OLD SPARTA CEMETERY (Submitted by Lynelle Stevenson) Once the parish seat of Bienville Parish, Sparta was a thriving town with its own courthouse, newspaper, etc. There is no trace of it now except for the cemetery. ----------NAME----------------------------------BORN-----------------------------------DIED Bates, Annie Hamm ----------------------------- 08/31/1880 Bates, Annie May ------------------------------ 05/10/1898 -------------------------- 10/04/1900 Bates, Arnold H. ------------------------------ 07/08/1888 -------------------------- 12/04/1968 Bates, Emma Fisher ---------------------------- 01/02/1897--------------------------- 04/15/1979 Bates, Fannie --------------------------------- 1858 ---------------------------------1945 Bates, Jewel D. --------------------------------10/09/1882 -------------------------- 02/19/1912 Bates, Joe -------------------------------------11/14/1873 -------------------------- 02/06/1954 Bates, Mrs Arvia I. ----------------------------08/30/1865 -------------------------- 06/28/1944 Bates, Nancy Ellen Strickland ------------------11/13/1883 -------------------------- 03/14/1971 Bates, Oscar L. --------------------------------02/26/1856 ---------------------------04/18/1898 Bates, W.J. ------------------------------------08/30/1866 ---------------------------05/25/1931 Blackstock, Kenneth ----------------------------07/18/1898 ---------------------------08/21/1920 Crowson, Lamar Crowson, Mattie Crowson, Richard Moore ----------------------- 12/20/1812 ---------------------------04/27/1885 Davis, Eula ------------------------------------07/17/1874 ---------------------------12/06/1890 Durham, Fannie Durham, Phill Edwards, Dudley --------------------------------05/20/1878 ---------------------------10/12/1880 Fouts, Thomas Jefferson Jr.---------------------06/26/1862 ---------------------------08/01/1866 Freeman, Floye S. ------------------------------05/03/1924--- Freeman, John C. -------------------------------03/28/1918--- Givens, Nettie Elsie ---------------------------10/31/1925 ---------------------------10/31/1925 Givens, Thomas Monroe ------------------------- 10/31/1921 ---------------------------10/31/1921 Gregory, W.W. ------------------------------------------------------------ age 65 --- 10/13/1950 Gregory, William Louis ------------------------ 07/30/1905 -------------------------- 12/01/1929 Ham, Annie Bates ------------------------------ 08/31/1880 -------------------------- 08/15/1958 Ham, Fannie Mae ------------------------------- 05/25/1919 -------------------------- 02/01/1965 Ham, Irene Plunkett ----------------------------08/17/1924 Ham, Joe B. ----------------------------------- 11/14/1873 -------------------------- 02/06/1954 Ham, William J. ------------------------------- 03/12/1914 -------------------------- 09/19/1974 Hamilton, Marvin ------ 02/28/1981--- Hamm, infant son of J.C. ---------------------- 02/02/1919 -------------------------- 02/02/1919 Hamm, infant son of J.C. ---------------------- 07/01/1922----------------------------07/01/1922 Hamm, Melton ---------------------------------- 09/05/1897----------------------------06/22/1918 Harrison, W.J --------------------------------- 06/18/1811 ---------------------------12/30/1884 Head, James Robert (judge) -------------------- 06/25/1824 ---------------------------01/27/1874 Hightower, E.H. ------------------------------- 08/27/1856----------------------------02/04/1884 Hightower, T.J. ------------------------------- 09/28/1830----------------------------02/15/1885 Howell, Robert B. Sr -------------------------- 08/17/1838 ---------------------------02/18/1890 Huckaby, Carl Sr ------------------------------ 08/19/1924 ---------------------------06/23/1978 Huckaby, Grace C. --- 09/30/1947--- Huckaby, Jim ---------------------------------- 03/29/1901----------------------------06/29/1934 Huckaby, Joe J. ------------------------------- 09/05/1874 ---------------------------11/19/1951 Huckaby, Mrs Della --------------------------- 02/20/1874 ---------------------------07/06/1920 James, Amanda James, Amee J. -------------------------------- 10/17/1848 ---------------------------02/03/1898 James, Billie James, Henry J. ------------------------------- 11/10/1866 ---------------------------08/21/1946 James, Johnnie James, Leah James, Mattie James, Sallie Moon ---------------------------- 10/20/1869 -------------------------- 11/13/1947 James, William Mays, Elizabeth Williamson Mays, William C. McCrary, James H. ----------------------------- 05/06/1827 ---------------------------06/27/1851 Moon, G.W. ------------------------------------ 04/06/1839----------------------------08/14/1906 Moon, Mrs G.W. -------------------------------- 07/21/1837 ---------------------------02/27/1915 Murphy, Durwood G. ---------------------------- 11/01/1909 ---------------------------05/02/1973 Murphy, Edrie H. --- 11/29/1915 Murphy, Joe Henry ----------------------------- 02/01/1871----------------------------01/08/1953 Murphy, Lela May Stewart --------------------- 10/06/1878 ---------------------------02/27/1941 Murphy, Letcher Cox --------------------------- 05/04/1910----------------------------11/29/1913 Murphy, Minnie Bates -------------------------- 08/06/1890----------------------------09/14/1954 Murphy, Thomas J. ----------------------------- 09/03/1882--------------------------- 03/09/1962 Pipes, Ada A. (w/o A.G.) --- 02/21/1880--- Pullig, Cliffie Murphy ------------------------ 10/10/1893----------------------------02/01/1959 Pullig, Lillian Murphy ------------------------ 02/09/1896 ---------------------------03/29/1960 Pullig, Missouri Ann Southern ------------------02/14/1854 ---------------------------05/22/1921 Pullig, R.A. ---------------------------------- 01/01/1882 -------------------------- 10/26/1910 Pullig, Thomas A. ------------------------------11/22/1819 -------------------------- 09/29/1896 Pullig, Thomas G. ------------------------------06/02/1886 -------------------------- 09/17/1970 Pullig, Wyatt Elmer --------------------------- 08/19/1888 ---------------------------11/18/1985 Richardson, Algie C. Tarver-------------------- 02/06/1853 -------------------------- 03/10/1890 Richardson, Jesse D. -------------------------------- 1883 ------------------------------ 1904 Rowell, Barna Harrell ------------------------------- 1915 ---------------------------------1917 Rowell, Caleb M. ------------------------------ 09/29/1833--------------------------- 01/10/1914 Rowell, infant son of BC and Jennie Rowell, Leolie -------------------------------- 10/21/1916 -------------------------- 11/28/1916 Sheen, Henry ---------------------------------- 11/10/1881 -------------------------- 09/11/1883 Sprawls, F. M. ------------------------------- 11/20/1849 -------------------------- 09/01/1879 Stewart, Carrie dau of John and Orie Stewart, Jimmie son of John and Orie Stewart, John E. -------------------------------03/29/1841 -------------------------- 09/09/1900 Stewart, Orrie Ann -----------------------------06/23/1845 -------------------------- 02/11/1911 Strickland, Henry Clay -------------------------04/19/1888----------------------------09/30/1962 Strickland, Nancy Ellen ------------------------11/13/1883--------------------------- 03/14/1971 Upshaw, Eric Denver --------------------------------- 1906 --------------------------- 1981 Vise, Harvard --------------------------------- 10/23/1905--------------------------- 01/16/1972 Vise, Henry K. -------------------------------- 12/29/1899--------------------------- 04/29/1975 Vise, James M. ------------------------------- 11/08/1879--------------------------- 07/02/1918 Vise, Judy --- 11/04/1922--- Vise, Para Lee --- 02/18/1912--- Whitley, Delitha Loe ---------------------------------1824 -------------------------- 05/08/1907 Whitlow, C.P. ----------------------------------02/08/1845 -------------------------- 10/30/1884 Wise, James M. ---------------------------------11/08/1879 -------------------------- 07/02/1915 Womack, Ava Lue ------------------------------- 11/13/1921--- Womack, John D. ------------------------------- 05/05/1914 -------------------------- 06/02/1984