Gravel Hill Cemetery - Vernon Parish, LA Submitted by Jane McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From Pitkin, go 6.0 miles East on LA Hwy. 10 to Cravens. Pass the Junction of LA Hwy. 399 North and continue a short distance to the junction of LA Hwy. 399 South. Turn North onto paved road at this point and go 1.2 miles, and turn lefto onto paved road at Gravel Hill Church sign. Go approximately .8 miles until pavement ends (and unimproved road begins) at church that is located on the left side of the road. According to a sign posted nearby, Gravel Hill Baptist Church was established in 1884. At a Vernon Baptist Association Meeting in 1894, the preacher was J. M. Jackson, moderator was L. M. Nichols, and church clerk was M. H. Stanley. The large cemetery, probably 2-3 acres in size, is covered with grass, fenced and well maintained, and is located behind the Church. The first Saturday in June is Cemetery Homecoming. There are two sections divided by a driveway on the South side, the first section was copied in rows from the front gate on the far right (North) to the driveway (South). The section south of the driveway is small and was read as approached, front to back. Many newer graves in this cemetery are covered with an above-ground slab approximately 12" high. Older burials have small concrete markers about 6" by 18", some of these latter are almost totally eroded and difficult to read. In those cases, inscriptions transcribed in the 1970's were used to verify dates. Although there are many unmarked burials in this cemetery, each is identified by some type marker, a brick or rock at head and foot. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded 9 March 1995 by Jane P. McManus. Submitted on 13 March 2000 (jane_mcmanus@yahoo.com). Row 1: [right to left] Davis, Chester C. - 13 Feb 1895 / 27 Sep 1963, LA Pvt. MG Co. 329th Inf. WW1 Father [different dates on military marker: 1896 / 28 Sep 1963] Davis, Nancy J. - 11 Dec 1895 / 17 Sep 1966 Mother [Double Stone] Davis, Arthur Alton "Dick" - 1 Dec 1919 / 14 Mar 1961, LA Pvt. US Army WW2 [Alton on military marker] James, Evie Gunter - 17 Feb 1896 / 4 Jul 1991 Mother James, Willie - 15 Oct 1892 / 8 Jul 1973 Father [Double Stone & slabs] Calhoun, Althia Bass - 12 Jan 1894 / 26 Sep 1976 Mother / Aunt Sister [d/o Lysander Bass & Elizabeth Johnson] Calhoun, Mitchel Gipson - 10 Mar 1887 / 8 Jul 1967 Father / Uncle Gippy [Double Stone & slabs] Calhoun, Hazel B. - 21 Sep 1916 / [no dates] Calhoun, Ivey C. - 27 Jul 1909 / 21 Aug 1970 [s/o Gippie Calhoun & Alpha Bass] [Double Stone] Johnson, Ruth Ann - b&d 1 Apr 1959 Row 2: [driveway to right fence] Bass, Arthur - 16 Jan 1911 / 23 Jun 1967 Son Bass, Louis - 18 Aug 1888 / 26 Aug 1955 Bass, Daney J. - 17 Sep 1890 / 27 Nov 1981 Bass, James - 10 Feb 1909 / 11 Apr 1977 Pa Bass Bass, Barbara - 25 Nov 1902 / 17 May 1975 Ma Bass [Double Stone & slabs] Calhoun, Alfred T. - 24 Dec 1913 / 1 Jun 1969 Calhoun, Ruth S. - 17 Jul 1917 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Johnson, Eddie - 20 Mar 1909 / 6 May 1957 Buchanan, Clara - [small granite marker - no information] Buchanan, Buck Orvel E. - 22 Jan 1914 / 26 Feb 1992 Row 3: [road to driveway] James, Linda G. - 26 Nov 1950 / [no dates] Mama James, Clifford D. - 9 Aug 1945 / 16 Jan 1984 Daddy [Double Stone] - Married 28 Sep 1966 James, Rebecca - 30 Dec 1914 / 12 Jul 1964 Mother James, Monroe - 22 Jun 1911 / 27 Jul 1984 Father [Double Stone & slabs] James, Huey P. - 11 Sep 1935 / 25 Apr 1988 [small marker at foot of James Doublestone] James, Therman - 25 Sep 1942 / 14 Jul 1986 Johnson, Bernadine - 20 Oct 1957 / 17 Apr 1958 Calhoun, Hollis Dewayne - 10 Jul 1953 / 24 Jul 1983 White, Jerry Lynn - 1 May 1955 / 1 Sep 1969 Row 4: [driveway to road] Bass, George H. - 13 Jul 1900 / 10 Oct 1983 Daddy Bass, Ima Davis - 2 Mar 1901 / 13 Jun 1985 Mama [Double Stone] - Married 3 Mar 1919 Bass, Meddie - 17 Nov 1890 / 4 Aug 1963 Father Bass, Daisy W. - 21 Oct 1900 / 12 Nov 1982 Mother [Double Stone] Bass, Meddie Leon Sr. - 7 Mar 1920 / 13 Mar 1981 Calhoun, Berlus - 7 Apr 1921 [only date] Daddy Calhoun, William "Bud" Bernard - 11 Feb 1952 / 10 Jul 1987 Johnson, Washie - 30 Mar 1890 / 28 Feb 1990 Father Johnson, Nettie P. - 16 Jun 1894 / 7 Nov 1971 Mother [Double Stone] Johnson, Earl R. - 3 Nov 1910 / 25 Jun 1983 Johnson, Lena B. - 2 Mar 1910 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - 14 Oct 1928 Row 5: [road to driveway] James, Roselean - 16 Mar 1893 / 3 Aug 1980 Mother James, Charlie - 9 Sep 1892 / 10 Nov 1965 Father [Double Stone] James, Frank - 2 Mar 1919 / 26 May 1968, Cpl. Hq. Co. 325th Glider Inf. Husband White, Shirley Ann - 15 Dec 1954 / 21 Jun 1958 ] Johnson, Delma B. - 27 Apr 1901 / 1 Mar 1958 Mother [common concrete slab] Johnson, Charlie M. - 15 Mar 1901 / 1 Dec 1983 Father Stracener, Ellie L. - 18 Dec 1915 / 8 May 1985 Sister Russ, Brenda Gayle, infant daughter of Bill & Betty Russ - 6 Jun 1957 Maddox, Sena J. - 12 Jun 1914 / 19 Jul 1994 Maddox, Jerry C. - 14 Oct 1895 / 25 Jul 1981 [Double Stone] [2 vaults - no inscriptions] Row 6: [driveway to road] Johnson, Ruby Lea Fee - 19 Jul 1930 / 7 Jun 1992 Fee, Aaron - 27 Jun 1900 / 1 Dec 1972 Father [slab - no inscription] [Note: This may be Johnson, Drusilla - 22 Apr 1896 / 22 Sep 1973] Fee, William David - 10 Aug 1906 / 18 Jul 1912 Baby Hargrove, Elmer Lee - 1950 / 1978, Pvt. US Army Vietnam Calhoun, J. F. "Jim" - 2 Mar 1879 / 10 Mar 1946 Father Calhoun, Emma James - 20 May 1886 / 15 Aug 1975 Mother [Double Stone] Bosely, Charlie - [old concrete marker, no dates] Bosely, Carlie - [old concrete marker, no dates] Hainey, Dalma O. - 26 Dec 1922 / 27 Jul 1987, Sgt. US Army Air Corps WW2 Son Glaze, Zack - 9 Mar 1861 / 26 May 1924 Father Glaze, Fannie N. - 16 Oct 1858 / 16 May 1918 [Double Stone] [unmarked burial with iron cross - no information] Holmes, Ruby Glaze - 10 Apr 1901 / 18 Mar 1988 Anderson, Charles T. - 7 Oct 1915 / 26 Nov 1916 Row 7: [road to driveway - crooked row] [3 infant slabs - no information] White, Infant girl of M&M Huel White - 20 Jun 1946 White, Infant girl of M&M Huel White - 6 Jul 1943 Clark, Ernest M. - 1903 / 1968 Johnson, Daisy C. - 3 Sep 1892 / 25 Jan 1970 Mother Johnson, Crocket - 9 Oct 1886 / 17 Jan 1975 Father [Double Stone] Johnson, Mean - [old concrete marker - no dates] Mancil, Henry - 1908 / 1915 [almost unreadable old concrete marker, info from earlier version] Mancil, Emily - 1912 / 1913 [old concrete marker] Row 8: [driveway to road] [open area to center of row with no burials] Varnell, Wid - 23 Jan 1894 / 18 Dec 1978 Varnell, Lucindia W. - 15 May 1896 / 28 Jun 1954 Varnell, Dorothy - 1922 / 1924 Varnell, Martin - 19 Jan 1890 / 1 Dec 1939, Pvt. 156th Inf. 39th Div. Johnson, Johnny - 3 Jun 1892 / 15 Dec 1965 Johnson, Mary P. - 11 May 1895 / 28 Aug 1966 [Double Stone] Johnson, Cassie S. - 1892 / 1918 Mother [replaces old concrete marker] Gunter, Fannie, wife of J. F. Gunter - 20 Jul 1879 / 28 Mar 1920 Willis, Otis J. - 30 Mar 1890 / 10 Sep 1971 Father Willis, Edna Gunter - 3 Sep 1908 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] Row 9: [road to driveway - crooked row] Johnson, Narssie P. - 7 Mar 1870 / 19 Feb 1960 Mother Johnson, Gentry - 26 Oct 1867 / 3 Mar 1944 Johnson, Infant daughter of M&M Geppie Johnson - 14 Feb 1928 Johnson, Jeppie [sic] - 22 Jun 1895 / 4 Sep 1927 Johnson, Zealle - 22 Feb 1894 / 12 Dec 1925 [unmarked burial or plot marker - no information] Johnson, [unreadable] - Oct / 21 Oct ?81? [unreadable] [unmarked burial or plot marker - no information] Johnson, Pickering - 27 Jun 1905 / 19 Dec 1915 Johnson, Lizzie, daughter of M&M C. L. Johnson - 9 May 1915 / 10 May 1915 [replaces old marker "Elizabeth Johnson" at footstone] Johnson, Lee, son of M&M C. L. Johnson - 8 May 1913 / 15 Oct 1920 Strother, Sol - 1 Aug 1846 / 20 Sep 1919 Ashworth, Alice S. - Feb 1866 / 27 Mar 1949 Bailey, Sarah Jane - 16 Oct 1864 / 29 Dec 1950 Mother Davis, J. C. - 1 Apr 1844 / 5 Feb 1923 "A Confederate Veteran" Johnson, Ellen - [headstone missing, old concrete marker at foot] Johnson, Aaron - 14 Feb 1832 / 8 Oct 1917, Co. G LA Inf. CSA [unmarked burial with flowers - no information] Johnson, Harmon - 24 Oct 1881 / 21 Oct 1954 Father Johnson, Emma A. - 30 Mar 1880 / 20 Jan 1962 Mother [Double Stone] Carroll, Gladys J. - 3 Sep 1914 / [no dates] Grand Maw Carroll, W. Barney - 5 May 1906 / 22 Sep 1987 Pa Pa [Double Stone] - Married 11 Aug 1934 Row 10: [driveway to road] Calhoun, Gladys - 12 May 1910 / [no dates] Mother Calhoun, Elzy - 22 Mar 1897 / 15 Oct 1963, Pvt. US Army WW1 [Double Stone] James, Houston - 14 Oct 1914 / 12 May 1926 Son [unmarked burial - no information] Calhoun, Ellaney C., wife of Rev. H. M. Calhoun - 21 Mar 1869 / 19 May 1911 "She left a husband & 10 children ... " Calhoun, Rev. H. M. - 26 Aug 1868 / 11 Aug 1943 [Double slab, 2 stones, her stone has fallen over & been placed on top of slab] Johnson, Mammie - [old concrete marker at foot of Calhoun slab above - no information] Johnson, Modena - [old concrete marker - no information] Johnson, Editha - [old concrete marker - no information] Johnson, Mitchell - 16 Nov 1861 / 20 Feb 1912 [W.O.W. obelisk] Johnson, Elizabeth - 24 Sep 1865 / 15 Sep 1910 [large concrete slab with 2 stones & individual slabs] Johnson, Infant daughter of M&M Mitchell Johnson - [no dates] Johnson, Marshall - 24 Apr 1890 / 1903 Johnson, Mindy - 10 Jun 1867 / 27 Jun 1899 Johnson, Zeley - 4 Nov 1942 / 23 Nov 1942 Johnson, Hull - 5 Jul 1935 / 22 Aug 1935 Johnson, Kermit B. - 12 Sep 1948 / 26 Oct 1948 Infant sons of Boss & Dovie Johnson [concrete slab,Triple Stone & 3 small individual slabs] [concrete slab - no information] Wisby, J. A. (Art) - 19 Jul 1898 / 4 Mar 1950 Father Wisby, Mary Johnson - 15 Nov 1900 / 11 Dec 1991 [Identical stones & slabs] Row 11: [road to driveway] Bass, Weltha Ann H. - 9 Jul 1880 / 13 Mar 1953 Mother Bass, Ed - 14 Nov 1876 / 1 Dec 1951 Father [Double Stone] Bass, Mattie - [small concrete marker - no dates] [unmarked burial with brick at head & foot, flowers - no information] Bass, Sarah J. [Sarah Jane Nash] - 1852 / 1931 [almost unreadable stone] [Dennis Funeral records indicate 3 Sep 1852 / 1 Oct 1946, 94 yrs 1 mo 28 das] [3 unmarked burials with brick at head & foot] James, Auston - 17 Aug 1899 / 5 Jul 1976 [s/o Monroe James & Ida V. Bass] Uncle [2 unmarked burial with brick at head & foot - no information] Session, Cardelia - [concrete marker - no dates] Session, Buck - [concrete marker - no dates] [unmarked burial with brick at head & foot - no information] Johnson, Mary E., daughter of W. & S. J. Johnson - 9 Nov 1895 / 27 Feb 1901 "At rest" Calhoun, Joseph - 7 Sep 1838 / 16 Apr 1906, A Confederate Soldier Father Calhoun, Mary J., wife of Joseph Calhoun - 25 Nov 1843 / 31 Jul 1908 Mother Thompson, Vernice - [small concrete marker - no dates] Thompson, Millie - [small concrete marker - no dates] Thompson, Barnie E. - 13 Oct 1910 / 16 Mar 1913 Bailey, Infant son of Andrew & Lydia Bailey - b&d 8 Nov 1923 Hawkins, Infant son of Lee & Louise Hawkins - 1943 Hawkins, Louise Bailey - 24 Feb 1925 / 18 Oct 1976 Miller, Lydia T. - 10 May 1905 / 19 Aug 1976 Prince, Robert E. - 31 Jan 1963 / 6 Jun 1982 Prince, Thomas Wade - 21 Aug 1959 / 19 Nov 1984 Prince, Wilma Dean - 17 Apr 1932 / 8 Dec 1990 Mother Row 12: [driveway to road] Perkins, Ellie S. - 1901 / 1979 Mother Perkins, Cicero C. - 1871 / 1943 Father [Double Stone] Perkins, Simon - 8 Aug 1924 / 24 Aug 1929 Son Johnson, W. C. (Dock) - 20 Feb 1862 / 7 May 1947 Johnson, Myslianne, wife of W. C. Johnson - 4 Apr 1866 / 25 Dec 1925 Johnson, Arsan, son of W. C. & M. A. Johnson - 20 May 1909 / 6 Oct 1909 Johnson, Mid R., son of W. C. & M. A. Johnson - 8 Oct 1895 / 2 Jun 1901 Jackson, Nelda White - 25 Apr 1940 / 1 Jul 1982 Mama Fitzgerald, Henry - Co. K 1st AL Mil. Inf. Mexican War [Henry Fitgarles on old concrete marker] Fitzgerald, S. A., wife of H. Fitzgerald - 30 Jul 1824 / 25 Jul 18?5 [almost unreadable marker] [First Burial in Cemetery] James, Ida B.[Bass] - 4 Nov 1866 / 29 Aug 1958 [d/o Josiah Bass & Mary Elizabeth Nash, w/o Monroe J. James] James, David - [old concrete marker - no dates] Kelley, Bessie Bass - 2 Feb 1903 / 27 May 1960 [2 unmarked burials, brick at head & foot, flowers - no information] Bass, Henry - [old concrete marker - no dates] [unmarked burial, brick at head & foot - no information] Bass, Bett - [old concrete marker - no dates] Bass, Mary - [old concrete marker - no dates] [unmarked burial, brick at head & foot - no information] Row 13: [road to driveway] James, Wesalene W. - 28 Mar 1929 / [no dates] James, C. W. (Buddy) - 26 May 1924 / 27 May 1971, LA SSgt US Marine Corps WW2 PH Father [Double Stone] James, Hazel J. - 26 Jun 1917 / 16 Nov 1920 Gill, Artiemeas J. - 18 Mar 1899 / 12 Feb 1978 Mama James James, Wavey - 15 Oct 1892 / 14 Sep 1944 Father Bass, Eliza [Elizabeth Johnson] - 20 May 1863 / 10 Oct 1953 Mother Bass, Lysander - 9 May 1857 / 24 Mar 1926 Father [s/o Josiah Bass & Mary Elizabeth Nash] [Double Stone] James, Monroe - 15 Oct 1865 / 6 Sep 1910 [h/o Ida V. Bass] James, Oveta - [old concrete marker - no dates] [2 unmarked burials with brick at head & foot - no information] Johnson, Infant daughter of Mre. & Illah Johnson - b&d 11 Mar 1924 [unmarked infant burial, brick at head & foot - no information] White, Marceil - 3 Jun 1933 / 26 Jan 1938 Zorosak, Dori Ann - 1957 / 1972 Calhoun, Hetta - 2 May 1915 / May 1918 [unmarked burial with brick at head & foot - no information] Calhoun, Ray - 8 Nov 1929 / Dec 1929 Calhoun, Lige - 20 Feb 1881 / 18 Mar 1949 Father Calhoun, Stella B. - 20 Mar 1889 / 7 May 1975 Mother Calhoun, Ernest Lee - 15 Nov 1912 / 15 Nov 1975 Father Calhoun, Bessie V. - 16 Jun 1913 / 9 Sep 1983 Mother Row 14: [driveway to road] [Identical slabs - no inscription] [unmarkekd burial with iron pipe at head] [slab - no inscription] [unmarked burial - no information] Sessions, W. A. - 17 Nov 1872 / 22 Feb 1914 Sessions, Sussie - 9 Nov 1867 / 6 Jun 1926 White, George - 30 Mar 1896 / 22 Oct 1980, Wagr. US Army WW1 [s/o William Covington White II & Mary Lucretia Bailey] White, Beedie - 10 Jun 1902 / 10 Jun 1984 [d/o Jonathan Johnson & Masenia Johnson] [Double Stone] - [Married 18 Nov 1922] Johnson, Johnathan - 27 Mar 1877 / 3 Jul 1926 Father Johnson, Masenia - 3 Nov 1871 / 10 May 1925 Mother [d/o Aaron Johnson & Ellen Lucinda Huggins] [Double Stone] - [Married 3 Mar 1895] White, Infant son of Beedie & George White - [no dates] White, Infant son of Beedie & George White - [no dates] Johnson, Infant son of Massenia & Jonathan Johnson - [no dates] [3 identical granite markers at foot of 2 Double Stones above] Johnson, Ernest - 27 Apr 1904 / 15 Jul 1972 [s/o Jonathan Johnson & Masenia Johnson] Johnson, Illah [Higginbotham] - 25 Aug 1906 / 13 Mar 1924 " ... the wife of Ernest Johnson is at rest" [open area to the road - very irregular burials in this area] Row 15: [road to driveway] Dehart, Leroy Alvin - 19 Jan 1921 / 11 Jun 1922 James, Martha Ann - 12 Aug 1891 / 7 Mar 1929 Mother James, Marion "Boy" - 3 Oct 1889 / 17 Sep 1945 Father [Wooden border, white rocks, 2 slabs] James, Lottie - 7 Mar 1898 / [no dates] James, Jim - 30 Oct 1890 / 26 Dec 1959 [Double Stone] James, Mittie - 2 Jan 1884 / 10 Mar 1953 James, David E. [h/o Lydia Ann Bass] - 10 Oct 1854 / 15 Jul 1941 James, Lydia Ann, wife of D. E. James - 13 Jun 1859 / 1 Apr 1932 [d/o Josiah Bass & Mary Elizabeth Nash] James, Cathern - 19 Jan 1898 / 22 Nov 1904 Johnson, Infant daughter of Ernest Johnson & Illa Higginbotham - b&d 13 Mar 1924 [This unmarked infant burial - identified by relatives] Johnson, J. D. - 15 Jan 1929 / 6 Apr 1978 Daughters: Brenda Johnson Reeves, Linda Johnson Work Johnson, Exie Howard - 8 Mar 1903 / 20 Apr 1991 Johnson, Robert - 16 Dec 1868 / 2 Jun 1956 Father Johnson, Lucinda J. - 12 Jun 1888 / 15 Jul 1983 Mother Johnson, Lee "Bo" - 1912 / 1932 Brother [unmarked burial - "Baby Angel" - no information] [unmarkekd burial with brick at head & foot - no information] Row 16: [driveway to road] Johnson, Archie J. - 28 Jul 1914 / 6 Jan 1991 Daddy Johnson, Addie M. - 9 Nov 1916 / [no dates] Mama [Double Stone] - Married 5 Aug 1936 Johnson, Leazine - 26 Dec 1883 / 3 Jul 1959 Johnson, Rose Allie - 18 Nov 1888 / 7 Feb 1969 [Double Stone] Johnson, Caroll Mathew - 23 Apr 1913 / 10 Aug 1923 [2 unmarked adult burials, 3 unmarked infant burial, with bricks & flowers - no information] Bosely, Carol Louis, infant son of L. S. & Minnie Lewis Bosely - 25 Jan 1912 / 7 Feb 1912 Bosely, Bonny Margarett, infant daughter of M&M L. S. Bosely - 25 Feb 1913 / 14 Mar 1913 Toohy, Susan - 26 Jan 1849 / 26 Jul 1918 Teahan, Patrick - 5 Mar 1833 / 6 Mar 1906 [unmarked burial with bricks - no information] Holland, Jack - 18 Sep 1897 / 23 Oct 1917, 20 yrs 1 mo 10 das Row 17: [road to driveway] [3 unmarked burials - no information] King, Charley C. - 21 Mar 1900 / 21 Apr 1925 King, J. A. - 15 Nov 1866 / 2 Dec 1911 King, Nannie - 25 Dec 1873 / 15 May 1930 [2 unmarked infant graves - no information] Power, W. H. - 7 Aug 1869 / 21 Dec 1910 Father Winberly, Frank W. - 16 Apr 1853 / 12 Feb 1912 White, Margie L. - 13 Jun 1938 / [no dates] Sapp, Bertie [Cloud] - 21 Oct 1921 / 7 Jun 1981 [w/o Louie White, Leroy Tucker, John Johnson] Sapp, Roy - 1 Jul 1929 / 2 Aug 1977 [Double Stone] Row 18: [driveway to road] James, John W. - 3 Jan 1892 / 8 Dec 1964 James, Larnishie - 18 Jun 1899 / 16 Jun 1983 [Double Stone] - Married 7 May 1917 Johnson, Calvin - 6 Jun 1873 / 18 Jan 1956 Johnson, Tommy - 15 Jun 1915 / 28 May 1918 Johnson, Frank M. - 20 Jan 1906 / 3 Jul 1988, SSgt. US Army WW2 James, George - 28 May 1920 / 19 Apr 1974 James, Jesse - 7 Nov 1889 / 29 Oct 1934 James, Daniel R. - 23 Jun 1897 / 30 Feb 1944 James, David M. - 23 Oct 1896 / 5 Nov 1973 James, Edmund B. - 29 Jan 1884 / 16 Sep 1969 James, John - 6 Jul 1835 / 17 Sep 1922 Father James, Gdar [sic] Kissiah - 9 Aug 1859 / 25 Jan 1932 Gill, John Junior - 21 Feb 1950 / 26 Feb 1951 Gill, Denzia Johnson - 20 Jun 1918 / [no dates] Nini Gill, Lawrence Nealon - 19 Mar 1914 / 19 Feb 1987 Papa [Double Stone & slabs] [open area, funeral marker with missing nameplate - no information] Maddox, Infant son of Jerry C. & Sena J. Maddox - b&d 11 Nov 1938 [2 unmarked burials with rock - no information] Row 19: [road to driveway] Blalock, Morgan - 8 Mar 1870 / 4 Oct 1957 Helmer, Jake - 18 Mar 1861 / 25 Jun 1924 Blalock, Gilbert - [old concrete marker - no information] ?Fee,? C. - ?1926 / 1926? - [unreadable old concrete marker, infant burial - no information] Ware, Infant son of M&M James Ware - [no dates, old concrete marker] Woods, Leon "Bo" - 20 Oct 1924 / 13 Jun 1985, Pvt. US Army WW2 [Double Stone, only 1 side engraved] [infant slab - no information] Fontenot, Allie - 22 Jan 1919 / 28 Jan 1965 Fontenot, Infant of Allie Fontenot - [no dates] Gaynard, Infant of Blanche Gaynard - [no dates] Gaynard, Willie Ray - 6 Oct 1942 / 17 Oct 1981 Gaynard, Blanche - 7 Nov 1910 / 13 Dec 1985 Perkins, Sina J. - 3 Jul 1886 / 23 Nov 1974 Perkins, Monroe V. - 15 Apr 1875 / 20 Feb 1936 [Double Stone] Perkins, Golda - 15 Nov 1918 Perkins, Edison - 19 Aug 1907 / 23 Jan 1922 Perkins, Jessie - 8 Jun 1909 / 27 Nov 1932 Perkins, Garrett C. - 5 Nov 1921 / 30 Nov 1962, Pfc. 3230th Engr. Svc. Bn. WW2 Row 20: [driveway to road] Perkins, Willie R. - 23 Oct 1915 / [no dates] Perkins, Ednie M. - 17 May 1923 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 28 Apr 1945 Williams, Fred Jr. - 6 May 1964 / 6 May 1964 Perkins, Renee, infant of M&M W. R. Perkins - 9 Dec 1947 / 9 Dec 1947 Perkins, Nellie Sue, Infant daughter of M&M Willie Perkins - 12 Jul 1957 McMullen, Garthel Thermon - 23 Apr 1948 / 23 Jun 1948 McMullen, Garney - 29 Oct 1918 / 28 May 1960 McMullen, Jessie - 24 Aug 1922 / 29 Aug 1980 [Double Stone, wood border, white rocks] [unmarked burial with brick - no information] McMullen, Fannie Cloud - 18 Nov 1925 / 23 Jul 1980 Mother McMullen, Monroe J. - 15 Feb 1930 / [no dates] [Double Stone] McMullen, Infant son of James & Mary McMullen - [no dates] McMullen, James M. - 31 Jul 1908 / 2 Jan 1972 Father McMullen, Mary J. - 8 Jun 1900 / 31 May 1981 Mother [death date from funeral marker] [Double Stone] Pelt, Linnie - 1921 / 1943 Mother Woods, Ben L. - 10 Feb 1900 / 4 Jun 1965 Father Woods, Kizar J. - 2 Aug 1896 / 20 Jan 1990 Mother Mancille, Purlie W. - 10 Jan 1908 / 9 Jul 1932 Ware, Nancy Ann Odom - 2 Feb 1883 / 31 Mar 1948 Ware, James W. - 2 Aug 1874 / 9 Nov 1960 Daddy Johnson, Cpl. Milton Jay - 28 Sep 1947 / 9 Jul 1968, SP4 US Army Vietnam Johnson, Dovie Ware - 15 Nov 1919 / [no dates] Mother Johnson, Charley (Boss) - 17 May 1898 / 26 Oct 1969 Father [Double Stone] Row 21: [road to driveway] Frost, William H. - 9 Nov 1925 / [no dates] Brother Doyle, Bettie (Williams) - 5 Jun 1932 / [no dates] Sister Doyle, Lelon (Buddie) - 4 Feb 1936 / 18 Jul 1983 [Double Stone] [infant slab - no information] Doyle, Pearl - 29 Apr 1906 / 2 Oct 1988 Mother Doyle, Marion - 20 Apr 1887 / 24 Jul 1949 Father [Identical stones, concrete border, white rocks] Tolbert, Cassie B. - 1890 / 1936 Father Tolbert, Mary L. - 1870 / 1954 Mother [Identical Stones] Johnson, Wanda M. - 26 Feb 1932 / [no dates] Mama Johnson, L. V. - 30 Aug 1928 / 22 Jan 1987, Cpl. US Army Korea Daddy [Double Stone] - Married 24 Dec 1951 Deason, Gretha Lea - 7 Aug 1931 / [no dates] Mother Deason, Edlow - 18 Nov 1923 / 15 Jan 1986, Pfc. US Army WW2 Daddy [Double Stone] - [unmarked infant burial - no information] Willis, Infants of M&M Shirrel [sic] Willis - [no dates] [2 burials, 1 marker] [2 unmarked burials - no information] Willis, Sherril Martin - 22 Apr 1925 / 19 May 1959, LA AR USMCR WW2 Father [unreadable funeral marker - no information] Johnson, Barbara Juanita - 28 Aug 1949 / 26 Mar 1950 Johnson, Rose S. - [marker at foot with name, headstone eroded - no dates] [unmarked burial - no information] Row 22: [driveway to road] Ashworth, Ruben G. - 7 Sep 1929 / 19 Jun 1974, Cpl. US Army Korea Bass, Infant of Luster & Vertie Bass - [no dates] Johnson, Willie J. - 1 Feb 1898 / 17 Apr 1981 Father [s/o Jonathan Johnson & Masenia Johnson] Johnson, Sinie J. - 28 Feb 1906 / 30 Sep 1974 Mother [d/o Daniel Johnson & Lettie Lucille Calhoun] [Double Stone] Johnson, Ottis "Peanut", son of M&M W. J. Johnson - 17 Jun 1926 / 8 Sep 1994 Johnson, Ardra Arlice, son of M&M W. J. Johnson - 17 May 1923 / 29 Oct 1945 [ Johnson, Lettie Lucille, daughter of M&M W. J. Johnson - 6 Jun 1928 / 14 Apr 1935 Johnson, Robbie Lee, son of M&M J. F. Johnson - 30 Dec 1933 / 24 Nov 1934 [Roblee Johnson on old marker at foot] Johnson, James F. - 25 Jun 1901 / 3 Apr 1964 Father Johnson, Lona W. - 14 Feb 1908 / 9 Jan 1993 Mother [Double Stone] Burrows, Timothy, Infant son of Ruby & Thurl Burrows - 17 Mar 1956 [only date] [4 adult slabs - no information] Johnson, ? - [unreadable concrete marker & unreadable funeral marker - no information] Row 23 & 24: [Double Row from road to driveway] Johnson, Herschel - 7 Dec 1958 / 1 Jun 1989 East, James Ellison - 21 Oct 1927 / 24 Dec 1986, Pvt. US Army Korea Peavy, Susie J.[ellen suzanna johnson] - 4 Oct 1911 / 2 Apr 1982 Mama [d/o Jonathan Johnson & Masenia Johnson] Peavy, William E.[Ezra] - 1 Aug 1906 / 6 May 1976 Daddy [s/o Lawrence Peavy & Cora Louise ? ] [Double Stone] [Married 16 Sep 1926] Peavy, Philip Rogers - 29 Apr 1943 / 29 Apr 1943 Johnson, Ethel J. - 20 Jan 1911 / 26 Nov 1976 Mama Johnson, Aaron - 10 Nov 1907 / 29 Mar 1973 Daddy [Double Stone] - [2 unmarked infant burials - no information] Doyle, Nealon "Pee Wee" - 4 Feb 1936 / 26 May 1978 Doyle, Mary M. - 22 Aug 1927 / 13 Feb 1989 [Double Stone] Johnson, Georgia Ann, Infant daughter of M&M D. C. Johnson - 4 May 1952 Johnson, R. C. Ramon, son of M. K. & L. Johnson - 27 Oct 1930 / 9 Dec 1934 Johnson, Infant of M. K. Johnson - 9 Feb 1943 Johnson, Loney - 10 Nov 1900 / 28 Dec 1964 Mother [d/o Jonathan Johnson & Masenia Johnson] Johnson, McKinley [Red] - 21 May 1903 / 28 May 1965 Father [s/o Gipson Johnson & Sarah Corinthia Perkins] [Double Stone] - [Married 1 Mar 1920] Perkins, Carlos - 19 Jul 1955 / 9 Jun 1982 Perkins, Gracie J. - 17 Jan 1915 / 25 Sep 1980 James, George Thomas - 1879 / 1946 White, Infant son of M&M Wess White - 5 Mar 1939 White, Esther - 25 Mar 1909 / 20 Jun 1986 White, Wess - 1 Sep 1897 / 17 Jun 1980 [Identical markers & slabs on common base] O'Quinn, Horace - 22 Feb 1911 / 12 Dec 1970 O'Quinn, Kate - 6 Nov 1875 / 11 May 1954 [Double Stone] Row 25 & 26: [driveway to road] LaBorde, Myrtle N. - 28 Sep 1940 / 27 May 1978 Johnson, Joyce - 1925 / 1951 Johnson, Jessie Ann - 22 Jul 1898 / 12 Dec 1957 Johnson, Shelby Reid - 29 Jul 1941 / 20 Feb 1987, Pfc. US Army Vietnam Daddy Johnson, Willie - died 4 Jul 1993, 94 yrs [funeral marker & slab] Pogue, Deborah Ann, infant daughter of Billie Faye Pogue - [no dates] [2 infant burials - no information] Doyal, Eveavie [sic] - [infant burial - no dates] Doyal, Evie Mae - 18 Feb 1899 / 25 Apr 1939 Mother Willis, William - 17 Jan 1884 / 5 Apr 1982 Father Willis, Laura James - 18 Sep 1888 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] Willis, Henry - 14 Feb 1920 / 18 Feb 1947 Willis, Simon - 27 Jun 1913 / 22 Dec 1945 [unmarked infant burial - no information] Willis, Delmer - 20 Sep 1925 / 25 Jan 1927 [unmarked infant burial - no information] Calhoun, Richard Lee - 14 Sep 1939 / 3 Dec 1945 Calhoun, Penn - 29 Aug 1884 / 1 Jun 1946 Father Calhoun, Harvey - 21 Apr 1944 / 5 Jun 1960 Weeks, Ottis C. - 5 May 1921 / 25 Feb 1983 Mother Pogue, Billie Faye - 5 Jun 1933 / 29 Jan 1994 Mother Johnson, Ruby D. - 24 Apr 1931 / 17 Aug 1994 Mother Row 27: [road to driveway] James, Paul Lee - 5 Jun 1966 / 26 Apr 1986 James, Randall Jeromy - 1 Oct 1973 James, Donald Ray, son of M&M Woodroe James - 16 Aug 1943 / 27 Aug 1943 Bloodsworth, James Kenneth - 18 Nov 1946 / 11 Mar 1981 Bloodworth, [sic] Thelma - 26 Aug 1922 / 15 Mar 1954 Johnson, Ezell White - 28 Aug 1922 / [no dates] Mom Johnson, M. Winfred - 28 Jul 1914 / 29 Sep 1973 [s/o Thomas Mitchell Johnson & Rosella Howard] [Double Stone] - "At Rest" [Married 30 Aug 1924] Johnson, Infant of Mitchell [Winfred] Johnson - 1950 / 1950 Perkins, Vilora, wife of Washie Perkins - 22 Jun 1890 / 21 Jun 1958 [2 identical slabs - 1 is unmarked at this time] Row 28: [driveway to road] Johnson, Mary Ruth [Watson] - 29 Apr 1922 / [no dates] Mother Johnson, J. D. - 24 Sep 1917 / 30 Jan 1976 Father [Double Stone] Johnson, T. M. "Mittie" - 28 Jan 1885 / 3 Feb 1975 Johnson, Rozella - 25 Jan 1889 / 31 Mar 1951 Mother Carroll, Meldaise C. - 3 Mar 1935 / [no dates] Carroll, Rev. Alfred Victor - 28 Jun 1925 / 3 Sep 1980, A3C USAF [middle name from military] [Double Stone] Carroll, S. Douglas - 20 Feb 1902 / 23 Jun 1944 Rudkin, Lena Carroll - 15 Aug 1905 / 22 Jan 1960 Mother [Identical Stones] Johnson, Sewell - 3 Jul 1919 / 18 Feb 1966 Son Johnson, Rev. Gideon - 28 Aug 1894 / 23 Jul 1961 Father/Dad Johnson, Emma V. - 1 May 1899 / [no dates] Mother / Mom [Double Stone] Row 28: [road to driveway] Glaze, Will - 1876 / 1948 Karamales, Margie Carroll - 27 Sep 1931 / 1 Feb 1988 Mother Pitts, Aline Carroll - 13 May 1930 / 1 Jul 1983 Mother Carroll, Douglas Kent I - 11 Feb 1962 / 9 Mar 1985 Daddy Carroll, LeNora Day - 9 Apr 1965 / [no dates] Mama [Double Stone] Johnson, Mary Elizabeth, wife of O. J. Johnson - 22 Mar 1925 / 22 Jul 1959 Johnson, O. J. - 23 Oct 1926 / 15 Jan 1969 Johnson, Doris E. Byrd - 12 Oct 1938 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Williams, Ethel - 6 Jul 1920 / 12 Feb 1947 [Note: "Ethel McMullen" is on stone at her foot, no explanation as to difference] McMullen, Lena W. - 1 Oct 1896 / 17 Jan 1957 McMullen, Archie W. - 22 Nov 1892 / 11 Feb 1971 [Double Stone & large slab] Row 29: [driveway to road] Coffman, George M. - 24 Oct 1898 / 3 Mar 1981 Father Coffman, Florence E. - 25 Jan 1904 / 27 Jan 1979 Mother [Double Stone] McMullen, Joseph Crossgrove - 6 Sep 1950 / 16 Mar 1993, Sgt. USAF Husband McMullen, Shelia Beth - 17 Jun 1955 / [no dates] Wife [Identical stones on common base] Carroll, Ollie Willis - 11 Dec 1921 / 25 May 1979 Mother Willis, Gipson A. - 23 Aug 1926 / 19 Feb 1953 Willis, Lume - 15 Jul 1913 / 27 Oct 1974 Willis, Edna - 6 Mar 1925 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Row 30: [road to driveway] [infant slab & broken funeral marker - no information] [open area with no burials] McMullen, Dennie Othell - 10 Oct 1994 / 10 Oct 1994 [Funeral Marker] McMullen, Othell C. - 9 Sep 1930 / 25 Jan 1993 Daddy McMullen, Nezzie H. - 5 Mar 1898 / 8 Jul 1984 McMullen, Joseph A. - 20 May 1892 / 13 Dec 1965 [Double Stone] McMullen, Evolyn C. - 26 Nov 1921 / [no dates] McMullen, Alvin E. - 26 Jun 1917 / 18 Jun 1979 [Double Stone] - Married 5 Jul 1941 [RIGHT REAR SECTION - Scattered burials, read as approached] McMullen, "Cader" - 18 Dec 1899 / 9 Dec 1967 Father McMullen, Elizzie J. - 23 Nov 1895 / 10 Dec 1971 Mother [Identical stones on common base & slabs] Schaffett, Eugene H. - 25 Mar 1909 / 2 Jan 1977, Tec5 US Army WW2 McMullen, George W. - 29 Sep 1904 / 9 May 1968 McMullen, Curtis E. - 24 Mar 1890 / 15 May 1968 Robinson, Rebecca Ann - 19 Sep 1968 / 6 Aug 1970 James, Dollie B. - 13 Jan 1923 / [no dates] Mom James, Barney Alvie - 20 Apr 1915 / 30 Sep 1987 Dad [Double Stone] Willis, Martin - 31 Jul 1919 / 20 Mar 1987, Tec5 US Army WW2 Willis, Dorothy - 15 Dec 1926 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Johnson, Annie Lee [Johnson] - 9 Nov 1922 / 7 Feb 1993 Mother Johnson, Lelon - 14 Sep 1919 / 12 Aug 1976, S1 US Navy WW2 Daddy [Double slabs] * * * [SMALL SECTION LEFT SIDE OF DRIVEWAY] * * * [Back to Front] Maricle, Danny Lynn - 17 Nov 1955 / 15 Jun 1987 Higginbotham, Elvin - 21 Feb 1914 / 29 Feb 1992, Pvt. US Army WW2 White, Louie - 14 Oct 1917 / 21 Feb 1988 [s/o Bob White & Texaner Calhoun] [Double Stone, 2nd stone missing] White, Texaner [Calhoun] - 1 Oct 1900 / 14 May 1984 White, Bob - 23 Apr 1897 / 19 Mar 1988 [Double Stone] Bass, Ronald Wayne Sr. - 1 Oct 1951 / 18 Dec 1994, A1C USAF Vietnam [s/o Luster & Virgie Bass] Norlander, Chad Eric, son of Lannie & Nita Norlander - 15 Nov 1979 / 17 Nov 1979 Calcote, Joseph W. - 5 Dec 1920 / [no dates] Calcote, Ruth James - 11 Mar 1932 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Calcote, J. W. "Billy" - 23 Jul 1959 / 30 Sep 1979 White, Lucille J. - 19 Oct 1921 / [no dates] White, Lee Roy - 28 Mar 1915 / 6 Mar 1982 [Double Stone] - Marrieid 10 Sep 1938 White, O'Neal - 18 Feb 1942 / 6 Sep 1993, TSgt. USAF Vietnam Gill, Rusty Ray, infant son of Byron & Brenca Gill - 6 Sep 1977 James, Coleman - 2 Feb 1934 / 12 Oct 1991 Pelt, Sabrina, infant daughter of M&M Roger Pelt - 7 Oct 1984 Blencke, Christopher Edward "Chris" - 11 Jan 1972 / 21 Apr 1976 * * * * * NOTE: These burials were copied in 1976, but I could not locate them in 1995. They may be some of the unmarked burials listed above, or unreadable concrete markers. Johnson, Martha - no dates [small marker under tree] Willis, Thelma - no dates [small marker] Maddox, Jerry David - 4 Jul 1958 / 10 Feb 1972 Maddox, Betty Jean - 25 Jul 1938 / 22 Feb 1967 Johnson, Willie Ann - 1888 / 1904 White, Marty Dale - 28 Oct 1972 / 30 Oct 1972 James, Maggie M., wife of G. G. James - 8 Feb 1875 / 14 Aug 1926 James, Elija - 23 Nov 1895 / 23 May 1961 Goins, Tommy - died 24 Dec 1971, 45 yrs [funeral marker] Goins, Levy - died 30 Jan 1976, 58 yrs [funeral marker] Johnson, Alfred - died 29 Feb 1952, 33 yrs [funeral marker] Shaffeti, E. A. "Bill" - died 20 Jan 1976, 67 yrs [funeral marker] Burials listed in Leesville Leader after cemetery copied: Johnson, Ina - died 26 Apr 1995, 94 yrs. [w/o Albert Johnson] Mullins, Bobbie Jean - 14 Sep 1995, 59 yrs. [w/o Bobby Mullins] * * * * * Reference: 1) Family relationships from the Johnson family taken from "A Branch of the Johnsons of Vernon Parish" by Durwood Johnson, Private Printing. 2) Family relationships from the Bass family taken from "A Backward Glance" by Jane P. McManus, 1986. 3) Other family relationships given by members of the Gravel Hill Baptist Church, 1995.