Hill-Mathis Cemetery, Vernon Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** HILL-MATHIS CEMETERY - Vernon Parish Directions: From LA Hwy. 10 in the center of Pitkin, turn South onto LA Hwy. 113 and go approximately .3 miles. Turn right onto Webster Maricle Road (a large power plant is on the right side of this street, and the cemetery is directly behind it on top of the hill), and go .2 miles. Turn right again onto M. C. Mathis Road and go a short distance (.1 miles) to a dirt path on the right. The Hill-Mathis Cemetery is located at the top of the hill on the left. The property is fenced, and a sign on the gate indicates the burial ground was established in 1881. There are some very large cedar trees inside the fenced area, with the largest I have ever seen being right in the center of the property. In the Southeast section there are approximately 15 or 16 small metal crosses at unmarked burials. Although there is no information on the crosses, there are flowers at several. Burials are scattered throughout the small cemetery and inscriptions were recorded as approached from the far West side to the by Jane P. McManus, November 1995. Group of Burials in the Far West Section: Sweat, Kenneth Gene - 19 Sep 1958/21 Sep 1975 McCain, Carlon Michael - 31 Jul 1990/10 Dec 1990 Baby [Funeral Marker] McCallon, Claire Marie - died 27 Nov 1988, 3 yrs. [Funeral Marker] McCallon, Laural Darlene - 28 Jul 1972/29 Jul 1972 [Funeral Marker] McCallon, Infant of Floyd A. McCallon - 10 Dec 1962/10 Dec 1962 [Funeral Marker] McCallon, Floyd A. Sr. - died 29 Apr 1991, 52 yrs. [Funeral Marker] McCallon, Infant son of Martin & Martha McCallon - 8 July 1957 McCallon, William A. - 31 Jul 1909/26 Dec 1979 Father McCallon, Cleo - 29 Sep 1918/[no dates] [Double Stone] McCallon, Leo - 17 Nov 1940/1 Oct 1967 Mayo, Linda Michelle - 16 Jul 1969/7 Mar 1974 Group of Burials in the North Center Section: Hill, Infant son of M&M J. N. Hill - 1928/1928 Hill, Flarace Smith - 27 Aug 1911/21 Sep 1981 Dingwall, Versie H. - 29 Sep 1918/[no dates] Dingwall, William J. - 29 Aug 1915/15 Sep 1961, LA HMC US Navy Korea [Double Stone] Hill, William Thomas - 8 Sep 1903/15 Sep 1920 Hill, George W. - 27 Feb 1880/5 Apr 1962 Hill, Vinie C.[EASTERS] - 8 Mar 1878/17 Jun 1962 [married 11 Mar 1898 Vernon Parish] [Above 2 burials have identical stones] Hill, Patricia, daughter of Lee & Dorothy Hill - b&d 23 Jan 1926 Hill, Infant daughter of Lee & Ethel Hill - 8 Jul 1934 Beeson, Lillie - 1917 [Old concrete stone] Beeson, John A. - 8 Jan 1884/9 Mar 1976 [s/o Joseph H. & Elizabeth Beeson] Beeson, Joseph Huey - 14 Feb 1853/30 Jun 1942 Beeson, Fairzina Elizabeth, wife of J.H. Beeson - 23 Oct 1857/4 Apr 1934 Beeson, Alice - 27 Aug 1886/10 Dec 1970 [d/o Joseph H. & Elizabeth Beeson] Hill, N.J.[Nancy Jane], wife of W. T. Hill - 24 Jan 1850/7 Aug 1928 Hill, W.[William] T. - 16 Apr 1850/20 Nov 1915, 65 yrs.7 mos.4 das. [above 2 burials have obelisks, side by side] McColough, Martha Hill - 1831/1912 [small concrete stone] McColough, Leslie - 1832/1913 [small concrete stone] [Unreadable funeral marker under very large cedar tree - no information] [Unmarked burial at food of cedar tree] McCollough, May - 1911/1918 McCollough, Marvin - 1910 [Almost unreadable stone] McCallon, Elmore - 1917/1919 [Double stone with 2 missing nameplates - no information] McCallon, Henry P. - 31 Aug 1925/9 Apr 1970, LA Pfc. US Army WW2 [Unreadable funeral marker - no information] McCallon, Andy I. - 1 Nov 1919/28 Feb 1988 Daddy Irey, Jimmie L. - 18 Aug 1946/31 Jul 1994 Father Irey, Eleanor L. - 4 Jun 1951/[NO DATES] [Double Stone] Irey, Rhonda Leigh - died 23 May 1994, 26 yrs.9 mos.29 das. [Funeral marker] Smith, Roy L. "Libb" - 5 Feb 1915/[no dates] Smith, Mytris Ida Weldon - 3 Aug 1915/24 Jun 1975 [Double Stone] Weldon, F. Pierce - 22 Aug 1883/5 Sep 1972 [s/o Green & Drusilla Weldon] Weldon, Callie H. - 1 Apr 1883/4 Jun 1962 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Hill, Infant son of J.A. & Ophelia Hill - 7 Nov 1892/10 Nov 1892 Hill, Infant son of J.A. & Ophelia Hill - 20 Feb 1881/27 Feb 1881 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Hill, Ophelia - 1855/1942 Mother Hill, J.[John] A. - 21 May 1859/15 Jun 1919 Married Ophelia Jordan 13 Jan 1880 [obelisk] Tibbets, Jewel - 3 Jun 1909 Tibbets, Infant twins - [no dates] [2 unmarked burials - no information] Hill, N.M. - 2 Feb 1855/18 Jun 1927 Hill, Mary L. - 19 Oct 1861/22 Mar 1932 Hill, Sampson B. - 21 Mar 1897/2 Nov 1897 Shepard, Ellen Hill - 27 Oct 1886/19 Apr 1952 [Large Hill Family stone & 4 small stones] Wagnon, Elizabeth Shepard - 28 Apr 1920/6 Jan 1994 Wagnon, Malvin E. Sr. - 21 May 1915/[no dates] [Double Stone] Tibbets, Annie H. - 27 Dec 1882/25 Mar 1963 Mother Tibbets, Robert H. - 12 Jan 1876/26 Jul 1961 X Pvt. Co. A 11th Regt. Inf. Tibbets, Louie J. - 1 Nov 1912/5 Oct 1991 Mathis, Infant of J. T. Mathis - [concrete stone, no dates] [Plot with 6 burials]: [Unmarked Infant burial - no information] [Unmarked adult slab - unreadable inscription] Mathis, Alice - 1880/1948 Mother Mathis, Jimmerson - 19 Dec 1879/1 May 1953 Clark, Edna - died 22 Dec ?198?, 73 yrs.[Funeral marker] Mathis, John Elvin - 1905/1948 [end of plot Conley, Infant of M&M W. C. Conley - [concrete stone - no dates] Conley, Infant of M&M W. C. Conley - [concrete stone - no dates] Conley, Infant of M&M W. C. Conley - [concrete stone - no dates] Conley, Infant of M&M W. C. Conley - [concrete stone - no dates] Mathis, Infant of H.H.[Hiram] Mathis - [concrete stone - no dates] [s/o Hiram & Martha Mathis] [Unreadable concrete stone - no information] Coleman, Rodella M. - 24 May 1886/25 Aug 1946 Mother Coleman, Ruffus U. - 8 Apr 1867/20 Dec 1957 Father [Identical stones] Group of Burials in the Southeast & Center Section: [2 Unreadable concrete stones - no information] Bedgood, John Hanford Sr. - [Jul] 1835/1915 3rd Pl. Co. D 17th Batl. MS Cav. CSA Bedgood, Kissirah Brown - 14 Feb 1832/26 Jul 1911, 79 yrs. 5 mos. 12 das. Wife of J.H. Bedgood Sr. Nolen, Mrs. E.E.[Jane] - [Concrete stone - no dates] [Jane Nolen b. Feb 1871] Nolen, E.E. - [Concrete stone - no dates] [Ephriam Nolen b. Dec. 1862] Nolen, Lewis - [Concrete stone - no dates] [3 hand-lettered concrete stones] Jeter, Robert H. - 1896/1983, Pvt. US Army Jeter, Alice - 1900/1950 Sermon, Hariet - 1870/1945 Mother [Small metal cross at unmarked burial - no information] Hill, Tobytha Jane - 25 Oct 1851/22 Jan 1933 [1851/1937 on old stone] [d/o Ely & Martha Ann Hill] Bedgood, Ida Elizabeth - 2 May 1900/11 Jan 1954 Bedgood, Ada Rossellar - 28 May 1907/23 Jun 1907 Daughter of Ely & M.A. Bedgood Bedgood, Ely - 2 Nov 1873/5 Jun 1911 [WOW obelisk] Powell, Martha Ann Bedgood - 15 Nov 1872/26 Oct 1952 [d/o Tobytha Jane Hill, w/o Ely Bedgood & ? Powell] [small metal cross at unmarked burial - no information] Hodges, Ervin - 11 Dec 1907/15 Feb 1987 Daddy Hodges, Annie Bell - 9 Jun 1925/31 Dec 1985 Mama [above 2 burials have identical stones] Hill, Isabelle L. - 2 Apr 1901/14 May 1967 Hill, Elvin E. "Zeke" - 29 May 1899/26 Feb 1982 [s/o Nicholas & Mary J. Hill]