Martha's Chapel Memorial Garden Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From Pineville, take LA Hwy. 28 East, and turn right onto Parish Road 1207. Go past Buckeye School and turn left at blinking light in Deville (LA Hwy. 115). Continue 1.7 miles and turn right onto LA Hwy. 1206. Go .8 miles, bearing right at SHARP curve. Cemetery is on left, near Martha's Chapel Free Methodist Church. A sign near the road reads: "In Memory of Those We Love" This is a new cemetery, about one acre in size, fenced and well maintained. Inscriptions were read from the front, in rows by Mary Parker Partain, October 1992, and updated 14 September 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 1: [front right to back] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Mamie B. - 26 Feb 1907 / 30 Apr 1992 Mother Paul, Alpheus A. - 13 Sep 1897 / 4 Dec 1985 Daddy Paul, Nellie Jane - 13 Jan 1929 / [no dates] Daughter [Triple Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Newton J. Sr. - 17 May 1907 / 25 Jul 1980 Father Paul, Mellie George - 13 Aug 1911 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kilpatrick, Norma A. - 8 Nov 1923 / [no dates] Mom Kilpatrick, Edgar Grey Sr. - 28 Aug 1916 / 10 Apr 1989 Dad [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgard, Faye F. Ryder - 9 Dec 1929 / 24 Nov 1978 Mom Belgard, H. P. - 11 Dec 1927 / [no dates] Dad [Double Stone] - Married 2 Mar 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 2: [back to front] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windham, Alyssa Anne - 6 Jan 1993 / 5 Mar 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Infant of Garland & Jackie Ryder - 28 Jan 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reeves, Arthur Lee - 11 Feb 1910 / 20 May 1992 Reeves, Adaline P. - 2 Jul 1919 / 13 Mar 1986 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Floyd, Leola - 3 Mar 1902 / 19 Jan 1990 Mother Floyd, Lorenza Sherman - 25 Dec 1894 / 17 Dec 1991 Floyd, Sherman L. - 10 Jul 1927 / 30 Jan 1994 [Above 3 burials have identical stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 3: [near front fence] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Siddle, Brenda Free - 6 Sep 1952 / [no dates] Mama Siddle, Charles L. - 20 Sep 1941 / 22 Dec 1993 Daddy [Double Stone] - Married 31 Jul 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Carl "Maurice" - 12 Aug 1915 / 14 Apr 1995 Paul, Goldie Jean Belgard - 12 Jul 1932 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 12 Jun 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Infant son of Garland & Jackie Ryder - 28 Jan 1983 [only date] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meyer, Robert Dean - 24 May 1963 / 6 Jan 1991 Son/Brother/Grandson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price, William Ed - 5 Nov 1903 / 3 Jul 1979 Father Price, Amy B. - 24 Sep 1911 / 11 Aug 1992 Mother [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 4: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoffman, Martha J. Price - 4 Sep 1912 / 17 Mar 1988 Hoffman, Barney C. - 4 Nov 1908 / 6 Jul 1989 [Double Stone] - Married 3 Apr 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [In Corner]: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordon, Shane Silva - 2 May 1983 / 15 Jul 1988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dePaul, Eula L. Avery - 8 May 1985 [only date on marker & white wooden cross, adult burial] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Dempsey - 5 Jun 1909 / 5 Dec 1985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hufford, Melba Evelee - 29 Jun 1973 / 13 Apr 1996 [Funeral Marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Johnnie F. - 28 Aug 1911 / 13 Nov 1984 Daddy Ryder, Avey E. - 4 Dec 1912 / 10 Mar 1996 Mother Ryder, Francis L. - 14 Dec 1940 / [no dates] Son [Triple Stone] - Married 10 Mar 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy, Audrey - 10 Jul 1937 / 2 Mar 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sayes, Irma Lee Price - 13 Dec 1919 / 18 Jun 1990 [near the gate] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------