Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Jane McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From Junction of US Hwy. 171 & LA Hwy. 8, go east until you pass Leesville Baptist Church. Take next left (North) turn onto Belview Road and continue approximately 4.0 miles to Mt. Bethel Church on the right side of the road. The church was organized in 1934 with 23 charter members. The first building was a log structure, and Rufus Holt was the first pastor. In 1941, a new building was constructed on the opposite side of Big Creek, and today a new brick structure is in use. The cemetery is inside the church fence and has only a few burials. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded as approached by Jane P. McManus 30 April 1995. (Submitted on 20 September 2000.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowers, William Terry - 5 Jan 1967/24 Sep 1972 Bowers, Tywonda' Renee - 6 Nov 1969/30 Aug 1970 [Identical Stones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowers, Frank Willie (Arkansas) - 5 Sep 1896/13 Jan 1973 Daddy [s/o Andrew Bowers & Edith Daily] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark, Frank R. - 4 Mar 1915/10 Feb 1977, US Army Clark, Velva A. - 14 Oct 1909/[no dates] [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Midkiff, Jesse A. - 1897/1971 Midkiff, Carrie R. - 1909/1975 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Midkiff, Kelly Pierce - 6 Feb 1936/2 May 1993, SA US Navy Korea Midkiff, Miles Embrie - 7 Sep 1904/4 Apr 1972 Midkiff, Laura (Trull) - 4 Apr 1908/28 Jan 1969 Mother Midkiff, Dale G. - 11 Feb 1934/16 Aug 1966 Midkiff, Michael Gerald - 6 Aug 1957/11 Apr 1968 Midkiff, Ronald Charles - 7 May 1955/2 Jan 1990, EN3 US Navy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Porter, Johnny - 13 Feb 1940/27 Mar 1987 Son -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frisby, Ida May (Langton) - 26 Aug 1912/23 May 1990 Mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blevins, Buster Gene - 1930/1977, Sfc US Army Vietnam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyzar, Margie - 9 Jan 1954/2 Jun 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scoggins, Nezzie M. - 23 Apr 1908/29 Jun 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bray, Bert D. - 6 Dec 1897/16 Feb 1981 Bray, Mabel B. - 26 Sep 1902/4 Apr 1993 [Double Stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis, Hazel Lee Cone - 23 May 1915/8 Aug 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuring, Krystal Danell - 16 Aug / 16 Aug [no year given] [unreadable funeral marker] [infant burial] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haymon, Elijah - 28 Oct 1906/22 Jun 1980 [Double Stone - no inscription 2nd side] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries in Leesville Leader after cemetery copied: Herring, John Arnold - died 13 Aug 1995, 83 yrs [s/o John Herring & Nancy Catherine ?, h/o Gracie Haymon]