Merryville Community Cemetery
Listing Compiled by
Evelyn E. Cole and Roberta B. Doty
December 1991
This is a black cemetery located just east of Merryville on
the north side of US Highway 190, this cemetery is easily reached.
from DeRidder, La. The cemetery itself is rather large, 3 to 4 acres, but
only a portion of it is in use.There are some trees and shrubs.
Pictures are thanks to Duffy & Kathy,
and Lee Manning
GORDO
ALLEN, BLUETT 1902 1989 US
Army WWII
ASHWORTH, MARGIE SMITH SEP 28 1934 OCT 13 1963
BANNION, DELIA O 1857 1963
BEATY, CLARENCE JR MAY 21 1943 APR 12 1976
BOWIE, ELIZA FEB 29 1889 FEB 26 1975
BOWIE, EMMA JUN 10 1930 OCT 11 1951
BOWIE, FRANK 1892 1941
BOWIE, FRANK JR 1925 1986
BRANDON, Aubrey Brinsley d. Oct 29, 2005 Age 33
(obit)
BRANDON, Elbert Jr Jan 21, 1951 Mar 15,
2004 HTFR US Navy
BROOKS, JOHN DEC 7 1880 SEP 26 1943
BROOKS, TENSI NOV 22 1883 DEC 22 1951
CARRIE, --- 1890 1992
CLARK, WALKER OCT 7 1877 NOV 16 1927 [Queen of West Chamber 3033]
COLLINS, CELLIE OCT 24 1874 JUL 27 1958
COMO, MARIE OCT 20 1912 FEB 24 1985
CONNER, EARL FEB 17 1902 JAN 19 1988
CONNER, Henry Aug 10, 1943 Jul 28,
2004
CORMIER, ANNA,MRS d-JUN 3 1904 age 71
CROSS, N.J. (PROF) MAR 15 1882 JUL 29 1966 [FATHER and HUSBAND]
DAVIS, RHASTUS HILL JAN 6 1912 APR 9 1970 MM-TX Pfc USARMY WWII
DAVIS, Willie Can't see dates
US Army WWII
DRISKER, LEONARD RAY d-JAN 5 1954 age 23
DRISKER, Robert Harvey Jul 25, 1923 Oct 16,
2004 STM1 US Navy
DUNNINGS, MARY DEC 18 --- Jan 24 1919 age 77
DUNNINGS, DAISY R OCT 7 1889 SEP 24 1985
FLEMONES, ASHLEY TEARA AUG 18 1988 OCT 14 1991
FLEMONES, MELVIN APR 20 1962 OCT 17 1989
FOWLER, JACK MAR 12 1902 OCT 31 1943 MM-La Pvt 2048 QM Truck Co AVN
GADDIS, Mackie Gill Jun 2, 1916 Mar 3,
2001
GALLASPIE, Princelea JUN 20 1889 JUN 23 1959
[M]
GILDS, Eddie B Harvey Apr 27, 1932 Dec 29, 1999
w/o Jacques Erwin Gilds
GILDS, Jacques Erwin Jan 10, 1923
Jun 24, 1998
GILL, ELLIS MAY 3 1885 APR 16 1942
GILL, Ellis W Mar 9, 1915 Nov 5, 1983
GILL, FLORESTINE JUN 29 1938 APR 23 1947
GILL, Hobbie James Sr Feb 7, 1931 Jun
6, 2000 PFC US Army
GILL, HOSEA SEP 16 1912 JAN 2 1989
GILL, MARY PIERCE AUG 30 1919 JAN 17 1993 w\o MATTHEW GILL,SR [M]
GILL, MATTHEW SR MAY 26 1914 JUN 30 1983 h\o MARY P.GILL
GILL, ODELLA 1923 1963
GILL, RUBY FEB 12 1926 ****
w/o Hosea Gill
GILL, Willie Joe Jan 7, 1940 Dec
5, 2007 Mother
GLASPIE, John Jul 5, 1932 Sept 15, 2009
h/o Aslomia Glaspie
GORDON, JOHN APR 9 1887 DEC 28 1964 MM-La Pvt Co D 328 SUC BN QMC WWI
GORDON, MAGGIE DEC 25 1889 MAY 16 1973 [M]
GRANT, HETTIE SEP 6 1882 AUG 10 1955
GRAVE COVERED WITH CEMENT
2 GRAVES [with flowers]
HARTS, JULIUS d-MAR 23 1942 [TOMBSTONE NOT FOUND]
HARVEY, ROBERT T SEP 7 1926 JUL 3 1951 MM-La Pfc Co A 80 Inf WWII
HAYWARD, Burk Oct 27, 1913 Aug 24, 1998
PFC US Army WWII
HENTON, EMMIT [Date buried] MM-La Pvt USMC Korea
HICKMAN, Patsy Ruth Nov 26, 1937 Jul 2, 2005
HILL, Willie Jr Aug 19, 1949 Jun 17, 1981
HILLS, JOHN NOV 1 1897 DEC 28 1983
HILLS, OLEVIA S SEP 5 1906 JAN 11 1979 [M]
HINTON, Linwood Bernard Nov 4, 1928 Nov 13,
2005 SP3 US Army
HINTON, Emmit Jr Dec 7, 1930 Jan 23, 1972
LA Pvt US Marine Corps Korea
HOOPER, Alfred Earl Oct 4, 1953 Feb 20, 2001
SP4 US Army
HOOPER, Essie Delores Jul 13, 1930 Sept 2, 2007
w/o Lonzo Hooper
HOOPER, Lonzo Dec 12, 1923 Jul 14, 1998
PFC US Marine Corps WWII
HORACE, Earnest Jun 15, 1895 Sept 10, 19552
LA Pvt 812 Pioneer Inf WWI
HUDDLESTON, HARLEY FEB 4 1894 JUN 22 1977
HUDDLESTON, JOHNNIE B 1923 1979 MM-USARMY WWII
HUDSON, EDWARD O SEP 27 1897 JUN 15 1981
HUDSON, MARY T OCT 3 1912 DEC 1 1987 [M]
HUDSON, Sammy Glenn Dec 17, 1954 Mar 8, 2007
JACKSON, Claudia D "Madea" Apr 15, 1936
Jun 23, 2009
JINER, LELAR SMITH OCT 14 1910 FEB 19 1978 [M]
JOHN, Sam Nov 3, 1892 Jan 11, 1969
Wagr Co B 520 Engineers WWI
JOHNSON, ELLA MAE MAY 6 1920 FEB 19 1989
JOHNSON, WASH APR 15 1898 OCT 8 1918
JONES, CHARLES D 1913 1980 MM-Pvt USARMY WWII
JONES, Frankie L Aug 20, 1949 Mar 30, 2006
JONES, SAM 1892 NOV 1 1969 MM-La Wagr Co B 520 Engr WWI
JORDAN, LUKE JUL 25 1927 DEC 9 1987 [FATHER]
KELLOGG, Monique Coleman Dec 15, 1905 Mar 5, 1945
KNIGHTON, MINTIE JAN 18 1894 FEB 1 1942
KNIGHTON, THOMAS L MOV 2 1918 SEP 13 1941
KNIGHTON, VERLENE DEC 27 1945 AUG 31 1974
KYLE, Blann Lennard Jr Nov 11, 1976 Jul 25,
2002 HM3 US Navy
KYLE, OPHELIA Jun 30, 1925 Dec 1 1988
age 63 w/o Woodie Kyle mar Oct 3, 1946
KYLE, Woodie Apr 2, 1912 Nov 18, 1999
PFC US Army WWII
LARGE CEMENT CROSS MAY 1911
MARSHALL, DEAN APR 20 1914 APR 19 1992
MARTIN, Doris Ann Sept 11, 1947 Dec 10,
1993
MARZETTE, ANTONIA VIRGINIA OCT 28 1974 JUN 27 1987
MAXIE, ESTELLA JUL 4 1904 MAR 10 1944
MAXIE, LOUIS AUG 14 1899 SEP 14 1967
McCRAY, LULA SEP 12 1890 NOV 15 1919 [[QUEEN OF THE WEST CHAMBER 303]
McFARLAND, ROSA OCT 10 1885 SEP 15 1975
MICKENS, HENRY SEP 27 1889 OCT 2 1975
MICKENS, INA CHARLES FEB 5 1915 DEC 21 1952
MICKENS, LEON MILLITON NOV 2 1911 1928
MICKENS, PRISCILLA DEC 21 1889 SEP 4 1972
[A Military marker which is sinking face down-too heavy to lift and read]
MILLER, JOHNNIE DEC 15 1887 MAR 29 1967 [F]
MILLER, MARY G APR 7 1890 FEB 14 1962 [M]
MOORE, CELIE NOV 5 1857 JAN 6 1940
MOORE, CHARLIE MAR 10 1858 SEP 25 194-
PALMER, OSCAR NOV 28 1923 NOV 24 1970 MM-La Pfc 678
ORD Ammo Co WWII
PERKINS, ELISA H d-NOV 27 1930
POWELL, Ella Mae Feb 21, 1931 Jan 3, 1994
POWELL, JAMES SR Aug 7, 1923 JAN 15 1993 age 70 US
Army WWII
POWELL, Leonard Lee Jan 16, 1966 May 12, 1995
ROBERSON, PERLEY (MRS) JUL 4 1894 APR 29 1982
ROBERSON, LIZZIE JUL 14 1890 JUL 13 1987
ROBERSON, W.M. JUN 18 1888 APR 24 1955
ROBINSON, MYRTLE GILL NOV 1 1910 APR 23 1973
ROSEMON, VIRGINIA DEC 1 1893 JUL -- ---
ROWLS, JESSIE M 1911 1945
RUTH ---- ---OCT 1 1909---
SAMUEL, DAISY LEE JUN 5 1932 ** [PHOTO]
SAMUEL, SOPHERONIA DEC 3 1890 APR 28 1976 [PHOTO]
SCOTT, ABRAHAM d. NOV 10 1933 MM-La Pvt ICI 409 Res Labor
BN QMC
SHELTON, Curtis Aug 18, 1931 Jun 17, 1995
SHIPP, Aatrice May Oct 1, 1933 Jul 8, 1985
SMITH, EFFIE JUL 12 1888 NOV 18 1979
SMITH, Felicia B White wooden cross.......dates aren't legible
SMITH, HENRY DEC 25 1889 DEC 4 1941
SMITH, -- JUN 30 1887 DEC 13 1919 (top of stone is broken)
SMITH, Luetichey Jackson Mackelyn Feb 2, 1875
Jun 18, 1961
SPIKES
STEVENSON, JOHNNY FEB 15 1904 NOV 5 1980
STEVENSON, Pearlie dates are below ground
SWEET, George dates are below ground
US Army
SWEET, JOE DEC 13 1944 SEP 7 1972 [SON]
SWEET, ROSETTA LEWIS MAY 12 1920 FEB 26 1990
THOMAS, Inez Bowie Nov 1, 1922 Feb 14, 2004
THOMPSON, Edna Marie Bowie Apr 26, 1930 Apr 6, 1999
THORNTON, Dona Allen Oct 20, 1899 Jun 25, 1940
w/o S Thornton
TOLIVER, MABLE M AUG 29 1919 JUN 29 1980
TRAYLOR, Clyde Mar 15, 1896 Aug 7, 1971
TRAYLOR, DELLAR P MAY 2 1886 AUG 7 1984
VALLERY, Florice Jul 19, 1916 May 4, 2002
VALLERY, Willie Sept 23, 1925 Feb 23, 1997
VERCHER, Johnny Oct 20, 1934 Dec 8, 1998
3 VAULTS
VAULT [Seems to be with PROF.N.J.CROSS]
VICKNAIR, BEATRICE AUG 10 1902 JUL 2 1974
WHITE, Charlie Oct 25, 1937 Apr 10, 1981
WILLIAMS, I.C. 1918 1978
WILLIAMS, IDELLA W JUL 16 1921 MAR 16 1974
WILLIAMS, JESSIE LEE MAR 31 1910 MAR 2 1964
WILLIS, WILSON 1882 JUL 23 1963