Camp 8 Pentecostal Church Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by: Jane Parker McManus 

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CAMP 8 PENTECOSTAL CHURCH CEMETERY

Camp 8 Pentecostal Church Cemetery is located between Hineston & Gardner on LA
Hwy. 121 behind Camp 8 Pentecostal Church. It is about two or three acres in
size, well maintained, and fenced. Burials are scattered throughout the area,
therefore, tombstone inscriptions were recorded as approached from the Main
Gate by Mary Parker Partain, June 1990, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus
(mcmanus@linknet.net).

* * * History * * *

Camp 8 Turpentine Camp was a community of Black, White, and Mexican laborers
who tapped the pine trees and gathered the turpentine.   In the early 1900's
when the mill "cut out" and moved away, it left at least one small burial
ground.  A Mexican graveyard was supposed to be behind the present fenced
cemetery, but nothing remains at this time to mark the spot except a small
knoll of pine trees. 


Lewis, James A. - 10 Aug 1878/8 Oct 1973
Lewis, Minerva Terrell, wife of James A. Lewis - 2 Mar 1876/6 Sep 1958

Smith, Wilburn T. - 18 Sep 1897/9 Feb 1960    Husband & Daddy
Hodges, Gola Lewis Smith - 9 Aug 1899/17 Jul 1974    Wife & Mother
     [Above 2 stones are identical]

Bullard, J. D. - 15 Aug 1946/4 Oct 1978

Cutts, Maxine Vivian - 24 Sep 1922/[no dates]
Cutts, John Henry - 4 May 1919/20 Dec 1986, Tec. 5 US Army WW2
     [Double Stone] - Wed 9 Jul 1942

Alexander, Infant girl - 22 Jun 1989/22 Jun 1989    [funeral marker only]
Branch, Joseph H. - 2 Jan 1895/8 May 1965, LA Cook Co. A 48 Machine Gun Bn.
WW1

Monk, Mavis B. - 10 Mar 1926/[no dates]
Monk, James E. - 1 Apr 1912/8 Feb 1982
     [Double Stone] 

Whittington, Hubert - 1 Sep 1914/12 May 1972     Father
Goodbee, Ada Bell Whittington - 5 Aug 1921/[no dates]     Mother
     [Double Stone]

Lewis, Dudley Branch - 4 Dec 1923/8 Jul 1972
Lewis, Dallas O. Sr. - 31 Oct 1926/5 Aug 1986, US Navy WW2

Lewis, William C. - 27 Oct 1902/3 Nov 1970
Lewis, Flora M. - 16 Dec 1906/[no dates]
     [Double Stone] - Married 24 Oct 1925

Robinson, Hardy E. - 10 Jan 1917/[no dates]
Robinson, Lola W. - 30 Nov 1917/8 Jul 1987
     [Double Stone] - Married 4 Jan 1941

Marler, Madison E. - 18 Aug 1920/25 May 1979
Marler, Gladys B. - 17 Sep 1925/15 Mar 1975
     [Double Stone] - Married 20 Mar 1954

Terrell, William Herman - 17 Oct 1910/11 Sep 1964
Riggs, Eva Terrell - 2 Dec 1912 [only date]

Terrell, Aderine J. - 18 Mar 1937/[no dates]
Terrell, E. D. "Joe" - 27 Oct 1932/30 May 1975
     [Double Stone] - Wed 6 Aug 1961

Guree, Mariam B. - 6 Jan 1924/[no dates]
Guree, Otis A. - 2 Oct 1913/26 Dec 1958
     [Double Stone]

[new grave with no funeral marker or identification - no information]

Warren, Viola Amelia - 14 Jan 1965/10 Apr 1965
     [This child is the daughter of Dearl Warren and Brenda Henderson Warren,
and is buried in an      unmarked grave near the  back fence.  A hand-painted
marker is being made for this infant by      her sister, Dolly Warren Fraziar,
who supplied me with this additional information.]