Eppes Cemetery (African-American Section)
Eppes Cemetery is located on Greenwood Rd., west of Pine sRd., and adjacent to the Police and Fire Academy near Shreveport, LA. It is possibly the oldest cemetery in Caddo Parish, established before 1840. The front part of the cemetery contains white burials. A transcription of these markers has been published in book from. There is a fence and gate separating the white section from the African-American section. The African-American section may be as old as the white section, although the earliest burial shown on a tombstone in this section is 1898. There are at least 91 burials in the African-American section---66 markers with names and 25 without names. This survey was done in February 2007 by Reed Mathews, Carol Hill deSantos, and Joe Slattery.
|
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscription |
|
Allen,
Clotile |
1900 |
1953 |
None |
|
Anderson, Mary |
1861 |
Jan 17, 1901 |
None |
|
Anthony, Essie |
1909 |
Jul 15, 1941 |
None |
|
Booker, Mary |
May 1, 1864 |
Dec 19, 1926 |
None |
|
Burdon, Ada |
Jun 10, 1872 |
June 10, 1910 |
Wife of Ed |
|
Carter,
Alberta |
Jun 23, 1905 |
Feb
12, 1962 |
None |
|
Coleman, Landres |
1890 |
May 3, 1953 |
Good Shepherd Funeral Home marker |
|
Gardner, Lizzie |
Mar 14, 1916 |
Mar 26, 1925 |
None |
|
Grene, Julia |
Oct 26, 1885 |
Apr 9, 1954 |
None |
|
Hall,
Earnestine |
1926 |
Aug
12, 1945 |
None |
|
Hall,
Samantha |
May
20, 1900 |
Mar
2, 1922 |
None |
|
Hall, Arneader Holden |
Apr 30, 1894 |
Nov 27, 1961 |
None |
|
Hall, Nettie Holden |
Aug 5, 1902 |
Jan 31, 1969 |
None |
|
Holden,
Doc |
1844 |
Feb
26, 1913 |
None |
|
Holden,
Gertrude B. |
May
29, 1884 |
Sept
5, 1972 |
None |
|
Holden,
Sisly |
Aug
30, 1884 |
Dec
10, 1954 |
Daughter of Dock and Sisly |
|
Holden, Miles |
1871 |
Feb 7, 1941 |
None |
|
Holden, Sisly Peterson |
1845 |
Jul 14, 1917 |
/Wife of Dock |
|
Holland, Thurmond |
Mar 18, 1935 |
Jun 24, 1962 |
None |
|
Hooks, Addie Lee |
Aug 20, 1906 |
May 22, 1944 |
None |
|
Jackson,
Edward |
Sep
23, 1855 |
Dec
29, 1934 |
None |
|
Jackson,
Elmo |
1890 |
Sep
25, 1907 |
None |
|
Jackson, Robert |
Jan ?, 1900 |
Jul ?, 1901 |
None |
|
Jackson, Samie |
1884 |
Feb 31, 1905 |
None |
|
Jackson, Samie |
1893 |
Dec 31, 1909 |
None |
|
Jackson, Samuel |
1888 |
Apr 17, 1910 |
None |
|
Johnson, Amanda |
1884 |
Mar 30, 1944 |
None |
|
Johnson, Bella |
1856 |
1898 |
None |
|
Johnson, Johnnie |
1880 |
Feb 11, 1920 |
None |
|
Johnson, Milton |
1845 |
Jun 17, 1908 |
None |
|
Johnson, Rachel Reeves |
Jun 18, 1887 |
Dec 23, 1970 |
None |
|
Kneeves, Moses |
1829 |
Oct 6, 1908 |
None |
|
Mayshack,
Laura |
Feb
22, 1876 |
Aug
23, 1933 |
None |
|
Mayshack,
Preston |
Aug
18, 1898 |
Apr
26, 1958 |
None |
|
Mims,
Hattie |
Nov
3, 1907 |
Mar
17, 1926 |
None |
|
Mims, Fred |
Dec 25, 1874 |
Aug 23, 1923 |
None |
|
Mims, Willie Ann |
Apr 19, 1876 |
Feb 24, 1946 |
None |
|
Minter,
Lela H. |
Feb
7, 1883 |
Apr
8, 1957 |
None |
|
Minter,
Sylvester |
May
8, 1892 |
Nov
16, 1962 |
None |
|
Modelist,
Johnetta Shelton |
Dec
1, 1923 |
Feb
7, 1973 |
Great-granddaughter of Dock Holden |
|
Moore, Perleaner |
1908 |
Nov 19, 1925 |
None |
|
Neaves,
Ellen |
1826 |
Nov
9, 1912 |
Amite, Mississippi, Wife
of Anderson |
|
Neaves, Anderson |
1829 |
1902 |
Talbotton, Georgia |
|
Page,
Louis |
1857 |
Aug
4, 1923 |
Wife of Alex |
|
Patterson, James |
1880 |
Jan 29, 1922 |
None |
|
Reeves, Jane |
1850 |
Jun 24, 1916 |
None |
|
Reeves, Mary H. |
Jul 30, 1892 |
Jun 28, 1931 |
None |
|
Robinson, Johnson |
Mar 25, 1895 |
Jan 1, 1950 |
World War I Private LA 164 Depot Brigade |
|
Shelton,
Jr., John Henry |
Dec
15, 1902 |
Jan
11, 1961 |
Grandson of Dock Holden |
|
Shelton,
Leanna Randolph |
Sep
30, 1900 |
May
16, 1975 |
None |
|
Shelton, Celia |
1882 |
1949 |
None |
|
Smith, Elex |
1895 |
Apr 24, 1931 |
None |
|
Smith, Lucy |
1871 |
Jun 30, 1943 |
Broken stone |
|
Smith, Rev. James Napeolm |
Dec 24, 1881 |
May 23, 1956 |
None |
|
Taylor, Dan |
1835 |
1898 |
Broken stone |
|
Traveller, Little |
1855 |
Jun 19, 1915 |
Top of marker missing |
|
Washington, Lily Mae |
Sep 9, 1917 |
Feb 18, 1938 |
None |
|
Washington, Will |
Jul 26, 1871 |
Jan 29, 1939 |
None |
|
Whitney, Pearlie |
1886 |
May 14, 1919 |
None |
|
Williams,
Alberta |
1903 |
Jan
23, 1955 |
None |
|
Wilson,
Mattie |
Dec
25, 1867 |
Aug
28, 1931 |
None |
|
Wolace, Easter |
? |
? |
Broken stone |
|
Wright of Gate, Sam |
1851 |
Mar 5, 1922 |
None |
|
Young,
Jorden |
1824 |
May
12, 1909 |
None |
|
Young, E.M. |
1884 |
? |
None |
|
None |
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