Ford Cemetery, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, 1998 Prepared by Sherry Sanford Updated by Belford E. Carver, December 15, 2001. Updated by Belford E. Carver, May, 2004. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Ford Cemetery Located approximately 3 miles east of Independence, LA, on the south side of Cooper Road, 1.3 miles east of the intersection of Cooper Road and LA 1054. It is between Ford Lane and Ford Cemetery Road in Ward 5, T4S R7E Sec 36. GNIS coordinates: 303922N 902714W Copied by Polly & Ronald Evans, April 29, 1997. Updated by Belford E. Carver, December 15, 2001, and May 30, 2004 (Beginning at west side along Ford Lane) Row 1 Henry Ezel Ford, Jul 14,1925 - Dec 3, 2001 (According to Gus Hano, Henry Ezel Ford donated the land for this cemetery.) Mil: Jimmie A. Addison, Tec 5 USArmy WW II, Mar 18, 1921 - May 16, 2000 Row 2 FM & Wooden Cross: Ezekiel I. Sharp, Dec 8, 1982 - Jun 26,1998 FM: Brian Lee Gray, 1974 - 1999 Row 3 WARNER Earl Leroy, Jan 10, 1928 - Nov 19, 1998 Anna Bell Jones, Jul 14, 1933 - (blank), Mar: Jun 24, 1967 Row 4 Shirley Ford Bennett Dec. 7, 1937 - Dec 9, 2001 (death date from obit; w/o S. H. Bennett) (Info now on headstone.) Mar: Sep 5, 1952 S.H. Bennett Nov. 6, 1930 - July 12, 1995 Louis A. Miller Jan 22, 1932 - Sep 1, 2002 Row 5 NICKENS Lois Davis Nickens July 10, 1924 - Nov. 17, 1991 Floyd Jewel Nickens Dec. 15, 1926 - (blank) Nathan H. Oliphant Nov. 14, 1923 - Feb. 26, 1986 Robert D. Oliphant Oct. 7, 1919 - Dec. 17, 1982 Pvt US Army, WWII Row 6 Lonnie H. Dunn May 17, 1912 - July 31, 1984 FM: Annie Mae Dunn, 1920 - 1999 Paul O. Jervis Oct. 11, 1915 - Dec. 25, 1992 Pfc US Army, WWII Tylar Neal Morgan, 2004-2004 Row 7 FM: Lloyd Standford Addison Apr 28, 1929 - Sep 25, 2003 - Age 74 FM: Monticello Elizabeth Addison, Dec. 17, 1932 - May 10, 1993 Unmarked Grave Barry L. Loupe, Jr. Sept. 7, 1969 - Mar. 28, 1992 Haney C. Tarver, Jr. Nov. 23, 1951 - Jan. 24, 1980 Harold William Tarver Nov. 11, 1976 - Jan. 24, 1980 Adell Tarver Aug. 18, 1915 - Sept. 6, 1996 WILKINSON V. Estelle Ritchie Wilkinson Jan. 27, 1923 - Jan. 5, 1996 Mar: Apr 2, 1936 John Cain Wilkinson, Sr. "J.C." May 23, 1917 - Aug 20, 2001 (death date from obit) Children: Lillian, Edwin, JC Jr., Merrill, Kathleen, Micaleen, Jimmy Mil: Harold Ray Whitaker, ASM3 USNavy Vietnam, Dec 29, 1953 - Oct 24, 1997 Row 8 Emile Galloway Apr. 4, 1904 - Jan. 3, 1971 (A relative of Oneal Galloway of Slidell) Edna Jones Strahan, Feb 3, 1917 - May 12, 1997 (Grandmother of Gus Hano) Lois Jones Brelet Mar. 27, 1930 - Apr. 6, 1982 FM: Violet J. Lavigne, 1919 - 2004 (Sister to Edna Jones Strahan) Taft Lavigne Apr. 16, 1909 - May 14, 1994 S Sgt US Army, WWII Korea Curtis Lee Smith (FM) 1935 - 1994 Unmarked Grave (concrete base, no ID or dates) Cecil Calvin Ford Sept. 15, 1941 - Feb. 4, 1968 Kevin Duane Ford, Dec 1, 1965 - May 19, 1999 Row 9 FM: Willard G. Swims, Mar 9, 1938 - Mar 21, 2000, Age 62 (Stepfather of Gus Hano) Florence Facine Hano Swims Sep 24, 1944 - Feb 21, 2004 (Dates from Gus Hano. This is his mother) (Headstone on order. This is a double plot with coping.) Row 10-11 Edna B. Chambers June 26, 1908 - Dec. 22, 1992 Horace L. Chambers Oct. 20, 1902 - Nov. 15, 1959 Morris B. Blackwell Mar. 7, 185 - Nov. 3, 1967 Estell Toney Blackwell Jan. 13, 1888 - Aug. 14, 1961 JONES "Texas" Charles Toliver Jones Jan. 16, 1895 - Sept. 20, 1948 (On back: Mary Louise, Eva Mae, Charlene, Leona, Lee, Bobby) Eva Thompson Jones Sept. 19, 1909 - Dec. 28, 1995 (On back: Easter, C. T., Rachel, Betty, Johnny, Charles F.) "C. T." Charles T. Jones, Jr., Dec 14, 1940 - Jan 22, 1998 CAVARETTA, Judy Ranet Jones Feb 22, 1962 - Feb 14, 2004 Mother of Lacey, Nikki, Megan, Colte (Died of cancer) REINE Kathy Lynn Jones, Jun 25, 1964 and Jasmine Marie (unborn infant) - Oct 2, 2003 Mother of Brandy, Justin, Jamie, Jessica (Both died in an auto accident.) Mil: Alvin Louis Egan Sr., Bul3 USNavy WWII, Purple Heart, Jan 16, 1921 - Sep 8, 1998 FM: Barbara Ann Egan, 1951 - 1999 Row 12 Samuel E. Hendon 1890 - 1955 HENDON Percy G. Hendon June 2, 1911 - July 31, 1972 Lurleen A. Hendon Oct. 25, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1995 (Ford Cemetery Road divides the cemetery into two sections at this point.) (Rear or south side of cemetery. DYKES plot of 6) Row 13 Emily Dykes 1861 - 1912 John Ed Dykes 1889 - 1911 Baby Dykes 1915 - 1915 John Dykes 1860 - 1949 Sabra Dykes 1830 - 1916 Virginia Dykes 1896 - 1921 ROBERTSON Stanley Robertson Apr. 24, 1932 - Dec. 22, 1996 Mil: Stanley Ray Robertson, Pfc, USArmy, Apr 24, 1932 - Dec 22, 1996 Mar: Jun 7, 1956 Annie B., Jun 11, 1933 - (blank) Ray W. Robertson June 29, 1898 - June 9, 1941 Goldie A. Robertson Nov. 20, 1904 - Feb. 13, 1963 Infant Son of J.C. Addison Infant Son of J.C. Addison Row 14 Odeal A. Howze, 1904 - 1931 Viola Bennett, 1907 - 1986 Earnie Bennett Nov. 3, 1916 - Mar. 3, 1936 James E. Bennett May 22, 1878 - May 16, 1918 Rosa Bennett Aug. 6, 1879 - June 8, 1962 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave (This section is on the east side of Ford Cemetery Road.) Row 15 Boliver Addison, 1882 - 1946 Clarence G. Addison Apr. 2, 1907 - Sept. 27, 1931 Amos Addison, 1912 - 1934 Jessie Addison, 1909 - 1925 Infants of Boliver & Aline Addison Aline B. Addison, 1883 - 1922 Claracy Addison Dec. 8, 1855 - Jan. 16, 1923 W/o W.T. Addison Charlie Addison Sept. 8, 1892 - Apr. 3, 1911 S/o W.T. & C.A. Addison Nellie Addison June 9, 1895 - Apr. 1, 1911 D/o W.T. & C.A. Addison Gertrude Addison Sept. 11, 1887 - May 29, 1940 Arrie Belle Addison Feb. 23, 1880 - Nov. 10, 1960 Lucile Addison Jan. 28, 1903 - Mar. 30, 1906 D/o William & Orabelle Addison (At the very rear of the cemetery) Row 16 (End of numbering of rows) J. Robert Dav__ (Davis) July 27, 1912 - June 12, 1958 FM: I.D. Robertson, 1907 - 1988 Unmarked Vault Alfred S. Sweeney Aug. 12, 1896 - Oct. 10, 1958 US Army, WWI Milton T. Sweeney Dec. 4, 1850 - Jan. 14, 1929 Angie I. Sweeney Sept. 23, 1872 - May 26, 1929 Milton T. Sweeney, Jr. May 14, 1903 - Jan. 13, 1990 Alice B. Sweeney, Apr 26, 1911 - Apr 5, 2001 Patricia Carol Sweeney Oct. 12, 1943 D/o Milton Sweeney, Jr. Jessie Bell Sweeney July 22, 1928 - Feb. 18, 1929 D/0 M.T. Sweeney Joseph F. Tiner Aug. 5, 1888 - Aug. 26, 1899 S/o James & Louisa Tiner Louis P.L. Tiner Jan. 18, 1882 - June 10, 1915 S/o James & Louisa Tiner Mrs. Louise Tiner Apr. 23, 1856 - Jan. 10, 1926 Tracy Lynnette Ford Jan. 31, 1955 - Mar. 28, 1955 Eric Shane Ford 1981 - 1981 Wallace Ford Aug. 2, 1912 - Feb. 22, 1964 Edith C. Ford Apr. 7, 1895 - Dec. 25, 1966 Walter Ford Jan. 15, 1882 - May 5, 1942 Alice Yvonne Ford Feb. 1, 1939 - Feb. 15, 1939 Cecil W. Ford Nov. 23, 1918 - May 30, 1970 (Flag Pole area) Unmarked Grave HOYT Percy A. Hoyt, June 30, 1919 - Oct 25, 1997 Mary Chambers Hoyt Nov. 8, 1920 - Sept. 15, 1979 Idee Miley Chambers 1899 - 1933 Wilda Chambers Feb. 22, 1925 - Apr. 9, 1925 Daughter of H.D. & I.S. Story July 23, 1897 - Dec. 19, 1898 Neomi Oliphant Ford Aug. 26, 1835 - Mar. 31, 1897 W/o J.A. Ford Walker Ford No dates Joseph Ford 1826 - 1916 CSA - Mason Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave (Double RITCHIE) Nathan Ritchie Dec. 28, 1890 - May 31, 1977 Camelia Ritchie Nov. 9, 1895 - Aug. 26, 1963 William Michael Ritchie Sept. 14, 1949 - Mar. 1, 1950 Our loving mother Geraldine "Gerry" Ritchie July 28, 1933 - Feb 18, 2004 Lillian Dorothy Nations May 2, 1926 - Oct. 16, 1953 Elizabeth Ritchie 1930 - 1947 Mary Augusta Brehop Dunham 1866 - 1943 (Lying flat on the ground, almost buried) Rosa Ford Lee Apr. 21, 1879 - Sept. 3, 1968 Robert E. Lee Mar. 1, 1880 - Sept. 9, 1949 Jessie H. Ridgedell Apr. 24, 1951 - July 29, 1985 US Army, Vietnam Harold Ridgell Mar. 18, 1918 - Nov. 1, 1953 US Army, WWII Warren Ridgell 1872 - 1937 Hazell Ridgedell mar. 18, 1917 - Sept. 17, 1917 D/o W.W. & D. Ridgedell Mary Jane Ridgedell Aug. 29, 1905 - Nov. 22, 1918 D/o W.W. & D. Ridgedell Possibly 5 Unmarked Graves Omie McKnight 1881 - 1936 Chris Christopher McKnight July 16, 1888 - July 8, 1941 Georgia E. Moore McKnight Dec. 10, 1892 - Oct. 19, 1966 Florence Jones Died 1968 Ed Jones 1881 - 1964 Clarence E. Jones Apr. 10, 1912 - Sept. 6, 1967 Eva Mae D. Jones Nov. 20, 1911 - Dec. 14, 1994 Unmarked Grave Howard W. Jones Oct. 13, 1918 - Nov. 21, 1978 US Army, WWII Jessie Russell Jan. 12, 1879 - Dec. 20, 1902 William S. Flynn 1879 - 1941 Rosa Flynn (WOW marker at rear of cemetery) Apr. 22, 1882 - Jan. 24, 1916 A.P. Toney May 22, 1871 - July 16, 1948 Alice Eva Toney Dec. 26, 1862 - Dec. 28, 1944 Mother Annie Hayden Williamson Oct 28, 1915 - Apr 22, 2002 Annie C. Addison, Dec 22, 1934 - (blank) Darrel M. Addison, Aug 12, 1936 - Apr 8, 1998 Charles W. Addison June 26, 1924 - July 7, 1924 S/o C.T. Addison Infant son of C.T. Addison Nov. 30, 1921 - Nov. 30, 1921 Dooley Addison Apr. 6, 1886 - Oct. 14, 1886 Louis E. Davis Nov. 11, 1900 - May 9, 1959 Maudie O. Davis Oct. 31, 1902 - Aug. 24, 1975 Paul Oliphant Mar. 22, 1875 - Jan. 2, 1928 Vivian Davis Dec. 16, 1921 - May 28, 1929 Victoria Rachal Green Chambers Jan. 29, 1836 - Jan. 1, 1916 W/o William A. Chambers William A. Chambers CSA - No dates John W. Busby July 11, 1896 - Jan. 1, 1958 LA Pvt Provost Guard Co US Army, WWI FM: Mollie Lee Busby, 1905 - 2001 Charles L. Jervis July 17, 1888 - Jan. 25, 1962 Emily E. Bennett Jervis Mar. 17, 1849 - July 15, 1917 W/o A.S. Jervis Mary J. Flynn May 6, 1841 - Sept. 27, 1927 Stephen Flynn Nov. 1857 - Mar. 27, 1928 Lucy Sanders Feb. 7, 1892 - Jan. 28, 1906 Four Unmarked Graves Elsie M. Stevens Feb. 26, 1916 - Mar. 27, 1970 Unmarked Grave Clifford C. McKnight Feb. 4, 1923 - Jan. 2, 1977 US Army, WWII Mary J. Chambers 1879 - 1951 Joe T. Chambers Mar. 23, 1873 - Mar. 12, 1922 Valarie Chambers Dec. 7, 1849 - May 20, 1921 Byron T. Chambers Oct. 27, 1847 - Dec. 15, 1904 Clara L. Cutrer Jan. 21, 1904 - June 13, 1976 Sam Cutrer July 19, 1905 - Jan. 31, 1962 W.S. Curtrer 1942 Eugene S. Addison Apr. 16, 1880 - May 5, 1960 Corean Addison Gates Oct. 27, 1910 - June 28, 1938 Robert Gates Dec. 11, 1898 - July 3, 1972 Ivy A. Addison Feb. 11, 1916 - July 2, 1980 Luther Creel Addison Apr. 14, 1912 - Nov. 3, 1987 Pvt US Army, WWII Gladys Chambers Addison Sept. 29, 1909 - Mar. 1, 1994 Floyd Addison 1906 - 1939 Ella Mae Chambers Sept. 23, 1914 - Nov. 10, 1918 FM: Elva S. Cutrer, 1929 - 2003 FM: Mrs. Kerry Cutrer, 1972 - 2004 Herbert Earl Cutrer Jan. 15, 1932 - Sept. 7, 1978 Leo N. Heth June 28, 1923 - Nov. 16, 1988 Sgt US Army, WWII Alice Allen June 29, 1879 - Apr. 19, 1917 Cyntha Allen June 30, 1845 - July 14, 1903 W/o Jerry Allen Alice Allen Ridgedell 1882 - 1903 Jerimiah Allen Feb. 19, 1830 - Feb. 29, 1916 H/o Cynthia Allen Ivey Allen Jan. 11, 1894 - May 6, 1903 Ella Allen Chehardy Feb. 21, 1885 - Mar. 24, 1917 W/o Joseph Chehardy Marvin Thomas Chambers June 15, 1919 - Jan. 11, 1940 S/o M.P. Chambers & Eva J. Jervis John J. Justice Died Aug. 2, 1929 Paul Ford July 7, 1853 - Oct. 2, 1920 Mollie Lewis Ford June 26, 1857 - Jan. 4, 1940 W/o Paul Ford Amanda R. Jeffers Aug. 6, 1832 - Mar. 30, 1918 W/o David L. Jeffers Virginia Lewis Justice Died Nov. 4, 1934 Selina Adams McLean Mar. 21, 1877 - July 14, 1907 W/o John O. McLean (W.G. Orange Grove #9 Algiers, LA) (A very ornate and tall monument) Unmarked Grave Mable B. Adams May 8, 1899 - Feb. 28, 1981 Warren Adams Apr. 22, 1885 - May 5, 1948 L.S. Jarrell June 6, 1902 - Jan. 12, 1903 S/o J.S. & E. Jarrell Lillie M. Toney Sept. 13, 1908 - Dec. 18, 1970 May G. Toney Apr. 21, 1890 - July 25, 1962 Robert Toney Aug. 24, 1885 - Feb. 18, 1954 Lonnie Odell Ford Apr. 13, 1945 - July 18, 1980 A2C USAF, Vietnam Odis O. Ford Apr. 6, 1919 - Nov. 29, 1984 Lillian A. Ford Oct. 19, 1973 - Oct. 9, 1973 George Willie Ford June 9, 1893 - June 8, 1969 L.C. Ford 1917 - 1917 S/o G.W. Ford Sydney Jervis Oct. 10, 1918 - Dec. 26, 1919 Della F. Jervis Jan. 27, 1891 - May 22, 1973 Agnese B. Patterson Vickers Died Nov. 11, 1918 Eli Henry Vickers Nov. 3, 1867 - Oct. 15, 1936 David M. Adams Jan. 28, 1940 - June 19, 1966 Unmarked Grave (On May 30, 2004, Mr. Gus Hano, of Slidell, LA, was weeding and mowing the grass and graciously gave me additional information noted above. He plans to maintain this cemetery now that his relatives are buried here.) BEC