Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Jim Doles, Oct. 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery 20458 Highway 1057 Kentwood, LA 70444-5926 Beulah Church was founded in 1833 as an offshoot from the Mount Nebo Baptist Church. It is located approx. 10 miles east of Tangipahoa on State Highway 1057 (see map below). Excerpt from "Baptist and Methodist Records of the Louisiana Florida Parishes, Vol. II", p. 51, Donna Burge Adams, "A petition was handed in by 18 members of this church [Mt. Nebo] to become a separate body constituted at what is called Sibley's Meeting House. After some debate on the subject the request was granted. Those signing were: Martha Tate Elizabeth Sibley Elizabeth Bankston Martha Spears John Tate Cecelia Dyson Nancy Varnadoe William Hogans Tabitha Hogan Nance Tate Narcissa Hogans William Dyson Rebecca Dyches William L. Sibley Catherine Rix Patience Brewer Sarah Thompson Avarita Sibley" From "Original Acts of the State Legislature", Microfilm 439-1-4, Reel 6, Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge: "12 March 1838. Act to incorporate the Baptist Beulah Church (sic) in Washington Parish; the names below seeking the incorporation: William Simmons Isaac F. Sibley William L. Sibley Isaac H. Wright J. B. Collins Thomas Mapes Lestley Bankston Robert F. Sibley Evan James Peter Bankston Prosper Hays A. R. Addison B. R. Bankston Jeremiah Thompson" Many of the descendents of the founders listed still live in the area. For such an old church the cemetery seems rather small. The tombstones are listed from south to north, facing west, starting from the south-east corner of the cemetery. Some of the "rows" are irregular, and there are some graves scattered almost at random, hence the "1/2" rows. ROW 1: 1. SIDNEY HODGES APR 16, 1887 MAY 1, 1974 Cpl., U.S.ARMY 2. KATE GRACE HODGES JULY 17, 1900 MAR 23, 1969 3. CLEM DICKERSON HODGES JAN 28, 1921 JULY 14, 1951 MSgt. 30 Infantry World War II 4. GOLDIE JOY HODGES MAY 3, 1929 NOV 12, 1947 5. IDA BELL SMITH OCT 30, 1911 AUG 4, 1970 6. ALVIE SMITH APR 22, 1908 MAR 10, 1975 7. Baby WEEMS NOV. 13, 1966 ROW 2: 1. LEO GRACE DEC 29, 1907 NOV 18, 1991 2. ANDREW GRACE 1911 1974 3. FRANK T. DEVON FEB 4, 1899 AUG 26, 1981 4. LILLIE G. DEVON OCT 23, 1896 JAN 20, 1990 5. WILFRED DIAZ MAY 6, 1883 JULY 19, 1922 6. ALICE N. KEMP 1856 1891 7. RUBY CLOTEEL KEMP 1887 1897 8. EUGENE M. GRACE JULY 23, 1880 APR 20, 1943 9. LILLIE C. GRACE DEC 23, 1885 MAR 9, 1965 10 HENRY L. COOPER APRIL 1, 1880 DEC 30, 1963 11 TENA G. COOPER JULY 23, 1880 APR 20, 1943 12. LOUIS J. COOPER FEB 10, 1912 OCT 27, 1981 13. ALBERT COOPER APR 16, 1916 1997 14. GEORGIA CATHERINE POSEY OCT 19, 1892 NOV 26, 1948 15. BOBBY POSEY JUNE 6, 1955 OCT 28, 1963 ROW 3. 1. GEORGE W. GRACE MAR 20, 1852 FEB 21, 1931 2. JOHN A. GRACE DEC 19, 1846 JUNE 27, 1925 3. MARTH ELIZABETH GRACE MAR 22, 1853 JAN 17, 1944 4. THOMAS C. GRACE NOV 4, 1873 MAR 5, 1910 Son of J.A. & M. E. Grace 5. Unmarked 6. LOIS IRENE OSBORNE OCT 10, 1910 JULY 22, 1912 Daughter of David R. & Dicie M, Osborne 7. CLYDE COOPER DEC 22, 1925 DEC 21, 1939 8. EVELYN COOPER SEPT 14, 1923 SEPT 22, 1925 9. MARVIN COOPER APR 14, 1928 NOV 27, 1929 10. HAZEL COOPER MAY 6, 1913 JAN 23, 1961 11. CLAUDE COOPER MAY 9, 1917 OCT 28, 1958 Sgt. U.S.A.F., W.W. II 12. THELMA CRAWFORD 1919 1996 13. T. F. BOOTY MAY 9, 1857 AUG 6, 1926 14. VIOLA B. BOOTY DEC 15, 1892 MAR 11, 1958 ROW 3 1/2: 1. Infant Son of GRACE DEC 17, 1906 JAN 6, 1907 T.J. & F.D. 2. THOMAS J. GRACE MAY 25, 1864 OCT 25, 1910 3. DONA R. GRACE FEB 21, 1872 JAN 28, 1963 ROW 4: 1. NEWT CUTRER 1880 1907 2. BESSIE C. CUTRER 1861 JULY 20, 1946 3. ALICE J. CUTRER FEB 24, 1911 MAR 14, 1965 4. HENRY C. CUTRER MAR 12, 1892 OCT 26, 1975 5. WAYLAND FUSSELL MAR 15, 1899 JULY 7, 1969 6. LEA FUSSELL NOV 3 1898 JULY 17, 1967 7. JAMES B. FUSSELL MAY 2 1848 JULY 29, 1922 8. SARAH B. FUSSELL MAY 6, 1848 OCT 31, 1923 9. ARTHUR FUSSELL NOV 18, 1872 JUNE 22, 1936 10. DELMAR BEDFORD FUSSELL AUG 14, 1905 APR 30, 1950 11. LENA PIERCE FUSSELL MAR 12, 1882 JAN 31, 1968 ROW 5: 1. JOHNNIE W, GRACE JAN 8, 1898 OCT 16, 1900 Son of W. A. & L. GRACE 2. LUNA STRAYHAN GRACE JULY 2, 1927 Wife of W. A. GRACE Age 54 years 3. LEWIS F. BRUMFIELD APR 11, 1895 JAN 27, 1975 4. BRUMFIELD Infant dau. MAR 15, 1892 MAR 27, 1892 5. JEANETTE BRUMFIELD JUNE 22, 1909 AUG 30, 1913 6. ALLIE F. BRUMFIELD 1870 1941 7. L. FLOYD BRUMFIELD 1861 1946 8. DOTTIE B. ROLLINS MAR 25, 1897 MAR 13, 1985 9. JAMES L. ROLLINS JULY 30, 1903 SEPT 18, 1983 10. NOEL V. BRUMFIELD MAY 7, 1913 DEC 28, 1971 11. W. L. BRUMFIELD No Dates Co. K, 3 LA Cav., CSA ROW 5 1/2: 1. VALIE RICKS APR 17, 1904 JUN 9, 1905 2. EVIE E. SIMMONS 1890 1929 Wife of R. H. "Bob" SIMMONS 3. JEP SIMMONS OCT 4, 1935 4. RACHEL SIMMONS JAN 23, 1924 5. HENRY PRENTIS SIMMONS APR 18, 1895 MAR 14, 1966 6. MAUREEN GILL SIMMONS AUG 21, 1901 JULY 1, 1992 ROW 6: 1. Unmarked 2. CLAYTON TATE, SR. DEC 12, 1928 APR 8, 1976 3. TONYA ELOISE TATE 1972 4. D. MORGAN STATHAM NOV. 10, 1890 AUG 23, 1968 5. ESTHER A. STATHAM OCT 10, 1900 MAY 9, 1976 6. ISABELL T. ARNETT APR 13, 1858 NOV 25, 1928 7. JOHN W. McDANIEL DEC 20, 1918 Aged 30 Years, 9 Months, 8 Days 8. J. B. GRAHAM NOV 27, 1914 JULY 28, 1965 ROW 7: 1. CHARLIE TATE SEPT 15, 1898 MAR 29, 1960 2. VEDA BOOTY TATE JUNE 22, 1906 JAN 27, 1972 3. WANZIE GILL 1922 1986 4. LEO LEE GILL 1915 1997 5. LESLIE J. McDANIEL NOV 2, 1881 Son of J. D. & L. L. McDANIEL (tombstone broken) 6. CORINE GRAHAM 1890 1969 7. JOEL GRAHAM 1883 1921 8. GLADYS I. SCARBOROUGH SEPT 4, 1923 9. FANNIE C. SCARBOROUGH JAN 1, 1889 FEB 23, 1977 10. CHARLES W. SCARBOROUGH OCT 9, 1920 JAN 26, 1953 11. AZALIES CAZENAVE SEPT 8, 1927 12. Tombstone Illegible {This is Levi Painter - see message at bottom} 13. BULAH BRELAND 1892 1929 14. SARAH ELLEN PARKS BRELAND APR 25, 1862 OCT 1, 1922 15. F. M. BRELAND 1863 1937 16. ALTO M. BRELAND FEB 9, 1897 JUNE 5, 1961 Prvt., Co. H, 84 Infantry, World War I ROW 8: 1. BENTON VANDER GRAHAM JULY 30, 1889 SEPT 18, 1963 2. ESTHER ROUSE GRAHAM NOV 3, 1890 MAY 8, 1973 3. WILLIE MAE ERWIN APR 25, 1913 4. LINDSLEY C. ERWIN APR 8, 1912 JAN 29, 1964 5. LINDA FAYE ERWIN O'BRIEN FEB 28, 1949 NOV 5, 1988 6.FRANCES CORINE BOOTY DEC 16, 1937 JULY 12, 1940 7. HATTIE B. MAWBY 1863 1914 8. HILTON O. MIXON 1917 1978 PFC U. S. Army, World War II 9. LESLIE DANIEL MIXON DEC 6, 1885 MAY 3, 1976 10. LULA CRAWFORD MIXON NOV 16, 1885 JUNE 24, 1970 11. MEREDITH EUGENE CRAWFORD SEPT 30, 1872 APR 13, 1960 12. MARY EDNA PARKER CRAWFORD JUNE 5, 1883 MAR 15, 1915 13. Infant daughter of MEREDITH 1904 & EDNA CRAWFORD 14. WILLIAM DONALD SCARBOROUGH JUNE 17, 1918 DEC 17, 1978 15. ELDER C. F. CRAWFORD SEPT 20, 1831 SEPT 25, 1886 16. FRANCES F. DOUGLAS CRAWFORD DEC 28, 1832 MAR 15, 1913 Wife of Rev. C. F. CRAWFORD 17. CHARLES J. CRAWFORD DEC 15, 1855 MAY 30, 1928 18. LEAH RICKS CRAWFORD JAN 20, 1859 JUNE 9, 1939 Wife of C. J. CRAWFORD 19. THERESA B. CRAWFORD NOV 5, 1911 1997 20. VIRGINIA BALLARD CRAWFORD OCT 11, 1854 DEC 12, 1934 21. EDWARD DOUGLAS CRAWFORD OCT 18, 1852 APR 20, 1936 22. EUNER CRAWFORD JUNE 28, 1881 AUG 2, 1920 23. FELDER CRAWFORD JUNE 28, 1881 MAY 14, 1963 24. DEBBIE GILL CRAWFORD MAR 26, 1879 OCT 15, 1964 25. Rev. MARSHALL THEODORE CRAWFORD NOV 4, 1874 SEPT 15, 1958 ROW 9: 1. LAURA MAE B. WILD 1898 1978 2. KASPER GEORGE WILD 1907 1966 Laura & Casper married in 1938 3. DOYLE BOOTY OCT 3, 1913 NOV 2, 1949 4. BRIAN DENNIS BLADES MAY 30, 1943 MAY 11, 1991 FN U. S. Navy, Viet Nam 5. J. F. IRWIN JULY 30, 1831 JUNE 19, 1914 Pvt, Co. B, 155 ILL Inf, Civil War 6. ESCO E. CRAWFORD JULY 11, 1904 7. ALINE D. CRAWFORD MAR 17, 1913 MAR 17, 1985 8. CHERYL A. CRAWFORD AUG 31, 1944 SEPT 25, 1966 9. Little BENSON CRAWFORD NOV 9, 1899 SEPT 16, 1907 Son of C. N. & M. I. CRAWFORD 10. CHARLES N. CRAWFORD AUG 12, 1876 AUG 12, 1876 11. MARTHA M. CRAWFORD FEB 15,1 1880 JAN 21, 1943 12. NELSON MONROE CRAWFORD SEPT 27, 1909 JUNE 23, 1987 13. MITTIE C. EDWARDS AUG 2, 1902 MAR 2, 1984 14. CHARLES N. EDWARDS JULY 9, 1892 OCT 15, 1974 Pvt., U. S. Army 15. DONALD E. EDWARDS SEPT 15, 1943 JUNE 23, 1976 Son of Mr. & Mrs. LEWIS EDWARDS ROW 9 1/2: 1. EDWARD THOMAS McCLENDON NOV 24, 1884 JULY 7, 1937 2. SRENA McCLENDON LAMBERT DEC 26, 1883 MAR 19, 1970 ROW 10: 1. CLAYTON M. TRAVIS JUNE 13, 1929 MAY 12, 1997 2. MAVIS PIERCE TRAVIS SEPT 6, 1931 Clayton & Mavis Travis were married JULY 1, 1947 3. ADA FUSSELL RICKS JUNE 13, 1890 FEB 22, 1977 4. LOUIS BENJAMIN RICKS AUG 6, 1875 SEPT 10, 1958 5. NELSON RICKS 1897 1937 6. AUDREY MARION RICKS OCT 23, 1917 NOV 5, 1936 7. VICTORIA R. FUSSELL NOV 7, 1877 JULY 30, 1960 8. FLETCHER T. FUSSELL DEC 23, 1876 MAY 10, 1952 ROW 11: 1. JESSIE S. LAMBERT DEC 11, 1916 FEB 3, 1990 2. CARDIS S. LAMBERT AUG 3, 1906 OCT 20, 1985 3. LOU ELLA LAMBERT DEC 24, 1869 NOV 14, 1959 4. DOUGLAS EDWARD LAMBERT OCT 18, 1946 SEPT 23, 1948 5. DOROTHY LEE LAMBERT OCT 28, 1943 OCT 29, 1943 6. ALMA HILL LAMBERT NOV 30, 1899 OCT 7, 1982 7. Unmarked 8. TOTSIE L. SIMMONS 1913 1994 9. JOE P. SIMMONS OCT 20, 1906 MAR 3, 1985 10. CLYDE T. TRAVIS MAY 18, 1928 JUNE 26, 1977 11. ARTHUR CARL SIMMONS, JR. NOV 11, 1931 JUNE 21, 1980 12. CELESTINE L. SIMMONS APR 19, 1889 DEC 20, 1977 13. ARTHUR C. SIMMONS FEB 16, 1886 DEC 10, 1957 14. ZULER ELLEN S. TRAVIS SEPT 8, 1908 JULY 6, 1937 15. MILBURN GRACE JAN 6, 1896 AUG 26, 1891 Pvt., USA, W. W. I 16. LUTIE W. GRACE SEPT 3, 1900 NOV 7, 1978 17. CHARITY SELF 1844 1922 Wife of MARSHALL ALFORD 18. M. T. ALFORD SEPT 23, 1839 MAY 24, 1904 19 HOWARD V. [ALFORD] AUG 29, 1888 FEB 10, 1901 SON OF M. T. ALFORD 20. HOMER ALFORD APR 2, 1883 MAY 8, A963 21. HAZEL HAMMOND ALFORD APR 21, 1896 FEB 13, 1989 ROW 12: 1. FRANK ANTHONY MOSS AUG 27, 1966 JUNE 21, 1968 2. ARDIS LAMBERT AUG 3, 1906 AUG 26, 1975 3. DANIEL MELTON MILLER JULY 22, 1966 DEC 23, 1968 4. ZEBA GRACE MILLER 1903 1997 5. FANNIE E. MILLER GRACE JULY 1, 1907 SEPT 20, 1957 6. BOBBIE EARL GRACE DEC 11, 1940 MAY 4, 1941 7. RONALD GRACE SEPT 15, 1939 OCT 1, 1939 8. MAE WALKER GRACE NOV 17, 1908 DEC 28, 1973 9. P. B. "BUCK" GRACE NOV 22, 1906 JULY 19, 1988 10. ZERA GRACE 1898 1981 11. VERBIL GRACE JAN 21, 1912 12. ZENIA [GRACE] APR 11, 1900 OCT 13, 1926 Daughter of T. M. & CLOTILDE GRACE 13. T. M. GRACE 1875 1945 14. CLOTILDE GRACE 1877 1976 ROW 13: 1. LEON PIERCE FEB 16, 1886 APR 13, 1967 2. ALMA C. PIERCE NOV 11, 1896 AUG 5, 1975 3. MARY ALICE PIERCE FEB 10, 1946 AUG 5, 1968 4. JOE B. PIERCE DEC 17, 1923 OCT 25, 1989 ROW 14: 1. ESSIE M. STRINGFIELD JAN 22, 1910 NOV 28, 1991 2. E. MURPHY STRINGFIELD SEPT 9, 1907 JUNE 27, 1984 3. W. JESSE STRINGFIELD JAN 5, 1875 SEPT 18, 1968 4. OLLIE B. STRINGFIELD JAN 17, 1881 JUNE 29, 1977 5. ASHFORD B. PIERCE APR 16, 1900 MAR 26, 1981 6. LONNIE S. PIERCE MAY 23, 1903 JUNE 30, 1889 7. ASHFORD B. PIERCE, JR. JUNE 16, 1924 FEB 7, 1975 Sgt., U. S. Army 8. WALTER J.PIERCE JAN 1, 1933 AUG 16, 1950 Pvt. 5 Cav (INF) 1 Cav (INF) Div BSM-PH ROW. 15: 1. JULIE A. ZIMMERMAN APR 1, 1913 APR 24, 1971 Strasbourg, France 2. ALTON RAY GRACE APR 6, 1937 3. CHRISTINE MILLER GRACE JAN 6, 1941 4. BILLY WAYNE GRACE JAN 7, 1963 NOV 6, 1982 5. LEEMON GRACE MAR 2, 1913 APR 29, 1985 6. NELL MILLER GRACE JAN 30, 1916 MAR 29, 1997 7. GEORGE W. GRACE SEPT 21, 1917 SEPT 10, 1973 8. LUCILLE T. GRACE JAN 14, 1925 DEC 22, 1989 9. JOEY ALAN [GRACE] DEC 10, 1952 FEB 26, 1958 Son of Mr. & Mrs. GEORGE GRACE ROW 16: 1. EINAR "BUD" OXHOLM NOV 15, 1931 2. WILDA F. OXHOLM DEC 31, 1941 3. SUSAN C. OXHOLM APR 23, 1983 OCT 20, 1993 4. HILDA C. OXHOLM FEB 2, 1899 MAR 4, 1988 5. ELZIE RUTLEDGE MAR 30, 1914 JAN 30, 1992 U. S. Army, W. W. II 6. ALLIE FUSSELL RUTLEDGE AUG 22, 1914 AUG 17, 1989 7. HEMAN (sic) P. FUSSELL APR 3, 1902 MAY 17, 1958 ROW 17: 1. EARDY PIERCE DEC 25, 1897 DEC 13, 1975 2. OTIS PIERCE SEPT 2, 1889 NOV 11, 1959 3. WESLEY PIERCE JAN 11, 1922 MAY 4, 1972 ROW 18: 1. IVY LEE S. ROBERTSON JAN 25, 1925 2. LEROY ROBERTSON NOV 28, 1914 AUG 25, 1966 *************** Levi Painter was found to be buried at the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. Cecil Painter, is still living and recalls that Levi was murdered in front of a church in the Tangipahoa area. Herbert and Marilyn Hart recorded Levi J. Painter, No. 67, at the Beulah Baptist Church, between Charles W. Scarborough and Bulah Breland. (Dates are May 6, 1861 - Oct 20, 1894). His headstone, although broken, still exists there. Levi's wife was Mary E. Parker. She married Jessie Alford and is buried in Mt. Hermon cemetery. The inscription on the lower part of Levi's tombstone: A precious one from us has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled The Harts also list: John W. McDaniel, Dec 20, 1846 - Sep 21, 1878 Information provided by Belford Carver & Dave Roddy, Oct. 2004