EDEN CEMETERY - LaSalle Parish, La. Contributed by Jane McManus ********************************************** 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 you are 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. This cemetery is located behind the historic Eden Methodist Church near Jena (LaSalle) LA. A historical sign on the highway indicates the church was established in 1788. The current church building is not the original building. There were many unknown burials, most with a sandstone rock to mark the location. No information is available on these burials. Tombstone inscriptions were copied by Mary Parker Partain in January 1994 and submitted by Jane P. McManus of Alexandria LA. Andrews, Dorothy Elizabeth Whatley - 9 May 1931 / 9 Aug 1980 Tosston, Infant son of George & Irma Tosston - 4 Aug 1947 [only date] Miles, Edith W. - 29 Mar 1903 / 23 Dec 1979 Williams, Ella Corine - 4 Jan 1875 / 22 Jan 1954 Williams, Wm. Riley - 7 Dec 1871 / 13 Jul 1907 Williams, Alma - 25 Nov 1895 / 7 Feb 1930 Williams, Lena - 24 Oct 1896 / 7 Jun 1941 Blackwell, Zeb E. - 9 Mar 1869 / 25 Nov 1942 Mobley, C. C. - 1892 / 1939 Griffin, Thomas Otis - 7 Aug 1903 / 16 Mar 1970 [Double Stone - 2nd side not engraved] Whatley, Anna Elizabeth - 22 Sep 1878 / 1 Jul 1901 Whatley, Angeline Yancey - 24 Jul 1850 / 7 Feb 1903 Whatley, Rev. W. R. - 7 Mar 1850 / 25 Aug 1921 La Croix, Edmonia E. Greer, wife of S. Y. La Croix - 25 Nov 1868 / 29 May 1948 LaCroix, S. Y. - 3 Apr 1863 / 22 May 1935 LaCroix, Mary Alice, daughter of S. Y. & E. LaCroix - 31 Aug 1905 / 4 Oct 1908 Whatley, P. W. - 12 Aug 1859 / 9 Feb 1936 Whatley, Mrs. P. W. - 17 Jan 1881 / 23 Apr 1957 Pyle, J. C. - 25 May 1894 / 23 Jul 1971 Pyle, Gladys W. - 7 Jul 1903 / [no dates] [Double Stone with J. C. Pyle] Mobley, B. F. - 1922 / 1937 Mobley, Homer - 29 Jul 1891 / 2 Mar 1957 [Double Stone with Thursday Mobley] Mobley, Thursday - 7 Aug 1891 / [no date, but obvious burial] Buckelew, Wade B. - 26 Nov 1907 / 9 Oct 1910 McGee, Jake - 1 Jan 1850 / 11 Feb 1928 McGee, Florence - 12 Jul 1852 / 24 Mar 1946 Buckelew, Robert H. - 1876 / 1959 Buckelew, Annie M. - 1882 / 1969 [Double Stone with Robert Buckelew] McGee, Lue - 3 Apr 1886 / 5 Feb 1963 Springer, Ben - 6 Apr 1888 / 25 Jul 1950 [Double Stone with Daisy Springer] Springer, Daisy Hawkins - 13 Jan 1890 / 9 Sep 1987 Thomas, C. P. - 2 Sep 1881 / 6 Mar 1962 Thomas, Lula Coleman - 24 Sep 1895 / 14 Jun 1958 [Double Stone with C. P. Thomas] Springer, R. B. - 10 Mar 1919 / 16 Sep 1992, Tec5 - 82nd Airborne Div. US Army WW2 Springer, Beulah Williams - 18 Apr 1928 / 18 Jan 1992 [Double Stone] - Married 15 Jan 1947 Hassan, Dempsey - 10 Jul 1927 / 15 Aug 1945 Hassan, Robert Lund, son of M&M Hammond Hassan - 11 Jun 1957 / 23 Jan 1964 Hassan, Cordelia Barnes - 23 Jun 1900 / 2 May 1977 Hassan, George - 15 Jul 1899 / 15 Apr 1978 Griffin, Nettie J. - 1 Jul 1884 / 10 Jun 1964 Griffin, John R. - 6 Jan 1877 / 5 Mar 1962 Floyd, Butler - 26 Oct 1895 / 14 Jan 1967 Floyd, Elizabeth - 26 Dec 1912 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Butler Floyd] Jones, William Monroe, son of E. E. & Lillie W. Jones - ___? Jan 1944 / 5 Mar 1960 Jones, Emanuel Earl - 25 Oct 1907 / 29 May 1958 [Double Stone with Lillie Jones] Jones, Lillie Yancey Whatley - 18 Oct 1904 / 28 Oct 1980 Whatley, Mae J. - 23 Sep 1904 / 2 Apr 1939 Whatley, Erroll R. - 1 Mar 1898 / 3 Apr 1972 [Double Stone with Mae Whatley] Jones, Elizabeth Louise, daughter of M&M E. E. Jones - 17 Aug 1933 Whatley, Grady, child of James W. & Lillie Yancey Whatley - 5 Jan 1908 / 14 Feb 1930 Whatley, Lamar, child of James W. & Lillie Yancey Whatley - 18 Jul 1911 / 14 Feb 1930 Whatley, James M. - 15 Nov 1860 / 11 Jun 1941 [Double Stone with Lillie Whatley] Whatley, Lillie M. Yancey, wife of James M. Whatley - 21 Apr 1874 / 8 Feb 1934 Whatley, Aylife Leon - 5 Nov 1901 / 1 Mar 1962 Whatley, Mae - 1907 / [no dates] [Double Stone with James Whatley] Whatley, James Floyd - 15 Aug1899 / 29 Aug 1981, Pvt. US Army WW1 Whatley, Charles - 31 Dec 1897 / 12 Nov 1966, LA Cpl. Co. G 128 Inf. WW1 Beck, Patsy D. - 22 Sep 1909 / 26 Aug 1927 Whatley, Vincent -12 Oct 1918 [only date] LA Pvt. 38 Inf 3 Div. Whatley, J. Allen - died 8 Feb 1901, 39 yrs. Bowman, Jones Finus - 22 Feb 1899 / 21 Jan 1983, Pvt. US Army WW1 Bowman, Veola Smith - 30 Nov 1909 / 3 Feb 1989 Reasons, George T. - 20 Jul 1880 / 20 Oct 1957 Reasons, Ollie W. - 8 May 1886 / 5 Jul 1971 [Double Stone with George Reasons] LaCroix, Stephen P. - 3 May 1884 / 11 Jul 1967 LaCroix, Mandy Whatley - 1888 / 1953 LaCroix, Allen Felix - 24 Dec 1909 / 24 Aug 1952, Tec 5 US Army WW2 LaCroix, Gertrude Mary - 23 Jun 1910 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Allen LaCroix] LaCroix, Leven - 6 Feb 1916 / 25 Dec 1959, LA MSgt. Hq. Btry. 76 Arty. WW2 Whatley, Baby Boy, son of Sam & Tammy Whatley - 6 Apr 1984 Nusome, Mrs. Martha - 23 Nov 1849 / 25 Jan 1893 Finley, Milton C. - 10 Oct 1921 / 23 Oct 1985, SSgt. US Army Air Corps WW2 Finely, Ann Taylor - 14 Nov 1927 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Milton Finley] Finley, Samuel Jefferson - 24 May 1923 / 1 Jan 1982, US Marine Corps WW2 Finley, Betty Jo Bourne - 12 Dec 1924 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Samuel Finley] Whatley, Joseph Lloyd - 30 Aug 1896 / 4 Jan 1958, Pvt. US Marine Corps WW1 Hill, Henry - 7 Mar 1878 / 18 Jun 1957 Hill, Lillie H. - 14 Jun 1874 / 20 Oct 1939 [Double Stone with Henry Hill] Basham, William - 14 May 1906 / 31 Jul 1990 Basham, Jessie Whatley - 28 Jan 1910 / [no dates] [Double Stone with William Basham] Poole, Mrs. Jane - died 21 Jan 18 [stone broken across death date, possibly 1918] Eskew, John B. - 7 Dec 1887 / 12 Jan 1961 Briggs, Louis E. - 15 Apr 1915 / 4 Apr 1981, Pfc. US Army WW2 Aycock, Shirley A. - 29 Jan 1948 / [no dates] [Double Stone with G. R. Aycock] Aycock, G. R. - 24 Aug 1947 / 21 May 1983 - Married 3 Jul 1971 Briggs, Mrs. Verda Whatley - 31 Mar 1924 / 25 Aug 1993 Whatley, David Enoch - 17 Oct 1903 / 12 Dec 1970 Whatley, William W. - 1858 / 1908 Whatley, Angie Coe - 1874 / 1948 [Double Stone with William Whatley] Harris, Jesse David - 1949 / 1950 Milam, William (Bill) - 16 May 1923 / 14 Dec 1974, Cpl. US Army Strahan, David B. - 5 Feb 1922 / 25 Feb 1923 Whatley, Frances Evans - 4 Nov 1902 / 25 Jul 1984 Whatley, Walter Lee - 9 Oct 1897 / 8 Dec 1956 [Double Stone with Frances Whatley] David, Ellen Whatley - 5 Feb 1925 / 24 Jan 1988 Rawlings, Richard Charles, son of H. S. & Grace Rawlings - 20 Sep 1895 / 31 Oct 1895 ?Nash?, Mary Jane Ware - 12 May 18 [stone broken across last name, & dates] Bell, Rosa M. - 26 Jul 1886 / 3 May 1936 [wife of J. G. Bell] & Bell, J. G. - 4 Apr 1861 / 15 Dec 1938 [large stone for 2 Bell burials] Bourne, Lois Whatley - 16 Feb 1898 / 21 Nov 1980 Adams, Bernice Whatley - 6 Nov 1903 / 12 Nov 1980 Adams, Willard Morgan - 25 Jan 1903 / 16 Oct 1981 [Double Stone with Bernice Adams] Peace, Joseph Raymond - 20 Dec 1920 / 19 Oct 1992, Cpl. US Army Air Corps WW2 Peace, Mary Sue P. - 9 Apr 1925 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Joseph Peace] Pipes, Jay H. - 1 Jun 1900 / 13 Mar 1976 Pipes, Mary E. Whatley - 9 May 1901 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Jay Pipes] Whatley, Joseph P. - 1857 / 1929 Whatley, Susie D. - 1873 / 1941 [Double Stone with Joseph Whatley] Whatley, Wm. Riley - 12 Oct 1853 / 6 Dec 1899 Whatley, Samuel - ?6 Jul 1820 / 16 Jun 1890 Whatley, Mary R., wife of Samuel Whatley- 24 Jan 1830 / ?4 Dec 1911 Fritz, Mary E. Whatley, wife of A. Fritz - 1 Sep 1851 / 4 Sep 1888 Whatley, Uriah Samuel - 20 Sep 1869 / 25 Oct 1903 Thomas, Delia [Whatley], wife of Arthur Thomas - 16 May 1881 / 27 Dec 1914 Daughter of U. V. & S. A. V. Whatley Whatley, Uriah Vincent - 20 Sep 1843 / 3 Mar 1915 Whatley, Sarah Adeline Virginia Mashburn, wife of U.V. Whatley - 2 Dec 1848 / 17 Mar 1915 Whatley, Jesse Edwin - 7 Dec 1862 / 27 Sep 1930 Whatley, Brazzie Dee, wife of Jesse Edwin Whatley - 29 Mar 1871 / 25 Jan 1963 Whatley, Hugh Vincent - 14 Apr 1903 / 12 Jun 1961 Whatley, Willie Lurry - 1910 / 1989 Greer, James Aubrey - 1910 / 1976 Gardner, Barney O. - 1903 / 1974 Gardner, Thelma G. - 1906 / 1987 [Double Stone with Barney Gardner] Greer, Dayton C. - 17 Dec 1902 / 18 Jun 1962 Greer, Mordelle Elston - 14 Dec 1916 / 18 Jun 1962 [Double Stone with Dayton Greer] Greer, Janie Dayton - 21 Mar 1881 / 17 Jan 1966 Greer, James U. - 1873 / 1953 Esskew, Melissa (Aunt Mitt) - 22 Oct 1866 / 30 Mar 1946 Esskew, Ira Clarence - 18 Nov 1899 / 29 Dec 1920 San Francisco, CA Volunteered at Houston, TX 19 Oct 1920, 3 Engr. [killed in service] Esskew, John Bunyon - 16 Mar 1862 / 10 Nov 1901 "Killed by a 30-foot stick of timber" Esskew, Lawrence - 18 Aug 1895 / 19 Jan 1918 Camp Green, Charlotte, NC Volunteered at Alexandria, LA 23 Nov 1917, Co A 7th Inf. [killed in service] McPhearson, Marlene - 1 Jul 1956 / 17 Oct 1977 Whatley, ? Pete - ?27 Jan 1931 / 26 Jul 1987? [unreadable funeral marker] Whatley, Perry Dewayne - 17 Nov 1957 / 29 Jan 1970 Whatley, Nathan Jerome, son of Regie & Sandra Whatley - 16 Sep 1980 / 16 Jul 1981 Whatley, Paula Ann - 21 Aug 1966 / 17 Mar 1982 Tingle, Jeanie Marie - 6 Dec 1978 / 4 Nov 1979 Greer, John Nolan - 16 Dec 1908 / 14 Jul 1982, Pfc. US Army WW2 Greer, John Moses - 8 Jul 1878 / 30 Jun 1945 Greer, Minnie Ola - 2 Nov 1884 / 16 Apr 1856 LaCroix, Margiana Halle - 1919 / 1965 Halle, Hugh M. - 8 May 1878 / 12 Jun 1962 Halle, Louise W. - 3 Jul 1885 / 26 Jun 1968 Hardy, Mildred, wife of J. W. Hardy - 20 Jan 1902 / 18 Oct 1920 Thomas, Bettie J. Whatley, wife of Arthur Thomas - 25 Jan 1883 / 12 Jul 1903 Alston, Lillian Whatley - 17 Nov 1894 / 24 Feb 1944 Whatley, Virginia Isabel, daughter of J. E. & B. D. Whatley - 10 Jan 1892 / 22 Jun 1892 Whatley, Children of U. V. & S. R. U. Whatley - [no names or dates on stone] Whatley, Elizabeth, wife of Phineas Whatley - 30 Jan 1822 / 5 Oct 1904 Whatley, Phineas - 7 May 1815 / [broken], 79 yrs 9 mos 14 das [died 21 Feb 1895] Whatley, Uriah T. - 13 Dec 1853 / 9 Sep 1882 Whatley, Louise Aber - ?26? Apr 1858 / 3 Dec 1908 Whatley, Uriah T. - 6 Oct 1882 / 15 Mar 1952 Whatley, Laura H. - 8 Aug 1886 / 10 Oct 1980 [Double Stone with Uriah Whatley] Foley, Uriah Louis - 28 Dec 1911 / 4 Apr 1970, TX TSgt. 490 Engr. BE Co. WW2 Foley, Ella Whatley - 1 Oct 1878 / 4 Jan 1973 Robinson, Vera Agnes - 27 Dec 1903 / 26 Aug 1989 [funeral marker] McManemin, Reginald - 20 Feb 1915 / 16 Jul 1948, LA RT3 US Coast Guard Res. WW2 Greer, Ira I. - 8 Apr 1881 / 15 Feb 1965 Greer, Laura J. - 28 Oct 1848 / 24 Oct 1885 [almost unreadable marker] Greer, Laura Al??? - ?16? Dec 1871 / ?6? Aug 1873 [almost unreadable handlettered marker] Greer, Charles C. - 3 Feb 1843 / 20 May 1884 Greer, Charles H. - 5 Jan 1876 / 5 Mar 1901 Whatley, Infant of J. P. A. & Josephine Whatley - b&d 3 Jul 1885 Whatley, Samuel J., son of J. P. A. & Josephine Whatley - 11 Dec 1875 / 4 Dec 1884 Whatley, Josephine Frazier, wife of J. P. A. Whatley - [no information] Whatley, H. R. - 18 Nov 1894 / 2 Oct 1971 Whatley, James Frazier, son of M&M J. P. A. Whatley - 24 Mar 1873 / 24 Jan 1923 Whatley, J. P. A. - 8 Nov 1851 / 28 Nov 1932 Whatley, Fielding B. - 26 Jan 1889 / 9 Jun 1953 Whatley, Lillian R. - 25 Dec 1896 / 5 Oct 1990 [Double Stone with Fielding Whatley] Greer, Jesse D. - 28 Feb 1927 / 25 Dec 1987, Pfc. US Army WW2 Whatley, Paula Ann - 21 Aug 1966 / 17 Mar 1982 Whatley, Laura Jane, child of Rev. S. H. & Ada Whatley - aged 3 yrs 2 mos 4 das Whatley, Louella, child of Rev. S. H. & Ada Whatley - aged 19 das Whatley, Rev. Uriah - 1 Jan 1802 / 25 May 1864 Whatley, Jane - ?23? Jun 1811 / 29 Sep 1888 [Double Stone with Uriah Whatley] Gelvin, Elizabeth Whatley - died 16 Sep 1862, about 30 yrs. Gelvin, Uriah W. - 16 Sep 1862 / 15 Feb 1895 Gelvin, Annie Lou - 18 Jun 1865 / 31 Aug 1901 [Double Stone with Uriah Gelvin] Gelvin, James Forsythe - 19 Nov 1885 / 18 Dec 1962 Gelvin, Lena Phillips - 24 Feb 1882 / 30 Mar 1946 [Double Stone with James Gelvin] Ussery, Cynthia Lynn - 19 Sep 1975 Stillbirth [funeral marker] McCollum, Enoch Wilburn - 11 Dec 1885 / 5 Dec 1945 McCollum, Clara, wife of [broken] Wm. McCollum - 28 Sep 1867 / 21 Aug 1907 Nichols, Brazzie Gelvin - 19 Feb 1890 / 16 Jan 1957 Lingard, Howard - 4 Nov 1885 / 29 Nov 1964 Lingard, Lillie G. - 9 May 1894 / 13 Feb 1974 [Double Stone with Howard Lingard] Burch, Sim T. - 1909 / 1974, LA CCS US Navy [unreadable dates, underground] Burch, Opal W. - 6 Nov 1912 / 25 May 1959 Duke, C. C. - 5 Jul 1889 / 26 Jul 1931 Kuhn, Alden Leroy - 5 Nov 1908 / 5 Oct 1982, Sgt. US Army WW2 - Wed 24 Sep 1943 Kuhn, Wilma G. - 19 May 1911 / 12 Mar 1991 [Double Stone with Alden Kuhn] Duke, Walter Lee - 2 Mar 1900 / 25 Apr 1955 Duke, Docia P. - ?teen ? Jan 1904 / 31 Dec 1985 Stevens, Vonnie Elizabeth Duke - 30 Jul 1930 / 20 Apr 1993 - Married 9 Apr 1973 Stevens, Harold L. - 4 Jul 1919 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Vonnie Stevens] Duke, Richard Leonard, son of J. K. & M. S. Duke - 23 Mar 1893 / 11 Jun 1926 Duke, W. A. - 20 Jul 1886 / 5 Feb 1911 Duke, John K. - 10 Dec 1851 / 7 Jan 1914 Floyd, Mary Kennon, wife of J. K. Duke & W. C. Floyd - 9 Dec 1868 / 10 May 1939 Duke, Mary Dorris, daughter of M&M R. I. Duke - 30 Aug 1930 / 18 Feb 1931 Duke, Isaac Jr., son of M&M R. I. Duke - 25 Aug 1929 / 18 Sep 1929 Duke, Robert Isaac - 25 Nov 1895 / 3 Sep 1953 Duke, Robert Elton - 2 Oct 1934 / 10 Sep 1975 Duke, Mary Lou - 1 Nov 1905 / 20 Jun 1990 Kennon, Albert L. - 8 Jun 1888 / 7 Mar 1959, LA Pvt. US Army WW1 Kennon, Mary T., wife of W. H. Kennon - died 20 Apr 1909, 57 yrs 11 mos 20 das Ireland, Donald Lewis - 6 Feb 1945 / 1 May 1985 Ireland, Martha Ann S. - 11 Jan 1947 / [no dates] [Double Stone with Donald Ireland] Gremillion, Vance L. - 4 Feb 1922 / 22 Apr 1992, TSgt. US Army WW2 Zeigler, Christopher A. - 19 Jun 1879 / 2 Jan 1971 Zeigler, Leola Mobley - 27 Jul 1888 / 30 Sep 1969 [Double Stone with Christopher Zeigler] Keene, Elizabeth Zeigler, wife of W. W. Keene - 23 Jan 1907 / 20 Jan 1964 Keene, Webb W. - 21 May 1888 / 27 Jun 1971, LA Cpl. 114 Engr. WW1 Vallery, Iris Evelyn - 30 Sep 1939 / 28 Oct 1939