Mt.Pleasant(African-American)Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:  This small African-American cemetery is located near the Echo 
Community on LA Hwy. 457.  From US Hwy. 167 over-pass in downtown Alexandria, 
take LA Hwy. 1 toward Marksville.  Go almost 20 miles and turn left onto LA Hwy. 
457.  Continue for approximately .5 miles, until you pass Old River Road on the 
right.  Just beyond this corner on the right, there is a chain-link fence that 
surrounds a small cemetery.  Although there were only a few slabs and tombstones 
visible inside the fenced area, the ground was neatly mowed, and the cemetery is 
maintained by family members. There are many depressions in this burial ground 
that indicate lost burials.

According to a local resident, the cemetery had to be moved when the present levee 
system was built. A small church was built in the center of this area, and the 
graves were moved to the site.  Since there were no vaults and only a few markers, 
most graves have been lost.  Later, the church was disbanded, and members began 
attending the Morning Glory Baptist Church across the river in the Ruby Community.  
Tombstone inscriptions were recorded as approached by Jane P. McManus and Mary Parker 
Partain, October 28, 1996.
  
Nance, Willis F. - 1924 / 1987
Halls, Lula - 6 May 1886 / 13 Jul 1952

[unmarked vault - no information]
[unmarked slab - no information]
[unmarked slab - no information]

Walls, ? - [unreadable infant slab - no information]
Daniel, A. - died 25 Feb 1952

Walls, Annie B. - 8 Nov 1886 / 9 Dec 1928, LPT

[2 unmarked slabs - no information]

Walls, Mc---- - [unreadable adult slab - no information]
Walls, Max - [almost unreadable adult slab - no information]