Oak Forest Community Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Chuck Prichard ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Compiled by and made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Chuck Pritchard Copyright, 1997 Chuck Pritchard Oak Forest Community Cemetery Directions: Go north on Hwy 171 from Leesville, La. Just north of town turn right onto Hwy 8/28 east. Go 4/10 of a mile & turn left onto Hwy 117 north. Go 3 miles & the cemetery is located just off the left hand side of the road. This cemetery contains alot of graves which have no tombrocks. A few had temporary markers & we took the information from the ones that were still readable. The inventory was started in the east corner at the front. Inventory date: 2 Nov 1997 THE SURNAMES Addison, Allbritton, Allen, Ambrose, Ashworth, Austin, Beasley, Borders, Brinkley, Brister, Burge, Buxton, Campbell, Clark, Cobb, Coover, Denard, Dowden, Doyle, Emerson, Franklin, Harbin, Henry, Herrington, Hall, Harrison, Hext, Hickman, Hill, Hunt, Gerner, Grimes, Harvey, Johnson, Keats, Kemp, Looney, Mace, Mancil, Martinez, McAlister, McGee, Middleton, Morgan, Myers, Northcutt, Paddy, Phillips, Rivers, Roberts, Semons, Shira, Skinner, Stephens, Thompson, Tousha, Trokee, Turner, Vice, Vincent, Walker, Welch, Yi, Willis Grimes, Frank W. - 29 Jul 1928 Grimes, Mattie J. Dowden - 28 May 1932 Vincent, Ernest J. - 18 May 1902 - 19 Aug 1986 Vincent, Ollie T. - 25 Aug 1908 - 20 Apr 1990 Dowden, Evie E. - 27 Jan 1915 Dowden, Loyce D. - 23 May 1914 Gerner, Jack D. - 20 Sep 1919 - 5 Oct 1989 Footstone: Jack D. Gerner, SSG US Army, WWII, Korea, Vietnam Gerner, Virginia R. - 24 Nov 1920 Married: - 24 Apr 1940 Beasley, Gladys "Lucy" - 11 Nov 1936 Beasley, Billy Joe - 7 May 1931 - 4 Jan 1992 Herrington, Lucille - 10 Oct 1910 Herrington, J.C. - 30 Nov 1910 - 24 Jun 1993 Doyle, Mattie - 4 Apr 1930 - 7 Sep 1993 Doyle, Tafford -10 Jun 1926 Rivers, Robert Joseph - 27 Aug 1955 - 24 Jul 1996 Brister, J.B. - 2 Oct 19__ - __ Apr 1980 Stephens, Charity Brister - 29 Apr 1895 - 5 Dec 1971 Brister, Matt - 1 Jan 1889 - 1 Jul 1965 Stephens, Mrs. Lula - 22 Jul 1912 - 6 May 1970 Stephens, Willie (Bill) - 3 Apr 1901 - 17 Jul 1977 Stephens, C.F. - 10 Sep 1936 - 5 May 1968 Denard, William Washington II - 4 Feb 1929 - 27 Sep 1974 Middleton, Lydia Harrison - 16 Mar 1882 - 18 Nov 1971 Stephens, Katy Knapp - 3 Jun 1895 - 16 May 1970 Hunt, Velma A. - 5 Sep 1912 - 14 Mar 1969 Hall, Roy F. - 23 Jan 1920 Hall, Mary B. - 18 Oct 1918 - 22 Jun 1989 Hext, Cellie - 20 Dec 1909 - 30 Sep 1975 Hext, Hamp - 13 Dec 1904 - 2 Apr 1981 Burge, Cynthia Jane - 10 May 1966 - 11 May 1966 Burge, Wayne "Bubba" - 19 Nov 1962 - 10 Nov 1990 Mace, Robert Michael Sr. - Died 22 Sep 1997 - 57 yr 7 mo 0 days Hunt, Murray Clyde - 10 Jul 1938 Hunt, Virginia Lou - 14 Nov 1933 - 26 Jan 1991 Phillips, Willie Phillips, Patricia Ann - 1 Aug 1957 - 5 Oct 1957 Phillips, James Earl - 8 Dec 1927 - 24 Jun 1994 Harbin, Joy Ann S. - 11 Dec 1933 - 11 Jun 1973 Vice, Jason Brandon - 23 Aug 1974 - 24 Aug 1974 Ambrose, Metha Jean - 26-11-18 Ambrose, Megan Rene - 4-14-17 Ashworth, Valentine - 1931-1986 - Age 55 yr, 5 mo, _ day Vincent, John C. - 18 Sep 1924 - 21 Jun 1971 Grimes, Dorothy - 17 Feb 1907 - 11 Dec 1983 Grimes, Weldon - 2 Jul 1912 - 4 Jan 1977 Grimes, Coy C. - 4 Feb 1915 - 20 May 1986 Hext, Jim - 25 Dec 1901 - 17 Mar 1968 Hext, Catherine Kemp - 6 Jun 1909 - 15 Nov 1967 Kemp, Wesley M. - 11 Dec 1917 - 15 Nov 1967 McGee, Tony John - 13 Aug 1960 - 14 Feb 1993 Buxton, Sue Armes - 8 Nov 1926 - 13 Nov 1993 Campbell, William E. - Cpl US Army -3 Feb 1929 - 25 Feb 1995 Stephens, Julia Jane - 23 June 1940 - 22 Oct 1996 Borders, Vivian Mae - 19 Jan 1931 - 9 Jun 1996 Emerson, Charles R. - 16 Jan 1945 Emerson, Joyce L. - 19 Dec 1949 Married - 18 Nov 1971 Cobb, Johnnie Wayne - 18 Nov 1950 - 2 Jan 1967 Cobb, Joe Edward - 31 Aug 1946 - 6 Oct 1969 Cobb, Joseph O. - CM3 US Navy - WWII - 25 Oct 1922 - 16 Nov 1986 Borders, J.C. - 27 Apr 1932 - 4 Dec 1984 Borders, Tammy Louise - 30 Nov 1968 - 22 Feb 1969 Cobb, Mrs. Bertie - 10 Mar 19_5 - 12 Nov 196_ Mancil, Bertha Mae - Died Sep 11 1995 - Age 79 yr, 5 mo, 16 days Willis, Simon Jr - 10 Oct 1944 - 18 Jul 1972 Roberts, Leroy D. Johnny Addison, Samantha - 4 Oct 1920 - 12 Apr 1988 Austin, Arthur Leon - 30 Dec 1951 - 10 Jun 1994 Austin, Philanese Paddy - 20 Oct 1952 - 11 Jun 1994 Austin, Amanda Michelle - 14 Jan 1981 - 11 Jun 1994 Paddy, Rosie L. - 17 Dec 1918 - 29 Apr 1991 Paddy, Frank E. - 16 Oct 1916 - 9 Sep 1991 Skinner, Richard Dale - 18 May ___ - 19 May ___ Skinner, John Adams - 16 Feb 1918 - 15 Aug 1971 Addison, Evelyn - 18 Aug 1924 - 10 Sep 1985 Addison, Fred R. - TEC5 US Army - WWII - 8 Oct 1918 - 14 Sept 1992 Grimes, John T. Jr. - 5 Sep 1930 - 30 Apr 1994 Grimes, Pauline Ozbolt - 30 Jan 1932 - 13 Jan 1995 Harrison, C.C. Jr. - 2 Apr 1910 - 1 Aug 1988 Harrison, Eva P. - 14 Feb 1914 - 24 Mar 1997 Tousha, Sandra D. - Jeter Lindsey - 31 Aug 1943 - 16 Feb 1981 Tousha, Estelle Doyle - 4 Jul 1894 - 23 Sep 1970 Northcutt, Vanessa Rene - Died 15 Mar 1989 Hickman, Asa Jr. - 8 Mar 1943 Hickman, Darlene Cortez - 1 Oct 1944 - 4 Mar 1996 Shira, Violet B. - 4 Oct 1932 - 16 Oct 1994 Shira, Donald A. - 12 June 1931 - 4 Jun 1994 Married - 14 Apr 1956 Military Marker: Donald Allen Shira - SSG US Army - Vietnam - 12 Jun 1931 - 4 Jun 1994 Keatts, James Murphy Sr. - PFC US Army - 6 May 1942 - 3 May 1995 Brister, Charles D. "Bugger" - 1981 - 1984 Brister, Charles D. - 14 Mar 1934 - 2 Mar 1971 Middleton, Johnny Lee - 6 Jun 1927 - 5 Nov 1971 Middleton, Ada Marie - 4 Sep 1931 - 24 Feb 1993 Brister, A.J. - 30 Aug 1931 - 18 Dec 1971 Military Marker: A J Brister CPL US Army Korea - 30 Aug 1931 - 18 Dec 1971 Brister, Nina M. - 24 Oct 1956 - 11 Apr 1988 Turner, Malcolm Ray Jr. - 3 Aug 1971 - 30 Sep 1972 Trokee, Wilburn P. - 2 Sep 1911 - 15 Dec 1973 Trokee, Marie A. - 28 Jan 1932 - 20 May 1989 Thompson, Margie Phillips - 14 Aug 1935 - 20 Jan 1994 Morgan, Mark T. - 7 Apr 1964 - 6 Mar 1974 Phillips, Jesse - 10 Mar 1902 - 13 Dec 1981 Brinkley, Gary B. - 6 July 1971 - 17 Jan 1989 Looney, Harold D. - 10 Oct 1926 Phillips, Billy Andrew - 14 Nov 1972 Phillips, Jessie A. - 6 Feb 1926 - 17 Aug 1994 Hext, Louis - 31 Oct 1895 - 4 Sep 1977 Hext, Ida Thompson - 5 Feb 1901 - 10 Sep 1985 Semons, Thelma Hext - 26 Jun 1939 - 2 Sep 1996 Hext, Rev. Joe - 21 July 1904 - 6 Jan 1979 Hext, Dovie Woods - 9 Jun 1910 - 6 Jun 1994 Martinez, Fannie Hext - 13 Jan 1920 - 7 Sep 1978 Martinez, Henry - 2 Oct 1911 - 16 May 1989 Matinez, Henry Ray - 21 July 1936 - 4 Mar 1990 Hext, Henry - Nov ___- Feb 13 ___ Yi, Ok Hui - 19 Aug 1930 - 31 May 1978 Welch - 29 Oct 1895 - 5 Aug 1981 Welch, Fannie T. - 19 Dec 1914 - 17 Feb 1988 Allen, Ellen R. - 25 July 1911 - 5 Apr 1992 Allbritton, Everette R. - 18 Jun 1912 Allbritton, Sallye Scarber - 27 Oct 1917 Married: 8 Sep 1942 McAlister, Rita - 1955 - 28 May 1998 Tousha, Noble Louis - 29 Mar 1924 - 13 July 1982 Tousha, Doris Lee - 22 Jan 1926 - 28 Feb 1987 Harvey, David M. - 10 Jan 1965 - __July 1987 Clark, John William (Bill) - 11 Sep 1899 - 12 Jan 1981 Franklin, Patsy R. - 19 Apr 1933 Franklin, Edward A. - 4 Dec 1924 - 17 Jun 1972 Henry, Michelle Rene - 4 Nov 1967 - 5 Sep 1978 Johnson, Elbert Sutley - 8 Aug 1886 - 5 Sep 1974 Myers, Harmon Sidney - 11 Oct 1912 - 27 Jul 1995 Myers, Ethel E. - 29 Jul 1913 - 23 Jun 1970 Myers, Amos EL PFC US Army - 9 Feb 1931 - 21 Dec 1975 Myers, Lora Ann - Died 17 May 1990 - 61 yrs, 3 mo, 27 days Emerson, Beatrice - 14 Apr 1926 - 1 May 1985 Emerson, Roderick Odel - SP5 US Army WWII Korea - 1 Sep 1917 - 3 Feb 1988 Cobb, Fannie - Died 14 Jul 1990 - 102 yr, 9 mo, 4 day Coover, Robert E. Sr. - Died 1 Oct 1997 - 52 yr, 11 mo Walker, Joseph Hugo - 2 Mar 1912 - 2 Jul 1996 Walker, Ethel Sparks - 9 Jan 1919 - Married: 15 Aug 1936