Eden Methodist Church Cemetery---Jena, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Contributed by Patti Greer ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. Names and Dates taken from tombstones These notes were taken in the summer of 1996. I have been back since then and made a video and taken pictures of more tombstones and I will incorporate them into this list when I view the videotape. This list is not in any cronological order, I was only interested in the Whatley's and Greer's when this list was made. This cemetery is located on Hwy 8 between Hwy 165 and Hwy 84. I am not sure of the distance but it is on the left hand side of the road when you are going toward Jena (Hwy 84). There is a sign for the Eden Methodist Church and the Cemetery is directly behind the church. Name Birth Date Death Date David Enoch Whatley 10/12/1903 12/12/1970 Verda Mae "Bert" 3/31/1924 8/25/1993 Married David Enoch Whatley William W. Whatley 1858 1908 Angie Coe 1874 1948 Married William W. Whatley Frances Evans 11/4/1902 7/25/1984 Walter Lee Whatley 10/9/1897 12/8/1956 Married Frances Evans Ellen Whatley David 2/5/1925 1/24/1988 Charles Whatley 12/31/1897 11/12/1966 CPL CO G 128 Inf Army WWI James Floyd Whatley 8/15/1899 8/29/1981 Aylife Leon Whatley 11/5/1901 3/1/1962 Mary Alice LaCroix 8/31/1905 10/4/1908 Parents E.E. & S.Y. LaCroix Edmonia E. Greer 11/25/1868 5/29/1948 S.Y. LaCroix 4/3/1863 5/22/1935 Married Edmonia E. Greer Vincent Whatley 10/12/1918 PVT 39 Inf James Monroe Whatley 11/15/1861 6/11/1941 Lillie M. Yancey 4/21/1874 2/8/1934 Married James Monroe Whatley "Pete" J.D. Whatley 1/27/1931 7/26/1987 Perry Dewayne Whatley 11/17/1957 1/29/1970 Byron P. Whatley 5/1/1974 4/2/1994 Nathan Jerome Whatley 9/16/1980 7/16/1981 Paula Ann Whatley 8/21/1966 3/17/1982 Jesse D. Greer 2/28/1927 12/25/1987 PFC Army WWI Mary Lou Duke 11/1/1905 6/20/1990 Albert L. Kennon 6/8/1888 3/7/1959 La. PVT Army WWI Mary T. lived 57 yrs 11 mos 2 dys 4/20/1903 Father Robert I. Duke Robert Elton Duke 10/2/1934 9/10/1975 Robert Isaac Duke 11/25/1895 9/3/1953 Robert Isaac Duke, Jr. 8/25/1929 9/18/1929 Father J.K. Duke Mary Doris Duke 8/30/1930 2/18/1931 Father J.K. Duke Richard Leonard Duke 3/23/1893 6/11/1926 Father J.K. Duke W.A. Duke 7/20/1886 2/6/1911 John K. Duke 12/10/1851 1/7/1914 Mary Kennon 12/9/1868 5/10/1939 Wife of J.K. Duke & W.C. Floyd Harold L. Stevens. 7/4/1919 Vennie Elizabeth Duke 7/20/1930 4/20/1993 Married 4/9/1973 Harold L. Stevens Docia P. Duke 1/9/1904 12/31/1985 Walter Lee Duke 3/2/1900 4/25/1955 Alden L. Kuhn 11/15/1908 10/5/1982 Sgt Army WWII Wilma Greer 5/19/1911 3/12/1991 Married 9/24/1943 Alden L. Kuhn Jack G. Halle 9/16/1925 Fielding B. Whatley 1/26/1889 6/9/1953 Lillian R. Whatley 12/25/1890 10/5/1990 James Phineas Alexander Whatley 11/8/1851 11/28/1932 James Frazier Whatley 3/24/1873 1/24/1923 Parents J.P.A. & J.F. Whatley H.R. "Doc" Whatley 11/18/1894 10/2/1971 Josephine Frazier 10/24/1855 4/23/1920 Wife of J.P.A. Whatley Samuel J. Whatley 12/11/1875 12/4/1884 Parents J.P.A. & J.F. Whatley Unknown 7/3/1885 7/3/1885 Parents J.P.A. & J.F. Whatley Charles Houston Greer 1/5/1876 3/5/1901 Charles Calhoun Greer 2/3/1843 5/20/1884 Laura Alice Greer 12/16/1871 8/1873 Laura Jane Greer 10/28/1848 10/24/1885 Ira I. Greer 4/8/1881 2/15/1965 Rev. Uriah Whatley 1/1/1802 5/25/1864 Jane Whatley 6/23/1811 9/29/1883 Donald Lewis Ireland 2/6/1945 5/1/1985 Martha Ann S. Ireland 1/11/1947 Vance L. Gremillion 2/4/1922 4/22/1992 T Sgt Army WWII Christopher A. Zeigler 6/19/1879 1/2/1971 Leola Mobley 7/27/1888 9/30/1969 Elizabeth Zeigler 1/23/1907 1/20/1964 Webb W. Zeigler 5/21/1888 6/27/1971 CPL 114 Eng WWI Iris Evelyn Vallery 9/30/1939 10/28/1939 Howard Lingard 11/4/1885 11/29/1964 Lillie G. Lingard 3/9/1894 2/13/1974 Clara Mc Cullom 9/28/1867 8/21/1907 Wife of Jim Enoch Wilburn Mc Cullom 12/11/1885 12/5/1945 Cynthia Lynn Ussery 9/19/1975 Reginald Mc Manemin 2/20/1915 7/16/1948 RT3 Coast Guard Reserve WWII Brazzie Gelvin Nichols 2/19/1890 1/16/1957 Sim T. Burch 10/9/1909 3/1/1974 CCS Navy WWII Opal W. Burch 11/6/1912 5/25/1959 James Forsythe Gelvin 11/19/1885 12/18/1862 Leona Phillips Gelvin 2/24/1882 3/30/1946 Uriah W. Gelvin 9/16/1862 2/15/1895 Lannie Lou Gelvin 6/18/1865 8/31/1901 Elizabeth Whatley Gelvin 30 yrs 9/16/1862 Uriah Louis Foley 12/28/1911 4/4/1970 T Sgt 490 Eng WWII Ella Whatley Foley 10/1/1878 2/4/1973 Uriah T. Whatley 10/6/1882 3/15/1952 Laura H. Whatley 8/8/1886 Jay H. Pipes 6/1/1900 3/13/1976 Mary E. Whatley 5/9/1901 H. Clayton "Buck" Whatley 1/18/1908 10/27/1995 Virginia Hoskins 3/12/1909 Joseph P. Whatley 1857 1929 Susie D. 1873 1941 Louise Aber Whatley 4/8/1858 12/3/1908 Uriah T. Whatley 12/13/1853 9/9/1882 Phineas Whatley lived 79 yrs 3 mos 14 dys 5/7/1815 Elizabeth 1/30/1822 10/5/1904 Married Phineas Whatley Virginia Isabel Whatley 1/10/1892 6/22/1892 Parents J.E. & B.D. Whatley Lillian Whatley Alston 11/17/1894 2/24/1944 Bettie Whatley 1/25/1883 7/12/1903 Wife of Arthur Thomas Mildred 1/20/1902 10/18/1920 Wife of J.W. Hardy Louise W. Halle 7/3/1885 6/26/1968 Hugh M. Halle 5/8/1878 6/12/1962 Margiana Halle LaCroix 1919 1965 Minnie Ola Greer 11/2/1884 4/16/1956 John Moses Greer 7/8/1878 6/30/1945 John Nolan Greer 12/16/1908 7/14/1982 PFC Army WWII Jeanie Marie Tingle 12/6/1978 11/4/1979 Lawrence Esskew 8/18/1895 1/19/1918 John Bunyan Esskew 3/16/1862 11/10/1901 Ira Clarence Esskew 11/18/1899 12/29/1920 Melissa Jane "Mitt" Greer 10/22/1866 3/30/1946 James Uriah Greer 1873 1953 Janie Dayton 3/21/1881 1/17/1966 Married James Uriah Greer (Patti's note - They were married 11-6-1901 - I have their wedding ring that is inscribed with their names and the date) Dayton Calhoun Greer 12/17/1902 6/18/1962 Mordelle Elston 12/14/1916 6/18/1962 Married Dayton Calhoun Greer (Patti's note - These are my grandparents, they were killed in a car accident together in Barstow, California.) Barney O. Gardner 1903 1974 Thelma Monise Greer 4/6/1906 5/1987 Married Barney O. Gardner James Aubrey Greer 1910 1976 Aaron Collins Greer 1/23/1916 1/21/1994 S Sgt Army WWII Minetta Shearer 7/22/1925 Willie Larry Whatley 1910 1989 Hugh Vincent Whatley 4/14/1903 6/12/1961 Brazzie Dee Whatley 3/29/1871 1/25/1963 Jesse Edwin Whatley 12/7/1862 9/27/1930 Sara Adeline Virginia Mashburn 12/2/1848 3/17/1915 Uriah Vincent Whatley 9/20/1843 3/3/1915 Married Sara Adeline Virginia Mashburn Della Thomas 5/16/1881 12/27/1914 Wife of Arthur Thomas Parents S.A.V. & U.V. Whatley Uriah Samuel Whatley 9/20/1869 10/25/1903 Mary E. Whatley 9/1/1851 9/4/1888 Wife of A. Tate Mary R. 1/24/1830 12/7/1811 Samuel Whatley 7/6/1820 6/16/1890 Married Mary R. William Riley Whatley 10/12/1853 12/6/1899 Bernice Whatley Adams 11/6/1903 11/12/1980 Willard Morgan Adams 1/25/1903 10/16/1981 Lois Whatley Brown 2/16/1898 11/21/1980 Rosa Miller Bell 7/26/1886 5/3/1936 J.G. "Short Pencil" Bell 4/4/1861 12/15/1938 William Basham 5/14/1906 7/31/1990 Jessie Whatley Basham 1/28/1910 Henry Hill 3/7/1878 6/18/1957 Lillis Hill 6/14/1874 10/20/1939 Joseph Lloyd Whatley 8/30/1896 1/14/1958 Samuel Jefferson Finley 5/24/1923 1/1/1962 Betty Jo Brown 12/12/1924 Elma C. Whatley 11/29/1931 Harold C. Whatley, Jr. 10/27/1930 4/15/1996 Gwen Whatley Cannady 4/18/1956 Boy Whatley 4/6/1984 4/6/1984 Parents Sam & Tammy Whatley Harold Kent "Sam" Whatley 7/8/1957 Tamara "Tammy" Davis 7/23/1964 Married Harold Kent "Sam" Whatley Stephen P. LaCroix 5/3/1884 7/11/1967 Mandy Whatley LaCroix 1888 1953 Allen Felix LaCroix 12/24/1909 8/24/1952 Lillian Green 7/26/1918 10/12/1994 Emanuel Earl Jones 10/25/1907 5/29/1958 Lillie Yancy Whatley 10/18/1904 10/28/1980 William Monroe 1/3/1944 3/5/1965 Mae J. Whatley 9/23/1904 4/2/1939 Errol R. Whatley 3/1/1898 4/3/1972 J. Allen Whatley lived 39 yrs 2/8/1901 Elizabeth Louise 8/17/1933 Wife of E.E. Jones P.W. Whatley 8/12/1859 2/9/1936 Mrs. P.W. Whatley 1/17/1881 4/23/1957 Rev. W.R. Whatley 3/7/1850 8/25/1921 Angeline Yancy Whatley 7/24/1850 2/7/1903 Anna Elizabeth Whatley 9/22/1878 7/1/1901 Edmonia E. Greer 11/25/1868 5/29/1948 Wife of S.Y. Lacroix Dorothy Elizabeth Whatley Andrews 5/9/1931 10/9/1980