Sunlight Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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SUNLIGHT (African-American) CEMETERY - Rapides Cemetery

Directions:  This small African-American cemetery is located in Pineville.
From Wadley Street, turn right on Bayou Marie Road in Wardville Community,
and continue on this street through Wardville until you go down a hill.
Turn right on Clark Street, and go several blocks to the end of blacktop and
continue on dirt road for about .2 miles to a locked pasture gate.  Walk
about a quarter mile through pasture to top of hill.  To the left, you can
see the vaults and tombstones, all painted white.

In an area of about two acres, graves were scattered but there were no
obvious depressions that could indicate lost graves. Some burials had
concrete vaults while others had handmade cinderblock (similar to
stepping-stones) markers on an upright concrete base).  The area is clear of
heavy brush with grass in the cemetery and the rest of the pasture about one
foot high.  Large oak trees covered with Spanish moss provided some shade
from the hot sun. Inscriptions were recorded in order they were approached
by Mary Parker Partain and Jack Fraziar, Jr., July 1993, and submitted by
Jane P. McManus, July 2000.

Wallace, Deacon Johnny - 17 Dec 1903/27 Jun 1986
Smith, Mrs. Mariah - 1 Apr 1881/25 Mar 1964
Wallace, Miss Leola - 19 Mar 1931/30 Mar 1974
     [3 vaults in a row]

[2 concrete crosses, nameplates were missing]
[vault with missing nameplate]

Glover, Lena - died 1972

[3 cinderblocks, no identification]
Gl______ , Fran - [round marker, unreadable]
Brooks, Rev. Lee - 7 Jun 1879/18 Apr 1963
Brooks, Annie - 7 Apr 1881/8 Jul 1961
Wilkerson, Mary - [no other information]

[1 cinderblock, unreadable]

Kimble, Annie - 23 Feb 1928/15 May 1989
Blue, Elie - died 1949
Brown, Franie? Frank? - died 1948 "Baby"
Baker, Bob - died 1950
Jaker, Mariah - died 1951