Newell (also called Neff) Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Located east on LA. Hwy. 28 from Pineville, turn right at Deville catch LA hwy. 1207, and continue 1-1/2 miles. Turn right on E. Paul Road at Jesus Name Apostolic Church. Bear to right at fork behind the Church, and go .8 of a mile. Turn right at Newell Cemetery Road and cemetery is located about .1 tenth of a mile. This is directly across the road from "Old Catholic Cemetery " sign. The land was originally part of the Neff Plantation owned by John Newell. The cemetery is about one acre, fenced, and maintained. An old tabernacle is located on the property. Burials were scattered throughout the cemetery and were read as approached from the front. Copied by Mary Partain, July 1992. Whatley, Henry V.-18 Sept. 1910 / May 1980 Whatley. Leon - 23 Jan. 1900 / 18 Sept. 1979 Whatley, William - 1865 / 1938 Crews, Bea Lynn - 2 March 1946 / 20 Nov. 1947 Daughter of M&M O. A. Crews Whatley, William Jordan - 5 Feb. 1864 / 28 April 1938 "Toby" " He was a kind and affectionate husband, a fond father, and a friend to all" Whatley, Carrie Lee - 2 Jan. 1875 / 2 Oct.1948 " Wife And Mother" Sasser, Goldie Crews - 7 may 1909 / 8 May 1974, daughter of Mary Agness Ryder and Lenord Oscar Crews Paul, Mary Ann Sasser - 29 Nov. 1937 / 21 May 1957 Wife of D. H. Paul Sasser, infant son of M&M James Sasser - 9 Oct. 1932 (only date) Sasser, infant son of M&M James Sasser - 25 Feb. 1947 (only date) Miller, Elizabeth R. - 16 Feb. 1875 / 29 April 1961 " Another love from us has gone, two places are vacant in our home" Miller, Henry Jacob - 7 Jan. 1876 / 9 June 1958 "A loved one has gone, a place is vacant in our home" ( identical stones ) Ryder, Della B. - 13 Oct. 1903 / 16 Dec. 1989 "Mother" "Mam Ma" Wife of Henry M. Ryder, Henry M. - 16 May 1902 / 26 Jan. 1982 " Daddy" "Gramp" (double stone) Ryder, Thomas J. - 15 Feb. 1877 / 14 August 1961 Father of Henry M. Ryder Ryder, Lillie W. - 8 Sept. 1883 / 11 March 1957 Mother of Henry M. Ryder. Ryder, Janie Pearl - 7 Dec.1898 / 4 Oct. 1906 " In loving memory of" Daughter of Thomas & Lillie Crews, Doris Ryder - 12 July 1920 / no dates Crews Lenord Ottis - 12 July 1914 / 29 Oct. 1981 (double stone) Crews, Mary Agnes Ryder - 8 Nov. 1878 / 17 July 1930, daughter of Micheal Ryder & Mary Peoples, wife of Lenord Oscar Crews Ryder, Reece - 5 July 1908 / 18 Nov 1922 son of William Ryder & Mary Isabelle Allen Lawrence, Mary Isabelle Ryder - 24 Sept. 1884 / 6 Jan. 1973, is Mary Isabelle Allen Ryder wife of Willie M. Ryder. Lawrence her 2nd husband. Ryder, Willie M. - 29 Nov.1873 / 19 July 1948, son of Micheal Ryder & Mary Peoples, husband of Isabelle (Ibby) Allen Ryder, Quency - 5 June 1909 /10 Aug. 1963, son of William Ryder & Mary Isabelle Allen Ryder, Willie Denver Bradford - 16 Oct. 1916 / 6 April 1992 (funeral marker) Ryder, Floyd Alvin - 17 Sept. 1951 / 20 April 1977 "Given by Shonda & Danny Boy Ryder", son of Floyd L. & Willie D. Ryder Vann, Fannie J. - 20 Nov. 1903 / 1 June 1954, "Sister" Scoggs, David R. B. - 29 March 1918 / 20 April 1985 Scoggs, Otis D. - 1896 /1964 Scoggs, Amanda - 1895 / 1971 (identical stones) Ryder, Robert - 2 March 1882 / Nov. 1995, "Daddy" son of Micheal Ryder & Mary Peoples Miller, Sarah - 13 Aug 1916 / 17 Jan. 1917 Miller, Lillie Gertrude - 2 April 1911 / 24 June 1912 Ryder, Mathew - 28 March 1842 West Meath, Ireland / 20 Dec. 1923, "there was an angel band in Heaven that was not quite complete, so god took our darling father to fill the vacant seat" son of Simon Ryder & Mary Bower Ryder, Sara Storer - 25 July 1836 Manchester, England / 3 Dec. 1896 "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave for he shall receive me. Psalm?), wife of Mathew Ryder Ryder, Mary - born Co. Westmeath, Ireland / 5 Oct. 1872, 63 years, " Erected by her affectionate husband, Simon Ryder", Mary Bower, wife of Simon Alphonse Ryder Newell, John A. - 15 May 1822 / 1 Aug 1896, stone broken Newell, Miss Martha Ann - 26 April 1816 / 13 Dec. 1894, stone broken Newell, Rebecca W. Foland - died 12 Nov. 1864, 70 years, Relict of John h. Newell, Native of Martinsburg, Virginia Newell, John H. - died 7 Dec. 1858, 76 years, Native of Newark, New Jersey Foland, William H. - 15 Sept. 1806 / 31 Oct. 1863, Born in Kentucky / Died in Pineville Ryder, William "Bill" - 9 Aug. 1902 / 16 Aug. 1989, father of J. S. Ryder, Henry L. Ryder, Billy F. Ryder Gibson Ryder, Ann Jolly - 31 Jan. 1924 / no dates, mother of Larry R. Poston, Keith L. Reeves (double stone) - married 31 Oct, 1967