Oakland Missionary Baptist Cemetery (African-American), Rapides Parish La. Submitted by Jane Parker Mcmanus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: Take US Hwy. 71 south toward LSUA for approximately 3.7 miles from the Interstate 49 exit. Go past the signal light at the beginning of the LSUA property, and turn right onto LA Hwy. 470. Cross over the railroad tracks, and this large African-American Cemetery is located on the left side of the road. Tombstone inscriptions recorded in groups by Mary Parker Partain, September 1996. Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, Founded 1867 PAST PASTORS: George Davis, Joe Brown, Charles McGruder PAST SR. DEACONS: George Boxter, Alfred Alexander Sr., George Foney, Josh Burgess Sr., John Brown, Noah Dixon, Herbert Sims DEACONS: Dennis Perry, Orange Murray, Charles Duffy, Willie Duffy Sr., Armstead Burgess, George West, Joe McIntyre Sr., Sam Phillips, Richard Brown, L.G. Brown, Charley Lewis, Willie Freeman, Aaron Howard, Henry Allen, Price Cotton NON-PASTORS: John Alexander, Dave Chalk, Abbie Jackson, Albert Murray, Eddie Burgess, Richard Lewis, Tom Cooerly/Coderly Group 1 [extreme right corner next to road]: Richardson, M. A. - Jan 1867/9 Mar [unreadable date] [small obelisk on ground, small slab] Hill, Prof. Albert L. - 19 Jan 1884/23 Aug 1947 [slab] [hand-lettered stone, upside down, only date unreadable] - 1947 Mead, Henderson H. - 1910/1958, 48 yrs. Brother [upright stone - no inscription] Norman, Mollie - died 12 Jun 1908, 75 yrs. Mother Burgess, Armstead, husband of Anna Burgess - 1878/1949, 70 yrs. Vallery, Bennie, son of Louis & Nancy Vallery - 1913/1952 White, Munford - 1888/1948 [3 unmarked vaults near the road - no information] Group 2 [scattered burials]: Murray, David - 1958/19 May 1929 [funeral marker & vault] [unmarked identical vault - no inscription] Dixon, Ed - 4 Dec 1890/16 Jan 1961 [slab] Hawkins, Charlotte - 18 Jul 1891/29 Jul 1902 [2 unmarked slabs - no information] [broken stone with missing nameplate - no information] Hargrove, Jeff - [dates unreadable] 73 yrs. [unreadable upright stone & slab - no information] Thompson, Annie, wife of Wm. Thompson - died 27 Oct 1918, 44 yrs. [these 2 stones & slabs are almost identical] [unreadable upright stone & slab - no information] Brown, Aaron - 14 Jan 1885/13 ? 1918 [unreadable upright stone - no information] Hall, K. E. - 17 Jul 1882/21 Feb 1921 [unreadable upright stone - no information] Curtis, Annie E. Brown, wife of F. Curtis - died 1 Feb 1921, 24 yrs. [unreadable upright stone - no information] Washington, Violet - 15 Mar 1828/12 Dec 1917, 80? yrs. [upright broken stone - no information] Harvey, Lena, beloved wife of Bob Harvey - died 1 Aug 1920, 38 yrs. [slab] James, Mrs. Sophia - died 18 Sep 1917, 25 yrs. Died 18 Oct 1922, Member of Acme Lodge # 43 F&AM [broken stone on top of large vault] [broken stone on top of large vault] - G.U.O. of O.F. Vallery, Nancy Cotton - 15 Feb 1883/14 Apr 1969 [unmarked infant vault at foot of Vallery grave - no inscription] Chase, Rev. James - 21 Mar 1871/18 Feb 1924 Chase, Mrs. Anna C. - died 10 Oct 1940 [vault] Row 1: [front of church, right of driveway, left to right] Robinson, Nathan - [died] 20 Mar 1940, LA Pvt. 349 Labor BN. [3 unmarked vaults - no inscriptions] Gayden, Lula M. - 31 Oct 1926/19 Mar 1982 Mother [2 unreadable stones - no information] Williams, Samuel Sr. - 4 Aug 1895/15 Mar 1978 [unmarked vault next to Williams vault - no inscription] Row 2 [toward the driveway]: [unreadable stone - no information] Marbs, Luebertha Tisino - 18 Sep 1908/11 Jun 1986 Mother [vault] Burris, Keitha S. - 10 Dec 1966/16 Jan 1967 [vault] Marbs, Horace - 4 Jun 1902/4 Aug 1965 Father [vault] Brown, Louella - 24 Dec 1900/6 May 1976 [2 unmarked vaults - no inscriptions] Row 3 [from the driveway]: [unmarked vault - no inscription] Dixon, Noah - 22 Feb 1896/25 Oct 1971, LA Pvt US Army WW1 [vault] [past deacon] Bowman, Debra - 9 Nov 1953/2 May 1971 [vault] Riley, Bertha - 1 Dec 1902/9 Aug 1970 [vault] Bowman, Ruby Lee - 16 May 1935/21 Oct 1981 [vault] King, Liza - 1874/1940 [slab] Hall, Tom - 15 Mar 1871/16 or 19 Dec 1923 [vault] [unmarked vault - no inscription] Burgess, Sam - 1908/1958 Husband Row 4 [toward the driveway]: Hayes, Bee Y. - 6 Sep 1906/15 Dec 1978, 72 yrs. [vault] Yancy, Marcel - 16 Dec 1898/Jul 1965, 66 yrs. [vault] Burgess, Rosa McKelly - 10 May 1894/17 Jan 1988 [vault] Burgess, Eddie - 19 May 1913/19 Jun 1970, AL Pfc. Army Air Forces WW2 [vault][past deacon] Burgess, Joshua - 27 Jun 1888/10 Jan 1972 [vault] [past deacon] [unmarked vault - no information] [unreadable stone on vault - no information] Cheney, John Earl - 3 Mar 1954/1983 [vault] Chaney [sic], Gary Wayne - 20 Sep 1957/22 Oct 1977, US Army [vault] McIntyre, Maude G. - 17 Oct 1926/18 Dec 1977 Mother [vault] [unmarked vault - no information] Quinney, Susie - 18 Jun 1918/10 Mar 1996 [vault] [unmarked slab - no inscription] Hawk?, [unreadable stone - no information] - 1899/1942] Normal, Dave - 1866/1941 Jett, Robert - 15 May 1905/12 Jun 1993 [vault][deacon of church 1978] Reed, Hester - 30 Mar 1885/11 Jan 1953 Mother [vault] Row 5 [from the driveway]: Brown, A______ - 10 Oct 1893/30 Oct 1944 [broken marker on slab] Brown, S - 1904/ [unreadable slab] [2 unmarked vaults - no inscriptions] Cross, John J. - 7 Oct 1931/29 Nov 1989, USAF Korea [vault] Hawkins, Rena - 12 Mar 1881/15 Jul 1965 [unreadable stone - no information] Brown, Mary A., wife of R. Brown - Oct 1871/11 Mar 1935 [vault] [unmarked vault - no information] Burgess, Daniel - died 14 Jan 1938 [hand-lettered stone on vault] Burgess, John H. - 4 Mar 1905/28 May 1925 Burgess, George Lovett - 29 Jan 1921/24 Mar 1928 Son of Armstead & Nicie Burgess Burgess, Armstead - 8 Jul 1858/27 Apr 1896 Father Burgess, Fannie - 20 May 1860/19 Dec 1943 Mother [Double Stone & single slab] Burgess, Armstead - 1892/1977, Pvt. US Army WW1 [vault] Burgess, Edward (Rev.) - 20 Nov 1878/8 Aug 1964 Father [vault] Smith, Lizzie Burgess - 4 Aug 1883/4 Apr 1966 [vault] Burgess, Rachel White - 10 Dec 1882/7 Jun 1966 Mother [vault] Scott, Robert Jr. - 29 Mar 1913/9 Nov 1978 [vault] Burgess, Benjamin F. - 12 Dec 1903/7 Jun 1936 Brother Washington, Raymond - 31 Aug 1914/4 Dec 1994 [vault][deacon of church 1978] Duffy, Tom - [died] 26 Dec 1933, LA Pvt. 415 Res. Labor BN. Duffy, Ella Alexander - 10 Feb 1910/24 Aug 1994 Mackentire, Joe Jr. - 28 Dec 1907/14 Apr 1994, US Army WW2 [deacon in 1978] Sanders, Joesph E. Sr. - 3 Oct 1924/12 Feb 1993, US Army WW2 Hudson, Mrs. Viginia - died ?1936? [unmarked vault & stone - no inscription] Hunter, Arzera G. Brown - 23 Aug 1914/10 Nov 1991 Mother [3 unmarked vaults - no inscriptions] [unreadable hand-lettered slab - no information] Murray, Rev. Albert - 11 Jun 1882/28 Dec 1963 [Non-pastor of church] Murray, Mary Ann Taylor - 27 Nov 1885/14 Jan 1967 [Double Stone & vaults] Phillips, Cleveland Thomas - 4 Sep 1909/11 Oct 1990 [hand-lettered stone & vault][deacon in 1978] [unmarked vault - no information] Howard, ? - died 1959 [unreadable hand-lettered stone - no information] [unmarked vault - no information] McIntyre, Elnora - 7 Aug 1886/12 Jun 1973 [unreadable hand-lettered slab - no information] West, Sallie Burgess - 15 Jul 1908/30 Mar 1969 Wife West, George - 6 Sep 1904/27 Feb 1958 Husband [past deacon] [Double Stone & large vault] Carter, Maurice - 5 Aug 1927/23 Oct 1969 Hollins, Mary Duffie - 20 Aug 1908/2 Dec 1977 [3 unmarked vaults - no information] Silas, Curtis, husband of Matilda Silas - 15 Apr 1905/25 Mar 1982 Cook, Louetta B. - 26 Nov 1913/22 Oct 1985 Quinney, Alton - 10 Mar 1913/26 May 1994 Williams, Eliza H. - 1905/1994 Lyons, Mr. Mevin G. - died 5 Sep 1947, 53 yrs. [underneath inscription: William E. Lee] Lyons, F. M. M. - died May 1940, 67 yrs. [2 hand-lettered slabs near back corner] [2 broken stones - no information] Williams, Bobby Roy - 19 Jan 1957/14 Mar 1992 [unmarked slab - no inscription] Hayward, Leroy Russell - 28 Apr 1948/14 Feb 1995 [vault] Silas, Shirley M. "Stump" - 19 Aug 1944/26 Oct 1995 [vault] Hawkins, Emile - 5 Sep 1917/8 Jul 1990 [vault][deacon of church 1978] Sanders, Edna - 27 Dec 1910/14 May 1988 [vault] Sanders, Rosa Mae - 14 Aug 1929/1 Jun 1980 [vault] [unmarked vault - no inscription] Sanders, Rev. Alex - 5 Nov 1927/31 Dec 1978 Powell, Fannie H. - 1901/1974 Powell, William - 1886/1958 [Last Row in Front Yard - from the steps of the church]: Powell, Alex - 25 Dec 1890/23 Jan 1958, LA Pvt. 416 Res. Labor BN. QMC WW1 Brown, Martha - 1886/1957 Mother [unmarked vault - no inscription] Jackson, Mary - 18 Jun 1878/28 Apr 1949 [slab] Chalk, Ida Cross? - 13 Jul 1900/13 Feb 1988 Sewell, Emma M. - 10 Mar 1905/28 Mar 1986 Hayward, Eugene Sr. - 1 Nov 1921/23 Feb 1983 Daddy Hayward, Rosie Lee - 8 Feb 1925/3 Aug 1991 Mama Chambers, Mary - 31 Aug 1928/1 Jul 1958 [hand-lettered stone & vault] Jackson, Wilbert Sr. - 7 Mar 1907/19 Apr 1989