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Holly Grove United Methodist Cemetery, Vernon Parish, LA

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Compiled by Chuck Pritchard (chilly@kahs.net)
Copyright, 1997 Chuck Pritchard

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Inventory Date: 29 Nov 1997

Holly Grove Methodist Church
First Church Services 1826
Served By Circuit Riders
Founded in 1835 as Methodist Protestant Church
Never Without A Pastor Or Church Superintendent
Still On Original Location

Holly Grove United Methodist Cemetery

Directions: Go north on Hwy 171 from Leesville, LA. After crossing Anacoco Creek (north end of Lake Vernon) travel about ½ mile & turn left at the caution light onto Holly Grove Road. Travel about 2.3 miles & the old church is on the left, new church on the right.

This cemetery has several concrete stones that were unreadable & a few unmarked graves.

The Surnames

Allen, Atchison, Bahnsen, Baker, Beckcom, Biven, Bivens, Bohannon, Boone, Braly, Brown, Byrd, Cain, Carr, Conerly, Craft, Crow, Crowe, Daniel, Denby, Dixon, Dowden, Dubois, Ellis, Ellzey, Erickson, Ferguson, Fontenot, Foster, Franklin, Gashin, Gaskin, German, Goslet, Graham, Grant, Guess, Harris, Hayes, Hennigan, Hill, Holt, Hopkins, Horton, House, Hughes, Jernigan, Jessup, Jones, Jordan, Kay, Langton, Layton, Lee, Leihsing, Maddox, Mathis, McConathy, McElveen, Miller, Monk, Pierce, Prewitt, Rayburn, Sales, Sandell, Sandle, Saunders, Self, Sporn, Stevens, Sylvest, Tatum, Vogel, Weeks, Wright

Wright

Wright

Sylvest, Earl B. 22 Jan 1903 - 27 June 1996
Sylvest, Inez C. 27 Sept 1906

Wright, Hollis Nuborn 28 Feb 1920 - 19 July 1985 ARM2 US Navy WWII
Wright, Allie Mae 5 July 1924 - 29 Jun 1979

Sporn, Arnold Leo 9 Feb 1902 - 7 July 1971 Louisiana MOMM1 US Navy WWII
Sporn, Hazel Self 2 May 1916

Jessup, Richard W. 25 Jan 1941 - 7 Mar 1973

Wright, Leland C. 21 Sept 1914
Wright, Billie Jane 6 Oct 1926 - 21 June 1979

Wright, Pearl M. 14 Dec 1895 - 4 Mar 1950

Wright, Rev. R. T. 26 June 1857 - 19 June 1951
Wright, Malissa F. 4 Apr 1858 - 4 Nov 1949

Cain, PFC Robert LeRoy 1919 - 1945
"Killed in the service of his country, in Germany"

Jones, Willie L. 24 Dec 1879 - 11 Nov 1957
Jones, Lula M. 5 Oct 1886 - 8 Aug 1973

Jones, Foy d: 2 Aug 1997 82 yr 5 mo 25 days

Erickson, Carl August 2 July 1915 - 30 Apr 1978 MSG US Army Korea Vietnam

Cain, Yvon T. 19 Nov 1905 - 21 Nov 1983

Cain, Patsy Ann 6 Feb 1937 - 14 July 1940 d/o Mr. & Mrs. Y.T. Cain

Wright, Robert E. 21 Aug 1892 - 21 Apr 1982
Wright, Myrtle L. 10 Sept 1890 - 10 Dec 1990

Miller, Charles R. 13 Aug 1946 - 29 June 1994 AB USAF Vietnam

Monk, Miriam S. 12 Oct 1919 - 5 Nov 1995

Self, Charles W. 7 Aug 1877 - 18 Jan 1935
Self, Mary E. 11 Sept 1881 - 8 Oct 1977

Tatum, J. Wiley 28 June 1895 - 17 July 1945

Tatum, Lois Conerly 30 Apr 1906 - 3 July 1968

Allen, James Glen 28 Sept 1903 - 25 Feb 1973
Allen, Zilma Conerly 22 Dec 1912 - 2 Sept 1973

Weeks, Craig M. 23 Sept 1952 - 30 Mar 1976

Weeks, Charles R. Jr. 6 Apr 1968 - 2 June 1993

Conerly, Rev Abe M. 24 Aug 1916 - 3 Sept 1992
Conerly, Melonea F. 17 Nov 1917
Married Sep 14, 1937

Conerly, G. Cleveland 14 Dec 1884 - 21 Nov 1956
Conerly, Malissia L. 7 Mar 1890 - 9 Jan 1973

Conerly, Lanora 29 Sept 1927 - Inf d/o Mr. & Mrs. G.C. Conerly

Conerly, Malissia B&D 13 Oct 1901 s/o G.C. ?

Rayburn, Louisa Josephine 10 Jan 1876 - 13 June 1885

Rayburn, Stephens A. 15 Mar 1845 - 16 Mar 1915 Co G 26 Reg LA Inf Civil War

Inf d/o W.C. & N.A. Lee 2 Nov 1889

Rayburn, Robert Calier 31 Aug 1873 - 6 June 1947

Bohannon, Billy Jean 13 Aug 1928 - 5 May 1929

Boone, Mary B. 13 Aug 1862 - 12 Sept 1950

Boone, Richmond F. 29 Apr 1851 - 2 June 1904

Langton, William J. 30 Dec 1862 - 27 Aug 1938

Langton, Elizabeth A. 29 Jan 1867 - 6 Oct 1935 w/o W.J. Langton

Langton, Hubert A. 1 Apr 1905 - 10 July 1968

Pierce, Mary Hazel Langton 6 Jan 1914 - 9 Aug 1993

Holt Infant

Holt Infant

Byrd, Martha 1852 - 1926

Byrd, Marion 1850 - 1934

Hughes, Walter Lee 1904 - 1972

Hughes, Walter Lee Jr. B&D 16 Feb 1945 s/o Mr. & Mrs. Walter Lee Hughes

Hughes, Leister Fuller 24 Dec 1902 - 25 Aug 1976

Ferguson, Myrtis Hughes 1899

Ferguson, Walter Paul 27 Dec 1922 - 6 Aug 1923 s/o Mr. & Mrs. V.G. Ferguson

Jernigan, Norma Lea 26 July 1903 - 24 Aug 1970
Jernigan, Earl A. 24 Dec 1887 - 13 Aug 1969

Langton, Johnnie W. 26 Nov 1906 - 16 Sep 1984
Langton, Velma F. 11 Oct 1913 - 15 Jun 1975

Hughes, Lola Jane 1886 - 1963

Hughes, Maggie Elizabeth 1894 - 1961

Hughes, George Fleming 27 Aug 1891 - 8 Apr 1921

Hughes, Wilmuth O. 18 Dec 1863 - 27 Jul 1954 w/o Geo. W. Hughes

Hughes, George Washington 22 Jan 1861 - 29 May 1909

Hughes, Jewell Etoise 26 Aug 1902 - 2 Apr 1903

Lee, E.C. Conerly 1 Jan 1858 - 6 Mar 1882 w/o W.C. Lee

Conerly, Virginia Elizabeth 5 Dec 1838 - 7 Nov 1870 w/o W.L Conerly d/o Wm. & Louisa German

German, Louisa C. 5 Jul 1815 - 7 Feb 1889

Conerly, Harriet E. 20 Dec 1870 - 27 Apr 1874 d/o C.F & Mary J.

Conerly, Phillip O. 1 Sep 1872 - 17 Feb 1873 s/o C.F & Mary J.

Inf s/o C.F.& Mary J.

Prewitt, Aubie L. 12 Jan 1906 - 28 June 1988
Prewitt, Rilla R. 18 Dec 1911 - 2 Oct 1993
Wed 4-20-30

Hayes, J.D. 16 May 1913

Hayes, Mary M. 8 Jan 1920

Wright, Rev. Absolam 1 Apr 1808 - 2 Jun 1887

Conerly

Conerly, O.

Conerly, W.

Conerly, John R. Dr. 7 Jul 1812 - 27 Sep 1853

Franklin, Malissa A. d:12 Aug 1868

Wright, Elizabeth H. 28 Apr 1813 - 14 Oct 1895

Conerly, Cullen F. 29 Dec 1842 - 13 Nov 1887

Conerly, Mary J. Koonce 17 Aug 1846 - 20 Jan 1904 w/o C.F. Conerly

Ellzey, Laura F. 21 Jun 1888 - 11 Feb 1906 w/o R.E. Ellzey

Dixon, Geneva 26 Jul 1903 - 18 Aug 1909 d/o W.D. & L.T.

Dixon, William D. 15 Jun 1875 - 25 Dec 1966
Dixon, Lenora C. 9 Feb 1882 - 7 Apr 1979

Dixon, Warren 9 Feb 1906 - 2 May 1989 US Army WWII

Horton, Karolyn Lynett 20 Dec 1964 - 21 Jun 1967
Horton, Karen Denise 6 Dec 1962 - 3 Nov 1964

Fontenot d/o Mr. & Mrs. D. Fontenot b&d: 13 Aug 1924

Fontenot, Alexandria b&d: 25 Oct 1925

Layton, Lewis B. 12 Sep 1880 - 19 Oct 1962

Daniel, J. Walton b&d: 12 Jun 1930

Conerly, W.K. 3 Feb 1910 - 14 May 1979

Atchison, Norman Clarence 20 Dec 1941 - 6 Jul 1997

Atchison, Audrey Conerly 30 Jan 1905 - 30 May 1973
Atchison, Norman Hill 14 Apr 1907 - 16 Oct 1989

Conerly, William W. 4 Mar 1877 - 11 Jul 1944
Conerly, Geneva Biven 11 Sep 1880 - 16 May 1967

Conerly, William C. 24 Aug 1918 - 11 Jun 1957 TEC4 HQ Btry 86 Inf Div Arty WWII

Conerly, Cora Josephine 9 Oct 1878 - 22 May 1959

Conerly, Cullen Clarence M.D. 9 Jun 1879 - 1 Dec 1935

Conerly, Bell Franklin 4 Sep 1882 - 21 Sep 1916 w/o Dr. C.C. Conerly

Franklin, Rev. John 11 Nov 1845 - 4 Nov 1925

Franklin, Susan C. 2 Mar 1841 - 15 Mar 1921

Franklin, J. Warren 2 Nov 1877 - 3 Jul 1897 s/o John & Susan C.

Franklin, John C?lema? (This stone is broken & badly worn, another researcher informed me that it should read "John Coleman")

Franklin, Mirah A. 15 Aug 1868 - Oct 1868 d/o John & Susan C.

Franklin, s/o John & Susan C.

McElveen, Oscar Lee 12Oct 1900 - 30 Oct 1920

McElveen, Edgar Rollie 2 May 1908 - 17 Dec 1910

McElveen, Susan Ellen 26 Nov 1889 - 6 Nov 1907

McElveen, Inf s/o A.H. & wife 14 Jul 1906

McElveen, Phillp 1-10-1916/2-3-1921

McElveen, Homer 6-29-1918/ 10-4-1922

McElveen, Rose Ella 2 Dec 1889 - 10 Jan 1968
McElveen, Charles Henry 26 Dec 1886 - 5 May 1935

Franklin, Derrell J. 11 Aug 1922 - 21 Apr 1991 Sgt US Army WWII

Franklin, Delma P. 29 Jan 1932

McElveen, Laura Olive 30 Dec 1883 - 10 Sep 1956

McElveen, Perry A. 7 Mar 1896 - 23 Oct 1951

McElveen, Aquilla H. 11 Jan 1861 - 12 Jun 1937

McElveen, Laura Jane 20 Jul 1864 - 23 Nov 1929

McElveen, Florence E. 17 Jun 1904 - 6 Jul 1936

Crowe, Yomah 1916 - 1919
Crowe, James W. 1920 - 1922
Children of W.T. & Beulah

Stevens, Mrs. W.M.

Crow, Walter Turner 23 Mar 1889 - 29 Sep 1967
Crow, Beulah S. 1 Apr 1888 - 19 Feb 1977

Crowe, Glenn Howard 13 Dec 1926 - 12 Feb 1991

Dowden (4 Concrete Markers)

Dowden, Harriet R. Conerly 27 Apr 1836 - 8 July 1916

Dowden, William J. 1 Dec 1842 - 1 Jan 1928

German, Josephine C. 24 Mar 1889 - 24 Oct 1889

German, A. b&d: 11 Dec 1887 Inf of W.T & Hattie

Franklin, Josie E. 3 Jun 1889

Franklin, Sarah A. 16 May 1869 - 1 Feb 1902 w/o Dr. W.T. Franklin

Franklin, Flora S. 27 Aug 1883 - 16 Mar 1926 w/o Dr. W.T. Franklin

Franklin, Willie Bray 9 Dec 1891 - 28 Aug 1907 s/o Dr. W.T. Franklin

Conerly, Cuthbert D. 9 Sep 1903 - 17 Dec 1983

Conerly, Mamie Dixon 21 Feb 1906 - 16 Jan 1974

Franklin, William Hartley 4 Oct 1925 - 4 Jan 1926

Franklin, Dorothy Sutter 13 Dec 1898 - 26 Aug 1936

Franklin, Nathan Hartley 19 Jul 1895 - 25 Sep 1965 140 Aero Sq WWI

Franklin, My Fanwy Williams 17 Jul 1907 - w/o N.H. Franklin

Hill, Thomas Anderson 14 Oct 1893 - 2 Nov 1968
Hill, Tessie Mae Brown 24 Oct 1896 - 22 Oct 1968

Brown, Nannie Jane Franklin 10 Aug 1872 - 4 May 1939

Brown, Joseph Augustus (Gus) 15 Jan 1869 - 4 Oct 1958

Bahnsen, Henrietta Louise 12 Dec 1924

Bahnsen, Mary Louise 16 May 1902 - 11 Oct 1997
Bahnsen, Henry Detleff 21 Nov 1897 - 26 Dec 1977

Franklin, John Warren 9 Nov 1893 - 11 Sep 1925

Franklin, William Thomas M.D. 18 Aug 1866 - 21 Apr 1941

Braly, Doris Franklin 26 Oct 1916 - 6 Nov 1979

Sandle, Silas D. Co. E 11 La Inf CSA

TO BE CONTINUED: INCOMPLETE