Whatley - LaCroix Cemetery, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Submitted and Read by Jimmy, Jr. & Kathy LeMay Kelly on November 21, 1997 ********************************************** 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. Submitted By: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 j_k_kelly@centuryinter.net This cemetery is located just off to the left of La. Hwy. 8, approx. 12.3 miles from the junction with La. Hwy. 127 in Jena It is fenced and there are several wooden markers with no name or date. Also some of the markers were very difficult to read. Please allow for human error. Name Born Died Bethards, George W. July 12, 1836 June 18, 1902 Confederate State Navy CSS William H. Webb Head stone had July 12, 1886 June 18, 1908 ??? Bethards, Martha A. Mar. 6, 1882 Sept. 10, 1884 Daughter of G.W. & M.A. Bethards Indiana, Rush Menifee Dec. 27, 1873 June 5, 1963 CPL U.S. Army Spanish American War LaCroix, Mary O. Cripps Mar. 16, 1921 Feb. 3, 1986 LaCroix, Lonnie Valerous Jan. 24, 1918 ------------ Wed Oct. 14, 1939 LaCroix, Infant Jan. 7, 1908 Only date Daughter of B.T. & M.J. LaCroix LaCroix, Infant Jan. 28, 1910 Only Date Son of B.T. & M.J. LaCroix LaCroix, Infant Mar. 3, 1965 Only Date Son of L.V. & Mary LaCroix LaCroix, Martha Jane Jan. 26, 1888 June 19, 1978 LaCroix, Bailey Thompson Nov. 11, 1886 Sept. 29, 1968 LaCroix, Howard H. Apr. 16, 1912 Aug. 2, 1992 S. SGT U.S. Army Air Corps World War II LaCroix, Peter Arch Feb. 4, 1878 Sept. 6, 1934 "Mason" LaCroix, Martha L. Whatley Nov. 2, 1853 Mar. 26, 1938 Wife of P.F. LaCroix LaCroix, Peter F. Jan. 2, 1852 Oct. 22, 1926 LaCroix, Rebecca A. May 23, 1880 July 31, 1883 LaCroix, Lucy A. 1882 ? unreadable LaCroix, Ronald "Midroe" May 13, 1946 Jan. 27, 1988 Tarpley, Lucy C. Whatley Mar. 5, 1885 Dec. 1, 1920 Wife of J.R. Tarpley Tarpley, R.F. Apr. 14, 1862 Mar. 16, 1910 Wade, James C. Jan. 19, 1876 Aug. 3, 1905 Whatley, Jessie M. Rebecca Could Not Read Dates Whatley, Uriah Aug. 24, 1909 Aug. 27, 1911 Son of J.P. & M.O. Whatley Whatley, Phineous Uriah 1852 ------------- Whatley, Peter Bert Apr. 10, 1911 Oct. 19, 1986 PFC U.S. Army W. W. II Whatley, Mary Jane Dec. 20, 1868 Sept. 23, 1946 Whatley, Uriah X. June 8, 1899 Oct. 25, 1942 Whatley, Sara S. Feb. 11, 1870 May 16, 1889 Whatley, Andrew A. Dec. 25, 1887 Apr. 3, 1888 Son of A.A. Whatley Whatley, Infant May 8, 1889 May 10, 1889 Babe of A.A. & S.S. Whatley The following stones are located behind a large stone marked WHATLEY Margaret Amie May 3, 1904 Apr. 16, 1906 Twin William Elmus Mar. 22, 1909 Sept. 11, 1909 Twin Elmer Davis Mar. 22, 1909 Nov. 14, 1931 Whatley, Arch A. March 10, 1870 Dec. 10, 1941