907  - May 19 1910

P.C.Street
C.O.B. 37 GA INF, CSA
Broken botom part of marker found near P.C Street. Top part with name is missing.
                        Dec 25 1902 - Aug 15 1905

Daisy Bell              Dec 12 1838 - Jul 18 1905


Updates 9/06 Known people burried here with no markers.

Wimpy Lofton and his parents.

Son Evans and his parents. Son was driving a Taxi and was taking a colored man to what we
then called the colored quarters. As he attempted to cross the Railroad he was struck by
the Train and killed. His passenger survived.

Clifford Thompson Sr aka Fat Thompson was the Father of Kenneth Ray, Clifford Earl, and
Jim Thompson also had another child that died as a baby and this baby is buried here.