Palestine United Methodist Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: From Alexandria, take US Hwy. 165 north and turn left on Tioga Road at the Paradise community. Go about .4 miles to Palestine United Methodist Church that is located on the right. The cemetery is about one acre in size, and located directly behind the church. In the center of the graveyard is a low wall around what might have been a family plot at one time. There are no signs of burial, however, just blackberry bushes and a small pine tree. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the front gate next to the road by Mary Parker Partain, June 1992. Row 1: [left to right] Hill, Annie McManus - 5 Apr 1874/8 Feb 1948 Mother Hill, James Louis - 13 Mar 1902/15 May 1951 [Identical stones] Wilson, James C. - 3 Mar 1881/4 May 1949 Father Wilson, Exa A. - 2 Jan 1880/25 Apr 1973 Mother [Double stone] Row 2: [right to left] Powell, Ollie W. - 26 Nov 1892/8 Jun 1983 Mama [death date from the funeral marker, not inscribed on tombstone] Powell, Joseph M. - 29 Jan 1889/16 Oct 1951 Papa [Double Stone] Wallace, Ella R. - 1867/1939 [unreadable funeral marker with concrete slab - no information] Row 3: [left to right] Vallery, Rev. E.J. - 18 Jun 1873/19 Dec 1948 Vallery, Louise Airhart - 16 Jan 1882/5 Apr 1956 Vallery, Herman M. - 11 Sep 1906/27 Apr 1951 Vallery, Roxie Ann - 17 Nov 1933/8 Apr 1982 McCurley, John R. - 1 Apr 1858/8 Dec 1940 [Masonic Emblem] McCurley, Laura W. - 28 Aug 1873/5 Aug 1954 [Identical stones] Lynn, Henry Ray - 10 May 1959/25 Sep 1966 Linn [sic], Robert Roland - 1 Jan 1948/15 Aug 1948 Lynn, Henry Lester - 2 Mar 1924/20 Jan 1962 LA Pvt. 55th AA Repl. Tng. BN. CAC WW2 Worsham, William - 31 May 1895/23 Aug 1945 Daddy Worsham, Leona P. - 21 Apr 1907/22 Mar 1991 Mother [Double Stone] Bodie, Walter Allen - 8 Oct 1879/31 Dec 1965 Bodie, Carrie Daniels - 9 Oct 1886/23 Jan 1975 [unmarked concrete slab - no inscription] [Scattered burials, not in rows, recorded as approached] David, George - 3 Dec 1867/5 Mar 1949 Dad Porter, Willie Ann - 3 Mar 1876/13 Jan 1959 Holloway, George W. - 6 May 1841/7 Apr 1906 Father Holloway, Mary L. - 4 Jun 1855/9 Oct 1900 Mother Holloway, Henry - 20 Feb ?1886?/11 Apr ?1894? [broken stone] Holloway, J.L. - 30 Dec 1875/3 Mar 1895 [common concrete slab with 4 separate stones] Brown, Kathy Jean, daughter of M&M Alvin P. Brown - 14 Apr 1967 Kimberlin, John E. Sr. - 12 Dec 1912/7 Jun 1968 Kimberlin, Juanita - 15 Apr 1976/17 Apr 1976 Daughter of M&M Jerry F. Kimberlin [4 unmarked concrete slabs & 1 infant concrete slab - no inscriptions] Futrell, Grace Daniel - 7 Jan 1906/?1935? [death date off old funeral marker, not inscribed on tombstone] Futrell, Emerson - 2 Jul 1900/17 Mar 1973 [Double Stone] Futrell, Fred Daniel - 14 Feb 1925/28 Aug 1979, US Army Clifton, William Lewis Sr. - 28 Oct 1892/5 Jul 1956 Clifton, Sarah Avis Banks - 20 Apr 1900/12 Apr 1949 [Double Stone] [unmarked concrete slab - no inscription] Hollingsworth, Mary Jordan - 30 Sep 1880/25 Oct 1930 Hollingsworth, John Lewis - 22 Oct 1853/22 Aug 1916 [2 unmarked small concrete slabs - no inscriptions] Hollingsworth, Infant son of M&M Todd Hollingsworth - 10 Dec 1913 Hollingsworth, Infant son of M&M Todd Hollingsworth - 13 Nov 1915 Vance, F. - 8 Apr 1856/29 May 1940 Father Brooks, Quinton, son of W.A. & L.C. Brooks - 23 Oct 1895/1900 [broken stone] [unmarked concrete slab - no inscription] Hollingsworth, Addie Vance - 27 Jul 1906/16 May 1983 Hollingsworth, Clarence - 4 Jul 1889/23 Apr 1948 [Masonic Emblem] [Double Stone] Hollingsworth, Maggie Vance - 3 May 1895/19 Feb 1991 Hollingsworth, Henry - 19 Apr 1892/27 Oct 1976 [Double Stone] Hudson, George T. Sr. - 12 Sep 1886/10 Aug 1952 Father Hudson, Minnie E. - 16 Jun 1889/10 Sep 1984 Mother [Identical stones] [Middle of the back cemetery] Roberts, Wesley - 20 Dec 1872/6 Jan 1941 Roberts, Homer - 5 Mar 1881/14 Dec 1917 Roberts, Lee - 28 Jan 1879/27 May 1900 Roberts, Eliza M. - 3 Apr 1876/1 Jan 1905 Roberts, Levi - 20 Dec 1841/10 Mar 1908 [broken stone] Roberts, Palatire Crawford, wife of Levi Roberts - 31 Jul 1844/9 Jul 1924 Hines, Ettie Simmons - 22 Dec 1877/23 Jan 1954 Mother Hines, Henry Aaron - 21 Apr 1875/6 Jun 1951 Father [WOW Emblem] [Double Stone] Guillory, Louella B. - 22 Jan 1902/30 Sep 1974 Mother Guillory, Tillman J. - 10 Dec 1884/20 Feb 1951 Father [Identical Stones] [In the corner at the back] Roberts, James M. - 16 Apr 1864/9 May 1939 Roberts, Ida E. Yawn, wife of James M. Roberts - 20 Apr 1869/2 Jun 1901 Yawn, Stephen L. - 11 Aug 1865/27 Oct 1895 Father Yawn, Siess - died 12 Aug ?1885/1895?, 1 yr. 1 mo. Yawn, Infant son of M&M J.T. Yawn - 5 Jul 1906/6 Jul 1906 Johnson, Bennett Jr. - 23 Aug 1923/18 Aug 1949 Johnson, Frank - 23 Dec 1920/2 Feb 1950 Johnson, Mary Elizabeth - 21 Dec 1891/9 Feb 1962 Johnson, Henry B. - 4 Oct 1884/20 Oct 1963 Father [In the back corner of cemetery] Bohannon, Will B. - 5 Aug 1907/30 Jan 1965 Bohannon, Claude - 12 Jul 1903/23 Oct 1961 Perry, Clifford D. - 16 Mar 1885/19 Jul 1951 Mother