Cemetery: Mora, 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 ********************************************** ************************************************ ***************************************************** MORA CEMETERY - Natchitoches Parish This cemetery is located on the grounds of the Mora Baptist Church, Mora Community (Natchitoches Parish), about two miles from the Rapides Parish line. Genealogical information in brackets listed as a clue and should be verified before accepted. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded as they lay in the burial ground from the front gate by Mary Parker Partain in November, 1989 and submitted by Jane Parker McManus (mcmanus@linknet.net). Hillman, Leonard W. - 9 Sep 1922 / 14 May 1984 Hillman, Verna Naomi - 8 Mar 1926 / 16 Oct 1981 [Double Stone - Leonard & Verna] Bolton, William C. - 19 Apr 1912 / 5 Oct 1989 [funeral marker only] Hillman, Jennie E. - 25 Jan 1883 / 8 May 1964 Hillman, James H. - 17 Sep 1871 / 21 Jan 1963 [Double Stone - Jennie & James] Hillman, John Helm - 1 Feb 1882 / 13 Oct 1967 Hillman, Lula Whatley - 22 Dec 1887 / 10 Sep 1981 [Double Stone - John & Lula] Spangler, Walter G. - 22 Jan 1952 / 12 Jun 1980, SP 4 US Army Brady, Billy Wayne - 1 Dec 1932 / 29 Dec 1981 Brady, Gordon - 11 Sep 1904 / 4 Feb 1976 Brady, Josie - 8 Nov 1909 / 5 Jun 1988 [Double Stone - Gordon & Josie] Bolton, Rufus - 29 Feb 1904 / 27 Apr 1957 Cooley, Rufus E. - 1 Sep 1910 / 19 Nov 1982 Cooley, Linnie M. - 18 Feb 1904 / 14 Feb 1980 Wise, Lula C. - 14 Nov 1912 / [no dates] Wise, Roy S. - 3 Sep 1911 / 9 Mar 1970 [above 2 stones are identical - Lula & Roy] Burmeister, Lucille M. - 14 Jan 1930 / 14 Nov 1979 Bolton, Lue C. - 20 Mar 1873 / 14 Oct 1946 Bolton, James E. - 15 Sep 1871 / 20 Apr 1957 Cole, Pearl - 16 Jul 1905 / 17 Aug 1970 Bolton, Eddie - 14 Jun 1900 / 9 Jun 1982 Bolton, Reancy - 23 May 1902 / [no dates] [Double Stone - Eddie & Reancy] Bolton, Bessie - 14 Mar 1926 / 31 Dec 1944 Bolton, Grady S. - 13 May 1924 / 24 Mar 1988 Bolton, Francis H. - 17 May 1889 / 22 Dec 1965 Bolton, Lela M. - 14 Dec 1892 / 15 Aug 1987 [Double Stone - Francis & Lela] Bolton, Overt F. - 14 Sep 1910 / 11 Feb 1983 Bolton, Tessie V. - 16 Jul 1913 / [no dates] [Double Stone - Overt & Tessie] - Wed 27 Jul 1933 Barnhart, Callie Mae, daughter of M&M G. W. Barnhart - 9 Aug 1930 / 2 Dec 1935 Barnhart, George W. - 23 Dec 1879 / 9 Jul 1963 Barnhart, Donie B. - 17 Jul 1897 / 19 Oct 1987 Carlock, Gladys, daughter of M&M J. G. Carlock - 12 Sep 1930 / 30 May 1931 Carlock, Woodrow, son of M&M J. G. Carlock - 16 Jul 1928 / 6 May 1930 Foster, Billy Harper - 1 Feb 1938 / 15 Apr 1938 Foster, Gertrude B. - 1905 / 1963 Mother Cooley, Galvin Luther - 1904 / 1964 Cooley, Massie Delrie - 24 Jan 1906 / 13 Nov 1939 [Double Stone - Galvin & Massie] Martin, William Aubry Jr. - 19 Nov 1927 / 26 Dec 1972, LA F. I., US Army WW2 Martin, Roy Aubry - 29 May 1923 / 10 Dec 1939 Martin, William Aubry - 2 Jan 1895 / 25 Feb 1957, LA Pfc. Btry F. 47 Field Arty WW1 Martin, Bessie J. - 19 Dec 1898 / 23 Aug 1974 Sweat, Wayne Ted - 8 Aug 1948 [no dates] Sweat, Romona L. - 15 Jan 1951 / 25 Dec 1963 [above 2 stones are Identical - Wayne & Romona] Sweat, Esthmon - 14 Dec 1919 / [no dates] Sweat, Benetta - 17 Feb 1927 / 24 Feb 1972 Sweat, Janie - 29 Jul 1916 / 13 May 1988 Sweat, Charlie - 14 Oct 1895 / 21 Aug 1981 Sweat, Hattie B. - 3 May 1897 / 3 Dec 1963 [Double Stone - Charlie & Hattie] Sweat, T. C. - 4 Oct 1914 / [no other date] Rachal, Cleveland J. - 1921 / 1966 Phillips, Johnnie - 21 Sep 1899 / 10 Aug 1978 Phillips, Emma O. - 2 Mar 1912 / [no dates] [Double Stone - Johnnie & Emma] Bonds, Catherine Joyce - 29 Apr 1976 / 30 Apr 1976 Bonds, Clarence E. - 30 Jun 1897 / 13 Oct 1980 Bonds, Neva J. - 16 Jul 1901 / [no dates] [Double Stone - Clarence & Neva] Bonds, Carl Raymond - 14 Nov 1924 / 13 Aug 1943 Bonds, William Dock - 1 Oct 1922 / 24 Oct 1982, Sgt. US Army, WW2 Rashal, James M. - 25 Feb 1934 / 18 Mar 1976 Bennett, Alice M. - 27 Jan 1884 / 30 Mar 1971 Bennett, Calvin - 26 Jul 1880 / 21 Oct 1961 [Double Stone - Alice & Calvin] Mitcham, George - 14 Mar 1937 / 11 Jun 1938 Mitcham, Junior - 10 Jul 1931 / 24 Mar 1935 Bolton, Infant of M&M J. W. Bolton - b&d 15 Dec 1932 Mitcham, Infant Son of M&M Roy Mitcham - b&d 12 Nov 1946 Jones, Sidney Ester - 17 Jan 1916 / 31 Jan 1929 Jones, William Henry - 27 Feb 1870 / 3 Aug 1951 Jones, Izilla - 14 Jan 1879 / 19 Aug 1966 [Double Stone - William & Izilla] Jones, James W. - 25 Mar 1906 / 14 Dec 1982 Jones, Mildred B. - 25 Aug 1910 / [no dates] [Double Stone - James & Mildred] Jones, Edgar Leon - 21 Sep 1930 / 23 Sep 1976 Mitcham, Rosa V. - 5 Mar 1912 / 12 Nov 1987 Mitcham, Essie Catherine - 22 Feb 1938 / 1 Mar 1938 Mitcham, Hubert Lloyd - 8 Aug 1941 / 15 Aug 1941 Mitcham, Lonnie Cooley - 19 Nov 1899 / 11 Sep 1921 Mitcham, Noah J. - 27 Feb 1894 / 27 Aug 1970 Mitcham, G. A. - 30 Oct 1855 / 11 Feb 1929 Mitcham, Calie, wife of G. A. Mitcham - 1 Apr 1857 / 7 Jun 1947 Bennett, Wesley C. - 28 Nov 1905 / 12 Jan 1956 Bennett, George - 30 May 1908 / 20 Nov 1934 Bennett, Clovis - 28 Dec 1914 / [no dates] Bennett, Jimmie - 5 Feb 1914 / 26 Jan 1985 [Double Stone - Clovis & Jimmie] Bennett, Llyndon D. - b&d 12 Mar 1954 Bennett, Infant Daughter of M&M Barney Bennett - [no date] [above 2 stones are Identical - babies] Helms, Baby - 1911 McLelan, Harriet, wife of Archelaus McLehan - 29 Dec 1838 / 7 Nov 1916 McLelan, Archelaus - CO D 5 LA Cav. CSA [no dates] Stewart, Gustus - 1910 / 1910 O'Quinn, Harriet - 10 Dec 1835 / 11 Apr 1896 O'Quinn, W. A. - CO C LA Inf. CSA [no dates] Bolton, John W. - 5 Oct 1891 / 2 Aug 1961 Bolton, Leva M. - 13 Jun 1897 / 3 Feb 1982 [Double Stone - John & Leva] Bolton, Hoyt - 12 Apr 1924 / 12 Nov 1986 Hodge, Reuben - 4 Apr 1903 / 7 Jan 1982 Hodge, Daisy - 26 Feb 1902 / [no dates] [Double Stone - Reuben & Daisy] Danzy, Sam - 4 Apr 1904 / 28 Oct 1949 Danzy, E. O. - 21 Jan 1906 / 4 Apr 1968 Danzy, Infant Son of M&M Sam Danzy - b&d 10 Jul 1926 Hodge, Roscoe - 8 Apr 1912 / 4 Nov 1923 Hodge, Eliza Matthews - 10 Feb 1877 / 13 Aug 1944 Hodge, William M. - 15 Jan 1876 / 27 Jul 1932 [Double Stone - Eliza & William] Hodge, Marlene, daughter of M&M Vilous Hodge - 29 Apr 1937 / 13 Aug 1944 Hodge, Infant Daughter of M&M Vilous Hodge - b&d 3 Dec 1944 Hager, Charles Fred - 1904 / 1989 Hager, Carrie - 19 Nov 1895 / 20 Jul 1968 Hager, Dennie E. - 1 Jan 1902 / 7 Dec 1956 Cathey, Mary A., wife of J. L. Cathey - 24 Apr 1880 / 15 Jun 1929 Chester, Annie J., wife of W. F. Chester - 8 Aug 1855 / 16 Mar 1941 Chester, W. F. - 20 Apr 1858 / 11 Jun 1929 House, Jessie Mae, daughter of M&M E. House - 6 Jul 1908 / 20 Jul 1908 Sweat, Leonard Covington - 19 Feb 1880 / 21 Jul 1969 Sweat, Evalina Vines - 3 Oct 1886 / 31 Aug 1979 Sweat, Infant of M&M L. C. Sweat - b&d 18 May 1910 Sweat, L. C. Jr., son of M&M L. C. Sweat - 27 Mar 1915 / 2 Nov 1917 Vines, John - 22 Jul 1857 / 21 Jan 1924 Vines, Joanna Brooks - 7 Oct 1862 / 15 Nov 1936 [Double Stone - John & Joanna] Vines, Indiana - 1868 / 1938 Kingrey, J. W., son of J. S. & S. E. Kingrey - 15 Jan 1881 / 31 Mar 1891 Bolton, Lander - 13 Dec 1901 / 28 Apr 1972 Bolton, Minnie G. - 2 Sep 1900 / [no dates] Bolton, Francis H. - 1867 / 1942 [see below listing] Bolton, Tarney Hunt - 22 Jun 1872 / 27 May 1955 "Mother" Bolton, Francis Henry - 17 Sep 1867 / 27 Jun 1942 [Note: This is same name as listed above, but two separate graves & tombstones] Bolton, Elizabeth Grant, wife of F. M. Bolton - 25 May 1846 / 24 Jul 1925 [d / o Stephen Nathaniel Grant & Celina Armand] Bolton, F.[Frank] M. - 10 Aug 1843 / 22 Jul 1917 Bolton, Adell, daughter of M&M F. H. Bolton - 21 Nov 1907 / 19 Nov 1924 Bolton, William Dolphen, son of M&M F. H. Bolton - 11 Sep 1893 / 1 Apr 1912 Peavy, Twin Daughters of W. R. & Dora Peavy - b&d 24 Sep 1921 Watkins, Infant son of Lazine & Daisy Watkins - b&d 28 Aug 1945 Peavy, Walter Ray, son of W. R. & Dora Peavy - b&d 30 Sep 1935 Peavy, Mattie Sue, daughter of M&M George Peavy - 3 Jul 1940 / 16 Feb 1941 Peavy, Roy Rodgers - 21 Jan 1933 / 18 Nov 1950 Peavy, Dora Bolton - 30 Jan 1896 / 20 May 1980 MA-MO Peavy, William R. - 30 Jul 1888 / 16 Jun 1978 DAD-LO [Double Stone - Dora & William] - Wed 25 Jul 1913 Hillman, Joseph O. Jr. - b&d 8 Aug 1931 Hillman, Floyd - 26 May 1926 / 9 Aug 1926 Hillman, Angela, infant daughter of M&M Joe Hillman - b&d 15 Aug 1914 Hillman, Billy - Nov 1914 / Feb 1915 Martin, John Henry, Son of M&M L. L. Martin - b&d 12 Jul 1912 Martin, Baby Infant of M&M J. R. Martin - 2 Apr 1917 / 3 Apr 1917 Collins, Myrtle F. - 26 Aug 1905 / 9 Mar 1958 Ford, Ida M. - Dec 1880 / Mar 1925 Ford, Jeff - Birth Unknown / 3 Aug 1928 Marshall, William Riley, husband of Nancy E. Killen - 20 Jan 1847 / 19 Jul 1939 Marshall, Nancy E. - 22 Sep 1843 / 24 Oct 1929 Marshall, J. R. - 13 Oct 1878 / 8 Dec 1914 Boswell, Rhoda M. - 12 Jan 1899 / 22 May 1983 Marshall, Kizzie E. - 17 Nov 1872 / 21 Nov 1942 Marshall, James M. - 4 Dec 1874 / 10 Nov 1947 Rashal, Needom - 4 Aug 1904 / 16 Jul 1974 Rashal, Millie M. - 1 Aug 1909 / 28 Feb 1989 Johnson, Infant son of M&M Lee Johnson - 2 May 1933 / 4 May 1933 Blacksher, Mittie Ann Bedsole, wife of A. J. Blacksher - 25 Jan 1863 / 19 Apr 1924 Blacksher, A. J. - 8 Jan 1854 / 6 Jan 1924 Blacksher, Etta L. 29 Jul 1893 / [no dates] Johnson, Maggie B. - 4 Jun 1889 / [no dates] [above 2 markers are similar, no sign of burials] Rister, Willie Aubry, second son of G. L. & M. J. Rister - 31 Aug 1916 / 17 Nov 1918 Rister, George J. - 13 May 1879 / 23 Feb 1955 Rister, Minnie I., wife of G. J. Rister - 24 Jan 1885 / 9 Mar 1961 Bolton, Isiah F. - 10 Aug 1907 / 6 Jul 1909 Hillman, Benjamin F. - Hutches Co. 27 LA Inf. CSA - [no dates][5 Feb 1834 / 10 Jun 1910] [Son of Charles Hillman and Palathial Ammons] Hillman, Abbigill - Sep 1846 / 10 Jun 1910 [Double Stone - Benjamin & Abbigill] [Concrete slab - handlettered Lomd - no information] Wise, Willie Evelyn, daughter of M&M W. C. Wise - 25 Jan 1939 / 8 Jan 1940 Wise, Edna H. - 18 Aug 1910 / [no dates] Wise, William C. - 23 Oct 1900 / 25 Jun 1980 [Double Stone - Edna & William] Wise, Ellen F. - 20 Mar 1940 / [no dates] Wise, Edgar R. - 30 May 1932 / 1 Jul 1969 LA Cpl. US Army - Korea Wise, Brian ?Hebert? - 20 Sep 1967 / 25 Aug 1984 [funeral marker only] Mitcham, Joseph D. - 1 Apr 1909 / 30 Nov 1983 Mitcham, Eugene L. - 3 May 1913 / 12 May 1974, US Army Mitcham, John R. - 22 Aug 1878 / 16 Jan 1953 Mitcham, Viola Hillman, wife of J. R. Mitcham - 4 Mar 1873 / 29 Aug 1948 Hall, John H. - 10 Jan 1831 / 1 Aug 1903, Born in Dallas Co. ?Ark? Hall, Mrs. Frenetty - 27 Jun 1825 (?1829?) / 2 Jan ?1903? Funderburk, Samantha Ellen - 16 Apr 1885 / 21 Jul 1890 Funderburk, Luisa Hall, wife of Alexandra Funderburk - 11 Feb 1860 / 13 Jan 1903 Funderburk, Alexandra - 13 Jan 1861 / 14 Dec 1937 Funderburk, Arthur, infant son of Madison L. Funderburk & Callie D. George - 1901 / 1902 [Memorial] Erected by his brother Madison - Feb. 1987 Mitcham, George A. - 28 Jul 1908 / 21 Sep 1987, BM I, US Navy WW2 Mitcham, Marion Riley - 9 Feb 1882 / 19 Aug 1967 Mitcham, Katie Peavy - 4 Jan 1893 / 6 Sep 1957 Martin, Mary - 3 Aug 1857 / 30 Mar 1926 Peavy, M. E. - [no date] Bryant, Amanda - [no date] Peavy, George A. - 31 Jul 1911 / 1 Aug 1969 Jeansonne, Mrs. Mable - 5 Jun 1916 / 4 Jan 1984 [funeral marker only] White, Anna H. - 29 Oct 1889 / 21 May 1981 White, George W. Jr. - 22 Aug 1896 / 24 Jan 1972 [Double Stone - Anna & George] Florice, Celia Marshall, wife of A. E. Florice - 28 Aug 1910 / 6 Feb 1944 Florice, Dollores - aged 2 days [no dates] Phillips, Hugh - 25 Jun 1872 / 30 Dec 1927 Phillips, William - 13 Oct 1844 / 27 Jan 1914 Gilcrease, Walter - 28 Aug 1895 / 18 Dec 1974 Gilcrease, Lewie - 2 Mar 1918 / 19 Feb 1926 Phillips, Nancy - 17 May 1850 / 20 Mar 1949 Fletcher, Rev. Jessie - 26 Jan 1870 / 8 Jan 1950 Fletcher, Jennie P. - 29 Sep 1876 / 2 Feb 1952 Fletcher, Earnest - 18 Mar 1904 / 19 Aug 1971 Moyo [sic], Van - 1896 / 1901 Mayo, Martin - 1860 / 1902 Bedsole, Mittie Ann - 1895 / 1895 Bedsole, Lilly - 1891 / 1898 Bedsole, Alice - 1896 / 1896 Bedsole, Mabel - 1897 / 1897 Bedsole, T. F. - 3 Apr 1853 / 18 Feb 1910 Bedsole, Callie - 30 Jun 1855 / 12 Feb 1910 [Double Stone - T. F. & Callie] Lee, Shirley - 1 Nov 1934 / 9 Aug 1965 Lee, Leona Ada Bedsole - 23 Jan 1898 / 1 Feb 1988 Lee, Frank - 19 Sep 1898 / 15 May 1956 - LA SFC US Army WW1 Rister, Margie Annette - 12 Jul 1920 / 15 Aug 1989 [funeral marker only] Rister, Ova J. - 22 Aug 1913 / 15 Feb 1972 Rister, Darrell Dee Wayne, infant son of M&M Aubry Rister - 22 Jul 1960 / 24 Jul 1960 Arnold, John A. - 14 Jul 1878 / 6 May 1943 Arnold, Mamie B. - 9 Mar 1887 / 6 Sep 1979 [Double Stone - John & Mamie] Rachal, Mittie Ann Blacksher - 12 Jul 1891 / 2 Apr 1981 Bedsole, Thomas - 19 Jun 1877 / 3 Jan 1919 [Concrete slab, stone marker, "Mother" - no information] Bedsole, T. H. Sr. - 9 Oct 1884 / 15 Jun 1958 Bedsole, Suzie Dubois - 18 Sep 1890 / 18 Jan 1965 Bedsole, T. H. Jr. - 13 Mar 1917 / 19 Sep 1963 Bedsole, Henry Curtis Sr. - 2 Apr 1913 / 6 Nov 1963 Bedsole, Jack Lang - 3 Aug 1900 / 9 Jul 1963 Harris, Panama M. - 7 Apr 1908 / [no dates] Harris, Fannie B. - 17 May 1915 / 5 Jun 1957 Fausphoul, Charles Reginold, son of M&M James Fausphoul - 15 Nov 1962 / 16 Nov 1962 Chester, Joyce Dale, daughter of M&M Wilbur Chester - b&d 27 Jul 1952 Scarber, J. M. - 14 Oct 1871 / 28 Aug 1931 Scarber, Ellie - 28 Sep 1878 / 17 Sep 1970 Sweat, Enerette - 5 Feb 1916 / 2 Sep 1972 Sweat, Wilma - 17 Jan 1925 / [no dates] [Double Stone - Enerette & Wilma] Fields, Cynthia S. - 20 Dec 1919 / 5 Aug 1977 Fields, James E. - 14 Jul 1925 / [no dates] Fields, Corene S. - 3 Dec 1930 / 15 Nov 1983 [Large Triple Stone - Cynthia, James & Corene] Fields, James E. - 2 Apr 1903 / 31 Jan 1914, LA Pvt. US Army WW1 Fields, Ollie - 22 May 1903 / [no dates] [Double Stone - James & Ollie] Danzy, Lacie Sweat, wife of Zenous Danzy - 17 Jul 1899 / 29 Aug 1947 Danzy, Zenous - 27 Oct 1897 / 18 Mar 1955 Setliff, Floyd - 7 Oct 1916 / 10 Jun 1974 Setliff, Norma - 12 Feb 1925 / 25 Mar 1971 Setliff, Elnora Lucie - 11 Feb 1949 / 12 Feb 1949 [Daughter of M&M Floyd Setliff] Chester, Bessie - 25 Sep 1921 / [no dates] Chester, Wilbur - 10 Apr 1915 / 4 Nov 1978 Tec 5 US Army WW2