Simmons Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley

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Source:  Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. II, pp. 33-35.  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 1, Washington Parish, La., T3S, R10E, north of 
Franklinton-Amite Highway, east of Highway 468.

One Marker:  Charlie L. Varnado - Apr. 9, 1909 - Feb. 18, 1962
             Audna M. Varnado - Dec. 3, 1913 - (Living in 1964)

Golda L. Varnado - Aug. 27, 1943 - Jan. 19, 1944

Lucy L. Williams - May 28, 1869 - Aug. 22, 1959

Lynn Williams - B & D. Nov. 25, 1942

Ben F. McKinney 1865 - 1948

Mary Seal McKinney - 1881 - 1944

In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. McKinney - Erected 1961
(Parents of B.F. McKinney - Information furnished by Mrs. Magee)

Marshal S. Varnado - Oct. 15, 1905 - Aug. 12, 1926

Verda C., Daughter of W. A. & E. V. Varnado
  Jan. 28, 1898 - July 11, 1898

Zeta L. Daughter of W. A. & E V. Varnado
  Dec. 18, 1910 - Jan. 28, 1911

Eleanor V. Seal - wife of W. A. Varnado - 1876 - 1939

William A. Varnado - Feb. 13, 1871 - Mar. 7, 1949

Charlie, Son of Joe & Grace John - B & D April 17, 1916

Geo. W. Kibby - May 5, 1841 - Dec. 22, 1898

William Finney - no dates

Grandma Barker - no dates

Amanda Parks - 1860 - 1862

Martha Parks - 1865 - 1866

2 graves - adults - concrete stobs

Rev. Joseph C.Seale - June 18, 1819 - Nov. 13, 1877

Vylindia Hodges, wife of Rev. J. C. Seale
  May 6, 1820 - Jan. 28, 1905

1 grave - adult - concrete stob

1 grave - infant - covered with concrete slab

Ray Hogan, infant son of Jane S. & D. E. Hogan
  Aug. 18, 1917 - June 30, 1918

One Marker:  Ernest Seals - Mar. 3, 1905 - Jan. 21, 1955
             Masonic Emblem
             Lucille Seals - Dec. 5, 1906 - (Living in 1964)
             Eastern Star Emblem

One Marker:  Marice Colson Seal - Jan. 17, 1913 - Dec. 9, 1959
             Minnie Stringfield Seal - Apr. 15, 1914 - (Blank)

Charles Lafayette Seal - B & D Sept. 22, 1960
  Funeral Home Marker

Harold Louis Seal - apr. 19, 1940 - June 11, 1943

Robert Odel, Son of Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Seal - 1935 - 1936

Charlie L. Seal - Apr. 10, 1875 - Dec. 2, 1946 - Masonic Emb.

Frances E. Seal - May 11, 1881 - Jan. 15, 1929

BABY - Charles L. Wayland, Son of C. L. & E. E. Seale
  Oct 4, 1922 - Dec. 17, 1927

Little Daughter of C. L. & F. E. Seal
  Sept. 10, 1910 - Nov. 21, 1910

Daughter of C. L. & F. E. Seal - B & D. Sept. 11, 1905

Vera L. Seal, wife of L. M. Varnado - July 22, 1901 - Aug. 8, 1954

One Large Monument:  "SEAL"
                     Lula Stevens - July 18, 1883 - July 25, 1908
                     Joseph Colson - Dec. 1, 1878 - June 30, 1960
                     Laura Simmons - Nov. 12, 1889 - (Living in 1964)

"MOTHER"  Louise Seal Corkern - 1885 - 1954

Samuel G. Seal - Oct. 16, 1852 - Jan. 18, 1932 - Masonic Emblem

Mrs. Isabella Seale - May 18, 1853 - Dec. 4, 1924

1 concrete marker - broken - no inscriptions

Daniel W. Seal - Aug. 8 1855 - Aug. 15, 1902 - Foot - "FATHER"

Ester Elizabeth Rebecker Pittman Seal
  Dec. 30, 1845 - Jan. 30, 1940 - Foot - "MOTHER"

One Marker:  Brock Seal - Apr. 15, 1890 - Nov. 14, 1937
             Lenora Seal - Feb. 15, 1892 - (Living in 1964)

Otis L. Seale - June 7, 1900 - Sept. 19, 1927

William J. Seale - Mar. 5, 1863 - Oct. 22, 1936

"SEALE"  Josephine Maples, wife of W. J. Seale
  June 27, 1861 - Mar. 19, 1911

3 graves - concrete stobs - no inscriptions