Canaan Baptist Church 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. III, pp. 29-31.  Documented and 
compiled by Mrs. R.A. Magee, Franklinton, La. and Mrs. Doyle L. Bateman,
Baton Rouge, La.  1965  Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Located in Ward 1, T3S, R10E, 3 miles north of Amite-Franklinton
highway.

James Hammond Seals - Jan. 1, 1949 - 1 yr. 6 mo. 2 days

Gary Scott McElveen - B and D Dec. 22, 1959

Thomas E. Corkern - Oct. 13, 1887 - Feb. 1, 1958

Jonteel Busby Taylor - May 4, 1929 - Oct. 14, 1954

Myrtle R. Wallace Catha - Mar. 29, 1965 - 62 years and 17 days

Double Marker:  Thomas H.Rainey - Nov. 18, 1876 - Apr. 9, 1952
                Tena Lea Rainey - July 14, 1882 - Oct. 11, 1953

J. Creton Corkern - 1903 - 1951

Willie E. Corkern - Apr. 5, 1896 - May 9, 1947

Ralph Mulina - May 18, 1943 - May 15, 1944

Mary Passman McElveen - May 26, 1867 - Nov. 22, 1950

Double Marker:  Dave Jorgens - July 31, 1902 - Feb. 16, 1964
                Roselean Jorgens - Feb. 20, 1909 - (Blank)

Double Marker:  George W. Fisher - Mar. 5, 1895 - Feb. 13, 1964
                Masonic Emblem
                Verda Lee Fisher - Mar. 5, 1906 - (Blank)

Walter A. Seal - Nov. 22, 1881 - Sept. 12, 1954

Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ocie Crowe - Oct. 28, 1962

George W. Fisher - La. Cpl 5GP Main Tng Depot WWi
  Mar. 5, 1895 - Feb. 13, 1964

Double Marker:  Odie Mae Smith - Aug. 11, 1934 - (Blank)
                B. J. Smith - Feb. 5, 1929 - Sept. 18, 1964
                At Foot:  B. J. Smith
                Mississippi Pvt. 2622 Base Unit AAF WWII
                Feb. 5, 1925 - Sept. 18, 1964

Otis Eli Varnado - Sept. 1, 1901 - Dec. 15, 1961

Anthony T. Husser - July 26, 1879 - Oct. 17, 1962

"MOTHER" Myrtle McKenzie, Wife of Reb. Joe Harris
  May 29, 1909 - Nov. 23, 1949

Double Marker:  "MOTHER" Everleaner C. Varnado
                Oct. 15, 1882 - July 29, 1960
                "FATHER" Nathaniel E.  Varnado
                June 25, 1877 - May 2, 1948

Double Marker:  Beatrice Spinks Seal - Oct. 24, 1902 - Sept. 2, 1956
                At the foot:  "Mother"
                Samuel Wilton Seal - July 6, 1895 - (Blank)

A. Merlin Husser - Jan. 5, 1946 - July 31, 1947

Mary Nelle Husser - Sept. 2, 1933 - June 14, 1934

Double Marker:  Deane S. Husser - Jan. 29, 1891 - (Blank)
                H. Delos Husser - July 28, 1897 - Feb. 28, 1963

One Marker:  MOTHER - Florence R. Spinks
             Jan. 15, 1883 - Mar. 29, 1946
             FATHER - John Spinks
             Apr. 16, 1881 - May 27, 1965
             Age 84 years 1 mo. 11 days

Aurelius Husser - 1911 - 1946

Dlma S. Crowe - La. PFC CMP WWII - Nov. 17, 1924 - Nov. 18, 1946

Double Marker:  Arie C. Strahan - Oct. 17, 1894 - Apr. 14, 1962
                Newey John Strahan - Sept. 18, 1889 - (Blank)

Double Marker:  Ellie Stafford Crowe - Oct. 26, 1886 - (Blank)
                Acie Levy Crowe - Dec. 28, 1887 - Nov. 5, 1953

Robert Ray Seal - Nov. 21, 1932 - Oct. 2, 1953