Melder Cemetery, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Elaine Nagel ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: Just past Davis Crossing Baptist Church and Cemetery on LA Hwy. 113 between Glenmora and Pitkin, turn right on East River Road. Go .3 miles, and turn left on Old Gillespie Road. Just past Gospel Baptist Church the road forks immediately, take right fork, which is Melder Cemetery Road. Corrections and annotations made by DeAnn Monroe Steely & Elaine Monroe Nagel July 16, 2001. [unreadable funeral marker with old flowers on the left, outside the fenced area] [Inside fenced area]: Melder, Stephen Randall - 03 Sep 1955/27 Jul 1983 [DMS: s/o Chester A. Melder, Jr. & Edith Monroe] Melder, Grace - 02 Nov 1951 / 07 Jan 1997 [DMS: Grace Ann Cloessner, wife of Arthur Zane Melder] Arthur Zane Melder - 21 Feb 1952/no death date Married - 29 Jan 1972 [DMS: double stone] Benn, Fred E. - 1911/1973 Benn, Ione M. - 1921/[no dates] [DMS: d/o Chester A. Melder, Sr. & Mae Clark] [above 2 burials have double stone] Benn, Renee - 05 Aug 1949/09 Aug 1949 [DMS: d/o Fred E. Benn & Ione Melder] Melder, Infant son of M&M Elmer Melder - 23 Jan 1938 [only date] Slaughter, Teri Renee - 19 Jul 1979/18 Sep 2000 [DMS: funeral home marker] Melder, Ida V. Myers - 12 Mar 1894/19 Feb 1934 [DMS: 1st wife of Jesse Hopkins "Hop" Melder] Melder, Mae Clark - 21 Sep 1899/08 Oct 1956 [DMS: Manila "Mae" Clark, wife of Chester A. Melder, Sr.] Melder, Chester - 23 Apr 1895/07 Sep 1948, LA Pvt. 2 Casual Co. WW1 [DMS: Chester Arthur Melder, Sr., s/o Peter David Melder & Lucinda Caldonia "Lou" Bonnette, h/o Mae Clark] Melder, Infant daughter of Mae C. & Chester Melder - 20 Nov 1931 Melder, Elmer Oberia - 16 Oct 1923/01 Jan 1925 [DMS: d/o Chester A. Melder, Sr. & Mae Clark] Elliott, Infant son of M&M Otis Elliott - born & died 03 Nov 1928 [DMS: s/o Otis Elliott & Mable Melder] Melder, Infant daughter of F. V. & M. S. Melder - born & died 07 May 1899 [DMS: d/o of Felix V. Melder & Martha S. "Mattie" Bonnette] Melder, Mattie - 31 Aug 1874/10 Oct 1910 [DMS: Martha S. "Mattie" Bonnette, d/o Jasper M. Bonnette & Julia Laird, w/o Felix V. Melder] Melder, Felix - 19 Mar 1873/02 Nov 1930 [DMS: Felix V. Melder, s/o Joseph V. Melder & Isabela Weaver, h/o 1. Martha S. "Mattie" Bonnette, 2. Mary Ella Merchant] Melder, Mary Merchant - 24 Mar 1877/24 Jun 1953 [DMS: Mary Ella Merchant, d/o William "Buck" Merchant & Sarah Ann Squyres, w/o Felix V. Melder] Melder, Infant son of M&M Croker Melder - born & died 22 Jul 1929 [DMS: s/o Croker Melder & Elma Butter] Melder, J. V. - 23 Jan 1826/22 Feb 1903 [DMS: Josephus "Joseph" Van Melder, s/o Petrus "Peter" Van Melder & Isabella DeHert, h/o Isabela Weaver] Melder, Isabela, wife of J. V. Melder - 27 Aug 1835/19 Jan 1895 [DMS: Isabela Weaver, d/o James H. Weaver & Charity Pullin, w/o Josephus "Joseph" Van Melder] Melder, Elmo - 07 Sep 1911/04 Dec 1923 [DMS: s/o Peter David Melder & Lucinda "Lou" Bonnette] Melder, Infant daughter of M&M P. D. Melder - born & died 29 Jan 1919 [DMS: d/o Peter David Melder & Lucinda "Lou" Bonnette] Melder, Infant Son of P.D. & L.C. Melder - 19 Apr 1910/19 Aug 1910 [DMS: s/o Peter David Melder & Lucinda "Lou" Bonnette] Melder, Mary Elizabeth - 29 Aug 1893/06 Jun 1894 Daughter of L. C. & P. D. Melder [DMS: d/o Peter David Melder & Lucinda "Lou" Bonnette] Melder, Lucinda C. Bonnette - 09 Jan 1876/18 Jan 1958 Mother Wife of P. D. Melder [DMS: d/o William M. Bonnette & Sarah E. Crockell, w/o Peter David Melder] Melder, Peter D. - 29 Dec 1867/16 Mar 1932 [DMS: Peter David Melder, s/o Joseph V. Melder & Isabela Weaver, h/o Lucinda "Lou" Bonnette] [DMS:4 Metal (tin) tombstones. These are not funeral home markers. 3 of the 4 tombstones are children of Joseph V. Melder & Isabela Weaver] Mary Louise Melder - 01 Sep 1869/02 Jul 1871 Infant Daughter Melder - born & died 19 Dec 1877 Infant Daughter Melder - born & died 07 Jan 1879 Melder [concrete stone with unreadable nameplate] [2 concrete stones with missing nameplates - no information] Melder, Willie E., Son of N. C. & J. P. Melder - 07 Dec 1876/25 Aug 1881 [DMS: s/o James Peter "Jim" Melder & Nancy Caroline Lynch] Lynch, William W., Son of Nancy & M. H. Lynch - 28 Jun 1845/19 Apr 1887 [DMS: s/o Matthew Henry Lynch & Nancy Caroline Ellis] Lynch, M. H. - 28 Jan 1816/21 Apr 1895 [DMS: Matthew Henry Lynch, h/o Nancy Caroline Ellis] Melder, Artie Irene Laird, Wife of Floyd Melder - 14 May 1911/21 Jan 1932 [DMS:1st w/o Floyd Mitchell Melder] Melder, James Madison - 16 Jan 1898/17 Dec 1918 [obelisk] [DMS: s/o James Peter "Jim" Melder & Nancy Caroline Lynch] Melder, James P. - 11 Jul 1854/19 Jul 1909 [obelisk] [DMS: James Peter "Jim" Melder, s/o Joseph V. Melder & Isabela Weaver, h/o Nancy Caroline Lynch] Melder, Mrs. N.C. - 07 Feb 1857/30 Oct 1915 [DMS: Nancy Caroline Lynch, d/o Matthew Henry Lynch & Nancy Caroline Ellis, w/o James Peter "Jim" Melder] Melder, Raymond W. - 17 Jun 1902/26 Jul 1977 [DMS: Raymond William Melder, s/o Peter David Melder & Lucinda "Lou" Bonnette, h/o Ethel Benn] Melder, Ethel M. - 15 May 1907/13 May 1973 [DMS: Ethel Benn, w/o Raymond W. Melder] [above 2 burials have double stone] Hartless, Pamela June - 29 Jun 1957/10 Dec 1958 [concrete slab] [DMS: d/o ? Hartless & Billie Ruth Melder] Melder, Rev. Anthony R. - 29 Aug 1913/13 Jan 1980 Father [DMS: s/o Charlie Joseph Melder & Maloria Frances West, h/o Katherine Britt]