Hopewell Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:  On LA Hwy. 113 from Glenmora toward Pitkin, turn left onto LA
Hwy. 112 and go about .7 miles.  Turn left on Hopewell Road and go 3.7
miles.  The cemetery is located on the right side of the road behind
Hopewell Baptist Church, established 1960.  The area is fenced and well
maintained.  Tombstone inscriptions were recorded April 1993 by Mary Parker
Partain, and submitted by Jane P. McManus.

Granite monument inside the cemetery reads:  Hopewell Cemetery - first
internment 3 Nov 1973 / Mrs. Jettry Odom - age 92 [photo] / "None knew her
but to love her." / Rev. E. A. Wood, Pastor

Row 1:
Doyle, John - 16 Jul 1886/11 Sep 1975 Father
Doyle, Ida W. - 16 May 1903/17 Jul 1981 Mother
     [above 2 burials have double stone]

Odom, Clarence Charles - 4 Oct 1951/17 Feb 1986
Odom, Clarence - 29 Dec 1928/28 Jul 1977

Odom, Harvey - 1901/1977
Odom, Gettry J. - 1881/1973
     [above 2 burials have double stone]

Willis, Ernest - 18 Nov 1904/29 Jul 1992

Willis, J. B. - 5 May 1920/17 Feb 1975, Sgt. US Army
Willis, Bessie D. - 28 Jul 1921/[no dates]
     [above 2 burials have double stone]

Willis, Larry J. B. - 17 Jun 1945/9 Jan 1977, SP4 US Army Vietnam  Daddy

Doyle, Jack - 25 Dec 1932/[no dates]
Doyle, Verna Mae - 7 Sep 1934/16 Mar 1979
     [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 5 Sep 1950

Ware, Steve - 27 Oct 1932/10 Mar 1989

Odom, Wilburn "Buck" - 22 Jun 1909/27 Aug 1978
Odom, Mae W. - 22 Mar 1907/1 Jan 1983
     [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 6 Feb 1937

Odom, Daniel "Webb" - 4 Apr 1896/17 Jan 1981 Daddy
Odom, Shrine West - 6 Aug 1909/[no dates] Mom
     [above 2 burials have double stone]

West, Chester - 8 Jun 1917/[no dates]
West, Ruby O. - 28 Aug 1919/[no dates]
     [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 8 Jun 1950

Odom, Nettie Marie - 8 Jul 1948/24 Dec 1987 Mother

Odom, D. W. - [no dates] Dad   [outside fence]

Row 2: [at back fence]

Schrader, Donald W. - 12 May 1937/[no dates]
Schrader, Elizabeth O. - 25 Sep 1934/[no dates]
     [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 25 May 1957

Odom, Mayo - 10 Jan 1910/[no dates]
Odom, Myrtle - 25 Nov 1914/[no dates]
     [above 2 burials have double stone] - 28 Feb 1931

Odom, Willie - 23 Mar 1938/3 Oct 1977
Odom, Louise C. - 6 Nov 1943/[no dates]
     [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 2 Mar 1961