Cemetery: Merrell Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish La Submitted by Jane Parker McManus (mcmanus@linknet.net). **************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ***************************************************** MERRELL CEMETERY Located inside Natchitoches Parish, off LA Hwy 1. Take I-49 North of Alexandria and exit at "Lena" sign. Go a short distance to LA Hwy. 1, turn left .5 miles past Rapides Parish Line, north of the community of Lena. This little family cemetery is on private land and is used exclusively for the Merrell family. It is fenced, well maintained in a pine thicket on the Merrell's private road. Tombstone inscriptions recorded by Mary Parker Partain, October 1989, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus (mcmanus@linknet.net). Merrell, Kirby G. - 8 Nov 1948/3 Aug 1981, SGT. US ARMY VIETNAM Merrell, Lottie - 26 Jan 1884/13 Apr 1967 Merrell, J. H. - 2 Jun 1881/14 Mar 1949 Merrell, N. J. - 13 Apr 1910/30 Jun 1949 Merrell, Ira - 24 Oct 1923/9 Oct 1989 [UNMARKED INFANT GRAVE HAS WOODEN CROSS. A FAMILY MEMBER STATED THIS WAS IRA AND LUCILLE MERRELL'S STILLBORN GRANDCHILD. NO OTHER INFORMATION.] 1