Knight Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** KNIGHT CEMETERY - Rapides Parish Directions: North of Alexandria on Interstate I-49, exit at # 103 just north of Boyce. Turn left onto LA Hwy. 8, and continue for 3.4 miles. Turn left on Knight Cemetery Road. Cemetery is just behind a small store, and can be seen from the highway. It is fenced and well maintained by the Knight family. Genealogical information in brackets are not on the tombstones, and should be used as a clue until verified. They were provided by Annie Parker ( a local genealogist) in 1973. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the front gate in rows by Mary Parker Partain, May 1990, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus Knight, Elizabeth M.[Martin] - 26 Dec 1889 / 1 Jul 1979, 89 yrs. 6 mos. 5 das Knight, James Frank - 1 Sep 1884 / 15 Mar 1949, 64 yrs. 5 mos. 14 das [son of Francis Day Knight Jr. & Minnie Odom, married 1st to Dolly Jane Hodge] [Above 2 markers are identical, side by side] Knight, James Duffy - 19 Dec 1943 / 25 Mar 1978 Knight, Adron David, son of M&M Aubrey Knight - 15 Feb 1940 / 23 Sep 1940 Knight, Aubrey E. - 16 May 1915 / 3 Apr 1970 [son of J. F. Knight] Knight, Dorothy H. [Jane Hodge] - 7 Oct 1921 / 14 Feb 1965 [Double Stone] Knight, Nadine E. - b&d 26 Jul 1949 [granddaughter of Mark Joseph Knight & Celia Ann B.] Knight, Roy Odres - 15 Mar 1909 / 8 Apr 1933 [son of Mark Joseph Knight & Celia Ann B.] Knight, Mark J.[Joseph] - 1886 / 1965 Father Knight, Celia Ann B.[Beebe], wife of Joseph Knight - 1890 / 1954 Mother [Double Stone] Knight, Elmer - 3 Mar 1917 / 30 Jan 1984 Knight, Vera O. - 8 May 1932 / [no dates] Knight, Wilmer D. - 26 Jun 1923 / 5 Apr 1980, Pfc. US Army WW2 [Above markers are identical] [2 concrete markers, no inscription] Knight, Matthew N.[Nathan] - 20 Jun 1875 / 11 Oct 1893 [son of Francis Day Knight Sr. & Sceva Turo Pope] Hardson, Mosley - [unreadable] Apr 1800 / Dec 1865 Knight, Andrew J. - 22 Jan 1892 / 7 Nov 1941 [son of Francis Day Knight Jr. & Minnie Odom] Knight, F. D. [Francis Day] Jr. - 17 Oct 1862 / 12 Feb 1897 [son of Francis Day Knight Sr. & Sceva Turo Pope] Knight, Minnie Odom - 9 May 1862 / 14 Dec 1948 Mother [Wife of Francis Day Knight Jr.] Carver, Charles Wendell - 14 Sep 1942 / 13 May 1947 [grandson of J. F. Knight] Carver, Homer R. - 24 Mar 1921 / 28 Nov 1959 Knight, Frank Day - 21 Jun 1897 / 25 Feb 1916 [son of Francis Day Knight Jr. & Minnie Odom] Knight, Daniel P.[Peter] - 4 Jul 1872 / 11 Apr 1899 [Married to Minnie ?] [son of Francis Day Knight Sr. & Sceva Turo Pope] Knight, Francis D.[Day] Sr. - 5 Feb 1833 / 7 Mar 1897, 64 yrs. 1 mo. 2 das. [born Southampton VA, son of Thomas Day Knight & Susan Worrell] Knight, Sceva [Pope], wife of Francis Day Knight - 12 Jun 1835 / 10 Aug 1912 [Married 4 Nov 1859 Southampton VA by Eld. James Deredney] [daughter of Simon Pope & Susan Barnes] Turner, Edith Pope - 1828 / 1902 [daughter of Simon Pope & Susan Barnes, wife of Nathan Turner] Turner, Nathan - 1825 / 1907 [almost unreadable funeral marker] Knight, Simon Eugene - 12 Nov 1901 / 2 Sep 1972 Knight, Lucy Nichols - 1 Jul 1898 / 6 Sep 1980 [Double Stone] Knight, Louis Donald - 26 May 1937 / 18 Mar 1973 [son of Simon Eugene Knight] Knight, Luther W. - 26 Feb 1898 / 6 Aug 1967, LA WT1 US Navy WW1 [son of Joseph Walker Knight] Knight, Bettie Sharp - 31 Jan 1901 / 8 Jun 1971 [Double Stone] Kinight, Larry Wesley - 1 Jul 1942 / 2 Jul 1942 [son of Luther Knight] Knight, Infant son of Doyle & Bernice Knight - 21 Oct 1935 [concrete stone, no inscription, infant burial] [3 unreadable funeral markers - no information] Knight, Dolly Hodge & Infant Daughter - 1890 / Jul 1908 [Dolly Jane Hodge, 1st wife of James Frank Knight] Knight, Albert - 1 Apr 1897 / 11 Jun 1943, LA Pvt. 23rd Inf. 2nd. Div [son of Simon Pope Knight & Sarah Margaret Durrett] Knight, Sarah M.[Margaret] Durrett - 16 Aug 1875 / 16 Dec 1947 [daughter of James & Susan (?) Durrett] Knight, Simon Pope - 28 Dec 1866 / 16 Feb 1934 [son of Francis D. Knight Sr. & Sceva Turo Pope]] [Double Stone] - [Married 15 Mar 1894] Knight, Joshua Myrl - 23 Aug 1908 / 27 Oct 1926 Knight, Milton Leo - 14 Jan 1911 / 11 Dec 1912 Knight, William - 12 Jan 1904 [only date] [son of Simon Pope Knight] [concrete marker - no information] [3 unreadable funeral markers - no information] Knight, Mary Addie Tinsley - 26 Sep 1871 / 27 Jan 1900 Knight, James Wesley - 29 Mar 1871 / 5 Feb 1933 [Married 2nd to Sarah Melitta Parker] [son of Francis D. Knight Sr. & Sceva Turo Pope] [Double Stone] Knight, Jan, daughter of M&M J. B. Knight - 22 Mar 1942 Hodges, Lizzie J. - 30 Nov 1895 / 25 Apr 1980 Knight, Joseph Walker - 20 Feb 1874 / 10 Oct 1944 [son of Francis Day Knight Sr. & Sceva Turo Pope, husband of Elizabeth Jowers] Knight, William Roscoe - 6 Aug 1914 / 18 Mar 1981 Knight, Eva Beebe - 20 Jan 1916 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Knight, Walter Frank - 28 Jul 1948 / 29 Jun 1963 [son of W. R. & Eva Beebe Knight, grandson of Joseph Walker Knight] Knight, Oliver A. - 27 Feb 1895 / 5 Oct 1966, LA Pvt. ICO Dev. GP WW1 [son of Simon Pope Knight & Sarah Margaret Durrett] Knight, Clara Zell Langham - 2 Dec 1902 / 6 Jul 1972 [Double Stone] [In 1973, Annie Parker recorded inscriptions from this cemetery, and the following information was copied. In 1990, these burials were not located, either the funeral markers are part of the unreadable noted above, or the old concrete markers. They are listed for information.]: Knight, Frankie Claudine - 12 Nov 1918 / 6 Mar 1919 Knight, Infant of Doyle & Bernice Norvell Knight - b&d 1942 Knight, Infant of Wesley & Sallie Knight - [no dates] Knight, Infant of Wesley & Sallie Knight - [no dates] Knight, Infant of Wesley & Sallie Knight - [no dates] Knight, Infant of W. P. & Gladys Knight - b&d 19 Nov 1945