Hettie Adger/St. Paul CME Church Graveyard
Hettie Adger graciously denoted a portion of the land that now serves as a burial ground for St.Paul CME Church located in Belcher, Louisiana
The earliest grave
at Hettie Adger’s Memorial cemetery dates back 100 years
ago while the oldest person buried was born in 1841. Unfortunately
many of nature’s elements have caused a number of markers
to erode, sink into marshes or simply disappear in the brush.
The parishioners are in the process of planning a fundraiser to help repair the graveyard and if you would like to assist, please contact the church at 318-378-4736.
This
cemetery transcription below was made possible by the organizers,
parishioners, cemetery caretakers and volunteers of the 10th
Annual Memorial Day Sankofa Worship Service, May 29, 2005 at
St. Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Belcher, LA.
This list is not complete, due to the difficulty in surveying
a number tombstones in hard to reach areas. If you know of someone
buried here and their names are missing, please contact the
church at the number above. The physical address is 200 Gray St., Belcher, LA 71004. You
can also send an email to: info@redriversankofa.org with
the deceased's full name, date of birth and date of death and
we will add it to the database and notify the church.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscription |
|
Adger, Annie Bell |
1-29-1929 |
11-29-2002 |
None |
|
1930 |
1997 |
None |
|
|
1890 |
1990 |
None |
|
|
2-16-1877 |
12-15-1979 |
None |
|
|
11-14-1886 |
5-13-1975 |
US Army, WWI |
|
|
1886 |
1906 |
None |
|
|
11-22-1926 |
5-12-1984 |
None |
|
|
1923 |
2006 |
None |
|
|
5-15-1886 |
5-8-1964 |
None |
|
|
8-15-1875 |
11-5-1963 |
None |
|
|
1-15-1867 |
5-27-1952 |
None |
|
|
1884 |
1987 |
None |
|
|
5-12-1903 |
12-24-1992 |
None |
|
|
12-25-1979 |
4-29-1967 |
None |
|
|
10-31-1905 |
9-28-1989 |
US Army WWI |
|
|
Adger, Sam |
1872 |
1945 |
None |
|
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
LA PVT COA, 371 Infantry |
|
|
1892 |
1964 |
None |
|
|
4-6-1920 |
6-1-1995 |
PFC US Army WWII |
|
|
1895 |
1981 |
None |
|
|
5-11-1870 |
2-13-1961 |
Age 90 |
|
|
Allen, Easter Nelson |
1904 |
1-9-1959 |
55 Years Old |
|
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
|
12-9-1913 |
2-21-1961 |
LA PVT, 509 Ordance, WWII |
|
|
not inscribed |
3-27-1913 |
None
|
|
|
1890 |
2-6-1956 |
None
|
|
|
1913 |
1962 |
None
|
|
|
4-15-1890 |
11-3-1962 |
None
|
|
|
6-7-1914 |
3-15-1965 |
None
|
|
|
Bolden, Nick |
10-28-1904 |
7-4-1929 |
None
|
|
1-22-1922 |
2-17-1999 |
US Navy |
|
|
1900 |
1936 |
None
|
|
|
11-5-1887 |
11-21-1975 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
|
10-20-1892 |
5-22-1970 |
None
|
|
|
2-22-1905 |
2-3-1992 |
PVT US Army WWII |
|
|
11-25-1896 |
1-11-1964 |
Louisiana PVT Sup Co 806 Pioneer Inf WWI |
|
|
9-1-1933 |
3-21-1964 |
None
|
|
|
1916 |
1928 |
None
|
|
|
9-8-1944 |
6-13-1994 |
None |
|
|
1928 |
1998 |
Son of Tillie and Irene (Patterson) Bradford |
|
|
1858 |
1928 |
None
|
|
|
4-1-1890 |
4-30-1968 |
None
|
|
|
10-31-1920 |
3-20-1997 |
US Navy |
|
|
Bradford, Mary Lee |
2-22-1912 |
9-14-1997 |
None
|
|
12-7-1879 |
6-26-1960 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
PVT US Army |
|
|
Bradford, Mildred |
?-10-1869 |
?-2-1952 |
Age 88 |
Bradford-Adger, Nannie |
1882 |
? |
Daughter of Squire and Jane Bradford |
|
1846 |
1936 |
None
|
|
|
9-20-1916 |
3-1-1994 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
5-12-1907 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
9-16-1924 |
67 Years old |
|
|
1908 |
1972 |
None
|
|
|
3-14-1881 |
7-23-1971 |
None
|
|
|
7-2-1888 |
4-30-1978 |
None
|
|
|
Brinson, Joydell B. |
1945 |
1998 |
None
|
|
6-19-1900 |
8-27-1974 |
None
|
|
|
Brown, Emily |
3-19-1852 |
3-16-1921 |
None
|
|
9-15-1875 |
2-22-1955 |
None
|
|
|
4-25-1922 |
4-9-1983 |
TEC4 US Army World War II |
|
|
2-10-1896 |
7-7-1952 |
None
|
|
|
11-3-1920 |
12-6-1946 |
None
|
|
|
9-13-1893 |
5-1-1959 |
Louisiana PFC Engineers, World War I |
|
|
9-1906 |
1-14-1959 |
58 Years old |
|
|
Cade, Oliver* |
1841 |
9-21-1921 |
Note: Added after transcription. Death certificate
indicates he was buried at St. Paul's. |
|
7-22-1907 |
1-2-1999 |
None
|
|
|
Carter, Victor Chars |
9-27-1959 |
9-23-1971 |
None
|
|
4-15-1865 |
5-27-1914 |
St. Joseph Temple |
|
|
1877 |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
|
8-17-1913 |
6-9-1960 |
Louisiana CPL 440 QM Service Co. World War II |
|
|
1884 |
1946 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
11-13-1954 |
None
|
|
|
Chism, John |
6-1-1911 |
7-24-1925 |
None
|
|
Chism, Wade |
not inscribed |
1-28-1919 |
St. Joseph Temple, Dixie, LA |
|
not inscribed |
11-30-1921 |
Robert Circle No. 1089 |
|
|
3-25-1887 |
12-29-1965 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
3-9-1928 |
Lilly of Valley Chamber #3305, Belcher, LA |
|
|
3-10-1856 |
10-31-1959 |
None
|
|
|
Collins, Addell |
2-15-1880 |
11-15-1964 |
None
|
|
Collins, Emmie |
5-1-1919 |
6-19-1961 |
None
|
|
Collins, Allen |
1871 |
2-21-1920 |
None
|
|
2-1-1914 |
1-29-2002 |
None
|
|
|
9-23-1917 |
9-23-1954 |
37 Years old |
|
|
Denver, Ella |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
Edwards, Melton |
not inscribed |
2-1922 |
4 Years old; Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of
the World |
|
English Sr., Arthur |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
1943 |
1960 |
Age 17 |
|
|
1904 |
1927 |
None
|
|
|
Foster, Lee Arthur |
9-3-1933 |
11-12-1997 |
None
|
|
1914 |
11-14-1917 |
Daughter of Ed & Vader Fraizer |
|
|
Fuller, Ada |
not inscribed |
3-5-1919 |
30 Years old |
|
1881 |
1953 |
None
|
|
|
1926 |
1964 |
None
|
|
|
1890 |
1956 |
None
|
|
|
1915 |
1963 |
None
|
|
|
Galloway, Maggie P. |
3-7-1916 |
4-18-1997 |
None
|
|
4-6-1884 |
6-15-1968 |
None
|
|
|
Gates, Pearl |
10-25-1912 |
9-2-1952 |
None
|
|
12-31-1909(incorrect, born 1900) |
6-10-1954 |
My sweet husband, Gone but not forgotten. |
|
|
Gay, Clarence |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
War Veteran |
|
not inscribed |
2-27-1923 |
None
|
|
|
7-16-1915 |
3-9-2003 |
None
|
|
|
1834 |
6-31-1919 |
85 Years old |
|
|
Germany, Frank |
1857 |
1929 |
None
|
|
Germany, Julia |
1864 |
1930 |
None
|
|
Germany, Lucinda |
2-7-1834 |
3-19-1930 |
None
|
|
1877 |
6-1922 |
45 Years old |
|
|
9-2-1878 |
3-6-1958 |
None
|
|
|
Gilmore, Mary |
1882 |
3-26-1967 |
None
|
|
1881 |
1946 |
None
|
|
|
1887 |
1964 |
None
|
|
|
6-12-1886 |
1-10-1960 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
5-22-1928 |
45 Years old |
|
|
Glover, Sr., Clarence Ernest |
5-1-1928 |
4-21-1981 |
None
|
|
Goins, Emma |
not inscribed |
8-9-1926 |
Supreme Royal Circle, Robert Circle No. 1089 |
|
Gray, Chabela |
11-19-1979 |
6-17-2004 |
24 Years old |
|
1899 |
1960 |
None
|
|
|
Green, Lul Green |
4-28-1947 |
6-9-1964 |
None
|
|
1859 |
6-19-1923 |
None
|
|
|
10-23-1912 |
5-1-1938 |
None
|
|
|
5-10-1887 |
2-12-1961 |
74 Years Old |
|
|
Hall, Sam |
3-15-1892 |
1-28-1960 |
PVT Infantry WWI |
|
Hamilton, Mother Harette |
not inscribed |
9-9-1924 |
70 Years old |
|
Harris, Adger |
not inscribed |
4-1-1946 |
Mother/ 86 Years old |
|
1913 |
1995 |
None
|
|
|
5-1-1908 |
2-19-1995 |
None
|
|
|
3-21-1913 |
11-13-1995 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
9-5-1927 |
None |
|
|
1933 |
2008 |
Wife of Luther (Red) Bradford |
|
|
1864 |
1-27-1962 |
None
|
|
|
1870 |
1938 |
None
|
|
|
1840 |
4-3-1912 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
6-6-1919 |
Vienna Circle No. 1071 |
|
|
12-11-1904 |
3-15-1957 |
53 Years old |
|
|
Hunter, Kitty Ann |
1878 |
?-30-1927 |
None
|
|
Ivory, Eliza |
1873 |
1918 |
48 Years old |
|
10-9-1909? |
10-9-1909? |
L957 |
|
|
Jackson, Ophelia |
not inscribed |
2-1926 |
29 Years old |
|
1883 |
1913 |
None
|
|
|
Jackson, Z.J. |
not inscribed |
11-7-1922 |
St. John Circle No. 1053 |
|
James, Jr., Daniel |
not inscribed |
1-28-1935 |
None
|
|
1841 |
1-5-1925 |
34 Years old |
|
|
James, Lizzie Maple |
7-4-1906 |
5-20-2002 |
None
|
|
1927 |
2007 |
None
|
|
|
1924 |
2007 |
Wife of Robert Bradford |
|
|
4-15-1904 |
5-11-1969 |
None
|
|
|
1905 |
1983 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
12-19-1920 |
St. John Circle No. 1053 |
|
|
1903 |
1997 |
None
|
|
|
1929 |
2007 |
None
|
|
|
1932 |
2003 |
None
|
|
|
7-14-1902 |
2-13-1972 |
None
|
|
|
2-2-1882 |
12-2-1961 |
None
|
|
|
1858 |
1945 |
None
|
|
|
1882 |
1964 |
None
|
|
|
8-7-1907 |
8-9-1999 |
None
|
|
|
1887 |
1956 |
None
|
|
|
7-31-1868 |
12-26-1966 |
None
|
|
|
1928 |
1992 |
None
|
|
|
Johnson, Robert S. |
5-22-1931 |
5-2-1970 |
None
|
|
Johnson, Roxie |
1-29-1881 |
6-29-1968 |
None
|
|
Johnson, Willie L. |
9-22-1921 |
6-6-1964 |
None
|
|
2-14-1890 |
6-6-1959 |
None
|
|
|
Jones Jr., Henry J. |
8-13-1952 |
9-3-1952 |
None
|
|
9-22-1892 |
10-16-1971 |
None
|
|
|
9-15-1878 |
9-1-1954 |
None
|
|
|
1877 |
1963 |
86 Years old |
|
|
not inscribed |
7-1-1924 |
89 Years old |
|
|
12-24-1881 |
9-24-1955 |
73 Years old |
|
|
Lee, J.W. |
12-20-1894 |
5-13-1966 |
None |
|
Lee, Maggie L. |
5-15-1896 |
11-20-1969 |
None
|
|
Level, Alix |
1876 |
1953 |
None
|
|
7-4-1922 |
7-29-1962 |
40 Years old |
|
|
1875 |
7-17-1957 |
82 Years old |
|
|
Maple, Henry Lee |
2-16-1948 |
11-17-1959 |
None
|
|
1906 |
2002 |
None
|
|
|
4-26-1899 |
2-24-1970 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
1912 |
Gone but not forgotten |
|
|
7-4-1890 |
11-20-1957 |
None
|
|
|
- |
1926 |
None
|
|
|
7-4-1900 |
7-13-1980 |
None
|
|
|
9-18-1866 |
7-25-1954 |
86 Years old |
|
|
3-24-1915 |
3-15-1996 |
US Army WWII |
|
|
1889 |
1959 |
None
|
|
|
McCrimmons, Albert |
10-4-1895 |
10-6-1965 |
LA PVT 25 co, 161 Depot Brig, WWI |
|
1893 |
1959 |
None
|
|
|
Milton, Robert |
5-31-1888 |
2-25-1958 |
None
|
|
Montgomery, Alice |
1868 |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
7-12-1859 |
7-23-1943 |
84 Years old |
|
1859 |
11-15-1931 |
72 Years old |
|
|
Montgomery, Lavana |
10-11-1898 |
12-20-1953 |
None
|
|
3-19-1919 |
5-8-1958 |
None
|
|
|
5-1-1865 |
10-4-1955 |
None
|
|
|
Mosley, Elija |
not inscribed |
2-15-1919 |
8 Years old |
|
12-16-1939 |
12-4-2003 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
8-23-1928 |
Vienna Circle No. 1071 |
|
|
not inscribed |
4-13-1924 |
Eastern Star |
|
|
2-17-1911 |
4-3-1974 |
None
|
|
|
5-20-1893 |
4-25-1970 |
None
|
|
|
not inscrcibed |
1925 |
Vienna Circle No. 1031 |
|
|
Player, Mahalia |
7-26-1901 |
11-10-1962 |
Wife of Deacon Oliver Player |
|
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
|
Player, Mother Teo |
12-26-1913 |
4-24-1962 |
None
|
|
Player, Jamie |
1893 |
9-7-1956 |
None
|
|
Plouche, Haywood |
3-12-1889 |
3-27-1967 |
LA PVT COA 162 Depot Brig, WWI |
|
not inscribed |
3-1-1906 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
2-27-1935 |
LA PVT ICL 512 Engrs |
|
|
1899 |
?-2-1966 |
67 Years old |
|
|
2-18-1881 |
July ? |
54 Years old |
|
1863 |
1934 |
Wife of Squire Bradford
|
|
|
Roberson, Sallie |
not inscribed? |
9-5-1916? |
None
|
|
1-1-1861 |
4-13-1922 |
None
|
|
|
Robert, Morris Williams |
not inscribed |
1-6-1924 |
Circle No. 1089 Supreme Royal Circle of Friends
of the World |
|
Robertson, Mary |
not inscribed |
6-23-1916 |
Vienna Circle No. 1071 |
|
not inscribed |
5-5-1923 |
45 Years old |
|
|
Scoggins-Taylor, Maggie May |
1881 |
1970? |
Wife of Eddie Taylor |
|
Shington, Johnies |
12-6-1921 |
7-1958 |
31 Years old |
|
4-20-1886 |
12-28-1969 |
LA PVT COG, 806 Pioneer Inf. WWI |
|
|
1862 |
1942 |
None
|
|
|
1869 |
1960 |
None
|
|
|
1870 |
1942 |
None
|
|
|
9-25-1908 |
9-29-1926 |
None
|
|
|
Smith, Jeff |
not inscribed |
2-17-1959 |
None |
|
5-8-1891 |
9-3-1961 |
LA PFC CO-C, 526 SVC VN Engineer Corps WWI |
|
|
1868 |
1-5-1915 |
47 Years old |
|
|
Stewart, Alice |
3-16-1880 |
6-22-1920 |
None
|
|
1889 |
9-22-1955 |
None
|
|
|
Stewart, Monroe |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
Military |
|
5-9-1869 |
7-11-1955 |
None
|
|
|
6-20-1865 |
6-23-1962 |
None
|
|
|
4-8-1941 |
8-8-1969 |
LA SP4 US Army-Vietnam |
|
|
1881 |
1964? |
Husband of Maggie May Scoggins |
|
|
Taylor, Emma |
3-14-1883 |
4-21-1956 |
Age 79 |
|
6-4-1881 |
8-10-1925 |
None
|
|
|
1883 |
1946 |
None
|
|
|
10-8-1908 |
5-26-1962 |
None |
|
|
1881 |
1952 |
None
|
|
|
1887 |
1964 |
None
|
|
|
5-30-1884 |
11-19-1953 |
69 Years old |
|
|
Taylor, Seargy Lee |
6-6-1926 |
6-9-1965 |
PFC BTRYB27, Armed FABN |
|
5-18-1884 |
1-12-1956 |
(tombstone incorrect, born 1874)
|
|
|
2-15-1851 |
2-9-1935 |
None
|
|
|
2-14-1852 |
7-10-1927 |
St. Joseph Temple 873, Dixie, LA |
|
|
4-4-1905 |
3-7-2004 |
None
|
|
|
Thomas, Jeffery |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
8-27-1881 |
12-15-1949 |
None
|
|
|
5-10-1909 |
8-13-1959 |
Age 50 Years old |
|
|
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
None
|
|
|
4-27-1876 |
12-7-1955 |
None
|
|
|
Thomas, Matthew |
2-1-1902 |
1993 |
None
|
|
Thomas, Mattie |
1888 |
1930 |
None
|
|
1875 |
1938 |
None
|
|
|
11-7-1895 |
6-3-1964 |
None
|
|
|
- |
1924 |
None
|
|
|
1897 |
3-17-1963 |
None
|
|
|
Tooke, Nellie |
3-20-1880 |
5-4-1965 |
75 Years old |
|
Walker, Jospeh |
11-30-1887 |
9-25-1919 |
He died in the service of his country No. A. 262327 |
|
1897 |
1952 |
None
|
|
|
1921 |
1953 |
None
|
|
|
not inscribed |
7-16-1969 |
None
|
|
|
Williams, Annie |
not inscribed |
2-22-1925 |
Robert Circle No. 1089 |
|
1-1-1905 |
4-1-1959 |
None
|
|
|
Williams, Eddie Mae |
7-4-1904 |
1-7-1970 |
None
|
|
Williams, Hariett |
12-15-1895 |
6-24-1914 |
None
|
|
1924 |
1946 |
None
|
|
|
Williams, Napolion |
not inscribed |
1-9-1922 |
1 Years old |
|
6-30-1891 |
6-16-1969 |
LA PVT CO DEV BN L69, Depot Brigade WWI |
|
|
Williams, Willie |
9-31-1897 |
7-1-1954 |
LA PVT COC419 RES Labor BN QMC WWI |
|
5-17-1907 |
2-8-1955 |
None
|
|
|
10-2-1908 |
2-5-1970 |
None
|
|
|
Wright, Doris V. |
7-3-1951 |
4-4-1992 |
None
|
|
not inscribed |
11-7-1919 |
Springfield Chambers, 2486 Dixie, LA |
|
|
9-3-1880 |
12-13-1917 |
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Remembering Gina Glover
Pictures provided by George Alvin Allen (Bradford)
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