Beulah Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker Mcmanus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** History This cemetery faces Klock Street (the street which runs from signal light on US Hwy. 71 and the main bridge over Bayou Beouf) in Cheneyville. It is located directly to the left of the Historic Beulah Baptist Church which was established in 1816 by Rev. Joseph Willis and Rev. Ezekiel O'Quinn. Although there is no connection between the church and the cemetery, the grounds are maintained by church members and it is in excellent condition. We do not known when the first grave was dug, or why that location was chosen, but we do know the cemetery was established at least 30 years before the church was moved to that location in 1898. The oldest MARKED grave we found was that of R. L. Tanner, a descendant of one of the first families in the area (Robert Tanner and Providence Robert). He was also an officer in the church when it was located on Bayou Beouf in "Old Cheneyville." The cemetery as a whole is not fenced; however, some graves are enclosed by the traditional iron fence. Other iron panels and some posts were seen which indicates that at an earlier time other graves were enclosed, or perhaps the whole cemetery was enclosed. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded by Mary Parker Partain in April 1993. Submitted by Jane P. McManus Row 1 & 2: Hill, Florence Virginia - 16 Jun 1877/11 Mar 1900 Pringle, Wyatt Starr, Infant son of E. E. & F. W. Pringle - age 4 mos 28 das [on common concrete slab] Hetherwick, Clarence Sr. - 27 Sep 1843/24 May 1913 Father Hetherwick, Minnie Rusk, Wife of C. Hetherwick Sr. - 29 Nov 1856/22 Feb 1923 [above 2 burials are on common concrete slab] Boone, Ysleta, Daughter of J. T. & Mae Boone - 1 Nov 1918/15 May 1920 Lindsly, Larry Joe - 4 Mar 1929/30 Mar 1951 [W.O.W.] Magoon, Willie Clyde Lyles - 9 Dec 1901/6 Sep 1929 Lyles, Wilbur Branch - 20 Feb 1873/24 Oct 1918 Father Lyles, Sarah E. Powell - 8 Jan 1885/28 Oct 1968 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Thompson, Edwin C. - 4 Oct 1892/20 Dec 1972, LA Cpl. US Army WWI Thompson, Marguerite L. - 10 Mar 1899/1 Jan 1991 Morgan, Katie M., Daughter of M&M I. E. Morgan - 7 Jul 1906/4 Sep 1908 Sanders, Fred - 7 Dec 1898/10 Sep 1981, US Army WWI Sanders, Elberta Ray - 6 Mar 1900/18 May 1988 [above 2 burials have double stone] [concrete slab, no information] [broken marker, no name] - died 14 Sep 1903 Hutzler, Carol - 16 Nov 1933/12 Jan 1993 [funeral marker] Dill, Robert N. - 1 Jun 1875/23 Oct 1935 White, James Ware II - 14 Aug 1947/29 Nov 1968 Ray, Charles D. - 18 Feb 1898/1 Jan 1943,AR Pvt. 1 Cl.1 Field Arty. Hawkes, Elderene Sanders - 27 Jul 1920/14 Oct 1968 Ray, William J. - 17 Nov 1862/4 Aug 1955 Father Ray, Jennie Bell - 3 May 1867/30 Oct 1956 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Vinson, Ollie Viola - 15 Nov 1899/5 Sep 1939 Mother Row 3: Blum, Agnes Hogan - 17 Aug 1902/2 Jul 1989 Blum, Leon Alonzo - 8 Feb 1876/26 Apr 1959 Wisener, Love C. Welch - 16 May 1868/9 Feb 1955 Welch, Warren W. - 17 Dec 1870/1 Apr 1945 Welch, Kate P. Doherty - 9 Nov 1890/19 Dec 1966 [above 2 burials have double stone] Lyles, William H. - 18 Nov 1856/22 Jan 1910 Lyles, Susan C. - 19 Aug 1861/25 Aug 1941 Lyles, William Thomas - 1887/1943 Lyles, Edward Walton - 9 Oct 1906/14 Feb 1982 Lyles, Priscilla Fluitt - 10 Apr 1914/22 Jun 1981 [above 2 burials have double stone] Lyles, Joseph - b&d 4 Jan 1902 [unmarked infant slab - no information] Maddox, John H. Sr. - 27 Dec 1869/16 Jan 1958 Maddox, Emma N. - 1 Feb 1899/16 Mar 1973 [above 2 burials have double stone] Maddox, Mary J. , Wife of J. H. Maddox - 22 Mar 1872/4 Dec 1922 Mother Maddox, Henry Irvin , Son of J. H. & Mary Maddox - 4 Nov 1898/14 Sep 1912 Maddox, Infant daughter of M.J. & J.H. Maddox - b&d 2 Jul 1901 Maddox, Rachel Gracy, Daughter of [unreadable] Maddox - b&d ?1900? [above 4 burials are on a large slab with broken markers] Powell, Joseph W., son of M&M W. E. Powell - 13 Apr 1910/29 Jun 1910 Row 4: Randol, Burton Swank - 10 Apr 1875/31 Jan 1936 Randol, Elizabeth Lyles - 4 Mar 1883/20 Oct 1963 [above 2 burials have large family stone] Lyles, Samuel Guy - 28 Oct 1917/26 Feb 1918 Lyles, Sarah Ione - 26 Sep 1920/24 Feb 1923 Lyles, Charles - b&d 26 Feb 1923 [above 3 burials have triple stone] - Children of Samuel & Myrtle Lyles Lyles, John Edward - 10 Jan 1931/3 Apr 1992, US Army Korea Welch, Roscoe - 10 Dec 1877/25 Sep 1966 Odom, David C. (Jack) - 17 May 1898/23 Aug 1965 Odom, Eva Moon - 24 Dec 1901/21 Oct 1980 Harper, Buster A. - 5 Feb 1918/[no dates] Harper, Mamie R. - 14 Jul 1920/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 26 Aug 1939 Ford, Jennie Rochester - 30 Jul 1876/19 Dec 1963 Earnest, Dora Tanner - 10 Feb 1909/9 Feb 1986 Earnest, Madison R. - 1 Apr 1901/23 Jan 1980 [above 2 burials have identical stones] RIGHT SIDE [between iron fence & Church] Branch, A. H., Son of E. K. & E. J. Branch - 31 Aug 1899/25 Sep 1913 Branch, E. K. - 3 Mar 1870/9 Jan 1929 Branch, Esther Johnson - 25 Jul 1871/31 Jan 1936 Lea, Ida - 5 Feb 1874/5 Jan 1949 Ferguson, Estelle Lea - 11 Nov 1867/7 Jul 1964 Ferguson, H. H. - 2 Mar 1865/13 Aug 1928 Sellers, Velma T. - 1912/1986 Sellers, Willie C. - 1908/1949 * * * Lea, B. F. - 21 Apr 1845/9 Nov 1909 Father Lea, Clara - 16 May 1849/1 Jan 1914 [above 2 burials have double stone] Lea, Alex Jr. - 26 Oct 1922/23 Nov 1922 * * * Johnson, Dr. G. R. - 31 Jul 1906/16 May 1938 Johnson, Elizabeth Lea - 12 Mar 1874/9 Apr 1950 Johnson, William James - 11 May 1870/27 Feb 1947 [fenced enclosure] Tower, Mary Jane Welsh, Wife of Isaac N. Tower M.D. - [no dates] Monschau, Gladys Irion - 21 Sep 1900/14 Jul 1962 Monschau, Felix S. - 1891/1926 Irion, Emma Bennett - 28 Aug 1880/10 Apr 1951 Mathis, Virginia Bennett - 23 Mar 1885/17 Aug 1933 Bennett, Annie May, daughter of G. W. & Theoda Bennett - 26 Mar 1877/24 Jan 1926 Mathis, Byron Bazil , Infant son of M&M J. F. Mathis - 15 May 1916/29 Jun 1916 Bennett, Fred Wadsworth, Son of G. W. & Theodo Bennett - 1 Aug 1883/16 Jun 1909 Bennett, Theodo Jane Tower, Wife of George W. Bennett - 23 Nov 1858/11 Nov 1924 Bennett, George W. - 1851/1905 * * * LEFT OF THE ENCLOSURE * * * [plot] * * * Rials, A. Frank - 1862/1948 Rials, Lizzie Lutz - 1876/1963 [above 2 burials have double stone] Lyles, Evie Lutz - 19 Apr 1878/9 Dec 1940 Lyles, Monroe - 1874/4 Feb 1936 [old brick slab, initials only] A.C.S. [brick slab, initials only] M.C.S. Simmons, Dorothy Smith - 4 Dec 1916/12 Nov 1946 Smith, Marguerite M. - 6 Sep 1927/6 Aug 1931 Hetherwick, William Jefferson - 23 Aug 1881/23 Jan 1961 Father Hetherwick, Mary Laborde - 28 Jul 1886/25 Jan 1966 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] * * * * * * [plot] * * * Newman, Cornelia S. - 1 Mar 1907/8 Oct 1990 Newman, Otto S. - 9 Feb 1910/10 May 1972 [above 2 burials have double stone] Slay, Laura Liewald - 27 Oct 1868/5 Aug 1961 Slay, A. C. - 17 Jul 1893/10 Sep 1927 Slay, J. B. - 24 Aug 1857/9 Feb 1927 Slay, Mary C., wife of J. B. Slay - 20 Aug 1872/20 Aug 1914 * * * Taylor, M. Mobley, son of L. H. & S. E. Taylor - 8 Mar 1874/3 Jul 1908 [brick/concrete vault, no information] Slay, Laura May - 30 Jul 1904/4 May 1989 LEFT SECTION - Row 1: Harper, Tracy, Husband of Eutha Hathorn - 9 Sep 1901/3 Apr 1984 Harper, Eutha, Wife of Tracy Harper - 27 Jun 1900/15 Sep 1982 Harper, Abby "Uncle Bud" - 21 Nov 1895/24 Feb 1971 Father Harper, Clarisse Couvillion - 23 Nov 1896/17 Jul 1969 Harper, Mary Cena Mixon, Wife of App E. Harper - 15 Feb 1874/6 Oct 1942 Harper, App E. - 24 May 1866/2 Feb 1940 Harper, Jessie Wright, Daughter of A. E. & M. C. Harper - 15 Sep 1897/30 Aug 1904 Orr, Wilbrey H., Son of W. J. & M. O. Orr - 31 Mar 1915/8 Aug 1916 Orr, Olivia B. - 1 Oct 1874/9 Feb 1962 Orr, William J. - 1 Sep 1866/5 Apr 1929 [above 2 burials have double stone] Johnson, Pryor Lea Jr. - 21 Feb 1941/1 Aug 1941 Grayson, Elizabeth K. - 7 Apr 1876/26 Nov 1962 Row 2: Sheldon, Bessie - 26 Mar 1885/22 Nov 1946 Johnson, Emma A. Tanner, Wife of W. J. S. Johnson - 22 Mar 1851/26 Sep 1920 Johnson, W. J. S. - 31 Dec 1846/21 Dec 1918 Tanner, M. A. - 25 Dec 1810/10 Feb 1894 Tanner, R. L. - 18 Jan 1796/29 Aug 1869 [large pedestal marker with arch on brick covered vault] Row 3: [concrete vault, no information] Robert, W. T. J. - 1871/1941 [2 concrete slabs, no information] Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Scarbrock - 13 Jan 1870/1 Dec 1903 Wife of Daniel H. Smith - Married 22 Nov 1888 Smith, Frances E. - 30 Nov 1903/3 Apr 1904 Smith, Johnie - 22 Feb 1894/5 Apr 1907 Smith, D. H. - 5 Oct 1867/12 Dec 1915 Smith, Mary Eugenia - 4 Mar 1886/16 Apr 1959 Row 4: Earnest, Douglas T. Jr. - 20 Aug 1956/31 Aug 1985 Myers, Della E. - 7 Nov 1888/29 Jun 1976 Earnest, Stella A. - 22 Jun 1897/1 Jul 1938 [above 2 burials have adjoining slabs] Harrell, S. Louise Earnest - 23 Mar 1862/22 Jan 1924 Earnest, B. P. - 6 Apr 1858/28 Mar 1903 Beasley, William Elbert - 1889/1916 Son Beasley, Julia Liewald - 1865/1921 Mother Beasley, John - 1858/1923 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] [remains of iron enclosure, no obvious burials, no information] Row 5: Mason, [no name] - 30 Jan 1844/5 Sep 1912 Father [vault] Mason, [no name] - 1 Mar 1846/19 Sep 1907 Mother [vault] [Note: In 1880 Rapides Parish Census there was a Mason couple listed with same birth years as couple in above vaults: S. W. born 1844 and Tabitha born 1846.] Mason, Albert E. - 30 Jan 1884/28 Dec 1902 Sullivan, Zack - 19 Sep 1915/11 Feb 1934 [above-ground vault] Son of Pastor Z. T. Sullivan & Amelia Foster Sullivan Foote, Thomas C. - 14 Jun 1892/26 Oct 1970 [Masonic emblem] Foote, Gussie J. - 23 Sep 1894/31 Mar 1982 [Eastern Star emblem] [common concrete slab, hooked to sullivan vault] Campbell, John L. - 25 Jun 1849/29 Jul 1899 [aboveground vault] Campbell, Mary Octavia Tanner, wife of John L. Campbell - 27 Feb 1847/22 Aug 1900, 53 yrs [Identical stones & tombs] Campbell, Edwin Louis - 7 Apr 1876/11 Oct 1959 Campbell, Hettie Hetherwick - 25 Aug 1878/11 Apr 1962 Tanner, Stanly - Aug 1841/1 May 1910 [obelisk] Lacy, Mary Cornelia Smith - 25 Sep 1848/18 Sep 1928 Smith, Ellen Aurelia - 20 May 1929/27 Oct 1907 Smith, Geo. ?Child? - 26 Feb 1824/14 Feb 1896 Jackson, Stephen Rushing Sr. - 23 Feb 1873/5 Feb 1941 [W.O.W.] Jackson, Blanche C. - 19 Jun 1892/16 Apr 1960 Baker, James Rushing - 2 Oct 1941/9 Aug 1972, LA SP5 US Army Baker, Rosa Lee - 1915/1975 [above 2 burials on common concrete slab] Scroggs, Ephriam - 22 Oct 1865/11 Feb 1917 Scroggs, Mattie, Little Daughter of M&M E. Scroggs - 2 Jan 1906/22 Nov 1912 [remains of a fenced enclosure, no obvious burials and no information] Beulah Cemetery