Hardshell Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus 

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HARDSHELL CEMETERY - Rapides Parish

Directions:  West from Alexandria on LA Hwy. 28, go 4. 5 miles past the
blinking light at Gardner.  Turn left on Ian Johnson Road and continue for 2.4
miles.  Turn right onto Forest Road # 268.  Cemetery is located behind a trash
dump on the right about .5 miles down this road.  During the spring and
summer, the trash dump is not visible, and the cemetery is never visible from
the gravel road.  Park on the road, and walk through the trash to the top of
the little hill to what once was a beautiful place.  The half acre was fenced
at one time, the posts are still there but the wire is missing.  Trees inside
this area are about 6-10 feet tall, and brush and weeds completely cover the
ground.  Several years ago, the area was cleared and cleaned, but was never
maintained.  There are only 4 burials with readable information.  Tombstone
inscriptions recorded by Mary Parker Partain, 1990, and submitted by Jane
Parker McManus 

Dear, Jessie - [no dates]
Dear, Cora - [no dates]
Dear, Callie - [no dates]
Richey, William D. - 5 Feb 1906 / 5 Aug 1959

[3 unreadable funeral markers - no information]
[27 wooden crosses with no inscription - no information]
[2 plain iron pipes at unmarked burials - no information]