Ball Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus 

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BALL CEMETERY - Rapides Parish

Directions:  West from Alexandria on LA Hwy. 28, go 3.4 miles past Gardner and
turn right on Miller Road and continue for 2.9 miles.  Just past Hemphill Star
Cemetery, turn left on Parker Road, go .7 mile and turn right on Ball Cemetery
Road.  Continue .5 miles on unimproved dirt road.  When road is wet, it is
safer to walk the half-mile distance to the cemetery.  Tombstone inscriptions
were recorded in rows beginning at the front gate by Mary Parker Partain,
1990, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus (mcmanus@linknet.net).

To the right of a hurricane fence are the remains of a very old wire fence,
probably the forerunner of the hurricane fence, a good net wire about 4 feet
tall.  More of the cemetery may have been inside this enclosure, however,
there is only one visible grave in that area.  A small cedar tree is growing 
next to the fence.  The cemetery is well maintained.  Before her death, local
genealogist, Annie Parker, supplied additional information not on the markers,
and that data is included in this listing within brackets.   This information
is submitted as a clue only, and should be verified before acceptance.  

Row 1:

Brian, [Rosetta Emelia] Millie Lee - 6 Jul 1916/5 Aug 1941 [wife of Theo
Brian, daughter of  James Gardner Lee & Martha Ball, was killed when
struck by lightening in her kitchen]
Brian, Mildred Lee - 6 Jun 1936/6 Jun 1940  [daughter of Theo Brian & Rosetta
Emelia Lee]

Row 2:
Lee, Martha Ball - 28 Oct 1885/13 Oct 1950  [daughter of John Warren Ball &
Serena Bass, 
      2nd wife of James Gardner Lee]
Lee, James Gardner - 12 Oct 1882/21 Jan 1921
Lee, Millie Ball - 19 Nov 1882/4 Mar 1912
     [daughter of John Warren Ball & Serena Bass, 1st wife of James Gardner
Lee]

Ball, Jane Bridgel, Wife of John A. Ball - [no dates] [married 18 Aug 1892]
Ball, Tobe [Samson E.] - "died in his youth" [killed when he fell off a horse
at 16 years of age]
Ball, John W. [Warren] - 11 Sep 1833/3 Mar 1908  [son of Liberty Ball and
Elizabeth Thigpen]
Ball, Serena, wife of John Ball - 19 Dec 1844/1 Oct 1917 
     [daughter of James F. Bass & Emily Groves]

Boswell, Mollie [Sarah Missouri] Ball - 21 Jan 1869/27 Apr 1948  [daughter of
John W. Ball &      Serena Bass, married 1st, M. H. Turner and 2nd, George W.
Boswell]

Row 3:
Tores, Livisa V. [Lavica Virginia] - 10 Mar 1861/18 Mar 1925
     [daughter of John W. Ball & Serena Bass, wife of A. "Boy" Tores]
Ball, Rosetta - 28 Nov 1864/17 Dec 1933 "Aunt Pat"  [daughter of John W. Ball
& Serena Bass]

Ball, Henry Jackson - 10 Apr 1916/23 Nov 1967, LA SSgt. 1097 Trans. Co. WWII
Korea
Ball, [no inscription]
     [Double Stone]

[open area, possibly lost graves]

[small marker with "SLD" & small sandstone rock marking burial]

Monk, Adelia Hall - 1858/Dec 1897  [daughter of ? Hall & Indiana Cutts,
granddaughter of
      Josiah Cutts & Lydia Parker]
Monk, James - 1878/1894 [hand-lettered]  [died at age 16]
Monk, Louisa Ann - 1835/1894 [hand-lettered]

Windham, Infant son of P. C. Windham - 1905/1905
Windham, John - 1904/1904