MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY - ALSO KNOWN AS THE MABRY FAMILY CEMETERY UNION PARISH LOUISIANA Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Karen Mabry Rice (Sept 1998) & Hazel Craig (4/2001) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY - ALSO KNOWN AS THE MABRY FAMILY CEMETERY ================================================================================= Located on Louisiana Highway 2, just west of Bernice, LA. ================================================================================= This is a small cemetery. Ten of the thirty four people buried here are children. Originally associated with Mt. Olive Baptist Church on land donated by Richard Tubb Moore, twenty one of the people buried here are Mabrys or related to the Mabrys by marriage, so the cemetery is sometimes referred to as the Mabry family cemetery and is maintained by descendants of William Pierce and Catherine Henry Cook Mabry. ================================================================================= ================================================================================= W.R. Gray, Sr., 10 Oct 1859 to 19 Sep 1900 Edward Lynn, 24 Feb 1883 to 1893 Lula Laurance, 12 Feb 1897 to 6 Oct 1898 Infant Daughter, J.M. and E.R. Russell, 29 Mar 1896 to 14 May 1896 Charlie W. Pratt, son of A.F. and Emma, 7 Oct 1891 to 13 Nov 1891 W.P. Mabry, 13 Aug 1825 to 21 Apr 1885 Catherine H. Cook, wife of W.P. Mabry, 28 Jan 1830 to 2 Jul 1913 Ellen C. Cravy, 30 Jul 1854 to 30 Nov 1898 Selma A. Shackleford, daughter of J.P. and S.M., 17 Mar 1894 to 1 Jun 1896 Henry I. Shackleford, son of J. P. And S.M., 19 Sep 1867 to 20 Nov 1889 Harriet Shackleford, wife of J.H.S., Sr., 1 Feb 1828 to 28 Dec 1888 J.H. Shackleford, born Jefferson Co, Ala., 24 Jun 1826 to 26 Aug 1910 Frances Catherine Shackleford, wife of J.H.S., 21 Mar 1840 to 12 Jul 1903 W.M. Shackleford, son of J.H. and Harriet, 17 Jun 1854 to 8 May 1876 Blanch Mabry, daughter of W.H. and Mattie, Dates not readable Mattie M. Mabry, wife of W.H., 10 May 1858 to 28 July 1882 W.H. Mabry, 3 Feb 1850 to 8 May 1938 Anna Hammock, 23 Apr 1879 to 16 Oct 1885 Martha Ann Hammock, adopted dau.of J.A and M.A.H., 5 Apr 1870 to26 Jul 1885 Willie Hammock, 28 Nov 1877 to 11 Oct 1907 James A. Hammock, 26 Apr 1874 to 15 Jul 1896 Willie Mabry, son of J.T. and Amanda M., 26 Jul 1872 to 17 Oct 1876 Ann Williams, 23 Aug 1840 to 11 Sep 1920 Mary Lynn Williams, 22 Oct 1838 to 8 Jan 1899 Amanda Williams, wife of Edward W., 25 May 1806 to 4 Jan 1897 Edward Williams, 1 Nov 1804 to 6 Oct 1887 A.J. Williams, 2 Apr 1847 to 31 Aug 1885 Stephen Culpepper - CSA, Co. C, 19th La Inf, No dates Johnny Harkins, son of A.H. and E.C.H., 1 May 1886 to 4 July 1887 Infant daughter of A.H. and E.C. Harkins, No dates E. St. John, No dates J.M. St. John, No dates Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Addendum sent by Hazel Craig, 18 March 2001: Robert W. Gray is buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Union Parish, La. Cemetery is located on Highway Alt. #2 between Bernice and Summerfield, (Claiborne Par. La). He and two Gray children plus one Andrews child, (Giles) are bd. in a small fenced plot separate from the large fenced portion. Fence erected around these graves by Hazel Welch Craig a few years ago. Robert Gray was married to Sarah (Sallie ) Ann Coleman. He died and Sallie md. James Thomas Andrews ca. 1900 . He is bd. in the Weldon Cemetery, Union Parish. Sarah A. "Sallie" A. Andrews is bd. in the Pisgah Cemetery and her monument lists both husbands - Gray and Andrews. Her two sons by Gray, William and Jimmy (James) are bd. beside her. She outlived all of family except my mother Gladys Andrews Welch who is bd. in Weldon Cem. # # #