Beckcom Cemetery - Vernon Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Beckcom Cemetery is located just outside Hornbeck. Take LA Hwy. 171 North from Leesville, and turn left (West) onto LA Hwy. 392 in center of Hornbeck. Continue for 1.2 miles and turn right (North) on LA Hwy. 473. Go approximately 1.0 miles and turn right (East) on Beckcom Cemetery Road. Follow the road which turns sharply South for approximately .2 miles, and turn left at first road. Cemetery is located .3 miles at end of gravel road, is fenced and well maintained. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the right side just inside the gate by Jane P. McManus on November 1993. Submitted 15 March 2000. Row 1: [Front to Back] Morgan, Baby Girl - [no dates] [ d/o Dorsey Gurley Morgan & Josie Ellis] Morgan, Carlton G.[Gurley] - 19 Nov 1916 / 5 Mar 1940 [s/o Dorsey G. Morgan & Josie Ellis] Morgan, Dorsey G.[Gurley] - 7 May 1892 / 3 Jul 1952 [s/o James S. Morgan & Emily Morgan] Morgan, Josie E. - 25 Jan 1892 / 27 Aug 1955 [d/o William Wade Ellis & Mollie Parlee Jordan] Morgan, Mary Ann - 24 Nov 1919 / 12 May 1993 [d/o Dorsey G. Morgan & Josie Ellis] Tippit, David Thomas - 19 Jan 1915 / 13 Mar 1968 [Veteran WW2] [s/o Samuel Clinton Tippit & Eliza Jane Bass; h/o Lavada Morgan] Tippit, Lavada Morgan - died 26 January 1996 [w/o David Thomas Tippit, daughter of Dorsey Morgan and Josie Ellis] [3 rocks at head of unmarked graves - no information] Row 2: [Front to Back] Beckom, John Rolly - 15 Feb 1888 / 14 Aug 1955 [s/o Henry S. Beckcom & Elizabeth ?] Beckom, Minnie W. - 16 Aug 1895 / 12 Oct 1975 [Identical Stones] * * * [plot with concrete border] * * * Maddox, Deney - [old concrete infant grave, unreadable inscription] Maddox, W. D. - [old concrete marker - no information] Maddox, D. - [old concrete infant marker - no information] Maddox - [old concrete marker, unreadable information] Maddox, Isabel Leach - 19 Sep 1886 / 29 Dec 1964 Mother Maddox, Denney Raleigh - 14 Apr 1882 / 3 Oct 1945 Dad [Double Stone] * * * Koonce, Philip H. [old concrete marker, unreadable inscription] Koonce, Martha [old concrete marker, unreadable inscription] [old concrete marker, no information] Robinson, Mrs. T. C. - 18 Nov 1851 / 26 Apr 1923 Robinson, J. H. - 3 Jul 1847 / 14 Aug 1923 Father [Double Stone] Parker, Mayola - 1910 / 1930 Robinson, Arthur E. - 30 Jul 1911 / 28 Jul 1976 Robinson, James F. - 1 Nov 1877 / 5 Feb 1968 Daddy Robinson, Emma S. - 31 Mar 1883 / 22 Jun 1961 Mother [Double Stone] Robinson, Infant of M&M J. F. Robinson - 2 May 1918 Dowden, S. Alton - 21 Nov 1904 / 11 Apr 1971 Father Dowden, Stella R. - 28 Oct 1905 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] Dowden, Janette - 28 May 1937 / 28 May 1937 Dowden, Annette - 28 May 1937 / 14 Jul 1938 [Single Stone] - Twin daughters of Alton & Stella Dowden Dowden, Billy J. - 1928 / 1987 Father Dowden, Marlin Alton Sr. - 24 Dec 1923 / 6 Aug 1992, Cpl. US Army WW2 Dowden, Ila Marguerite Sanders - 13 Jun 1927 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 26 Apr 1946 Dowden, Glinda Marguerite - 23 Jan 1947 / 10 Jan 1962 Curry, Dad - [no inscription / no dates] Byrd, Annie - 1912 [only date] Mother Row 3: [Back to Front] Williamson, Robert - [old concrete marker - no dates] Williamson, Aryarine - [unreadable old concrete marker - no dates] Graham, M. R.[Manson] - [concrete marker - no dates] [born Jun 1860] Graham, Nancy - 1867 / 1938 [concrete marker - no dates] [born Sep 1868, w/o Manason R. Graham] Graham, [James] Dave - 1895 / 1888 [concrete marker - no dates, s/o Manson R. & Nancy Graham] Tynes, Baby Girl - Stillborn 15 Jul 1948, Daughter of Samuel & Goldie Tynes Tynes, Sammy M. Jr. - 4 Aug 1945 / 4 Jun 1946 Moss, Greta M. - 13 Aug 1934 / 2 Jun 1995 Moss, Lewis - 4 Sep 1905 / 29 Aug 1938 McClendon, Edna F. - 18 Feb 1914 [only date] McClendon, Nathan T. - 4 Sep 1918 / 9 Nov 1972, LA Sgt Army Air Forces WW2 [4 Identical Stones] Jernigan, Earl Maxine - 1927 / 1933 Jernigan, Martha Harriet - 1892 / 1933 Mother Holland, Asenth Dewill - 29 Jul 1858 / 21 Apr 1925 Holland, Henry H. - 16 Dec 1862 / 15 Mar 1932 Ross, Betsy Lorance - 24 Jan 1912 / 17 Jan 1994 Mother Ross, Charley Ester - 3 Jun 1904 / 14 Apr 1981 Daddy [Double Stone] Ross, Geraldine Ann - 27 Jan 1935 / 16 Feb 1950 Daughter Gibson, Lonnie M. - 23 Aug 1888 / 7 Sep 1956 Father [d/o Josephine Gibson] Ross, Lizzie Veture [Gibson] - 25 Aug 1883 / 27 May 1970 Mama [d/o Josephine Gibson] Ross, George Lee - 7 Oct 1877 / 11 Aug 1935 Papa [s/o A. J. Ross & Sarah Ann ?] [Double Stone] * * * [plot] * * * Koonce, David C. [old concrete marker, no dates] Koonce, Lillie P. - 14 Jan 1880 / 17 May 1933 Koonce, Odis O. - 1 Feb 1885 / 14 Jan 1928 [Double Stone] Koonce, Infant - [old concrete marker, no dates] Koonce, Infant - [old concrete marker, no dates] * * * Parker, J. R. - 1 Jan 1863 / 18 Jan 1904 [unreadable funeral marker - no nameplate] Row 4: [Front to Back] Beckom, Infant son of Floyd & Ellen Beckom - 15 May 1925 Beckom, Ellen Barnes - 1891 / 1925 * * * [CABRA / McINNIS plot] * * * [This plot actually covers 2 rows, but will be listed in its entirety in this row] Cabra, Floyd Leslie - 4 Dec 1903 / 25 May 1978 Cabra, Irene Lavenia Dowden - 19 Jan 1914 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Wed 25 Jul 1936 Cabra, Paul Donald - 12 Jan 1917 / 5 May 1981 McInnis, Franklin L. - 20 Aug 1897 / 6 Dec 1975, RCT US Army WW1 McInnis, Willie J. - 6 Jan 1902 / 10 May 1984 Bill [Double Stone] Cabra, Grammo L. - 16 Jul 1865 / 3 Dec 1948 Cabra, Lula S. - 18 Dec 1874 / 18 Sep 1949 [Double Stone] Cabra, Charles M. - 1888 / 1928 Cabra, Byron R. - 1921 / 1922 [small marker] Cabra, L. C. Jr. - 1907 / 1907 [small marker] Cabra, Stasia - 25 Nov 1917 / [no dates] Cabra, R. Lane - 18 Apr 1913 / 21 Sep 1992, CM2 US Navy WW2 [Double Stone] - Married 27 Nov 1945 * * * Stone, Annie Posey, wife of C. D. Stone - 14 August 1867 / 27 Jun 1906 * * * [plot] * * * McMillon, [sic] Seawillow Beal - 9 Mar 1923 / 23 Oct 1923 McMillan, Andrew Rancher - 29 Apr 1900 / 15 Jul 1971 Pappa Mac McMillan, Gertrude C. - 5 Sep 1903 / 18 Mar 1983 Granny Mac [Double Stone] McMillan, Jean - 17 Jan 1932 / 10 Mar 1978 * * * [funeral marker - no nameplate] [rocks at 2 unmarked graves - no information] Anderson, Virginia Sue, daughter of M&M W. F. Anderson - 25 Mar 1936 / 21 Apr 1936 Nottage, Estelle Wallis - 22 Feb 1884 / 15 Mar 1962 Nottage, Sidney Dillon - 1 Feb 1870 / 27 Nov 1944 [Identical Stones] Koonce, Murrow M. - 1891 / 1936 Koonce, Emily P. - 1894 / 1959 [Double Stone - replaces 2 old concrete markers] [unreadable funeral marker - no nameplate] Canady, Diana L. George - 22 Sep 1947 / 2 Dec 1993 Brown, O. C. - 4 Dec 1913 / 26 Apr 1974 Brown, Edna E. - 10 Sep 1918 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Voyght, Calvin E. - 15 Oct 1884 / 19 Jul 1963 Daddy Voyght, Nancy Corine - 10 Jun 1897 / 16 Feb 1981 Mama [Double Stone] Row 5: [Back to Front] Coan, Myrtle D. - 22 Oct 1911 / 9 May 1994 Mother Coan, Frank B. - 29 Jan 1902 / 2 Apr 1986 Daddy [Double Stone] Maxie, Aline Coan - 10 Oct 1924 / 1 Jan 1955 [hand-lettered marker] Coan, Irene, daughter of M&M F. B. Coan - 3 Sep 1932 / 21 Nov 1950 Coan, Ina Mae - 9 Aug 1930 / 4 Oct 1931, age 1 yr 1 mo 25 das Nich----, Martha Irene - 13 Jul 1898 / 11 Jan 1978 [stump covered with vines in center of row, & almost unreadable funeral marker]] Drake, Frank Battle - 8 Jun 1904 / 30 Jan 1961 Daddy Drake, Bernie Lee - 24 Apr 1916 / 2 Jun 1979 Mother [Double Stone] Cabra, Arthur L. (Pat) - 8 Nov 1905 / 3 Sep 1980 Cabra, Malcholm C. - [old concrete marker - no dates] Cabra, Patrick O. - [old concrete marker - no dates, infant burial] Barnes, Nancy Frances Bayne, wife of Richard R. Barnes - 18 Jan 1861 / 5 Feb 1920 Grandmother Row 6: [Back to Front] Aldredge, Goldia - 14 Jun 1907 / 5 Jul 1907 Daughter Aldredge, Mattie L. - 1872 / 1944 Aldredge, Willie L. - 1868 / 19-- [not inscribed] [Double Stone] Aldredge, Julia Elizabeth - 3 Feb 1874 / 16 Feb 1966 Aldredge, Lutitia Ann - 15 Apr 1844 / 20 Jan 1926 Mother [handlettered marker] Harris, Jimmie Aldredge - 25 Mar 1876 / 19 Jul 1906 Erwin, Ronald Carnell - 29 May 1945 / 18 Feb 1978 Son McInnis, Ethel E. - 14 Jun 1893 / 24 Jun 1957 McInnis, N. Lev - 16 Feb 1883 / 25 Feb 1960 [Double Stone] Chanler, William - [old concrete marker - no dates, adult burial] Walling, Bill Sparks - 13 Jul 1916 / 31 Jan 1938 Sparks, Addie McInnis - 19 May 1893 / 3 May 1936 Mother McInnis, Norman A. - 29 Dec 1848 / 22 Nov 1929 McInnis, Elizabeth Byrd - 15 Feb 1861 / 26 Nov 1940 [Identical Stones] Miller, Callie - 9 May 1889 / 3 Jun 1927 McInnis, Eddie R., son of N. A. & E. J. McInnis - 1 Oct 1900 / 16 Apr 1901 McInnis, George W., son of N. A. & E. J. McInnis - 20 Aug 1897 / 10 Nov 1897 Jones Pat, son of F.B. & Nora Jones - 19 Jan 1900 / 15 Aug 1901 [in center of cemetery] Row 7: [Front to Back] Cabra, Leo H. - 15 Jan 1911 / 27 Feb 1960 Daddy Cabra, Melmo C. - 29 Jan 1917 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] Leach, Clarence T. - 25 Jul 1895 / 27 Nov 1973 Father Leach, Hassie E. - 5 Dec 1896 / 12 Dec 1979 Mother [Double Stone] Camp, Samuel - [old stone, no dates], CO I 54th PA Inf. Self, William David, son of J. W. & Emma Self - 5 Apr 1901 / 22 Mar 1903 [broken stone] McInnis, Mary, daughter of R. & Mattie McInnis - 2 Mar 1901 / 6 May 1902 McInnis, Mary A. Bradshaw, wife of John McInnis - 25 Jan 1850 / 20 Aug 1905 McInnis, Roddie Russell - born 1924, aged 28 days Ford, William C. Jr. - 26 Jun 1908 / 8 Jan 1973 Ford, Pearl G. - 4 Apr 1913 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Taylor, Douglas - 27 May 1933 / 10 Oct 1985, A3C USAF Korea Robinson, Clifford C. - 25 Sep 1919 / 8 Apr 1951, La Tec 5, 270th Fd. Arty Bn. WW2 Robinson, Charlie G. - 20 Oct 1894 / 10 Sep 1951 Father Robinson, Eva Farris - 10 Apr 1895 / 26 Feb 1958 Mother [Double Stone] Robinson, Homer - 12 Apr 1918 / 17 Jan 1963, LA Cpl. Corps of Military Police WW2 Row 8: [Back to front] Cox, Neville L. - [b. ca 1853] / 8 Nov 1942, TX Fd. Arty. 19 Div. Cox, Telatha Bell Arnold - 22 Mar 1909 / 14 Mar 1988 [first name from funeral marker] Cox, Marion Elijah - 24 Mar 1892 / 23 Sep 1962, LA Pfc. US Army WW1 [Double Stone] - "We love you - your family" Cox, Joshua R. - 31 May 1886 / 12 Dec 1969 Cox, Louis - 22 Jun 1913 / 14 Jul 1975 Jones, Bettie Cox - 17 Apr 1911 / 3 Dec 1992 Mother Cox, Mary Ellen - 4 May 1892 / 22 Jun 1977 [funeral marker here in 1993, not here in 1995] Rains, Oscar O. - 10 Nov 1899 / 18 Sep 1957 Rains, Mary Ford - 19 Sep 1900 / 20 Jul 1954 Ford, Hattie J. - 21 May 1874 / 11 Mar 1946 Ford, William Cassie Sr. - 3 Feb 1880 / 7 Oct 1964 Conerly, Mary J. [Morgan] - 24 Feb 1855 / 12 Jan 1930 [w/o William M. Conerly] Conerly, W. M. - 30 Jul 1833 / 23 Nov 1911, aged 78 yr. 3 mo. 26 da Ellis, Hosea - [s/o Stephen Ellis & Leona Morgan] [There is only a footstone with "E" marking this burial beside a large cedar tree, identified by relatives] Ellis, Stephen - [h/o Leona Morgan, unmarked grave identified by relatives] Ellis, Leona [Morgan] - w/o Stephen Ellis, unmarked grave identified by relatives]] Ellis, Lucille Ross - 13 Nov 1907 / 20 May 1962 Mother Ellis, John Tulane - 8 Sep 1903 / 26 May 1987, Pfc. US Army WW1 [s/o Stephen Ellis & Leona Morgan] [Double Stone] - Wed 24 Dec 1928 Viator, W. L. Sr. - 1902 / 1951 * * * [plot with concrete border, white sand] * * * Beebe, Beatrice Hughes - 3 Apr 1930 / 19 Jun 1993 Mamaw Hughes, Phillip Murray - 18 Dec 1931 / 19 Dec 1931 Hughes, Mary Louise - 31 Mar 1928 / 18 Oct 1979 [Identical small stones for Phillip & Mary] Hughes, W. B. - 30 Jul 1889 / 20 Jul 1977 Hughes, Mary Ella - 28 Jan 1890 / 26 Oct 1963 [Double Stone] * * * * * Lee, Artie Miller - 20 Mar 1849 / 3 Dec 1928 Lee, Norval Needham - 26 Dec 1864 / 9 Jul 1932 [Double Stone] Vogel, William - 14 Jan 1843 / 7 Feb 1923 Vogel, Mary Elizabeth - 2 Dec 1855 / 6 Apr 1960 Pynes, Mollie Vogel - 31 Dec 1878 / 6 Aug 1974 [w/o James Pynes] Row 9: [Front to Back] Savell, Mary J. - 1868 / 1939 [this old marker with flowers apart from below double stone] Savell, Mary J. - 25 Dec 1867 / 30 Jan 1939 Mother Savell, E. M. - 1870 / 23 Jun 1923 Father [Double Stone] [3 unmarked graves with flowers - no information] Savell, Mae N. - Mar 1906 / Apr 1942 Mother Savell, Huey P. - 30 Mar 1933 / 2 Jan 1954 Son [photo in military uniform] [Double Stone] Savelle, Silas Miner - 1934 / 1 Dec 1978, 44 yrs 0 mos 11 das, Cpl US Army Korea Bowman, Grace Slay - 19 Sep 1908 / 21 Jan 1991 [funeral marker] [vault, no inscription] Bowman, Joe Howard - died 21 Sep 1963, aged 64 yr 4 mo 22 das [slab] Curtis, Margaret - 1878 / 1943, aged 64 Mother [handlettered white stone] Cabra, Claude Henry - 18 Jul 1900 / 18 Sep 1981 Father Cabra, Mary Curtis - 28 Jan 1905 / 25 Apr 1988 Mother [Double Stone] - Married 1 Jul 1923 Abbott, Cecil A. - 1921 / 1954 Daddy [photo] Abbott, Jimmy Don - 16 Dec 1942 / 3 Mar 1962 Son Wright, Kenneth H. - 1935 / 1975 Wright, J. Frances - 1943 / [no dates] [Double Stone] [small old concrete marker or plot marker - no information] Farris, Mrs. Bashie Stringer, wife of Leo Farris - 24 Mar 1907 / 6 Feb 1943 Mother Stringer, Kinchen G. - 7 Mar 1862 / 17 Oct 1938 Stringer, Nancy Jane S. - 14 Feb 1878 / 2 Aug 1960 [Double Stone] Stringer, Earl - 15 Nov 1904 / 22 Oct 1973 Hampton, Robert Allen - 2 Apr 1957 / 2 Apr 1957 Row 10: [Back to Front] Cox, Hollis - 25 Jul 1897 / 24 Mar 1970, Pfc. US Army [unreadable funeral marker - no nameplate] Cox, Miss Emma - died 27 Jan 1943, age ?36? yr 4 mo. 37 das [funeral marker] Cox, Albert J. - 1 Jan 1860 / 30 Mar 1931 Cox, Zebulon - 9 Nov 1862 / 13 Apr 1938 Father Brown, Minnie Cox - 26 Jun 1896 / 26 Nov 1963 Mother [Double Stone] - Cox - Brown Farris, Archie [Archibald] B. - 27 Jun 1864 / 10 Oct 1949 [s/o J. K. Farris & Sarah ?] Farris, Jane - 29 Dec 1872 / 9 Oct 1940 [w/o Archibald B. Farris] Farris, Mason Fred, son of A. B. & Jane Farris - 15 Jun 1900 / 15 May 1918 Walters, Phyllis Lyvonn - 24 May 1921 / 15 Nov 1921 [d/o William Walters] Roberts, Leslie - 8 Sep 1929 Our Darling [infant burial] Mitchell, Maggie Inez - 1910 / 1912 Mitchell, Alice Elizabeth - 1876 / 1914 [w/o Thomas Mitchell] Fish, Lillie F. - 22 Sep 1900 / [no dates] Fish, Leo W. - 14 Dec 1895 / 12 Oct 1974, Cpl. US Army [Double Stone] Bakat, John Ferguson - 9 Jun 1924 / 11 Dec 1924 Bakat, John Joseph - 1882 / 1925 Father [unreadable funeral marker - no nameplate] Bowman, J. D. - 13 Apr 1918 / 22 Oct 1935 [slab] Bowman, Charles - 22 Sep 1872 / 3 May 1945 Father Bowman, Mary Frances - 3 Oct 1883 / 19 Aug 1950 Mother [Identical Stones] Lucius, Lauvinia - 10 Apr 1922 / 31 Oct 1925 Lucius, Amanda - 23 Feb 1866 / 23 Feb 1926 Lucius, James D. - 3 Jul 1882 / 17 Mar 1950 Daddy Lucius, Mabel Kelly - 7 Sep 1889 / 18 Jan 1966 Mother [Double Stone] Savell, Thomas Marion - 31 Jul 1893 / 18 Jan 1988 Savell, Isom M. - 19 May 1859 / 26 May 1955 [Double Stone] Savell [sic], Francis M. - 11 Mar 1868 / 20 Jan 1944 [infant unmarked grave, with flowers - no information] Dainwood, John J. C. - 8 Nov 1919 / 7 Dec 1993 Dainwood, Georgia C. - 25 Jun 1898 / 11 Oct 1970 Mother Dainwood, Archie V. - 18 Mar 1889 / 6 Aug 1967 Daddy [Double Stone] Row 11: [Back to Front] Koonce, Jay Paul - Oct 1916 / Jan 1978, US Army, WW2 Father Koonce, Christine - Dec 1928 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] Moore, Kayla Jean - 15 May 1952 / 26 Jun 1979 Bowman, S. E. - 25 Mar 1912 / 13 Apr 1973, LA Pfc. US Army WW2 [s/o Charlie Bowman & Mary Frances Jones] Ellis, Stephen Ezekiel - 7 Jan 1896 / 25 Feb 1967 Ellis, Dolia Bowman - 12 Apr 1906 / 13 Sep 1976 Reeks, Mary Lucius - 31 Dec 1915 / 13 Jul 1964 Lucius, Woodrow W. - 20 Dec 1918 / 30 Jul 1986, Pfc US Army WW2 Lucius, Melvin Herman - [6 Mar 1920] / 7 Sep 1993, 73 yrs 6 mos 1 das Seagrave, William - 7 Mar 1909 / 16 Jul 1976 [unreadable funeral marker, info from previous publication] Row 12 : [front to back] Drake, Jennings A. - 13 Apr 1910 / 5 Feb 1993 Father Drake, Nancy E. - 19 May 1923 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 5 Jun 1948 Bridges, Curtis - 20 Jul 1911 / [no dates] Bridges, Lillian - 3 Apr 1916 / 29 Mar 1986 [Double Stone] - Married 19 Nov 1936 Ross, Cecil Flin - 26 Nov 1902 / 9 May 1958 Ross, Muriel Gentry - 21 Jul 1915 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Ross, Lanny Wayne - b&d 1942 Ross, Leo Edwin - b&d 1940 [Identical Stones] Conerly, Herbert P. - 25 Jul 1900 / 8 May 1991 Conerly, Ruby W. - 1 Oct 1904 / 19 Oct 1993 [Double Stone] - Married 11 Dec 1926 Ramirez, Isela - 8 Feb 1943 [only date] Freer, Estella R. - 5 Feb 1915 / 1 Nov 1980 * * * [plot in far rear corner] * * * Prince, Gregory Scott - 20 Aug 1963 / 19 Aug 1980 * * *