Greenwood Town Cemetery

Greenwood Town Cemetery "Negro" Section Only -130 Stoner Avenue - Greewood, Louisiana

The New City Cemetery, as it was known from its beginning, began as a ten-acre tract at the corner of Market Street and Stoner Avenue. Formerly the sight had been part of the Stoner Plantation, but even further back in its history, the land held a Civil War military hospital as well as the first charity hospital. The name changed in 1905, and the site has grown to over seventy-acres.

The cemetery features burial sections for Greeks, Jews, blacks, union members, veterans, masons, and a specific section for Confederate veterans. The Confederate section is the site of Battery 4, one of the twelve that was located in the area during the Civil War. At least one Civil War casualty is buried here. Richard McDonald was killed at the Battle of Norfolk and moved to Greenwood. Three graves in the Confederate veterans section mark the oldest surviving veterans; William Townsend, who died in 1953 at the age of 107, was one of the six surviving Civil War veterans of the world.

Name	Birth	Death	Inscription
Adams, Willie	1927	1980	A1C US Air Force
Allen, Frederick	Sep 15, 1957	Aug 28, 200?	PVT US Marine Corps
Anderson Birdsong, Maggie B.	Dec 6, 1912	Jul 16, 1993	None
Anthony, Mariah	Dec 23, 1870	Jul 26, 1964	None
Bailey, Annie V.	Feb ?, 1875	Mar 17, 1944	None
Bailey, Hanna R.	?	Sep 10, 1900	None
Bailey, Laura G.	Jun 14, 1931	Apr 17, 1985	None
Bailey, Luke	1875	Mar 20, 1947	None
Bailey, Luke B.	Oct 15, 1918	Jul 30, 2002	None
Bailey Hill, Janie	1887	1951	None
Birdsong, Clarence	Jan 20, 1921	Mar 25, 1970	None
Birdsong, Ed	Sep 15, 1881	Apr ?, 1953	None
Birdsong, Ed Jr.	Aug 10, 1906	Aug 21, 1986	None
Birdsong, George	1833	1918	None
Birdsong, George Sr.	Sep 15, 1907	Feb 17, 1970	None
Birdsong, Huey	Nov 14, 1930	Feb 29, 1992	None
Birdsong, John Ellis	Jan 29, 1947	Jun 20, 1976	None
Birdsong, Johnnie Mae	Aug 29, 1931	Jan 23, 1981	None
Birdsong, King Myra	Dec 27, 1914	Aug 8, 1998	None
Birdsong, Michael Wayne	Apr 27, 1958	Jul 18, 1992	None
Birdsong, Ola Mae	1902	1996	None
Birdsong, Ola Mae	Feb 16, 1908	Jun 5, 1996	None
Birdsong, Patsy	1852	1924	None
Birdsong, William Sr.	1934	2007	None
Black Dotson, Viola	Jul 12, 1932	Nov 12, 1961	None
Blackmon, Deborah	Feb 11, 1959	Nov 6, 1998	None
Bowman, Alexander C. Rev.	Jan 11, 1935	Jun 15, 1987	None
Bowman, Sammie Lee	May 19, 1908	Oct 21, 2001	None
Brooks, Ernest	Jul 1, 1919	Feb 2, 1945	None
Brooks, Pete	Oct 12, 1887	Apr 3, 1968	None
Brooks, Sammie	Jan ?, 1892	Oct 17, 1973	None
Byrdsong, George E.	Jun 17, 1927	Aug 5, 2004	MSGT US Army World War II
Calmore, Martha	Sep 16, 1885	Apr 20, 1948	None
Carter, Dollie	1851	19??	None
Carter, Ed	1839	1915	None
Carter, Frank	Mar 2, 1887	May 31, 1984	US Army World War I
Carter, Ivory	1892	1909	None
Carter, Matila	Jun 28, 1873	Sep 16, 1948	None
Carter, Tom	Jan 28, 1875	Jun 15, 1970	None
Colbert, Ben	1896	1944	None
Collen, Peggy	Jan 13, 1882	Dec 10, 1966
Cranford, Billy Gene	1934	1983	None
Crosby, Clara S.	Aug 24, 1926	May 24, 2006	None
Devers, Elbert	Apr 10, 1876	Apr 10, 1941	None
Devers, Mary Lizzie D.	1885	May 29, 1947	None
Devers, Rufus	Jan 10, 1883	Apr 13, 1956	None
Dotson Adams, Retha Mae	Jan 2, 1930	Jan 27, 2005	None
Dotson, Birt	Aug 18, 1902	Oct 11, 1997	None
Dotson, Charles Edward Mosley	Dec 6, 1952	Sep 18, 1979	None
Dotson, Deacon George Sr.	Oct 18, 1903	Feb 1, 1987	None
Dotson, Dovziner	Dec 14, 1907	Aug 31, 1993	None
Dotson, Elbert	May 29, 1898	Nov 15, 1983	None
Dotson, Elvira	May 14, 1886	Oct 13, 1979	None
Dotson, Florenda	?	Nov 2, 1944	None
Dotson, Hardy III	Nov 8, 1924	Dec 4, 1997	None
Dotson, Harty	1865	Sep 15, 1945	None
Dotson, Harty Jr.	Nov 11, 1897	Jul 24, 1984	None
Dotson, Henry	Oct 8, 1901	Jan 26, 1989	None
Dotson, Kemp	Nov 18, 1937	Nov 28, 1979	None
Dotson, Lizzie Gray	Dec 25, 1902	Sep 18, 1987	None
Dotson, Sarah	1902	1963	None
Dotson, Sarah Lizzie	Aug 12, 1932	1944	None
Dotson, Thomas E. Jr.	Sep ?, 1943	Oct ?, 1963	None
Dotson, Thomas J. Dan	1895	1986	None
Dotson, Virgie Mae	Sep 4, 1936	Jan 21, 1957	None
Durden, James Allen	Dec 17, 1928	Apr 23, 1985	None
Durden, Margie Delouse	Apr 27, 1949	Dec 2, 1954	None
Evans, Charles P.	Apr 1, 1940	Sep 23, 1989	None
Fields, Annie Lee	1915	1966	None
Fields, George Sr.	Jul 4, 1902	Mar 3, 1977	None
Fields, Marjorie	Oct ?, 1941	Oct 15, 1954	q
Fields, Mary	Jun 18, 1904	May 9, 1982	None
Fields, Pegram	Apr 29, 1897	Nov 30, 1955	None
Fields, Richard Edward	1928	Oct 16, 1972	Louisiana CPL 9 INF DIV Korea
Fields, Robert	Oct 15, 1929	Oct 7, 1967	None
Fields, Spencer	Jan 31, 1899	Jul 1, 1962	None
Fisher, Aquila	Aug 20, 19??	?	None
Gafford, Leon Leafus	Jul 25, 1931	Feb 20, 2002	PFC US Army
Glover, Annie B.	Aug 25, 1902	Jul 30, 1976	None
Glover, Emma	Mar 22, 1870	headstone partially buried	None
Goss, Allen Jr.	Jan 30, 1885	headstone partially buried	None
Goss Durden, Mattie M.	Nov 12,1903	Sep 15, 1949	None
Hamilton, Amanda	1882	1965	None
Hamilton, Robert O.	?	1960	None
Hawkins, Benet	1927	1943	None
Helem, Henry Sr.	1888	Oct 31, 190?	None
Henderson, Amanda	May 20, 1884	May 16, 1954	None
Henderson, Howard Jr.	1930	?	None
Henderson, Howard Sr.	1906	1983	None
Henderson, Mary	1933	?	None
Henderson, Vertone	1932	?	None
Holmes, Warren Bell	Feb 28, 1934	May 20, 2001	None
Holt, James S.	Jul 18, 1871	Nov 5, 1949	None
Holt, James Stokes Jr.	1896	1986	None
Holt, Jeanette Marie	Aug 30, 1931	May 18, 1992	None
Hughes, Henry	?	Jun 20, 1905	None
Jackson, Liouns	Jan 12, 1919	Jan 13, 1965	None
Jackson, Liouns Jr.	1947	2002	None
Jackson, Robert E.	Jan 15, 1952	May 13, 2002	None
Jefferson, Clemon	1906	1944	None
Johnson, Kenneth Ray	Apr 25, 1969	? 4, 1969	None
Johnson, Lee Arthur	Nov 26, 1956	Nov 4, 1992	US Navy
Johnson, Mary Lucy	Dec 24, 1920	Feb 25, 2006	None
Jones, Dorothy Lee	May 16, 1926	Sep 9, 2004	None
Jones, Jack	Dec 20, 1920	Sep 19, 1990	None
Jones, Jack L.	Feb 1, 1941	Mar 17, 1993	US Army
Kelly, Susan	?	June ?, 19??	None
Marshall, Alice	?	?	None
Marshall, Carolyn	Jun 7, 1961	Aug 23, 1962	None
Marshall, Columbus	Jul 9, 1921	Feb 18, 1974	Louisiana SGT US Army World War II
Mays, Beatrice Draper	Jul 10, 1913	Jun 23, 1996	None
Mays, Clarence	Jun 2, 1927	Aug 17, 1976	None
Mays, Ellis Jr.	Dec 17, 1898	Aug 27, 1978	Son of Ellis and Ladiska Mays
Mays, Ellis Sr. Rev.	Dec 25, 1874	Feb 3, 1961	None
Mays, Ladiska	Mar 1880	11 Oct 1944	Wife of Ellis Mays Sr
Mays, Lubertha	Jul 16, 1903	Jan 30, 1953	None
Mays, Preston Sr.	Aug 23, 1911	Aug 21, 1977	None
Mays, Willie	Sep 17, 1902	Feb 21, 1975	None
Mitchell, Paul	Mar 28, 1866	May 12, 1978	None
Morris, Albertha	? 22, 1904	? 23, 1946	None
Murry, Charles	1894	May 10, 1953	None
Oglesby, Bernice Venus	Jun 26, 1925	Oct 27, 2006	None
Okray, Herease	Feb 5, 1912	Oct 28, 1975	None
Okray, Jake	Apr 2, 1916	Sep 17, 2004	None
Page, Ruth Pinkey	Nov 7, 1818	Feb 7, 1850
Patterson, Annie	Nov 23, 1864	Jul 29, 1948	None
Patterson, Archie Rev.	1873	Feb ?, 1949	None
Paterson, Mable Hill	Jun 25, 1903	Aug 23, 1967	None
Patterson, Roberta	Jun 24, 1856	Jan 7, 1941	None
Pierce, Elizabeth	Jan 15, 1930	Apr 20, 1959	None
Pooks, Walter E.	Feb 26, 1909	Dec 6, 1927	None
Randle, Wesley Sr.	Oct 23, 1944	Nov 11, 1996	PVT US Marine Corp
Reeder, Lizzie	1881	1961	None
Robinson, Doris Jean	Oct 8, 1940	Jun 21, 2007	None
Rollins Holt, Aggie	Sep 1880	Feb 1954	None
Russett, Robert Earl	1957	1983	None
Russell, Vencil	1929	2009	None
Shaw, Alice W.	Mar 15, 1901	May 16, 1986	None
Sibley, Henretta	Dec ?	Jul 1900	None
Starks, Bertha	1949	2006	None
Stephens, Zebedee	Dec 21, 1910	May 13, 2001	None
Stewart, Willie McArthur	1948	1975	SP4 US Army Vietnam
Taylor, Mitchell	1938	2004	None
Taylor, Pearlina	1916	1998	None
Taylor, Shireanne	Oct 1, 1947	Jul 21, 1995	None
Taylor, Thurmond	1915	2001	None
Thomas, Ollie Mae	Feb 11, 1914	Mar 29, 1985	None
Thompson, Amanda	1851	Apr 2, 1905	None
Venus, Jim	Sep 16, 1895	Mar 28, 1978	None
Venus, Mary	Jan 30, 1915	Jun 18, 1963	None
Vinson, Burma	Sep 5, 1888	May 26, 1902	None
Walton, Clarence	Feb 27, 1907	Jun 8, 1973	None
Watkins, Opal Lee	Mar 8, 1932	Jun 1, 1976	None
Watkins, Willie Terry	Jan 30, 1944	Feb 9, 1974	None
Wayne, Joe	1903	1982	None
Williams, Herman	Jul 4, 1934	Aug 18, 1995	None
Williams, Kurvis Montreal	Jan 8, 1974	Jun 1, 1989	None
Willis, Elizabeth	Sep 11, 1927	Apr 17, 1991	None
Winans, Arthur J.	Jul 22, 1946	Jul 3, 1974	None
Winans, David	Mar 17, 1888	May 22, 1944	None
Winans, Ellen	Nov 26, 1889	Nov 29, 1963	None
Winans, Ennis	?	Aug 19, 1976	Louisiana PVT 1CL S16 Pioneer INF
Winans, Leona	Oct 6, 1907	Apr 22, 1992	None
Wyandon, Charles Henry	Apr 12, 1919	Jan 21, 1951	Louisiana TEC5 M Svc CO World War II
Wyandon, Eula G.	1897	Jun 11, 1957	None
Wyandon, Henderson Edna	Jun 24, 1904	Dec 30, 1981	None
Wyandon, Henry H.	Dec 20, 1894	Jan 30, 1933	None
Wyandon, Mary	?	?	None
Wyandon, Robert	Mar 10, 1863	Jul 16, 1901	None
Wyandon, Robert	Dec 15, 1921	1935	None
Wyandon, Robert James	Jun 24, 1896	May 12, 1990	None
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