Bennett Cemetery, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, Apr. 1999 Prepared by Carolyn Brumfield Henderson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ BENNETT CEMETERY Located northwest of Goodbee, LA, 5.5 miles north of US 190 on LA 1077, then 0.3 miles west of LA 1077 on Bennett Cemetery Road. This cemetery is very close to the Tangipahoa-St. Tammany Parish line. Copied by Polly & Ronald Evans, April 29, 1997 Prepared by Carolyn B. Henderson Rows are numbered from east to west, graves listed from south to north. Updated June 1, 2012, by Doris Hoover Johnston and Mary Hoover Mounce. Family links by Doris Johnston. Data input by Belford Carver, 7/2012. Row 1 CLIFTON A. FREDERICK March 8, 1922 November 11, 1995 DORIS P. FREDERICK September 2, 1926 TERRY VIRGIL LEE (H/o of Barbara Gottschalck) February 22, 1944 April 24, 1996 BARBARA(Ann)GOTTSCHALCK LEE (D/o Ellie Albert Gottschalck and Josephine M. Tuite) May 26, 1946 BEXFORD HERSHAL VICKERS December 22, 1932 February 1, 2002 BETTY ANN VERRETT VICKERS July 22, 1928 July 22, 1996 OSCAR RICHARD VERRET December 18, 1891 October 25, 1975 GEORGE LEE ALLEN September 8, 1948 August 11, 1980 US Army, Vietnam Row 2 GLENN ELMER DISBROW November 7, 1904 July 11, 1989 CAROLYN McMAHON FREDENBURG March 8, 1944 November 19, 1983 (Double headstone) VIVIAN BENNETT LAMBERT April 22, 1936 Living JERRY DEAN LAMBERT November 2, 1939 March 6, 1999 CHARLES S. JOURDAN JR. (First h/o Ruth Bennett) June 2, 1959 April 10, 2007 RUTH BENNETT VITRAND May 7, 1933 May 10, 2009 JOHNNY JOSEPH VITRAND (Second h/o Ruth Bennett) February 8, 1938 Living KIM BANKSTON HEBERT June 15, 1962 January 13,1984 CHRIS DAVID BANKSTON July 29, 1965 September 23, 2004 WILLIAM IVASON STEWART (Marker illegible) September 3, 1910 February 25,1995 ROBERT LEE STEWART September 21, 1940 April 19, 1963 IDA K. STEWART May 2, 1918 November 3, 2009 Row 3 CHARLES E. KING 1894 - 1975 GERTRUDE H(oliday) BENNETT (W/o Andrew R. Bennett) May 4, 1899 April 18, 1978 ANDREW R. BENNETT (S/o Reuben Matthew Bennett) September 22, 1900 December 21, 1985 GILES R. BENNETT (S/o Reuben Matthew Bennett) August 17, 1931 October 15, 1955 Us Army DURWARD L. KENNEDY August 27, 1924 Living DIXIE B. KENNEDY October 17, 1931 March 24, 1998 MATTHEW D. BENNETT (S/o Reuben Matthew Bennett) September 26, 1906 June 25, 1965 HAZEL A. (Kennedy)BENNETT (W/o Matthew D. Bennett) April 1,1903 March 26, 1978 ELLIE ELBERT GOTTSCHALCK (S/o John H. Gottschalck & Frances August 2, 1907 Elizabeth "Fannie" Thompson) June 19, 1972 JOSEPHINE(M)TUITE GOTTSCHALCK (D/o William J. Tuite & Eva M. Walters) January 31, 1910 (W/o Ellie Elbert Gottschalck) February 14, 1992 ARTHUR J. TUITE February 1, 1912 January 29, 1966 EVA G. TUITE May 16, 1926 March 26, 2007 EVA M.(Walters)TUITE (Old marker) (W/o William J. Tuite) 1889 - 1961 WILLIAM J. TUITE (H/o Eva Walters) 1883 - 1951 ARTHUR J."Joey" TATE JR. January 19, 1947 October 7, 2000 DAVID BRIAN LEE (S/o John Gottschalck & Frances Elizabeth July 13, 1966 "Fannie" Thompson October 27, 1982 (H/o Shirley Ruth Jourdan Gottschalck) Row 4 CHARLES WILLIAM GOTTSCHALCK January 28, 1923 February 15, 1987 SHIRLEY(Ruth)JOURDAN GOTTSCHALCK (D/o William Ellis Jourdan & Mamie Willey) November 2, 1929 (W/o Charles William Gottschalck) RUTH ANNA GOTTSCHALCK (D/o Curtis Allen Gottschalck & Laura Amelia January 8, 1932 Tisdale) November 28, 1934 CURTIS ALLEN GOTTSCHALCK (S/o John H. Gottschalck & Frances Elizabeth March 30, 1910 "Fannie" Thompson) July 31, 1970 LAURA(Amelia)TISDALE GOTTSCHALCK (W/o Curtis Allen Gottschalck) March 30, 1915 October 15, 1998 (Double headstone) ROBERT NEIL GOTTSCHALK (S/o Curtis Allen Gottschalck & Laura Amelia Tisdale) November 18, 1933 Mar 20, 1999 JEANNIE L. ALBIN GOTTSCHALK DRAGO (W/o Robert Neil Gottschalk) June 5, 1954 January 21, 2000 FREDERICK OLIVER "BUDDY" HOOVER (S/o Theadore Oliver Hoover & Charlotte June 25, 1927 Christine "Lottie" Gottschalk) December 12, 2002 SHIRLEY HUSSER HOOVER (W/o Frederick Oliver "Buddy" Hoover) August 10, 1931 (D/o Thomas Husser & Lexie Miller) Living DAVID RENE HOOVER (S/o Frederick Oliver "Buddy" Hoover & Shirley August 21, 1949 Husser Hoover) February 7, 1978 JUDY D. HOOVER (Dellinger) (W/o David Rene Hoover) January 14, 1950 February 2, 2006 (Apparently buried in same grave with David) FREDERICK OLIVER HOOVER, JR. (S/o Frederick Oliver "Buddy" Hoover April 19, 1957 Shirley Husser Hoover) July 4, 1990 SETH FREDERICK HOOVER (S/o Frederick Oliver Hoover Jr.) December 26, 1986 April 4, 2008 Row 5 PEGGY MARTIN HOOVER (W/o Howell Lambert Hoover) January 15, 1948 November 12, 2004 HOWELL LAMBERT HOOVER JR. (S/o Howell Lambert Hoover & Amelia Lanier September 6, 1936 Hoover) Living HOWELL LAMBERT HOOVER (S/o Francis "Frank" Hoover & Adeline Eva January 15, 1892 Hano) May 15, 1944 US Army AMELIA L. HOOVER (Lanier) (W/o Howell Lambert Hoover) January 28, 1911 (D/o Louis Charles Gelbke Lanier & Annie April 22, 1989 Gottschalk) FRANCIS E. GOTTSCHALCK (W/o John H. Gottschalk) February 27, 1878 (D/o Bucknannon "Buck" Thompson & Martha Core) December 14, 1957 JOHN H. GOTTSCHALCK (H/o Frances Elizabeth "Fannie" Thompson) September 24, 1872 September 4, 1949 EDITH M. GOTTSCHALCK (D/o John H. Gottschalk & Frances Elizabeth October 3, 1903 "Fannie" Thompson) August 6, 1906 GERTRUDE C. LAVIGNE April 11, 1919 June 13, 2009 EBB J. GRAHAM (H/o Clara Gottschalk Graham) October 11, 1911 July 31, 1992 CLARA G. GRAHAM (Gottschalk) (D/o Frederick William Gottschalk & Charlotte December 18, 1910 Christine Bennett) April 1, 1986 BERTHA C. RAIFORD (Christina Gottschalk) (W/o Edward Ernest Raiford) 1876 - 1931 (Edward Ernest Raiford is buried in Bennett Cemetery but cannot locate grave. Born Dec 13, 1860, died Sep 26, 1910) VENNIE GOTTSCHALCK THOMPSON (W/o Manson Thompson) September 13, 1913 (D/o Frederick William Gottschalck and October 23, 1988 Charlotte Christine Bennett) BABY BOY GOTTSCHALCK (S/o Clinton Steven Gottschalk & Christine November 11, 1974 Ardimese OKeefe) November 11, 1974 BABY GIRL GOTTSCHALCK (Same as above) October 28, 1972 October 28, 1972 STEPHANIE RENEE GOTTSCHALCK (Same as above) August 10, 1970 August 12, 1970 Row 6 EMMA S. COOPER (Stevens) (D/o George Stevens and Annie Gottschalk) June 7, 1895 (W/o Mack Cooper who is buried in Cooper Cem., August 31, 1973 Robert, LA) EDDIE L. COOPER MYERS (Larned) (D/o Emma Stevens Cooper & Mack Cooper) July 2, 1920 (W/o Raymond Virgie Myers II who is buried in March 14, 1956 (Ponchatoula Cem.) MRS. ANNIE LANIER (Gottschalk) (W/o Louis Charles Gelbke Lanier) October 17, 1871 January 3, 1939 LOUIS LANIER (Louis Charles Gelbke Lanier) (S/o Martin Penn Lanier & Martha 1881 -1937 Elizabeth Cooper) (Daughter) ANNIE LANIER, Dec 15 ? (D/o Louis Lanier & Annie Gottschalk) TWO UNMARKED GRAVES CORENE GOTTSCHALCK 1882 - 1900 UNMARKED GRAVE LILLIAN GOTTSCHALCK (W/o Frederick William Gottschalk & Charlotte August 14, 1891 Christine Bennett. December 18, 1901 FREDERICK W. GOTTSCHALCK (H/o Annie L. Gottschalk) July 14, 1843 November 18, 1887 ANNIE L. GOTTSCHALK (W/o Frederick W. Gottschalk) 1844 - 1928 HENRIETTA LEININGER October 4, 1880 December 6, 1884 Frist burial in this cemetery NEILL GOTTSCHALCK (S/o Frederick William Gottschalk & Charlotte February 2, 1902 Christine Bennett) June 6, 1929 UNMARKED GRAVE FREDERICK W(illiam)GOTTSCHALK (H/o Charlotte Christine Bennett) 1867 - 1931 CHRISTINE B. GOTTSCHALCK (Charlotte Christine Bennett Gottschalk) August 1, 1875 (W/o Frederick W. Gottchalk) January 11, 1969 FREDERICK A(llen)GOTTSCHALK (S/o Frederick W. and Charlotte Gottschalk) 1916 - 1955 GEORGE W(illiam)GOTTSCHALK (Same as above) October 8, 1893 June 22, 1970 EVA BUSH GOTTSCHALK (W/o George William Gottschalk) January 14, 1907 (D/o Robert "Bob" Bush and Cora Quave November 21, 1986 Row 7 VIOLIA (Stevens) SMITH (D/o Geroge Stevens & Annie Gottschalk) March 24, 1891 (Half sister to Amelia Lanier Hoover. November 24, 1946 (Married Thomas Smith) FIVE INFANT GRAVES Unmarked LUCINDY BENNETT 1864 - 1918 JOHN M. MURRAY February, 1866 December, 1948 LAURA BEHRENS FAULKNER February 22, 1906 July 29, 1989 LONNIE A. FAULKNER April 14, 1900 November 26, 1985 STEVE R. WILLEY (Steven Robert) (S/o Louis Willie & Mathilda Britt) March 6, 1856 H/o Virgina Alice "Jeannie" Bennett) November 7, 1889 MARY M. WILLEY (Baby) Illegible TWO UNMARKED GRAVES INFANT SON of T.O. Hoover (Theadore and Lottie Hoover) June 8, 1935 INFANT DAUGHTER of T. O. Hoover (Same as above) March 17, 1937 INFANT SON of T. O. Hoover (Same as above) August 13, 1938 HOUSTON EUGENE HOOVER (Same as above) September 30, 1940 (H/o Jean Ray Catorie) April 1, 1960 THEODORE O(liver) HOOVER (S/o Seymorr O. Hoover & Lucy Elizabeth Hano) November 27, 1896 (H/o Lottie Gottschalk) January 24, 1979 Mason LOTTIE G. HOOVER (Charlotte Christine "Lottie" Gottschalk) April 18, 1905 (W/o T. O. Hoover) September 9, 1989 (D/o F. W. Gottschalk & C. C. Bennett) THEODORE JOSEPH O'KEEFE (S/o John Owen "Ben" OKeefe & Theodora "Bootsy" January 28, 1972 Hoover) April 19, 1993 JEANNE MARIE O'KEEFE (Same as above) January 16, 1953 January 22, 2008 Row 8 CLEO BEATRICE LANIER (D/o Lawrence Lanier & Nellie Violet Robertson) July 6, 1944 (W/o Marion William Husser) February 23, 2008 LAWRENCE LANIER (S/o Louis Charles Gelbke Lanier & Annie Gottschalk) April 6, 1908 (H/o Nellie Violet Robertson March 13, 1961 NELLIE R. LANIER (Robertson) (W/o Lawrence Lanier) May 6, 1909 (D/o William Holden Robertson & Elnora "Nora" November 22, 1971 Cooper) ELNORA LANIER (D/o Lawrence Lanier & Nora Cooper) January 3,1936 (Twin of Emma) February 4, 1941 EMMA LANIER (Same as above. Elnora and Emma were twins.) January 3, 1936 April 4,1936 UNMARKED INFANT GRAVE (Double headstone) ADELINE M. BEHRENS 1862 - 1940 FREDERICK C. BEHRENS 1854 - 1936 (Double headstone) DANIEL M. BENNETT (S/o Reuben Bennett & Susan "Sally" Robertson) 1823 - 1899 (H/o Sara Temperance (Tabitha) Mixon SARAH (Temperance (Tabitha)) BENNETT (W/o Daniel M. Bennett and D/o Ben 1835 - 1888 Hadad Mixon & Elizabeth Thompson) (She also has a headstone in Row 12) RUFUS S. BENNETT July 17, 1935 Living JO ANN C. BENNETT March 17, 1935 May 3, 2010 DELIA M. FAIRBURN BENNETT (D/o William Robert Fairburn & Alice Bennett) May 27, 1895 November 11, 1957 W/o Ernest L. Bennett ERNEST L. BENNETT (S/o Reuben Mathew Bennett & Ella C. Watson) March 14, 1886 (H/o Delia M. Fairburn) December 11, 1963 RUFUS S. BENNETT (S/o Ernest L. Bennett & Delia M. Fiarburn) May 14, 1913 May 18, 1998 Row 9 JOHN P(reston) MORGAN (S/o William Milton Morgan & Ella Etta Bennett) US Army World War II March 29, 1922 - May 7, 2010 JOHN WILLIAM MORGAN (S/o John Preston Morgan) "JOHN BOY" April 22, 1954 September 8, 2007 MICHAEL JOSEPH MORGAN (Same as above) June 1, 1980 February 27, 2004 BLAIR JOSEPH ROUBION April 14, 1959 January 5, 1988 MARY E. ROUBION Marvh 9, 1933 September 1, 1989 GENE J. ROUBION September 24, 1927 May 6, 1985 OSCAR E. VARNADO (H/o Ruby C. Bennett Varnado) July 4, 1887 May 24, 1952 RUBY C. VARNADO (Bennett) (D/o Reuben Matthew Bennett & Ella C. Watson) May 17, 1891 (W/o Oscar E. Varnado) October 2, 1945 JACK D. VARNADO May 12, 1920 September 20, 1931 R. W. COOPER (Robert Whitcomb) (S/o Robert M. Cooper & Mildred Bankston d. April 1, 1925 Robertson) (H/o Mary Bankston) ORA L. OAKLEY June 6, 1896 KATIE B. OAKLEY October 1, 1902 June 10, 1970 AUGUST (Randolph)BENNETT (S/o Reuben Matthew Bennett & Ella C. September 15, 1893 Watson) December 11, 1956 (H/o Nettie B. Varnado Stanga Bennett) NETTIE B. (Varnado)STANGA BENNETT (D/o William Pearl Dossy Varnado & April 15, 1900 Mary L. Givens) October 19, 1985 (W/o Preston Robert Stanga & August Rudolph Bennett) RONALD J. BURNTHORN (S/o Cecil Burnthorn & Lara Thompson) August 31, 1958 Living LAURA THOMPSON BURNTHORN (D/o St. Ange "Bud" Thompson & Barbara July 5, 1926 Bennett) October 22, 2007 LOTTIE THOMPSON STONE (Same as above) April 14, 1910 (W/o George Stone) April 26, 2002 MARIAN THOMPSON CLARK (Same as above) December 4, 1922 (W/o Ellis Clark) January 27, 1962 BARBARA (Bennett) THOMPSON (D/o Mary Delphine Bennett, Father November 1, 1883 unknown) February 21, 1966 ST. ANGE "BUD" THOMPSON (S/o B. "Buck" Thompson & Martha Cole) December 14, 1882 (H/o Barbara Bennett Thompson) October 13, 1969 AUGUST F. THOMPSON (S/o St. Ange "Bud" Thompson & Barbara Bennett) October 4, 1916 September 23, 1977 US Army, WW II Row 10 ROSEMARY ROUBION MORGAN August 18, 1929 Living R. RACHEL ROUBION BAKER March 29, 1938 Living MAURICE EDMOND "MOE" BAKER December 28, 1937 May 22, 2009 WILLIAM SPIKE MORGAN October 9, 1946 February 28, 1981 HAROLD LEROY CORE (S/o Jacob Cleveland Core & Sarah Emma Bennett) January 7, 1910 (H/o Annie Lou Corbin) October 16, 2000 JAMES McINTYRE 1870 - 1963 (H/o Emma Sarah Bennett) EMMA S(arah) BENNETT McINTYRE (D/o Reuben Matthew Bennett & Ella C. Watson) 11 Mar 1895 18 Oct 1933 W/o James McIntyre JACOB C(leveland) CORE (S/o William Hines Core & Martha Willie) March 18, 1885 (H/o Emma Sarah Bennett) March 23, 1916 INFANT DAUGHTER of Jacob & Emma Bennett Core No dates ELLA C. WATSON BENNETT June 7, 1866 February 4, 1916 W/o R. M. Bennett R. M. BENNETT (Ruben Matthew) (S/o Daniel Bennett & Sarah Mixon) October 13, 1859 September 16, 1921 LAWSON O. THOMPSON (S/o St. Ange Thompson & Barbara Bennett) May 1, 1907 May 16, 1977 US Army, WW II HILTON S. THOMPSON (Same as above) January 21, 1915 November 16, 1940 HERMAN O. THOMPSON (Same as above) March 9, 1909 March 12, 1910 CHARLOTTE LEININGER BENNETT (W/o Leroy Preston Bennett) December 25, 1849 April 28, 1932 LEROY PRESTON BENNETT (S/o Daniel M. Bennett & Sarah Mixon) January 19, 1851 (H/o Charlotte Leininger Bennett) August 24, 1928 HENRY P. BENNETT (John Henry Philip Bennett) (S/o Leroy Preston Bennett & April 9, 1882 Charlotte Leininger Bennett) July 7, 1914 (H/o Vivian Augusta Luhrman) In Memory of LEAH LUHRMAN BENNETT December 22, 1912 September 26, 2002 (Daughter of Henry Bennett and Vivian Luhrman) ALICE H(enrietta) STANGA (D/o Andrew Dotie "Fritz" Stange & Juleanne Augusta Bennett) March 19, 1904 November 19, 1993 ANDREW D(otie) "Fritz" STANGA (S/o Frank S. Stanga & Mary Eugenia Wager) March 1, 1870 (H/o Juleanne Augusta Bennett) March 1, 1929 AUGUSTA B. STANGA (Juleanne Augusta Bennett Stanga) (D/o Leroy Preston May 3, 1878 Bennett & Charlotte Leininger) May 20, 1957 Row 11 ELMER L. METCALF May 9, 1917 July 28, 1968 ELLA MORGAN WILLIE MEDCALF (D/o William Milton Morgan & Ella Etta Bennett) Apr 13, 1913 Dec 12, 1996 WILLIAM MILTON MORGAN, SR. (S/o John Fletcher Morgan & Linace Core) August 8, 1889 (H/o Ella Etta Bennett Morgan) March 10, 1965 EFFA ETTER (Bennett)MORGAN (D/o Reuben Matthew Bennett & Ella C. Watson) August 10, 1889 April 16, 1970 ETTA NITA MORGAN (Same as above) January 2, 1914 September 22, 1931 SIDNEY HOWARD MORGAN (S/o William Milton Morgan & Etta Ella Bennett) April 2, 1920 June 9, 1921 ALVERICE M. MORGAN (Same as above) February 22, 1908 July 19, 1916 S/o W.M. & E.E. Morgan INFANT CORE INFANT CORE EDNA (Annie) BENNETT CORE (D/o Reuben M Bennett & Ella C. Watson) March 11, 1895 October 18, 1933 GEORGE HENRY CORE (S/o William Hines Core & Martha Willie) December 4, 1888 (H/o Edna Annie Bennett) November 5, 1972 WILLIE JENNETTE CORE (D/o George Henry Core & Edna Annie Bennett) December 9, 1929 July 5, 1989 ARTHUR A. STANGA (S/o Frank S. Stanga & Justine "Tat" Perilloux) 1876 - 1959 (H/o Ida Amelia Bennett Stanga) (Jan 1876 - Jan 1959) IDA (Amelia)BENNETT STANGA (D/o Leroy Preston Bennett & Charlotte Leininger) 1880 - 1958 (6 Feb 1880 - 10 Jan 1958) CLYDE M. STANGA (S/o Arthur Arnold Stanga & Ida Amelia Bennett) October 4, 1903 January 18, 1920 MYRTLE S(tanga) BUCK (Same as above) 1908 - 1984 (1 Mar 1908 - 1984) WILMER G. BUCK (H/o Myrtle Stanga Buck) 1875 - 1959 (20 Jul 1875 - 13 Jan 1959) Mason There is an old an new marker) GEO. H. KRAUS (George Henry Kraus) 1896 - 1944 (Nov 19, 1896 - May 9, 1944) (H/o Alpha Stanga and s/o Wendel Kraus & JoHanna Dietz) ALPHA IRENE STANGA KRAUS Jan 25 1901 - Feb 17, 2000 (d/o Andrew Dodie "Fritz" Stanga & Juleanne Augusta Bennett) (w/o George Henry Kraus) Row 12 SARAH MIXON Wife of D(aniel) Bennett April 17, 1834 September 3, 1895 (Hard to read) (She also has a headstone in Row 8) CAROL R. THOMPSON No Dates TRACY JO BAKER Mar 30, 1963 January 22, 2010 THEODORE E(dwards) GITZ (S/o Theodore "Toby" Gitz & Ida Mae Edwards) March 31, 1921 (H/o Miriam Margaret Stanga Gitz) April 15, 1989 US MC, WW II, Korea FREDERICK BENNETT (Edgar, "Major" s/o Daniel M. Bennett & February 2, 1872 Sarah Temperance Tabitha Mixon) August 31, 1956 (H/o Alice Core) MIRIAM (Margaret) STANGA GITZ (D/o Thompson Ernest Stanga & Phirby Bennett) October 19, 1923 (W/o Theodore Edwards Gitz) February 19, 2000 THOMPSON ERNEST STANGA (S/o Archie Lee Stang & Margaret "Maggie" September 22, 1894 Raiford) November 18, 1968 (H/o Phirby Bennett Stanga) US Army, WW I PHIRBY BENNETT STANGA (D/o Frederick Edgar "Major" Bennett & Alice August 1,1895 Core) May 9, 1927 ERNEST F(rederick) STANGA (S/o Thompson Ernest Stanga & Phirby Bennett November 13,1921 Stanga) April 29, 1922 CHARLES BUSH (S/o Edward Bush & Eugenia E. Wager) January 31, 1869 January 17, 1915 JOHN E(dwin) PORTER (H/o Melva Henrietta Stanga Porter) 1885 - 1952 MELVA STANGA PORTER (D/o Arthur Arnold Stanga & Ida Amelia Bennett) September 7, 1912 (W/o John Edwin Porter) October 26, 1981 PRESTON R(obert) STANGA (Same parents as above) September 11, 1901 February 8, 1978 (Military headstone) EDWARD D. STANGA Tec 5 US Army WW II Mar 9, 1918 December 16, 1995 EDWARD D(avidson) STANGA (Same parents as above) March 9, 1917 December 16, 1995 --END-BEC-- ************************************************ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/cemeteries/bennett3.txt