Melder Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** MELDER FAMILY CEMETERY - Rapides Parish 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 Rd. Just past Gospel Baptist Church) the road forks immediately, take right fork which is Melder Cemetery Road. The small, quarter-acre cemetery is .2 miles down this road. It is surrounded by a hurricane fence, and is very well maintained. As rows were not well defined, tombstone inscriptions were recorded as approached from the front gate by Mary Parker Partain, November 1992, and submitted by Jane P. McManus. [unreadable funeral marker with old flowers on the left, outside the fenced area] [Inside fenced area]: Melder, Stephen Randall - 30 Sep 1955/27 Jul 1983 Melder, Grace - 2 Nov 1951 / 7 Jan 1997 [funeral marker] Benn, Fred E. - 1911/1973 Benn, Ione M. - 1921/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Benn, Renee - 5 Aug 1949/9 Aug 1949 Melder, Infant son of M&M Elmer Melder - 23 Jan 1938 [only date] Melder, Ida V. Myers - 12 Mar 1894/19 Feb 1934 Melder, Mae Clark - 21 Sep 1899/8 Oct 1956 Melder, Chester - 23 Apr 1895/7 Sep 1948, LA Pvt. 2nd Casual Co. WW1 Melder, Infant daughter of Mae C. & Chester Melder - 20 Nov 1931 Melder, Elmer Oberia - 16 Oct 1923/1 Jan 1925 Elliott, Infant son of M&M Otis Elliott - b&d 3 Nov 1928 Melder, Infant daughter of F. V. & M. S. Melder - b&d 7 May 1899 Melder, Mattie - 31 Aug 1874/10 Oct 1910 Melder, Felix - 19 Mar 1873/2 Nov 1930 Melder, Mary Merchant - 24 Mar 1877/24 Jun 1953 Melder, Infant son of M&M Croker Melder - b&d 22 Jul 1929 Melder, J. V. - 23 Jan 1826/22 Feb 1903 Melder, Isabela, wife of J. V. Melder - 27 Aug 1835/19 Jan 1895 Melder, Elmo - 7 Sep 1911/4 Dec 1923 Melder, Infant daughter of M&M P. D. Melder - b&d 29 Jan 1919 Melder, Infant Son of P. D. & L. G. Melder - 19 Apr 1910/19 Jul 1910 Melder, Mary Elizabeth - 29 Aug 1893/6 Jun 1894 Daughter of L. C. & P. D. Melder Melder, Lucinda C. Bonnette - 9 Jan 1876/18 Jan 1958 Mother Wife of P. D. Melder Melder, Peter D. - 29 Dec 1867/16 Mar 1932 Melder [concrete stone with unreadable nameplate] [2 concrete stones with missing nameplates - no information] Melder, Willie E., Son of N. C. & J. P. Melder - 7 Dec 1876/25 Aug 1881 Lynch, William W., Son of Nancy & M. H. Lynch - 28 Jun 1845/13 Apr 1887 Lynch, M. H. - 28 Jan 1816/21 Apr 1895 Melder, Artie Irene Laird, Wife of Floyd Melder - 14 May 1911/21 Jan 1932 Melder, James Madison - 16 Jan 1898/17 Dec 1918 [obelisk] Melder, James P. - 11 Jul 1854/19 Jul 1909 [obelisk] Melder, Mrs. N.?C./G? - 7 Feb 1857/30 Oct 1915 Melder, Raymond W. - 17 Jun 1902/26 Jul 1977 Melder, Ethel M. - 15 May 1907/13 May 1977 [above 2 burials have double stone] Hartless, Pamela June - 29 Jun 1957/10 Dec ?1958? [concrete slab] Melder, Rev. Anthony R. - 29 Aug 1913/13 Jan 1980 Father ---------------------------------------------------------------------