St. John Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker Mcmanus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CEMETERY - Rapides Parish Directions: From Pineville, go east on LA Hwy. 28, turn right onto Parish Road 1207. Go past Buckeye School to Deville and continue straight for .2 miles past the blinking light (LA Hwy. 115). Cemetery is located on the right behind St. John The Baptist Catholic Church. The area is divided down the center with a walkway and a white cross, benches and birdbath. A brief history of the cemetery and biographical notes on Father Alfred (as he was called by his congregation) was graciously provided by Audry Vandersypen, a descendant of Michel Deville. Inscriptions were recorded from the left side, from center court to the left in rows by Mary Parker Partain, December 1992, and submitted by Jane P. McManus, July 2000. HISTORY: After the population shifted from the vicinity of Old Catholic Church to the Big Island area, families realized a church and cemetery at Deville would be required. A meeting was held in the home of Michel Deville, and pledges were received for the construction of a new church. Mr. Deville donated a yoke of oxen, which when sold, provided enough money for half the lumber. Mr. Broullette built the church in 1880 on land donated by John Hanlin, an Episcopalian. Mr. Hanlin was the first person buried in the new cemetery. Michel Deville was involved in the local leadership of the community and was instrumental in the development of the school system in the Deville -- Buckeye area. He and his wife Lucy are buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEFT FRONT SIDE - Row 1: Holley, James F. - 19 Mar 1874/11 Aug 1956 Holley, Maria L. - 17 Jun 1889/4 Apr 1977 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Elbert Benard - 16 Nov 1913/23 Jul 1914 Beaubouef, Infant daughter of Joe - Maria Beaubouef - Mar 1912 Beaubouef, Infant son of Joe & Maria Beaubouef - 1912 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 2: Deville, Michael Arol - 17 Dec 1912/12 Jan 1913 Deville, Infant daughter - b&d 22 Aug 1919 [children of M&M J. M. Deville] Deville, John Michael - 23 Aug 1891/14 Oct 1970 Deville, Artee - 3 Jul 1891/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Arilia Hudson - 30 Oct 1913/[no dates] Mother Deville, Andrew Earl - 20 Dec 1911/17 Sep 1983 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Cornelius H. - 10 Sep 1908/27 Aug 1991 Father Deville, Dorris C. - 21 May 1919/12 Feb 1986 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 3: Chatelain, Ray Edward - 30 Jun 1919/19 Oct 1972, LA CM3 US Navy WW2 Chatelain, Samuel Abell, son of M&M Edward Chatelain - 12 Jan 1917/18 Sep 1928 Chatelain, Edward - 22 Nov 1886/2 Oct 1959 Chatelain, Elizabeth Ellen Deville - 20 Jan 1896/16 Jan 1987 Wife of Edward Chatelain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 4: Deville, Infant son of M&M Barney L. Deville - 23 Jan 1930 Deville, Barney L. - 7 Feb 1906/27 Feb 1967 Deville, M. Maude - 25 Feb 1908/15 Apr 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 5: Normand, Alice M. - 30 Oct 1877/18 Mar 1918 Mother Normand, Walter - 10 May 1876/9 May 1938 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vermaelen, John Louis Sr. - 31 Dec 1916/29 Jul 1992, SSgt. US Army WW2 Vermaelen, Julia Beaubouef - 29 Oct 1920/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [3 unmarked adult concrete slabs - no inscriptions] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 6: Chatelain, Leon - died 10 Jan 1934 [hand-lettered] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 7: Beaubouef, Carolyn Irene - 29 Jul 1939 Beaubouef, Roland A. - 13 Sep 1916/[no dates] Beaubouef, Vertie Bryan - 18 Nov 1917/2 Jan 1982 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Clinton Mathews - 24 Dec 1909/12 Jul 1988 Father Ryder, Eva Pourcy - 14 Apr 1908/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pourcy, Maria - 3 May 1873/9 May 1957 Pourcy, Louis - 3 Apr 1878/1 Dec 1942 Pourcy, Connellia G. - 1 Oct 1889/1 Mar 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 8: Woodman, Louis O. - 5 Aug 1909/19 Feb 1958 Woodman, Madeline P. - 28 Feb 1910/25 Sep 1973 Mama [above 2 burials have identical stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vermaelen, Mrs. Rose - 13 Sep 1880/? May 1954 Vermaelen, ?Mr.? W. L. - ? 1872/1942 ? [2 hand-lettered stones, almost unreadable] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [infant concrete slab, no inscription] Paul, Infant Boy, Son of M&M John E. Paul - [unreadable dates] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Emma Paul - 20 Sep 1910/20 Oct 1985 Lucas, J. Truman - 17 May 1913/23 Dec 1989 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIGHT FRONT SIDE - [Mausoleum with 4 tiers of tombs]: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George, Leona Dupuy - 7 Sep 1900/3 Jun 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster, Eva D. - 12 Mar 1926/[no dates] Foster, Eric J. - 15 Nov 1925/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Andrew E. - 26 Apr 1922/[no dates] Deville, Hattie Ruth - 22 Mar 1928/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholson, Bettye L. Foster - 6 Sep 1938/[no dates] Nicholson, Fennel A. "Nick - 5 Apr 1927/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Inez C. - 18 Sep 1930/[no dates] Deville, John H. - 21 Jan 1930/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wade, Betty J. - 16 Sep 1944/[no dates] Wade, Loyd R. - 10 Jul 1936/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Betty C. - 2 Feb 1951/[no dates] Ryder, Daniel E. - 26 Feb 1951/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price, William Taylor - 31 Dec 1927/22 Aug 1981 Price, Mary Margaret - 20 Dec 1894/17 Feb 1986 Price, Albert H. - 27 Feb 1891/22 Oct 1985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chlebowczyk, Alfred - 26 Mar 1915/ Dec 1992 Father [Born in Dolnyzukon, Chechoslavakia, became US Citizen in 1964. He was the pastor of this church and St. Francis & Anne Mission at Kolin from 1976 to 1983, when he retired. He was instrumental in the building of the mausoleum and bought the first crypt.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 9: [unreadable marker, sunken in ground] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanczyk, Joseph J. - 1 Aug 1907/30 Aug 1991 Stanczyk, Lois Shepherd - 17 Apr 1922/25 Aug 1991 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryder, Domacile, wife of S. A. Ryder - 19 Oct 1872/1 Sep 1938 Ryder, Simon A. - 3 Aug 1867/9 May 1936 Ryder, Mathew Marshlam? - ?20 Nov 1893/25 Nov 1893? Infant son of S. A. & Domicel Ryder [hand lettered] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noone, Catherine Agnes - 26 Aug 1898/17 Sep 1898 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Lula B. - ? Feb 1906/11 Mar 1986 Deville, Henry J. - 28 Feb 1898/17 Dec 1972 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 10: Deville, Joseph Alphonse - 25 Dec 1893/6 Sep 1973, LA Pvt. US Army WW1 Deville, Ellen Margaret Hanlin - 7 Oct 1871/11 Aug 1946 Wife of Joseph J. Deville Deville, Joseph Jacob - 6 Nov 1866/20 ? 1926 Deville, Jacob William - 29 Aug 1900/4 Mar 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hanlin, John - 5 Mar 1828/3 Mar 1883, A native of County Meath, Ireland Hanlin, Maria Ryder, wife of John Hanlin - 21 May 1838/26 Sep 1898 Born at Castle Pollard, Co. West Meath, Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noone, Dominic - 10 Feb 1891/7 Aug 1894 Noone, Mary Hanlin - 19 Aug 1867/3 Sep 1898 Noone, James - 6 Jan 1863/22 Feb 1941 [above 2 burials have double stone] Noone, James "Bud" - 28 Jun 1887/17 Mar 1963 Noone, John P. H. - 17 Oct 1885/22 Apr 1962 Noone, Dominic - 27 Aug 1896/13 Oct 1974 Father Noone, Rhoda B. - 30 Aug 1897/15 Feb 1970 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Noone, Ella LaPrairie - 6 Jan 1898/24 May 1989 Noone, Theadous Thomas - 2 Sep 1892/19 Mar 1984 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 1 May 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 11: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noone, George J. - 2 Mar 1925/[no dates] Noone, Zella H. - 8 Jan 1925/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Cleveland W. - 5 Aug 1890/20 Jul 1966 Deville, Reny M., son of J. L. & Rosalie Deville - 20 Feb 1876/7 Nov 1895 Deville, Rosalie Beaubouf, wife of John Louie Deville - 15 Jul 1848/1 Dec 1896 Deville, John Louie - 10 Sep 1850/11 Jun 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crews, Leonard Oscar - 28 Mar 1873/8 Feb 1956 Crews, Julia Agnes Hanlin, wife of L. O. Crews - 20 Jan 1865/2 Dec 1904 Crews, Mary Gertrude - 27 Aug 1898/1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crews, Albert Hanlin - 16 Aug 1903/4 Aug 1981 Crews, Ibbie Price - 19 Jan 1904/13 Dec 1980 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Thomas Edward - 25 Jul 1903/25 Feb 1988 Daddy Deville, Myrtle Belgard - 25 Feb 1908/[no dates] Mama [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 12: [2 concrete vaults, no inscriptions] Lavie, John - Dangin, France 22 Jul 1830/Buck Eye, LA 19 Jan 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Lillie Beatrice - 27 Jul 1906/9 May ?1908? Daughter of M&M J. L. Deville Deville, Infant Daughter of M&M J. L. Deville - 14 Feb 1911/1 Mar 1911 Deville, John Lavie - 10 May 1885/12 Jul 1922 Couvillion, Tillize Deville - 14 May 1887/21 Feb 1930 Mother Deville, A. - [concrete marker, no dates] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabou, Marcus Ryan - 27 Aug 1985/11 May 1988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 13: Franks, J. L. - [concrete marker, no dates] Franks, James W. - 1874/1941 Franks, C. - [concrete marker, no dates] Franks, Baby - [concrete marker, no dates] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Adeline Lavie, wife of Madison Deville - 11 Aug 1867/17 Jul 1951 Deville, Madison - 12 Sep 1861/24 Jul 1936 Deville, Jacob L. - 28 May 1892/8 Apr 1924 Deville, Annie L. - 27 Aug 1909/24 Aug 1910 Deville, Infant daughters of M&M M. Deville - b&d 4 Jul 1908 Deville, Francis T. - 28 Oct 1900/30 Oct 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 14: Guillory, Joseph D. - 12 Jul 1906/8 Jul 1975 Guillory, Eunice J. - 16 Dec 1911/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel, Sarah Lockie - 12 Jul 1876 Madison Co. TX/1 Jul 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moreau, Leroy - 8 Dec 1894/19 Jan 1953 Moreau, Ida G. - 10 Jan 1896/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Brian Todd, son of Bernice & Curtis Paul - 27 May 1961/19 Jun 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 15: Craus, Matthew A. Gleason - 24 Dec 1854/4 Jan 1947 "Erected by his friends" [concrete marker, no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mayeux, Dallas Wayne, son of Nick Mayeux - 13 Jan 1954/20 May 1955 [concrete marker, no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crews, Frances C. - 5 May 1913/5 Nov 1989 Crews, Avnal Albert Sr. - 8 Sep 1911/14 Aug 1984 Dad [above 2 burials have double stone] Crews, Avnal A. Jr. - 18 Mar 1937/5 Oct 1963 Crews, Josephene Aycock, wife of J. L. Crews - 27 Apr 1885/1 Feb 1940 Crews, Josilee - 2 Apr 1885/16 Oct 1926 [W.O.W.] Crews, Leon, son of M&M J. L. Crews - Apr 1913/Nov 1916 Crews, Little Ray - 1 Oct 1908/22 Jul 1910 Aycock, Mary J. - Oct 1848 Alabama/2 Sep 1907 Crews, J. W. "Dub" - 13 Sep 1909/29 Jun 1989 Crews, Ruby C. - 19 May 1911/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 16: [behind center court] Paul, Jesse Alden - 3 Apr 1926/8 May 1972 Paul, Ruby Ruth A. - 17 Jun 1933/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price, Martha J. Miller - 25 Dec 1873/29 Nov 1957 Price, Joseph E. - 6 Oct 1865/6 Apr 1940 [above 2 burials have double stone] Price, Winnie, son of M&M J. E. Price - 12 Aug 1903/12 Mar 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses, Joseph - 1929/1929 Moses, Paul - 1931/1931 Moses, John - 1937/1939 [above 3 burials have triple stone] Moses, Clyton J. - 1904/1971 Father Moses, Rose N. - 1907/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Brian Keith, son of M&M Larry C. Beaubouef - 30 Dec 1962/25 Feb 1963 Beaubouef, Michael Dwayne - 24 Jan 1964/4 Mar 1964 Son of M&M Larry C. Beaubouef -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 17: Morace, Mertie D. - 15 Jan 1909/31 May 1981 Morace, Boman D. - 31 Jan 1900/16 Jan 1964 [above 2 burials have identical white crosses] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dupuy, Marie E. - 11 May 1881/26 Dec 1976 Mother Dupuy, Numa - 17 Dec 1875/12 Dec 1964 Father Dupuy, Clemance - 20 Nov 1908/1 Jun 1927 [above 3 burials have double stone, & third stone on vault] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas, Victor, son of Mayo Lucas - Feb ?1913?/May ?1913? [iron cross] Lucas, Mayo, son of Mayo Lucas - 31 May 1926/Jul 1930 [iron cross] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 18: Deville, Joseph R. - 28 Aug 1907/19 Oct 1979 Father Deville, Catherine V. - 13 Feb 1907/27 Nov 1991 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 12 Dec 1931 Deville, Vallery - 14 Jun ?/22 Nov 192? [stone broken & repaired along dates] Deville, Rose Ann Lucas, wife of Vallery Deville - 1 Sep 1851/15 Sep 1933 Deville, Vallery N. - 6 Sep 1871/2 Mar 1937 Deville, Louise J. Miller - 26 Aug 1871/14 Apr 1945 [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Lura Gertrude - 13 Jul 1900/22 May 1968 Deville, Drucilla Jane - 10 Dec 1904/6 Oct 1991 [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Addie Etta - 13 Jan 1953/16 Jan 1953 Infant daughter of M&M Riley Deville Deville, Riley L. - 5 Sep 1921/[no dates] Deville, Lula Jane - 12 Mar 1918/17 Aug 1973 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caldwell, Infant daughter of Robert & Patsy Caldwell - 3 Jan 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 19: Deville, Christopher N. - 28 Nov 1906/8 Oct ?1990/1992? [funeral marker] Deville, Dovie J. - 13 Jul 1932/18 Jan 1978 Belgard, Hannah Noel - 3 Jul 1991 [only date] Deville, Vincent B. - 11 Mar 1933/15 Jul 1989 Deville, William B. - 19 Nov 1900/3 Feb 1962 Daddy Deville, Mary Agnes - 13 Sep 1905/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Infant of M&M Andrew E. Deville - 3 Aug 1953 Deville, James L. - 28 May 1893/8 Nov 1967 Deville, Bertha B. - 30 Jun 1904/9 Sep 1988 [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Infant son of M&M James L. Deville - b&d 9 May 1930 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price, Infant son of M&M Joe A. Price - 7 Mar 1935 Price, Francis Elma Deville - 2 Jun 1909/31 Mar 1988 Price, Joseph Augustus - 7 May 1901/13 Jul 1976 [above 2 burials have double stone] Price, Jamie Lynn - 5 Feb 1971/25 Nov 1983 Son/Brother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 20: Price, Maxwell E. - 9 Oct 1928/3 Nov 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branch, Robert L. - 13 Jun 1918/7 Oct 1960 LA Pfc. 231st Ord. Ham Co. WW2 BSM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaubouef, Gabriel - 28 Sep 1857/17 Apr 1947 Father Beaubouef, Sarah Jane Paul, wife of Gabriel Beaubouef - 5 Feb 1857/4 Sep 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chevallier, Caroline Paul - 6 Jan 1881/5 Mar 1935 Mother Wife of J. C. Chevallier Chevallier, J. C. - 29 Apr 1855/6 May 1946 Father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster, Eric - b&d 6 Jul 1964 Foster, Shelby - b&d 3 Mar 1950 Infant sons of E. J. Foster & Eva Deville -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Infant son of John Henry & Inez Deville - 7 Jun 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noone, Joe J. - 10 Feb 1911/3 Feb 1939 Noone, Michael J. - 25 Feb 1889/11 Sep 1977 Noone, Hattie C. - 5 Nov 1889/30 Jun 1969 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Henry Valrie - 15 Dec 1896/11 Jan 1968 Deville, Adaline Ryder - 3 Aug 1896/17 Dec 1985 [above 2 burials have double stone] Row 21: Noone, Mary Janelle - 14 Sep 1948/14 Dec 1975 Noone, Beatrice B. - 21 Apr 1915/27 May 1978 Mother Noone, Gerald F. - 19 Jul 1915/27 Mar 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deville, Jessie James - 18 Sep 1907/25 Jun 1975 Deville, Joseph Frank - 6 Nov 1883/18 Jul 1949 Deville, Octavea - 4 Oct 1887/20 Mar 1973 [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Mary I. - 5 Mar 1895/12 Apr 1985 Deville, Manuel R. - 5 Mar 1893/15 Jan 1978 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 22: Deville, Hurley J. - 12 Sep 1926/2 Jun 1970 Deville, Genieve A. - 8 Sep 1928/15 Dec 1977 [above 2 burials have double stone] Deville, Claude Rickey - 14 Dec 1956/29 Jan 1981 Brother Deville, Shelby James - 19 Aug 1949/21 May 1983 Brother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orr, Shannon Kyle, son of Tommy & Shelby Orr - 12 Oct 1962/6 Dec 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 23: Reeves, William A. - 27 Jan 1896/30 Dec ?1958? LA Pvt. Co. C 120th Engineers WW1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sills, Robert J. - 16 Apr 1920/15 May 1978 Sills, Marie P. - 23 Feb 1923/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Sills, Robert J. III - 15 Aug 1946/23 Nov 1989, US Army Vietnam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corso, Nancy Sills - 11 Nov 1953/21 Jul 1988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aymond, Edmonia - 27 Dec 1888/13 Feb 1968 Aymond, Oscar - 11 May 1885/22 Mar 1961 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dyer, Allen Lee - 21 Nov 1941/29 Sep 1965 Dyer, Audrey Lee - 6 Oct 1942/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - [footstone has "Audrey Dyer Crews"] Dyer, Allen L. - 31 Oct 1919/[no dates] Dyer, Maebell Belgard - 2 Oct 1921/5 Mar 1985 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 12 Feb 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgard, Murphy W. - 13 Apr 1920/2 Jan 1987 Belgard, Willie Mae - 15 Sep 1922/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 24: Aymond, Nettie P. - 13 Aug 1915/10 Apr 1982 Dyer, Helen Kay - 21 Jul 1948/21 Feb 1981 Aymond, Clarence J. - 19 Oct 1920/23 Apr 1971 Father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sills, John Edward - 1 May 1972 [only date] Sills, Jane, Infant daughter of Robert & Marie Sills - 30 Nov 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Neal, Wash D. - 14 Aug 1917/21 Dec 1965 LA Tec.4 Btry. B 439th AAA AW BN WW2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------