Holly Springs (Ft. Polk #12) - Vernon Parish Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** This cemetery is located east of South Fort Polk, and north of Fullerton on Lookout Road. It is a very old cemetery containing many unmarked graves. There are 5 large hardwood trees inside the burial ground surrounded by large pine trees outside the fence. The cemetery was originally copied in 1975 by Vernon Parish historian, Jack Hadnot, who provided additional genealogical information on some burials. In November 1977, the burials were updated by Charlene Wilkinson & Marge Bracken. Additional genealogical information and unmarked burial identification from relatives was provided by Dollie Mayo, and some dates and information was taken from Durwood Johnson, "A Branch of Johnsons in Vernon Parish." There were many burials with no information, and they are included here where located in the event someone is looking for another burial in that precise location. In this manner, at least the researcher will know that there is a burial, and perhaps they will identify that unmarked burial and provide the information to us. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from just inside the front gate on the far left side, front to back in zig-zag rows by Jane P. McManus, 10 January 1995. Submitted 2 February 2000 by (jane_mcmanus@yahoo.com). Row 1: Swain, Chester N. [Nathan] - 25 Jan 1904 / 2 Jul 1961 [son of Dick Swain & Eliza Young] Swain, Effie M. - 25 Sep 1907 / 4 Nov 1991 [daughter of James Madison McWilliams & Mary Virginia Hall] [above 2 burials have double stone] Mother & Father [concrete vault, funeral marker with no nameplate - no information] Guidry, Lillian - 1 Sep 1922 / 28 Mar 1994, 71 yrs [funeral marker] Brack, Junior Louis - 1942 / 30 Jun 1987, 45 yrs 2 mos 7 das [concrete marker & funeral marker] Row 2: Johnson, Theresa Michell - 15 Sep 1976 / 29 May 1977, 8 mos 15 das [funeral marker] Johnson, Dollie J. - 18 Jul 1930 / 11 Dec 1977 [funeral marker] Johnson, James H. - 12 Oct 1985, 65 yrs [funeral marker] Calcote, Stacey Nicole - 29 Nov 1976 / 13 Sep 1985 Onellion, Betsy Nicole - died 23 Jul 1989 [funeral marker] Doyle, Marie Swain - 10 Feb 1930 / 6 Jan 1968 Swain, Ivan - 1 Sep 1926 / 14 Oct 1954, LA SC3 US Navy WW2 Row 3: Swain, John Alvin - 29 Mar 1895 / 7 Dec 1950 [son of Dick Swain & Eliza Young] Osmun, Michael W. Sr. - 19 Apr 1944 / 5 Jul 1985 Father Sfc. US Army Vietnam - Retired Army E-7, 522nd Engr. Co. Johnson, Julius James - 16 Jul 1964, 25 yrs [funeral marker] [unmarked burial, with Mom on flowers - no information] Johnson, Henry V. - 5 Sep 1904 / 8 Feb 1984, 79 yrs 5 mos 3 das [funeral marker] Row 4: Jenkins, Mary Lea Brack - 20 Apr 1989, 45 yrs 11 mos 11 das [funeral marker, no info] [daughter of Kenny Brack & Mary Ann Smith] [identified by relatives] Jenkins, Kenny (Infant) - 20 Apr 1977[funeral marker, no info, identified by Dollie Mayo] Brack, Conley - [funeral marker, no info, identified by relatives] Brack, Homer C. - 12 Jul 1919 / 15 Aug 1948, 477th QM Trk. Regt. WW2 [son of Louis Brack] Brack, William Louis - 22 May 1940 / 16 Jun 1978 [W.L. Brack on concrete marker / William Louis Brack on funeral marker] Clear, David Keith - 18 Jul 1959 / 27 Jul 1959 "Our angel" LaCaze, Miss Tammy - 26 Nov 1974 / 26 Nov 1974 [damaged unreadable funeral marker] Calcote, Oscar - 12 Aug 1906 / 16 Nov 1975, Cpl. US Army Daddy Calcote, Stacey S.[Swain] - 29 Jun 1919 / 26 Feb 1987 Mother / Mama [above 2 burials have double stone] Calcote, Infant son of Oscar & Stacey Calcote - 23 Apr 1949 Mabry, Lottie Calcote - 23 Nov 1921 / 23 Dec 1972 Mother Row 5: Sprinkle, Oliver H. Sr. - 10 Apr 1924 / 6 Feb 1986 Father [first name from old marker] Lechinger, Pearlie C. [Calhoun] - 25 May 1918 / 9 Jul 1980 [almost unreadable funeral marker, info from earlier reading] Calhoun, Nettie - 22 Nov 1893 / 6 Oct 1943 Mother [daughter of Lee Woods & Mary Elizabeth Perkins, wife of Penderson Calhoun] Woods, Mary Elizabeth - 19 Nov 1872 / 13 Feb 1950 [daughter of James Abner Perkins & Mary L. Johnson, info from Durwood Johnson] Woods, Lee - 25 Oct 1865 / 9 Nov 1942 "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord" [son of Eli Woods & Susan Watson] Mayo, Alf [Alford] - 1853 / 1938 [unreadable old marker, info from earlier reading] [son of Samuel Mayo & Susan Watson] Mayo, Mrs. Polly Ann [Brown] - 11 Apr 1963, 84 yrs [funeral marker] [daughter of Porterwine Brown & Polly Ann Brister] McCollough, Mary M. - 14 Sep 1913 / 16 Nov 1973 [17 Nov 1973 on funeral marker] [daughter of Alford Mayo & Polly Ann Brown] Brack, Mary - 1919 / 1943 Mother [2nd wife of Charles Brack] Johnson, Arcy - 25 Nov 1916 / 10 Jun 1971 Brack, Mary Ann [Smith] - 20 Nov 1919 / 26 Aapr 1981 [funeral marker][wife of Kenny Brack] Brack, Infant - [unmarked infant burial, child of Kenny Brack & Mary Ann Smith - no dates] Brack, Infant - [unmarked infant burial, child of Kenny Brack & Mary Ann Smith - no dates] Brack, Infant - [unmarked infant burial, child of Kenny Brack & Mary Ann Smith - no dates] Brack, Louis - 1898 / 1938] [son of Ely Macom Brack & Missouri McKee] Brack, Edith Rose - 1934 / 1936 Brack, James W.[Washington] - 29 Apr 1904 / 11 Jul 1967 [son of Robert W. Brack & Lizzie Beth Crosby] Brack, Lizzie [Beth Crosby] - 7 Dec 1874 / 25 Feb 1960 [wife of Robert Washington Brack] Brack, R. W. [Robert Washington] - 19 Dec 1868 / 24 Jan 1936 Father Row 6: [concrete bordered plot covered with rocks] Haymon, Catherine J.[Jane] - 1856 / [1 Apr] 1929 Mother [daughter of Hezekiah Haymon Sr. & Gemima Sloan] Haymon, [Nancy] Ella P. - 19 Feb 1882 / 24 Mar 1961 Mother [daughter of ? Harvey & Nancy Turner] Haymon, Clemie R. - 15 Aug 1882 / 8 Oct 1974 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] Haymon, Herman C. - 23 Mar 1912 / 3 Apr 1980 Father / Dad Haymon, Mary M. "Bill" [McKee] - 7 Jun 1915 / 5 May 1993 Mother / Mom [above 2 burials have double stone] Self, George - b&d 13 Dec 1941 Self, Donald - b&d 3 Nov 1940 Strother, Robert H. Sr. - 5 Apr 1936 / 12 Oct 1988 Beloved Father / Brother McKee, Louisa Ann [Jeane] - 30 Mar 1862 / 2 Feb 1941 Mother [old marker "Mrs. Louisa Ann McKee"] [2nd wife of Jeremiah McKee] Row 7: Fish, Franklin Dolvin - 30 Jan 1942 / 23 Feb 1993 [vault] Fish, Evelyn Ruth - 17 Nov 1939 / [no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 20 Feb 1960 Calhoun, Evie, daughter of Penderson Calhoun & Nettie Woods - [unmarked burial - no dates] [unmarked burial - no information] Perkins, S. C. - 15 Dec 1874 / 2 Apr 1928 Perkin [sic], Francis [Johnson] - 1871 / 1950 [metal marker] [wife of S. C. Perkins] [unmarked infant burial - no information] Row 8: [back to front] [unmarked burial - no information] Johnson, Infant daughter of Virgil & Ola Johnson - 14 Aug 1942 Johnson, Infant son of M&M Emerson Johnson - 23 Dec 1933 Johnson, Odis - 6 Jun 1925 / 17 Jun 1956 Johnson, Emerson - 6 Oct 1892 / 3 Apr 1957 Johnson, Emer - 10 Mar 1896 / 3 Aug 1982 Mother Johnson, O. J. - 23 Dec 1933 / 14 May 1965 Father [3 unmarked infant burials - no information] Johnson, Ravel - died 2 Sep 1968, 23 yrs [funeral marker, dates almost unreadable] Johnson, Grover E. - 13 Apr 1917 / 26 Dec 1973 Father Johnson, Bethel M. - 10 Apr 1922 / [no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 8 Feb 1940 Johnson, Obie Ray - died Thursday, 14 Feb 1974, 20 yrs [funeral marker] [funeral marker w / missing nameplate - no information] Row 9: Strother, Willie Mae - 8 Oct 1935 / 9 Nov 1982 wife / mother [vault] Perkins, Nancy J. - 13 Mar 1906 / [no dates] Mother Perkins, Wilburn C. - 8 May 1900 / 18 Oct 1978 Father [above 2 burials have double stone] - Married 1 Oct 1921 [3 infant unmarked burials - no information] White, Della P. - 11 Mar 1911 / 29 Jul 1939 Johnson, Wanda Lou - 1944 / 1944 Darling [3 unmarked burials - no information] Brandon, Infant of Ella Brandon - [unmarked burial - no dates, identified by relatives] Row 10 & 11: Swain, Infant of Edd Swain & Coatney Smith - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, Infant of Edd Swain & Coatney Smith - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, Infant of Edd Swain & Coatney Smith - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, Alma, daughter of Edd Swain & Coatney Smith - 31 Aug 1929 [unmarked burial] Swain, Coatney Smith, wife of Edd Swain - no dates [unmarked burial] [3 unmarked burials - no information] Smith, Sarah E. - 1871 / 1945 Mother [6 unmarked burials - no information] Powell, Samuel Arlie - 25 Jul 1913 / 27 Jan 1989 Powell, Prudence L. H.[Huggins] - 15 Sep 1884 / 15 Dec 1928 Powell, William E. - 7 Mar 1870 / 17 Aug 1961 [husband of Prudence L. Huggins] [above 2 burials have identical stones] Powell, Emily - 17 May 1907 / 18 Apr 1992 [infant unmarked burial - no information] Powell, William P. [Preston] - 16 Mar 1905 / 1 Apr 1986, 81 yrs 0 mos. 16 das [funeral marker] Whitstine, James - ? June 1883 / 20 Dec 1956 [unreadable funeral marker, info from earlier reading] Row 12: Packwood, James R. - 24 Sep 1909 / 9 Jul 1912 [unreadable funeral marker - no information] Smith, May Bell - 13 May 1895 / 31 Jul 1977 Mother [daughter of Jeremiah McKee & Louisa Ann Jeane] Smith, David - 8 Jun 1894 / 17 Oct 1962 Father [son of Tom Smith & Mary Jane Maddox] [above 2 burials have double stone] Smith, Infant daus. of M&M David Smith - b&d 12 Dec 1930 "Our Angel" Smith, Tom - [unmarked burial - no dates] Smith, Mary Jane Maddox, wife of Tom Smith - [unmarked burial - no dates] [7 unmarked burials - no information] Whitstine, Lizzie - 30 Nov 1879 / 6 Feb 1911 [unmarked burial, Identified by relatives] Whitstine, Henrietta, wife of J. W. Whitstine - 23 Oct 1871 / 1 Oct 1893 [3 unmarked burials - no information] Mathis, Martha - [no dates, unreadable old concrete marker] Mathis, Harmon - [no dates, unreadable old concrete marker] Row 13: [back to front] [11 unmarked burials - no information] Whitstine, Lillie - 30 Nov 1879 / 2 Jun 1911 Mother [7 unmarked burials - no information] Row 14: [front to back with tree in center of row] Swain, Infant of Elbert Swain & Una McKee - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, Infant of Elbert Swain & Una McKee - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, J. L., son of Elbert Swain & Una McKee - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, Una McKee - 2 Sep 1907 / 14 Nov 1980 [daughter of James H. McKee & Bessie Woods] Swain, Elbert L. - [11 Jul] 1900 / [9 May]1941 [Swen, Albert - 1900 / 1940 on metal marker] [husband of Una McKee, son of John Swain & May Forest] Gobert, Ozay - 1899 / 1959 [daughter of Clayton Gobert & Mary Midkiff] Swain, Matilda Gobert - 11 Jan 1889 / 7 Dec 1966 Mother [daughter of Clayton Gobert & Mary Midkiff] Swain, William Riley - 23 Oct 1889 / 8 Mar 1948 [son of Dick Swain & Eliza Young] Dad [above 2 burials have double stone] [11 unmarked burials, 1 under large tree - no information] McKee, Bessie Woods - 14 Jan 1891 / 9 Apr 1909 Mother [unmarked burial - no information] Row 15: Perkins, [James] Abner - [eroded stone - no dates] Perkins, Mary [L. Johnson] - [eroded stone - no dates] [wife of James Abner Perkins] [info from Durwood Johnson, "A Branch of Johnsons"] Perkins, Infant son of S. C. & T. M. Perkins - 8 Jun 1901 / 8 Jun 1901 McCloud, Searney S. - 1869 / 1950 [dates from previous reading] McCloud, Massena [Perkins] - 1886 / 1940 [1860 / 1940, wife of Cenery McCloud] [at foot of Abner & Mary Perkins burial, stones now eroded & almost unreadable] [3 unmarked burials - no information] Calhoun, [Clay], Infant son of P. & N. Calhoun - b&d 2 Mar 1914 Calhoun, Bertha, daughter of Penderson Calhoun & Nettie Woods [unmarked burial - no dates] Johnson, Millard - 22 Sep 1921 / 9 May 1922 Johnson, Henry Y. - 26 Jun 1892 / 24 Aug 1972 Dad Johnson, Ellie W. - 28 Nov 1897 / [no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] [unmarked burial - no information] Cox, Keith - 8 Apr 1951 / 9 Jan 1981, 29 yrs [funeral marker] Calhoun, Dempsy H., son of Rev. H. M. & E. Calhoun - 25 Dec 1888 / 24 Jun 1894 Calhoun, Houston, son of Rev. H. M. & E. Calhoun - 10 Feb 1898 / 1 Oct 1904 Calhoun, Dinetta - died 4 Dec 1987, 27 yrs. - [unmarked burial] Smith, Harvey, son of George Washington Smith & Lillie Swain - [unmarked burial - no dates] Swain, Charlie A. - 5 Jul 1884 / 27 Feb 1920 Daddy "In God's care" Legg, Martha Swain - 18 Aug 1887 / 12 Sep 1970 Mama "In God's care" [above 2 burials have identical stones, replaces old concrete stone for Charlie] Swain, Versie D. - [concrete marker - no dates] [unmarked burial - no information] Row 16: [front to back] [unmarked burial - no information] Burke, Edner L. - 17 Feb 1866 / 18 Mar 1924 Swain, Sarah E. - 26 Apr 1903 / 26 Jun 1942 Mother Swain, Marshall E. - 11 Nov 1900 / 23 Jun 1983 [above 2 burials have identical stones] Evans, Docia Lee Swain - 17 Mar 1935 / 6 Jan 1952 Sister Smith, Gertie Lea - 22 Sep 1933 / 11 Jul 1936 Whitstine, Clementine, daughter of James Jesse Whitstine Jr. & Lillie Swain - 22 May 1911 / d. ? [unmarked burial, identified by relatives] [unmarked burial - no information] [3 unmarked burials - no information] Calhoun, Mary L. - 31 Oct 1894 / 30 Oct 1918 "Mary L., wife of H. M. Calhoun leaves a husband & 2 children in sorrow to dwell with Jesus in Heaven" Calhoun, Johnnie C., son of H. M. & Mary L. Calhoun - 23 Jan 1916 / 9 Apr 1935 Ellis, Fannie Swain - 17 Aug 1890 / 24 Aug 1969 Granny Maddox, Aubry, son of Bud & Fannie Maddox - 1911 / 1930 Hamilton, Mrs. R. H. - dide ?16 Sep 1920? [homemade concrete marker, almost unreadable] [6 unmarked burials - no information] Driver, Clinton - 18 Feb 1917 / 3 Jun 1989, Pvt. US Army WW2 Driver, Mrs. Vernie Mae Johnson - 1 Apr 1926 / 20 Feb 1978, 51 yrs [funeral marker] Row 17: Johnson, Henry - died 26 Feb 1960, 78 yrs. - [unmarked burial] Johnson, Perhaller Byrd - 4 Jul 1878 / 30 Apr 1949, wife of Henry Johnson - [unmarked burial] [2 unmarked burials - no information] Johnson, John Edward - 22 Nov 1960 / 4 Oct 1990 [6 unmarked burials - no information] Row 18 & 19: [front to back] [2 unmarked burials - no information] [11 unmarked burials - no information] [infant vault - no information] Robbins, James T.[Theodore] - 17 Mar 1876 / 8 May 1922 Huggins, Rhoda D. - 30 Sep 1883 / 26 Oct 1917 [daughter of Minor Denard, wife of James Robert Huggins] Huggins, James T. - 2 May 1908 / 6 Nov 1909 [unreadable funeral marker] [unmarked burial - no information] ******* Other known burials in this cemetery, unmarked burials that were not identified: Poe, J. D. - [infant unmarked burials - no dates] Poe, Pearlie - [unmarked burials - 1 Jul 1917 / d. ca 6 yrs. ] [children of Clemie Poe & Sarah Prener Swain]