Stanley Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** STANLEY CEMETERY - RAPIDES PARISH From Alexandria, go West on LA Hwy. 28 to Gardner. Turn left onto LA Hwy. 121 and go through the town of Hineston. One mile past the town, turn left onto Union Hill Road (LA Hwy. 112). Go 6.6 miles on this road and turn left onto West River Road. Continue for .8 miles to the cemetery on the left. It is about two acres in size, fenced and is well maintained. A covered shed is available for services. A sign on the gate: "Established in 1885." Tombstone inscriptions were recorded by Mary Parker Partain October 1991, and submitted by Jane Parker McManus on 21 January 2000. Stanley, Elaine - 25 Jul 1932 / [no dates] Stanley, T. L. - 14 Nov 1921 / 18 Dec 1975 [above 2 burials are on double stone] Smith, Arzonia S. - 1880 / 1921 Mother Smith, Baby - [no dates] Smith, Baby - [no dates] Ardoin, Lena Giles - 26 Sep 1910 / 13 Nov 1985 Ardoin, Nathan - 2 Dec 1912 / 27 Jan 1982 [above 2 burials are on double stone] Stanley, Henry Clay - 22 Feb 1880 / 26 Feb 1938 Stanley, Bessie Ray - 22 Mar 1886 / 14 Jul 1950 [above 2 burials are on double stone] [4 vaults, 2 adult & 2 infant - no inscriptions] Dixon, Stafford - 3 Jun 1900 / 1 Mar 1979 Father Dixon, J. W. - 4 Sep 1856 / 8 Feb 1934 Father [2 unmarked infant burials - no information] Giles, Barbara - [no dates] Giles, Lydia Evaline - 26 Sep 1887 / 26 Jun 1918 Dixon, Sarah Schrilda Stanley - 7 Jul 1869 / 22 Dec 1980 Mother Bourgeois, D. Dorthy Dixon - 1 Aug 1918 / 5 Mar 1968 Mother Johnson, Tiney, Infant daughter of Stewart & Dovie Johnson - [no dates] Lambright, William H. - 13 Jun 1912 / 27 Apr 1981 Stanley, Lydia - 1843 / 1912 Stanley, Henry C. - 1848 / 1895 Stanley, Robert - 28 Oct 1871 / 24 Mar 1946 [above 3 burials on a common concrete slab] [4 unmarked burials, 2 infant & 2 adults - no information] Dixson, Charley Augustus, son of J. W. & S. C. Dixson - 27 Feb 1904 / 6 Apr 1914 Dixon, Lennie - 5 Sep 1889 / 5 Dec 1962 Brock, Mary D. - 8 Jan 1908 / 1 Feb 1973 Brock, J. C. - 3 Sep 1913 / 22 Mar 1971, LA Tec. 5 US Army WW2 Bordelon, Beulah V. Dixon - 21 May 1910 / 7 Sep 1976 Stanley, Irma Louise Cudd - 3 Mar 1920 / 23 Sep 1956 Mother [2 unmarked infant burials - no information] Stanley, Charles K. - 25 May 1942 / 16 Mar 1964 Stanley, Nadine D. - 1 Jun 1944 / 1 Oct 1962 [above 2 burials are on double stone] Stanley, Christopher Gene - 5 Jul 1970 / 5 Feb 1988 Stanley, Patricia Ann - 31 Jul 1948 / 5 Feb 1988 Stanley, Thomas Louis - 13 Sep 1948 / 5 Feb 1988 [above 3 burials have identical vaults and all have funeral markers only] Stanley, Wilburn - 6 Oct 1903 / 4 Jul 1985 Daddy Stanley, Nellie J. - 12 Jun 1911 / [no dates] Mama [above 2 burials are on double stone] - Married 25 Jun 1932 Stanley, Infant of Wilburn Stanley - 1943 / 1944 Stanley, Infant of M&M Wilburn Stanley - 1935 / 1935 Willis, Mary - 4 Jan 1873 / 13 Feb 1926 Stanley, Mittie - 23 Feb 1915 / 4 Sep 1922 Stanley, Jewell, son of E. & Mary Stanley - 27 Jan 1898 / 19 Jul 1909 Stanley, Erasmus - 6 Sep 1873 / 26 Jan 1915 [unmarked infant burial - no inscription] Lambright, Margaret - 3 Dec 1921 / 26 Sep 1923 Lambright, Benjamin F. - 13 Mar 1880 / 23 Jul 1947 Father Lambright, Lydia Stanley - 12 May 1885 / 30 Apr 1977 Mother [above 2 burials are on double stone] Hargrove, Wanda Sue - 4 Jan 1944 / [no dates] Hargrove, Delmar Joseph Jr. - 12 Mar 1942 / 7 Apr 1986 [above 2 burials are on double stone] Bernard, Joeana Eaves - 1876 / 1948 Mother Stanley, Regina D. - 13 Apr 1949 / [no date] Stanley, Ursel - 15 Jul 1928 / 6 May 1985 [above 2 burials are on double stone] Johnson, Infant of M&M Jesse Johnson - 1946 / 1946 [unmarked infant burial - no information] Shadrick, Lamar Kim - 11 Nov 1927 / 13 Sep 1981, Pvt. US Army WW2