Penny-Simmons Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley
Contributed by the Washington Parish Genealogical and Historical Society


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PENNY-SIMMONS CEMETERY

Located in Ward 1 of Washington Parish, 1 mile north of Sunlight
Baptist Church, about 1 mile south of the Ward 9 line, north of
Amite-Franklinton Hwy.  Copied 7-30-1962 by Mrs. R. A. Magee,
Franklinton, LA.

CROWE, LOZANE MANDA, b. 12-27-1868, d. 7-8-1922, w/o J. H. Penny

FISHER, ELIZABETH H. FENDLASON, b. 10-15-1841, d. 3-8-1928

FUSSELL, OLA LESTER, b. 8-26-1910, d. 10-9-1915, s/o J. W. & A.
C. Fussell

JENKINS, INFANT, b. 6-22-1898, d. 6-23-1898, s/o R. R. & F. A.
Jenkins

JENKINS, MARY OPHELIA, b. 10-6-1880, d. 11-6-1880

JENKINS, NANCY ETHEL, b. 4-17-1894, d. 11-11-1897

PASSMAN, GIDEON - Husband**

PASSMAN, JOE, s/o Gideon & Nancy Passman **

PASSMAN, NANCY - wife**

PENNY, INFANTS, unmarked, 3 graves *

PENNY, JANE, b. 11-15-1841, d. 9-7-1923

PENNY, JOHN HARVEY, b. 1-20-1866, d. 12-2-1940

PENNY, WELCOME, b. 7-7-1831, d. 2-9-1908

SHARP, TWINS, unmarked, ch./o Otto & Edna Sharp  2 graves *

SIMMONS, ELLA BRUMFIELD, b. 10-13-1869, d. 9-18-1939, w/o Leon A.
Simmons

SIMMONS, LEON A., b. 11-9-1862, d. 8-19-1938 in New Orleans

SIMMONS, THOMAS J., b. 9-23-1827, d. 1-6-1879, LA. 1ST LT. CO. A,
3RD REG. LA. CAV. C S A 

* Information given by Mrs. Edna Sharp, Franklinton, LA.
** Information given by Mrs. J. W. Fussell, Franklinton, LA., who
says she remembers this family and where they are buried.