Big Island Baptist Church Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: From Pineville, take LA Hwy. 28 East, and turn right on Parish Road 1207. Go past Buckeye School and turn right at blinking light at Deville (LA Hwy. 115). Continue another 1.4 miles, and turn left onto Parish Road 1206. The cemetery is located approximately .5 miles on the right, next to the church. A hurricane fence surrounds the property that is quite large with lots of room for expansion. The left side of the cemetery is bounded by Beaubouef Loop, and tombstone inscriptions were read from this side, from back gate to the front by Mary Parker Partain, 14 September 1996, and submitted by Jane P. McManus, 16 April 2001. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 1: [back to front] Nations, Martha W. - 15 Oct 1896 / 24 Jun 1981 Mother Nations, Lemmie - 28 May 1891 / 18 Oct 1945 Father [Double Stone] - Married 25 Feb 1915 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Ellis E. - 4 Feb 1906 / 18 Dec 1986 The Lord promise[d] that the deaf shall hear Lucas, Calvin S. - 24 Mar 1907 / 7 Jul 1972 There will be no handicap in Heaven Lucas, Hasical - 7 Oct 1885 / 19 Apr 1947 Father Lucas, Barbara B. - 29 Mar 1885 / 16 Feb 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gates, Thomas Wayne - 22 Nov 1950 / 27 Apr 1994, 43 yrs. [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gates, Thomas E. - 2 Feb 1911 / 29 Apr 1981 Father Gates, Viola B. - 7 Nov 1921 / 10 Feb 1994 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgard, Luther - 21 Jan 1898 / 14 Sep 1961 Father Belgard, Laura Tyler - 14 Dec 1902 / 14 Mar 1986 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 2: [front to back] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Blanchard Otis - 4 Jul 1924 / 4 Aug 1947 Deville, Marvin Eugene - 9 Nov 1922 / 14 Dec 1984, US Army WW2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, J. Menard - 3 Apr 1895 / 8 Nov 1968 Daddy Deville, Henrietta H. - 5 Jan 1898 / 12 Jun 1978 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Melvin Ray - 5 Oct 1919 / 27 Apr 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Emma Nations, wife of James Lucas - 23 Dec 1889 / 28 Jan 1963 Lucas, James - 1 Apr 1888 / 3 Aug 1943 [2 Identical Stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, M. Roberta Lucas - 27 Feb 1924 / 22 Dec 1988 Mama Cole, Rev. Clovis - 14 Nov 1925 / [no dates] Daddy [Double Stone] - Married 17 Aug 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, Steve B. - 17 Oct 1881 / 25 Sep 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pope, Nettie H. C. - 20 Oct 1905 / 27 Jan 1959 Mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brewster, Callie Harmson - 5 Aug 1907 / 8 Oct 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guillot, Ruby Mae Littleton - 22 Mar 1942 / [no dates] Guillot, Roy Joseph - 1 Dec 1916 / 8 Apr 1996 [Double Stone] - Married 27 Dec 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton, Rev. Alvis - 20 Feb 1915 / 26 Oct 1991 Father Littleton, Armetta - 1 Feb 1917 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 3 & 4: [back to front] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, George W. - 20 Nov 1915 / 5 Jul 1984 Father Crooks, Lou C. Fisher - 29 Nov 1919 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Infant of J. W. Cole - [handmade marker, no dates] Cole, John P. - 2 Jan 1890 / 17 Dec 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Jessie Willard - 25 Sep 1921 / 15 May 1976 [vault] ?Guillot,? - ?39? / ? 81?, 41 yrs [unreadable funeral marker] [vault identical to Jessie Cole vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, Annie N. - 13 Jan 1917 / [no dates] Mother Crooks, Silton - 29 Jun 1909 / 16 Jul 1989 Father [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, Jo Ann, daughter of M&M Silton Crooks - 5 May 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [plot] Lucas, Willis David Sr. - 22 Jan 1919 / 28 Nov 1992, Pfc. US Army WW2 Lucas, Bivy Deville - 22 Dec 1932 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Lucas, Irma Lee Cole - 14 Aug 1924 / 2 Jul 1949 Mother Wife of Willis D. Lucas Lucas, Reginald Louis - 30 Nov 1946 / 5 Dec 1946 Son of Willis D. & Irma Lucas Lucas, Yvonne, daughter of Willis D. & Irma Lucas - b&d 15 Aug 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aycock, Irene M. - 19 Sep 1919 / 26 Mar 1993 Mother Aycock, Earl W. - 8 Jul 1911 / 6 May 1982 Father [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aycock, Lela M. - 7 Sep 1911 / [no dates] Aycock, Amos - 4 Jun 1907 / 2 Dec 1968 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes, Melvina Moses Reed - 25 Nov 1882 / 5 Jan 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 5: [front to back] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, David - 18 Nov 1898 / 22 Sep 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Infant son of M&M L. J. Cole - 5 Dec 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence, Laura C. - 1 Dec 1902 / 22 Mar 1988 Lawrence, Roy L. - 7 Jun 1913 / 24 Feb 1983, MSgt. US Army WW2 Korea [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, David Cypran - 26 Mar 1918 / 18 Oct 1975, TSgt. US Army WW2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Leo - 2 Sep 1943 / 17 Nov 1958 "Deigo" [on footstone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Julia Crooks - 1 Aug 1915 / 12 Nov 1985 Mother Deville, Tilford Lee Sr. - 22 Feb 1909 / 1 May 1983 Father [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 6: [back to front] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robinson, Elton L. - 29 Sep 1961 / 16 Apr 1972 Son -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? Dunron? - [unreadable marker for child - no information] [unreadable marker for child - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McCann, King William - 5 Oct 1916 / [no dates] McCann, Mary Ada Crooks - 16 Feb 1919 / 9 Mar 1988 [Double Stone] - Married 26 Aug 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, Isaac - 11 May 1907 / 16 Sep 1983 Father Crooks, Levia Tyler - 17 Mar 1910 / 20 Nov 1990 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgard, Florence W. - 24 Oct 1904 / [no dates] Belgard, Elmer J. - 21 Feb 1902 / 17 Feb 1975 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 7: [front to back] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Mayo - 30 May 1892 / 12 Sep 1953 Lucas, Nathalie - 12 Sep 1891 / 18 Jan 1978 [2 Identical Stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Jody Lee, infant son of M&M Donnie Lucas - 7 Jul 1974 / 30 Jul 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, James O. - 14 Sep 1914 / 22 Mar 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Ida Crooks - 3 Nov 1923 / [no dates] Deville, Ellis - 6 Jul 1921 / 22 Sep 1977 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberson, Mandy - 20 Sep 1918 / [no dates] Mother Roberson, Cypran - 17 Mar 1914 / 4 Nov 1990 Father [Double Stone] - Married 9 Jul 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wiley, Russell P. - 9 Aug 1901 / 2 Mar 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 8: [back to front] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Ronald Ray - b&d 7 Jan 1972 Deville, Lillie M., wife of Jack Deville - 15 Sep 1932 / 16 Jun 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nation, Ethel G. - 16 Dec 1912 / 19 Jan 1992 Nation, Icem A. - 15 Oct 1907 / 8 Nov 1989 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Steve D. - 1952 / 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 9: [front to back] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Beulah Crooks, wife of W. J. Lucas - 20 Jan 1913 / 25 Dec 1955 Lucas, Christopher W. - 19 Feb 1969 [infant grave] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Aswell - 8 Aug 1914 / 10 Aug 1983 Dad Lucas, Lue B. - 28 Mar 1914 / 8 Mar 1981 Mom [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 10: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alwell, Rickey D., son of M&M Dewayne Alwell - 2 Nov 1966 / 22 Jan 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alwell, Hattie M. - 27 Jan 1929 / 28 Apr 1983 Mother Alwell, Samuel L. - 7 Feb 1920 / 22 Sep 1976 Father [2 Identical Stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Roosevelt "Velse" - 30 May 1898 / 24 Aug 1972 Daddy Beaubouef, Alzean Fisher - 3 Nov 1908 / 9 Feb 1973 Mama [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Andrew David - 11 Aug 1914 / 23 Nov 1974 Daddy Lucas, Daisy Gates - 22 Oct 1915 / 5 Oct 1996 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 11: [front to back] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Lelon Bursbel - 4 Aug 1915 / 15 Nov 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Vickie Belgard - 3 Jun 1896 / 10 Aug 1984 Mama Cole, Nicholas W. - 23 Dec 1892 / 15 Nov 1968 Daddy [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Edith Effie Robertson - 4 Feb 1914 / 21 Aug 1989 [funeral marker] Cole, Elliot - 10 Oct 1914 / 25 May 1996 [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lonardo, Hazel Mae - 23 Jan 1918 / 11 Aug 1992 Lonardo, Joseph "Joe" - 29 Apr 1915 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 2 Dec 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson, Limmie C. - 5 Nov 1914 / 19 Apr 1983 Daddy Thompson, Isabell C. - 13 Jun 1915 / [no dates] [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [unreadable funeral marker at vault - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Bobbie Jean Deville - 16 Sep 1935 / 30 Apr 1993 Beaubouef, Dotson - 18 Nov 1926 / 5 Jan 1981 [Double Stone] - Married in 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Regina C. - 7 Aug 1900 / 24 Mar 1990 Beaubouef, William F. - 9 Apr 1896 / 30 Aug 1976 [Double Stone] - Married 24 Jul 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonnette, Charles Kevin - 25 Jul 1959 / 17 Sep 1991 Beaubouef, [Infant] Son of Dotson & Bobbie Beaubouef - 27 Aug 19?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole, Mack - 1930 / 1966 Father Cole, Beatrice B. - 1931 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 11 Sep 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonnette, Emeric L. - 12 Aug 1922 / [no dates] Bonnette, Audrey - 13 Sep 1924 / [no dates] [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, Rev. Julius L. - 9 Jul 1923 / 11 Dec 1995 SSgt US Army Air Corps WW2 Smith, Gertrude Beaubouef - 21 Jan 1929 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 25 Sep 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Isdee - 8 Mar 1897 / 9 Mar 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alwell, Pairlee R. - 14 Nov 1903 / 16 Jun 1970 Mother Alwell, Sherman Ray - 2 Sep 1932 / 3 Jul 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardner, Clifton - 12 Dec 1929 / 7 Aug 1988 Gardner, Nelva A. - 6 Sep 1939 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - 8 Feb 1964, Beloved Parents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 12 & 13: [back to front] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, Dalton "Bud" - 12 Apr 1921 / 30 Jun 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barron, Nancy Dianne - 25 Jun 1968 / 20 Jun 1986 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson, April Leeann - 6 Sep 1979 / 27 Apr 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cary, Geoffrey B. - 17 Feb 1958 / 23 Apr 1989 Dad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberson, Nellie Fay - 27 Jul 1929 / 27 Aug 1995 Mother Roberson, James A. Jr. - 28 Oct 1922 / 7 Sep 1996 Father [Double Stone] - Married 27 Jun 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shannon, Clara - 28 Nov 1903 / 26 Jan 1986 Mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Elbert "Fritz" - 1919 / 1969 Daddy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, Bertis Andrew - 22 Sep 1919 / 13 Jul 1973 Father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Matt E. - 31 Mar 1892 / 8 Aug 1966 Daddy LA Pvt. Co. D 307th Inf. WW1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Nula L. - 3 Feb 1914 / 3 Aug 1972 Mama Reed, Carlton E. "Boy" - 20 Jun 1937 / 28 May 1978 [2 Identical Stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Alexandra Jean "Sandy" - 6 Nov 1944 / 26 Apr 1973 Rice, Emma W. - 15 Aug 1882 / 7 Feb 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Normand, Gracie Rice - 21 Jun 1917 / [no dates] Normand, George - 2 Jan 1902 / [no dates] [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wade, Gilbert L. - 17 Mar 1926 / [no dates] Father Wade, Gladys L. - 13 Jul 1924 / 4 Apr 1990 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong, Amy N. - 10 May 1898 / 3 Jul 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, Thomas Howard - 18 Jun 1912 / 16 Oct 1987 Daddy Smith, Rosezillia "Bertie" W. - 7 Jan 1922 / [no dates] Mama [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson, James M. - 31 May 1898 / 28 Jul 1985 Father Wilson, Frances E. - 11 Mar 1897 / 11 Jun 1977 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LaPrairie, Mandy - 1 Dec 1893 / 7 Dec 1969 Sister -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Joseph W. - 3 Mar 1891 / 27 Jan 1961 Father Lucas, Millie - 11 Nov 1890 / 14 Dec 1960 Mother [2 Identical Stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wiley, Alvin - 10 Sep 1909 / 12 Dec 1976 Father Wiley, Alberta - 21 Mar 1922 / 15 Jun 1996 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bordelon, Alice Mae - 23 Nov 1895 / 18 Apr 1986 Mother Bordelon, Clarence B. - 17 May 1907 / 14 Apr 1993 Father [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nations, Pearl Mary - 6 Sep 1912 / 11 Jul 1989 [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiser [Fisher], Roland Craig - 18 Apr 1925 / 10 Apr 1985 [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McCann, Damion Todd - 17 May 1986 / 17 May 1986 [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 14: (near church) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crooks, Jessie L. Sanders - 5 Sep 1930 / [no dates] Mother Crooks, Willie Martin - 12 Oct 1927 / 17 Feb 1996 Daddy [Double Stone] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------