HOPE CEMETERY, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA Recorded and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Belford Carver, November 4, 2001 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ HOPE Located in Kentwood on Hookfin Road just south of C. B. Temple Sr. Rd. and the Kentwood Elementary School. T1S R7E Sec 31 GNIS Coord: 305510N 903208W Maintained by Temple Chapel Baptist Church of Kentwood, LA. Recorded by Belford Carver, November 4, 2001. (FM=funeral marker. AGV= above ground vault. ID = identification. NG= in ground. Mil= Military) Rows from east to west. Graves recorded north to south.) Beginning at NE Corner: Row 1 FM: Jack Brown 1914 - ???? AGV: Unreadable FM: Leroy Walls, 9/13/59 - 10/24/99 AGV: Mr. Charlie Morris? (Unreadable) AGV Mil: James Morris Tec 5 USArmy WW II, Sep 16, 1913 - Aug 7, 1989 AGV: FM: Dora Mae (Gennie) Bates Morris 3/18/1914 - 10/27/2000 NG FM: Robert Earl Bates, Jun 5, 1952 - Sep 28, 2000 AGV: No ID Unmarked AGV: FM: Mary Dumas, Mar 15, 1929 - Apr 7, 1997, Age 68 Unmarked Row 2 (Slab) Beloved Mother, Edith Nell Reid, Jul 14, 1930 - Dec 12, 1978 Infant, slab, no ID AGV: No ID Unmarked AGV: Glen Cook, May 27, 1946 - Feb 11, 1988 AGV: Ruben Cook, Jr., Jun 25, 1957 - Feb 13, 1983 AGV: Mil: Bernard Cook, PV2 USArmy, Feb 28, 1959 - Mar 9, 1985 AGV: Bertram Cook, Mar 1, 1959 - Mar 9, 1985 AGV: Jerry C. Taylor, Jr., Sep 8, 1974 - Oct 5, 1994 NG FM: Agen(?) Burton, Nov 25, 1934 - May 21, 1999 AGV: FM: Cary Williams, 1928 - 1998 AGV: Norwood Chapman, Apr 4, 1898 - Nov 14, 1991 AGV: FM: Roxie Matthews Chapman, Mar 9, 1904 - Apr 9, 2001 AGV: Ben W. Davis Jr., Jan 7, 1971 - Apr 24, 1998 AGV: No ID AGV: No ID AGV: FM: Mertis C. Patterson, Jul 22, 1952 - Jul 29, 1999 AGV: Unreadable Row 3 NG: Seab Clay, May 4, 1890 - Apr 9, 1966 Member of R. Star Lodge No. 4 AGV: No ID Slab, No ID FM: unreadable FM: unreadable FM: unreadable AGV: FM: Vernon Robertson, 188? - 1978 Infant, No ID NG Mil: Henry L. Gibbs, Pv2 USArmy, May 9, 1949 - Oct 8, 1993 Row 4 NG: Homer Abram h/o Virginia Abram, Mar 18, 1883 - Jun 19, 1964 NG: Sam Ford, Apr 12, 1896 - Nov 6, 1964 Slab, Jimmy James Washington, Jan 26, 1944 - Apr 15, 1969 AGV: No ID AGV: FM: Lola Washington, Sep 28, 1928 - Jun 5, 1993, Age 64 NG slab: Mil: Lester Donett, Pvt USArmy Vietnam 1956 - 1979 AGV: No ID AGV: Mr. Otis Elzy Jr., 1940 - 2001 AGV: Albirta Furlow Elzy Kinzy, Feb 7, 1910 - Apr 20, 1983 AGV: Mil: Percy Kinzy, Pfc USArmy WWII, Apr 10, 1914 - Oct 6, 1992 AGV: Lovie M. Patterson, 1917 - 1983 AGV: FM: Unreadable AGV: FM: Byron Brumfield, 1927 - 1985 Triple Slab:: E.M. (Etched on slab) AGV: E. B. Thomas, 4/6/1999? Williams (Etched on slab) FM: James Cook, Oct 7, 1935 - Sep 13, 2001 Row 5 AGV: No ID Slab: Rebacca (?) Sibley, Mar 28, 1877 - Feb 9, 1969 Slab: Gloria Hookfin, d/o Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hookfin, Jun 14, 1946 - Dec 23, 1967 Slab: Harriet Hollaway, Jul 15, 1880 - May 26, 1968 AGV: Mil: Henry Holloway, Tec 5 USArmy WWII, Oct 20, 1916 - Sep 25, 1991 NG: FM: unreadable NG: No ID Infant, AGV, No ID AGV FM: Pauline Irving, 1913 - 1986 AGV: Doret? S? AGV: FM: Otis Hookfin, Jun 7, 1935 - Sep 16, 1989, Age 54 AGV: No ID NG: Leola Richardson, d/o Katie Hookfin, Sep 2, 1945 - Feb 9, 1947 AGV: FM: Unreadable NG: No ID Row 6 Slab: Van Bailey, Jul 4, 1946 - Apr 4, 1970 AGV: Mil: Lewis Dumans, USArmy WWII, Aug 26, 1920 - Feb 11, 1979 AGV: FM: Raymond Cooper, Apr 12, 1946 - Feb 2, 1992 AGV: No ID Row 7 NG: Jessie J. Dancer, Aug 1, 1902 - Jun 24, 1977 (Coping around this Varnado Plot) Slab: Annie Mae Butler Varnado, w/o T. C. Varnado, Sep 25, 1924 - Nov 1, 1988 Slab: T. C. Varnado, h/o Annie Mae Butler Varnado, May 16, 1921 - Jun 30, 1995 (See also page 8.) Mil, slab: Albert Hookfin, Pfc USArmy Korea, Oct 26, 1932 - Jul 6, 1983 AGV: No ID AGV: No ID NG, slab MIL: William Robertson, Pfc USArmy WWII, Jul 11, 1922 - Nov 14, 1994 AGV: Freddie Lee Harold, Aug 21, 1953 - Sep 24, 2000 AGV: FM: Unreadable AGV: FM: Lucille Hall, 11/9/38 - 11/30/95, Age 57 Row 8 NG: Laural Coper, died Jul 1953 (difficult to read) AGV: FM: Ellen Cook, Aug 16, 1920 - Feb 28, 1992 AGV: FM: Alice Cooper, Jun 21, 1945 - Jan 22, 1997, Age 51 AGV: Mil: Freddie Cooper, Sp4 USArmy Vietnam, Mar 13, 1948 - Mar 6, 1983 AGV: Mr. L. Benc? Cooper, Sr., 196? (Unreadable) AGV: No ID NG: Mil: Leon Gordon, LA Pfc Co B 349 Labor BN QMC WWI, Aug 10, 1894 - Jan 17, 1961 (coping made of cinder blocks) AGV: No ID (In Varnado plot recorded above) Slab: Amie Douglas Varnado, w/o Alva Varnado, Oct 11, 1900 - Dec 29, 1970 Slab: Alva J. Varnado, h/o Amie D. Varnado, Aug 3, 1893 - May 2, 1984 2 other graves marked with flowers, no ID. AGV: No ID AGV: FM: Unreadable AGV: No ID AGV: Mrs. Verna(?) Robinson, 1914 - 1981 NG, FM: Unreadable NG: Woodrow Roberson, 1915 - 1984 Slab: Moslzia Robertson, 1912 - 1984 NG, Mil: Ernest Harold, Pfc US Army WWII, (dates not visible) Unmarked Slab: My Beloved Wife, Ester Mae Butler, Oct 24, 1925 - May 4, 1994 2 or 3 unmarked AGV: No ID NG, Slab: Son Emile J. McCray, Jul 2, 1958 - Nov 27, 1986 Row 9 AGV No ID AGV No ID Slab FM unreadable NG, Mil: Willie Cooper, LA BKR 3 USNavy WWII, Apr 15, 1924 - Jan 11, 1973 AGV: FM: Eva McKay, 1906 - 1991, Age 85 Slab: Joe McKay, Nov 25, 1905 - Apr 29, 1955 NG, FM: Unreadable NG: No ID NG, FM: Dwight Odell Brumfield, Nov 14, 1969 - Jan 17, 1989, Age 19 AGV: Mrs. Milie(?) Gayton 1903 - 1993 NG slab: A. J. Gayton, Nov 6, 1906 - Oct 8, 1963 NG, no ID 2 or 3 unmarked NG, FM: Dexter Terrell Taylor, 4/16/93 - 4/16/93 NG, unreadable FM AGV unreadable NG: FM: Addie Hookfin, Feb 28, 1899 - Oct 6, 1993, Age 94 3 NG no ID 2--AGV unmarked Row 10 Slab: Malissia Holden, w/o of Jim Holden, Jan 18, 1872 - Dec 5, 1940 Slab: Jim Holden, Feb 15, 1878 - Feb 9, 1937 Knight and Ladies of Honor Lodge 66 Dan Magee, h/o ??? Mar 10, 1873 - Dec 24, 1939 (broken) NG, no ID Slab: Lilia Garner w/o of John Garner, Aug 1857 - Oct 15, 1941 2 NG, No ID AGV: FM: Pearl Hookfin, Jul 16, 1920 - Dec 17, 1999, Age 79 AGV, no ID NG, no ID NG, FM: Mieasha L. Dawson, 1978 - 1978 FM: Allie Hookfin, 1891 - 1949 FM: Eugene Hookfin, 1889 - 1976 Headstone:. Allie Hookfin Our beloved Wife & Mother, 1887 - 1949, age 62 (Somewhat difficult to read) NG, No ID Jessie Hookfin, 1917-1951, Beloved brother, Age 34 NG, FM: Unreadable NG: James Tanner, Jul 4, 1893 - Jun 4, 1947 AGV: FM: Unreadable NG: Elizabeth B. Roman, (unreadable) NG: Mil: James Henry Lord, LA Cpl USArmy (rest is buried) Slab, John Walls, Apr 14, 1882 - Feb 24, 1963 AGV, no ID NG: Noeleen Johnson, Nov 20, 1966 - Nov 26, 1966 Slab, Annie S. Vornado w/o Ervin Vornado, May 15, 1884 - Apr 9, 1963 Grandma & Grandpa Caroline Strickland May 28, 1928 Charlie Strickland, Sep 19, 1945 Slab, Rev. Sam S. Newsom, Jan 1, 1872 - Jun 17, 1968 Mil: Lee Eddie Walker, (partially buried) Slab, John Smith Jr., Feb 25, 1941 - Apr 20, 1969? Mil, slab: Herbert L. Caston, Jr., LA Pfc US Marine Corps, Korea, Nov 13, 1950 - May ?, 1969 NG, slab: ? Caston, 1934? 1978? (Hard to read) AGV, Mary Caston, May 26, 1896 - Dec 6, 1980 AGV, Mil: Herbert Caston, Pvt US Army WW I (canít read dates) AGV, no ID Row 11 (Near gate) (Difficult to read McKay) AGV, no ID Plot: AGV, no ID AGV, Melbourne Dillon, Jan 22, 1927 - Jun 21, 1996, Age 69 NG, Lubertha Williams, Nov 12, 1884 - Apr 8, 1967 Nick Williams, Aug 25, 1881 - Jun 5, 1943 Ethel Williams, w/o W. A. Dillon, Feb 12, 1905 - Feb 9, 1927 (difficult to read) (Another grave with headstone, but unreadable due to tree in front of it. On top is "Mother".) NG, Slab: Helen Williams, Dec 7, 1914 - Mar 28, 1990 NG, no ID Row 12 NGV, no ID Mr. L. E. Burkhalter, 1898 - 1983 Vault, Our Son, Bennie J. Cook, Jr., 1957 - 1976 AGV, no ID NG: Mil: Johnnie Black, LA Pvt US Army WW I (dates are buried) NG: Geneva Cook, 1895? - 1927 NG: Mary Jane Black McKnight, May 14, 1871 - Apr 11, 1953 NG: Jessie Williams, 18?? - 1961, Age 62, Beloved d/o of Mary Jane Black NG, Slab: Unreadable NG, Slab: Daisy Williams, w/o Ellis Williams, Nov 30, 1895 - Jan 4, 1976 NG, Slab: Ellis Williams, Mar 1, 1890 - May 3, 1944 (Double NG slab) William Cook, Beloved husband of Mattie Cook, 1872 - 1944, Age 72 McKinley Cook, Beloved son of Mattie Cook, 1904 - 1948, Age 44 NG, Slab: Mattie M. Cook, Aug 22, 1877 - Jun 25, 1967 Broken slab, no ID 1 or 2 unmarked Slab, Ulyess Cook, Sr., May 3, 1910 - Nov 14, 1969 Row 13 Concrete coping, P. H. & P. Lillie McCray, Feb 11, 1898 - Feb 10, 1958 NG, Slab, SMITH, Anna A. Smith, w/o Nick Smith, Dec 25, 1881 - Apr 20, 1928 AGV: F. L. T. & P. H. P., Nick Smith, 1879 - 1957, Husband AGV, Mil: Bennie Joseph Cook, Pfc USArmy Korea, Mar 15, 1930 - Feb 3, 1999 AGV: J. W. Earl, Mar 21, 1964 - Jun 20, 1964 FM: Alvin Earl, Jr., July 23, 1946 - Aug 23, 1999 (same grave) Concrete coping, Mother, Carrie Tate, 1889 - 1960 AGV, no ID AGV, no ID Unmarked AGV, no ID (Tomb large enough for 4 to 6 graves, cinder block) Joesph S. Wall, Nov 5, 1922 - Mar 9, 1980 (No other IDS) NG, FM: Hattie A. Davis, Sep 1, 1903 - Sep 28, 1987, Age 84 Unmarked Slab, Otis Russell Blount, Jun 1933? - Apr 6, 1970 AGV, no ID NG, Mil: Samuel Smith, Pvt US Army, WW II, Oct 21, 1906 - Sep 6, 1985 Row 14 Concrete coping, broken headstone NG: Beacon Sidney Smith, Aug 17, 1856 - Sep 24, 1923 Concrete coping, Fannie Smith, Oct 25, 1866 - Jul 13, 1949 Brick coping, broken headstone Brick coping, unreadable NG: Mandy Bridges, Age 70, d Feb 12, 1913 Mil: Louis Varnado, Missouri Sgt 806 Pioneer Inf, Apr 3, 1938 NG: unreadable Unmarked AGV, no ID AGV, no ID NG, William ???? AGV, no ID NG: Elinessea(?) Flucker, w/o Allin Roberson, Jul 3, 1902 - Mar 19, 1953 NG: ??? Jackson, w/o Alford Tate, 1858 - 1928? Unreadable AGV: Thomas Robertson, Sr., Feb 1, 1915 - Oct 16, 2000 (FM) (End) -BEC-