Palmer Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:  Take LA Hwy. 107 South from Pineville, and go 1.7 miles past blinking 
light at Kraft Paper Mill Road.  Turn right onto Palmer Chapel Road, and continue 
for 2.1 miles.  Cemetery is on the right, behind Palmer Memorial Presbyterian Church.  
It is fenced, along with the church, and very well maintained.  Tombstone inscriptions 
were recorded from the front fence on the right in rows as much as possible by Mary 
Parker Partain in February 1993, and updated October 1996.

Row 1: [right to left]

Thornhill, Henry L. - 20 Aug 1903/9 Oct 1965
Thornhill, Clara Marie - 9 Mar 1934/9 Oct 1950
Thornhill, Pinkie White - 25 Aug 1911/17 Dec 1943
	Wife of H.L. Thornhill

Powell, Frances L. - 30 May 1899/11 Sep 1992
Powell, Allen - 26 Mar 1880/15 May 1963 Father
	[Double Stone & 2 vaults]

White, Mendy P. - 18 Jan 1891/7 Jan 1950 Mother

White, Sarah Powell - 1 Nov 1886/7 Mar 1962 Mother
White, Poston - 10 Jun 1881/7 Jan 1967 Father
	[Double Stone]

Derion, Ella P. - 8 Feb 1881/18 May 1975 Mother

Cannon, Shawna Christine - 15 Jul 1984/15 Jul 1984, 0 yrs.
	[Double concrete slab & funeral marker]


Row 2: [left to right]

Cannon, Odell C. - 17 Aug 1930 [only date]

Cannon, Eddie H. Sr. - 28 Feb 1912/21 May 1980, US Army WW2
Cannon, Fannie - 25 Dec 1909/21 Sep 1960 Mother
	[large concrete slab with two stones]

Gintz, Calvin M. Sr. - 2 Feb 1925/23 May 1989
	Pvt. US Army Air Corps WW2

White, Elton "Jack" - 10 Dec 1914/18 Dec 1971
Powell, Herschel J. - 10 Feb 1926/9 Oct 1994

Walker, Tallie - 8 Feb 1900/12 Jun 1962
Walker, Mary Ortigo - 1 Mar 1908/25 Oct 1980

McCann, Richard Fiddella - 27 Jan 1873/20 May 1948
McCann, Lenora T. - 14 Jan 1877/18 Sep 1955
	[above 2 burials have identical Stones]

White, Eddie L. - 27 Nov 1904/14 Sep 1996, 91 yrs.
White, Annie McCan - 8 Nov 1906/23 Apr 1968
	[Double Stone]


Row 3: [right to left]

McCann, Theodore - 11 Dec 1907/21 Dec 1987 [funeral marker]
McCann, Edward L. - 10 Dec 1958/7 Mar 1965

McCan, Marion B. - 13 Aug 1915/22 Oct 1984 Father
McCan, Geraldine - 25 Jan 1930/[no dates] Mother
	[Double Stone]

White, Leroy Sr. - 20 Nov 1923/1 Nov 1987 Daddy
White, Charles "Ray" - 27 May 1941/14 Aug 1974


Row 4: [left to right]

White, Myrtis W. - 18 Apr 1926/3 Apr 1983 Mother
White, Vickey Lynn - 29 Feb 1948/18 Jun 1976 Father

Sherrow, William - 10 May 1898/25 Jan 1964
Sherrow, Mary - 27 Nov 1910/29 Apr 1962
	[Double Stone]


Row 5: [right to left]  

Ussery, Otis G. - 5 May 1937/18 Dec 1983, US Navy Korea
Ussery, Edgar George - 29 Nov 1930/18 Feb 1978 [funeral marker]
Ussery, Minnie Sanders - 3 Aug 1910/6 Oct 1961
Ussery, Margaret Ann Vailes, wife of Rufus Ussery - 8 Oct 1875/31 Jan 1948
Ussery, Rufus - 15 Jun 1878/4 Sep 1957

Branton, Sheila Ann - 6 Dec 1951/22 May 1952


Row 6: [right to left]

Waldron, John H. Sr. - 1901/1966 Father
Waldron, Edna B. - 1908/1991 Mother
	[Double Stone] - Married 2 Dec 1922

Branton, Alice McVay - 15 Jul 1869/2 Nov 1950
Branton, P. H. - 20 Nov 1866/30 Nov 1947

Branton, Alma B. - 2 Jul 1892/9 Apr 1977
Branton, Jesse R. - 14 Jan 1895/4 Mar 1955
	[Double Stone]

Peart, Rocky - 27 Apr 1967/7 Sep 1988 Brother
Peart, Willie A. - 16 Dec 1894/10 Nov 1970
Peart, Jeannette T. - 29 Aug 1897/19 Oct 1966
	[Double Stone]

Hathorn, Edwin B. - 2 May 1907/[no dates]
Hathorn, Jewel J. - 23 Dec 1923/13 Jun 1970
	[Double Stone]


[Scattered Burials - Not in Rows]:

Peart, Victor - 23 May 1923/9 Oct 1993, Pfc. US Army WW2
White, Ashley Louise - 20 May 1987/3 Nov 1990
Myers, Rev. Henry W. - 18 Nov 1930/6 Oct 1996 [funeral marker]

Carson, J. C. - 10 Feb 1910/9 Jan 1992
Johnson, Bradley Arlen - 24 Nov 1961/29 Mar 1983
Anders, Donald W. III - 30 Nov 1988 [infant burial, only date]

Johnson, Shirley A. "Lonnie" - 15 Feb 1899/24 Mar 1983 Father
Johnson, Ollie Leola - 8 Jul 1902/18 Feb 1993
	[Double Stone]

Johnson, Gary Dale - 27 Oct 1944/3 Jan 1994

Clinton, Walter Mark - 23 Jan 1913/[no dates]
Clinton, Destie J. White - 29 Nov 1919/5 Oct 1995
	[Double Stone]

Vanderhoof, Cora Bell Griffen - 23 Apr 1907/22 Feb 1993
Thompson, Myrtis B. - 5 May 1933/3 Mar 1995