Cold Springs Cemetery - Vernon Parish Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: At the signal light in the center of Anacoco, turn right (east) on LA Hwy. 111 and go 3.2 miles. Turn left (north) onto Cold Springs Road and continue for 1.1 miles. Cold Springs Baptist Church is on the left on top of a hill. The cemetery is located behind the church, is fenced, and beautifully maintained. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from inside the front gate on the right, front to back, and on the left from front to back. Copied by Jane P. McManus, 9 November 1995, and submitted 12 February 2001. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right Side of Driveway (front to back): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craft, Mack Dawson - 4 Apr 1925/[no dates] [Masonic emblem] Craft, Lavonne Aldredge - 20 Jan 1924/[no dates] [Eastern Star emblem] [Above 2 burials have a double stone] Craft, Norris L. - 24 Sep 1898/23 Jul 1970 Daddy Craft, Velma J. Slay - 7 Mar 1915/27 Apr 1971 Mama [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simmons, Charles Alvin - 21 Dec 1914/28 Feb 1996 [WW2, 101st Airborne Div. & Glider Corps] Simmons, Leta R. Craft - 4 Jun 1902/7 Aug 1970 [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craft, John O. - 16 Jun 1909/31 Aug 1982 Daddy [LA State Policeman 24 yrs; Sheriff of Vernon Parish, Deacon of Cold Springs Church, Mason & Shriner, WW2 Vet] Craft, Alice W. - 20 Mar 1925/[no dates] Mama [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cain, Lena Craft - 29 Nov 1893/25 Feb 1985 Craft, James Lynn - 26 Sep 1970/26 Sep 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strickland, Charles R. - 4 Dec 1952/15 Aug 1974 SP4 US Army Vietnam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haymon, Oscar - 16 Feb 1921/[no dates] Haymon, Blanche C. - 21 Apr 1914/23 Oct 1988 [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Left Side of Driveway (front to back): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard, Lea Bell M. - 8 Dec 1922/4 Jan 1977 Mama Leonard, W. Penn - 11 Jun 1910/25 Sep 1981 Daddy [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Savell, Daniel M. - 14 Jun 1907/12 Jul 1975 Savell, Curtis M. - 17 May 1911/15 Dec 1988 [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Self, Bryan - 10 Apr 1915/25 Nov 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeane, Sheldon J. - 7 Aug 1912/[no dates] Father Jeane, Nancy A. - 14 Oct 1914/15 Oct 1985 Mother [Above 2 burials have a double stone] - Wed 31 Oct 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis, Jacob John - 30 Nov 1931/18 Nov 1981 Husband/Daddy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marze, Charles Lester - 12 Mar 1925/3 Feb 1993, Pvt. US Army WW2 Marze, Myrtle Goins - 7 Sep 1926/[no dates] [Above 2 burials have a double stone & border] - Married 9 Jun 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laughlin, Erwin - 9 Oct 1908/17 Mar 1990 Father Laughlin, Pauline - 30 Dec 1913/30 Sep 1984 Mother [Above 2 burials have a double stone] Laughlin, E. R. "Bob" - 27 Jun 1934/15 Mar 1994 Daddy [border around burial] Laughlin, Sean Christopher - 24 Apr 1980 Infant Son Laughlin, Jefferson A. Jr. - 14 May 1962/12 Oct 1985 Daddy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelson, Thomas Oliver - 19 Apr 1906/18 Jul 1980, PFC US Army WW2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham, Cecil Wesley - 18 Feb 1905/6 Mar 1974 Daddy Graham, Karen Ann - 22 Apr 1963/15 Jul 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor, Allen P. - 1905/[no dates] Minor, Geraldine - [10 May] 1915/[31 Mar] 1978 [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Center - left side): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belsha, M. K. "Tuck" - 27 Dec 1921/8 Feb 1994 Belsha, Lou Reid - 6 Jun 1920/[no dates] [Above 2 burials have a double stone] - Married 1 Jul 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miller, Clyde Harold - 5 Sep 1919/29 Sep 1980 Daddy PFC US Army WW2 Miller, Annie M. - 31 Aug 1921/[no dates] Mama [Above 2 burials have a double stone] - Married 5 Sep 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whatley, John W. - 12 Oct 1935/21 Oct 1994 Whatley, Betty S. - 30 Mar 1940/[no dates] [Above 2 burials have a double stone] - Married 2 Mar 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strickland, John Matthew - 22 Feb 1979 [only date, infant grave] Strickland, Johnnie J. - 26 Oct 1920/17 Oct 1979 Strickland, Mable M. - 29 Aug 1928/[no dates] [Above 2 burials have a double stone] - Married - 31 Jan 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin, Joseph B. - 10 Apr 1890/8 Nov 1972 [Masonic emblem] Martin, Maggie T. - 5 Apr 1898/31 Oct 1972 [Eastern Star emblem] [Above 2 burials have a double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LeDoux, Mary Nell Smith - 8 Jan 1941/19 Dec 1981 Mom [border, white rocks around burial] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Rear left corner): [infant burial, missing nameplate - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, William Daniel "Muggs" - 21 Jul 1922/22 Sep 1982 Daddy US Army WW2 Murphy, Naomi - 20 Jul 1929/6 Jun 1983 Mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Toole, Barry W. - 11 Jul 1942/27 Nov 1986, MSgt US Army Vietnam O'Toole, Brigitte - 15 Nov 1941/[no dates] [Above 2 burials have a double stone] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------