Lecompte Cemetery, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** LECOMPTE CEMETERY - Rapides Parish South from Alexandria on US Hwy. 71, turn right at the blinking light in Lecompte onto LA Hwy. 112. After leaving Lecompte, continue approximately 3.0 miles and turn left at Lecompte Cemetery sign. The cemetery cannot be seen until you turn, but it is only .1 miles from the road. A driveway is located in the center of the cemetery. Tombstones were copied beginning on the left side of the driveway by Mary Parker Partain, March 1991, and submitted by Jane P. McManus Johnson, Richard Timothy - 26 Mar 1895 / 12 Nov 1938 Johnson, David Elmo - 30 Nov 1860 / 19 Aug 1939 Left Side: Carroll, M. A., wife of A. W. Carroll - 1 Mar 1857 / 16 Oct 1892 Carroll, A. W. - 6 Nov 1847 / 15 Aug 1910 [above 2 stones are identical] Simpson, Laura H. - 1862 / 1927 Simpson, C. A. - 23 Dec 1851 / 31 May 1914 [above 2 stones are identical, one Masonic & one Eastern Star emblem] Bailey, Jo Evelyn, wife of Wilmer Bailey - 12 Aug 1932 / 12 Apr 1982 Scott, Ida O. Heldebrand, wife of F. P. Scott - 13 Jun 1882 / 24 May 1924 Roberts, Georgia Ann Scott, wife of A. P. Roberts - 14 Nov 1862 / 2 Jun 1943 Scott, Margaret M. - 15 May 1839 / 9 Jan 1916 Scott, B. F. - 27 Mar 1832 / 31 Aug 1914 Barker, F. R. - 5 Jan 1847 / 6 Jul 1914 Barker, Parthenia Babb, wife of F. R. Barker - 28 Feb 1855 / 21 Nov 1937 [Above 2 stones are identical] Greer, Beaulah B., daughter of W. S. Barker Sr. - 27 Sep 1902 / 28 Jan 1947 Barker, Mary Jane Johnson, wife of W. S. Barker - 21 Oct 1892 / 21 Jun 1940 Barker, William S. Sr. - 25 Jan 1878 / 2 Dec 1951 Barker, Henrietta Duprey, wife of W. S. Barker - 7 Jul 1882 / 11 Sep 1913 Short, Myrtle Barker - Mar 101 / Jan 1978 Voorhies, L. X. - 15 Oct 1866 / 12 Mar 1916 [2 tombstones turned over, only 1 above can be read] [another fallen tombstone, unable to read, JPM on footstone] Mills, Lizzie Pace, wife of Hardy Mills - 3 Feb 1878 / 1 May 1951 [LPM on footstone] Swann, E. Alice Hughlett, wife of A. G. Swann - 1866 / 1953 Swann, A. G. - 3 Sep 1837 / 26 Dec 1912 [Above 2 stones are identical, one Eastern Star & one Masonic Emblem] Swan, Laura Alice, daughter of A. G. & E. A. Swann - 4 Jul 1904 / 30 Dec 1906 Parker, Everette, son of M&M E. E. Parker - 7 Jul 1908 / 7 Jun 1917 Pringle, James Madison - 23 Sep 1836 / 3 Jun 1920 Pringle, Mary Elizabeth - 19 Jan 1837 / 5 Jun 1926 [large single stone with both names inscribed, one Masonic Emblem] Pringle, Lula Ida, daughter of James M. & Elizabeth Hill Pringle - 15 Mar 1879 / 24 Oct 1963 Pringle, Florence Williamson, wife of Edgar E. Pringle - 20 Aug 1867 / 14 Sep 1951 Pringle, Edgar E. - 11 Sep 1866 / 17 Nov 1953 [above 2 stones are identical] Hammond, Peter Horatio - 15 Oct 1850 / 13 Oct 1922 Hammond, Mary L., wife of P. H. Hammond - 25 Apr 1849 / 5 Sep 1912 [Above 2 stones are identical - Mother & Father] Hammond, Ara W., wife of Edward S. Hammond - 20 Feb 1887 / 28 Mar 1966 Hammond, Edward S., husband of Ara Westbrook - 1 May 1888 / 25 Dec 1968 [Above 2 stones are identical] Carroll, Julia Nunley, wife of W. M. Carroll - 18 Oct 1838 / 24 Oct 1917 Carroll, W. M. - 18 Oct 1848 / [no other dates inscribed] Pringle, Mabel Johnson, wife of H. A. Pringle - 4 Mar 1879 / 12 Jun 1942 Pringle, Horace A. - 15 Mar 1876 / 26 Mar 1918 [Masonic Emblem] [2 unreadable funeral markers in this area - no information] Randolph, Sadie, daughter of M&M Edward Randolph - 20 May 1912 Randolph, Pearl Smith, wife of Edward Randolph - 1 Sep 1875 / 29 Jan 1937 Randolph, Edward - 10 May 1879 / 2 Jan 1968 Earnest, Mary E. Sanderson, wife of M. R. Earnest - 8 Feb 1850 / 1 Sep 1920 Earnest, Madison R. - 14 Oct 1856 / 19 Jan 1936 [Masonic Emblem] Brady, William Louis - 9 Sep 1905 / 25 May 1978 Bell, Corean Lazard Brady - 16 Nov 1882 / 2 Mar 1954 Brady, Henry B. - 31 Dec 1868 / 18 Mar 1951 [Above 2 stones are identical, Mother & Father] Brady, Amelia Cassell - 4 May 1882 / 26 Jan 1968 Brady, Robert Richard - 24 Feb 1880 / 26 Sep 1952 [above 2 stones are identical, Mother & Father] Welch, Eula Mae Brady Holliday - 22 Oct 1907 / 29 Nov 1965 Welch, Silas M. - 8 Mar 1900 / 5 Jun 1956, LA Tec. 5 Qtr. Mst. Corps WW2 Tanner, Fannie E. - 16 Dec 1867 / 17 May 1952 Tanner, Mary Powell - 17 Sep 1882 / 11 Nov 1978 Tanner, John Hayward - 16 Jan 1875 / 18 Mar 1957 [above 2 stones are identical] Marsh, Willie Melvin - 30 Apr 1912 / 1 Mar 1985 Marsh, Willie Dempsey - 3 Jul 1935 / 23 Apr 1964 [above 2 stones are identical] Marsh, John - 24 Jun 1883 / 30 Jul 1963 Marsh, Emandy H. - 22 Aug 1886 / 7 Feb 1959 [above 2 stones are identical] Hollaway, Josie A. - 30 Aug 1889 / 20 Feb 1966 Brady, Charles W. - 15 Jan ?1934? / 2 Feb 1987 [funeral marker, hard to read] Brady, George H. - 12 May 1874 / 2 Apr 1969 Brady, Henry Clay - 12 Feb 1904 / 10 May 1967 Brady, Valda Redmond - 17 Nov 1908 / 8 Aug 1989 [above 2 stones are almost identical, side by side] Smith, Houston - 25 Sep 1908 / 30 Sep 1985 Smith, Ethel Mash - 6 Nov 1907 / 31 Oct 1969 [Double Stone at above 2 burials] Crane, Clyde Hollis - 25 Aug 1933 / 15 May 1984 Marsh, James - 26 Nov 1917 / 18 May 1989, Pfc. US Army WW2 Marsh, Ethel S. - 5 Apr 1928 / 4 Nov 1970 Page, Willie T. - 28 Dec 1902 / 18 Sep 1967 Page, Elsie M. - 21 Sep 1928 / 15 Oct 1957 Fox, Valda Deon B. - 1 Oct 1943 / 23 Sep 1968 [unreadable funeral marker - no information] Hazelton, Sherman - 14 Feb 1948 / 11 Jul 1969, LA Sgt. Co. D 39 Inf. Div. Vietnam BFM & 2 LC-Arcom & OLC PH Rayburn, Harold Lucket - 18 Oct 1906 / 2 Mar 1971 Father Messer, Mr. Ernest - 11 Jun 1912 / 7 Mar 1985 Daddy Hazelton, Robert Garvin - 29 Sep 1963 / 27 Oct 1970 Messer, Ernest Gene - 26 Jun 1970 / 23 Aug 1989 [Funeral Marker only] Holloway, Rev. Dillard D. - 10 Nov 1927 / 3 Mar 1990, Pfc. US Army WW2 Swinnea, Dwight - 11 Sep 1979 / 8 Jan 1981, 1 yr. [Funeral Marker only] Swinnea, Michael Wayne - 11 Sep 1979 / 16 Sep 1979 [Funeral Marker only] Swinnea, Jonathan David - 11 Sep 1979 / 6 Oct 1979 [Funeral Marker only] Taylor, Gertrude Elizabeth - 22 Dec 1890 / 8 Jun 1907 Taylor, Mary E. - 1849 / 1923 Dupree, Ovead - 3 Sep 1860 / 7 Sep 1917 Hackney, Oren Frank - 9 Mar 1858 / 4 Nov 1937 Hackney, Annie Dupree - 15 Jan 1890 / 10 Aug 1970 [above 2 stones are identical] Lambert, William Curry, husband of Erma Hackney - 27 Sep 1910 / 28 Feb 1987 Chase, Neva May - 2 Jun 1903 / 19 Jun 1927 Burnett, Ben F. - 1860 / 1919 [above 2 stones are identical] RIGHT SIDE OF CEMETERY: Davis, Dick A. - 23 Dec 1918 / 21 Dec 1990 [Funeral Marker only] Sellers, Forrest - 24 Nov 1901 / 15 Jan 1980 Sellers, Evelyn J. - 26 Sep 1925 / 22 Jun 1986 [above 2 stones are identical] Bergeaux, Floyd E. - 21 Dec 1925 / 20 Oct 1988, LCDR US Navy Korea Vietnam Buller, Josh Clayton, son of Craig & Kathleen Buller - 24 Oct 1979 / 16 Dec 1979 Buller, Shirley E - 28 May 1919 / 13 May 1989 Buller, Yola Y. - 21 Jun 1921 / [no other dates] [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Hutto, Dan Henry - 10 Oct 1941 / 3 Oct 1976, US Army Vietnam Hutto, Mary J. - 22 Mar 1910 / 8 Nov 1984 Hutto, Fred - 6 Feb 1900 / 30 Nov 1974, Pvt. US Army WW1 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Brady, Walter A. - 26 Feb 1901 / 18 Feb 1970 Brady, Gracie H. - 7 Feb 1909 / 6 Mar 1970 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Payne, Vernon W. - 9 Jun 1903 / 21 Nov 1969 Payne, Dora Arceneaux, wife of Vernon Payne - died Jun 1998 [information on Dora's burial submitted by her neice] Cole, Emeric C. - 22 Nov 1895 / 14 Apr 1980 Cole, Russella L. - 1 Jul 1905 / 1 Dec 1976 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Whatley, L. P. Sr. - 29 Feb 1901 / 16 Dec 1923 Whatley, ?Isabelle? - 1 Oct 1904 / 2 Apr ?1958? [hard to read tombstone] Carter, Ellis Branch - 7 Nov 1896 / 18 Apr 1982, US Army WW1 Carter, Laura B. - 1 Dec 1898 / 18 Sep 1985 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Bass, Charles Lynn - 26 Oct 1957 / 29 Oct 1957 Welch, Mary Elizabeth - 26 May 1880 / 4 May 1965 Welch, Jinks H. - 18 Oct 1868 / 25 Jun 1957 Austin, Julia Young - 19 Nov 1897 / 3 Jul 1984 Austin, Richard - 15 May 1895 / 28 Mar 1975 [above 2 stones are identical] Arnold, Joseph N. Sr. - 29 Jan 1923 / 22 Nov 1968, LA Tec. 5 1958 Ord. Depot Co. AVN WW2 Whatley, Robert H. - 15 Mar 1907 / 28 Nov 1962 Whatley, Louis - 30 May 1877 / 8 Jan 1957 Quirk, Thomas Marshall - b&d 8 Mar 1979 Quirk, John Culver III - 8 Mar 1979 / 1 Apr 1979 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Vidrine, Marshall - 5 Oct 1928 / 4 Sep 1990 [Funeral Marker only] Vidrine, Leonard - 15 Sep 1902 / 6 May 1978 Vidrine, Ruby Leyser - 8 Jul 1913 / 2 Apr 1984 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Payne, Doris Anne - 15 Dec 1954 / 1 Sep 1955 Payne, Otis H.[Henry] - 14 Aug 1906 / 17 May 1963, LA Wt. 3 USNR WW2 Payne, Mamie Lee Neal, wife of Otis Henry Payne - 29 Mar 1909 / 26 Jan 1999 [updated information on mother's burial submitted by her from daughter, 1999] Lard, Mr. James Allen - 31 Oct 1934 / 24 Sep 1990 [Funeral Marker only] McQueen, Michael Robert Jr., son of Michael & Mandy McQueen - 15 Dec 1980 / 28 Dec 1980 Austin, Ronald Lynn, son of Eugene & Helen Austin - 1942 / 1955 Lard, Pattye - 26 Oct 1926 / 18 Jun 1950 Lard, David, son of M&M Baxter Lard - 25 Oct 1929 / 18 Oct 1930 Lard, William, son of M&M Baxter Lard - 13 Mar 1925 / 25 Nov 1925 Lard, Julia M. - 8 Feb 1864 / 8 Feb 1918 Lard, William A. - 10 Dec 1848 / 21 Sep 1932 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Lard, Ira C. - 18 Aug 1902 / 25 Jul 1939 Lard, Raleigh - 2 Sep 1895 / 31 Jul 1968, LA Pfc. 242 Co. Mpc. WW1 Lard, Maude Whatley, wife of Raleigh Lard - 29 Jan 1892 / 4 Jun 1943 [above 8 burials in Land Family plot] Barker, Luther Lee - 26 Feb 1922 / 25 Jan 1924 Barker, Joseph C - 21 Aug 1874 / 1 Jun 1932 Barker, Jeanette V. - 6 Nov 1890 / 21 Nov 1916 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Barker, Champ C. - 25 Jul 1911 / 23 Jun 1967 Barker, Clifford Vivian - 25 Mar 1932 [only date], LA Pvt. II Regt. US Marines [fenced plot for below burials]: Muse, Maudie B. - 12 Jul 1897 / 16 Oct 1946 Muse, Franklin Benjamin, son of M&M Joseph Muse - b&d 9 Apr 1926 Muse, Susie Mae, daughter of M&M Joseph Muse - b&d 24 Apr 1923 Muse, Agnes Roena, daughter of M&M Joseph Muse - 25 Oct 1916 / 16 Oct 1918 Muse, Emma Lard - 16 Jun 1872 / 15 Jul 1960 Muse, Frank - 27 Apr 1869 / 3 Jun 1931 [end of plot for above burials] Wise, Charles Burgess - 15 Jan 1880 / 14 Mar 1940 Wise, Grace A. Depriest, wife of Charles B. Wise - 26 Sep 1890 / 20 Nov 1944 Earnest, Emma Wise - 10 Dec 1893 / 19 Oct 1975 Earnest, John A. - 9 Apr 1882 / 29 Dec 1948 Wise, James Madison - 24 Jul 1876 / 17 Sep 1933 Flynn, Mattie Wise - 17 Dec 1888 / 4 Dec 1969 Wise, Austin B. - 11 Nov 1842 / 20 Nov 1935 Wise, Mary Elizabeth - 3 Mar 1853 / 5 Mar 1935 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Wise, Mary Beatrice, daughter of Joe Wise - 23 Mar 1904 / 2 Nov 1918 Rice, Ametria Debate - 1910 / [no other dates] Rice, Walter O. - 1932 / [no other dates] [Double Stone for above 2 names] Hilburn, Charles - 15 Oct 1858 / 15 May 1943 Hilburn, Frances - 11 Sep 1860 / 4 Jul 1930 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Willis, Eula, wife of R. K. Willis - 10 Mar 1884 / 6 Feb 1919 Watari, San Pei - 30 Nov 1888 / 17 Apr 1925 Hudnall, Charles N. - 6 Jan 1872 / 28 Mar 1929 Hudnall, Theresa L. - 15 Jul 1886 / 13 Apr 1969 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Kuykendall, Infant daughter of M&M M. C. Kuykendall - 3 Jul 1949 Harrison, Leona M. - 18 Jun 882 / 25 Jun 1959 Wood, John Sorber - 29 May 1902 / 2 Sep 1955 Sanders, Edna Louise Marsh - 19 Oct 1919 / 26 Apr 1979 Mother Marsh, Andy - 6 May 1885 / 1 May 1954 Marsh, Johanna - 17 Aug 1891 / 8 Oct 1963 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Marsh, Roseline - 28 Aug 1895 / 3 Apr 1976 Marsh, William C. - 10 Mar 1888 / 27 Jul 1956 Adams, Sarah Lou - 30 Mar 1858 / 14 Nov 1928 Mother Tyler, Tom - 14 Sep 1888 / 13 Oct 1961, LA Pvt. US Army WW1 Tyler, Susie H. - 15 Aug 1901 / 7 Oct 1986 Tyler, Clayton - 1932 / 1980, Cpl. US Army Korea [Above 3 stones are identical - on one concrete slab covering burials] Tyler, Maude R. - 2 Nov 1900 / 17 Jun 1929 Marks, Rosa E. - 1900 / 1934 Roberts, Lula Ray - 26 Jul 1915 / 4 Jun 1934 Roberts, Barbara Ann - 8 Oct 1934 / 13 Oct 1935 Roberts, Baby - [infant burial, no dates] Roberts, Jennie T. - 8 Apr 1891 / 14 Aug 1984 Roberts, John W. - 29 Sep 1890 / 11 Jul 1934 Roberts, Drusilla M. - 3 Nov 1830 / 1 Jul 1899 Roberts, A. P. - 13 Jun 1855 / 17 Feb 1943 Boone, William Allen - 9 May 1867 / 20 Jan 1929 Boone, Leila Lyles - 5 Sep 1872 / 28 Jun 1939 [Double Stone for above 2 burials] Boone, Mattie E. - 21 Dec 1902 / 6 Nov 1976 Boone, Travis Allen Jr. - 12 Apr 1933 / 25 Mar 1935 Boone, Travis Allen - 20 Oct 1897 / 11 Apr 1987 Boone, Bertha Alice Hudnall - 23 Sep 1905 / 7 Oct 1986 [Double Stone for above 2 burials - Married 9 Sep 1926] Waddell, Minnie L. Furlow, wife of Dewitt C. Waddell - 12 Dec 1878 / 30 Sep 1927 Mama Waddell, Dewitt C. - 19 Feb 1874 / 9 Sep 1932 Papa [Above 2 stones are identical] Burns, Edward - died 21 Oct 1913 Dupuy, Viola Perry - 6 Nov 1906 / 30 May 1986 Dupuy, Aristide K., husband of Viola Perry - 24 Sep 1904 / 22 Feb 1962 Perry, J. Z. - 21 Nov 1854 / 13 Dec 1935 Perry, Rowena - 25 Jul 1867 / 12 Oct 1956 Buie, Malcolm Douglas - 23 Jun 1884 / 11 Nov 1932, LA Chf. Water Tend. US Navy Reid, Augustin P. - 19 Jun 1839 / 11 Jul ?1915/1916? [hard to read] Pinard, Mrs. Annie - died 8 Nov 1921, 40 yrs. Sommers, Mrs. John - died 30 May 1920, 62 yrs. [Above 2 burials are side by side, apart for other burials in the area] Brewer, Lilly Cornelia - 9 Aug 1876 / 6 Sep 1959 Gray, Evelyn Scott Brewer - 28 Jun 1878 / 17 Nov 1964 Brewer, Arthur Lewis - 4 Mar 1881 / 10 Jun 1939 [Above 3 burials are identical] Parker, Pearl S. - 8 Sep 1891 / 28 Oct 1977 Parker, David A. - 23 Feb 1870 / 15 Jan 1967 [Above 2 stones are identical] Saunders, Charles C - 26 Dec 1882 / 6 Aug 1922 Saunders, Henry H. - [no dates], Co. B 34 TX Cav. CSA Saunders, Rebecca Jane, wife of H. H Saunders - 18 Mar 1851 / 22 Aug 1918 Brewer, Louise M. - 1868 / 1951 Brewer, R. J. - 1869 / 1946 Father Brewer, Ava Wilcox, wife of Ralph J. Brewer - 23 Jul 1868 / 29 Apr 1919 [plot for below burials]: Harper, William Hudson - [no dates], Co. D 9th LA Inf. CSA Blankenship, Jennie - 7 Nov 1882 / 18 Feb 1947 Blankenship, Ben - 13 Sep 1867 / 4 Mar 1933 [Above 2 stones are identical] Little, Myrtle B. - 11 Jan 1897 / 25 Jan 1957 Little, Dawn - 27 Apr 1890 / 10 Jul 1946 [Above 2 stones are identical] Gahan, Daniel Walter - 4 Nov 1866 / 12 Apr 1934 [end of plot for above burials] [plot for below burials]: Aiken, Carl, infant son of M&M S. S. Aiken - 13 May 1912 / 27 Oct 1912 Aiken, Infant sn of M&M S. S. Aiken - b&d 18 Oct 1918 Aiken, Eugenia Sims, wife of S. S. Aiken - 6 Jun 1876 / 10 Sep 1931 Aiken, S. S. - 11 Aug 1870 / 10 Sep 1919 [end of plot for above burials] [plot for below burials]: Jackson, Rev. George - died 1904, 87 yrs. Jackson, Robert George - died 1902, 12 yrs. Jackson, Margaret Maud - died 1901, 4 yrs. Jackson, Charles W. - died 1902, 28 das. Jackson, Susan W. - died 1974, 97 yrs. Jackson, Robert C. - died 1948, 84 yrs. [end of plot for above burials] [plot for below burials]: Baker, Kenneth E. - 26 Apr 1909 / 20 May 1944 Bell, Lottie E. - 24 Sep 1940 / 29 Oct 1940 Burnum, E. W. - 1872 / 1948 Father [2 infant burials - no inscriptions] Barker, Mary J. - 18 Jan 1889 / 21 Jun 1958 Barker, James A. - 16 Jan 1883 / 28 Jan 1944 Barker, Samuel V. - 8 Oct 1910 / 17 Sep 1935 [end of plot for above burials] [plot for below burials]: Pierce, Mary W. - 31 Jan 1875 / 9 Apr 1966 Wiley, Rosa A. - 4 Oct 1879 / 22 Apr 1972 Reiszner, Augusta W. - 23 Aug 1884 / 9 Sep 1971 Wiley, Emma Cooksley - 1 Sep 1842 / 16 Aug 1906 Wiley, E. W. - 25 Oct 1822 / 10 Apr 1916 [Above 2 stones are identical] Wiley, E. W. Jr. - 26 Dec 1872 / 19 Sep 1951 Wiley, John T. - 3 Oct 1880 / 29 Dec 1918 [end of plot for above burials]