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Ebenezer Cemetery


Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery  
4992 Belcher River Road  
Belcher, Caddo Parish, LA

Ebenezer Church

This church has been in Belcher, LA, since 1890 and has been in service ever since.

This church has been in Belcher, LA, since 1890 and has been in service ever since. The Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Belcher, LA, is a cemetery of African-American decedents about 20 miles from Shreveport, LA. It is reached by traveling on Hwy. 71-N for about 18 miles, turn right on Louisiana Hwy. 530-E (Caddo Street), left on Louisiana Hwy. 3049-N (Rail Road Street), then right on Belcher River Road. Look for the "Ebenezer Baptist Church" sign on your left (or the mailbox with their address on your right). Turn left on the road at the sign. The church and cemetery are at the end of this road.

Name	Birth	Death	Inscription
Adger, Jackson	9-17-1889	6-25-1956	Pvt Co D 510 Svc BN Engr Corps World War I
Anderson, Lucy	1896	1946	None
Ashley, Ailla T.	2-14-1916	9-2-1961	None
Autry, Mrs. Idella	1-17-1892	not inscribed	Age 69
Baker, Blanche	12-28-1922	12-3-1995	Wife of Willie Baker
Baker, Willie	1911	1982	None
Beard, Denver	11-16-1913	12-2-1978	Tec4 US Army World War II
Bell, Ella	1874	10-15-1921	None
Boyd, Sam	1891	10-26-1939	Louisiana Corp 20 Engrs
Braden, Cecelia	1872	1946	None
Braden, John	9-3-1914	1-19-1961	None
Braden, Josie Lee	4-11-1913	4-7-1976	None
Bradford, Alice	not inscribed	8-1-1946	None
Bradford, Ethel	1919	1973	None
Bradford, George	5-25-1894	4-8-1963	PFC CO A 419 RES Labor BN QMC World War I
Bradford, General	6-8-1884	4-9-1971	None
Bradford, Grasie	1-17-1909	1-6-1941	None
Bradford-Jefferson, Lillie Mae	1907	2000	None
Bradford, Johnnie	4-5-1885	1-10-1973	Beloved Husband of Gustavia Ford
Bradford, Perkin	1885	1951	None
Bradford, Muncha	5-14-1907	8-31-1932	Much Beloved Son of Nora Street
Bradford, Rev. S. B.	1864	1930	None
Bradford, Wylie	not inscribed	12-18-1919	Age 70 Years
Bradford, Nora	not inscribed	1-19-1958	Age 109 Years
Bradford, Robert	2-27-1894	12-27-1913	Son of Cornelius & Gracey Bradford
Bradford, Sarah	1874	1927	None
Bradford-Smith Gracie	1901	1975	None
Bradford, Washington Emma	8-15-1858	5-19-1922	None
Brannon, Spurgeon	not inscribed	10-11-1936	Louisiana Pvt US Army
Brooks-Cook, Laura	1872	23 Nov 1949	None
Burnham, Beulah	1913	1999	None
Burnham, Saul	3-20-1899	5-19-1982	None
Caldwell, Jim	10-8-1878	5-9-1954	None
Campbell, Carrie	3-6-1883	7-20-1955	None
Cade, Melvina	3-12-1902	3-5-1956	None
Conway, Elias	1876	1946	None
Cotton, Emma	4-17-1897	8-20-1924	None
Corter, Lady Bird	3-24-1908	2-11-1967	None
Cook, Charlotte	1900	1996	None
Cook, Rev. F.J.	1-27-1848	1-18-1917	President of Calvary B A of the 13 Dist.
Dudley, Mrs. Mary	11-6-1914	11-15-1986	None
Evans, Mattie	12-25-1881	2-14-1905	None
Gayle-Washington, Mrs. Essie	5-14-1901	2-24-1986	None
Gayle, Jessie F.	3-11-1904	7-8-1987	None
Gayle, Pinkie	6-15-1885	10-3-1954	None
Gayle, Rev. Willie	9-15-1879	5-31-1945	None
Green, Henry	6-5-1890	12-15-1955	None
Green, Jim	not inscribed	not inscribed	All 4 names are on one oblong tombstone
Green, Annie Bell	not inscribed	not inscribed
Green, Price	not inscribed	not inscribed
Green, Bennie	not inscribed	not inscribed
Ford-Bradford, Gustavia	3-2-1895	4-7-1982	Beloved wife of Johnnie Bradford
Holden, Bertha Lee	9-3-1865	1-12-1947	None
Howard, Annie B.	1-11-1925	10-10-1970	None
Jefferson, Edith	1895	1951	Beloved wife of Lewis Jefferson
Jefferson, Dinah	5-8-1905	7-9-1958	None
Jefferson, Louis	4-8-1892	12-29-1960	None
Jones, Mary L.	5-12-1909	4-29-1947	None
Jackson, Alice	1913	2001	None
Jackson, Lucy		?	None
Jackson, Kay W.	1928	2000	None
Jackson, Sister Mary Lee	6-16-1942	8-15-1966	None
Johnson, Carline	not inscribed	12-1-1937	None
Jordan, Lou	1862	1932	Pride of Belcher MM Ruth 5094
Johnson, Rodessa	headstone partially buried	headstone partially buried	Robert Circle No. 1089
Johnson, Ann	not inscribed	8-21-1924	St. Johns Circle No. 1053
Jefferson, Louis	8-4-1892	12-29-1960	Louisiana PFC US Army World War I
Johnson, Willie	6-19-1887	1-11-1980	None
Jefferson, Joanna	5-26-1948	7-20-1992	None
Jones, Ladarian Tremaine	6-4-1989	10-19-1992	None
Jefferson, III, Willie	11-7-1926	11-22-1975	None
Jefferson, Ruby Pearl	10-18-1910	3-24-1989	None
Landreth, Emily	not inscribed	4-19-1906	Age 41
Miller, Mariah	1-12-1869	1-23-1957	None
Miles, Lee	1861	06-11-1944	None
Moore, Sallie E.	not inscribed	7-20-1923	Age 56
Madox, Samuel Lee	12-11-1918	2-26-1961	Louisiana STM1 US Navy World War II
Marks-Cole, Minervia	5 Jan 1911	29 Apr 1973	None
Marks, Noble	5 Mar 1913	9 Apr 1972	None
Marks, Wealtha	19 Jul 1899	24 Jul 1972	None
McIntosh, Ollie	20 Jun 1905	5 May 1973	None
Miller, Mariah	1969	1954	None
Miller, Sis. Susie	10-17-1893	2-6-1970	None
Miller, Isaiah	8-17-1904	3-18-1969	None
Miller, Dea. Samuel	12-23-1906	12-16-1976	None
Player, Ashton	5-10-1913	not inscribed	Louisiana S Sgt Btry D 819 CA Bn World War II
Player, Jake	12-6-1897	4-20-1962	None
Player, Ida Morris	1834	1967	None
Player, Dea. Johnny	2-6-1908	8-23-1973	None
Rawls, Mary Marks	12-25-1907	7-31-1958	None
Rattler, Morgan	1849	7-23-1900	None
Small-Rattler, Mary Ann	1856	10-10-1939	headstone partially buried
Smith, Abe*	1862	1942	None
Smith, Daniel	3 May 1921	22 Aug 1972	None
Smith, Edith	1870	1942	None
Smith, Lou	1903	1954	None
Smith, Ed	1874	1952	Beloved Husband of Lou Smith
Smith-Dixon, Theodora	3-4-1905	4-28-1959	Wife of Hosey Dixon
Slider, Jane	1873	1945	None
Street, Nora	15 Feb 1883	29 Oc 1963	None
Street, Sam	1857	1937	None
Street, Emerline	1870	1930	None
Sanders, Calup	1885	1936	None
Smith, Jannie Bell	1904	1970	None
Stringer, Dea. Richard	10-18-1899	9-30-1979	None
Taylor, Rev. James J.	not inscribed	4-21-1950	Age 92
Emma	1872	1927	Wife of J.J. Taylor
Tillman, Kattie	1-30-1897	3-20-1955	None
Tillmon, Minnie	10-15-1897	11-19-1962	None
Turner, Sarah	11-6-1894	10-10-1967	None
Washington, Raleigh	12-28-1888	6-16-1952	None
Washington, Cora	1925	2008	None
Washington, Edwards	1954	2007	None
Washington, Lee J.	9-4-1924	01-24-1974	None
Washington, Lucious	5-20-1891	4-16-1958	None
Washington, John	5-19-1926	8-10-1953	None
Washington, Jim J.	9-7-1942	10-30-1954	None
Washington, Matthew	11-11-1919	6-23-1988	US Air Force World War II
Wilson, Hattie	4-29-1884	6-17-1939	None
Wilson, Woodrow	1913	1960	None
?, Scharlett	headstone partially buried	headstone partially buried	None

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