Corkern Cemetery; Washington Parish, La.
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley



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Source:  Cemetery Records:  Louisiana, Vol. I, page 8.  Documented and
compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Thelma S. Bateman.  1962.
Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Located in Ward 1 of Washington Parish, La. across Bogue Chitto River from 
Enon, La., about a mile and half northwest of La. Highway 753.  Copied
Sept. 29, 1962 by Mrs. R. A. Magee, Franklinton, La. 

Edna Fussell Breland Thigpen           "Father"
Oct. 16, 1827                          John Corkern
Sept. 5, 1872                          June 12, 1822
                                       Nov. 29, 1887

"Mother"                               Maranda Ballard
Lucinda E. Fussell                     July 6, 1820
Wife of John Corkern                   Feb. 1, 1906
Jan. 17 , 1834                         86 yrs., 7 mos.
Oct. 26, 1913

Nancy T. Glaze                         Sarah C.
Sept. 12, 1822                         Daughter of Stephen & Flora Corkern
Apr. 17, 1901                          Oct. 6, 1868
Age 78 yrs., 7 mos., 5 days            Oct. 26, 1876

Flora Fendlason                        Stephen Corkern
Wife of Stephen Corkern                Sept. 7, 1824
Apr. 6, 1835                           Aug. 4, 1895
Apr. 25, 1890

At least 20 or 25 other graves marked with wooden stakes and bricks, no
inscriptions.