Hopewell Cemetery
Hopewell Cemetery is one of Shreveport's oldest African American cemeteries. It is located along "CoatesBluff," a segment of old Pierre Bayou on the backside of Wright Island, and is probably the site of the early settlement of Coates Bluff. This is in the Stoner Hill area of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Hopewell Cemetery was inventoried by Dale Jennings in February 2006, and again by Dale, Reed Mathews and Carol Hill deSantos in March 2007, at which time several more tombstones were found. The cemetery is basically in three sections: the north section, south section, and the central section, which is cut off from the first two by two deep gullies.
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Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscription |
|
Baudim, Villet |
Aug 1, 1874 |
May 10, 1948 |
74 yrs old |
|
Benjamin, Charlie |
May 10, 1872 |
Jan 2, 1913 |
None |
|
Bowie, Helen |
Jul 8, 1892 |
Apr 15, 1916 |
None |
|
Buncombe,
Caroline |
1818 |
May
1919 |
101 yrs old |
|
Byrant,
Louise |
1900 |
1958 |
None |
|
Calhoun,
Oscar |
May
15, 1891 |
Jun
22, 1952 |
61 yrs old |
|
Calhoun, Pauline |
Nov 10, 1868 |
Aug 30, 1945 |
66 yrs old |
|
Clark,
Ben |
Jul
4, 1883 |
Mar
31\, 1956 |
None |
|
Coleman, Thadeus |
Aug 24, 1885 |
Dec 3, 1944 |
59 yrs old |
|
Cooper, James |
Nov 5, 1930 |
Apr 7, 1959 |
None |
|
Davis,
Eva Mae |
Apr
24, 1900 |
Nov
24, 1944 |
44 yrs old |
|
Davis, Alice |
1873 |
Jan 15, 1934 |
None |
|
Dillard, Crawford |
1850 |
Nov 25, 1901 |
None |
|
Dyson, Henryetta |
1863 |
Jan 27, 1916 |
Daughters Mahalia Cuetta and Helena |
|
Elbert, Manerva |
1835 |
Mar 20, 1910 |
72 yrs old |
|
Eliza |
1871 |
Dec 4, 19?? |
Mother |
|
Ellis, Robert |
1867 |
Aug 3, 1926 |
59 yrs |
|
Freeman, Bill |
1864 |
Mar 1, 1923 |
None |
|
Fuller,
Robert |
1921 |
May
5, 1924 |
21 yrs old |
|
Galloway,
Leander |
? |
Apr
20, 1939 |
None |
|
Gountz, Pearl E. |
Jan 7, 1885 |
Jan 20, 1922 |
None |
|
Gray,
Gussie |
1940 |
Oct
1955 |
15 yrs old |
|
Green, Bertha |
May 20, 1888 |
Sep 25, 1930 |
None |
|
Hardy, Lou |
1839 |
May 1, 1924 |
85 yrs old |
|
Harris,
Mandy |
1898 |
Feb
9, 1924 |
None |
|
Hendricks, Minnie |
May 25, 1892 |
Mar 4, 1913 |
None |
|
Hodges, Jennie V. |
1910 |
May 1910 |
5 weeks old |
|
Jim |
Apr 1898 |
1952 |
54 yrs old |
|
Johnson, Jackson |
? |
Feb 26, 1935 |
PVT 816 Pioneers |
|
Johnson, Virginia |
1938 |
Oct 4, 1948 |
10 yrs old |
|
Knuckles, Mary |
1882 |
May 23, 1946 |
64 yrs old |
|
Lattier, Robert |
Oct 5, 1890 |
Dec 19, 1945 |
None |
|
Leshay,
Clyde |
Jan
13, 1904 |
Oct
16, 1922 |
None |
|
Leshay, Elmira |
1873 |
16 Aug 1928 |
None |
|
Leshay, William |
Jul 9, 1893 |
Oct 17, 1918 |
25 yrs old |
|
Marshall, Austin |
1885 |
1959 |
None |
|
McGee,
George |
? |
? |
None |
|
Milton, Henry |
1893 |
Jan 13, 1940 |
PVT 1CL 508 ENGR SERV BN |
|
Nelson |
Jun 22, 1878 |
Mar 25, 1950 |
None |
|
Prisilla, Jackson |
1895 |
Feb 6, 1945 |
65 yrs old |
|
Range, Hamp |
Jun 15, 1875 |
Nov 6, 1910 |
None |
|
Shivers, Ollie |
1891 |
Aug 12, 1922 |
31 yrs old |
|
Shufford, Georgia |
1881 |
Jan 12, 1916 |
None |
|
Small,
Ida B. |
Jun
28, 1894 |
Dec
20, 1955 |
None |
|
Small,
Lila B. |
Sep
17, 1925 |
Apr
10, 1955 |
Daughter of Ida |
|
Smith,
Charity |
Jul
17, 1884 |
Jan
18, 1944 |
None |
|
Smith, Gabriel W. |
May 8, 1887 |
Jan 18, 1944 |
None |
|
Stanley,
Rev. Essex |
1872 |
May
10, 1935 |
None |
|
Stewart,
Charlie |
Sep
9, 1888 |
Jan
22, 1952 |
61 yrs old |
|
Stringer, Fred |
1922 |
May 5, 1922 |
7 months old |
|
Willis,
Pearl C. |
Mar
11, 1895 |
Sep
3?, 1951 |
None |
|
Wimberly, Chestina |
1868 |
1910 |
42 yrs old |
|
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|
|
None |
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