Morris Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************************************** Copyright All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http:/www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ********************* Source: Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. I, pp. 42-49. Documented and compiled by Mrs. R.A. Magee, Franklinton, La. and Mrs. Doyle L. Bateman, Baton Rouge, La. 1962 Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss. Located in Washington Parish, La. about 1 mile south of Franklinton, La., west of the Enon-Franklinton Highway, back of the Gulf Milk Plant. Mrs. Delia Ratcliff James Ratcliff June 6, 1880 Mar. 20, 1871 Jan. 19, 1962 Feb. 9, 1938 Alma L. Welch Fred Welch Nov. 24, 1900 Died Mar. 4, ???? Age 61 yrs. Dec. 19, 1926 (Funeral Home Marker) John E. Welch Lucy Ella Welch Mar. 18, 1882 Aug. 21, 1876 Apr. 18, 1920 May 6, 1961 Carter C. Welch Henry Norman Simmons Nov. 26, 1874 June 5, 1867 Jan. 22, 1929 Mar. 12, 1941 Lozanne Poole Simmons Martin C. Poole May 8, 1870 - June 10, 1907 1862 - 1944 Maggie W. Poole Infant Son of M.C.& Maggie W.Poole 1867 - 1943 Nov. 24, 1895 - Nov. 25, 1895 Marvin Poole Vera Poole Chester Son of M.D. & Maggie W. Poole Oct. 22, 1890 Dec. 5, 1900 - Aug. 13, 1901 Jan. 5, 1962 Harvey Chester Allie McCain Knight (Wife) 1880 - 1951 Dec. 10, 1887 - June 26, 1962 Robert Willis Knight (Husband) Gladys Elaine Knight Aug. 18, 1877 Daughter of R.W. & Allie Knight Oct. 25, 1956 Aug. 14, 1926 - Aug. 9, 1928 Victoria McCain John B. McCain 1852 - 1921 1847 - 1909 Delos W. McCain John Wood 1881 - 1921 Feb. 11, 1777 - Mar. 19, 1857 Jane Mizell Jacob Wood Wife of John E. Morris May 25, 1801 Mar. 13, 1826 - Aug. 23, 1856 May 27, 1861 J. Viola Wood Jemima Wood Daughter of J. & J. Wood Wife of Jacob Wood Feb. 1, 1859 Apr. 25, 1813 Sept. 20, 1861 July 6, 1891 Margana Poole Abner C. Poole Wife of A. C. Poole Feb. 23, 1839 Mar. 13, 1839 - Oct. 12, 1898 June 17, 1923 Mattie E. Simmons M. Lorne Simmons Daughter of R.P. & L. Simmons Daughter of R.P. & L. Simmons May 15, 1900 Oct. 8, 1894 Aug. 22, 1901 Feb. 13, 1902 Robert P. Simmons Daniel S. Wood Died June 15, 1909 Son of J. & J. Wood Age 61 yrs. Nov. 12, 1842 - May 10, 1877 Letitia Simmons Gillespie Thomas Dudley Gillespie 1875 - 1943 1874 - 1940 Infant of Mr.& Mrs.E.M.Welch Toxie Welch Oct. 12, 1918 Oct. 12, 1916 - Oct. 15, 1916 Wiley Pierce Infant son of Jan. 10, 1881 Mr.& Mrs.Wiley Pierce Mar. 3, 1923 Feb. 6, 1913 Max Pierce, Infant of Tom & Kate Manning Son of Mr. & Mrs. Wiley Pierce No dates Feb. 17, 1914 - Feb. 14, 1915 Infant of Tom & Kate Manning Robert Manning No dates June 14, 1902 - Oct. 18, 1904 Infant Son of Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. N. Varnado M. J. & E. I. McCain B & D April 07, 1920 B & D Jan. 05, 1918 Robert Lee McCain (Husband) Lorena Poole McCain (Wife) 1868 -- 1949 1868 -- 1898 Burnette Morris James T. Pierce Wife of James T. Pierce Sept. 20, 1843 Oct. 20, 1849 - Feb. 24, 1918 Aug. 27, 1885 L. A. Pierce Emile D. Wood Oct. 16, 1879 Mar. 23, 1861 Mar. 23, 1882 Aug. 15, 1861 Mary A. T. Simmons Wood John W. E. Wood Mother of J. E. Wood Nov. 25, 1859 June 12, 1838 - June 21, 1861 Dec. 28, 1860 Eugene F. Bunch Annie Louise Wood Feb. 09, 1843 - Aug. 19, 1894 1873 - 1926 William Y. Wood Eddie Talley 1860 - 1943 Wife of Willie Pierce Mar. 10, 1892 - Feb. 24, 1919 Whit Pierce Clara Burkhalter Feb. 21, 1869 Wife of M. B. Manning Nov. 06, 1901 July 13, 1888 - Aug. 24, 1915 Jesse B.Manning Huberta Burkhalter Son Of M. B. & Clara Manning Daughter of Mr.& Mrs.L.T. Burkhalter Feb. 25, 1910.......................July 23, 1904 Aug. 25, 1910.......................Apr. 05, 1905 W. Mirl Welch (Husband) Alice B. Welch (Wife) June 16, 1889 Sept. 26, 1892 Dec. 5, 1957 (Still living in 1962) William Welch Victor H. McKenzie Son of W.M. and Alice Welch 1897 - 1948 May 29,1918 - July 31, 1919 David I. Foil Son of Mr. & Mrs. Enoch Welch 1889 - 1951 June 21, 1958 E. F. Breland "Father" Thomas Elden White July 30, 1884 June 21, 1906 Jan. 25, 1948 Mar. 8, 1959 Donald Ray White Dale McCoy White "Our Infant Son" "Our Infant Son" 1935 - 1935 1944 - 1944 Agnes Simmons Welch E. Marvin Welch Dec. 8, 1898 Sept. 3, 1894 Jan. 8, 1943 Jan. 10, 1962 John D. Wood (Husband) Emma Wood (Wife) 1864 - 1943 1868 - 1947 Essie Manning Linzy Manning Sept 17, 1908 Sept. 4, 1916 Sept. 4, 1930 Aug. 7, 1942 Rosa Tate Strickland Robert Lee Strickland Jan. 8, 1861 May 10, 1869 July 12, 1925 May 13, 1949 Walter John Duncan Mary Roberts Duncan 1891 - 1930 1896 - 1951 Chesley B. Jones (Husband) Emma Stafford Jones (Wife) Nov. 13, 1879 May 8, 1879 Jan. 14, 1958 June 2, 1954 Infant son of Cullen Arnette Seale II Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Bernard Died July 17, 1957 - Age 10 days Mar. 10, 1944 (G.F. Poole Mortuary Marker) Wilbur Morris Clarence Morris Beloved Husband of Rhoda Dean Sept. 6, 1912 Dec. 8, 1888 - Dec. 23, 1932 Nov. 23, 1954 Mary Seal Delaughter (Wife) Henry James Delaughter (Husband) Aug. 12, 1886 Dec. 8, 1882 (Living in 1962) Jan. 9, 1946 Boliver Ray Jones George H. Welch (Husband) La. AOC USN WWII AM & GS July 16, 1901 June 26, 1919 - Oct. 19, 1961 Mar. 1, 1958 Bertie L. Welch (Wife) Chris J. Shirley Aug. 10, 1910 July 20, 1901 (Living in 1962) Nov. 2, 1960 "Father" Peter Miles Durden Ellis Spinks Apr. 20, 1874 July 2, 1899 Dec. 15, 1951 Jan. 29, 1953 C. Walter Parks (Husband) Emma White Parks (Wife) 1876 - 1938 1877 - 1960 W. Boliver Jones (Husband) Veda. E. Jones (Wife) July 8, 1883 Oct. 22, 1897 (Living in 1962) July 21, 1959 Clyde Jones Pearl Jones Sept. 5, 1929 Sept. 18, 1917 Aug. 25, 1954 Jan. 17, 1926 Shirley Mae Jones Mildred Jones Sept. 11, 1931 Sept. 22, 1922 Nov. 2, 1931 Dec. 23, 1933 Myles Davis Mrs. Kate Manning Mar. 3, 1875 Apr. 3, 1881 Feb. 1, 1948 Feb. 14, 1929 Pamela Sue Ruf John Robert Henson Feb. 12, 1944 Jan. 15, 1885 Feb. 13, 1944 Jan. 30, 1962 Clyde Mc. Henson Rupert Hughes Henson May 23, 1914 Dec. 20, 1919 June 16, 1925 July 14, 1921 Daniel Hughey Dykes Alice Jones Crain (Wife) Son of W. H. & Louisa Dykes Aug. 21, 1886 Apr. 6, 1900 - Apr. 10, 1900 (Living in 1962) Robert Wesley Crain (Husband) Mildred Reese Aug. 8, 1886 Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Reese Mar. 3, 1923 Nov. 4, 1917 - July 11, 1918 "Father" "Mother" James J. Reese Permelia W. Reese Jan. 3, 1881 Nov. 10, 1883 July 1, 1930 Oct. 23, 1930 Willie Strahan "Baby" Aug. 25, 1900 - July 16, 1925 No dates Hazel Dykes Mrs. A. S. Shoemaker Apr. 20, 1902 Oct. 14 1864 Dec. 12, 1931 Aug. 19, 1941 Willie Shoemaker Infant Son of Sept. 18, 1901 Mr. and Mrs. John Shoemaker Mar. 5, 1919 B & D Aug 20, 1920 Oliie Shoemaker Ira Willie Reese Daughter of Died Oct. 16, 1962 Mr. & Mrs. John Shoemaker Age 55 yrs. 10 mos. 10 days Mar. 1, 1922 - Mar. 6, 1922 (Poole Funeral Home Marker) Marshal Ray Magee "Mother" Mrs. Barsheba Mizell June 10, 1915 Dec. 9, 1853 Mar. 19, 1960 Sept. 17, 1914 Evon Crain Infant Daughter of Daughter of Mr.& Mrs. R.W.Crain Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Crain Jan. 2, 1918 Aug. 12, 1912 Mar. 20, 1920 Dec. 28, 1912 Delos Crain Infant Son of Son of Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Crain Mr. & Mrs. R.W.Crain Dec. 29, 1915 Mar. 8 1920 July 10, 1917 Apr. 12, 1920 "Mother" Eldora Dykes Parker Lenora J. Welch (Wife) Feb. 14, 1869 June 8, 1865 Oct. 1, 1941 June 11, 1936 George P. Welch (Husband) Corianne Delphine Magee Jan. 10, 1852 Wife of Stalling Jones Aug. 29, 1916 Jan. 27, 1852 - Nov. 19, 1912 60 yrs. 9 mos. 22 days Stalling Jones Infant child of April 11, 1855 - Oct. 25, 1909 Mr. & Mrs. C. B. Jones 54 yrs. 6 mos. 14 days June 18, 1909 Silvester Jourdan Abbie Julia Bickham Sept. 28, 1840 Oct. 28, 1866 July 13, 1898 Nov. 1, 1866 Dewitt Clinton Bickham W. J. Burkhalter Apr. 13, 1862 Aug. 20, 1868 Sept. 20, 1868 Nov. 8, 1934 Jasper S. Burkhalter Mary L. Duncan Co. K Miss. Inf. CSA Wife of J. S. Burkhalter No dates Dec. 22 1851 - Dec. 5, 1908 Robert Carter Bertha Carter (Wife) Nov. 26 1913 Dec. 14, 1890 July 13, 1922 Nov. 8, 1960 Frank Carter (Husband) William R. Mccurley Dec. 26, 1885 Died Oct 11, 1962 Nov. 25, 1958 Age 87 yrs. 9 mo. 18 da. (G.F. Poole Mortuary Marker) Mary McCain Little Infant of Wife of John E. Morris Mr. & Mrs. D. J. Wood Nov. 6, 1819 - Aug. 1, 1883 B & D Jan. 13, 1891 Ada Rebecca Ford Infant son of Wife of Wm. V. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Luther Wood Died June 23, 1891 - Age 32 yrs. Stillborn Oct. 13, 1910 Etta Wood John R. Wood Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Wood Feb. 7, 1833 Dec. 13, 1896 - Aug. 21, 1908 June 4, 1923 11 yrs. 7 mo. 8 da. (Masonic Emb.) Emily A. Wood C. P. Morris Wife of H. C. Bell Aug. 30, 1856 Feb. 26, 1851 - Nov. 14, 1931 Oct. 2, 1928 John E. Morris W. H. H. Welch June 13, 1820 May 10, 1904 Apr. 6, 1846 (Masonic Emb.) Dec. 25, 1914 Mrs. J. J. Welch Clarence M. Brewer (Husband) Mar. 22, 1857 Apr. 23, 1908 Sept. 10, 1928 Dec. 22, 1959 Anna Mae W. Brewer (Wife) W. M. Magee Oct. 19, 1913 1882 - 1932 (Living in 1962) Mary Jane Magee Linnie Melva Magee 1883 - 1957 Daughter of W. M.& M.J. Magee May 10, 1909 - May 9, 1911 Infant Daughter of W. H. & M. J Magee Aug. 16, 1911 Sept. 26 1911 ********VFW MEMORIAL PLOT********* James F. Saulters, Jr. Edward P. Hodges Died Mar. 15, 1961 La. Cpl. 81 Co. Trans Corps WWI Age 39 yrs. 4 mos. 10 days 1892 - 1959 (G.F. Poole Mortuary Marker) 11 graves with concrete head stones - no inscriptions 14 graves surrounded with brick - no inscriptions 5 graves surrounded with brick - funeral home markers - inscriptions illegible 1 grave - wooden stave marker - no inscriptions 9 graves completely covered with concrete - no inscriptions 6 graves with funeral home markers - inscriptions illegible 1 grave marked with several sand stones 4 graves with concrete coping around - no inscriptions 1 grave - marker broken - inscription illegible