Occupy # 2 Cemetery - Vernon Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Jane McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Directions: Take LA Hwy. 113 from Glenmora to Pitkin, and 2.7 miles from the Rapides/Vernon Parish line turn South on paved road and proceed for .2 mile. Occupy # 2 Church is on the left side of the road, and cemetery is located behind the church and extends to the far left side. A sign over the fence indicates the cemetery was established in 1936. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded as approached from the far East side near the Church, in zigzag rows by Jane P. McManus in 1976, and updated 9 May 1996. Submitted by Jane McManus, August 8, 2000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis, Timmy - 29 Aug 1967/14 May 1987 ["Dad" on the Flowers] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strother, Grover C. III - 5 Aug 1976/7 Aug 1976 Son of Grover & Harriett Strother II -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maricle, E. Willie - 10 Dec 1927/30 Sep 1967 Father Maricle, Annie Ruth - 28 Jul 1933/[no dates] Mother [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maricle, Darlene Hawthorne - 3 Feb 1959/26 Feb 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gunter, Justin Clay, son of David & Lisa Gunter - 12 Jan 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [infant vault with no inscription - no information] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis, Infant son of Matthew & Pearlie Willis - Nov 1939 Willis, Wendy Shavon - 9 Nov 1966/13 Nov 1966 Willis, Dorothy Jean - 2 Jan 1937/16 Oct 1938 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson, Danny Ray - 6 Feb 1961 [infant vault] Johnson, Creston J. D. - 25 Oct 1963/3 Dec 1985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweat, Olive - 1854/1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perkins, Myrtie - 1921/1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West, Susie - 26 Mar 1898/16 Aug 1984 Mama West, Lee - 21 May 1891/28 Jun 1987 Papa West, Easton - 2 May 1934/10 Mar 1937 [above 3 burials have stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perkins, T. J. - 24 May 1920/21 Apr 1976, Sgt. US Army WW2 Father Perkins, Emily - 1925/1981 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cloud, Infant of J. C. Tavie Cloud - [no dates] Cloud, Infant of J. C. Tavie Cloud - [no dates] Cloud, Infant of J. C. Tavie Cloud - [no dates] [infant vault - no inscription] [above 4 burials have identical vaults, 1st 3 are identical tombstones] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cloud, Octavia Sweat "Tavie" - 23 Sep 1900/26 Feb 1980 [d/o Robert Sweat & Emily Calpernia Anding] Cloud, James C. "Jim" - 11 Dec 1898/4 Jul 1987 [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maricle, Jeptha - 10 Jan 1893/1 Aug 1979 Father [s/o Peter & Amelia Maricle] Maricle, Almaranda West - 4 Mar 1893/19 Dec 1982 Mother [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perkins, Deborah Lynn, Infant daughter of Kelly & Dorothy Perkins - 17 Aug 1971 Perkins, L. J. - 1940/1942, 18 months -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perkins, Eva - 4 Dec 1916/5 Mar 1976 Mother Perkins, Clay - 4 Jan 1909/3 Mar 1986 Father Perkins, Christine - 2 Feb 1939/14 Jun 1989 Sister [above 3 burials have identical stones & vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West, Jaunice - 1942/1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West, Amy - 9 Feb 1918/17 Sep 1964 Mother West, Roy - 23 Apr 1915/[no dates] Daddy [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West, Barbara J. - 8 Feb 1911/14 May 1991 West, Marvin - 2 Jun 1911/28 Mar 1990 [above 2 burials have double stone] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West, Ure Lee S. - 1 Aug 1918/[no dates] West, Israel Sr. "Moot" - 22 Jun 1915/15 Dec 1990, Tec 5 US Army WW2 [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin, Alfred Lee - 13 Apr 1913/9 Dec 1983 Franklin, Tressie Thompson - 14 Mar 1916/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] - Married 2 Dec 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson, Sarah - 15 Jun 1923/13 Sep 1992 Thompson, J C [sic] - 21 Jan 1919/29 Jan 1995 [US Army WW2] [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perkins, Homer H. - 10 Mar 1911/11 Sep 1982 Daddy Perkins, Maissena [sic] M. - 6 Apr 1915/8 Mar 1996 Momma [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] - Married 10 Mar 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis, Lonnie - 25 May 1921/2 Apr 1983, Pfc. US Army 101st. Airborne Willis, Eula - 29 Sep 1926/[no dates] [above 2 burials have double stone & vaults] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------