Self Cemetery (Leesville), Vernon Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** SELF CEMETERY (LEESVILLE) - Vernon Parish Directions: From junction of LA Hwy. 28 & 111 in Leesville, go approximately 8.0 miles north on LA Hwy. 111. Turn left onto LA Hwy. 117, and continue for 3.4 miles. Turn left and cemetery is located on the left behind chain-link fence. It is well maintained, and has a nice building to hold meetings or funerals. A sign on the front gate indicates the cemetery was established in 1872. The oldest marked burial was for Nancy L. Self Gandy who died 20 Sep 1872. Genealogical information in brackets was submitted by Jack Hadnot (deceased) in 1976 when he made an inventory of the cemetery, Mack McInnis of Hornbeck, and also from Dennis Funeral Home records, 1995, published in Vernon Parish Genealogical Magazine. Tombstone inscriptions were read from the left rear of the cemetery in zigzag rows toward the front gate by Jane P. McManus in October 1991, and updated 11 March 1996. Row 1: [Left to Right] McRae, Frank L. - 27 Jan 1902 / 10 Mar 1978 McRae, Lena O. - 24 Apr 1908 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] - [located on far left side of this row] Redmon, Tris - 10 Aug 1960 / 21 Sep 1977 [located in center of the row] Todoroff, Theodore - 1 Nov 1918/20 Feb 1963, LA Tec.5 Med. Dept. WW2 / Father Todoroff, Jeanette G. - 2 Feb 1921 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] - [located on far right side of row] Row 2: [Right to Left] Whitman, Willie B. - 7 Jun 1934 / [no dates] Whitman, Oren Reid - 9 Feb 1930 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Minnerly, Edith - 22 Mar 1922 / 28 May 1986 [Funeral Marker] Minnerly, Albert P. - 28 Mar 1929 / 19 Jul 1986 [Funeral Marker] Redmond, Zilla (Bush) - 8 Jul 1913 / 19 Sep 1983 Redmond, Mack Lewin - 12 Jan 1906 / 3 Apr 1987 [Double Stone] - Married 25 Jul 1929 Bridges, Winnie B. - 21 Aug 1915 / 5 Jun 1986 Bridges, Lemuel Lansing - 23 Nov 1916 / 24 Mar 1990, Sgt. US Army, WW2 [Double Stone] Ward, Floyce Bush - 10 Feb 1908 / 12 Jan 1996 Ward, Rufus D. - 17 Jan 1908 / 23 Nov 1984 [Double Stone] Bush, Louise B.[Brown] - 23 Feb 1889 / 23 Sep 1975 Bush, Avener E. - 22 Aug 1885 / 22 Aug 1960 [Double Stone] Bray, Ethel B. - 27 Jan 1905 / 20 Jun 1973 Mother [d/o Joseph Bolgiano & Bertha Self] Bray, Edlo - 17 May 1902 / 7 Sep 1991, 89 yrs. 3 mos. 2 das. Daddy [Double Stone] Dowden, Merle Bray - 28 May 1929 / [no dates] Dowden, Alvin Charles - 16 Feb 1921 / 5 Mar 1989 [Double Stone] Dowden, Alvin C. - died 5 Mar 1989, 68 yrs. 19 das. Stone, Bruce L. - 28 Jan 1946 / 6 Nov 1985, Pfc. US Army Vietnam Row 3: [Left to Right] Hunt, C. Columbus - 5 Jan 1877 / 24 Apr 1957 [s/o Christopher C. Hunt & Bethna Emeline Brown] [burial marked with a rock - no information] West, Yvonne G. - 18 Sep 1922 / [no dates] Mother [Eastern Star Emblem] West, Van O. - 6 Nov 1923 / 6 Dec 1994, Cox US Navy WW2 Father [Masonic Emblem] [Double Stone] - Married 1 Feb 1947 Manning, Juanita Elizabeth - 10 May 1921 / 10 May 1921 Baby [burial marked with rock - no information] McDonald, Macon Moor - 15 Nov 1918 / 7 May 1919 [burial marked with rocks - or possibly plot marker] Anderson, Jim Simmons - 11 Jul 1959 / 12 Jul 1959 Baby Simmons, Fyness J. - 14 Oct 1906 / 12 Dec 1974 Simmons, Nell Dixon - 10 Nov 1915 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Simmons, James W. - 19 Nov 1869 / 12 Mar 1962 Father [s/o Willis Simmons & Orilla Louisa ?] Simmons, Ludie [Lucretia Neal] West - 3 Dec 1871 / 25 Dec 1963 Mother [Double Stone] - [d/o Madison West & Martha Lucretia Neal] Whitman, Adam B. - 1898 / 1967 Daddy Whitman, Girdie S.[Simmons] - 1900 / 1984 Mother [Double Stone & border around burials] Whitman, LeRoy (Peek) - 2 Jun 1920 / 19 Jun 1979, Cpl. US Army WW2 Whitman, LaVerne M. - 13 Jul 1927 / [no dates] [Double Stone & border around burials] Row 4: [Right to Left] Allen, Gladys E. - 22 Jan 1903 / 26 May 1958 Mother Allen, J. Oliver - 27 Feb 1899 / 24 Dec 1961 Father [Double Stone] [5 burials marked by rocks - no information] Redmond,Bobbie Lewin - 17 Jan 1932 / 21 Jan 1932 [replaces old concrete marker] Easley, Conley Beaugard Jr. - 31 Jul 1918 / 19 Jan 1953, LA Bm.1 US Navy WW2 Brown, Leatha - 22 Oct 1870 / 22 Jan 1910 Brown, Earl - 1892 / 1892 Brown, Florence - 1900 / 1901 [new stone replaces old rock at foot] Brown, Lois - 1901 / 1905 [new stone replaces old rock at foot] Hunt, Bethna E.[Emeline Brown] - 27 Jul 1854 / 4 Jun 1947 [2nd w/o Christopher Columbus Hunt, d/o John Austin Brown & Anna Harris] Hunt, Adolphus A., son of C.C. & Bethney E. Hunt - 16 Dec 1880 / 21 Nov 1919 Hunt, Alice L. - 21 Dec 1882 / 8 Jan 1904 Row 5: [Left to Right] [unreadable funeral marker] - Infant son of C.O. ? - 23 Apr 194? Droddy, Betty Hunt - 13 Sep 1886 / 22 Dec 1975 [d/o William H. & N.A. Hunt] Droddy, William I. - 29 Mar 1878 / 2 Dec 1964 [Double Stone] Hunt, Ruth H. - 19 Feb 1905 / 8 Oct 1979 Hunt, Floyd L. - 13 Sep 1896 / 26 Aug 1979 [s/o William H. Hunt & Margie C. McRae] [Double Stone] Simmons, Infant of M&M A.M. Simmons - 17 Jan 1914 / 18 Jan 1914 McRae, Infants of M&M E.T. McRae - 2 Feb 1937 McRae, Infant daughter of E.T. & Beulah McRae - 4 Feb 1924 / 4 Feb 1924 Hunt, Emma I. - 24 Dec 1896 / 26 Feb 1981 Hunt, James C. - 25 May 1894 / 21 Oct 1933 [s/o William H. Hunt & Margie C. McRae] [Double Stone] Hunt, Infant daughter of W.H. & Margie Hunt - 1 Mar 1899 / 5 Mar 1899 Hunt, Margie [C.] McRae - 16 Aug 1860 / 27 Oct 1955 [married 1 Sep 1893] [d/o F.C. McRae & Mary A.E. Shaw, w/o William H. Hunt] Hunt, W.[William] H. - 3 Sep 1854 / 11 Apr 1914 [s/o Christopher C. Hunt & Dollie Day Tiller] Hunt, Mrs. N.A. - 23 Feb 1850 / 7 May 1892 [1st w/o William H. Hunt] Bray, Margaret E.[Elizabeth] Brown - 28 Dec 1845 / 15 Apr 1929 Married David Bray 1883 [d/o John Austin Brown & Anna Harris] Brown, John A.[Austin] - 3 Sep 1819 / 8 Dec 1881 [Masonic Emblem] [s/o James Brown & Polly W. Powell, h/o Anna Harris] West, Cullin - 28 Sep 1888 / 10 Dec 1898 West, Earley A. - 7 Jul 1893 / 20 Oct 1894 West, Infant daughter - 28 Jul 1896 / 28 Jul 1896 [3 identical stones] West, B.J. - 7 Sep 1863 / 7 Dec 1929 Our Father West, Eliza [America] Brown - 24 Apr 1859 / 2 Mar 1945 Mother [d/o John Austin Brown & Anna Harris] West, Lillie L. Craft - 26 Oct 1896 / 2 Jan 1968 [Eastern Star Emblem] West, J. Ben - 28 Apr 1891 / 21 Jan 1993, Pvt. US Army WW1 / Daddy [Masonic Emblem] [Double Stone] Row 6: [Right to Left] Gordy, William Gilbert - 22 Jun 1913 / 4 Jun 1983, US Army O'Banion, Martha Doyle - 29 Jun 1936 / 25 Sep 1973 O'Banion, J.L. Jr. - 8 Apr 1922 / 31 Jul 1973 O'Banion, James Loper - 17 Nov 1887 / 27 Aug 1962 Gordy, Infant son of Gilbert & Eva Gordy - 2 May 1938 Gordy, Mary B.[West] - 10 Feb 1889 / 16 Feb 1918, 28 yrs. 6 das. Wife of William M. Gordy O'Banion, Zilma, wife of J.L. O'Banion - 15 Jun 1897 / 17 Dec 1927 [d/o William McRae] O'Banion, Infant daughter of J.L. & Zilma O'Banion - 5 Jan 1918 / 5 Jan 1918 Obanion [sic], Infant son of J.L. & Zilma O'Banion - 2 Jun 1915 / 3 Jun 1915 McLellan, Victoria, wife of J.W. McLellan - 23 Jan 1858 / 4 Dec 1889 McRae, F.C. - 18 Oct 1817 / 8 Mar 1900 McRae, Mary [A.E. Shaw], wife of F.C. McRae - 7 May 1833 / 12 Jul 1880 Parnelle, Isabella, wife of D.D. Parnelle - 21 Aug 1855 / 12 Dec 1882 [Victoria & Isabella, daus. of F.C. McRae & Mary A.E. Shaw] [4 identical stones] Parnelle, Little Willie - 12 Dec 1882 / 1 Sep 1884 Son of D.D. & Isabella Parnelle McRae, Murphey Aubrey - 19 Aug 1892 / 4 Feb 1908 Son of William & D.T. McRae McRae, Mary Pearl - 1889 / 1960 [d/o William McRae & Docia Kay] McRae, William - 20 Dec 1862 / 23 Apr 1931 [s/o F.C. McRae & Mary A.E. Shaw] McRae, Docia Kay - 24 Sep 1869 / 21 May 1941 [w/o W.W. McRae, d/o Talbert Kay & Melvina May] McRae, Kevin D. - 27 Sep 1965 / 3 Aug 1984 Son McRae, Patricia Ann - 23 Oct 1935 / 25 Oct 1935 McRae, E.B. "Bert" - 9 Oct 1906 / 22 Sep 1986 Pappaw McRae, Edna Weeks - 4 Apr 1914 / 29 May 1989 Mammaw [Double Stone] Row 7: [Left to Right] Newberry, Elwanda McRae - 31 Mar 1922 / 7 Mar 1990, 67 yrs. [Funeral marker] McRae, Beulah M. - 4 Feb 1903 / 9 Feb 1989 McRae, Ezra T. - 17 Aug 1899 / 10 Jul 1974 [Double Stone] Spears, Louise L. McRae - 6 Feb 1916 / [no dates][Eastern Star Emblem] Spears, Fred - 23 Feb 1910 / 23 Jan 1995 [Masonic Emblem] [Double Stone] McRae, Oscar Lea Branch - 9 Aug 1928 / [no dates] McRae, Wm. Vernon - 23 Mar 1923 / [no dates] [Double Stone] McRae, Leo Sellers - 14 Feb 1896 / 8 Nov 1988 [Eastern Star Emblem] McRae, William T. - 29 Jul 1890 / 9 Jul 1957 [Masonic Emblem] [s/o William McRae & Docia Kay] McRae, Infant son of W.T. & Leo McRae - 17 May 1921 / 17 May 1921 Morris, Ruth Sellers - 28 Oct 1902 / [no dates] Morris, Ralph Dewey - 20 Jan 1901 / 2 Aug 1967 [Double Stone] [burial marked by rock - no information] Cole, Ruby - 20 Oct 1904 / 11 Jan 1906 Cole, Ruth - 20 Oct 1904 / 25 Jan 1906 Twin daughters of Rev. & Mrs. L.M. Cole [single stone] Cole, Nancy Louisa - 13 Jul 1871 / 14 Dec 1954 [d/o Daniel R. Gandy & Nancy L. Self] [married Lewis M. Cole 1 Nov 1899 Vernon Parish] Cole, Rev. L.[Lewis M.] - 3 Aug 1868 / 12 May 1934 [s/o John J. Cole Sr.] Cole, Daniel J. - 7 Aug 1900 / 31 Jul 1945 [s/o Lewis M. Cole & Nancy Louisa Gandy] Cole, Kenneth R. - 27 Jun 1926 / 17 Sep 1995, Tec.4 US Army WW2 Cryer, E.A. - 17 Mar 1897 / 17 Sep 1971 Father Cryer, Blanche Gandy - 18 Nov 1893 / 7 Apr 1987 Mother [Double Stone] Row 8: [Right to Left] Gandy, Franklin E. - 23 Oct 1875 / 4 Nov 1875 [s/o Daniel R. Gandy & Louisa Virginia ?] Gandy, Louisa Virginia - 7 Jun 1852 / 28 Jun 1936 [2nd w/o Daniel R. Gandy] Gandy, Daniel R. - 28 Sep 1844 / 9 Jun 1929, UVC [s/o D. R. Gandy] Gandy, Nancy L. Self - 15 Jan 1846 / 20 Sep 1872 Wife of D.R. Gandy Sr., married 17 Jan 1867 Gandy, Daniel R. Jr. - 4 Oct 1869 / 11 Aug 1899 [s/o Daniel R. Gandy & Nancy L. Self] Self, Ella Gandy - 17 Feb 1879 / 29 Jul 1900, 21 yrs. 5 mos. 12 das. Wife of Rev. S.C. Self [married 10 Sep 1898 Vernon Parish] [d/o Daniel R. Gandy & Louisa Virginia ?] [this marker broken in several pieces on the ground] Self, Nina - 21 Jul 1900 / 28 Mar 1902 [d/o S.C. Self & Ella Gandy] LaCaze, Hubert P. - 28 Apr 1908 / 26 Aug 1920 Son of S.L. & Janie LaCaze LaCaze, [Emma] Janie Gandy - 24 May 1884 / 15 May 1963 Mother [d/o Daniel R. Gandy & Louisa Virginia ?, w/o Soulong LaCaze] LaCaze, Joseph Daniel - 27 Mar 1916 / [no dates] LaCaze, Betty Jane Uselton - 19 Feb 1927 / 4 Dec 1980 [Double Stone] - Married 2 Apr 1913 [2 burials marked by rocks - no information] Perkins, Lewis - [no dates] Atchison, James N. - 18 Sep 1890 / 26 Feb 1983 Father Atchison, Flossie M. - 20 Oct 1901 / 18 Jul 1988 [Double Stone] - Married 9 Dec 1920 Smith, Curtis N. - 1 Feb 1921 / [no dates] Smith, Dorothy A. - 15 Oct 1923 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Wed 25 Sep 1954 McFatter, Marie McRae - 7 Nov 1903 / 25 Apr 1990 Mother McFatter, Aubrey Ray - 28 Nov 1922 / 12 Jul 1978 Son [Double Stone] Row 9: [Left to Right] Hamaker, Park W. - 29 Feb 1888 / 22 Nov 1978 Hamaker, Dovie McRae - 10 Jun 1908 / 1 Oct 1964 [Double Stone] Houston, Minnie S. - 24 Apr 1904 / 1 Jan 1964 Houston, James I. - 2 Jan 1897 / 12 Sep 1949 [Double Stone] Houston, S.[Samuel] W. - 25 Jun 1900 / 18 Dec 1942 Father [s/o Isaac Houston & Naraisse Davenport] Houston, Elizabeth - 23 Sep 1876 / 14 Jul 1937 Mother Houston, Isaac - 7 Mar 1871 / 16 Aug 1936 Father [Double Stone] Houston, Isaac Baby - [no dates] Houston, Isaac Twin Babies - [no dates] [2 identical markers] Wehrt, Ethel Gandy - 14 Feb 1886 / 5 Mar 1959 [d/o Daniel Gandy & Louisa Virginia ?] Wehrt, George Edward - 1 Aug 1877 / 22 Aug 1927 [h/o Ethel Gandy] Gandy, Thomas Stephen - 6 Mar 1877 / 17 Jun 1916 [s/o Daniel Gandy & Louisa Virginia ?] Gandy, Malcolm West - 21 Oct 1903 / 20 Dec 1964 Gandy, Maye McRae - 27 Jan 1906 / 13 Jan 1989 [Double Stone] Gresham, Mettie M. - 19 May 1882 / 11 Jan 1958 Gresham, J. Frank - 7 Oct 1891 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Cain, Wilmer P. - [4 Jan] 1896 / [10 Jan] 1969 [73 yrs. 6 das.] Cain, Eva Gandy - 1898 / 1950 [d/o Daniel Gandy & Louisa Virginia ?] [large family stone & 2 identical markers with border around burials] Row 10: [Right to Left] Cain, Buford E. Rev. - 26 Nov 1923 / [no dates] Cain, Doris E. Brown - 6 Oct 1925 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 5 Aug 1947 Cole, Mary Levicy - 15 Oct 1838 / 10 Mar 1896 [w/o John J. Cole Sr.] Cole, John J. Sr. - 18 Jun 1836 / 26 May 1874 Cole, John J. Jr. - 25 Sep 1862 / 26 Aug 1873 [s/o John J. & Mary Levicy Cole Sr.] Barnett, Henrietta - died 23 Sep 1877 West, Mitchell Neal - 1 Apr 1858 / 10 Nov 1897 [s/o Madison West & Martha Lucretia Neal] West, Julia Ada - 28 Mar 1860 / 16 Jul 1940 [w/o Mitchell Neal West] Craft, Alfred B. Jr. - 14 Aug 1914 / 20 Nov 1990 Craft, Freda LaCaze - 3 Jan 1918 / [no dates] [Double Stone] - Married 18 Apr 1937 Houston, Ernest Willard - 6 Sep 1903 / 9 Oct 1951 Daddy Houston, Ethel Lyn LaCaze - 27 Dec 1912 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] Jones, Charles Thomas - 5 Sep 1873 / 15 Jul 1946 McRae, Joe L. - 30 Jun 1911 / 15 Dec 1968 [Masonic Emblem] McRae, Vera Irene N. - 8 Jun 1914 / 3 Apr 1969 [Eastern Star Emblem] [Double Stone] McRae, Naomi Weeks - 2 Mar 1886 / 12 Jan 1978 Mother McRae, F.C. - 21 Aug 1913 / 3 Nov 1972 Daddy McRae, Mrs. Nora - died 25 Jan 1996, 76 yrs. 7 mos. 1 da. [Funeral marker] Row 11: [Left to Right] Bray, Myrtie J. - 29 Nov 1900 / 18 Nov 1982 Sister Bray, Raleigh - 12 Aug 1906 / 9 Feb 1981, Pfc. US Army WW2 / Brother Bray, Catherine L. - 15 Mar 1871 / 18 Feb 1961 Bray, John D. - 27 Oct 1873 / 22 Jun 1935 [Double Stone] Craft, Linda Webb - 3 Dec 1949 / [no dates] Craft, Alfred Brady III - 14 Mar 1946 / 11 Mar 1989 [Double Stone] - Married 10 Jan 1968 Franklin, Alpheus A. - 11 Aug 1886 / 25 Mar 1962 Franklin, John E. - 27 Feb 1884 / 10 Apr 1944 [s/o Elias P. & Virginia A. Franklin] Franklin, Willie - 23 Aug 1876 / 13 Jul 1904 [s/o Elias P. & Virginia A. Franklin] Franklin, Daughter of E.P. & V.A. Franklin - 3 Dec 1896 / 12 Dec 1896 Franklin, Leslie - 8 Oct 1888 / 11 Aug 1890 Son of Virginia A. & Elias P. Franklin Franklin, Virginia A. - 15 Feb 1856 / 29 Dec 1934 Franklin, Elias P. - 27 Feb 1852 / 7 May 1935 [s/o Benjamin F. Franklin & Della F. ?] [Double Stone] Row 12: [Right to Left] Franklin, Madeline Edith - 24 Mar 1915 / 16 Dec 1918 Walker, Willie Iris - 23 Jun 1907 / 18 Mar 1916 [Identical Stones] Walker, Lola Franklin - 12 Aug 1881 / 15 Jul 1937 [d/o Elias Franklin & Virginia A. ?] Walker, Samuel J. - 24 1877 / 29 Nov 1940 [Double Stone] Derosier, Lola [Pearl] Walker - 7 Dec 1910 / 29 Aug 1991 Franklin, Lloyd Cole - 27 Jan 1893 - 17 May 1970 [plot with below burials]: Seal, Thomas Albert - 14 Aug 1865 / 17 Aug 1952 Father [Masonic Emblem] Seal, Alice Delabaume - 26 Oct 1873 / 7 Sep 1953 Mother [Double Stone] Jett, Gertrude Leona Seal - 29 Aug 1906 / 18 Jan 1985 Mother Jett, Freddie Lee - 28 Feb 1936 / 9 Sep 1936 Sides, Edna Earle Jett - 4 Feb 1938 / 4 May 1989, TCU Class of 1959 Watson, Alsae N. - 9 Feb 1908 / 29 Nov 1980 Watson, Abbey Blanche - 8 Apr 1913 / 1 May 1987 [Double Stone] [plot ends] McRae, John Wesley - 18 Sep 1894 / 12 May 1979 [Masonic Emblem] McRae, Nellie Viola - 1 May 1907 / [no dates] [Eastern Star Emblem] [Double Stone] McRae, Arlen Duane - 27 Oct 1929 / 14 Mar 1993 [Masonic Emblem] Married to B.J. [McRae] - 28 Jun 1975 Row 13: [Left to Right] Bond, Belle McRae - 17 Aug 1898 / 17 Feb 1981 Woods, Carrie M. - 21 Aug 1909 / [no dates] Woods, Palmer E. - 9 Sep 1909 / 3 Jun 1994 [Double Stone] - [Married 5 Jul 1930] Turner, W.S. (Bill) - 4 Mar 1927 / [no dates] Turner, Jewel E. - 16 Mar 1927 / 2 Mar 1985 [Double Stone] - Married 26 Aug 1944 Savell, Lena Katherine "Katie" - 23 Jan 1975 / 24 Jun 1975 Turner, Jessie G. - 3 Feb 1900 / 3 Jan 1975 Papa Turner, Harlie C. - 22 Jul 1923 / 6 Dec 1964 LA Pvt. 5th Regt. Age Repl. Dep. WW2 [Burials Across Driveway - Far Side of Cemetery]: McRae, Bettye C. - 26 Jun 1932 / [no dates] McRae, Thomas S. - 6 Jan 1933 / 14 Apr 1988, Cpl. US Army Korea [Double Stone & border around burials] McRae, Tamp L. - 1 Feb 1894 / 10 Sep 1973 McRae, Clarice C. - 25 Apr 1906 / [no dates] [Double Stone] Valentine, Willis A. - 9 Nov 1898 / 22 Feb 1986 Daddy Valentine, Ova Brown - 29 Aug 1907 / [no dates] Mother [Double Stone] - Wed 11 Mar 1926 [in front corner] Vining, Hazel B. - 25 Dec 1928 / 6 Oct 1993 [Double Stone, 2nd side not inscribed] - Married 13 Mar 1955 Trapp, William - 15 Jun 1994, 84 yrs., US Navy WW2 Lofton, Beatrice Turner - died 21 Jan 1994, 67 yrs. [w/o Chester Lofton]