Simmons Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley ********************************************************************** ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Source: Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. II, pp. 22-26. Documented and compiled by Mrs. R.A. Magee, Franklinton, La. and Mrs. Doyle L. Bateman, Baton Rouge, La. 1964 Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss. Located in Ward 8 of Washington Parish, La., T1S, R10E, about three miles east of Clifton, La., at the Hayes Creek Baptist Church. Burley C. Smith - June 16, 1900 - July 3, 1948 W. Rankin Smith - July 9, 1869 - July 7, 1948 Benj. Toney - May 19, 1923 - June 9, 1923 1 grave - infant - board marker and flowers One Marker: Elisha T. Haley - Mar. 29, 1863 - Aug. 29, 1927 Mattie E. Haley - Apr. 13, 1877 - Feb. 15, 1964 Elbert Alexander Haley - La. Pvt. 629 Inf. 83 Div - Died Sept. 10, 1924 Wm. E. Shell Foil - 1907 - 1959 Dillard I. Foil - La. S.Sgt. Btry A 523 CA BN WWII Oct. 23, 1911 - May 9, 1958 Frank F. Foil - La. Pvt. Co. C. 84 Chemical BN WWII Dec. 19, 1899 - Jan. 4, 1955 George Foil - 1876 - 1944 Alice Foil - 1876 - 1956 Eula R. Stem - 1892 - 1937 ????? R. Foil - Nov. 15, 1904 - Aug. 9, 1914 Eliza C. Graves, wife of W. F. Robbin Jan. 14, 1851 - Apr. 14, 1921 W. F. Robbins - jan. 17, 1849 - Oct. 17, 1905 Sallie L. robbins - Feb. 10, 1881 - Oct. 2, 1903 One Marker: Harriet Stallings, wife of Jesse Stallings Mar. 3, 1849 - June 19, 1924 Jesse Stallings - Feb. 5, 1849 - May 14, 1935 "VERNE" on top of marker - Veetha Graves - 1901 -1924 Infant Babe of Mr. & Mrs. W. O. Haley, - Born & Died Aug. 9,1914 One Marker: Lettie Morris Haley - (Blank) - (Living in 1964) William Ollie Haley - June 9, 1882 - Feb. 5, 1946 Anthony Giglione - Oct. 21, 1884 - July 26, 1960 Born in Sicily, Italy Ada King Smith - Aug. 1, 1875 - Mar. 20, 1947 Benjamin K. Smith - Oct. 1, 1907 - Dec. 9, 1957 Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Burley C. Smith Oct. 10, 1923 - Oct. 17, 1923 James Sheldron Smtih - Dec. 9, 1895 - Sept. 24, 1917 J. B. King - Dec. 17, 1853 - Nov. 12, 1934 Emma King - Jan. 17, 1858 - jan. 8, 1930 J. S. King - Apr. 29, 1877 - May 8, 1945 Vernon Brumfield - La. Pfc. 34 Inf. & 24 Inf Div WWII Mar. 1, 1919 - Feb.21,1945 One Marker: Thomas J. Graves - 1856 - 1948 Laura B. Graves - 1868- 1946 Annie Myrtle, daughter of T. J. & L. Graves Aug. 22, 1897 - Sept. 18, 1899 Inez, daughter of B. B. & L. A. Burris Aug. 11, 1893 - May 2, 1896 Nathaniel Graves - Mar. 31, 1824 - May 4, 1893 Arcadie Magee, Wife of N. Graves - July 25, 1820 - Mar. 19, 1891 Benjamin M. Graves - Nov. 12, 1845 - Mar. 25, 1875 Houston, son of W. N. & M. L. Graves June 16, 1879 - Nov. 3, 1881 Iron Marker: Samuel M. Magee - July 31, 1879 - Aug. 31, 1881 Iron Marker: Memory of Our Darling Baby - Born & Died May 3, 1873 Iron Marker: Flora A. E. Magee - July 31, 1879 - Aug. 31, 1881 "Our Baby lived to age of 3" One Marker: Louis E. Rogers - Apr. 17, 1882 - Sept. 1, 1995 Cynthia J. Robers - Sept. 21, 1883 - (Living in 1964) One Marker: Nellie B. King - 1901 - (Living in 1964) Cullie H. King - 1904 - 1960 Christine Graves - Infant - no dates M. B. Nielson Children - Gladys _ Robert - Minnie - No dates 1 grave - infant - wooden stave Ezra Everette Hayes - Aug. 21, 1889 - Mar. 18, 1914 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Parker - Born & Died July 1, 1920 One Marker: Lola E. James - 1890 -1934 Andrew J. James - 1882 - 1936 "BABY" James - 1925 2 adult graves - covered with concrete slab 1 child's grave - covered with concrete slab One Marker: William T. Haley - Aug. 20, 1889 - Aug. 28, 1953 Ellen B. Haley - Oct. 14, 1894 - (Living in 1964) "FATHER" Walter L. Haley - Dec. 18, 1897 - Mar. 1, 1958 Jessie Murle Haley - Dec. 21, 1939 David Thomas, Jr. - Sept. 2, 1933 - Sept. 28, 1961 Vernon Thomas - Oct. 1, 1943 - July 4, 1961 1 grave - infant - Funeral Home Marker - no inscriptions haley Infant - Died April 18, 1962 Ginn Funeral Home Marker, Tylertown, Miss. "HUSBAND" Ollie Z. Magee - Oct. 14, 1913 - Sept. 20, 1954 Evelyn Marie Magee - Sept. 27, 1940 - Aug. 12, 1942 "FATHER" W. N. (Willie) Graves - Feb. 14, 1858 - Apr. 24, 1951 "MOTHER" Malona (Babe) Graves - July 23, 1857 - Nov. 10, 1950 One Marker: Althea E. Smith - July 6, 1918 - (Living in 1964) Wilson F. Smith - Nov. 29,1916 - July 31, 1963 Albert Clyde James - Apr. 14, 1900 - Jan. 13, 1964 Hartman Funeral Home, Inc., Tylertown Miss., Since 1908 Marker 1 grave - infant - marble stave - no inscriptions "Baby Lambert" - 1935 Otto Allen Smith - 1941 - 1946 Ray C. Cooper - 1925 - 1945 "FATHER" James Kemp - 1854 - 1942 "FATHER" C. Alonzo Smith - 1877 - 1950 Dorothy Jean Bankston - Mar. 17, 1950 - Oct. 19, 1951 Ida C. Keaton - Aug. 30, 1882 - June 1, 1958 George Keaton - Nov. 2, 1884 - June 6, 1962 Ophelia Brumfield - 1904 - 1952 Mary Ann Brumfield - Apr. 26,1940 - June 6, 1940 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Jacobs - July 1, 1955 Dixie L., Daughter of Laura Graves James Aug. 1, 1887 - Sept. 10, 1888 John Magee - Apr. 15, 1836 - Feb. 1, 1895 Monroe Magee - May 27, 1881 - Oct. 4, 1883 Ellis Magee - Nov. 1, 1873 - Apr. 18, 1896 Dewitt magee - Nov. 19, 1884 - Aug. 21, 1904 Infant Son of W. H. & B. E. Bickham - Oct. 31, 1899 - Nov. 11, 1899 Mary Francis Bickham - Dec. 13, 1841 - Jan. 7, 1896 Age 55 years 25 days Willie M., daughter of W. W. & C. A. Jenkins Nov. 19, 1903 - Sept. 4, 1904 Infant Son of W. W. & C. A. Jenkins - Born & Died June 24, 1900 1 grave - infant - covered with concrete slab 1 grave - infant - wooden staves head and foot Larkin C. Rogers - Oct. 11, 1852 - Mar. 29, 1934 Rosa Mary Magee, Wife of L. C. Rogers Nov. 21, 1854 - Jan.16, 1927 2 graves - adults - covered with concrete slab - no inscriptions 1 grave - adult - covered with concrete slab - no inscriptions Ben M. Sullivan - Died Jan. 5, 1963 - Age 84 yrs. 11 mos. 7 days Hartman Funeral Home, Inc. - 1908 - Tylertown, Miss. Penny Magee - no dates - small marble marker Calvin Magee - no dates - small marble marker One Large Double Marker: William Magee - 1762 - 1837 Mary Magee 1771 - 1867 "Erected by Descendants - 1954" 2 graves - with concrete coping and slabs - no inscriptions 1 infant - no inscriptions - fresh flowers