Beech Grove Cemetery, LaSalle Parish, La.

Read on Jan. 15, 1999 by Jimmy A., Jr. & Kathy LeMay Kelly
Submitted by Kathy LeMay Kelly, P. O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371
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This cemetery is located West of Jena. From Jena travel West on Hwy. 84 to the
junction with Hwy. 500. Turn left onto Hwy. 500 go 7 tenths of a mile, turn
left again go 2 tenths of a mile, turn left onto gravel. This gravel will take
you directly to the cemetery.

At the entrance of cemetery is a torn down sign that reads :

                  Beech Grove Colored Cemetery

           John L. Wood                 Sam Holmes Sr.
           George W. Rack               Samuel Holmes Jr.

                   Recorded 1884 Sept. 15th

                           LaSalle


Name                         Birth                  Death

Whatley, Nancy L.            Feb. 2, 1876           Mch. 9, 1876
Infant of C. A. & L. A. Whatley

Wilson, Alfred John Henry    July 14, 1877          .............

Wilson, Leonard              Dec. 28, 1879          Mar. 24, 1911

Wilson, Alfred               Aug. 2, 1855           May 23, 1918

Wilson, Jerry                Dec. 25, 1895          Nov. 1904

Brewer, Sherman              Apr. 16, 1870          Aug. 24, 1944


Brewer, Elizabeth            Mar. 15, 1890          Mar. 26, 1954

Wilson, Ike                  June 1897              Sept. 10, 1929

Brooks, Gertrude             Mar. 3, 1892           Apr. 21, 1947

Whatley, W. G.               Mar. 25, 1906          Apr. 23, 1908

Stewart, Nancy A.            Nov. 5, 1866           Nov. 12, 1897

Whatley, Lusaina             Oct. 10, 1788          Sept. 13, 1900

Whatley, Sarah               Jan. 15, 1815          Mar. 10, 1898

Wilson, Salley Mozel Joseph   Jan. 8, 1885          Jan. 29, 1888 ?
Broken stone

Wilson, Pecola               Dec. 15, 1900          June 1, 1901
Broken Stone

Leah, Ether                  July 5, 1901           Aug. 1, 1902
Broken Stone

There are two unreadable funeral home markers, 12 wooden crosses and a grave
marked with white rocks. There also appears to other unmarked graves here.

This cemetery has a partial fence around it and has recently been cleaned up.
For years it has been badly overgrown.