Liberty Cemetery - Vernon Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Jane McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** LIBERTY CEMETERY - Vernon Parish From the Courthouse in downtown Leesville, go east on LA Hwy. 468 for 3.1 miles. Turn South (right) onto Castor Lake Road (unimproved road), and go approximately .9 miles. Turn right onto small, unmarked dirt road where cemetery can be seen at the end of this lane. Pink morning glories are growing wild on the front fence, and two large cedar trees are right in the center of the cemetery on top of a small knoll. The area under chain-link fence is about an acre in size, and is well maintained. Large hardwood trees line the sides and rear of the cemetery, casting shade over the entire property. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from the rear of the cemetery toward the front double gate by Jane P. McManus, 24 September 1994. (Submitted on 20 September 2000.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 1: Phillips, Shirley Ann [Brister] - 21 Jul 1953/1 Feb 1994 Mama [d/o James V. & Lovie Brister] [concrete border around burial] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 2: Brister, Joe Junior - 25 Aug 1930/12 Apr 1951 [unreadable funeral marker - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brister, Annie Shankle - 29 Sep 1916/15 Jul 1978 Brister, William Joseph - 23 Aug 1908/21 Apr 1989 [Double Stone] - Married 2 Mar 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 3: Brister, William Joseph Jr. - died 12 Apr 1951, 20 yrs ? mos 30 das [almost unreadable funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brister, Mary Ann - 22 Sep 1890/27 May 1917, 26 yrs 8 mos 5 das Daughter of Jacob & Ellen Brister Brister, Mary Ellen - 12 Feb 1868/24 Sep 1932 Brister, James Jacob - 1856/5 Mar 1940 Father [s/o Samuel & Mary Brister] [large slab over 3 burials] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 4: Brister, William Raymon - 22 Apr 1961/25 Apr 1961 [funeral marker] Brister, Mike Paul - 25 Aug 1892/28 Jul 1937 Father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walker, Mike D. - 22 Jun 1956/21 Mar 1957 [funeral marker] Walker, Garland - 22 Apr 1959/13 Jan 1960 [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brister, Dock - 19 Dec 1877/3 Mar 1956 Brister, Nanny Nell Vinnie - 26 Feb 1908/22 Jan 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miles, Nora E. - 16 Feb 1906/28 Jun 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brister, Nancy W. - 19 Apr 1881/31 Jul 1975 Mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 5: [unmarked infant burial - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brister, Mary Ellen - 20 Mar 1910/15 Aug 1982 Brister, John B - 17 Sep 1892/13 Aug 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walker, Tracey Lee - died 25 Nov 1970 [funeral marker, infant burial] Walker, Brenda Dee - died 5 Feb 1973, 3 das [funeral marker, infant burial] [d/o Ace Lee Walker & Gloria Dean Smith] Walker, Anita Kay - died 2 Jul 1971, 1 das [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [12 unmarked burials in the next 3 rows, concrete block at head & foot no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 6: [2 unmarked burials - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin, Joseph P. - 22 Feb 1896/7 Sep 1980 [funeral marker] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 7: Phillips, Bud - [old stone, information almost eroded] Phillips, John Lee - [old stone, information almost eroded] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paddy, Billie Louise - 4 Feb 1937/4 Mar 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paddy, Eliza P. - 19 Nov 1915/[no dates] Mama Paddy, Joseph K. - 10 Aug 1910/1 Dec 1979 Daddy [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Row 8: [1 small unmarked burial with wooden cross - no information] [6 unmarked burials in group, concrete blocks - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bobiak, Nick - 1914/1980, 66 yrs 3 mos 4 das, US Army WW2 Brister, Garland R. - 30 Oct 1967/21 May 1993 Father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries in Leesville Leader since Cemetery copied: Brister, Johnnie - died 26 Jul 1995, 56 yrs Msgt. US Army Vietnam [h/o Ima ?] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------