Kay Family Cemetery - Vernon Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Jane McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Kay Family Cemetery is located about 7.7 miles west of Leesville on LA Hwy.8. Turn left onto unimproved road and continue for approximately .2 mile. After road turns sharply to the right, continue for .3 mile. This small family burial ground is on the right side of the road behind hurricane fence. After many years of neglect, the area has recently been cleaned and mowed by Don A. Scoggins of Leesville, a descendant of these pioneers. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the back to the front in rows by Jane P. McManus, October 1990. (Submitted 17 September 2000.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 1: [3 graves marked with a rock - no information] [3 unreadable old stones - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackmon - [unreadable old stone] [some family members believe this may Be the parents of Winnie Blackmon Russell] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [grave marked with a rock - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell, John G. - 5 Sep 1824/9 Apr 1874 [Masonic Emblem] Husband of Winnie J. Russell Russell, Winnie J. Blackmon - May 1834 [unreadable broken stone] - Mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 2: [unmarked grave with flowers - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay, Delphin O. - died 10 May 1989, 92 yr 1 mo 19 das [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay, Johnnie Fay - 14 Apr 1925/4 Oct 1937 [d/o Pickens G. & Elizabeth Kay] Kay, P. G. Jr. - 28 May 1917/20 Jun 1920 [s/o Pickens G. & Elizabeth Kay] [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [sunken grave, no marker - no information] [grave marked with a rock - no information] [unreadable old stone - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay, George W. - 28 Jun 1846/19 Nov 1916 [s/o Eli Kay & Letha ?] Kay, Laurena Russell, Wife of G. W. Kay - 19 Feb 1852/30 May 1925 [d/o John G. Russell & Winnie J. Blackmon] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Banion, Ida Olive - 16 Mar 1878/2 Nov 1930 Mother [d/o George Kay & Laurena Russell] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 3: Kay, Carl - 31 Mar 1875/22 Feb 1932 [s/o George W. Kay & Laurena Russell] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May, Margaret Elizabeth - 23 Nov 1872/21 Jul 1960 [d/o Evan May & Margaret Stapleton] May, William David - 14 Mar 1871/16 Nov 1957 [s/o Evan May & Margaret Stapleton] May, Robert A. - 18 Jul 1877/28 Apr 1957 [s/o Evan May & Margaret Stapleton] [above 3 burials have identical stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May, Margaret A. Stapleton, wife of Evan May - 2 Nov 1842/7 Dec 1921 May, Evan, husband of Magrett [sic] Stapleton - 26 Nov 1836/26 Apr 1900 May, Mollie, daughter of M. A. & E. May - 20 Aug 1875/14 Jun 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 4: Kay, Maud M., Wife of S. P. Kay - 17 Feb 1894/4 Jan 1913 [d/o Alvin Lee Scoggins & Nona I. Evans] Kay, Baby daughter of Maud & S. P. Kay - 2 Jan 1913/2 Jan 1913 [almost unreadable marker] Kay, Pearly M. - 20 Jan 1896/12 Oct 1896 Daughter of Solomon & Sarah Kay Kay, Maggie M. - 15 Jan 1890/31 Oct 1892 Daughter of Solomon & Sarah Kay Kay, Solomon, Husband of Sarah May - 20 Aug 1839/14 Jul 1905 Kay, Sarah May, Wife of Solomon Kay - 27 Aug 1850/6 Feb 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay, Larra E. - 6 Jul 1874/24 Jan 1883 Daughter of Ann & William Kay Kay, Ann [Self] - 25 Feb 1838/3 Feb 1899, aged 60 yr 11 mo 22 das Wife of William Kay Kay, W. M. - 30 Jul 1836/16 Mar 1915 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mason, Alta [Irene] Burr - 25 Mar 1911/6 Nov 1971 [d/o Henry William Burr & Rosa Arrie Kay] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 5: Burr, Henry W. - 29 May 1880/2 May 1945 Burr, Rosa Arrie Kay, wife of H. W. Burr - 8 Jan 1882/28 Oct 1942 Mother [d/o William M. Kay & Ann Self] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [unreadable old concrete marker - no information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burr, Infant child of H.W. & R.A. Burr - b&d 1 Nov 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [4 unreadable old stone - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay, Fines N. - 18 Sep 1897/11 Dec 1897 Son of M&M Sam [&Amanda Troxell] Kay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [unreadable broken stone - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 6: Cluney, Hazel Agnes - 20 Jan 1921/3 Jan 1923 Daughter of W.L. & P.F. Cluney [stone almost unreadable] [Daughter of William Lee Cluney and Pitha Florence Fountain] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 7: Fountain, Wm. J. - 8 Mar 1858/10 Oct 1923 Fountain, Ruth J. - 22 Sep 1861/2 Mar 1946 [w/o William J. Fountain] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cluney, William Lee - 12 Mar 1885 / 6 Jan 1932 Cluney, Joseph Henry - 22 May 1874 / 11 Feb 1935 These two names were submitted by Helen Bassett, who verified their burial through death certificates.