Good Hope Cemetery - Vernon Parish, LA Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** GOOD HOPE CEMETERY - Vernon Parish From Leesville, take LA Hwy. 171 North and turn left (West) onto LA Hwy. 111 in the center of Anacoco. Continue several miles (approximately 1.2 miles past junction of LA Hwy. 392), and turn right (North) onto Good Hope Road (sign at the corner). Cemetery is located 1.2 miles down this road, on the left side of the highway, in front of the Good Hope Baptist Church. Burials are in two separately fenced areas; the older section is immediately in front of the Church, while the newer section is across the road. There were too many unmarked burials, unreadable small concrete stones or old funeral markers in this cemetery to be listed separately. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the gate near the Church on the far West side of the cemetery, North to South in zigzag rows. The old section is listed first, followed by the new section. Inscriptions recorded by Jane P. McManus and Mary Parker Partain, October 1991; new burials added 17 January 1995. HISTORY Good Hope Baptist Church, located on Big Sandy about ten miles West of Anacoco, was established in 1854. For 40 years after its establishment, Good Hope served as a community center. Three months during the summer, schools were taught and public meetings of various kinds were held in the building. Church services were held once a month on Saturday and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. The first church, a one-room log house with puncheon floors, stood near an old mulberry tree just across the present road that leads to Big Sandy Creek. This building was later replaced in 1904 by a rough lumber structure. The Koonce brothers sawed the lumber at their water mill, and donated the material to the Church. Members all chipped in to build the house. John Harvey was the first member to be baptized following the construction of the second church. Rev. Daniel Slay who served as pastor for 16 years conducted the baptismal service. In those days, Rev. Slay traveled by mule. He read verses from a blue-black hymnbook that he always carried, and then the congregation would sing them. People walked, rode horseback, or traveled in ox wagons for many miles to attend services. Some early preachers of Good Hope were Revs. Y. I. Prewitt, N. H. Bray, Jim Stringer, Daniel Slay, Jim Bailey, Southwell, Sherwood, Overitt, Martin, Charlie Herrington, J. B. Prewitt, Kenneth Jones, Huey Haymon, W. A. Gregg, Miller, Willie Loftin, T. J. Jarrels, Owen Loftin, Bud McCullough, Browning, Melvin E. Murray, S. E. Deason, Walter Moses and Robert Graham. Although the early records have been destroyed, some of the charter members recalled were W. M. Newman, G. J. Palmer, J. I. Newman, Melinda Newman, Mose Leach Sr. & wife Rachel Leach, Robert Langton, Mrs. James Newman, & Bud Durbin. Mr. Will B. Ferguson donated the land in 1868 for the church & the cemetery. That donation gift is recorded in Sabine Parish Courthouse. State of LA Parish of Sabine Whereas the Good Hope Church house is located on Mr. Will B. Furgerson's land and whereas he is willing to grant the above Baptist Church four acres of land for building yard and burial ground. Therefore be it resolved that we the Good Hope Baptist Church with grattitude [sic] accept the offer of Mr. Furgerson and the following named members of the above church be and is hereby appointed to wait on Mr. Furgerson and obtain the right & tital [sic] to the land in the name & for the Good Hope Baptist Church. Namely F. B. Howell, A. J. Defur, W. B. Wooly, William Newman, T. J. Dixon. Done in conference by order of the Church this October 10th A.D. 1868. F. B. Howell Y. J. Prewitt Ch. Clerk Moderator * * * * * Dowden, Sally Ann - 17 Feb 1965/18 Feb 1965 Hale, Eugene H. - 2 Mar 1952/5 Jul 1990, SP4 US Army Vietnam Prewitt, Young Henry - 4 Jun 1893/15 Nov 1975, Pvt. US Army WW1 Prewitt, Annie Erwin - 10 Oct 1906/18 Aug 1975 [above 2 burials have double stone] Berzins, Michael Shayne - 10 Aug 1972/2 Sep 1972 Prewitt, Raymond Lee - 1 Jul 1969/5 Jul 1969 [funeral marker] Marsh, Thomas Walker - 18 Sep 1886/17 Feb 1966 Rayborn, Rhoda - 25 Feb 1880/14 Jun 1969 Marshall, Della D. - died 25 Nov 1975, age 85 yrs [funeral marker] Doyle, Hattie Hext - 27 Jul 1994, 82 yrs 11 mos 19 das [funeral marker] Gordon, Denis Roy - 14 Apr 1956/17 Sep 1956 Hale, Shirley L. - 28 Mar 1951/23 Apr 1951 Dowden, Willie V. - 14 Sep 1905/1 May 1978 Mother Dowden, W. M. (Bill) - 12 Nov 1900/[no dates] Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Chance, Edna E. Dowden - 22 Mar 1925/16 Jun 1961 Mother Addison, Clara G. - 26 Jul 1922/[no dates] Mom Addison, Homer - 14 Jan 1903/16 Jul 1983 Dad [above 2 burials have double stone] Gunter, Albert - 12 Dec 1893/23 May 1954 Moses, Annie Gunter - 6 Jan 1890/24 Dec 1966 Mother Gunter, Albert Emery Jr. - 10 Oct 1918/2 Jan 1968 Hale, Bennie C. - 19 Apr 1946/10 Jun 1971, LA SP5 504 OM Co. 3 US Army Hale, Johnnie T. - 15 May 1917/16 Sep 1981 Father [military marker unreadable] Hale, Virginia A. - 25 Dec 1922/4 Oct 1990 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 23 Dec 1939 Hale, Infant daughter of M&M J. T. Hale - 20 Dec 1940 Hale, Infant son of Tom & Brean Hale - [no dates] Hale, Voncile, daughter of Tom & Brean Hale - [no dates] Hale, Tom F. - 25 Jul 1887/10 Mar 1956 Hale, Brean A. - 16 Mar 1894/4 Jun 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] Ashton, Willie Mae "Billie" - 9 Jan 1911/8 Mar 1974 Daughter Daugherty, Hazel M. - 6 Nov 1925/27 Jun 1988 [funeral marker] McConathy, Gladys - 20 Sep 1908/[no dates] Mother McConathy, Toliver (Tol) - 6 Feb 1908/23 Feb 1981 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 11 Jun 1927 Williams, Ella Welch, wife of J. L. Williams - 1902/1985 Williams, J. L. - 1898/1953 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 11 Nov 1916 Lacombe, Joseph - 4 Mar 1922/17 Jul 1975, AMM3 US Navy Self, Louise Lucille - 10 Nov 1923/25 Jul 1994 Mother Self, Willie Ray - 5 Oct 1953/11 Aug 1971 Son [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, Billey Ray - 12 Mar 1945/27 Apr 1948 Self, Willie - 5 Dec 1918/31 Jan 1981 Welch, Goldie Avice - 14 Dec 1917/29 Mar 1962 Welch, Avis Joyce, daughter of Jesse & Goldie Welch - 1950/1950 Peters, Charles L. - 22 Jun 1898/19 Jan 1963 Peters, Lovella E. - 11 Aug 1899/20 Mar 1976 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Moore, Pollie E. - 14 Dec 1893/12 Feb 1947 Moore, Frank E. - 5 Sep 1887/17 Dec 1945, LA Pvt. 156th Inf. 39th Div. WW1 Moore, Ira E. - 1836/1911 Moore, Maryan J. - 1852/1917 Moore, William Absalom - 1 Feb 1883/9 Feb 1951 Moore, Mahala Davison Scoggins - 6 Dec 1883/4 Oct 1963 Moore, Leonard Eugene - 13 Sep 1912/11 Nov 1954 Moore, Laura Belle Van Zandt - 8 Apr 1895/27 Feb 1983, US & Red Cross Service Wife of Alvin Moore Moore, Commander Alvin Edward (Navy) - 3 Sep 1904/5 Feb 1989, Cmdr. US Navy "Alvin Moore: Navy & Army & Civil Service official; lawyer; inventor; author. It is better to be than not to be; to have been than not to have been. A.E.M." [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married Lois Hunt Moore on 23 Feb 1986 Whitley, Baby son of Therman & Pearl Whitley - 30 Jul 1951 Dowden, Ida S. - 17 Oct 1897/[no dates] Dowden, Willis Foster - 17 Mar 1883/18 Dec 1982 [above 2 burials have double stone] Dowden, William R. - 15 Sep 1859/11 Mar 1959 Dowden, Rosana J. - 22 Nov 1864/6 Jan 1960 [above 2 burials have double stone] Walker, Stella - 30 Oct 1994, 89 yrs 7 mos 28 das [funeral marker] Walker, James H. - 5 Jan 1884/12 May 1973 Walker, Clyde M. - 12 Mar 1925/15 Sep 1948, LA Pvt. 31st Inf. WW2 Scoggins, Jesse Lee - 2 Oct 1914/[obvious burial, no dates, no funeral marker] Scoggins, Elois V. - 13 Feb 1915/[no dates] Scoggins, James Kirk - 27 Apr 1909/9 Nov 1978 [above 2 burials have double stone] Scoggins, L. J. - 14 Mar 1880/23 Jun 1915 Scoggins, Ara Ann - 1843/1912 Mims, Lee ? T. - 10 Dec 1927/15 Jan 19-- [hand lettered stone, difficult to read] Reeks, Lue - 3 Jun 1928/3 12? ??? [hand lettered stone, difficult to read] Glaspy, Linda - b&d June ----- [hand lettered stone, difficult to read] [pasted-on letters are missing on these 3 stones] Ross, Martha - 6 Mar 1857/5 Aug 1943 [old hand lettered concrete marker] Ross, W. M. - 6 Jun 1837/3 May 1920 [old hand lettered concrete marker] Ross, E. C. - 3 Jun 1898/24 Jun 1945 [old hand lettered concrete marker] Welch, Jim Olin - 19 Apr 1910/20 Aug 1988 [funeral marker] Gaskin, Montreal R. - 25 Mar 1902/8 Mar 1988 Dad Gaskin, Sirvella W. - 7 Feb 1908/15 Mar 1987 Mom [above 2 burials have double stone] Donehue, J. T. (Jack) - 1853/1935 Welch, W. H. - 24 Aug 1871/23 Feb 1930 Father Welch, Jane - 28 Dec 1881/11 Jun 1970 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Welch, L. O. - 1 Feb 1906/27 Feb 1980 Welch, Mary - 28 May 1913/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 28 Mar 1928 LeBow, Joe W. - 30 Oct 1929/[no dates] Father LeBow, Gwen M. - 26 Dec 1941/22 Feb 1982 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 10 Mar 1961 LeBow, Darrell Ray - 23 Jan 1963/18 Oct 1980 Son/Grandson Morrison, Ray M. - 14 Jan 1913/24 Jul 1979 Father Morrison, Dorothy Prentice - 24 Mar 1915/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 24 Jun 1933 Grubbs, Ola M. - 5 Oct 1918/5 Nov 1976 Davis, John C. - 9 Aug 1909/4 Feb 1955 Mancil, James R. - 8 Dec 1906/24 May 1970 Mancil, Eula V. - 24 Apr 1908/26 Aug 1972 Martin, Debra Gayle - 22 Oct 1953/30 Apr 1983 Laurence, Bertha Habie - 14 Feb 1904/20 Sep 1907 Young, Margret Elizabeth, daughter of M&M M. Young - 3 Feb 1905/25 Feb 1905 Young, Little Sister, daughter of M&M M. Young - b&d 12 Mar 1904 Lawrence, F. L. - 10 Mar 1834/8 Jan 1903 Laurence, [sic] J. W. [James William] - 21 Jan 1869/16 Jan 1907 [1st husband of Eliza Jane Bass, son of F. L. Lawrence] Owers, Dennis Wayne - 7 Oct 1948/5 Apr 1950 Morrison, Emma - 31 Aug 1885/12 Dec 1936 Morrison, John - 10 Sep 1886/3 Oct 1933 [above 2 burials have double stone] Morrison, Nancy Ann - 7 Jun 1941/9 Jul 1942 Morrison, Jewell - 22 Dec 1915/20 Sep 1968 Wife Morrison, Alvin - 1 Dec 1910/8 Jun 1991 Husband [above 2 burials have double stone] Browning, Danny - 12 Aug 1958/22 Oct 1968 Self, Infant son of M&M Cecil Self - 7 May 1946 Welch, T. Floyd - 20 Feb 1899/8 Jul 1970 Father Welch, Mattie - 28 Oct 1884/15 Jul 1964 Mother [above 2 burials have identical stones] Welch, Mattie Marie - 3 Mar 1924/8 Oct 1924 Jackson, Nola May - 1912/1945 Jackson, B. - 23 Dec 1876/12 Jul 1928 Jackson, Belle - 16 Oct 1873/22 Nov 1953 Jackson, Buck - 3 Jul 1904/29 Jun 1954 Father Jackson, Bertha O. - 8 Aug 1907/1 Oct 1983 Mother Jackson, Frank M. - 14 Jul 1918/14 Aug 1969, LA Pfc. US Army WW2 BSM Farris, Sue Lynn - 3 Jul 1939/6 Jul 1939 Morrison, Martha J.[Jane Withers] - 7 Feb 1890/8 Dec 1950 [funeral marker] [wife of Labe Morrison] Morrison, Labe - 7 Nov 1893/9 May 1941 [son of W.M. Morrison & Elizabeth Whitter] Morrison, Loyce - 25 Oct 1918/12 Jun 1938 Morrison, Infant - [no dates, concrete slab] Morrison, Abb E. - 16 Nov 1896/23 Feb 1937 McElveen, C. W., son of W. H. & Mary McElveen - 29 Jul 1905/26 Jun 1909 McElveen, Haywood - 1883/1956 McElveen, Mary - 1886/1930 [above 2 burials have double stone] McElveen, Woodrow W. - 8 Mar 1913/28 Apr 1973 Josey, Erenest [sic] J. - 16 Apr 1907/12 Jun 1986 Josey, Myrtie L. - 17 Dec 1910/22 Jul 1982 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 11 Oct 1929 Josey, Gladys Elwanda - 6 Jan 1933/14 May 1934 Horton, Janet Renee - 14 Dec 1963/17 May 1975 Daughter Prentice, Maragret [sic] Ann - 1885/1955 Mother Cryer, Riley M. - 10 Jul 1896/24 Sep 1983 Cryer, Zella C. - 28 Mar 1905/28 Feb 1974 [above 2 burials have double stone] Morrison, Susie C. - 26 Aug 1908/20 Sep 1983 Morrison, Odis - 19 Oct 1909/6 May 1984 [above 2 burials have double stone] Morrison, Mary P. - 9 Mar 1872/27 Jul 1966 Morrison, James W. - 17 Jun 1881/4 Jan 1953 Addison, C. Lovell - 24 Sep 1918/7 Nov 1973 Addison, Tom D. - 1889/1975 Addison, Mary Palmer - 1887/1950 [above 2 burials have double stone] Josey, Sedric J. - 21 Oct 1941/22 Jan 1942 [hand lettered concrete marker] Wilson, Infant of Carey and Eve Wilson - [no dates] [hand lettered concrete marker] Morrison, Infant Daughter of J. N. & Iona Morrison - 7 Mar 1911/8 Mar 1911 Morrison, Infant of M&M Troy Morrison - 11 Oct 1939 Morrison, Iona [Farris] - 4 Mar 1885/10 Feb 1941 [daughter of F. I. Farris] Morrison, J. Nute - 13 Sep 1883/8 Jul 1966 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Morrison, Troy - 9 Jun 1908/4 May 1968, LA Pvt. US Army WW2 Farris, Jim - 1888/1937 Farris, Callie - 1891/1929 [above 2 burials have double stone] Clark, Sarah Catherine - 20 Jul 1948/24 Dec 1988 Mother Fuller, Harold B. - 18 Dec 1913/19 Jun 1954, LA MSgt 613th Ftr. Bmr. SQ AF WW2 Fuller, Beatrice V. - 9 Nov 1919/15 Dec 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] Father & Mother Ferrill, Robert H. - 9 Mar 1896/21 Mar 1986, Pvt. US Army WW1 Ferrill, Emma Miranda Farris - 22 Nov 1894/4 Jun 1944 Farris, John I. - 24 Mar 1886/7 Mar 1965 Farris, Fannie - 28 Jan 1900/1 Feb 1970 [above 2 burials have double stone] Owens, Della C. - 16 Jan 1878/28 Feb 1958 Mother Farris, J. I. - 30 Nov 1857/27 Jul 1910 Father Farris, Emma L. Palmer, wife of J. I. Farris - 15 Oct 1857/28 Feb 1929 Mother Farris, George McDuffie - 12 Oct 1882/1 Mar 1897 Farris, Essie - 15 Aug 1897/30 Aug 1897 Leach, Moses - 8 Jan 1830/12 Mar 1902 Leach, Rachel - 8 Dec 1836/[broken stone] 1901 Dickerson, Mahala Leach - died 8 Dec 1922 Taylor, Orrie Leach - died 25 Oct 1928 Palmer, Eunice - 7 Mar 1906/13 Apr 1913 Prewitt, J. W. - 14 Aug 1900/4 Jul 1960 Prewitt, Edith Ethel - 29 Sep 1904/9 Oct 1986 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Prewitt, Virgil Edgar, son of M&M J. W. Prewitt - 11 Jul 1936/22 Jul 1936 Merritt, Wilber - 10 Apr 1916/18 Oct 1958 Merritt, Levi Andrew - 10 Dec 1890/31 Oct 1986 Merritt, Annie Iola - 26 Nov 1891/28 Dec 1984 Welch, Russell - 15 Feb 1904/27 Jul 1980 Welch, Cora P. - 7 Sep 1899/31 Aug 1946 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 14 May 1923 Marsh, Joe L. - 7 Jul 1898/9 May 1971 Marsh, Cassie M. - 17 Apr 1907/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Morrison, Assa L. - 11 Nov 1861/18 Mar 1950 Morrison, Etta L. - 5 May 1871/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, Mose Daniel Sr. - 4 Jun 1991, age 46 yrs 5 mos 23 das [funeral marker] Self, Effie M. - 9 Sep 1900/24 Nov 1987 Self, William Joseph - 23 Jan 1889/9 Jul 1964, LA Pfc. Hq. Co. 448th Fld. Arty WW1 [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, Lud L. - 1892/1969 Father Self, Alma Mahala - 1891/1940 Mother [above 2 burials have identical stones] Self, Infant - 1931 Self, Mary E. - 27 Jun 1867/21 Apr 1912 Mother Self, Mordica D. - 23 Aug 1859/22 Jun 1923 Father Self, Benjamin Griffin - 31 May 1896/18 May 1977, Pvt. US Army WW1 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Hicks, Franklin O. - 20 Feb 1909/13 Jul 1982, Tec 4 US Army Leach, Elisha - 1896/15 Sep 1900 Leach, John D. - 22 Sep 1867/29 Aug 1899 [above 2 burials have identical new stones] Miller, Sarah L. - 11 Feb 1865/5 May 1889 Palmer, Mahala - 27 Mar 1822/21 Oct 1902 Palmer, Carr - 13 Nov 1813/10 Jan 1895 Palmer, Young Luther - 1892/1900 Palmer, Ollen - 1907/8 Feb 1911 Palmer, Emiley Whittaker, Wife of G. J. Palmer - 23 Jul 1866/21 Nov 1925 Palmer, George J. - 13 May 1860/2 May 1947 Palmer, Henry C. - 20 Jan 1888/2 May 1954 Farris, John Morris - 21 Sep 1916/20 Sep 1978 Savell, Dovie Lee - 21 Mar 1921/13 Apr 1978 Mother Vogel, William James - 4 Sep 1873/25 Feb 1974 Vogel, Sarah Newman - 22 Jun 1884/25 Aug 1961 Vogel, Melba Mae - 27 Sep 1925/29 Dec 1928 Turner, Mrs. Amanda - 1 Apr 1914/7 Feb 1966 [funeral marker] Fletcher, Irwin - 28 Jan 1938/12 Sep 1952 [hand lettered marker] Shehane, Willy H. - 2 Jul 1900/16 Sep 1905 Dixon, Roma Dean - 16 Feb 1994, 47 yrs 1 mo. 1 da. [funeral marker] Newman, Mary Louella - 1870/1948 Mother Newman, John J. - 1868/1947 Father Newman, James I. - 29 Dec 1835/22 Feb 1903 Newman, Elminna - 25 Jan 1849/19 Dec 1916 Welch, Alice Eva - 20 Sep 1890/9 Jun 1911 Oliphant, Amanda N. - 1875/1949 [vault] Palmer, Young Carr - 3 Aug 1861/6 Sep 1951 Palmer, Mary Jane - 23 Sep 1860/16 Apr 1958 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] Palmer, Young Floyd, son of M&M Y. C. Palmer - 23 Feb 1898/25 Dec 1900 Palmer, Florence Thelma, daughter of M&M Y. C. Palmer - 30 Jun 1900/16 Nov 1900 Palmer, J. Leon - 25 Nov 1884/10 Jul 1962 Williams, N. G. - 4 May 1832/23 Feb 1914 Williams, Louise - [no dates, new stone] Brumley, Alice - 1878/1934 Brumley, J. M. - 24 Sep 1872/14 Jun 1951 Brumley, Janie A. - 11 Sep 1893/19 Feb 1980 Erwin, Nezzie E. - 23 Aug 1909/[no day] Jul 1911 Erwin, Lillie Moore - 21 Jul 1879/12 Feb 1935 Erwin, Wilson (South) - 17 Jan 1879/5 Jul 1956 [above 2 burials have double stone] Erwin, Joseph N. - 11 Mar 1894/4 Oct 1967 Erwin, Roy L. - 14 Jan 1891/11 Jun 1970, LA Pvt. US Army WW1 Langton, Eula Mae - 4 Sep 1903/1 Sep 1969 Prewitt, Annie L. - 1883/1975 Mother Prewitt, Young I. - 1875/1944 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, Edna A. - 4 Dec 1916/1 Jun 1948 Prewitt, Carroll - 13 Mar 1911/22 Sep 1987 Prewitt, Audra C. - 18 May 1912/25 Oct 1991 [Triple Stone] Morrison, Audrey R. - 25 Mar 1914/[no dates] Mother Morrison, Jimmie H. - 11 Oct 1909/28 Oct 1977 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Morrison, Infant of M&M J. H. Morrison - 29 Jun 1940 Carter, Richie - 1916/1969 Carter, Patrick Dennis - 7 Mar 1955/9 Mar 1955 Carter, Wiley James - 20 Jul 1940/20 Jul 1940 Williams, Baby - 7 Nov 1952 Williams, Baby - 10 Jul 1949 Williams, Leland & Leamon - 26 Jan 1935 Williams, Virgil Omega - 28 Feb 1941/30 Apr 1942 [above 4 burials inside concrete border] McConathy, Evie E. - 28 Sep 1894/26 Oct 1983 McConathy, W. E. - 30 Jan 1881/30 Apr 1954 [above 2 burials have double stone] McConathy, C. P. - 12 Feb 1847/4 Aug 1926 McConathy, William - 23 Oct 1837/7 Mar 1913 Gaskin, Lea Esther - 19 Dec 1914/6 Oct 1966 Mother Gaskin, John Clarence - 10 Feb 1907/[no dates] Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Formby, Vernice M. - 1 Feb 1922/[no dates] Formby, Kelly - 10 May 1917/4 Jul 1991, SSgt. USAF WW2 Korea Vietnam [above 2 burials have double stone] Owers, Lovine - 25 Nov 1857/17 Jul 1903 Owers, Jonathan - 13 May 1856/7 Nov 1899 Oliphant, Albert - 1875/1958 Prewitt, Lieuttia E., wife of W. L. Prewitt - 28 Feb 1876/11 Oct 1899, 23 yrs 7 mo 13 das Prewitt, Mary Emily A., wife of W. L. Prewitt - 12 Sep 1882/30 Aug 1902 Newman, Robert L. - 19 Apr 1898/14 Dec 1898 Gorden, W. H. - 15 Apr 1882/3 Jul 1894 Gorden, Elizabeth - 1855/1945 Mother Gorden, Edward M. - 19 Jan 1860/17 Aug 1956 19-- Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Saunders, Dochia Gordon - 13 Sep 1888/16 Jun 1951 Mother Day, Floyd Hoyt - 12 Feb 1912/1 Aug 1962 Brother Prewitt, Henry I., son of J. B. & Mary Prewitt - 9 Apr 1893/31 Jul 1893 Prewitt, Laura, daughter of J. B. & Mary Prewitt - 3 Nov 1877/14 Aug 1879 Prewitt, Mary E., daughter of J. B. & Mary Prewitt - 8 Mar 1880/23 Oct 1882 Newman, T. J. Jr. - 15 Oct 1880/14 Apr 1903 Williams, Floyd C. - 29 Jul 1944/12 Jul 1967, LA Pfc. Co. B 12th Inf. 4th Inf. Div. Vietnam PH Williams, J. D. - 4 Jul 1911/15 Dec 1981 Father Williams, Mae Ella - 6 Sep 1913/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 17 Sep 1932 Williams, Winston Mack - 27 Feb 1942/8 Sep 1983 Daddy [above 4 burials in one plot] Prewitt, Mary Moore - 7 Feb 1870/10 Nov 1932 Mama Prewitt, Wash - 23 Mar 1857/24 Feb 1942 [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, J. B. - 25 Mar 1839/3 May 1910 Prewitt, Mary Ann - 29 Dec 1853/12 Dec 1934 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Prewitt, Yvonne - 2 Oct 1925/26 May 1928 Prewitt, Cammie J. - 16 Jun 1906/11 Feb 1932 Prewitt, Willie B. - 16 Sep 1905/13 Jul 1970 [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, Houston G. - 15 Oct 1934/6 Sep 1981 Buddy Owers, Lee Roy - 31 Mar 1902/21 Oct 1968 Father Owers, Beulah Prewitt - 8 Feb 1908/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, Rev. V. L. - 1 May 1919/[no dates] Father Prewitt, Bonnie McInnis - 9 Jan 1921/8 Jul 1978 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 13 Jan 1937 Prewitt, Rev. James B. - 14 Jun 1882/29 Apr 1959 Prewitt, Jennie - 20 Nov 1884/19 Mar 1958 [above 2 burials have double stone] Palmer, Carr - 22 Jun 1882/5 Aug 1959 Palmer, Pearlie - 27 Oct 1887/4 Apr 1983 [above 2 burials have double stone] Walker, Lessie Juel - 15 Apr 1912/22 Nov 1934 Palmer, Lealer - 12 May 1909/28 Aug 1913 Ford, Infant child of G. C. & E. L. Ford - 25 Dec 1905/28 Dec 1905 Derbin,[sic] Florence C., daughter of Charles & C. I. Derbin - 18 Feb 1889/4 Aug 1889 Durbin, Clara I., Wife of Charles Durbin - 24 Dec 1859/29 Sep 1944 Durbin, Charles, Husband of C. I. Durbin - 30 Jul 1853/21 Jun 1931 Self, George W., son of J. M. & M. E. Self - died 27 Oct 1903 Gordon, Myrtle P. - 30 Sep 1922/3 Feb 1970 Mother Gordon, Louise - 25 Feb 1919/20 Oct 1952 Gordon, James F. Jr. - 16 Sep 1945 Barton, Rosa G. - 1 Jun 1884/1 Oct 1958 Gordon, James F. - 1 Jan 1878/13 Apr 1928 Jones, Infant of William Calvin & Beadie Jones - [no dates] Jones, Infant of William Calvin & Beadie Jones - [no dates] Jones, Infant of William Calvin & Beadie Jones - [no dates] Self, John Wesley - 1823/1899 Self, Evaline Cornogg - 1835/1915 [on reverse side of stone]: Elmina - 1855/1905; Martha A. - 1856/1943; Mordicia D. - 1859/1923; Sidney S. - 1863/1913; Joseph M. - 1867/1955 [above 2 burials have double stone] McNeely, Young H., son of J. J. & F. R. McNeely - 19 Mar 1881/11 Oct 1882 Newman, William - 1800/1886 [almost unreadable dates] Newman, Jane H. Wall - 1809/1883 [above 2 burials have double stone] Newman, T. J. - 1 Dec 1849/16 Sep 1893 Newman, P. J. Palmer, wife of T. J. Newman - 19 Apr 1849/3 Apr 1915 [above 2 burials inside plot] McConathy, Laura - 31 Jan 1907/23 Mar 1907 McConathy, W. T. - 2 Jul 1898/18 Nov 1928 McConathy, George, son of J. H. & Malindie McConathy - 13 Oct 1902/26 Mar 1938 McConathy, Malinda - 21 Oct 1880/10 Feb 1946 Mother McConathy, Joseph H. - 6 Nov 1872/25 Mar 1952 McConathy, Fred - 31 Jan 1914/4 Apr 1987 McConathy, Myrtie - 7 Aug 1924/28 Apr 1969 [above 2 burials have double stone] McConathy, Fisher - 30 Oct 1905/9 Mar 1970, US Army Gordon, Leonard Melton - 25 Jun 1919/18 Jan 1993, US Army Snell, Francis Marshall - 28 Oct 1944/6 Dec 1987, CA US Navy Vietnam Howell, Felix W. - 16 Mar 1860/31 Oct 1926 Howell, J. W. - 9 Nov 1882/12 Oct 1906 Durbin, Willie A. - 16 Oct 1909/13 Mar 1912 Durbin, Myrtle - 27 Aug 1888/14 May 1969 Durbin, W. S. (Bud) - 12 Jul 1882/26 Mar 1962 [above 2 burials have double stone] Langton, M. C. - 21 Dec 1868/12 Jul 1927 Langton, Robert - 23 Nov 1832/16 Jan 1914 Langton, Clarabelle - 25 Nov 1907/25 Feb 1908 [hard to read] Langton, Boy & Girl - 29 Apr 1955 "Twins" Brumley, Mrs. Mary - 1846/1932 Brumley, M. A. - 2 Aug 1839/21 Mar 1913 Brumley, Geo. - 1865/1924 Marsh, George W. - 8 Mar 1882/31 Dec 1968 Daddy Marsh, Minnie O. - 2 Jan 1899/27 Aug 1988 Mama [above 2 burials have double stone] Marsh, Thomas Kramer - 22 Jan 1928/4 Jan 1966, SSgt 1943 Comm. Sq. AF Korea Father Marsh, George T. - 27 Apr 1963/4 Jan 1966 Son [above 2 burials have double stone] Lucky, William Lewis - 1895/1934 Hill, Lydia Self Lucky - 13 Sep 1890/27 Feb 1942 [above 2 burials have large Family Stone] Duffen, Piffan Elmer Lee - 31 Jul 1890/Jun 1955 [funeral marker] Fletcher, Samual [sic] - 19 Mar 1874/17 Oct 1898 Fletcher, J. W. - 22 Nov 1870/16 May 1900 Fletcher, W. H. - 24 Jul 1840/15 Mar 1920, A confederate soldier Morrison, A. M. - 28 Jan 1876/27 Nov 1921 Morrison, Ada Ann - 23 Jan 1880/14 Apr 1952 Mother Self, Albert C. - 12 Feb 1842/10 May 1936 Self, Celia C. - 8 Dec 1849/24 Oct 1934 [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, Hilburn W. - 13 Feb 1880/12 Jun 1922 Self, Mary E. - 25 Nov 1887/4 May 1916 Langton, William R. - 20 May 1865/26 Apr 1954 [almost unreadable dates] Langton, Nancy Corley - Jun 1870/May 1903 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Self, Daughter of M&M H. R. Self - 7 May 1936/26 Sep 1936 Ford, Robert C. - 11 Nov 1959/9 Jan 1960 Sanders, Lucille F. - 5 Mar 1908/17 Apr 1996 Sanders, Wayne C. - 30 Jul 1908/20 Dec 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] Foster, Cordelia S. - 4 Dec 1875/27 Dec 1962 Mother Foster, Quincy K. - 16 Oct 1874/21 Nov 1965 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Miller, Bill W. - 3 Aug 1906/12 Apr 1972 Miller, Quinda F. - 14 Oct 1914/19 Oct 1989 [above 2 burials have double stone] Glasscock, Nancy Self - 5 May 1882/20 Dec 1970 Glasscock, Burrell J. - 19 Mar 1880/30 Oct 1967 [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, Wanda Sue, daughter of Hoy & Pearl Self - 7 May 1936/26 Sep 1936 Jones, Beadie P. - 19 Jul 1888/24 Dec 1975 Mother Jones, William Calvin - 4 Oct 1877/13 Dec 1933 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Jones, Infant of William Calvin & Beadie Jones - [no dates] Jones, Infant of William Calvin & Beadie Jones - [no dates] Jones, Infant of William Calvin & Beadie Jones - [no dates] Self, Arthur Alma - 10 Nov 1899/22 Oct 1953 Self, Emma Newman - 20 Nov 1877/9 May 1943 Mother Self, A. A. - 12 Jan 1874/15 May 1914 Father Self, Eunice Aline - 16 Oct 1907/14 Nov 1913 Self, Deory Magdaline - 18 Sep 1903/23 Jan 1919 Reeks, Lillie M. - 14 Feb 1913/20 Oct 1960 Self, Gertrude Newman - 1889/1928 Self, Sidney Albert - 1884/1947 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Dixon, T. J. - [no dates], Co. B 17 LA Inf. CSA Stanton, Arthur Clay - 1909/1911 Stanton, Walter Louis - 1878/1948 [almost unreadable dates] Stanton, Margaret Self - 1878/1948 Palmer, Infant - [hand lettered, no dates] Palmer, Infant - [hand lettered, no dates] Palmer, Noel - [hand lettered, no dates] Palmer, Mary Lizena - 1869/1950 Palmer, J. Franklin - 1851/1932 [above 2 burials have double stone] Palmer, Barney - 26 Mar 1911/16 Nov 1944, Pfc. US Army WW2 Hobbs, W.[William] M. - 1872/[9 Jan] 1941 LaCombe, Edna L. - 8 Oct 1917/25 Jan 1987 [funeral marker] Doyle, Linda D. - 15 Feb 1965/10 Sep 1965 Farmer, Pearl - 17 Nov 1895/3 Feb 1980 Mother Prewitt, Mima - 19 Apr 1870/3 May 1934 Prewitt, Rev. S. C. - 31 Aug 1871/31 Oct 1931 Farmer, Sylvester - 1919/1920 [old concrete stone] Farmer, Nonie Lee - 1920/1920 [old concrete stone] Farmer, Barney L. - 1920/12 Apr 1958 [old concrete stone] [old handlettered concrete stone, almost unreadable dates] LaCombe, C. Y. "Shorty" - 15 Oct 1915/25 Jul 1992, Pvt. US Army WW2 Reeks, Lester G. - 20 Oct 1909/16 May 1956 Carruth, Lillian Margaret - 2 Nov 1904/5 Sep 1941 [wife of W. C. Carruth, daughter of Quincy Kade & Cordelia Self] Carruth, Infant of M&M W. C. Carruth - 30 Aug 1941 Carruth, Wilbur Curtis, Infant son of M&M W. C. Carruth - 13 Jul 1927/14 Jul 1927 Addison, Dalton Lavern - 23 Aug 1923/1 Feb 1994 Red Addison, Vonziel Prewitt - 13 May 1933/[no dates] Puddin [above 2 burials have double stone] Carver, Cecil P. - 17 Jan 1917/11 Apr 1987 Father Carver, Imogene S. - 15 Dec 1917/[no dates] Mother Our children: Gloria, Cecelia, Davis, Michael, Keith [above 2 burials have double stone] - Wed 29 May 1937 Self, Ola Mae Cryer - 12 Aug 1911/[no dates] Self, Thomas Jefferson - 14 Feb 1890/20 Mar 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, John D. - 8 Sep 1922 [only date] [very large stone with elaborate epitaph]: A. Louise - 10 May 1941; Barbara J. - 27 Dec 1943; John D. - 22 Apr 1950; F. Yvonne - 5 Jul 1954; Barry R. - 1 May 1955; Sean D. - 2 Oct 1971; Shane T. - 10 May 1974 [On the reverse side of the stone]: "In passing, man's character seldom changes radically from nonage to dotage. His story will be told by the people he has known. The invisible etchings on the many things he has touched and the irrepressable footprints he leaves along his some- times wayward path of life which may not have been obvious to the casual observer until his passing." [This is a large granite monument with a granite cross on top. Across the top is inscribed "John D. Self." Immediately under that name are the names and dates of seven others, presumably Self descendants.] Horton, Bobby Joe - 5 Dec 1960/10 Dec 1990 Horton, Wanda Lynn Spears - 15 Oct 1958/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - "I Thee Wed" 27 Aug 1979 NEW SECTION - [A sign at the entrance to this section has layout of burials. Burials are listed as approached in rows.] Bush, Gregory K. - 3 Mar 1961/29 Mar 1981 Hall, Velda Jean - 16 Dec 1960/18 May 1982 Daughter Ham, Wesley A. - 27 Sep 1932/27 Sep 1987, Maj. US Army Korea Vietnam Ham, Martha (Sue) - 7 Aug 1932/30 Mar 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, Anna K. - 1 Feb 1929/[no dates] Prewitt, Willie Gene - 2 May 1929/29 Apr 1987, Pvt. US Army Korea [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, Stephanie Lynn - 9 Feb 1985/13 Mar 1985 Jackson, Gail A. - 26 Nov 1934/[no dates] Jackson, Alta Ray - 13 May 1931/21 Aug 1994 Daddy [above 2 burials have double stone] Prewitt, Edwin A. - 25 Dec 1926/26 Oct 1991, Pvt. US Army WW2 Prewitt, Marie - 8 Mar 1917/[no dates] Mother Prewitt, Hollis - 17 Apr 1916/7 Jan 1982 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 24 Aug 1935 Prewitt, Mary C. - 29 May 1923/[no dates] Prewitt, Lewis S. - 20 Aug 1918/16 Jan 1989 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 25 Dec 1941 Turner, Nelda - 18 Jul 1939/[no dates] Turner, Allen Dale - 30 Jan 1938/27 Feb 1984 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 11 Jul 1958 Scoggins, William L. - 8 Jan 1912/5 Apr 1992 Scoggins, Evelyn - 6 Jan 1917/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 31 Aug 1933 James, Sanford - 25 Jul 1909/11 May 1987 Father James, Lacy Jane - 16 Oct 1913/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Sons: Leroy, Johnnie McMillon, Daniel A. Jr. - 5 Apr 1938/3 Jan 1987, SFC US Army Korea Vietnam Edwards, Harvey - 21 Feb 1919/3 May 1991 Edwards, Estellee - 29 Jan 1912/18 Nov 1992 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 9 Aug 1955 Morrison, Ara Ann - died 10 Apr 1994, 49 yrs 2 mos 12 das [funeral marker] Jackson, Harold L. - 25 Dec 1926/14 Mar 1986 Jackson, Dorothy J. - 29 Apr 1928/8 Feb 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 10 Mar 1957 Welch, John H. - 21 Sep 1925/[no dates] Welch, Elsie C. - 26 Oct 1930/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Jackson, Lee Raymond - 8 Jul 1929/7 Jan 1991 Jackson, Shirley Ann - 16 May 1937/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 7 Apr 1953] Linton, Thelma I. - 1 Dec 1914/2 Dec 1979 Mother Jackson, Lee Raymond - 8 Jul 1929/7 Jan 1991 Jackson, Shirley Ann - 16 May 1937/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 7 Apr 1953 Jackson, L. E. - 25 Sep 1927/9 Mar 1991, Pvt. US Army WW2 Daddy Pridgen, Ernest Lee - 21 Mar 1932/31 May 1992, Sgt. US Army Korea Pridgen, Jessie M. - 6 Dec 1937/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Owens, Bill - Apr 1909/10 Dec 1988 [funeral marker] Jackson, J. V. - 7 Aug 1931/19 Mar 1982 Bolgiano, Evie J.[Jane] - 21 Sep 1907/22 Jun 1994 Mother Bolgiano, Clinton - 23 Feb 1913/26 Jun 1991 Father [above 3 burials have triple stone] - Married 9 Jun 1940 Santos, Willie Mae - 16 Jan 1928/[no dates] Santos, Pete L. - 5 Nov 1928/23 Oct 1990 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 16 Feb 1946 Cryer, Harlis J. - 20 Jun 1929/19 Nov 1990 Cryer, Lula G. (Willis) - 6 Jun 1906/[no dates] Cryer, Albert J. - 7 Aug 1889/22 Jul 1980 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 19 Jul 1922 Cryer, James H. - 1 May 1928/7 Jul 1985 Welch, Gertrude Dew Moses - 14 Oct 1904/27 Aug 1978 Mother Self, ? - [concrete marker, unreadable] Josey, Ima Jean - 8 Jan 1940/[no dates] Mama Josey, Preston (Peck) - 19 Dec 1934/3 Nov 1991 Daddy [above 2 burials have double stone] Josey, Preston Ray - 3 Aug 1959/13 Apr 1984 Son Owens, Herbert E. - 14 Jun 1938/26 Jul 1990, Pvt. US Army Reid, Audrey McNeely - 15 Nov 1910/[no dates] Reid, William Logan - 11 Mar 1909/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Shavers, Gwenivere - 31 Oct 1936/[no dates] Shavers, John Dempsey - 3 Jul 1931/19 May 1984, Pfc. US Army Korea [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 21 May 1954 Swain, Della Cryer - 31 May 1907/[no dates] Swain, James E. - 1 Aug 1944/11 Mar 1981 [above 2 burials have double stone] Farris, Billy Ray - 25 Dec 1942/17 Jul 1979 Donelsen, Felix Jr. - 18 Aug 1980/1980 Langton, William C. - 6 May 1919/23 Nov 1989 Langton, Kathleen C. - 28 Nov 1933/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Langton Harris [name across top of tombstone] Langton, W. Rickey - 11 Feb 1964/23 May 1986 Harris, Linda D. - 15 Mar 1967/23 May 1986 [above 2 burials have double stone] Cochran, Thomas Edward - 30 Dec 1938/29 Mar 1993 Cochran, Muriel Ilena - 18 Feb 1939/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Chels, James Franklin - 14 Nov 1966/24 Dec 1981 Morrison, Dennis Dale - 25 Apr 1947/18 Nov 1992, Sgt. USMC Vietnam Reid, William Logan - 11 Mar 1909/[no dates] Reid, Audrey McNeely - 15 Nov 1910/15 Oct 1992 [no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Welch, Clarence H. - 13 May 1917/[no dates] Daddy Welch, Helen Lovine - 27 May 1920/[no dates] Mama [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 13 Apr 1939 Welch, William N. (Bill) - 7 May 1912/20 Nov 1989 Loving Father O'hart, Kenneth Lee - 21 Jul 1962/15 Feb 1983 Beloved Son Allmon, George Ellis - 20 Feb 1931/16 Mar 1994, Sfc. US Army Haymon, Helen C. - 20 Jun 1934/12 May 1991 Mama Haymon, Rev. Huey S. - 25 May 1928/[no dates] Daddy [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 11 Jun 1949 Cryer, Monroe - 9 May 1926/25 Jun 1988, PFC US Army WW2 Cryer, Emily Iberia - 4 Apr 1931/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] Gray, Doris E. - 13 May 1919/[no dates] Mother Gray, Edwin William - 5 Dec 1913/27 Mar 1984, SFC US Army WW2 Korea Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Maroney, Edward Reid - 21 Dec 1956/15 Jul 1988 Laurence, Billy F. - 22 Apr 1956/6 May 1973 Laurence, Carroll Ercelle - 8 Sep 1931/23 Nov 1992 Dad Laurence, Marjorie - 3 Apr 1932/[no dates] Mom [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 23 Dec 1955 Ferrill, Maxine - 21 Nov 1925/[no dates] Ferrill, Robert Marlin - 16 Dec 1925/24 May 1984, S2 US Navy WW1 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 14 Jun 1946 Laurence, Daisy - 12 Jun 1913/[no dates] Laurence, Davis - 9 Feb 1910/10 Mar 1982 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 17 May 1930 Laurence, Marjorie C. - [no dates] Laurence, Carroll E. - [no dates] Laurence, Carroll D. - [no dates] Laurence, Ronald L. - [no dates] White, Willard Charles - 27 Jan 1929/25 Mar 1988 Husband Self, Janice G. - 22 Feb 1952/13 Sep 1984 Burials taken from newspapers since cemetery copied: Peters, T. L. - died 15 Jan 1995, 56 yrs.