Cleveland/Carnahan Cemetery (Also Called Cunningham Cemtery), Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** CLEVELAND / CARNAHAN - CEMETERY - Rapides Parish (also called CUNNINGHAM Cemetery) Directions: Cleveland / Carnahan (the word Cunningham is on the fence) Cemetery is located near the community of Lena in Rapides Parish, near the Natchitoches Parish line. From Alexandria North on Interstate 49, exit at Lena. Go approximately .25 miles from Lena Post Office on Lena-Flatwoods Road. It is fenced, in good condition, well-maintained. The front area is commonly known as the Cleveland Cemetery, and is reserved for Caucasian burials. A separate section in the rear has been used by African-Americans, and is referred to as the Cunningham Cemetery. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the front gate by Mary Parker Partain, October 1989, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus Cleveland Section Owens, W. Anderson - 23 Nov 1888 / 5 May 1983, Pvt. U.S. Army WW1 Beebe, Columbus - 23 Jan 1868 / 17 Dec 1940 Owens, Viola Beebe - 31 May 1895 / 3 Apr 1937 Wilson, William Dalton - 23 Jul 1903 / 17 May 1963 Arnold, James Buck - 13 Mar 1886 / 8 Sep 1962 Arnold, Ollie P. - 3 Aug 1883 / 4 Jul 1966 [Double Stone] Guins, Adam J. - died 26 Aug 1960, age 77 yrs 4 mo [funeral marker only] Guins, Mrs. Mandy - ?12 Apr 1886 / 21 Feb 1943 Carter, Lelia L. - 5 Apr 1905 / 25 Mar 1960 Carter, Joe - 7 Jul 1901 / 16 Jul 1980 Carter, Albert R. Sr. - 31 Jul 1903 / 26 Feb 1961 Merrell, Almon A. - 22 Feb 1915 / 18 Aug 1969 Hayes, Jessie J. - 13 Jul 1919 / 6 Jun 1950 Hayes, Joffre James "Red" - 9 Feb 1944 / 10 Jun 1973 Rachal, Ramie Jr. - 19 Nov 1889 / 3 Dec 1966 Rachal, Betty L. Ann - 16 Aug 1942 / 11 Apr 1958 Wallett, Alex - 13 Jun 1874 / 25 Oct 1937 Wallett, Angeline - 28 Jan 1880 / 30 Sep 1960 Watson, Clifton Andrew - 25 Jun 1943 / 20 Feb 1944 Watson, William Aubrey - 4 May 1927 / 8 Apr 1977 Rachal, Clarence - 8 Jan 1906 / 26 Oct 1972 Rachal, Eunice G. - 10 Mar 1912 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Salard, Dora Marlene - b&d 1 Nov 1942 Salard, Willard G. - 1942 / 1943 Malone, Infant son of M&M E. E. Malone - b&d 16 Oct 1948 Balentine, Louis E. - 7 Aug 1867 / 11 Mar 1957 Balentine, Ollie B. - 29 Apr 1882 / 10 Oct 1955 Balentine, H. E. - 17 Oct 1903 / 7 Apr 1962 Nalley, Julia Gertrude - 1861 / 1938 Nalley, Lawson - 1862 / 1935 [Double Stone] Dixon, John T. - [unreadable funeral marker] Dixon, Lizzie - died 22 Sep 1954, age 89 yr 3 mo 12 days McCaskill, Jewell D. - 13 Jan 1901 / [no dates] McCaskill, James D. - 1 Nov 1879 / 16 Jun 1956, Pvt. Co. L. 2 MS Inf. Span. Amer. War [Double Stone] McCaskill, C. Douglas - 13 Jun 1917 / 17 Apr 1927 Thompson, Grady - 4 Nov 1912 / 30 Oct 1977 Thompson, Dewitt T. - 17 Feb 1876 / 5 Apr 1958 Thompson, Carrie B. - 1 Dec 1882 / 1 Dec 1957 [Double Stone] Ferguson, Margueritte Lucille - 13 Apr 1919 / 26 Sep 1966 Tolleson, Lizzie B. - 26 Jan 1888 / 1 Dec 1964 Norsworthy, Emett - 1889 / 1979 Norsworthy, Anne - 1915 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Beebe, J. T. - 22 Jul 1922 / 26 May 1968 Beason, Pete - b&d 24 May 1936 Love, Margaret Mayo - 1864 / 1918 Mayo, Jess L. - 1868 / 1915 Bedsole, Charles L. - 9 Apr 1885 / 3 Jul 1913 Bedsole, Lula - 9 Aug 1893? / 15 Aug 1901 Dubois, Ruby Bertha, daughter of M&M S. N. Dubois - 13 Sep 1907 / 30 Oct 1907 Bedsole, John Mayo, son of M&M T. L. Bedsole - 10 Mar 1913 / 2 Dec 1913 Griffith, Wanda McCaskill - 14 Dec 1922 [only date] Lacour, Lena Pace - 8 Jul 1904 / 25 Feb 1973 Lacour, Jack Sr. - 16 May 1897 / 11 Dec 1980 [Double Stone] - Married 23 Dec 1920 Lacour, Jack - 1868 / 1925 Lacour, Virginia E. - 1883 / 1949 Engles, Suzie Lacour - 4 Oct 1900 / 6 Nov 1979 Bynog, Tynsley - 12 Jun 1911 / 4 Oct 1912 Bynog, Napoleon T. - 8 Apr 1879 / 19 Oct 1962 Hailey, Shirley Ray - 5 Feb 1939 / 25 May 1960 Lacour, James J. - 20 Dec 1930 / 5 Feb 1933 Lacour, Charles R., son of M&M H. F. Lacour - 21 Jan 1956 / 18 Jun 1956 Rodgers, Arthur Byrd, son of J. B. & Mary Rodgers - 16 Feb 1905 / 24 Sep 1905 Cleveland, Joe - 26 Aug 1896 / 21 Apr 1975 Cleveland, Frances T. - 7 Apr 1914 / 2 May 1978 Cleveland, Fred B. - 8 Mar 1908 / 1 Dec 1969 Cleveland, Lucy L., daughter of Eli & Lucy Cleveland - 24 Aug 1902 / 2 Jan 1906 Cleveland, Newton O. - 24 Sep 1894 / 7 Feb 1925 Cleveland, Eli - 6 Oct 1858 / 25 Mar 1930 Cleveland, Lucy McNeely - 15 Mar 1865 / 11 Sep 1951 Cleveland, Grover E. - 10 Jul 1885 / 24 Aug 1962 Beebe, Helen Louise - 8 Sep 1926 [only date, infant] Beebe, Thomas J. - 24 Mar 1890 / 21 Dec 1937 Beebe, Annie Ruth Cleveland - 18 Apr 1893 / 16 Jan 1938 Beebe, Wilbur E. - 14 Jun 1914 / 1 Feb 1938 Beebe, Bennie Glynn - 14 Jan 1932 / 9 May 1961, LA Pfc. HQ Co. 5 Cav. Korea Ph & OLC Beebe, Fred E. - 8 Sep 1926 / 5 Jan 1982 Rachal, Dorothy Regina Beebe - 5 Nov 1929 / 17 Apr 1986 Nichols, Robert - 16 Dec 1914 / 3 Jan 1972 Nichols, Thelma Beebe - 21 Jan 1918 / 5 Nov 1981 Hudson, Bobbie N. Melancon - 9 Nov 1935 / 15 Oct 1968 Hudson, Lisa Bridgett - 3 Jan 1963 / 5 Jan 1963 Dyer, Willie J. - 15 May 1899 / 11 Dec 1934 Dyer, Roy Orion - 20 Aug 1926 / 10 Aug 1928 Carter, Pauline L. - 7 Aug 1913 / 30 May 1983, Wed 1 Feb 1929 Carter, Ellis L. "Buster" - 14 Sep 1908 / 25 Dec 1955 Carter, Lila Marie - 19 Apr 1930 / 25 May 1946 Carter, Albert Leo - 12 Oct 1935 / 20 Nov 1981 Guin, Randal Glenn - 25 Feb 1943 / 29 Oct 1944 Beebe, Barney J. - 31 Jul 1885 / 1 Apr 1930 Beebe, Doll Beebe McGlothlin - 19 Apr 1896 / 4 Jun 1981 [Double Stone] Hayes, Lucy Snead, wife of J. W. Hayes - 7 Nov 1889 / 16 Nov 1922 Hayes, Johnnie Wesly - 19 Apr 1882 / 5 Feb 1941 Delrie, Jamey L. - 24 Jun 1968 / 3 Aug 1968 Delrie, James Edward - 3 Aug 1946 / 26 Jun 1967, LA Pfc. Co E, 12 Inf. 199 Inf. BDE Vietnam Ph. Powell, Martha Ann - 21 Jun 1883 / 4 Jan 1967 Powell, Aaron - 2 Jan 1873 / 14 May 1959 [Double Stone] Christy, Walter J. - 16 Jun 1914 / 29 Dec 1984, Sgt. U.S. Army Korea Christy, Effie P. - 3 Oct 1914 / 19 Dec 1984 Peavy, Thomas J. - 3 Aug 1880 / 9 Sep 1971 Peavy, Maggie M. - 8 May 1882 / 30 Jun 1949 Powell, Ben - 18 Apr 1896 / 4 Jan 1933, LA. Pvt. Salvage Co. QMC WW1 Walker, David Clark - 23 Jun 1889 / 6 Apr 1974, Pvt. U.S. Army WW1 Powell, Benjamin G. - 26 Feb 1832 / 2 Jun 1913, Co. A 33 Miss. Inf. CSA Cleveland, Ella Sorelle, wife of Thos. Cleveland - 17 Oct 1872 / 23 May 1954 Cleveland, Thomas Edgar - 19 Aug 1900 / 7 Dec 1946 Walker, Annie R. Cleveland - 6 Oct 1905 / 9 Aug 1981 McCain, William F. - 6 Dec 1882 / 31 Dec 1988 [age was 106] [birthdate was confirmed by headstone & funeral marker] McCain, Ida H. - 12 Aug 1892 / 14 Jul 1964 [Double stone] Hayes, Nellie E. - 26 Nov 1860 / 9 Feb 1943 Grandma Sneed, James Walter - born 8th Mar 1850 / died 29th Mar 1860 [This 1/2 size marble vault is engraved & lying atop an old, cracked concrete vault. The vault is broken, slab is intact, and epitaph is interesting] "My last pulse has ceased to beat Though I have found a friendly seat In the glorious kingdom above Where all is peace harmony and love Then may God prepare your Uncle William [sic] That you may around His Throne be welcome That we may meet again in that happy land Never more to take the parting hand." Cleveland, B. G. - 16 Sep 1852 / 12 May 1895 Mayo, Martin Eli - 25 Oct 1905 / 28 Oct 1905 Mayo, Infant son of J. C. & Susie Mayo - b&d 1910 Mayo, Infant daughter of J. C. & Susie Mayo - b&d 1911 Wise, Edna Sorelle, wife of Dr. W. L. Wise - 20 Sep 1892 / 30 Mar 1912 Sorelle, E. D. - 23 Jan 1846 / 13 May 1906 Sorelle, Rebecca Ann Hoyt, wife of E. D. Sorelle - 5 Sep 1851 / 10 Nov 1935 Hudson, Tallie Elizabeth Sorelle, wife of W. S. Hudson - 20 Jan 1876 / 27 Jul 1918 Hudson, Walter Vern - 8 May 1903 / 23 Nov 1904 Hudson, W. S. - 12 Feb 1880 / 14 Oct 1908 Bynog, Kelly - 1906 / 1975 Reed, Bertha Isabelle - 27 Feb 1893 / 30 Mar 1918 McGilbrey, Mary Jane - 18 Mar 1844 / 10 May 1915 Sorelle, Mary, daughter of W. F. & A. L. Sorelle - 21 Feb 1900 / 5 Sep 1900 Sorelle, Bennett, son of W. F. & A. L. Sorelle - b&d 5 Feb 1895 O'Banion, Lottie Bishop - 3 Oct 1915 / 16 Feb 1932 Wife Bishop, Rosa Hayes - 27 Oct 1894 / 27 Sep 1930 Mother Bishop, Samuel D. - 3 Jul 1892 / 4 Jan 1922 Bishop, Alice S. - 26 Dec 1919 / 26 Nov 1920 Carnahan, Kate - died 12 Mar 1910, aged 70 years Garrett, William James - 5 May 1903 / 14 Aug 1906 Garrett, Susanna Alma - 28 Nov 1894 / 26 Dec 1894 Garrett, Angeline Dubois - 7 Jul 1875 / 10 Mar 1896 Garrett, Nettie S. McNeely - 3 Sep 1882 / 9 Sep 1931 Dubois, Stephen - 26 Sep 1873 / 23 Nov 1956 Dubois, Josephine Knight, wife of E. B. Dubois - 6 Oct 1850 / 1 Nov 1879 Dubois, Nelia Bedsole, wife of Stephen Dubois - 31 Jan 1880 / 8 Apr 1973 * * * Cunningham Cemetery - This section for African-American burials is located directly behind the Cleveland section. Most graves have low vaults. There were too many vaults with no inscriptions, or unreadable funeral markers, or unmarked burials to even estimate. Dearbonne, Eddie - 5 Nov 1894 / 23 Apr 1959, LA. Pvt. 12 Co. 164 Depot Brig WW1 Red, James - 28 Oct 1902 / 25 Dec 1961 Felix, Mamie R. - 27 Oct 1908 / 8 Apr 1985 Bynog, John Willie Jr. - 1 Dec 1971 / 20 Dec 1982 Bynog, Richard - 28 Jun 1900 / 9 Feb 1964 Scott, Lila D. - 11 Nov 1892 / 13 Jul 1979 Scott, Victor Sr. - 1884 / 1964 Scott, Victor - 27 May 1915 / 19 Feb 1978 Scott, Maude L. - 15 Sep 1921 / 6 Jun 1982 Rogers, Tom - 22 Aug 1896 / 23 Sep 1960 Shepard, Sylvia - 26 May 1943 / 23 May 1965 Rogers, Glori K. - 10 Jul 1946 / 21 Jan 1981 [inscribed as: Glori Rogers K] Rogers, Taminekia D. - 20 Aug 1974 / 28 Nov 1982 Rubins, Sis. Ruby L. - 25 Dec 1926 / 17 Nov 1986 [funeral marker only] Battles, Pleas Sr. - 19 Feb 1910 / 30 Oct 1979 Walker, Baby Victoria - [no dates] Walker, Rev. W. J. - 1872 / 1948 Walker, Augustine - 1902 / 1942 Lewis, Mamie - 1877 / 1948 Smith, Clyde Sr. - 14 Oct 1929 / 9 Jul 1984 Smith, Dewey - 1 Mar 1901 / 20 Feb 1980 [funeral marker only] Irvin, Pauline - 1909 / 1973 Dearborn, Paul - died 14 Jan 1943 [?], Mrs. Mandy [unreadable last name, stone missing] Jackson, Ella - 9 Aug 1870 / 5 Mar 1926 Pouge, Tom - born 9 Jan 1879 / passed 7 Aug 1953 J. J. [no other info] Dearbonne, Mitchell - 24 Apr 1884 / 24 Mar 1905 Dearbonne, Pulmon - 26 Dec 1888 / 5 May 1905 Dearbonne, Cpl. Louis, Co. A, 4 U.S. Ohio Calvary - [no dates] Dearborn, [sic] Hester - 1870 / 1935 [Double concrete vault] Dearborne, [sic] Will - 16 Jun 1884 / 24 Jan 1976 MFS - [concrete vault - no other info] Williams, Sedonia - 11 Nov 1890 / 1 Dec 1920 Reese, Esther - 22 Aug 1892 / 12 Mar 1924 Dearborne, Joseph - 1860 / 1928 Dearborne, Scilisteen - 1870 / 1940 Derbonne, [sic] Ellen S. - 13 Jun 1888 / 12 Nov 1964 Dearbon, Houston - 13 Jun 1877 / 5 Jun 1969 Kimble, Margie - 23 Mar 1939 / 25 Nov 1956 Kimble, Le Earl - 14 Jun 1899 / 27 Sep 1977 [These 2 vaults inside wire enclosure, spelling is as on stones] Kimble, Bernard - 8 Feb 1938 / 11 Jun 1938 Kimble, Steve Sr. - 18 Feb 1911 / 24 Sep 1984