USGENWEB PROJECT ARCHIVES: TENSAS PARISH LOUISIANA http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/tensas.htm Cemeteries Submitted to the USGENWEB Archives Project by Edith Ziegler 10 OCT 1999 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Wesley Chapel Cemetery, 12 Miles West of St. Joseph, La. on Hwy 892 Compiled by Dorothy Guthrie Asa B Metcalfe Mar 13, 1860 Oct 8, 1926 God is Love Drake, William Winans Jan. 25, 1871 Jan. 24, 1956 Drake, Sarah Nichols Feb. 25, 1875 May 5, 1963 Burford, Winans Drake Nov. 30, 1909 Sept. 12, 1945 Gray, Claire Drake Jan. 24, 1908 Aug. 27, 1955 Berry, Burton Wesley July 25, 1885 Dec. 27, 1970 Berry, Katherine Parker Wife of B. W. Berry Dec. 27, 1890 Nov. 6, 1922 Berry, Burton Y. Nov. 2, 1858 Mar. 8, 1920 Berry, Ernest Cole Jan. 12, 1883 Oct. 1, 1900 Baker, Annie 1857-1879 Baker, Edward 1853-1879 Baker, Wesley H. 1828-1886 Griffin, G. H. Aug. 14, 1889 July 26, 1963 Martin, J. H. Jan. 27, 1889 July 8, 1951 Martin, Lou Oct. 25, 1883-April 4, 1955 Guthrie, Sarah (Seddon, not on stone) Wife of J. D. Guthrie Jan. 15, 1868 July 25, 1918 at rest Jefferson Davis Guthrie Nov. 6, 1861 July 4, 1940 The Angels called him Johnston, Kate Guthrie May 10, 1859 July 24, 1929 a tender Mother and a faithful friend Davis, Allie B. Sept. 21, 1891 D. Nov. 12, 1900 Bolian, Roy Mar. 9, 1888 1906 Rollins, J. G. B. Dec. 20, 1841 D. May 22, 1904 Co. K12 Miss. Vol. Compton, Frederick 1869-1950 Haney, Infant Born & died April 8, 1954 Knapp, David Jr. Aug. 21, 1927 May 31, 1966 Bass, Lula P. 1899-1970 Bass, Moroe B. 4-11-1894 D. 1-22-1980 Hudnall, Infant dau. and son of Willie and Ellen Hudnall Feb. 21, 1944 Hudnall, Sarah Hughes July 4, 1873 Aug. 7, 1962 Black, Lillie Kate Dau. of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Black Rushing, Mrs. Lizzie 1806-April 6, 1936 Maples, Henry Thomas Mar. 3, 1931 Feb. 8, 1956 Nowell, James Allen Dec. 17, 1869 Jan. 25, 1933 Gibson, Nettie P. (Other sources say Nellie) March 22, 1876 July 5, 1954 Gibson, Joseph F. July 22, 1871 Feb. 11, 1935 Harper, Joseph M. July 16, 1859 July 30, 1948 Harper, Sophy New. Dec. 12, 1863 Feb. 3, 1942 Brazeale, Josie New. Aug. 18, 1862 Feb. 13, 1939 Hornsby, B. F. (Father) Jan. 31, 1868 Aug. 19, 1942 Hornsby, Eulia Roberts (Mother) Dec. 6, 1866 Dec. 2, 1946 Hornsby, David A. (Daddy) August 9, 1903 March 22, 1955 Rabb, Alma G. Aug. 12, 1913 Feb. 23, 1928 Rabb, Volney M. Jan. 1850 Oct. 1932 Coor, Will D. Sept. 15, 1907 Aug. 15, 1928 Coor, Daniel Braxton May 19, 1882 June 28, 1946 Coor, Addie Valentine May 27, 1878 May 14, 1956 Boyles, N. B. Jan. 12, 1944 Boyles, Marguerite Dec. 7, 1877 Nov. 28, 1969 Fife, Floyd Fred 1912-1946 Old brick vault marked W. E. Ford 1875 Masonic Emblem The brick vault still remains but the slab with the markings has been removed. Berry, E. T. and his wife Willie Several unmarked graves are in this cemetery Among them are these two close to the Berry Plot Peale, William Rogers and Peale, Henry Welch Died 1945 These are "near the road" Goodfellow, Bertha Pauline Strieker Wife of Alonson W. Goodfellow B. 11 Apr 1874 Berlin Germany D. 24 Apr 1932 Waterproof, LA Goodfellow, Lonnie Angel August Son of BSG and AWG B. 30 Oct 1915 D. 14 Mar 1932 Burial Plots in Wesley Chapel Cemetery 1979 and later Compiled by:Judy Gamble, October 7, 1999 Hale, Gladys Maples Aug. 15, 1923 Mar. 7, 1992 Hale, Luther E. Mar. 27, 1909 Maples, Sallie D. May 1, 1901 Oct. 16, 1991 Bennett, Edna Maples Mar. 9, 1918 Oct. 2, 1980 Maples, William Bobby April 29, 1935 Mar. 10, 1979 Hawkes, John Leslie Dec. 28, 1957 Oct. 24, 1997 Bass, Minnie Louise Moore July 8, 1931 Oct. 22, 1995 Bass, James Travis May 24, 1938 Morris, Billy Hines Oct. 12, 1939 Mar. 11, 1996 Morris, Jean Davis Sept. 11, 1941 Oct. 1, 1999 Brown, Benjamin William II 1933-1979 Berry, Edward Y Mar. 5, 1916 July 27, 1999 Melville, Chance Hunter July 23, 1979 Sept. 15, 1996 Melville, Harvey Lee March 10, 1926 Oct. 13, 1998 Placed in the Cemetery are three stones Placed there in memory of: Blanche, Alexander Born 1833 Greenock, Scotland Died 1908-Tensas Parish Married 1866-St. Joseph, Ch Blanche, Sarah Robottom Born 1831 Glossop, England Died 1900-Tensas Parish In memory of our 3 Sisters buried on these grounds Vivian Ann Hale Linda Beth Hale Mary Elizabeth Hale (Buried in Monclova Cemetery)