Flactor Cemetery, Vernon Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane P. McManus ******* ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Flactor Cemetery - Vernon Parish Directions: At the junction of LA Hwy. 28 & 465, go toward Leesville for 4.3 miles. Turn left at sign onto Forest Rd. 31 and continue for 1.8 miles to Flactor Baptist Church on the left side of the road. Cemetery is located on the right side of the church,and is fenced and beautifully maintained. A new driveway divides the cemetery down the middle and burials are scattered on both sides. A sign on the gate nearest the Church reads: Flactor Baptist Church appreciates this road built in loving memory of N. W. Causey by the Causey-Stratton families 18 July 1989 As this is a relatively new cemetery with few burials, tombstone inscriptions were recorded in the order graves were approached. The side next to the highway (right) was recorded first from the far end of the driveway toward the Church. The side next to the woods (left) was recorded from the Church toward the far end. In the Vernon Baptist Church Association Minutes for 1891, an obituary indicated that Martin Williams, age 55, was buried in the Flactor Baptist Church Cemetery. Even though the church is this old, the information could be in error as the earliest marked burial in this cemetery was 1941. Tombstone inscriptions copied by Jane P. McManus, 19 February 1993, and updated 9 May 1996. Right Side [from woods to church]: Jeane, Edward Isaac - 19 Jan 1897/2 Sep 1975, US Army WW1 [s/o Henry W. Jeane & Eliza Kay Knight] Jeane, Virgie Jeter - 29 Aug 1909/12 Aug 1992 [d/o William Starlyn Jeter & Alice Rozena Stalsby] [Double Stone] Boswell, Coy J. Sr. - 21 Mar 1929/20 Sep 1990, Pfc. US Army Korea Boswell, Earlean L. - 12 May 1935/[no dates] Mom [Double Stone] - Married 3 Mar 1962 Tolbert, Sidney C. - 16 May 1926/[no dates] Tolbert, Donnis Poe - 25 Jan 1926/1 Feb 1975 Mother [Double Stone] - Married 2 Nov 1946 Tolbert, Robert Wayne - 16 Jun 1950/28 Jan 1969 Poe, Robert E. - 5 Oct 1901/28 Jul 1961 [s/o William A. Poe & Leona Roberts] Poe, Bessie W.[Wilson] - 28 Jul 1900/6 May 1990 [d/o Jefferson D. Wilson & Rhonda Bell Busby] [Double Stone] Lewis, Charles [Jack] - 31 Jan 1937/[no dates] Lewis, [Alma] Marie [Vidrine]- 29 May 1953/5 Jan 1994 [Double Stone] Jeane, Infant, daughter of Anthony & Janet Jeane - 2 May 1974 Jeane, Jerel Lewayne - 17 May 1950/18 Oct 1993 [Double Stone - 2nd side not engraved] Lewis, James Charles - 17 May 1920/[no dates] [Masonic Emblem] Lewis, Mary Carey - 7 May 1922/10 Dec 1977 [Eastern Star Emblem] Nanny [Double Stone] - Wed 20 Dec 1948 Jeter, Louis C.[Clarence] - 17 Mar 1921/16 Jan 1986, Pvt. US Army WW2 Jeter, Syble Brown - 3 Jul 1927/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 10 May 1942 Arnold, George A. - 27 Aug 1896/30 Apr 1970 [s/o Daniel Augusta Arnold & Artemis Landrum] Arnold, Mary K.[Knight] - 11 Jan 1899/[no dates] Mother [d/o King David Knight & Sarah M. Hughes] [Double Stone] Harper, Charlie P.[Preston] - 6 Dec 1892/24 Sep 1957 [s/o Louis Preston Harper & Euremia LaCaze] Harper, Rosa K.[Knight] - 11 Dec 1900/21 Nov 1985 [Double Stone] - [unreadable sunken military marker] Harper, William P. - 6 Nov 1909/21 Dec 1983 Father/Daddy [s/o Samuel Harper & Margaret Harper] Harper, Ethel K. - 3 May 1906/16 Sep 1979 Mother/Mama [d/o King David Knight & Sarah M. Hughes] [Double Stone] Ingalls, Rickey L. - 11 Aug 1956/25 Sep 1985 Ingalls, Jimmie Louis - 30 Nov 1934/11 Aug 1982 Daddy Ingalls, Patsy Ann [Thompson] - 9 May 1938/13 Mar 1992 [Double Stone] - Wed 17 Oct 1955 Jeter, William S.[Starlyn] - 12 Dec 1879/16 Aug 1957 Father [s/o Henry Jeter & Mary Landrum] Jeter, Alice R. Stalsby - 20 Nov 1882/27 Apr 1976 Mother [d/o James Stalsby & Rozena Smith] [Double Stone] Jeter, Neal O.[Otis] - 5 Jan 1906/22 Feb 1983, Sgt. US Army WW2 [s/o William Jeter & Alice Stalsby] Carlock, Herman C.[Clifton] - 23 Jun 1923/27 Dec 1974, Momm.1 US Navy Mason, Vee Spurgeon Carlock - [11 May 1929]/25 Mar 1991 61 yrs. 5 mos. 20 das. [Funeral Marker] Mayo, Annie B.[Bryers] - 7 Oct 1894/29 Jun 1967 Mother [d/o Murdock Bryers & Elizabeth Knight] Mayo, John R.[Robert] - 20 Dec 1883/9 Apr 1941 Father [s/o Elijah Light Mayo & Elizabeth Bryant] [Double Stone] - Married 16 Jul 1921 Cox, Troy E.[Edward] - 10 Nov 1929/28 Jun 1982 [Masonic Emblem] Cox, Martha LaQuita - 25 Mar 1965/20 Aug 1974 Spurgeon, Martha D. - 17 Jun 1898/24 Jul 1977 Mother [d/o George Riley Deason & Louise Cole] Spurgeon, John C. - 10 Oct 1892/12 Mar 1969 Daddy [s/o James Patrick Spurgeon Sr. & Dicie Ann Jowers] [Double Stone] Haymon, Lloyd L. - 4 May 1914/20 Aug 1960 [Masonic Emblem] Haymon, Elbert E. - 12 Jul 1917/5 Aug 1964 [s/o Willie Lee Haymon & Viola Haymon] Haymon, Bonnie B.[Bass] - 27 Aug 1927/[no dates] [d/o George Henry Bass & Ima Davis] [Double Stone] Haymon, Viola H. - 14 Oct 1892/26 Dec 1974 Mama [d/o Hezekiah "Dock" Haymon Jr. & George Ana McKee] Haymon, Willie Lee - 23 Sep 1889/16 Jan 1969 Papa [s/o Noah Henry Haymon & Lucinda Caroline Taylor] [Double Stone] - Married 12 Apr 1911 Golemon, C. M. (Maddie) - 11 Aug 1916/23 Apr 1957 Merchant, Oliver J.[Jefferson] - 18 Aug 1864/9 Mar 1961 [s/o William Merchant & Sarah Squyres] Merchant, Rebecca M.[Musgrove] - 22 Jul 1876/10 Jul 1959 [d/o Gordon J. Musgrove & Eveline Perry] [Double Stone & vaults] - [Married 1 February 1893] Merchant, Clifford E. - 28 Dec 1899/19 May 1959 [Vault & Masonic Emblem] [s/o Oliver Jefferson Merchant & Rebecca Musgrove] Merchant, Roy Alfred - 24 Apr 1932/22 Sep 1956 LA SSgt. 825th Opr. Sq. AF Merchant, Cornelius J. - 27 Jul 1897/10 Jan 1968 LA Pvt. 2nd Co. Coast Arty. WW1 [s/o Oliver Jefferson Merchant & Rebecca Musgrove] Merchant, Irene S. - 12 Jan 1913/[no dates] [d/o William John Hamilton Smith & Alice Muse] [Double Stone] Merchant, Thomas Jefferson - 10 Dec 1934/6 May 1986, SP3 US Army Korea Merchant, Estelle Poe - 18 Feb 1941/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 21 Nov 1958 Left Side [from church to woods]: Smith, Charles H.[Hampton] - 12 Feb 1895/20 Jul 1991 Father Pfc. US Army WW1 [s/o Rev. Michael Smith & Alice Stokes] Smith, Gladys Knight - 30 Jul 1909/26 Oct 1994 Mother [Death date from Funeral Marker, not inscribed on stone] [d/o Andrew Jackson Knight & Sealie Lou Creasy Kirkpatrick] [Double Stone] - Wed 3 Nov 1927 Goodman, James C. - 25 Aug 1946/25 May 1969 Strickland, Louella Warwick - 9 Apr 1926/5 Mar 1985 Strickland, William Duey - 3 Oct 1923/[no dates] [Double Stone] Jeane, Leo W., Son of M&M Isaac L. Jeane - 28 Jun 1946/29 Jun 1946 Mathis, Celia M. - 15 Mar 1895/7 Apr 1974 Mom [d/o John Martin & Sarah Beebe] Mathis, Samuel Houston - 6 Jan 1897/26 May 1968 Pop [s/o William Lynn Mathis & Jane Gill] [Double Stone] Mitchell, Dorothy "Cecil" Golemon - 5 Dec 1921/26 Aug 1976 Wife/Mother Mitchell, Riley - 29 Apr 1917/15 Jul 1993 Husband/Father [Double Stone] - Married 20 Sep 1938 Meylian, Jerry Wayne - 21 Sep 1955/12 Jul 1995 Cox, Jared Wayne - 20 May 1977/23 Jan 1992 Marshall, Delbert E. Jene - 4 Mar 1936/3 Feb 1993, SSgt. US Army [Concrete border around burial] Jeter, Willie "W. C." - 27 Oct 1918/26 Nov 1993 Daddy Jeter, Annie Lee - 7 Sep 1915/19 Mar 1994 Mama [Double Stone] Nolin, Gale Eldrin - 25 May 1928/15 Sep 1994 Nolin, Eva Louise [TOMEY] - 29 Nov 1920/18 May 1990 [Double Stone] Smeltzer, Larry O. - 28 Jan 1938/22 Jan 1986, Sfc. US Army Vietnam Smeltzer, Ruby Jeter - 1942/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married in 1967 Davis, Gussie Lee [Arnold]- 28 Oct 1911/[no dates] Mother [d/o Monroe Arnold & Nancy Haymon] Davis, Arthur D. - 1 Oct 1884/7 Jan 1964 Father [Masonic Emblem] [s/o John Washington Davis & Sytha Bloodsworth] [Double Stone] - [Eastern Star Emblem] Finley, Lula V. Poe - 8 Dec 1916/4 Sep 1988 Mother Finley, Marshall T. - 30 Jun 1916/11 Feb 1976 Father [Double Stone] - Wed 29 Sep 1937 Deason, Jewell P.[Perkins] - 7 Jul 1921/[no dates] Deason, Marvin O.[Otis] - 17 Aug 1907/18 Aug 1992 Papa Deason Drilling Company Safety Award "This award is presented to M.O. Deason, pusher, for successfully operating a rig & 3 crews 395 days without lost time, accident to him or his crew. Through 10-31-62" [Double Stone] - Married 10 Jan 1969 Allen, William E. "Bill" - 8 Feb 1951/6 Sep 1983 [s/o Eugene Allen & Blanche Burns] Allen, Eugene O. - 23 Aug 1915/4 Dec 1976 Daddy Lt. Col. US Army WW2 Korea [s/o Ebbert Allen & Lottie Hartman] Allen, Blanch [Burns]- 20 Mar 1920/[no dates] Mama [d/o John Edgar Burns & Ida Cathrin Smith] [Double Stone] Burns, [Ida Cathrin] Kate Smith - 30 Jan 1890/31 Aug 1968 Mother [d/o John Archer Smith & Mary E. Peavy] Burns, John E.[Edward] - 12 Sep 1891/18 May 1973 Father [s/o James Monroe Burns Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Hunt] [Double Stone] - [Married 28 Feb 1909] Smith, Ollie - [7 Feb 1902]/23 Feb 1993, 91 yrs. 16 das. [Funeral Marker] [d/o John Archer Smith & Mary E. Peavy] Smith, Avis [Alpha] Burns - 6 Aug 1914/[no dates] [d/o Barney Monroe Burns & Elizabeth Dennis] Smith, Grover M.[McKinley] - 29 May 1909/30 May 1970 [Masonic Emblem] [s/o John Archer Smith & Mary E. Peavy] [Double Stone] - [Married 24 Jun 1933] Poe, Johnnie B.[Burns] - 17 Sep 1928/[no dates] [d/o John Burns & Ida Cathrin (Kate) Smith] Poe, James T.[thomas] - 3 May 1920/11 Nov 1983, Pfc. US Army WW2 / Daddy [Double Stone] Mandell, Margaret [Ann] Poe - 21 Jun 1950/21 Oct 1988 Mother [d/o James Thomas Poe & Johnnie Burns] Hardwick, Brian Dale - 25 Oct 1965/16 Aug 1987 Son Causey, [Clara] Lorene Jeter - 19 Jan 1928/[no dates] Mama Causey, Nolton W.[Wilburn Sr.] - 7 Nov 1922/20 Nov 1988, SSgt. US Army WW2 [Double Stone]