Cemetery Records - Rural NW LA African American Genealogy

Eppes Cemetery (African-American Section)

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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
Gaston, Clifford	?	Jun 5, 1908
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

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