Osborn Cemetery, Rapides Louisiana
Submitted Jane Parker McManus

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OSBORN CEMETERY - Rapides Parish

Directions:  In the city of Glenmora, take LA Hwy. 113 toward Pitkin, and
turn left onto LA Hwy. 112.  Continue for about 6.0 miles, and turn left
onto Parish Rd. 462 just past Plainview School.  Go about 4.8 miles
(continue straight at the intersection, DO NOT TURN!).  Bear left at the
fork .5 miles from intersection.  Cemetery is on the left in a fenced and
maintained area.  Tombstone inscriptions were read as approached in April
1993 by Mary Parker Partain, and submitted by Jane McManus July 2000.

Strother, Mrs. Winna - 23 Mar 1845/20 Nov 1904
McDaniel, Isaiah - 12 Mar 1861/3 Dec 1919
Strother, Martha - 12 Mar 1830/16 Sep 1899
Strother, Alexander Sen. - 30 Dec 1829/11 May 1864

[unreadable funeral marker for adult burial - no information]

Turner, Mary Ann - 15 Jan 1975/19 Apr 1975 [funeral marker]
Thomas, Jane - 14 Jan 1957/22 Nov 1973 [funeral marker]
Dyson, Lee Elmer - 12 May 1912/1 Feb 1973  Daddy

[old unreadable funeral marker - no information]
McGray, O. A. - 1873/1939
[concrete marker, adult burial, missing nameplate]

Dyson, Emmer - 1889/1930   Mother

Droddy, Mary Ware - 21 Feb 1856/5 Nov 1941   Grandmother
Droddy, Samuel - 15 Mar 1854/9 Jun 1928   Grandfather

Thompson, Gustava Droddy - 1897/1914
Clark, Barney - 16 Feb 1881/23 Mar 1904

Droddy, Jack - 12 Feb 1919/4 Nov 1977   Father
Droddy, Emmett R. - 29 Mar 1913/27 Apr 1978   Son

Spers, Thomas D. - 11 Jun 1920/16 Aug 1978, Cpl. US Army WW2
Ashworth, Hubert - 5 Feb 1940/29 Aug 1982, US Army

Marcotte, Harold D. - 5 Aug 1935/31 Dec 1984, SSgt. US Marine Corps Vietnam
Felton, Robert Joseph - 14 Oct 1936/13 Jan 1992, SFC US Army Korea Vietnam

M. E. J. - [infant slab, initials only]

Strother, Earl, son of H. C. & S. Strother - 23 Apr 1911/10 Sep 1912
Strother, Bessie Elizabeth - 8 Apr 1902/16 Jul 1903

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