Union County Louisiana Archives Cemeteries.....New Hopewell Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glen Bennett glenbennett@mac.com August 2, 2019, 12:20 am Abstracted By: Glen Bennett Located in Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana on Hwy LA-2 (Latitude: 32.8481928, Longitude: -92.6843132). Surveyed by Glen Bennett on May 29, 2018 and July 19, 2019. Directions: From Bernice, LA 71222: Take HWY US 167 (N Cherry St) north for 0.8 mile turn left onto LA- 2 Alt W (Summerfield Hwy) 1.7 miles turn right at New Hopewell Cemetery sign on the right. From Lillie, LA: Take HWY US 167 (N Cherry St) south for 8 miles turn right onto LA- 2 Alt W (Summerfield Hwy) 1.7 miles turn right at New Hopewell Cemetery sign on the right. From Summerfield, LA: Head east on LA-2 Alt E toward Beauty Shop Rd 10.0 mi turn left at the New Hopewell Cemetery sign on the right. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anders Selena Irene 03/09/1891 06/22/1975 Andrews **ma Ailes 04/12/1876 06/04/1970 First two letter of first name not visible Andrews Allie 1903 1972 Andrews James Troy 10/09/1921 09/02/1984 Nickname 'J. T.' Military & standard markers Andrews Kenneth T. 03/08/1947 11/??/1972 Day of Death not given Armstrong Aniqua Vonshay 09/13/1991 01/13/1999 Armstrong Shameria Shontay 11/30/1995 01/13/1999 Armstrong Shemetrice Arrienna 11/02/1992 01/13/1999 Armstrong Toboris Jared 11/08/1988 01/13/1999 Head stone broken from base Atkins Amanda Coleman w/o Tom Dates obstructed by flowers Atkins Rosie Lee 03/03/1931 03/19/2011 Atkins Tom 06/08/1939 h/o Amanda Banks A. J. 01/16/1915 10/10/2000 h/o Beulah Banks Annie Pearl 12/15/1914 10/05/1993 Banks Arthur Jr 10/31/1925 12/23/1961 Banks Arthur Sr 10/27/1897 07/29/1962 Old degraded double marker with Viola new legible foot marker for both Banks Beulah 12/23/1919 11/19/2000 w/o A. J. Banks Jackie 12/04/1947 12/04/1947 Banks James Cleveland 03/15/1919 01/28/1999 Banks Jess 1887 1956 Banks Karen D. 03/09/1959 10/29/2016 Banks Sara Lloyd 1880 1956 Banks Suckie 05/03/1882 12/06/1940 Banks Viola W. 05/14/1897 03/17/1992 Old degraded double marker with Arthur Sr. new legible foot marker for both Barnes Silas M. 02/14/1927 07/17/1951 Barnett Alex 10/30/1870 01/25/1953 h/o Estella Barnett Estella 03/02/1897 02/08/1960 w/o Alex Barnett Jewel 03/12/1927 04/28/2008 Barnett Ruby Jean 12/05/1929 01/31/1944 Barnett Silas T. 09/29/1932 02/14/2008 Barnett Vassie B. 12/23/1923 07/15/2017 Bell Bennie 1926 2009 w/o John Calvin Bell John Calvin 01/13/1922 01/03/2003 h/o Bennie Bernard Reubern F. 1957 1989 Bernard-McGhee Daphne Daphne 08/25/1958 08/13/2015 Bridges Edward 07/14/1946 01/15/1986 Rev. Nickname 'Bradley' Brooks Beulah I. 03/11/1903 12/06/1999 Brooks Willie Dates not legible Bryant George II 07/06/1876 08/02/1939 h/o Maggie Bryant Madie Harris 05/11/1907 07/10/1975 Bryant Maggie Julks 01/08/1885 09/15/1964 w/o George Buggs Ludella 1921 1957 Burch Clonie B. 02/03/1912 12/09/1976 Burch Joe 03/02/1902 08/03/1960 Bursie Ermie 09/26/1897 12/25/1957 Bursie Velmar 03/20/1911 09/02/1958 Cheeks Lorenza 12/12/1907 03/10/1952 Cheeks Lorenza Jr 1928 1990 Cochran Annie Maude 12/30/1916 09/09/1990 d/o Whit & Lillar Reed Cole Leonard Dates not legible Cole Marion Jr Dates not legible Coleman Albert 03/08/1914 12/28/1986 Colvin James 08/30/1891 h/o Mary Colvin Mary P. 09/18/1897 06/11/1975 w/o James Crawford David 1897 1959 Crawford Joe Dates not legible Davis Doris Aline Traylor 06/30/1933 06/05/1997 Davis James H. 10/10/1944 05/28/1995 Dean Amos 05/14/1877 05/31/1954 Dean Bobbie 02/13/1922 04/13/2008 Dean Pearl Crawford 09/16/1884 02/13/1946 Dismuke Hattie 1882 1942 Dismuke Janie 1925 Date of birth not provided Dismuke King D. Sr 04/27/1912 12/15/1973 Drake Carolyn 1959 2010 Elder A. Mandy 05/07/1876 07/17/1941 Elder Charlie R. 11/16/1898 05/13/1981 h/o of Maude Elder Ella Thompson 02/16/1914 06/05/1992 w/o Vance Elder d/o Sam Thompson Elder John Henry 06/14/1901 02/01/1970 Elder Maude Thompson 01/27/1899 08/23/1977 w/o Charlie Elder d/o Sam Thompson Elder Ruffin 06/23/1939 Military Marker surface degraded Elder Vance 12/21/1913 06/14/1983 h/o of Ella Elliott John Henry 02/17/1887 04/04/1951 h/o Lou Elliott Lou Vada 12/20/???? 06/29/???? w/o John Henry Year obstructed by flowers Elliott-George Guatemala 05/04/1921 11/05/2003 Nickname 'Gordie' Findley Lucy Caroline Hall 02/11/1896 11/23/1984 w/o Nathaniel Finley Nathaniel 05/26/1897 02/01/1963 h/o Lucy Caroline Finley Van 09/17/1927 12/06/2004 s/o Nathaniel & Lucy Ford Dock Dates not visible Frost Macie Mitchell 08/07/1922 07/31/2001 Fuggins Evonne Dismuke 12/13/1973 01/12/2017 Gafford Robert Charles 06/17/1919 01/17/1970 Gafford Willie Lee 05/23/1923 10/13/1978 Glenn Mary Wright 11/24/1918 06/30/2003 Graham Billy 11/24/1911 12/04/1990 h/o Lillie Mae Graham Lillie Mae 10/25/1921 06/14/1986 w/o Billy Gray Bruce W 01/28/195? dates not visible Gray Eddie Catherine 05/05/1910 00/15/1980 Death month obstructed Gray Gladys D. 03/11/1910 10/25/1994 Gray James Howard 07/10/1910 06/05/1988 Gray Rufus W. 07/23/1909 12/01/1992 Double marker with Eddie Catherine Gray Stanley Gene 11/08/1947 06/28/2010 Military Green Modell 06/12/1917 11/02/1991 Gundy Adora Bell 08/27/1952 03/10/2010 Harris Florence A. Mayfield 05/19/1919 12/22/1992 Heard Hazel D. Sutton 09/18/1932 12/11/2003 Henderson Herbie Dean 11/28/1930 04/05/1996 Nickname 'Ivory' Hicks Scott Jr 07/24/1926 06/04/1995 Hill Commodore 04/24/1906 05/10/1961 Military Hill Dan Allen 02/26/1940 08/04/1969 Military Hill Dosha Watley 08/16/1906 11/10/1989 Hill Milton Eugene 09/10/1932 06/03/1993 Military Hopkins Ethel Reed 03/30/1918 m/o Herbert d/o Whit & Lillar Reed Death date obstructed Hopkins Herbert James 11/??/1938 03/15/1987 s/o of Ethel Hopkins grandson of Whit & Lilla Reed visibilty of dates and other information degrad Hopkins Josie Sutton 10/13/1936 03/20/2001 Nickname 'Sis' w/o Lura Lee Hopkins Hopkins Lura Lee 12/25/1933 05/07/1994 h/o Josie S. Hopkin Hubbard Leon 09/15/1896 10/30/1956 Military Hull Anthony R. 07/02/1956 06/14/1977 Military Hull Curry D 01/24/1918 02/14/1982 Military Hull Debet 07/08/1900 w/o of Robert Double marker with Robert Hull Loman 07/04/1919 03/17/1986 h/o of Verneada Double marker with Verneada Hull V. T. Sr 1913 1996 Hull Verneada 11/21/1921 12/12/2001 w/o of Loman Double marker with Loman Island Willie Elgie Jr 01/21/1929 05/17/2009 Island Willie III 12/12/1952 12/14/1977 Ivory James R. Sr 08/21/1899 07/16/1982 h/o Margaret Ivory Ivory James 08/28/1926 06/01/1995 Ivory Margaret Atkins 11/24/1904 11/24/1957 w/o James Ivory Sr. Ivory Phadra Malone 01/11/1929 1980 Marker partially covered Ivory Rosylind Daniel 07/17/1908 02/29/1996 'Our Beloved Mother' Ivory Tony Bernard 03/16/1964 11/11/2016 Temporary stake marker Jacobs Maggie B. 10/31/1913 04/27/1953 w/o Huey Jacobs Marker surface degrading Jones Bammer M. Banks 05/23/1924 03/07/2009 Double marker with Elbert Jones David 07/05/1952 02/14/2014 Jones Elbert 08/29/1920 02/05/2011 Double marker with Bammer Jones George W. 07/07/1898 11/06/1960 Nickname 'Son' Double marker with Lue Dellar Jones Lue Dellar 05/17/1898 06/22/1979 Double marker with George Jones Madessa Gafford 1922 2002 Jones Milus Travis 04/24/1890 07/11/1939 Jones Willie Ray 02/24/1944 12/20/2007 Lee Clyde R. 1902 1918 Lee Willie E. 09/16/1925 Marker not legible and badly degraded Love Leslie 03/23/1895 03/17/1952 d/o Sam Thompson Marker surface degrading Lowe Roberta Walker 1918 'Dau of Mattie & Alford Walker' Manning Annis B. 03/21/1913 05/05/1978 Double marker with Willis Manning Willis D. 08/12/1908 05/05/1975 Double marker with Annis McClellan Fred 10/31/1894 01/13/1978 McClellan James M. 01/14/1903 04/09/1977 McClellan Moofie H. 1868 1950 Montgomery Clennie C. Harris 02/15/1938 03/30/1989 Nute Earline 09/08/1912 10/04/1994 'Gone but not forgotten' 'Sister of Myrtle Everett' Nute Giles Oswald 11/04/1954 07/07/2001 Nickname 'Gil' Okia Martha Gray 04/12/1941 08/02/1993 Olison Clara M. Champion 08/17/1917 01/10/1987 Nickname 'Fat' Oliver Grace Reed 09/05/1930 08/06/2010 d/o Whit & Lillar Reed Owens Fredrick Gene ??/28/1946 01/03/1999 Birth date partially obstructed by flowers s/o Harry and Alex Mae Owens Owens Isom 1906 1935 Owens Jimmie 09/16/1952 06/24/1999 b/o Robert Owens Military Owens Robert 1954 2009 b/o Jimmie Owens Payne Adell Sr 06/20/1917 09/06/1991 Double marker with Lovie Payne Annie P. Walker 1905 10/23/1977 d/o Mattie Thompson (Walker) m/o Zenobia Payne Payne Lovie L. 07/04/1924 03/10/2006 Double marker with Adell Sr. Payne Zenobia 06/08/1921 11/04/2002 d/o of Annie P. Payne Raiford Erma Jean 07/07/1918 07/09/2003 Double marker with Leo Raiford Leo 05/11/1920 12/31/1981 Double marker with Erma Jean Reed Emma Elaine 09/25/1922 10/21/1997 d/o Whit & Lillar Reed Reed Inell Ross 11/25/1924 11/25/1924 Double marker with Willis Sr. Reed Jeffrey L. 02/10/1964 12/26/2013 Reed Lillar Walker 09/19/1889 03/30/1965 Double marker with Whit m/o Annie Maude Cochran, Ethel Hopkins, Emma Reed, Grace Oliver, Willis Ree Reed Whit 11/28/1888 07/20/1950 Double marker with Lillar f/o Annie Maude Cochran, Ethel Hopkins, Emma Reed, Grace Oliver, Willis R Reed Whit T. 04/25/1924 10/13/1959 s/o Whit & Lillar Reed Military Marker surface degraded Reed Willis Sr. 03/19/1920 10/19/1983 Double marker with Inell s/o Whit & Lillar Reed Reed 1921 1921 Twin Sons of Whit & Lillar Reed Skinner Eller Mae Bursie 03/15/1913 06/12/1975 Smith Annie M. 06/05/1932 06/08/2000 Double marker with Mace Smith John Paul 12/14/1910 02/12/2000 Double marker with Youree Smith Mace Sr. 05/29/1927 2014 Double marker with Annie Smith Robert Koy 1957 Birth date obstructed by flowers Smith Youree Bell 06/21/1920 03/03/2010 Double marker with John Paul Southall Shirley Watley 06/26/1935 06/04/1973 d/o Mack and Ada Watley Stringfellow Gordie Jo Bridges 11/18/1926 02/07/2005 Thompson Calvin 08/29/1909 10/20/1963 s/o Sam Thompson Military Thompson Leola T. 09/25/1907 03/13/1983 Thompson Mattie 01/01/1873 07/09/1963 w/o Sam Thompson m/o Lillar Reed, Ada Watley, Annie Pearl Payne Viola Banks, and Nathan Walker Thompson Sam 12/27/1871 07/27/1963 h/o Mattie Thompson f/o Leslie Love, Ella Elder, Maude Elder, Eula Trotter and Calvin Thompson Mar Tidwell Alfred L. 11/28/1928 03/28/1965 Military Tidwell Lavell 01/19/1904 11/25/1988 Double marker with Rosa Tidwell Rosa Bell 12/27/1904 06/17/1984 Double marker with Lavell Trotter Eula M. Thompson 04/04/1913 08/16/1976 d/o Sam Thompson Walker John W. 1935 Birth date not provided Walker Nathan 03/19/1895 s/o Mattie Thompson (Walker) Death date obstructed Water Betty Birch 10/03/1949 07/15/2000 Watley Ada Walker 10/31/1900 11/28/1980 d/o Mattie Thompson (Walker) Watley Allie Bell 10/26/1910 04/28/1975 Watley C. D. 10/02/1918 06/02/1977 Military Watley Carl Sylvester 11/19/1957 11/20/1957 'Infant son of John & Etta Watley' Watley John Wilson 07/14/1926 05/03/1976 Watley Leornest 08/03/1924 05/26/2009 Military Watley Marshall L. 02/07/1910 10/08/1981 Military Watley McKinley h/o Ada Nickname 'Mack' Dates not visble Watley Myrtlene 06/17/1928 05/08/1933 'Daughter of Mack & Ada Watley' Watley Wilbert 10/15/1905 03/07/1972 Marker broken from base Whitfield Bobbie Faye 1934 1998 Wilson Brazzora 1882 1935 Double marker with Rose Wilson John W. 10/24/1879 04/22/1965 Wilson Luther W. 04/15/1918 12/27/1984 h/o Annie Military Wilson Robert Henry 1920 1965 Wilson Rose 1856 1945 Double marker with Brazzora Woolridge Orlando 12/16/1959 05/31/2012 Grandson/o Whit & Lillar Reed Wright Artie Mae 07/27/1926 11/13/2014 Wright Charlie Sr 06/19/1893 08/17/1977 Wright Douglas 12/28/1914 07/05/1998 Wright Eva 08/05/1899 12/04/1965 Wright James Wesley 04/03/1883 08/29/1968 Wright Lillian 09/22/1897 06/14/1963 Surface degrading Young Frank Dates not visble Young Maggie C. 10/19/1893 06/04/1971 Zeno Alondra Shenay Coleman 06/11/1971 Alondra Hull Pearlar 09/28/1888 04/14/1948 Hull Robert J. 06/26/1906 04/20/1967 h/o of Debet Double marker with Debet Attirdoll Sebron B. Keny 1971 Dates not legible Bernard Joyce W. 1933 2009 Brown Loyce 1903 1927 Brown Mary Otis 1901 1994 Montgomery Esther Mae 1920 2005 Owens Harry 01/21/1920 06/04/1999 Double marker with Alex Mae h/o Alex Mae f/o Fredrick Gene Owens Alex Mae 03/22/1922 05/13/1997 Double marker with Harry, w/o Harry m/o Fredrick Gene Wilson Annie L. H. 12/27/1918 02/21/1978 w/o Luther Frazier Dorothy B. 10/6/1938 1/6/2018 Hildreth Charlie W. 2/27/1915 5/17/1988 h/o Elnora, military tombstone Hildreth Elnora Davis 3/1913 3/2/1990 w/o Charlie Hunter Lara Mae 11/13/1947 3/16/2019 Funeral home stake marker Lockett Evorn 7/2/1925 6/21/2018 Mays Tyrone L. 5/25/1969 3/28/2019 Funeral home stake marker McDaniel Silvia Deloris 1961 2018 Funeral home stake marker Reed Carrie 1895 1968 m/o Elnora Hildreth Watley Marion Bush 8/6/1929 6/27/2018 w/o Leornest, double marker with Leornest Watley-Cooke Leair Dell 10/1937 12/29/2018 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/cemeteries/newhopew105gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 21.0 Kb