Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Listed Oct. 1999 Submitted by Carl Dilbeck ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Pilgrims Rest Cemetery is located about 6.5 miles east of Many on Sportsmans Paradise Road. Monuments are listed in rows starting with 1 in the SE corner of the cemetery. Monuments are numbered from south to north. There was a listing of this cemetery in 1965 by members of the D. A. R. At that time there were 37 monuments listed. There are currently 99 monuments here, with the earliest burial found in 1886. Checking my list against the older list, I've found that there are several people known to be buried here whose markers have been lost or are no longer readable. These are indicated by rows and numbers of "999". Missing or unreadable dates are listed as "unk" for month and day, and "9999" for the year. Unless there was some indication on the tombstone that people were married, I've tried to use the convention of "b/w" to indicate "buried with" for multiple burials with a single tombstone. I've also tried to note relationships, children, and military notations in the comments column. Row Num First Name Last Name Born Died Comments 1 1 Riley Brandon Oct 1 1926 Nov 1 1926 Son of Elmo & Honer Lea 1 2 Willie Beau Taylor Oct 6 1910 Oct 29 1929 2 1 Alton Brandon Sep 4 1931 May 9 1933 2 2 Loriene Brandon Jun 14 1925 Jun 17 1926 Dau of N. W. & M. F. 2 3 Infant Brandon unk 9999 unk 9999 Inf. of N. W. & M. F. 2 4 Bama B. Taylor Oct 2 1885 Aug 20 1924 2 5 Floyd Melvin Taylor May 18 1920 Jul 27 1922 3 1 Homer Alford Nov 24 1916 Nov 25 1916 Son of W. L. & Louvina 3 2 Elizabeth Alford Oct 1 1872 May 13 1935 Wife of J. P., (Jr.) 3 3 J. P., (Jr.) Alford Dec 7 1870 Feb 20 1906 4 1 Joe Alford Mar 31 1875 Apr 13 1904 b/w Elizabeth Polly 4 2 Elizabeth Polly Alford Aug 25 1878 Apr 4 1969 b/w Joe 5 1 Lawrence, (Jr.) Alford May 27 1924 Nov 28 1989 SSgt, USA, WWII 5 2 Gary Wayne Alford Apr 29 1959 Mar 14 1983 5 3 Ralph T. Alford Feb 9 1917 Apr 11 1965 5 4 Ava M. Alford Nov 12 1894 unk 9999 b/w Lawrence D. 5 5 Lawrence D. Alford Sep 16 1894 Aug 22 1950 b/w Ava M. 5 6 Haley L. Alford Apr 26 1919 Dec 1 1920 5 7 John W. Alford Dec 4 1860 Apr 18 1941 5 8 Ona V. Alford Dec 25 1866 Dec 27 1904 5 9 Lula B. Alford Dec 6 1891 Oct 7 1895 Dau of J. W. & Ona 5 10 Robert Arnette Alford May 5 1893 Aug 18 1895 Son of J. W. & Ona 5 11 John Hoy Alford Aug 24 1889 Jul 26 1894 Son of J. W. & Ona 5 12 Maggie A. Roberts Oct 20 1887 Sep 26 1981 5 13 John J. Turnley Dec 1 1913 Aug 23 1992 USA, WWII 6 1 Arvel Anderson Aug 16 1906 Feb 28 1908 6 2 Pearce Anderson Apr 4 1910 May 10 1911 6 3 Hazel E. Maxey Dec 19 1917 Mar 12 1918 6 4 Ray G. Maxey Aug 28 1931 Apr 23 1932 6 5 Cecil Maxey Apr 14 1914 Feb 26 1934 6 6 Blanche Maxey Dec 15 1889 Mar 13 1948 b/w Walter 6 7 Walter Maxey May 14 1887 Dec 21 1978 b/w Blanche 6 8 Annie L. Maxey Guay Jun 25 1912 May 18 1989 b/w Norman Watson 6 9 Norman Watson Guay May 9 1898 May 9 1983 b/w Annie L. Maxey 7 1 Tressie L. Driggers May 17 1901 Oct 26 1988 b/w Coleman E. 7 2 Coleman E. Driggers Jul 15 1903 Jun 1 1972 b/w Tressie L. 7 3 Nancy M. Driggers unk 1863 unk 1941 b/w Charlie L. F. 7 4 Charlie L. F. Driggers unk 1853 unk 1919 b/w Nancy M. 7 5 William Thornton Parrott Apr 22 1857 Oct 22 1946 7 6 Samantha Parrott Sep 25 1870 Mar 14 1940 7 7 Betty, (Mrs.) Parrott Jun 23 1867 Jun 19 1921 7 8 William T. Alford Feb 25 1832 Jul 8 1905 b/w Margaret 7 9 Margaret Alford Mar 3 1841 Nov 15 1903 b/w William T. 7 10 Lillie Mae White Apr 22 1898 Dec 29 1984 b/w Samuel Cade 7 11 Samuel Cade White Mar 5 1888 Nov 15 1937 b/w Lillie Mae 7 12 Ida Frances White unk 1881 unk 1923 8 1 Bessie Lou Alford Jun 4 1912 Dec 14 1972 b/w Eugene Field 8 2 Eugene Field Alford Sep 13 1899 Jul 18 1979 b/w Bessie Lou 8 3 Emma M. Alford Jun 18 1871 May 17 1959 b/w Needham J. 8 4 Needham J. Alford Mar 15 1863 Aug 27 1923 b/w Emma M. 8 5 Thelma Gladys Antony Sep 25 1918 Sep 2 1923 Dau of A. L. & R. L. 8 6 Louesa Maud Antony Mar 2 1909 Dec 9 1911 Dau of R. L. & A. L. 8 7 Infant Anthony Sep 6 1906 Sep 6 1906 Inf of R. L. & A. L. 8 8 Anna Self Anthony Mar 5 1883 Jun 19 1976 Wife of Robert L. 8 9 Clyde E. Anthony Oct 5 1912 Apr 5 1989 8 10 Thomas Bolton Mar 3 1811 Feb 14 1886 8 11 Alex Miller unk 9999 unk 9999 8 12 Sarah R. Miller unk 9999 unk 9999 8 13 Bobbie Guay Moran Apr 9 1943 unk 9999 Wife of Kenneth W., Wed Feb 15, 1975 8 14 Kenneth W. Moran Nov 5 1934 Apr 21 1994 Hus of Bobbie Guay 9 1 Marie Tidwell Greer Feb 6 1928 Jan 20 1975 9 2 Flavius E. Self unk 1854 unk 1929 b/w Sarah A. 9 3 Sarah A. Self unk 1859 unk 1929 b/w Flavius E. 9 4 Infant Ammons Sep 1 1923 Sep 1 1923 Son of M&M O. L. 9 5 Oriel Lee Ammons Apr 6 1896 Jan 13 1968 b/w Velma Alford 9 6 Velma Alford Ammons Jan 7 1900 Jan 18 1992 b/w Oriel Lee 10 1 John Emmitt Allred Jan 25 1926 Mar 24 1973 10 2 Reginald L. Allred Oct 29 1926 Mar 27 1969 10 3 Myrtle G. Rhodes Mar 22 1903 Jan 14 1990 10 4 Robert S. Speight Sep 23 1900 Aug 27 1988 b/w Eula Neel 10 5 Eula Neel Speight Sep 7 1900 Apr 30 1971 b/w Robert S. 10 6 James R. Tarpley Oct 18 1895 Jun 1 1989 b/w Delma A., USA< WWI 10 7 Delma A. Tarpley Feb 4 1903 Feb 6 1978 b/w James R. 11 1 G. W. "Dub" Gentry Dec 4 1931 unk 9999 b/w Catherine 11 2 Catherine Gentry Jan 21 1940 unk 9999 b/w G. W., "Dub" 12 1 Lindsey LaRae Ramsey Oct 8 1982 Oct 10 1982 12 2 Ronald Bruce Becknell Jul 16 1945 Jun 8 1988 AME2, USN, Vietnam 13 1 Lillian A. Cook Mar 28 1926 Mar 31 1999 14 1 Robert F. Armour Feb 28 1899 Sep 20 1991 b/w Minnie Ola 14 2 Minnie Ola Armour Oct 11 1902 Feb 15 1993 b/w Robert F. 15 1 Thomas Selbon, (Sr.)Foster Jul 22 1929 Jan 22 1990 16 1 Edna Mae Carroll Salley Feb 24 1913 Feb 28 1998 17 1 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 17 2 Donald Ray Case May 21 1933 Feb 26 1997 Age 63 17 3 Jaunetta Mae Case Jul 5 1928 Aug 10 1990 17 4 Jason Carl Haigh Oct 6 1983 Oct 11 1983 18 1 Mack, (Jr.) Speer Dec 23 1932 Dec 15 1992 MSgt, USA, Korea, Vietnam 18 2 Claude T. Maxey Dec 17 1915 Apr 8 1987 b/w Alma L., Pvt, USA, WWI 18 3 Alma L. Maxey Sep 23 1924 unk 9999 b/w Claude T. 18 4 Micheal Allen McConnell Jul 29 1962 Mar 10 1964 Son of C. & E. W. 19 1 Richard W. Parrett Jul 29 1924 Jan 30 1984 USA, WWII 19 2 Mack Grandille Speer Nov 30 1905 Jan 8 1989 b/w Dollie Gustas 19 3 Dollie Gustas Speer Oct 24 1906 Mar 5 1988 b/w Mack Grandille 19 4 Earl E., (Sr.) Tanner Dec 31 1900 Aug 22 1989 b/w Mattie Viola C. 19 5 Mattie Viola C. Tanner Jun 26 1907 Sep 14 1983 b/w Earl E., (Sr.) 19 6 Jeff D. Speer Feb 7 1902 Nov 23 1975 999 999 R. A. Maxey unk 9999 Apr 9999 999 999 Jennie, (Mrs.) Turnley unk 1883 Feb 14 1957 Age 74 Y 999 999 John T. Turnley Apr 22 1950 unk 9999 End of Pilgrims Rest Cemetery List. # # #