Grangeville Cemetery, Ward 3, St. Helena Parish, La. File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue This cemetery is taken from the book, St. Helena parish Cemeteries,1914-1987 Published by the St. Helena Historical Association, Inc. Address: Rt. 1 Box 131; Amite, La. 70422 The LaGenWeb Archives would like to express their thanks to the Association for giving us permission to put these cemeteries online. The society retains the copy right to these works. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Directions to cemetery: North from Baton Rouge on Highway 37 to Grangeville. Turn right on Highway 63. JENKINS Isaac A. Nov 12, 1894 Apr 16, 1964 Lula Cloy Jan 8, 1894 Durwood Talmadge Williams Apr 22, 1921 Jan 21, 1974 "The Lord is my shepherd and I shall not want" Silas Bernard Williams Aug 20, 1897 Aug 4, 1961 "None knew thee but to love thee" Florence Hughes Williams Aug 18, 1900 Feb 22, 1971 "Sheltered and safe from sorrow" MOTHER Florine May Parish May 16, 1901 Sept 30, 1952 "We trust our loss will be her gain, and that with Christ she is going to reign" FATHER Charles L. Parish July 18, 1895 Mar 2, 1955 "The best dearest favorite of the sky, must taste that cup for man is born to die" Bernice Sue Parish Jan 13, 1935 Feb 6, 1951 "Darling we miss thee" Sidney F. Parish 1931 - 1949 "Darling we miss thee" KIRKLAND John W. Oct 13, 1889 Nov 30, 1953 Latha Jan 23, 1892 Lillian W. Davis July 16, 1911 Feb 4, 1968 "Her memory is blessed" DOYLE Barbara Ann Doyle Feb 24, 1890 Sylvia Jennette W. Doyle May 28, 1938 Charles Edward Doyle Jan 8, 1926 Sept 26, 1964 Charles C. Wells Aug 20, 1913 Nov 6, 1963 John Wayne Wells June 3, 1957 June 5, 1957 VENABLE Velma Evans Aug 20, 1923 Woodrow E. Venable May 24, 1919 June 8, 1973 Melanie A. Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Venable, Jr. Oct 7, 1964 - Jan 9, 1965 "In God's care" WELLS Jesse E. Feb 8, 1878 Jan 10, 1936 Lorena B. Nov 11, 1887 May 10, 1967 STILLEY Robert P. Nov 16, 1862 Dec 26, 1943 Margaret G. Jan 22, 1875 Oct 2, 1957 "What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever" Edward B. Stilley July 23, 1908 Nov 8, 1958 "He died as he lived, a Christian" MANCHESTER Katie Kirkland Feb 29, 1892 Oct 2, 1948 "Mother we miss thee" John B. 1872 - 1954 Mattie M. 1874 - 1955 Monroe C. Williams Dec 5, 1902 Nov 7, 1954 Johnnie Manchester Wife of Monroe Williams Oct 1, 1901 July 12, 1970 Mr. Clyde Morse Died May 10, 1973 Aged 70 yrs., 6 mos., 17 da. (Seals Fun. Home marker) Mark Kevine Manchester Oct 5, 1966 Jan 9, 1970 "Gone to be an angel" Walter Albert Jackson June 28, 1959 June 19, 1973 THOMPSON Rev. W.B. Apr 22, 1913 June 19, 1973 Clara M. Womack Jan 13, 1915 Thompson babies, 1 grave Taft E. Odder Aug 5, 1900 Dec 19, 1971 "God is my refuge" Cathleen Sumrall Zammit Jan 31, 1912 Apr 2, 1967 "At Rest" SUMRALL Sarah E. Warren Nov 6, 1885 Nov 20, 1956 "At Rest" SUMRALL William Orlando Sumrall Nov 8, 1872 July 5, 1935 "At Rest" WARREN (Masonic Emblem) S. Harry Dec 25, 1865 Jan 25, 1962 Tedie Craft Oct 9, 1870 Oct 15, 1959 (Concrete vault #11226741. This is what it appeared to be- no other inscription) George Edward Cummins Nov 9, 1888 Nov 11, 1975 (Rabenhorst Fun. Home marker) Adris J. Doyle Louisiana PFC 239 General Hosp. WWII March 31, 1927 Jan 6, 1966 Beverly Harvin Born March 28, 1966 Died June 2, 1966 Ernest Lee Son of D.B. & (?) Warren Feb 7, 1888 (Marker broken - a portion is underground) Maybelle Warren Nov 18, 1892 Oct 10, 1900 WARREN Rev. Daniel P. Feb 15, 1860 Feb 9, 1928 MOTHER Katherine H. June 12, 1866 June 13, 1938 Castle E. Warren Dec 21, 1896 Aug 12, 1972 Bessie H. Warren Apr 5, 1897 Sept 22, 1966 "We will meet again" (Eastern Star) Marvin M. Magee, Jr. 1936 - 1936 J.D. Huffman Died Nov 14, 1897 Aged 39 years "Remember as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now soon you will be, Prepare for death and follow me" BANKSTON L.Y. (n) Bankston Jan 22, 1856 Aug 8, 1930 Aged 75 yrs., 6 mos., 26 da. In loving memory of my precious mother "Sis" Marie Eloise Bankston July 24, 1902 Feb 17, 1974 "The nearest thing to the love of God is the love of a Christian mother's heart" In memory of our dear boy Bolyen Nettles Son of J.L. & M.T. Bankston Born Nov 10, 1884 Died July 6, 1914 "He giveth his beloved to sleep" BANKSTON BANKSTON Mamie (Mary) Nettles Bankston 1865 - 1931 John Lee Bankston 1984 - 1941 "In loving remembrance of our dear mama and papa" Frances Willimena Hornsby Infant daughter of W.E. & Rosa L. Hornsby June 13, 1925 Nov 26, 1925 "Safe in the arms of Jesus" (Foot stone - "Daughter") HORNSBY (Masonic emblem) Willie Edwin Feb 23, 1881 Feb 28, 1960 Hillery Howard Hornsby Oct 14, 1922 June 10, 1968 "At Rest" Infant son of M.V. & A.H. Powers Jan 30, 1919 Infant son of M.V. & A.H. Powers April 14, 1914 Emmett Odom Son of A.J. (?) & M.S. Alford Apr 19, 1882 (Can't read) 1887 Robert Carlton Allen July 3, 1913 July 11, 1919 "Asleep in Jesus" John D. Manchester 1930 -1931 Lyla Manchester 1931 - 1931 Sarah Manning Wife of D.R. Warren, Sr. June 10, 1842 Nov 23, 1921 "Rest mother, rest in peace, While we in sorrow 'oer thee weep" D.R. Warren, Sr. Born Feb 26, 1832 Died Nov 1, 1898 (Can't read inscription) Womack W. Odom, Jr. Feb 15, 1891 Mar 10, 1970 Sarah Lorena Daughter of D.R. & Sarah Warren Born Aug 19, 1881 Died July 20, 1887 "Dear loving daughter thou hast left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel, But it is God that hath bereft us, He will our sorrow heal, Yet again we hope to meet thee when the day of life is fled, When in Heaven with joy to greet thee, Where no farewell tear is shed." Claude Rufus Manchester, Sr. May 28, 1907 Nov 30, 1964 Harriet (?) L. Gorman w/o W.W. Warren Born Aug 6, 1854 Died May 8, 1889 "We are coming mother soon to join you, Then we'll part nevermore" Morris Homer Davis, Jr. May 18, 1928 Jan 19, 1929 Ralph Davis March 3, 1922 March 3, 1922 DAVIS Katie Brown April 4, 1888 May 23, 1928 Morris Homer (Mason) Jan 6, 1889 Aug 4, 1961 William Harry Odom Feb 1, 1900 Jan 17, 1974 "In loving memory" Homer R. Kemp Jan 10, 1895 May 29, 1970 Isaac L. Odom Born Oct 27, 1853 Died May 14, 1892 (Mason) "Gone but not forgotten" Zilpha E. w/o Isaac Odom March 15, 1828 Dec 12, 1890 Isaac Odom, Sr. Born in Darlington, S.C. Dec 24, 1824 Died in Baton Rouge, La. May 4, 1910 "His toils are past, his work is done, He fought the fight, the victory won" Julius Kysar 1879 - 1924 DAUGHTER Lelia Odom 1892 - 1926 ODOM FATHER William Harry, Sr. 1858 - 1932 MOTHER Henrietta Gibson 1868 - 1954 Juanita Bankston Bridges 1885 - 1965 Russell Bankston Louisiana Firemen 2 cl U.S. Navy Feb 21, 1897 Dec 31, 1942 Nancy Newsom w/o A.J. Watson Aug 8, 1873 Feb 26, 1918 A.J. Jr. Son of A.J. & N. Watson Mar 17, 1909 Sept 23, 1909 A.J. Watson Nov 21, 1850 May 1, 1938 Hester A. Kinchen w/o A.J. Watson Born Mar 15, 1854 Died Apr 9, 1901 Cyrus D. Watson Born June 25, 1877 Died Mar 19, 1899 Clarence B. Watson Born Aug 6, 1887 Died May 3, 1917 Arthur Ovell Watson Sept 14, 1883 Apr 19, 1966 "Rest in peace" GONE HOME In memory of Clara W. Dau. of F.P. & F. Raiford Born Feb 6, 1890 Died Aug --, 1890 Jesse Walter Davis Jan 2, 1862 May 18, 1920 (Partially underground- could not read) EDDARDS Mattie B. Feb 24, 1881 July 5, 1961 W.O. Feb 14, 1880 Apr 7, 1956 "Uncle Johnnie" Johnnie Calender 1886 - 1902 (Two unidentified graves) Ella Leard w/o G.H. McCoy Mar 4, 1893 Sept 3, 1928 "Beloved one (illegible---) well" Elvira Thomas w/o G.W. Leard June 17, 1857 Aug 11, 1927 "A tender mother, a faithful friend" George W. Leard May 28, 1858 May 12, 1942 "A kind father and a faithful husband" Ann w/o W.W. Stone Born Apr 1, 1831 Died June 16, 1907 W.W. Stone Born May 26, 1826 Died Nov 5, 1907 Mrs. Georgia K. Lea June 13, 1880 Nov 29, 1975 (Welsh Fun. Home marker) W. Eugene Lea July 18, 1887 Feb 1, 1950 "Asleep" William Dennis Born May 20, 1821 Died ---- (Marker broken in half and cemented together so that the death date cannot be read) (Three graves with no identification) William D. s/o W. & Mildred Dennis Born Mar 25, 1849 Died Jan 8, 1900 "He died as he lived, trusting in God" Mary J. d/o William & Mildred Dennis Born Dec 31, 1853 Died Sept 4, 1903 "Safely anchored in the harbor of eternity" (One narrow child-sized slab with a lot of marking - one name appears to be MEAD) William D. McCoy Aug 8, 1860 Mar 20, 1952 Alice A. Durnin w/o W.D. McCoy Apr 9, 1864 June 16, 1941 Henry A. McCoy Louisiana Pvt. U.S. Army WWI February 5, 1889 December 9, 1959 Ivey J. McCoy Louisiana PFC Btry E 34 Field Artillery November 25, 1895 April 20, 1968 (Two depressions) "Grandma Beck" Rebecca Calendar 1853 - 1929 WOMACK Charlie Sitman Sept 2, 1881 June 12, 1959 "We will meet again" Kate Bankston Womack Aug 5, 1890 Oct 24, 1964 "We will meet again" Claude W. Bankston 1880 - 1943 John Viers Booker Sept 1, 1881 Nov 5, 1915 Mary Ellen Booker Nov 21, 1847 April 15, 1919 William A. Mangum 1919 - 1959 "Sincere and true in heart and mind, What a beautiful memory he left behind" OUR MOTHER Hattie Kirby w/o W.A. Mangum Apr 6, 1889 Apr 4, 1974 John T. Kirby April 3, 1859 Aug 17, 1948 Louisa P. Kirby w/o J.T. Kirby 1867 - 1938 Eunice Kirby w/o Clyde Hanks 1910 - 1933 (Concrete slab, no inscription nor number) STONE Jesse James Jan 1, 1910 Nov 13, 1969 "A devoted husband, a loving father and a friend to all" Eloise Forbes Apr 13, 1920 Lula Belle Stone Aug 25, 1923 Dec 19, 1953 "Our Darling" (A foot stone and base, no identification) Mary A. Garahan Apr 7, 1890 Sept 21, 1975 "She died as she lived, Trusting in God" Frank V. Garahan Aug 21, 1884 July 31, 1962 "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal" John B. Garahan Aug 1, 1886 Jan 23, 1941 "A dutiful & loving son, a kind & sympathetic brother" GARAHAN Annie M. 1858 - 1927 Michael 1848 - 1894 WADE Edgar H. 1891 - 1967 Gertrude Garahan 1892 - 1966 Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1973 Frank Peavey Powers 1896 - 1947 "Though lost to sight, to memory dear" MORGAN William 1868 - 1942 Catherine 1870 - 1954 BANKSTON William Boleyn Bankston Feb 20, 1874 April 22, 1942 Copied by Audrey C. Blades, 1972 Update: 10/21/87 By: Emily Allen & Inez B. Tate James (Buddy) Woodard July 5, 1911 Sept 24, 1986 "Home at last" Ethel Elaine Woodard July 27, 1912 Dec 27, 1983 "Singing in Heaven's Choir"" Robert Lee James (Bobby) Nov 11, 1920 Nov 6, 1981 "What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever" Thomas J. Manchester Aug 20, 1905 Mar 2, 1984 "Gone but not forgotten" Louis Alton Jones Nov 21, 1917 Dec 18, 1977 "A devoted husband and Father" Barbara Ann Doyle Feb 24, 1890 Aug 6, 1974 Leon Jefferson McKee Jan 29, 1912 Sept 25, 1986 Fannie Tycer Cummings Dec 6, 1894 Mar 15, 1979 George Edward Cummings Nov 9, 1888 Nov 11, 1975 Johnny Buck Simmons June 27, 1962 Feb 21, 1981 "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal" Louie Gill Bankston Jan 15, 1915 Dec 19, 1979 Dr. Humbert A. Tynes Feb 10, 1879 Apr 26, 1966 Lillie Morgan Tynes Dec 19, 1891 May 28, 1985 Ellis M. Goad Jan 23, 1894 Jan 27, 1977 Frank Peavey Powers III April 21, 1953 June 15, 1977 "He built a monument of love in the hearts of all who knew him" Lige Stanley Prichard Jan 22, 1927 Aug 20, 1987 (Funeral home marker) Mary A. Garahan Apr 7, 1890 Sept 21, 1975 "She died as she lived, trusting in God' Georgia K. Lea June 13, 1880 Nov 29, 1975 Charles Eugene Morgan U.S. Navy WWII Mar 3, 1898 Feb 6, 1981 "Death is but the dawn of eternal day" Hattie Kirby Wife of Rev. W.A. Mangum Apr 6, 1889 Apr 4, 1974 Gene Lionel Bass Oct 28, 1927 Aug 24, 1984 "He gave his greatest gift - love" James P. Watson, Sr. PFC U.S. Army WWII June 29, 1910 July 18, 1978 Carl E. Davis Apr 11, 1914 Jan 11, 1987 (Masonic emblem) William Harry Odom Feb 1, 1900 Jan 17, 1974 "In loving memory" Frank Odom Jan 21, 1891 Jan 28, 1983 Bessie Gaulden Odom Feb 8, 1921 May 10, 1982 Update: 10/21/87 By: Esther McCoy JENKINS Isaac A. Nov 12, 1894 Apr 11, 1964 Lula Cloy Jan 8, 1894 Apr 25, 1979 Durward Talmage Williams Apr 22, 1921 Jan 31, 1974 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want" HORNSBY Ernest Mar 23, 1900 Feb 1, 1978 Gladys Wiggins Nov 13, 1909 Leslie M. Carpenter, Sr. Feb 3, 1902 Dec 30, 1979 "A devoted husband and father" CUMMINGS Archie Daniel Aug 5, 1912 Nov 25, 1976 Archie Ray Nov 23, 1938 Nov 20, 1964 HORNSBY Rosa Lee Apr 11, 1882 Mar 18, 1978 Willie Edwin Feb 21, 1881 Feb 28, 1960 Updated: July 25, 1998 Margie King Johnson , Russell Keith Johnson & Donald W. Johnson Addie Watson McCoy August 23, 1902 May 16, 1988 Mary Alice McCoy Huey April 03, 1923 Robert D. McCoy February 21, 1956 Triple: Albert Arnold Connell, Jr. April 20, 1968 July 12, 1989 Lillian J. Connell July 12, 1943 Albert Arnold Connell, Sr. January 05, 1943 Wemple No Information Betty M. Powers 1901 -- 1988 Double: Eddie "Dick" Jackson September 26, 1909 Beatrice H. Jackson February 28, 1923 Lige S. Pitchard January 22, 1927 August 20, 1987 PFC US Army Korea Triple: Flo Bass Davis June 04, 1914 Charles Morris Davis December 15, 1939 November 04, 1997 Jessie Brown Davis December 31, 1911 february 29, 1996 Grace Morgan Bankston October 31, 1903 July 08, 1989 Maude Davis Watson October 07, 1919 March 21, 1995 FHM Robert Dean Watson September 23, 1950 May 28, 1998 Age: 47 Double: Willie Mae Manchester November 27, 1910 Charlie Lee Manchester April 02, 1912 July 31, 1990 Jewel Odom Stockwell May 05, 1898 December 20, 1991 Willie Kemp February 22, 1894 December 27, 1996 FHM Nellie Alberta Davis Manchester May 05, 1910 June 23, 1994 Age: 84 Katherine Theresa Warren Carpenter May 07, 1900 October 17, 1987 Leslie M. Carpenter, Sr. February 03, 1902 December 30, 1979 Leslie Monroe carpenter, Jr. April 25, 1922 Major US Army Stanley Eugene Hornsby October 01, 1920 April 21, 1993 Double: Clara M. Womack Thompson January 13, 1915 September 17, 1991 Rev. W. B. Thompson April 22, 1913 June 19, 1973 Gladys Wiggins Hornsby November 13, 1909 September 01, 1991 Mae Sumrall Odder Owen June 06, 1916 November 22, 1995 FHM Walter Cummings 1948 -- 1993 Leon Jefferson McKee January 29, 1912 September 25, 1986 M SGT US Army WWII Korea Louis Alton Jones, Jr. April 17, b1951 March 21, 1998 Age: 46 Katie M. Crowell June 25, 1932 December 19, 1990 Double: Hazel Z. Jones November 17, 1919 August 31, 1997 Louisa Alton Jones November 21, 1917 December 18, 1977 Married: May 19, 1941 Harvey Bernard Williams May 27, 1924 October 04, 1988 WWII Korea US Navy Wilford V. Wells September 19, 1948 September 05, 1990 Double: James "Buddy" Woodard July 05, 1911 September 24, 1986 Ethel Elaine Woodard July 27, 1912 December 27, 1983 Double: W. L. Huggins October 10, 1936 Sarah Alice Huggins february 04, 1939 February 08, 1989 Married: April 21, 1956 Double: Erakin E. Vinson November 29, 1910 November 17, 1991 Martha Stevens Vinson December 05, 1913 OUR Children: Marhta Ann James E. Sarah Alice Wanda Gene Alcestia Watson Bankston May 11, 1880 July 03, 1976 Stella Pearl Bankston July 08, 1922 Infant Daughter of: Jesse Walter Davis Infant Son of: W. & Mattie Eddards W. S. "Tootsie" Manchester September 09, 1909 February 26, 1977 Mary Kelly Warren Wife of: William Walter Warren Died: 1906 ******* DWJ ************************************************ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/cemeteries/grange.txt