Brushy Creek Cemetery
Listing Compiled by
Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. Cole October 1992
Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes are preceded by LVH
Notes in RED are from John
Thanks to Duffie & Kathy
for the use of their pictures
Brushy Creek Cemetery has a "working" twice a year (second Saturday
in May and second Saturday in September). It is behind the Brushy Creek Baptist
Church and is surrounded by woods. There is one big old oak tree and a shelter
for
inclement weather. The birds singing in the woods, the shrubbery, a dogwood
tree, and the wild sunflowers and other wild flowers make this a unique place.
In the front corner is a section of City Service Gas pipeline.
This cemetery is on LA 389 south of Merryville or west of Fields. It is where LA 389 makes a sharp bend east; continuing south, it would be Old River Road. Follow Old River Road to the right, and then immediately turn left---Brushy Creek Church is on the right.
BAILEY,
THOMAS "Russell" FEB 3 1937 AUG 21 2006 h/o
Shirley Coleman Bailey
BAILEY, SHIRLEY Coleman APR 26 1945 ------
BOLENBAUCHER,
JIMMIE DEAN NOV 4 1942 DEC 11 1960 s/o
Joseph W. Bolenbaucher
BOLENBAUCHER, JOSEPH
W APR 14 1915 FEB 9 1989 Brother of Callie
Smith
BOLENBAUCHER, NAOMA
AUG 20 1906 SEP 16 1991 w\o FRANK BOLENBAUCHER [M]
(
headstone shows last name as Turner..........did she remarry after Thomas Franklin's
death??)
BOLENBAUCHER, T.W.
OCT 5 1861 JAN 30 1927
BOLENBAUCHER, THOMAS
FRANKLIN SEP 17 1903 OCT 27 1930 [F] h\o Naoma Turner Bolenbaucher
Another
headstone for Thomas
BOYD, MELVIN DEWAYNE
FEB 8, 1965 SEPT 16 1994
COLEMAN, BELL
COLEMAN, INFANT OF ROBERT
COLEMAN, INFANT OF LUM
COLEMAN, INFANT OF LUM
COLEMAN, JAMES ROBERT
MAR 13 1862 MAR 5 1948 s/o James Daniel & Eliza Hennigan Coleman
COLEMAN, KELLY "DUSTY"
JUN 19 1974 MAY 23 1979
COLEMAN, LIZA W SEP
27 1884 JUN 20 1973
COLEMAN, OSCAR D JUN
22 1948 MAR 15 1981
COLEMAN, ROBERT "BOB"
MAY 9 1896 MAY 3 1969
COLEMAN, ROBERT JEAN
MAR 23 1941 MAY 19 1958
COLEMAN, SARAH
MAY 14, 1912 DEC 14, 1999
COOPER, AUDREY RICE
OCT 3, 1939 FEB 10, 2008
COOPER, BLANCHE JUN
13 1859 JUL 30 1936 [LVH: Pathenia Blanche, w/o James W. Cooper]
COOPER, CLARENCE LaBORN
ALTON JUN 29 1905 OCT 6 1975 h\o Vivian Lucille Ratcliff Cooper
MM-PVT USARMY
WWI
COOPER, CLARENCE MAY 21 1875 JUN 16 1950 [F] [LVH: s/o James W. and Pathenia
Blanche (?) Cooper]
COOPER, ESSY ---1900---
COOPER, HENRY A NOV
10 1916 NOV 11 1944
COOPER, LAWRENCE
OCT 26 1881 AUG 11 1930
[LVH:
s/o James W. and Pathenia Blanche (?) Cooper]
COOPER, LEO S MAY 24 1909
APR 28 1984 MM-TEC5 USARMY
WWII [Marine emblem]
COOPER, MAE 1902 1908
COOPER, MAE W
MAY 7 1902 MAY 16 1988 w\o WILLIE ELLIS COOPER
COOPER, RUTH MAR 17 1881 MAY 11 1959
COOPER, VIVIAN LUCILLE RATCLIFF SEP 14 1921 ** [M] w\o Clarence LaBorn Alton
Cooper
COOPER, WILLIE ELLIS
JUL 26 1895 DEC 25 1964 h\o Mae W Cooper MM-LA
PFC HQ CO 156
DURHAM, CLAUDE JAMES
DEC 25 1919 JUN 25 1920
DURHAM, LUCY E
AUG 2 1903 AUG 19 1973 [E.STAR]
DURHAM, ROBERT L
NOV 30 1884 AUG 22 1971 [MASON]
FOSTER
FOSTER
FOSTER
FOSTER
FOSTER
FOSTER
FOSTER, ISAAC
FOSTER, SALLIE
GORE, "PAULINE"
Smith Whiteman SEP 1 1923 ** w\o Willard Lee Gore [E.Star] d/o
John C. and Callie Smith
GORE, WILLARD LEE "BILL"
JUN 22 1919 ** h\o "PAULINE" SMITH [US
NAVY] [MASON]
HAFFORD, LENA MAE
MAR 31 1895 JAN 18 1984
HENNIGAN, EUGENIA
HINES, HELEN MAE
JAN 26, 1923 MAY 27, 2002
HINES, JOSEPH N
MAY 29, 1921 DEC 6, 1999 CPL
US Army WWII
JACOBS, JIMMIE LOLA PARD- NOV 10, 1932 APR 10, 2007
JOHNSON, MARY EVELYN
JUL 8 1929 MAY 4 1986 d/o John C. and Callie
Smith
JOLLY, WILLIAM E 1922 1926
KEENER, C.E. JR ---1946--- (Duffie and Kathy found no headstone in 2008)
MARKER, C.A.
MARKER, R.A.
MARTIN, STACY LYN MAY
13 1977 MAY 17 1977
McCROIX, INFANT
MILLER, MIRIAH V MAR
9 1875 JAN 1 1958
MURRAY, GRACE V SMITH
NOV 29, 1929 APR 20, 2004
MYERS, LULA COLEMAN FEB
13 1899 OCT 9 1984
NANCE, "DICK"
NEELY, RHODIA
NEELY, THOMAS
PERKINS, ALEXIS JADE
DEC 12, 1996 MAR 18, 1997
PINDER, INFANT
PINDER, INFANT
PINDER, MARION
RICE, EUNICE OCT 29 1912
JUN 15 1990 w\o Walter K Rice
RICE, WALTER K JAN 18
1898 DEC 28 1971 h\o Eunice Rice MM-PVT
USARMY WWI
RICE, WALTER WALLACE
MAR 9, 1937 MAR 30, 2003 US Navy
SIMS, INFANT OF JOHN
SIMS, INFANT OF JOHN
SIMS, INFANT OF JOHN
SMITH, ARTHUR GLEN
DEC 22 1907 JAN 11 1938
SMITH, BERNICE d-OCT
15 1980
SMITH, BERYL 1913 -
1944
SMITH, CALLIE M MAR
22 1906 JUL 14 1989 w/o of John C.
(Hog John) Smith/ sister of Joseph
Bolenbaucher
SMITH, ELIZA ANN COLEMAN
OCT 12 1845 DEC 23 1909 [M]
SMITH, GEORGE W
FEB 22, 1918 OCT 11, 1994 US Army WWII
SMITH, GRACIE NOV 10
1901 MAY 31 1903
SMITH, HUBERT EUGENE
FEB 5, 1933 MAY 17, 1994
SMITH, INFANT MAR 20
1920 s\o W.A.\MARY E SMITH
SMITH, INFANT OF LISO
SMITH, INFANT OF MELTON
SMITH, INFANT OF MELTON
SMITH, INFANT OF W
SMITH, IRA MAR 28 1893
MAR 31 1974
SMITH, JEREMY
LYNN and JEFFERY LEE OCT 24 1983 DEC 3 1983 [photo]
infant
grandsons of John C. and Callie Smith.
SMITH, JOHN C AUG 29
1885 DEC 9 1980
SMITH, MARTHA ELIZA COLEMAN OCT 12, 1851 DEC 23, 1909
SMITH, MARY
E 1879 1951
SMITH, MELTON FEB 15
1851 MAR 18 1930 [F]
SMITH, OPHELIA 1900
1950 [M]
SMITH, SHEILA
---- -----
SMITH, THOMAS ---1946---
SMITH, TOM b-1887 NOV 19
1927
SMITH, VERNA BUXTON
JAN 27, 1930 JAN 15, 2003 w/o Hubert Eugene Smith
SMITH, WILLIAM
A 1875 1951
SMITH, WILLIAM V 1899
1976
SPIKES, LUCRETIA WATSON
MARZE 1828 1912
[LVH:
w/o (1) ? Marze, (2) George Hoosier, and (3) William John Spikes]
TAYLOR, COLUMBUS P
OCT 10 1866 DEC 20 1917
TILLERY, ALICE
L OCT 6, 1922 FEB 4, 1994
TILLERY, AUSTIN
M "Mack" JUN 20, 1921 AUG 29, 1996
TUCKER, CHARLES
H OCT 17, 1917 MAR 19, 1999 Pvt
US Army WWII
TUCKER, MAGGIE
NOV 29, 1916 FEB 26, 1996
TURNER, NAOMA (see Naoma Bolenbaucher)
WATSON, RHODA MINCHEW
1808 1880 w\o SAMPSON WATSON
WATSON, SAMPSON 1803
1880 h\o RHODA MINCHEW WATSON
WHITMAN, EDWIN R L
APR 24 1934 JUL 8 1989 MM-A3C USAF Korea
WHITMAN, GORE
WHITMAN, HAMPTON
WHITMAN, HAMPTON
A MAY 22 1899 FEB 1 1957 h\o NETTIE B WHITMAM [photo of Hampton]
WHITMAN, INFANT JUL
1911 dau\o JAMES\MARY WHITMAN
WHITMAN, INFANT OF
H.A. 1944
WHITMAN, INFANT
daughter of H.A.
WHITMAN, JAMES M
APR 15 1876 AUG 18 1959 h\o MARY S WHITMAN [LVH: James Monroe,
s/o
Joseph Adam and Elizabeth J. (Foster) Whitman,h/o Mary Melvina Smith]
WHITMAN, MARY S
AUG 19 1873 DEC 31 1967 w\o JAMES M WHITMAN
[LVH:
Mary Melvina Smith, w/o James Monroe Whitman]
WHITMAN, NETTIE
B SEP 7 1903 OCT 15 1984 w\o HAMPTON A WHITMAN [photo of Nettie]
WHITMAN, TWINS OF
H.A.