Crawford Cemetery, St. Tammany Parish, Lousiana File submitted by Donald W. Johnson 3/99 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ------------------------------------------------------------------ TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. Also known as Pearl River Cemetery Location: On Louisiana Hwy. 41 Spur, in Pearl River, Louisiana Condition: Fenced and clean Copied: 16 November 1976 by Dolores P. Butler & Doris M. Holden Joseph V. Seal d 15 Dec. 1971, a 90 y Shell covered grave no name marker Mary Jane Harris 29 Mar. 1869 - 19 Oct. 1962 Clara Cooper 9 June 1911 - 21 May 1974 Thomas Alonzo Bennett 14 Jan. 1899 - 10 May 1948 Ella Mae Bennett d 22 May 1973 a 78 y 11 m 24 d; FHM Unmarked grave Martin Lanel d 5 Nov. 1973 a 75 y 7 m 19 d; FHM Paul Slocum La., PFC, CMP, W. W. II 6 Jan. 1909 - 19 Sept. 1947 Infant son of E. M. & Glenice Frierson Infant son of E. M. & Glenice Frierson Gale Marie W. Rhody d 23 June 1960 a 67 y 6 m 25 d; FHM Grave with faded FHM William N. Miskell 1882 - 1956 Painted marker now illegible Walter Johnson d 4 Nov. 1971 a 82 y 3 m 22 d; FHM Annie Davis d 7 Nov. 1973, a 77 y; FHM J. D. Tate 5 Dec. 1916 - 14 Feb. 1970 3 unmarked graves Mrs. Francis Neruda d 22 Oct. 1970 a 77 y 0 m 15 d; FHM John Luther, Jr. 21 Apr. 1931 - 21 Nov. 1969 John Luther La., Pvt., HOTRP, 32nd Div., W. W. I 21 Nov. 1895 - 3 Feb. 1971 Rebecca Davis 28 Aug. 1948 - 19 Aug. 1949 John T. Lott 6 Sept. 1895 - 23 Apr. 1968 Maggie L. Lott 14 May 1895 - 21 Nov. 1932 Child’s unmarked grave Frank Bennett 9 Oct. 1889 - 25 June 1954 Macie M. LaCosta 2 Nov. 1906 - Earl J. LaCoste 22 Mar. 1903 - 9 Aug. 1968 Nathaniel W. Gerry Rhode Island, PFC, Co. C 120 Mach. Gun Bn., W. W. I 3 May 1895 - 15 Sept. 1961 Carl Stockstill 21 June 1921 - 5 Nov. 1968 Elvena G. Penton 18 Apr. 1905 - 24 Dec. 1964 3 graves marked by faded FHMs Maria Alice d 27 Sept. 1962 Faded FHM, last name illegible Bobbie L. Dickerson 21 Jan. 1923 - 11 Aug. 1960 Frank Edward Blaha 15 Nov. 1918 - 19 Nov. 1969 Margaret L. Blaha 29 Sept. 1920 - FHM also there, shows death date of 19 Oct. 1971 John T. Powe 1916 - 1969 Elgie L. Powe La., PFC, 58 QM Trn Co. World War II 13 Aug. 1923 - 8 July 1954 John J. Powe 1889 - 1932 Ruby E. Powe 1915 - 1932 Lloyd Z. Penton La., PFC, 906 Field Art World War II 30 Oct. 1903 - 1 Oct. 1949 S. M. Mitchell d 16 Sept. 1956 a 51 y 10 m 28 d 4 unmarked graves Bell marker Maxie Jerald Smith La., WT3, USNR, W. W. II 15 Oct. 1926 - 21 Aug. 1957 Flowers marking grave Mrs. Elizabeth Smith d 23 May 1971, a 66 y 5 m 14 d Jesse J. O’Berry 25 Dec. 1891 - 6 Mar. 1941 Edna Porter O’Berry 10 Feb. 1889 - 24 May 1974 Oscar O’Berry 14 Nov. 1920 - 30 Apr. 1922 Unmarked grave 2 unmarked graves in coping Blanche Annie Bell 15 May 1901 - 9 Jan. 1929 Annie Jennie Bell 3 Oct. 1870 - 3 Dec. 1952 John Morgan Bell 2 May 1862 - 12 Aug. 1945 Lee Bell Dominy 1 Jan. 1896 - 30 Mar. 1953 2 unmarked graves Van Buren Henley d 23 Dec. 1962 a 51 y 3 m 18 d Hampton D. Henley sunken marker Carol Lee Henley McBride 23 May 1907 - 29 Nov. 1972 Harold McBride 20 July 1907 - unmarked grave 2 graves in coping, unable to read marker Betty Gaile Provost 1956 - 1957 Travis Williams 8 Jan. 1908 - 11 June 1965 Delter H. Williams 1 Apr. 1907 - FHM was also there, shows Adelta Williams, d 31 May 1972 E. Donfred Penton 16 Aug. 1910 - 10 Sept. 1966 Harry W. Penton 20 Dec. 1898 - 23 Mar. 1964 Connie Maurice Craddock Texas, M/Sgt., 9th Field Hosp., W. W. II 27 Aug. 1907 - 15 Jan. 1957 Mary Ferrell 8 Nov. 1886 - 8 Dec. 1958 Luther Ferrell 22 May 1888 - 26 Nov. 1932 Bertis E. Ferrell d/o L. B. & M. M. Ferrell 21 Dec. 1923 - 22 Feb. 1928 Eveline Ferrell d/o L. B. & Mary Ferrell 28 June, 192- - 1 Oct. 1923 (unable to read all of year born) Mrs. L. M. Byrd w/o E. G. Byrd 22 May 1888 - 14 Jan. 1934 Leon R. Davis 2 Oct. 1914 - 20 May 1969 John Holden 14 Mar. 1879 - 4 Aug. 1961 J. Terry Holden 17 Jan. 1951 - 8 May 1965 Percy Holden 13 June 1916 - 8 Dec. 1960 Lomey Smith w/o O. E. Penton 9 Apr. 1895 - 25 Mar. 1918 2 graves marked by faded FHM Grave with Masonic emblem, unable to make out name Calvin Smith 9 Sept. 1874 - 4 Jan. 1952 2 wooden markers, 1 concrete marker & 1 FHM, none legible Rose Hartman 1 May 1915 - 15 May 1915 John W. Hartman 5 Jan. 1872 - 10 Sept. 1918 Mahala B. Hartman 17 Aug. 1876 - 10 June 1956 Maggie Hartman 6 Oct. 1894 - 1 Oct. 1918 Joe Hartman 6 Jan. 1897 - 2 Nov. 1918 Akers M. Hartman 1904 - 1946 John W. Hartman, III 19 Nov. 1939 - 13 Feb. 1957 Mary Ann Bennett Mrs. Nancy Penton Evers 4 Mar. 1879 - 7 Apr. 1951 Ernest E. Penton 13 Mar. 1878 - 1 Nov. 1918 Mack Nicholson 31 Oct. 1873 - 11 Nov. 1921 Mary Ann S. Nicholson 10 Apr. 1884 - 5 Mar. 1930 Unmarked grave William Nicholson 25 Jan. 1919 - 10 Oct. 1976; FHM John A. Reed 4 Mar. 1914 - 9 June 1972 Vera D. Reed 8 Sept. 1916 - Mrs. Dollie Harper d 14 Nov. 1973, a 67 y 7 m 3 d; FHM Francis A. Auer, Sr. 14 Nov. 1906 - 18 Jan. 1970 Margaret H. Auer 11 May 1907 - Charlie Livingston 24 Sept. 1916 - 13 Apr. 1967 Dorothy H. L. Murphy 1917 - 1971; FHM Woodrow W. Livingston 3 Nov. 1919 - 13 Jan. 1965 Hazel B. Livingston 21 May 1922 - Rosa B. Thorner 1903 - 1966 Wooden marker Carl Marvin Cooper 17 June 1904 - Opal Viola Cooper 15 Mar. 1902 - 27 May 1973 Wally J. Knight 1 Oct. 1955 - 23 July 1973 Arthur Eugene Byrd 26 Sept. 1921 - 14 May 1972 Fenced grave, no name marker Phillip Roy Bennett 25 Jan. 1947 - 8 Aug. 1973 Oley Bennett La., Pvt., 1st Casual Camp W. W. I 24 Sept. 1895 - 29 July 1964 Celia Bennett 1867 - 1956 Isaac Varnado 1866 - 1938 Henry Otto Gordon 13 July 1883 - 1 Apr. 1904 Henry Bennett 1888 - 1953 FHM also there, shows d 1 Feb. 1953, a 65 y 4 m 13 d Sarah Bennett 19 Mar. 1864 - 3 Sept. 1944 Edmon Fair Bennett 25 Feb. 1857 - 25 Feb. 1939 Sintha Bennett May 1812 - 18 Apr. 1889 Era Lee McQueen 23 Jan. 1922 - 15 Nov. 1969 Leona H. McQueen 9 May 1921 - Clarence A. McQueen 12 July 1905 - 1 Aug. 1966 James D. McQueen La., Sgt., Bt. E, 141 Field Arty. W. W. I 5 Dec. 1895 - 11 Sept. 1970 Kent D. DeLaughter 7 Oct. 1903 - 19 Mar. 1965 Gladys Smith Spiers 5 June 1915 - C. E. “Buster” Spiers 19 Feb. 1912 - 21 Dec. 1963 Alvin F. Barrelle 21 Apr. 1938 - 9 Mar. 1968 Ben W. Flenniken 10 May 1906 - 10 Aug. 1970 Unmarked grave Ruby Henley Stewart Pruec 12 Aug. 1917 - 17 Oct. 1952 C. Lloyd Henley s/o Dora L. Henley 31 May 1905 - 1 Aug. 1926 Grave marked by flowers Forrest Henley 21 Mar. 1881 - 24 Nov. 1911 unmarked grave Mrs. Z. Henley 1 Feb. 1861 - 7 Apr. 1932 Z. Henley 9 Nov. 1858 - 26 Feb. 1909 Henley - broken marker 22 Jan. 1909 - 3 June 1909 Boyd Henley 9 Apr. 1895 - 28 June 1912 J. C. Henley 1 June 1880 - 22 Jan. 1937 Marie Henley 16 Dec. 1865 - 14 Oct. 1907 Averilla Bennett 4 Nov. 1882 - 12 Apr. 1961 Ora Bennett 23 Apr. 1893 - 2 July 1901 James Z. Bennett 15 May 1920 - 23 Dec. 1967 Mollie B. Blackwell 30 Sept. 1889 - 27 Mar. 1963 Enoch A. Blackwell 21 Nov. 1886 - 26 Sept. 1968 Child’s grave, unmarked L. J. Lott s/o Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lott 31 Aug. 1920 - 1922 Thomas Vincent Lawler 12 Aug. 1892 - 8 Nov. 1968 Edna Manzi 15 Nov. 1897 - 21 July 1969 Enoch A. Welsh 29 Oct. 1828 - 16 May 1891 unmarked grave Edward Welsh d 12 Aug. 1890, a 50 y Joseph F. Crawford 1886 - 1935 J. William Crawford 1910 - 1929 William P. Crawford 1895 - 1910 Thomas P. Crawford 1852 - 1920 Ella Joyner Crawford 1857 - 1944 Margaret Quave w/o Patrick Crawford d 8 Feb. 1850 Mary Crawford Infant of Thomas & Marry Crawford January 1854 Thomas H. Crawford 2 Sept. 1799 - 14 Feb. 1867 Mary Crawford w/o Thomas Crawford d 17 July 1902, a 73 y John Morgan Crawford 28 Nov. 1864 - 28 Oct. 1928 Martha Crawford 30 Sept. 1857 - 20 Jan. 1929 Adele Emeline Crawford 8 May 1855 - 17 July 1935 Unmarked grave Samuel L. Ellis 1915 - 1964 Rickey L. Ellis 19 Aug. 1953 - 6 Dec. 1971 Arthur Creed 27 June 1926 - 13 July 1973 La., PFC, U. S. Army, W. W. II Alice Marie Creed 4 Dec. 1963 - 31 Dec. 1968 John J. Marshall 1877 - 1934 Mrs. A. Richard 1880 - 1950 Claude W. Bagley 13 Aug. 1886 - 18 May 1930 Rose C. Bancks 4 Dec. 1890 - 28 June 1966 George F. Bancks 3 July 1872 - 5 Jan. 1958 Clara M. Crawford 19 June 1894 - 25 Dec. 1971 Harry M. Crawford 31 July 1888 - 16 June 1930 2 unmarked graves Baby Kemberly Diane Crews d 22 Nov. 1972, a 11 1/2 hours Martha E. Talley w/o L. E. Talley 1 Sept. 1878 - 29 Sept. 1904 2 unmarked graves Harry Rice 10 Oct. 1907 - 26 Oct. 1973 3 unmarked graves Raymond Penton 21 Aug. 1940 - 21 Aug. 1940 George Ernest Penton 16 Dec. 1921 - 30 Nov. 1944 Unmarked slab Martha Elizabeth Wood Canon Dec. 1877 - 12 Nov. 1918 unmarked grave inside fence with grave above Ervin R. Loyd 5 Aug. 1913 - 31 Dec. 1963 Otis Hoak Hilbun 4 Dec. 1889 - 8 Sept. 1966 Maude Brabham Hilbun May 1896 - 19 Mar. 1959 Nancy Lee Brabham d 22 Feb. 1958, a 41 y 11 d; FHM Unmarked grave Coleman J. LaCroix 27 June 1892 - 25 Feb. 1962 La., Pvt., 6th Reg., FA Repl. Depot, W. W. I Child’s grave, unmarked Aline Haley 20 Sept. 1916 - 22 Sept. 1962 Louis J. Haley 12 Nov. 1910 - 24 Feb. 1971 La., Cm. 1, U. S. N., W. W. II Louis A. Finger, Jr. 5 July 1917 - 16 Feb. 1971 La., Tec. 4, 8th Service Command W. W. II George B. Jones 10 July 1904 - 13 Apr. 1973 Seven wooden markers Glen Matthew Garretson 5 Apr. 1947 - 12 Dec. 1969 La., Sgt., U. S. Marine Corps Viet Nam Wooden marker Bruce N. Henley 18 Aug. 1939 - 1 Oct. 1939 Leon E. Miller June 9, 1935 La., Pvt., 162 Inf., 41st Div. Hubert N. Miller 26 Oct. 1933 - 23 Feb. 1934 6 graves in unmarked coping Child’s grave, broken marker Mrs. Mary H. Hanley d 13 Apr. 1972, a 68 y; FHM 3 wooden markers 3 iron slabs with following: J. W. & S. J. R. Helen Smith T. W. S. Albert F. Etinne 3 Apr. 1916 - 25 June 1972 Cora Cook Hensley 14 July 1906 - 17 Sept. 1967 Eldon F. Cook 21 Feb. 1936 - 30 Sept. 1967 Wooden marker inscribed “Emily, the daughter of H.” Wooden marker inscribed “Irene Skinn & Daughter, Family of Ed 31 March 1973” Silsbee Cooper, Sr. 22 Dec. 1910 - Clara C. Cooper 7 June 1911 - 21 May 1974 Edward M. Frierson 16 Oct. 1908 - 1 July 1975 Glenice B. Frierson 21 Feb. 1920 - Carl Stockstill 21 June 1921 - 5 Nov. 1968 Evan J. Johns PFC, U.S.A., W. W. II 16 June 1922 - 27 Oct. 1975 Maude M. Bennett 19 Feb. 1896 - 7 Nov. 1974 Guy Barry Lacoste 21 Apr. 1932 - Norma H. Lacoste 31 Dec. 1932 - 14 Sept. 1974 Edwin Duane Bowman d 25 Nov. 1975, a 6 hrs. FHM Fred Kistner 31 Oct. 1849 - 8 Aug. 1926 Margaret M. Hutchings d 14 Feb. 1972, a 52 y 10 m; FHM Harry W. Penton 20 Dec. 1898 - 23 Mar. 1964 Thomas J. Smith 17 Oct. 1913 - Infant Font 21 Mar. - 24 Mar. 1976 Paul Franklin Weir 14 Dec. 1972 - 18 July 1974 Tonya M. Livingston 1968 - 1974; FHM Llewlyn W. Reed d 26 Jan. 1976, a 60 y 4 m 1 d; FHM Jennie Sue Byrd 13 Jan. 1930 - Douglas A. King 23 July 1879 - 28 Sept. 1966 Bartha Lenora Bell d 7 Jan. 1975, a 56 y 6 m 7 d Joseph R. Brady 11 Dec. 1897 - Salley Dunaway Brady 14 Feb. 1898 - 28 Apr. 1975 Michael Criswell Roberts 13 May 1964 - 22 May 1975 Julius Franklin Robertson d 27 Oct. 1974, a 59 y 6 m 23 d; FHM Teddie S. MacGregor 22 Dec. 1909 - 23 Mar. 1975 Mark C. Manning 10 Sept. 1957 - 8 Feb. 1975 Elaine W. Scheider d 6 Apr. 1976, a 24 y 11 m 27 d; FHM Henry Etta Lewis d 14 Sept. 1975, a 64 y 3 m 3 d; FHM Beatrice Frierson 11 Mar. 1916 - Wilson Frierson 14 Aug. 1913 - 25 Dec. 1974 Jimmie G. Banz 7 Oct. 1923 - 25 Oct. 1953 4 unmarked ## Information on following unmarked graves given to Doris Holden by Nettie Miller Harper (Mrs. Milton A.) in 1979: Hamilton Henley 4 Nov. 1885 - 2 June 1912 Babe Bilbo Henley 1858 - 1905 William David Henley 11 Dec. 1858 - d after 1912 Ilos Henley 1895 or 1898 - 1937 Sarah Elizabeth Henley ca. 1875 - 5 Feb. 1958 William Uriah Henley ca. 1875 - 4 July 1935 Everette Henley 1905 - died young George William Henley 23 Nov. 1899 - 12 Mar. 1968 Viola Melissa Henley Davis 1909 - 20 Aug. 1936 Gertrude Davis Purvis 1930 - Will Strahan Wylie Strahan Minnie Lee Bilbo McQueen Alfred Anglin Margie Anglin Garretson Thomas Garretson J. R. Garretson John Anglin Sesco Anglin Will Owen Garretson 25 Oct. 19-- - 1943 Estelle Henley Penton Brice Newton Henley ## Information on following unmarked graves given to Doris Martin Holden by Mrs. Glenice Blackwell Frierson on 10 January 1978: Blackwell Baby 3 Hoover babies Viola Davis Nash family McCurins family Talley family Vineyard family 4 Henleys an Indian man Lloyd Henley Van Henley Henley Baby Estelle Henley Penton a Mr. White Chews Hoover 2 children of Julius Penton Willie Anderson d 22 May 1904, native of Hancock County, Miss. #####