Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:  From Pineville, take LA Hwy. 107 South, and go 4.9 miles past 
caution light at Kraft Paper Mill Road.  The small cemetery is fenced, very 
well maintained, and located to the left of the Carmel Baptist Church on the 
left side of the highway.  Tombstone inscriptions were recorded as approached 
on 1 February 1993,updated 15 September 1996 by Mary Parker Partain, 
and submitted by Jane P. McManus.


McGee, Luke - 18 May 1915/1 Jun 1990, CM1 US Navy WW2
	[death date  on funeral marker is 2 June 1990]
	   
Sillavan, Elma M. - 13 Jul 1924/22 Mar 1976 Mother
Sillavan, Robert G. - 25 Dec 1942/18 Apr 1984

Quattlebaum, James A. - 15 Dec 1930/20 Mar 1995

Wilson, Louise McLain - 23 Feb 1934/[no dates] Ma-Ma
Wilson, R. Ahmet - 10 Jan 1931/12 Dec 1987 Pa-Pa
	[s/o Rudolph Wilson & Lessie Mercer]
	[Double Stone]

Wilson, Alwyn M. - 21 Feb 1932/29 Jul 1970
	[s/o Rudolph Wilson & Lessie Mercer]

Wilson, Rudolph - 5 Feb 1910/2 Jun 1966
	[s/o Steve W. Wilson & Leona Ryland]
Wilson, Lessie M. - 31 Dec 1904/21 Jun 1975
	[Double Stone]

Wilson, Steve W. - 26 Oct 1885/23 Sep 1965
Wilson, Leona R. - 10 Jul 1888/29 Mar 1968
	[Double Stone]

Ryland, Raphael E. - 10 Nov 1916/6 Apr 1991 [funeral marker]

Sonnier, Andrew - 16 Feb 1928/3 Feb 1989
Sonnier, Gertrude Ryland - 28 Jan 1922/[no dates]
	[Double Stone] - Married 30 Jun 1967

Hatfield, Henry Lee - 10 Aug 1964/22 Oct 1985
	Son of Andrew [Hatfield] & Gertrude [Ryland] Sonnier 

Tolbert, Robert O. - 6 Nov 1922/27 Jul 1995
Tolbert, Shelbie J. - 14 Jun 1941/[no dates]
	[Double Stone] - Married 1 Feb 1975

Jeansonne, Jules - 15 Feb 1913/2 Jul 1993 Father

Ryland, Harris W. - 11 Feb 1903/3 Aug 1986 Daddy
Ryland, Rena Wiley - 26 Jan 1906/[no dates] Mama
	[Double Stone] - Married 23 Dec 1925

Cripps, Ira - 14 Oct 1926/[no dates]
Cripps, Wilda Ryland - 8 Mar 1931/24 Jan 1994
	[Double Stone] - Married 26 Aug 1947

Griffin, Elsie - died 1 May 1904, 8 mos. 3 das.
	Daughter of O.H. & Eva Griffin

Ryland, Sarah Emma McCann - 27 Jan 1850/13 May 1928 Mother
	Wife of J.E. Ryland
Ryland, J. E. - 13 Oct 1846/19 Sep 1915

Tyler, Leonard Thomas - 16 Feb 1893/12 Jun 1972
Tyler, Callie Ryland - 13 Nov 1912/23 Mar 1967
	[Identical stones]

[2 infant slabs - no inscriptions]

Ryland, Memie Woodson - 2 Aug 1880/29 May 1969 Mother
	Wife of Hiram H. Ryland
Ryland, Hiram H. - 10 Jun 1881/30 Aug 1963 Father
Ryland, Melvin S. - 24 Nov 1909/1 Feb 1961
	[above 3 burials have a common concrete slab over burials]

Ryland, William G. - 26 Nov 1905/12 Jan 1968
Deare, Lavonna Ryland - 31 Jan 1958/25 Nov 1979
	[d/o Hardy W. Ryland & Odessa Morace]

Frantom, John P. - 26 Jan 1906/24 Dec 1985 Father
Frantom, Laura E. - 1 Oct 1919/[no dates] Mother
	[Double Stone]

Ryland, Hardy Wiley - 6 Aug 1929/29 Dec 1988 Dad
Ryland, Odessa Morace - 6 Feb 1932/[no dates] Mom
	[Double Stone]

McGee, Grace Smith - 11 Aug 1929/[no dates]
McGee, Cleveland Clemen - 27 Oct 1910/7 Dec 1984
	[Double Stone] - Married 5 Sep 1948

Wilson, Virginia Lee - 3 Feb 1935/9 Apr 1936
	Daughter of M&M D.E. Wilson

McGrew, William Charley - 23 Jun 1877/3 Aug 1966
McGrew, Mary E. Ryland - 10 Jan 1876/1 May 1927
	Wife of W.C. McGrew

McGrew, Charles Elliott - 20 Mar 1907/1 Apr 1923