Dewil Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** DEWIL CEMETERY - Rapides Parish Directions: West from Alexandria on LA Hwy. 28, go 2.1 miles past the blinking light at Gardner. Turn left (South) at second blinking light (St. Clair Road). Continue for .8 miles to Dewil Cemetery Road and turn right. Continue another .7 miles to the cemetery that is located on the right. It is fenced and well maintained in a grove of hickory and oak trees. Tombstone inscriptions recorded by Mary Parker Partain, Nov 1889, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus Cain, Grant - 6 Apr 1964 / 5 Nov 1988 Dunn, Edith Cain - 5 Nov 1912 / 28 Jul 1981 Dunn, Edward T. - 22 May 1895 / 16 Mar 1972 Perkins, James Grant - 6 Mar 1923 / 8 Nov 1961, Rdm2 US Navy WW2 Perkins, Ben F. - 1869 / 1958 Perkins, Cora S. - 1890 / 1960 [Double Stone] Cain, Edward - 1 Mar 1871 / 1 Apr 1960 Lester, Ella Rougeou - 14 Sep 1893 / 26 Jul 1981 Lester, James S. - 14 Jan 1878 / 12 Apr 1958 Perkins, Infant son of Hulen & Irene Perkins - b&d 24 Jun 1964 Branch, Clemmie Weeks - 31 Aug 1894 / 13 Jan 1984 Branch, W. J. - 7 May 1891 / 7 May 1953 Branch, Mary Alice - 10 Aug 1913 / 24 Dec 1978 Branch, Steve - 3 May 1897 / 1 Dec 1962, Cm4 WW1 & WW2 Branch, Mary D. - 27 Jan 1905 / 4 Sep 1982 Teekell, Jessie Deshazor - 27 Aug 1890 / 16 May 1985 Mother Smith, Bruner - 18 Dec 1890 / 25 Aug 1965 Daddy Warner, Joshua D. Morris - 3 Nov 1988 / 28 Feb 1989 [funeral marker only] O'Neal, Eunice Joyce - 14 Jul 1913 / [no dates] Joyce, William M. - 1888 / 1970 Frazier, Daudie Perkins - 12 Aug 1919 / 21 May 1989 Perkins, Joella M. - 10 Feb 1886 / 20 Jun 1969 Perkins, James O. - 4 Sep 1870 / 25 Apr 1951 Reeves, J. Johnny - 14 Apr 1939 / 26 Feb 1942 Frazier, J. Bobby - b&d Nov 1942 [Double Stone] Frazier, Paul - 1888 / 1963 Frazier, Millie McCann - 1892 / 1979 Frazier, Kenneth Carlton - 26 Aug 1927 / 15 Jan 1936 Frazier, Bobby Ray - 16 Mar 1931 / 14 Jan 1936 Perkins, Infant daughter of M&M D. I. Perkins - b&d 10 Nov 1934 Perkins, Julia Monk - 9 Aug 1907 / 24 Jun 1984 Perkins, Dempsey I. - 9 Mar 1900 / 2 Dec 1971 [Double Stone] Rougeau, Lawrence - 30 Mar 1880 / 8 May 1960 Rougeau, John L. - 11 Apr 1846 / 4 Jun 1928 Rougeau, Mary J. - 9 Nov 1852 / 21 Dec 1925 Lester, Fay - b&d 1 Sep 1933 Frazier, Marvin Monroe, son of M&M Paul Frazier - 22 Feb 1922 / 25 May 1922 Walker, Mahalie Monk, wife of Clint Walker - 23 Sep 1910 / 4 Feb 1980 Walker, Clint, husband of Mahalie Monk - 1 Jan 1914 / 27 Oct 1984 [small concrete marker - son of Jack Funderburk] Walker, Infant son of Clint & Mahalie Walker - 28 Nov 1938 / 29 Nov 1938 Walker, Ruby Perkins - 4 Jul 1916 / 22 Apr 1978 Walker, Archie - 17 Oct 1889 / 19 Feb 1973 Walker, Emma Rougeau, wife of Archie Walker - 12 Nov 1885 / 1 Nov 1933 McDaniel, Infant son of M&M J. J. McDaniel - 29 Aug 1927 / 30 Aug 1927 Rougeau, Infant son of M&M J. T. Rougeau - b&d 1 Jul 1922 Walker, Infant son of M&M A. Walker - b&d 1 Mar 1913 Miles, Infant of M&M W. H. Miles - b&d 20 Jun 1917 Miles, Lois - 1 Apr 1921 / 18 May 1921 Miles, Infant of M&M W. H. Miles - b&d 22 Dec 1934 Marler, Silas Cession - 22 Mar 1883 / 24 Feb 1953 Marler, Virginia Belle Perkins - 12 Mar 1890 / 28 Oct 1983 Marler, Artie, son of S. C. & Belle Marler - 11 Sep 1906 / 9 Jul 1909 Perkins, Julius J. - 16 Feb 1892 / 1 Apr 1938 Perkins, James C. - 23 Nov 1922 / 9 Nov 1928 Frazier, Edgar, son of John & Mattie Frazier - 1907 / 1908 Perkins, Otis O'Neal, son of M&M W. C. Perkins - 4 Sep 1904 / 4 Sep 1906 Perkins, Onie Inez O'Neal, daughter of M&M W. C. Perkins - 5 Jul 1906 / 6 Jun 1907 Perkins, Alvin - 6 Jan 1904 / 7 Feb 1976 Perkins, Minnie May Simmons, wife of A. M. Perkins - 2 Aug 1894 / 8 Mar 1954 Perkins, Topie W. - 8 Aug 1883 / 31 Mar 1957 Perkins, Gladys W. - 28 Dec 1916 / 15 Nov 1930 Perkins, George W. - 4 Jul 1874 / 15 Nov 1930 Flaherty, John H., son of J. H. & I. J. Flaherty - 29 Jun 1904 / 26 Aug 1904 Flaherty, Iola Perkins, wife of John F. Flaherty - 15 Jan 1877 / 16 Jul 1904 Flaherty, John H. - 8 Dec 1867 / 19 Feb 1904 Branch, George W. - 30 Nov 1902 / 23 Dec 1922 Perkins, Meredith R., son of M&M J. O. Perkins - 24 Dec 1904 / 28 Nov 1908 Branch, Marjorie Doris - 5 Jan 1935 / 30 May 1935 [inside small enclosure with another unreadable small marker] Branch, William Chester - 24 Oct 1932 / 28 Apr 1944 Branch, Oscar Lee - 12 Sep 1907 / 16 Apr 1987 Branch, Bertha Ogden - 26 Jun 1908 / 16 Oct 1980 Lacombe, Roderick J. Sr. - 6 Oct 1938 / 13 Jan 1985 [identical vault next to this burial - no information] Branch, Mrs. Bessie - 21 Mar 1938 / 8 Dec 1980 [funeral marker only] DeShazor, Charles D. - 18 Oct 1906 / 24 Jul 1951 DeShazor, Edna Perkins - 13 Sep 1916 / 10 Jun 1984 Burch, Mary Perkins, wife of C. C. Burch - 10 Aug 1882 / 22 Oct 1937 Daniels, Daud E. DeShazor - 30 May 1889 / 23 May 1960 DeShazor, Marcas D. - 27 Sep 1896 / 16 Dec 1913 Terrell, Bertha, granddaughter of W. W. Branch - 5 Oct 1906 / 12 Oct 1907 Terrell, Marrell - 26 Nov 1912 / 6 Feb 1949 Taylor, Clifford J. - 11 Apr 1892 / 21 Nov 1972 Rougeau, Bessie Lee, daughter ofo F. & M. J. Rougeau - 4 Oct 1882 / 20 Mar 1892 DeShazor, Claud Delia, daughter of A. & L. DeShazor - 30 Mar 1888 / 23 Nov 1888 DeShazor, Daniel Webster, son of A. & L. DeShazor - 19 Apr 1895 / 19 Aug 1897 DeShazor, Minnie Dola, daughter of A. & L. DeShazor - 20 Mar 1899 / 9 Apr 1900 DeShazor, Dora Annie Lea, daughter of A. & L. DeShazor - 9 Apr 1901 / 7 Feb 1902 DeShazor, Ida Douglas, daughter of A. & L. DeShazor - 3 Mar 1903 / 15 Oct 1903 DeShazor, Lydia A. Perkins, wife of A. B. C. DeShazor - 1 Dec 1866 / 5 Jun 1940 DeShazor, Allen B. C. - 23 Mar 1859 / 12 Apr 1939 Branch, Fines Adella - 26 Jan 1893 / 13 Sep 1898 Branch, Mary A. Rougeau, wife of W. W. Branch - 8 Mar 1873 / 25 May 1927 Branch, W. W. - 26 Mar 1861 / 5 Nov 1947 Myers, Billy Wayne, son of M&M E. L. Myers - 29 Aug 1932 / 6 Dec 1942 Perkins, Moten Vance - 1 Jul 1910 / 26 Jun 1927 Perkins, Webster S. - 31 Aug 1908 / 8 Sep 1908 Perkins, Nellie L. Cain, wife of B. F. Perkins - 12 Jan 1868 / 9 May 1906 Cain, Ella, wife of B. F. Perkins - [no dates] Perkins, Elizabeth - [no dates] Perkins, Travis - [no dates] Marler, Infant of J. F. Marler - [no dates] Lewis, Infant of J. Lewis - [no dates] Lewis, Martha Ann - 12 Aug 1835 / 22 Nov 1926 Lewis, W. W. - 10 Dec 1837 / 2 Nov 1917 Lewis, Jack A. - 10 Mar 1932 / 6 Jun 1950 [funeral marker only] Bennett, Infant of Ella Bennett - [no dates] Nugent, Maud DeShazor - 23 Jun 1886 / 11 Dec 1968 Nugent, William Robert - 23 Nov 1883 / 25 Apr 1971 [Double Stone] Dewil, Charlie, son of F. M. & M. E. Dewil - 4 Sep 1883 / 29 Sep 1884 Dewil, Eddie, son of F. M. & M. E. Dewil - 7 Feb 1884 / 18 Feb 1884 [Note: although both these sons had the same parents, there is 5 months difference in their ages. Because of this discrepancy, the dates were double checked. They are correct as submitted.] Dewil, Infant son of F. M. & M. E. Dewil - 6 Mar 1886 / 9 Mar 1886 Dewil, Infant son of F. M. & M. E. Dewil - b&d 3 Aug 1888 Dewil, son of F. M. & M. E. Dewil - b&d 8 Oct 1894 Dewil, son of F. M. & M. E. Dewil - b&d 4 Jul 1903 Dewil, Mattie E. - 23 Apr 1864 / 1 Nov 1955 Dewil, F. M. - 8 Aug 1859 / 1 Dec 1930 Singleton, Sam - [memorial marker] [unreadable funeral marker - no information] Filmore, Timothy Walter, son of Michael & Teresa Gilmore - b&d 21 Nov 1987