Mt.Pleasant/Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:  From Pineville, go east on LA Hwy. 28 for several miles.  
Turn right onto Parish Road 1205 in the Libuse Community, and continue 
for four miles.  This very small cemetery is located on the right side 
of the road, next to the Philadelphia Baptist Church, and across the road 
from the Libuse Cemetery.  Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the 
front fence by Mary Parker Partain, June 1992.

A stone inside the gate of this small enclosure reads: "Pleasant Hill or 
Mount Pleasant Cemetery relocated here by US Government 1942 to clear 
right-of-way for Esler Air Field. Each name is sacred to someone."

Row 1:

Sasser, James - 26 Sep 1841/6 May 1911
	"Cheerful he gave his being up and went to share the holy rest, 
	 that waits a life well spent."
Sasser, Frances E. - 30 Jan 1842/17 Jul 1914
	"Mother, thou hast from us flown, to the regions far above,
	 we to thee direct this stone, consecrated by our love."
Sasser, Roasana - 30 Oct 1879/30 May 1905
	"Go and dwell with him alone, happy in the savior's love"
	[These are identical 4' obelisks]

Sasser, Mary Frances - 18 Jan 1866/14 Dec 1871
	Child of James & Frances Sasser
Sasser, Martha Ann - 5 Apr 1867/5 Nov 1871
	Child of James & Frances Sasser 
Sasser, Sarah Elizabeth - 4 Mar 1876/12 Mar 1876
	Child of James & Frances Sasser 
Sasser, Infants of M&M James Sasser - 27 Oct 1880 & 13 Nov 1878
Sasser, Infant son of M&M J.C. Sasser - 19 Dec 1904
	[The above 5 stones are identical]

Sasser, Thomas Albert - 6 Aug 1872/10 Apr 1875
Sasser, Infant son of M&M S.L. Sasser - 25 Dec 1907
	"Another little angel before the heavenly throne"
Sasser, Lydia Veaniebell - 22 Dec 1897/2 Sep 1898

Sasser, Isaiah - 17 Feb 1909/18 Feb 1909
	"A little time on earth he spent
	 till God for him his angels sent"

Sasser, W.J. Sr. - 15 Nov 1863/21 Feb 1933
Sasser, Sarah A. Croump [sic] - 2 Dec 1871/13 Feb 1916
	Wife of W.J. Sasser 

Sasser, W.J. Jr. - 8 Mar 1888/26 Dec 1908, 20 yrs. 9 mos. 18 das.
	"Darling Shug, he has left us, left us, yes, forever more,
	but we hope to meet our loved one on that bright & happy shore"

Sasser, Melton - 19 Dec 1897/16 Sep 1898, 8 mos. 27 das.
	Son of W.J. Sasser & S.A. Crump
	"There was an angel band in Heaven that was not quite complete,
	so God took our darling Melton to fill the empty seat"

Lovell, Sarah E. Sasser - 28 Nov 1891/21 May 1914, 22 yrs. 6 mos. 23 das.
	Wife of John Lovell
	"You are not dead to us, but as a bright star unseen,
	 we hold that you are ever near tho' death intrudes between"
Lovell, Williard Holbert - 11 Jun 1916/26 Sep 1916, 3 mos. 15 das.
	"Tread softly for the angel band doth guard the silent dust,
	 and we can safely leave our boy, our darling in their trust"

Lovell, Ruby Myrtrice, daughter of M&M John Lovell - 18 May 1914/5 Jun 1914

Lovell, Ona Mercer - 13 Sep 1895/13 May 1953
Lovell, John H. - 27 Feb 1886/22 Jan 1979
	[Identical stones]


Row 2:  [in the center]

Smith, Alphaeus K. - 7 Apr 1909/26 Nov 1964
Huskey, Lessie M. - 26 Apr 1911/29 Mar 1962


Row 3:  [back fence]

Sasser, Thomas Hollis - 23 May 1850/25 Feb 1915 Father
	Son of Martha Patsy Hollis (1811/1876)
	& James Gale Hale Sasser (1810/1862)
Sasser, Martha Melinda Albritton - 26 Mar 1848/12 Apr 1917Mother
	Daughter of Stephen (1811/1859) 
	& Mary Ann Jones Albritton (1810/1871)"
	[Identical Stones]

Sasser, John R. - 1874/1900 Father "Beloved Son Rest"
	Married 6 Nov 1895 to Mary Etta Thomas

Sasser, Dora F. - 24 Nov 1898/3 Aug 1904 "She has gone to her home
	in Heaven and all her afflictions are over"

Sasser, Alice Holloway, wife of Henry Sasser - died 21 Mar 1899 Mother

Sasser, John Edward - 26 Jun 1901/7 Jan 1902, 6 mos. 11 das.
	Darling infant of F.D. & M.L. Sasser

Sasser, William Wesley - 28 Oct 1897/29 Oct 1900

Sasser, M. Louella Klines - death about 1905 or 1906
	Wife of S.D. (Sam) Sasser, Married 18 Sep 1900 "Thy will be done"

Sasser, Thomas Albert - 4 May 1895/23 Jun 1896
	Darling son of S.J. & Leona [sic] Sasser

Rollins, Eliza Jane Sasser - 15 Apr 1870/24 Jul 1901
	Married to Zack Rollins on the 25th day of Dec 1895

Rollins, Mindia - died 15 Dec 1915, 80 yrs.
	"Mother thou art now at home mong [among] angels far above
	 but yet below thy child must roam till summoned by his love."

Price, Sarah Jane Price, wife of James Sterling Price - 1835/1908

[unmarked stone - no information]

Greer, William F. - 23 Jun 1850/13 Apr 1913

[unreadable stone - no information]