Buckeye (African-American) Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: Take US Hwy. 165 South between Woodworth and Forest Hill, and turn right (West) on LA Hwy. 112. Go 7.0 miles to the village of Melder, and continue straight at Pine Ridge Church (Buckhorn Road) for .75 miles. This large Black cemetery is located in the Buckhorn community. It is about two acres in size, well maintained with hurricane fence. Most burials have vaults. Tombstones face the road, and were recorded in rows from left to right by Mary Parker Partain, February 1993. Submitted by Jane P. McManus 7 June 2000. Row 1: Green, Luvina - 23 Jul 1882/16 Feb 1973 Green, Alex - 30 Jun 1874/14 Jan 1952 Wilson, Fred - 1907/1947 Brisco, Ervin Sr. - 1910/1985, Tec. 5 US Army WW2 William, Nancy - [concrete slab, no information] William, Wesley - [concrete slab, no information] William, R. W. - [concrete slab, no information] Row 2: Hayes, Manuel - 1894/1951 [broken stone with missing nameplate] Givens, Emma - 1898/1945 Middlebrook, Dorethea - 1910/1944 Brisco, Robert - 1919/1941 Armstrong, Gus - 1899/1946 James, George - 1895/1953, LA Pvt. Co. D 524th SVC. BN. Engr. Corps WW1 James, Webb - 1899/1951 Patton, Mary - died 8 Aug 1963, 70 yrs [concrete vault with funeral marker] Patton, Will - 28 Feb 1888/22 Jan 1971 [concrete vault] Tripplett, ?Dane? - 21 Dec 1902/10 Aug 1982 [concrete vault] Armstrong, Isaiah - 1941/1942 Patton, Virginia - 1863/1937 Row 3: McNeil, Amos - 1875/1947 [stone fallen over] Armstrong, Elizabeth - died Dec 1940, 30 yrs [funeral marker] McNeal, Roosevelt - 27 Nov 1939/22 Sep 1979 McNeal, Arthur - 1914/1990, US Army WW2 Sykes, Essie D. - 11 Sep 1910/2 Jan 1984 Daniel, Florence - 1928/1946 Armstrong, Louzelia - 1888/1947 James, Lenard J. - 1867/1948 Smith, Bertha - 1912/1949 Row 4: Wilkerson, William - 1875/1951 Jackson, Susie - 1897/? [stone sunken, unreadable] Green, Lucy - 1845/1948 Moore, Gloria Shackleford - 12 Sep 1963/17 Feb 1991 [identical concrete vault, no inscription or information] Warrett, Sindy - 1874/1941 James, Harriet - 1859/1909 Mother Green, Joseph - 21 May 1903/8 Mar 1936, Holy Lodge of St. John at Jerusalem Green, Delia - 1877/1940 Hayes, Phillip - 19 Mar 1913/23 May 1992 Hayes, Martha Stafford - 19 Jan 1914/11 Oct 1990 Stafford, Richard - 1870/1941 Stafford, Julius - 1881/[unreadable broken marker] Williams, David, Son of Geo. & Mary Williams - 18 Jul 1877/10 Aug 1898 Hayes, Amelia - 1879/1946 Mother James, Lizzie - [sunken and unreadable dates] Milam, Jim - 1871/1950 Row 5: Terrell, George - 1868/1950 Smith, George - 1884/1947 Smith, Sidney - 1872/1937 Smith, Peter - 1871/1951 [Double Stone] Smith - [hand-made concrete marker, unreadable] Johnson, Hazle [sic] - 1934/[missing death date] Hayes, Sam - died 26 Oct 1931/7, 60 yrs [funeral marker] Hayes, Minerva - 1854/7 Dec 1914 Row 6 & 7: Eddie, Robert - 1911/1965 White, Samuel Sr. - 11 Dec 1910/23 Jan 1970 Austin, Jacqulyne - 7 Mar 1958/24 Mar 1977 White, Pattie R. - 25 Sep 1935/19 Apr 1979 Mom ?Edith, Esther? - 26 Dec 1917/12 Jan 1980 Mother Austin, Felix Jr. - 1868/1960 Father Austin, Eliza - 1870/1945 Mother [above 2 burials have a large single stone] Austin, S-il - 1908/1980 Austin, Iola - 1893/1952 [above 2 burials have handlettered double stone with letters missing] Bates, Gertrude - 14 Feb 1901/19 Aug 1992 [funeral marker & vault] Holbert, Isaiah - 11 Dec 1942/8 Jan 1943 Scott, Lola M. - 1934/1941 Holbert, Henry - 1874/31 Dec 1938 Holbert, Obbie B. - Oct ?1919?/Jul 1978 [funeral marker & vault] Holbert, Booker - 10 Apr 1941/4 Aug 1982 Holbert, Bro. Williams - 29 Mar 1919/25 Jan 1985 Jackson, Pinkney - 26 Dec 1905/9 Jan 1922 Austin, Mattie - 25 May 1888/7 May 1929 Austin, John W. - 1888/1978 Young, Matilda - 9 Jan 1879/24 Jun 1914 Mother Austin, Charity - 15 Jun 1855/28 May 1911 Mother Austin, Felix - 15 Oct 1836/5 Mar 1918 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Kemplin, Alice - 1866/1945 Hawkins, Millie - 1870/1952 Row 8 & 9: Williams, Oscar - 20 Oct 1885/[sunken] 1975, Cpl. US Army Howard, Everlena - 17 Mar 1865/17 Dec 1967 Harris, James B. - 30 Nov 1917/1 Jul 1991, Pfc. US Army WW2 Harris, Catherine Hayes - 23 May 1931/9 Feb 1992 Hayes, Julius - 6 Oct 1912/12 Sep 1990 [Masonic Emblem] Father Johnson, Pinkney - 27 Oct 1858/6 Apr 1924 Bowers, Esther D. - 7 Oct 1888/29 Sep 1951 Thomas, Donald Ray - 7 May 1951/11 Oct 1951 Johnson, Sallie - 1881/1952 Harris, Will - 1880/1946 Lee, Louise - 1889/1942 Eddie, William - 1852/1953 Eddie, Elisebeth - 1870/1924 White, Mattie E. - 5 Dec 1892/19 Jun 1982 White, Lonnie - 1889/1950 Green, Ervin - 19 Jun 1907/15 Jan 1964 Row 10: Lee, Henry - 1897/[unreadable death date] McGilvrey, M. C. - 1887/1943 Hays, Henry - 10 Jul 1891/24 Jul 1956, LA Pvt. 57 Co. 153 Depot Brig. WW1 Hayes, Rev. Servine - 6 Feb 1882/18 Jul 1976 Harrison, Walter Richard - 1902/1954 Williams, Geneva - 26 Jul 1904/25 Mar 1955 Wells, Dock - 2 May 1893/27 Jan 1959, TX Pvt. 5 Co. 165 Depot Brigade WW1 Row 11: Lee, Catherine - died 6 Jun 1936, 25 yrs 0 mos 21 das [funeral marker] James, Maggie - 1904/1969 [concrete vault & funeral marker] Johnson, Jimmie, husband of Winnie Johnson - 1908/1962, 54 yrs Perkins, Curtis - 25 Jul 1909/27 Mar 1958 Smith, Selestean - 10 Jul 1886/4 Dec 1958 Johnson, ?H. R.? - [sunken & broken concrete slab, unreadable] Jones, Isaac - 14 Feb 1872/22 Mar 1964 Jones, Monette - 10 Mar 1881/28 Sep ?1964? [handlettered] Row 12: Terrell, Bro. George - died 17 Apr 1979, 92 yrs [funeral marker] Doomes, Lydia Holbert - 16 Feb 1911/12 Feb 1987 Mother Scott, Joseph - 6 Jan 1931/24 Sep 1970, LA SP4 US Army Res. Scott, Matthew - 1 Mar 1879/27 May 1974 [funeral marker] James, Mary Ethel - 26 Aug 1968/12 Jan 1969 [funeral marker] James, Miss Sarah - 28 Feb 1941/11 Apr 1987 [funeral marker & vault] James, Sarah - 18 Sep 1890/17 Aug 1985 [funeral marker lists birth year as 1907] James, Sallie Fay - 28 Feb 1941/12 Dec 1985 Smith, Jackson - 25 Nov 1897/2 Jun 1968 James, Joseph D. - 5 Mar 1948/2 Jan 1967 "Glenmora, LA 3 May 1974/in Lover memory of our son and brother, Mr. Joseph D. James 5 Mar 1948 he parted this mortal life 2 Jan 1967" [sic] Row 13: Washington, Rev. Sylvester - 22 Mar 1900/3 Nov 1984 Smith, Meredith - 9 Dec 1888/7 Sep 1971 Laviolette, Anderson - 10 Oct 1908/15 May 1978 [funeral marker] [Note: handlettered stone shows birth year 1915] Coutee, David Louis - 11 Jan 1957/15 Jun 1970 Row 14: Day, Pierce - died 3 May 1988, 88 yrs [funeral marker & vault] Sykes, Abraham Jr. - 3 Jul 1925/1975 McNeal, Earnest - 21 Mar 1919/29 Apr 1976 James, Curtis - 1 Mar 1925/1977 White, Alice P. - 6 Nov 1929/12 Sep 1979 Williams, Raleigh - 1910/1977, US Army WW2 Robinson, John - 11 Nov 1907/26 Mar 1982 McNeal, Michal - 2 Sep 1958/Feb 1979 McNeal, Loyal Bee - 2 Jul 1948/18 Mar 1986, SP4 US Army Vietnam [Note: In addition to those graves identified, there are 40 or more unmarked concrete vaults, a few slabs, many unreadable funeral markers (with or without vaults), and more than 60 obvious depressions that could indicate lost graves. We regret that we have no information on these graves. MPP]