Hicks Pentecostal Cemetery Vernon Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** HICKS PENTECOSTAL CEMETERY - Vernon Parish Directions: Take LA Hwy. 28 from Leesville toward Alexandria and turn south onto LA Hwy. 121. Continue several miles to the community of Hicks. Hicks Pentecostal Church is located on the left (East) side of the highway, and the cemetery is behind the church. Burials in this new cemetery began in 1956. The cemetery is divided by a west-east driveway, and inscriptions were read in two sections as approached from just inside the gate by Jane P. McManus, October 15, 1995. North of Center Driveway: Magee, Rev. A. J. - 17 Jun 1891/21 Jun 1983 Father Magee, Iona Talley - 26 Feb 1890/26 Sep 1970 Mother [Double Stone] Bennett, Howard J. - 12 Dec 1912/29 Oct 1972, LA Pvt. Co. A 719th Engr. WW2 Bennett, Anna Lue M. - 16 Jun 1915/[no dates] [Double Stone] Magee, Jewel L. - 19 Feb 1918/28 Mar 1973 [Masonic Emblem] Magee, Thelma Cole - 2 Apr 1921/[no dates] [Double Stone] LaCaze, George L. - 19 Jan 1911/3 Dec 1988 LaCaze, Louvenia W. - 26 Nov 1916/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 13 Jun 1931 LaCaze, Dalphard - 22 Jul 1939/9 Oct 1959 LaCaze, Edmond E., Sr. - 7 Nov 1912/26 Oct 1985 Davis, Carl A. - 23 Dec 1924/11 Aug 1956 Father Wiggins, Horace C. - 5 Dec 1927/15 Mar 1981 Father [Masonic Emblem] [Triple stone - no inscription in center] Perkins, Infant Daughter of Carlotta & Mitchel Perkins - 6 Feb 1969 Chism, Bob W. - 17 Apr 1920/[no dates] Father Chism, Victoria D. - 23 Oct 1926/28 Jul 1984 Mother [Double Stone]- Married 26 Oct 1946 Hughes, Romona Faith - 6 Nov 1971/25 Oct 1977 South of Center Driveway Hagan, Charlie Baker - 5 Mar 1901/4 Mar 1981, Pvt. US ARMY WW2 / Father Hagan, Mary F. - 23 Jan 1908/30 Dec 1990 Mother [Double Stone] Hagan, John Louie - 11 Aug 1897/7 Oct 1988, Pvt. US ARMY WW1 / Father Hagan, Lonnie M. - 22 May 1903/5 Mar 1966 Mother [Double Stone] - Married 25 May 1920 Overbay, William J. - 19 Jul 1919/18 Aug 1990, US Merchant Marine WW2 Dowden, Bobby Gene - 24 Feb 1941/10 Mar 1988, US ARMY Vietnam Dowden, Janice A. Hagan - 14 Aug 1943/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 1962 Kennedy, Johnny - 27 May 1941/10 Dec 1992 Husband [on vase]: 10 Apr 1989 Hagan, Selmer G. - 22 Dec 1928/18 Feb 1991 Hagan, Nell M. - 21 Nov 1929/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 10 Sep 1949 Stewart, Wilmer - 17 Apr 1913/3 Oct 1981, Cpl. US Army WW2 Stewart, Nellie Jeter - 20 May 1919/10 Nov 1975 [Double Stone] Hagan, William "Junior" - 5 Aug 1925/5 Jul 1989 Daddy [Double Stone, 2nd side not inscribed] Gordy, Allen - [Mar] 1870/1961 [s/o William Gordy & Caroline Peavy] Gordy, Nettie [MCLOUD] - 1884/1963 [Double Stone] Hartiens, William W. - 19 Dec 1889/4 Nov 1965 LA Pvt. Btry. E48 Fld. Arty. WW1 Hartiens, Mildred Gordy - 1 Mar 1905/12 Dec 1967 [d/o Allen S. Gordy & Nettie McCloud] Gordy, Frank W. - 13 Oct 1913/5 Oct 1966 [s/o Allen Gordy & Nettie McCloud] Gordy, Camille [Nelson] - 18 Jan 1918/[no dates] [Double Stone] Price, Jesse F. Jr. "Sonny" - 6 Apr 1942/27 Dec 1991, MSgt. USAF Vietnam Price, Marjorie A. - 7 Jul 1948/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 28 Jan 1967 Gordy, Tom - 27 Nov 1907/9 Dec 1985 Father [s/o Allen Gordy & Nettie McCloud] Gordy, Dorothy Green - 27 Mar 1920/12 May 1979 Mother [Double Stone] Hall, Bobbye - 5 Feb 1945/[no dates] Hall, Olan - 16 May 1939/14 Nov 1992 [Double Stone] - Married 5 Feb 1959 Evans, Joe Edward Jr. - 29 Apr 1963/19 Aug 1992 Daddy Evans, Shirley Yvonne "Sissy" - 6 May 1962/[no dates] [Double Stone] - 15 Apr 1983 Miller, Jeanette Wilma Hall - 6 Apr 1927/19 Nov 1994 Maw Maw Miller, Donald Dean - 8 Apr 1934/[no dates] Paw Paw [Double Stone] Hall, Isiah C. - 1 Mar 1896/29 Jan 1979 Daddy Hall, Beuna G. - 5 Mar 1903/17 Oct 1969 Mama [d/o Allen S. Gordy & Nettie McCloud] [Double Stone] Hall, Herbert E. - 12 Mar 1922/4 Nov 1968 Pa [s/o Isiah Hall & Beuna Gordy] Chaney, Lander - 9 Oct 1902/14 Mar 1963 Daddy Chaney, Berta Lee - died 13 Jan 1996, 81 yrs. [Funeral Marker] Chaney, Johnnie Lee - 22 May 1931/3 Apr 1959 Son Chaney, Lamar - 21 May 1932/26 Mar 1965 Hodnett, John Wilmer - 10 Jul 1918/6 Dec 1982, Sgt. US Army WW2 Hodnett, Normie Golemon - 24 Feb 1919/[no dates] [Double Stone] Golemon, John H. - 22 Sep 1885/10 Nov 1980 Daddy Golemon, Annie L. - 26 Aug 1889/3 Jul 1973 [Double Stone] Calhoun, J. Mitchell - 17 Mar 1895/19 Jul 1975, Pvt. US Army WW1 Calhoun, Dorothy L. - 22 Sep 1894/17 Aug 1978 Mother [Double Stone] Calhoun, Farley - 10 Mar 1904/3 Dec 1979, Pvt. US Marine Corps / Daddy Lewis, Charlie N. - 23 Mar 1918/19 Oct 1982, Pvt. US Army WW2 Lewis, Lucille W. - 15 Sep 1920/[no dates] [Double Stone] Moore, Arthur Ralph - 29 Jul 1912/16 Apr 1965 TX Pvt. Qm. Sec. Sta. Com. WW2 Moore, Lula Merrell - 7 Sep 1892/13 Aug 1984 [Double Stone] Stafford, Cloise - 14 Nov 1921/21 Jun 1970, LA Pfc. Co. I, 12th Inf. WW2 Taylor, LaRoy - 30 Aug 1911/3 Mar 1990, US Merchant Marine WW2 / ddy [Texaco Tankership engraved on his stone] Taylor, Lorine Merrill - 23 Sep 1917/[no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 13 Jan 1938 Taylor, Pettie - 1 May 1948/6 Mar 1991 Mother Gandy, Lacy E. - 1926/1984 Gandy, Marlene T. - 1939/1993 [Double Stone] Hall, James Norris - 23 Sep 1907/6 Feb 1964 Dad Hall, Lonnie F. - 23 Oct 1902/28 Dec 1965 LA Pvt. Co. F 406th Inf. 102nd Inf. Div. WW2 Hall, Ralph Burnis - 1 Jan 1921/22 Nov 1964 Father LA Tec.5 Hq. Btry. 326th Fa. Bn. WW2 Hall, James M. - 16 Jul 1900/23 Nov 1969 Father Poe, Joseph F. - 23 Dec 1908/4 Jan 1966 Daddy Poe, Martha J. - 27 Dec 1915/[no dates] [Double Stone] Canoy, James Franklin - 27 Feb 1924/1 May 1990, Sfc. US Army WW2 Korea / Daddy Canoy, Anna Faye - 29 Oct 1923/[no dates] Momma [Double Stone] - Married 31 May 1941