Liberty Hill (African American) Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: Follow directions to the Butter Cemetery and continue down the same road. This small, African American Cemetery is on the right, is well maintained with a hurricane fence around the property. Most of the burials have a concrete slab or a concrete vault, and there are many unmarked graves. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from just inside the front fence in areas going parallel with the road by Mary Parker Partain, May 1992. Area 1: Austin, Roosevelt - 24 Dec 1928/30 Apr 1988, Sgt. US Army Korea Austin, Harriett - 24 Aug 1908/7 Jan 1974 Mother Austin, Robert - 6 Feb 1900/28 Feb 1968 Father [Triple stone with vaults] Marshall, Lizzie - 19 Dec 1889/26 Dec 1971 Washington, Lily - 6 Apr 1873/27 Mar 1937 [Double vault] Austin, Roosevelt C. - 1954/1979 Austin, Roddrika C. - 1977/1978 [Double stone] Troshy, Louis - Aug 1904/Feb 1976 [hand-lettered stone] Moore, Silva - 1 Sep 1882/23 Jul 1983 Thompson, Jack Will - 1921/1982, US Army WW2 Sanders, Myrtle Lee Terrell - 18 Mar 1929/29 Nov 1981 Williams, Duke Jr. - 6 Jul 1908/20 Sep 1983 Simon, Alex - 18 Apr 1905/28 Mar 1976, US Army WW2 Simon, Henry - 14 Jul 1952/17 Nov 1972 Area 2: Jones, Clarrisa - died A.D. 1882, age 35 yrs. Harper, Ecker, son of A.L. Harper - Jul 1885/17 Jun 1886 [old stone, difficult to read] [unreadable name] - 1869/1895 Area 3: Sumbler, A.L. Jr. - 1926/1939 [almost unreadable concrete stone] Napoleon, Clarence - 18 Jun 1928, LA Pvt. 48th P.of W Escort Co. ASC Area 4: Hurks, Earnest Sr. - 20 Nov 1922/25 Jan 1985, SSgt. US Army Hurks, Lawrence - 1949/1976 Miles, Charles E. - 8 Mar 1939/14 Sep 1986, SSgt. US Army Vietnam Spikes, Shorty - died 17 Mar 1913, 9 yrs. Harper, Charley - ?1900/1925? Sanders, Millie, son of John & E. Sanders - 20 Aug 1886/6 Jul 1900 Sheton, W.L. - 1899/1900 Sumbler, Lettie - 17 Dec 1896/26 Oct 1987 Jessie, Albert Sr. - 26 Aug 1916/21 Nov 1988 Evans, Gladys K. - 25 Dec 1920/11 Nov 1982 Lewis, Sally P. - 1875/1968 Evins, John Abe - 26 Oct 1915/21 Jan 1989 Father Green, Alice C. - Sunrise 14 Nov 1896/Sunset 13 Apr 1992 Mother Tolbert, Sallie - 1927/1950 Caswell, Homer - 1901/ 1947 Davis, Henry - 1901/1948 Jones, Manuel - 3 May 1903/24 Sep 1978 Harris, Laura - 11 May 1890/1 Feb 1959 Mother Smith, McKinney - 2 Mar 1914/27 Dec 1959 Son [Double Stone] Huff, Effie - 9 Mar 1924/10 Aug 1951 Thompson, Will - 1856/1940 Turner, Virginia - 1887/1948 Sanders, Willie - 1916/1984, US Army WW2 Korea Thompson, Pearlie M. - 4 Jul 1923/12 Jan 1979 Mother Douglas, Clara - died 7 Mar 1983, age 100 yrs. [Funeral marker] Baker, Martha - 6 Aug 1897/4 Jul 1980 [Funeral marker] Anderson, John - 1944/1977, SP5 US Army Johnson, Carrie - died 30 Jun 1969, age 67 yrs. [Funeral marker] Jones, J.C. - 29 Jun 1930/24 Oct 1988, US Army Jackson, James - 1880/1949 Simon, Leon Sr. - 28 Jul 1913/20 Jul 1980, SSgt. US Army WW2 Simon, Missoura - 1871/1949 Williams, Leroy - [broken stone] Sanders, Malinda - 1885/1946 Price, Roselie - [unreadable dates] Sanders, John H. - 4 Jul 1893/27 Feb 1941 Sanders, Levy - 1885/1940 Young, Reuby - 1878/1948 Sanders, Pink - 19 Jun 1905/28 Jul 1953 Washington, Joe - 1898/1941 Phillips, Rev. Frank - 1876/1946 Caswell, Emma - 1 Jan 1872/12 May 1950 Mother Anderson, Frank - 5 May 1886/27 Jun 1984 Anderson, Susie - 23 Jul 1895/7 Jul 1985 Sumbler, Rosa L. - 1921/1982 Sumbler, Henry - [unreadable dates] Sumbler, Sherman - 6 Dec 1893/Apr 1969 Father Sumbler, Matilda - [unreadable date]/27 Jan 1981 Mother Sumbler, George - 3 Dec 1895/28 Nov 1974, Pvt. US Army Sumbler, Earl - died 30 Jan 1977, 45 yrs. 10 mos. [Funeral marker & concrete vault] Napoleon, Julian - 1870/1947 Wright, Lillian - 1908/1947 Napoleon, Lenard - 6 Oct 1919/25 Dec 1970, LA Tec.5 Co. C 811th Engrs. WW2 Sanders, Lee - 9 Feb 1927/13 Apr 1972, LA Pfc. US Army WW2 Napoleon, Mildred - 20 Sep 1914/24 Nov 1978 Branch, Willie Mae - 1 Jun 1899/2 Mar 1969 Mother Williams, Isabella - 13 Mar 1901/4 Feb 1970 Mother Simon, Stafford J. - 9 Feb 1904/13 Jan 1969 Knox, Luna - 5 Feb 1873/28 May 1944 Area 5: Sumbler, Jeffery - 28 Aug 1967/15 Sep 1991 Matthews, Jacquline L. - 4 Dec 1990/4 Dec 1990 Sumbler, Lawrence - 30 Aug 1928/11 Jun 1991 Sumbler, Isaac - 20 Oct 1914/25 Feb 1970, Pfc. 3228th QM. SVC. Co. WW2 Sumbler, Ora Lee - 1 Jan 1908/13 Sep 1989 [Funeral Marker]