Springhill Church Cemetery (AKA Magee 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. 39-42. 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 6, Washington Parish, La., T3S, R11E, on north side of the Brasfield Road, about 1-1/2 miles east of Springhill Baptist Church, on property originally owned by Magee's but now in possession of the Doyle L. Bateman Estate. When Magee heirs sold the property, they gave the Springhill Baptist Church the deed to the cemetery, consisting of 2 acres under fence and maintained by the Tullos family, who are Magee descendents. One Marker: James B. Parker - Mar. 10, 1884 - Mar. 2, 1963 Bessie M. Parker - Oct. 3, 1890 - (Living in 1964) Maude Magee Watson - Apr. 10, 1896 - Sept. 3, 1961 Alvie Felder McDaniel - Sept. 10, 1908 - June 25, 1960 Gladys T. Rousseau - Oct. 29, 1919 - Oct. 3, 1961 - Foot: GTR Wilber N. Stevenson - Jan. 3, 1930 - June 25, 1930 Kenzy Jackson Brooks - Feb. 7, 1891 - July 25, 1959 Louisiana Pvt. 58 Co. 5 GP MG TNG Cen WWI (Vet Marker) One Marker: Rebecca J. Tullos - Jan. 6, 1881 Foot: RJT John Warren Tullos - Oct. 19, 1872 - May 27, 1947 Foot: JWT J. Delton Tullos - 1900 - 1924 Nathan Tullos - 1880 - 1940 Wilda Mae Tullos - 1906 - 1922 Baby Tullos - Dec. 31, 1928 Warren E. Tullos - May 1, 1900 - Dec. 21, 1936 Grace Tullos Fleming - 1903 - 1951 Nita Tullos - 1908 - 1940 Mary Lee Tullos - La. 2nd Lt. Army Nurse Corps WWII Feb. 1, 1917 - Sept. 26, 1956 Baby Garrett - 1921 Minnie Burkhalter Fisher - Nov. 25, 1885 - Feb. 19, 1932 "MOTHER" Henry O. Burkhalter - Sept. 3, 1885 - Feb. 13, 1920 Henry O. Burkhalter, Jr. - July 11, 1920 - May 16, 1930 Arthur Eugene Corkern - Jan. 23, 1884 - Aug. 7, 1958 Timmie V. Magee Corkern - Apr. 11, 1884 - Feb. 24, 1955 Baby Bennett - 1913 Mary Richardson Bennett - 1886 - 1915 Mary Hughes Magee - Mar. 2, 1859 - Oct. 15, 1926 James T. Magee - Dec. 15, 1860 - Oct 29, 1940 Rose Ann Corkern Magee - July 25, 1862 - Dec. 26, 1901 Ida May Magee - June 12, 1894 - Jan. 7, 1911 Jeanette R. Garrett Magee - 1868 - 1947 3 graves marked with briks "MOTHER" Easter Wallace Nichols - Died 1910 Wife of James Berry Nichols Marion M. Magee, Jr., Sonof M. M. and Florence Magee Sept. 22, 1908 - Jan. 21, 1924 J. T., Son of M. M and Ella F. Magee Dec. 18, 1892 - Jan. 11, 1904 Ella F. Corkern, Wife of M. M. Magee Jan. 24, 1874 - Jan. 25, 1904 Marion M. Magee - Mar. 7, 1871 - July 4, 1949 Florence V. Magee - Feb. 9, 1891 - Apr. 12, 1960 Robert E. Magee, Jr. - Aug. 14, 1952 - Aug. 19, 1952 1 grave - funeral home marker - inscriptins illegible Allie Magee Voth - Dec. 31, 1892 - Apr. 3, 1942 Victor Harold Penton "Little Bo" - Feb. 9, 1937 - Apr. 8, 1939 Pauline V. Penton - Nov. 18, 1920 - Feb. 16, 1928 Hugh J. Penton - Oct. 20, 1885 - Nov. 7, 1958 Ernest Louis, Son of Leslie and Myra Jenkins Apr. 12, 1939 - April 13, 1939 1 grave - funeral home marker - inscriptions illegible William W. Busby - Aug. 28, 1870 - May 5, 1938 Katie C. Busby - Dec. 13, 1873 - June 20, 1937 One Marker: Dolphus L. Barber - July 1, 1883 - Nov. 19, 1944 Foot: DLB Louisa L. Barber - Mar. 27,1 888 - Dec. 13, 1953 Foot: LLB "Our Darling" Richard Lewis, son of O. D. and Lonnie Barber Born and Died Oct. 21, 1946 1 grave - infant marked with brick Martha Thompson Hodges - May 5, 1869 - July 28, 1946 Lenora Ellen Burris, Daughter of Walter A. and Martha Burris May 28, 1956 - June 1, 1956 Martin Wayne Penton - Feb. 16, 1946 - Oct. 20, 1962 Tommie Lain Penton - Sept. 15, 1949 - Feb. 16, 1949 (Copied as is) Jackie Nell Penton - Oct. 39, 1939 - Nov. 24, 1939 (Note by E. Talley: This is the way it was printed in the cemetery book.) Edward Fleming - no dates - foot - E.F. - Masonic Emblem 2 infant graves marked with brick Buford Clark - Jan. 29, 1892 - Nov. 18, 1959 "FATHER" Latimore Strahan - Dec. 25, 1880 - Feb. 17, 1953 Victoria Carol Penton - Nov. 1, 1963 - Age 2 mos. 19 days Funeral Home Marker Albert C. Kimbrell - Louisiana Pvt. Co. E 113 Engineers WWI Nov. 11, 1894 - Feb. 8, 1963 - Veterans Marker 3 graves - infants - marked with brick 10 graves adults - marked with brick Oron Marion Sturdevant - July 24, 1904 - Aug. 17, 1914 Wilmer R., Son of J. G. and Nannie Strahan Nov. 12, 1908 - Mar. 11, 1910 Almer E., Daughter of J. G. and Nannie Strahan Apr. 16, 1899 - Dec. 10, 1907 2 graves - adults - marked with a few brick James Strahan - June 30, 1828 - Jan. 8, 1910 2 graves - funeral home markers - inscriptions illegible 2 graves - adults - marked with a few brick One Marker: Iva Nora Lott - 1868 - 1946 - Foot: INL James H. Lott - 1864 - 1914 - Foot: JHL Infant Son of Mr.and Mrs. J. W. Tullos - 1910 Infant Daughter of Mr.and Mrs. J. W. Tullos - 1912 Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Brumfield - no dates