Bates Cemetery

First Ward, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

Directions: Highway 38 east from Chipola, Louisiana. Turn north at Easleyville. Go about 3 miles to a buff brick house. Take the left road immediately north of this house. The cemetery is approximately 2–3 miles ahead on the right, fenced. No guide needed.
Copied by: Edyce C. Davis & Audrey C. Blades, 1975.
Source: St. Helena Parish Cemeteries, 1914–1987, published by the St. Helena Historical Association, Inc.

Bates, Corlathie 10 Feb 1872 - 27 Sep 1879 Daughter of H.D. & S.R. Bates

Bates, Emma I. 19 Sep 1893 - 7 Sep 1899 Daughter of W.G. & A.A. Bates; "We will miss you at home"

Bates, Eula E. 26 Dec 1882 - 22 May 1939 Wife of J.E. Williams

Bates, Harvey D. 6 Nov 1845 - 22 Jun 1909 "A devoted husband and loving father"

Bates, Kinchen S. (Strickland) 16 Feb 1876 - 14 Jun 1876 Son of H.D. & S.R. Bates

Bates, Lulu M. 26 Dec 1886 - 12 Aug 1892 Daughter of W.G. & A.A. Bates

Bates, Mary O. 27 May 1850 - 15 May 1866

Bates, Milton S. 20 Apr 1887 - 26 Jan 1932 Husband of Bessie Travis

Bates, Sarah A. 13 Dec 1827 - 5 Apr 1904 Wife of W.B. Bates

Bates, Sarah A. 6 Mar 1881 - 18 Dec 1881 Daughter of W.G. & A.A. Bates

Bates, Sarah M. 27 Dec 1848 - 24 May 1850

Bates, W. Stewart 17 Aug 1874 - 26 Sep 1878 Son of H.D. & S.R. Bates

Bates, Wm. S. 13 Jul 1817 - 3 May 1874

Davidson, J.B. 16 Jan 1828 - 13 Sep 1895 "Gone to Rest"

Davidson, W.B. 4 Nov 1852 - 24 Dec 1897 "Gone but not forgotten"

Easley, David T. 3 Mar 1863 - 22 Apr 1864

Easley, Elizabeth J. 19 Nov 1843 - 14 May 1903 Wife of D.T. Easley; "We will miss you mother"

Hughes, George K. 5 Mar 1902 - 9 Apr 1902 Son of G.F. & S.A. Hughes

Hughes, Ida Louise 7 Mar 1903 - 19 Jul 1904 Daughter of G.F. & S.A. Hughes; "Asleep in Jesus Blessed Sheep"

McDaniel, James T. 24 Jul 1885 - 15 Nov 1889 Son of Jesse & M.A. McDaniel; "A precious one from us has gone, a voice we loved is stilled"

Smith, William P. 15 Sep 1889 - 14 Apr 1896 Son of C.L. & F.P. Smith

Strickland, Rosa (Day) 5 Oct 1855 - 25 Jan 1926 Wife of Harvey D. Bates

Tate, Margaret A.N. 26 Jun 1854 - 2 May ----(?) Wife of D.H. Tate

Cemetery Notes: Seven depressions with no markers. One broken marker next to Elizabeth J., wife of D.T. Easley, could not be lifted or cleared sufficiently to read.