Hoofkin Cemetery
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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Located 0.3 of a mile from Hope Cemetery on the southside of Hookfin Road,
or about 0.4 from C. B. Temple Sr. Road and the Kentwood Elementary School.
T1S R7E Sec 31.

Recorded by Belford Carver, August 20, 2001.
(AGV = above ground vault.  FM = funeral marker)

Donated by Joe Hookfin and Family, Dedicated on Jul 8, 1979. (
It is about 100 x 200 feet with chain link fencing.)
Rows from east to west.  Graves recorded north to south.
Row 1
AGV:  FM: Winnie Louise Wells, Sep 27, 1926 - Mar 13, 1995, Age 68

AGV:  Booker T. Wells, 1915 - 1984

Row 2
AGV: Mother, Albertha Hookfin Cage, Mar 2, 1934 - Apr 15, 1995

AGV: Son, Darryl G. Cage, Oct 17, 1965 - Mar 31, 1993

Row 3
AGV: (at south fence) No ID

Row 4
AGV:  Marie Hookfin Gordon, Oct 5, 1922 - Nov 21, 1992

Row 5
Triple slab:
HOOKFIN
Luther, Jan 26, 1916 - Jun 14, 1975
Lela, May 10, 1896 - Nov 10, 1961
Albert, Apr 30, 1894 - Apr 4, 1946

HOOKFIN
AGV: Joseph Morris, Nov 11, 1928 - Dec 12, 1997
(other side vacant for Doris C., Jan 27, 1926 -
"Together for 48 years"

AGV: Donald Joseph Hookfin, Sep 16, 1950 - Feb 5, 1986

AGV: Travis D. Williams, b/d Sep 17, 1986
Row 6
AGV: John D. Hookfin Sr., 1930 - 19??  (North side)

AGV Infant, FM: Kashonna Johnna Dawson, no dates (at south fence)

Row 7
AGV: No ID (at south side fence)

Row 8
AGV:  FM:   Edward Hookfin, Sep 12, 1938 - May 20, 1994, Age 55

Row 9
AGV:  Mil: Lonnie Hookfin, USArmy WWII, Dec 14, 1914 - Jan 23, 1989

AGV: Mrs. Lucinda J. Hookfin, 1920 - 2001

AGV: Mil: Lonnie C. Hookfin, Jr., RM3 USNavy Vietnam, May 2, 1943 - Jun 29, 1981

AGV:  Mil: Oliver Jackson, USArmy WWII, Sep 19, 1918 - Jul 13, 1988 (south fence)

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