Nolley Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jena, La Salle Parish, LA Submitted by: Patricia E. Ezell & Robert L. King January, 1998 ********************************************** 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. Nolley Memorial Methodist Church is named for Rev. Richard P. Nolley, an early nineteenth century Methodist circuit rider minister. He is said to have lost his life in 1814 while attempting to swim his horse across the freezing waters of either Ford's Creek or Hemphill Creek in what is today La Salle Parish. The Nolley congregation was formed in the late 1700's or early 1800's shortly after Spanish land grants were made to Isaiah Slater, Thomas Doggett, Charles McBride and Matthew Stone. The congregation was first known as Hemphill Creek Church. Some of the early families in the Church included, John Doyle, Elias Carter, Matthew Wilson, Henry Kiper, Uriah Vincent Whatley and William Henderson Turnley, as well as the Breithaupts, Forsythes, Colemans, Boddies, Hopkins, Kendricks, Bakers, Roberts, Pentacosts, Blackmans, Butlers, Davis and Warwicks. Over the years, the name of the congregation has changed as has the building location. The current name was adopted in 1968 to coincide with the merging of the Methodist Church with the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The cemetery behind the present day church location, was begun in approximately 1912. It is well maintained, and is quite large. The following are selected burials taken from tombstones, obituaries and family histories known to these writers. They are by no means inclusive of the entire cemetery. John Marvin ALLEN (Husband of Susie Joy Roberts) Aug. 18, 1880 July 12, 1966 Susie Roberts ALLEN (Susie Joy Roberts, dgt. of Thomas Jefferson Roberts Aug. 12, 1888 and Margaret Lorena Wilkinson Roberts; wife of Dec. 25, 1931 John Marvin Allen) BAKER (double marker) John F. BakerJane Davis, His Wife (John Fletcher Baker, son of Aug. 24, 1826 Feb. 13, 1841 Benjamin H. Baker & Rebecca Jan. 28, 1924 Apr. 30, 1919 Lanehart; husband of (1) Sarah Davis, and (2) Jane Davis, both dgt's of Moses Davis & Sarah Cockerham) "Dear parents, ___ we miss you much. We know you rest with God." Mollie Bertha Hunt Baker (Wife of William Moses Baker) Oct. 5, 1886 Nov. 17, 1924 William Moses BAKER (Son of John Fletcher Baker & Jane Davis; Feb. 4, 1875 Husband of Mollie Bertha Hunt) June 17, 1967 Isaac Charles BAKER (Son of John Fletcher Baker & Jane Davis; Aug. 19, 1877 Husband of Winnifred Bates) Oct. 11, 1934 Oscar L. BAKER (Son of John Fletcher Baker & Jane Davis; Aug. 15, 1872 Husband of Anna Lou Ford) June 1956 J.E. BASS (Husband of Annie Arminda Ford) Oct. 14, 1851 Jan. 9, 1925 "Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection" Frank BENTON (Son of A.E. "Slim" Vinson & Helen T. Vinson; Jan. 9, 1948 obituary in the Jena TIMES-SIGNAL, Dec. 31, 1994 January 4, 1995) BODDIE (double marker) Wyatt David Sarah J. Baker (Wyatt David Boddie, son of David "Father" "Mother" Allen Boddie & Hepsibah P. "Hepsy" July 22, 1852 Feb. 3, 1856 Boddie; Husband of Sarah April 23, 1923 Aug. 29, 1947 Jane Baker. Sarah Jane Baker, Dgt. of John Fletcher Baker & Sarah E. Davis) Rev. David Baker BODDIE (Son of Wyatt David "Bud" Boddie & Sarah July 3, 1864Jane Baker; husband of Ella Mae Kegler) October 25, 1973 Ella Mae Kegler BODDIE (Dgt. of George Kegler & Emily Texana July 2, 1885 McClellan; September 1, 1965 wife of David Baker Boddie) Gregg N. BODDIE (Gregg Negles Boddie, Son of David Allen Boddie May 8, 1858 & Hepsibah "Hepsy" Boddie; Husband of Dec. 26, 1940 Martha Allen Davis) Martha A. Davis Boddie (Dgt. of Allen John Davis & Martha Anne Morris; Dec. 24, 1861 Wife of Gregg Negles Boddie) Nov. 23,1964 Rebecca Elizabeth BODDIE (Dgt. of Wyatt David "Bud" Boddie and Wife of Willie Splawn Ezell Sarah Jane Baker; Mother of Roy W. Ezell Feb. 26, 1880 and Elizabeth Ezell Kemp; Died of T.B. in Feb. 9, 1925 Albuquerque, N.M.) H. D. BURLEW (Son of Hayden David Burlew, Sr., Feb. 23, 1934 and Louella Paul; Husband of Sept. 10, 1994 Mary Sue Coleman; Obituary, Jena TIMES- SIGNAL, Sept. 14, 1994) Rebecca COLEMAN -"Mother" (Dgt. of Urban Coleman and Sarah Strahan) Aug. 25, 1862 July 4, 1936 "At Rest" Sarah COLEMAN (Dgt. of Moses Strahan, Jr. and Lucy Cassandra; Apr. 1, 1828 Wife of Urban Nicholas Coleman) Dec. 7, 1920 W.R. COLEMAN (Willis Richard Coleman, son of Urban and Sarah Apr. 27, 1860 Strahan Coleman) Nov. 7, 1928 Starling N. DANIEL Husband of Dora King June 30, 1917 Feb. 24, 1948 "In Loving Memory" Lola B. DAYTON (Lola Hempsey Boddie Dayton, dgt. of Wyatt Sept. 16, 1891 (David "Bud" Boddie & Sarah Jane Baker; April 21, 1924 wife of Walker H. Dayton) Addie Roberts Doughty (Addie Roberts, dgt. of Henry Dixon Roberts & June 4, 1910 Davie Womack; wife of Thomas J. Doughty) April 15, 1995 "I will lift up my eyes" Archibald DOUGHTY (Son of Richard Doughty & Charlotte West; Dec. 19, 1848 Husband of (1) Mary Jane Kitterlin & Oct. 10, 1931 (2) Louisa Ann McCleur Louisa Ann McCleur Doughty (Dgt. of David Crockett McCleur and Mary Feb. 23, 1858 Crouch (?); Wife of Archibald Doughty) March 3, 1953 Thomas J. DOUGHTY (listing of inscription is incomplete) died: 1968 Emma B. DREWETT (Emma Cornelia Boddie, Dgt. of Wyatt David July 22, 1878 "Bud" Boddie & Sarah Jane Baker; wife of April 24, 1969 Thomas Jesse Drewett) Mary Idell DREWETT May 27, 1909 Aug. 22, 1981 John M. EZELL(John Monroe Ezell, son of John Wilson Ezell & October 20, 1864 Mary Chatham (?) / Gray (?) April 11, 1940 "He died as he lived- A Christian" Annie Arminda FORD (Annie Arminda Ford, dgt. of Elijah Ford Wife of J.E. Bass Anna M. Hair, grand-dgt. of Henry Hair and) Aug. 2, 1855 Mary Rhinehart) Feb. 22, 1989 "Asleep in Jesus" FORT (double marker) William P., Sr. Ettie L. (Ettie Lena Roberts, dgt. of Thomas Oct. 17, 1880 Dec. 8, 1893 Jefferson Roberts & Margaret Lorena May 17, 1975 July 26, 1987 Wilkinson) C.I. HUMPHRIES (Son of James K. Polk Humphries and Mamie Charity July 23, 1885 Godfrey ; Husband of Onie McDaniel) March 12, 1973 Onie McDaniel Humphries (Dgt. of Jim McDaniel and Caroline Gandy; Wife of July 30, 1885 C.I. Humphries) March 9, 1972 James K. Polk HUMPHRIES (Son of Rev. Amos Humphries; Husband of Mamie June 24, 1847 Charity Godfrey) Feb. 12, 1937 Mamie Charity Godfrey Humphries April 10, 1853 (Dgt. of Rev. C.R. Godfrey; Wife of James K. Polk March 27, 1943 Humphries) Denver W. JONES (Son of Luther E. Jones & Mattie Elizabeth Nason; May 22, 1901 Husband of Roberta May Roberts) January 20, 1957 Roberta Roberts JONES (Dgt. of John Wallace Roberts and Vena Powers; Feb. 22, 1912 Wife of Denver W. Jones) August 31, 1963 Francis Ernest JONES (Judge Francis Ernest Jones, son of Hugh Allen Nov. 15, 1879 Jones & Frances E. (?); Husband of Sallie Bennett) April 28, 1944 KING (double marker) Allen Franklin Ellen Lynaugh (Allen Franklin King, son of Benjamin Oct. 19, 1890 Feb. 10, 1890 Franklin King & Nancy Cassandra Feb. 16, 1963 May 3, 1966 Coleman. Ellen Lynaugh, wife of Allen Franklin King) Lynn A. KING, Sr, (2nd marker) (Son of Walter King and Effie Polk) Aug. 23, 1926 Lynn A. King, Sr. Sept. 1, 1989 MM3 US Navy Sept. 1, 1989 World War II "Those who knew him Aug. 23, 1926 Sept. 1, 1959 could not help loving him" KING (3 markers) Walter B. KING Effie Polk King (Son of Benjamin Franklin King & Nov. 26, 1876 Sept. 16, 1891 Nancy Cassandra Cole, Husband Feb. 21, 1929 Feb. 18, 1879 of Effie Lee Polk. Effie Lee Polk, Wife of Walter Benjamin King) James R. LYTLE (Son of James Obadiah Lytle and Martha Aaron; March 10, 1884 Husband of Melissa Eloise McCollum) May 13, 1961 Melissa M.Lytle (Dgt. of William Wesley McCollum and Clara 1890 Hamilton; Wife of James Rudolph Lytle) 1979 MANCHESTER (double marker) Leonard M. Minnie Lou (Son of Jefferson Davis Manchester; June 12, 1893 WED March 24, 1916 Minnie Lou Allen, Dgt. of John May 13, 1983 Feb. 12, 1934 Marvin Allen & Susie Joy Roberts Granddgt. of Thomas Jefferson Roberts & Margaret Lorena Wilkinson) MORGAN (double marker) Harland Otis, Sr. Ava Joy Allen (Ava Joy Allen, dgt. of John Marvin Jan. 28, 1909 Oct. 31, 1918 Allen & Susie Joy Roberts) March 3, 1979 "What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever" Mabel D. PORTIER (Dgt. of Sylvester DeLaune & Georgianna Diaz; Jan. 19, 1901 Obituary, Jena TIMES-SIGNAL, Dec.7, 1994) Nov. 30, 1994 Corrine Ellis RANDALL (Dgt. of J.W. Ellis & Mary Elizabeth Britton; Sept. 25, 1908 Obituary, Jena TIMES-SIGNAL, Sept. 7, 1994 Sept. 14, 1994) Davie W. ROBERTS - "Mother" (Davie Womack, wife of Henry Dixon Roberts) Mar. 10, 1882 Mar. 22, 1963 "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die" Annie E. ROBERTS (Annie Elizabeth Roberts, dgt. of Henry Aug. 21, 1908 Dixon Roberts and Davie Womack) Sept. 3, 1941 "Tho' thy smile be lost to sight To memory thou art dear" Hilma R. ROBERTS (Dgt. of John Wallace Roberts & Vena March 25, 1913 Powers) Jan. 2, 1914 Henry Dixon ROBERTS - "Father" (Son of Thomas Jefferson Roberts and Jan. 31, 1871 Margaret Lorena Wilkinson Roberts July 9, 1931 "His life an ideal, his memory an inspiration" ROBERTS (double marker) J. Dudley Rena Venable (James Dudley Roberts, son of John June 1, 1906 Nov. 20, 1908 Wallace Roberts and Vena Powers; Sept. 29, 1993 Aug. 25, 1987 husband of Rena Venable. Rena Venable, dgt. of Jefferson Davis "Asleep in Jesus" Venable and Dicy Cross Allen) John W. ROBERTS (John Wallace Roberts, son of Thomas Jefferson Roberts Mar. 28, 1876 and Margaret Lorena Wilkinson Roberts; husband of June 5, 1935 Vena Powers Roberts) "He died as he lived, A Christian" Vena P. ROBERTS (Mary Vena Powers, dgt. of Elias Monroe Powers and Jan. 14, 1877 Sarah Amanda Brown; wife of John Wallace Roberts) Jan. 30, 1948 "Resting in Peace" Margaret W. ROBERTS (Margaret Lorena Wilkinson, dgt. of John Cain 1854-1914 Wilkinson & Philadelphia Van Norman; wife of Thomas Jefferson Roberts) T. J. ROBERTS Co. B., (Thomas Jefferson Roberts, son of Power's Miss. Cav. James Dixon Roberts and Elizabeth Foreman) C.S.A. 1846 - 1916 Sarah K. ROSER (Dgt. of Allen Franklin King and Ellen Lynaugh) Apr. 10, 1918 Nov. 8, 1982 "Rest in Peace" Justin W. RUSSELL (Husband of Melba Terrell) 1934 Feb. 2, 1997 Belvin O. STEED December 28, 1919 September 24, 1958 Inez R. TILLEY (Dgt. of Thomas Jefferson Roberts & Margaret Feb. 6, 1879 Margaret Lorena Wilkinson; Wife of William , 1912 Hutchinson Tillery) Lillie Ella Boddie WALKER (tombstone inscription incomplete) b. July 1887 (Dgt. of Wyatt David "Bud" Boddie & Sarah Jane Baker; wife of James Moses Walker) H.T. WARD (Former husband of Margaret Melissa King) 1857 1938 WEAVER (double marker) "The 23rd Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd, I shall not want" Haywood L. WEAVER Gladys KING (Haywood Lawrence Weaver, Jan. 1909 (Wed) Nov. 16, 1919 Husband of Gladys King; Apr. 29, 1993 Dec.25, 1938 Gladys King granddgt. of Walter & Effie King) Lawrence Wayne WEAVER (Son of Lawrence Weaver and Gladys King) Jan. 28, 1946 Jun. 23, 1978 "None knew him but to love him" Joyce Herring Willis (Joyce Mae Herring Willis, Dgt. of Albert Herring June 7, 1910 and Martha Erskine; Wife of Ansley Willis) Feb. 12. 1994 Ray M. Wood (Inscription Incomplete) March 18, 1918 (Son of Thomas Obediah "Obie" Wood , 1992 & Emma Rosaline "Rosie" Guin; Husband of Dorothy Ella Walker) Evelyn WOOLEY (Dgt. of Edward White and Mable C. Ezell) Apr. 21, 1923 Oct. 27, 1994