HOLDEN CEMETERY, INDEPENDENCE, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA
Recorded and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Belford Carver, June 30, 2000

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HOLDEN 

Located next to 56479 Holden Circle, Independence, LA.  0.3 of a mile west of Old Hwy 51, 
south side of the road.  Location:  Sec 28 or 29 T4S R7E

Mr. Jojo Holden told me on June 30, 2000, that his uncle, Alvin Holden, established this burial 
ground in 1973.  He also gave me the name of the infant buried under the tree.  

All graves are above the ground vaults, except for the unmarked infant grave under the tree.


Row 1
Ben L. Holden
Jul 4, 1887 - May 22, 1967

Mother
Rebecca B. Holden
1894 - 1972

Ben L. Holden, Jr.
Louisiana
Pfc 1958  QM Truck Co AVN WW II
Jan 19, 1917 - Oct 2, 1965

Olevia Morris
188? - 1979

James Holden
T Sgt US Army WW II
Dec 25, 1918 - Mar 30, 1989

Loving Mother
Veola D. H. Brock
Feb 12, 1921 - Mar 24, 1991

Calvin Holden
Mar 7, 1954 - Oct 2, 1977

Orenthal Jonathan Varnado
Apr 25, 1979
Gone to be an angel

Desiree Alicia Varnado
Jan 17, 1984
Memories Live Forever

Row 2
Leonard P. Holden
Pfc US Army 
1926 - 1983

Row 3
Infant:
Michael Dewayne Holden
Jun 29, 1983
A soldier and an angel of the Lord

Unmarked under the tree near back fence (infant)
Michael O. Holden


Recorded by Belford Carver, June 30, 2000