Kedron Baptist Church Cemetery

A File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue.
This cemetery is taken from the book, St. Helena parish Cemeteries,1914-1987, Published by the St. Helena Historical Association, Inc., Rt. 1 Box 131; Amite, La. 70422 The LaGenWeb Archives would like to express their thanks to the Association for giving us permission to put these cemeteries online. The society retains the copyright to these works.

 Shared headstones are retained together.
Original spellings, dates, inscriptions and uncertainty markers are preserved.

(?), Berthode
d/o J.J. & L.N. Spears
June 21, 1896
Dec 17, 1897

Angele, Ernest
FATHER

Sept 22, 1899
May 1, 1977
MOTHER
Minnie Davis Angele
Jan 1, 1901
Aug 19, 1983
"Resting together - asleep in Jesus, peaceful sleep"

Ballard, Gladys S.
July 3, 1908
June 3, 1971
"Blessed are the merciful"

Bennett, Edward Jr.
1975 - 1975
(Funeral home marker)

Bennett, Fred
Feb 2, 1881
July 11, 1943
"Rest in peace"

Bennett, Homer
May 10, 1878
June 20, 1920
(Can't read inscription)

Bennett, Wilkie
Sept 8, 1927
Oct 23, 1985
MOTHER

Braase, Herman Charles
Aug 23, 1864
Sept 9, 1929
Rachal Martin
Nov 15, 1874
Jan 12, 1947

Braase, Lela Jane
Nov 17, 1897
July 14, 1916

Braddy, Charles F.
FATHER

Feb 23, 1868
Oct 17, 1938

Braddy, Edna M.
w/o J.P. Stevens
Oct 16, 1897
Sept 17, 1915

Brecheen, Clifton Dana
Jan 31, 1907
Jan 13, 1977
Opal Watson
Dec 21, 1911
Children: Joyce, Anita, Winston, Caroline, Milton

Breechen, Bruce E.
SON

Apr 22, 1905
Jan 14, 1925

Brown, Jennie
MOTHER

w/o Hubert McCoy
1878 - 1910

Carter, Gertrude Rushing
Mar 22, 1917
Oct 20, 1975

Carter, H. Lavern
Mar 18, 1911
Sept 19, 1974

Carter, Jerri Lynne
Jan 11, 1962
May 11, 1979

Chapman, C.A. (Boss)
1875 - 1974
"He was a kind and an affectionate husband, and a friend to all."

Chapman, Emma Brumfield
MOTHER
Emma Brumfield
Feb 7, 1904
FATHER
Amos Kent
Oct 16, 1901
Oct 11, 1976

Chapman, Johnny E.
Louisiana
EM3 US Coast Guard WWII
June 4, 1916
Nov 9, 1971

Corkern, Claudie Elmer
"Memories are not changed forever"
Claudie Elmer
Nov 17, 1911
Apr 10, 1974
Aline Jenkins
May 30, 1911

Corkern, Claudie Elmer
Nov 17, 1911
Apr 10, 1974
Aline Jenkins Corkern
May 30, 1911
July 15, 1986

Corkern, Delisa K.
Nov 27, 1980
Mar 10, 1983

Corkern, Herman Edward
Mar 19, 1908
1978

Corkern, Lou Ella
Dec 6, 1898
Dec 5, 1976

Courtney, Denath
w/o Sam'l Smart
Oct 23, 1828
Sept 28, 1904

D, Laura D
"Our Darling Babies"

1934 - 1934
Donald (?)
1943 - 1944

David, Morgan Lee
Apr 5, 1913
Mar 29, 1971
"We love and miss you daddy. He died as he lived, a Christian"

Dunn, Mattie E.
w/o J.B. Zachary
Apr 22, 1863
Feb 7, 1899

Dykes, Clarence E.
Louisiana
Pvt. Inf.
Aug 8, 1918
Aug 22, 1969

Dykes, Younger Jordan
Sept 28, 1894
June 7, 1964
Pauline Chapman
Dec 23, 1898

Dykes, Younger Jordan
Sept 28, 1894
June 7, 1964
Pauline Chapman Dykes
Dec 23, 1898
Aug 17, 1985

E, Johnnie E
s/o Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Jenkins
Sept 7, 1910
Aug 22, 1923

Finch, Glynn Taylor
July 11, 1928
Dec 15, 1985
"Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy cometh in the morning"

Finch, Wm. Joseph
Sept 17, 1900
Aug 7, 1959
Viola Sharkey
Jan 16, 1902
Jan 29, 1974

Freeman, Elizabeth Zachary
1882 - 1979

Gullick, Timothy
1980 - 1980
(Funeral home marker)

Hardy, Charles C.
Oct 7, 1894
Jan 7, 1941

Hardy, Ela
MOTHER

w/o Hubert H. McCoy
1892 - 1929

Hardy, Ella McCoy
1863 - 1929

Hardy, John A.
Oct 24, 1860
Feb 1, 1957

Hardy, R.B. Jr.
Elder s/o R.B. Hardy & Mary McCoy
Jan 12, 1918
Oct 20, 1920

Hardy, Roger Barlow
Mary McCoy
Aug 27, 1893
Roger Barlow
Feb 28, 1890
Oct 28, 1974

Henderson, John B.
FATHER
John B.
Sept 7, 1899
MOTHER
Lillie Henderson
May 31, 1905
May 11, 1975

Henderson, John B.
Sept 7, 1899
Feb 24, 1976
Lillie Anderson Henderson
May 31, 1905
May 11, 1975

Henry, Arthur James
Sept 21, 1886
Apr 28, 1963

Henry, Ivy
1920 - 1981

Henry, Joyce Nelma
Feb 19, 1932
Apr 1, 1934
"Darling we miss thee"

Henry, Lewis L.
1930 - 1976

Henry, Lewis Leroy Sr.
U.S. Navy Korea
1930 - 1976

Henry, Mattie P.
1880 - 1940

Henry, Minnie
Dec 5, 1911
Nov 8, 1918

Henry, Ollie
DARLING

May 30, 1913
Feb 19, 1926
"Gone to be an angel"

Henry, Percy E.
1910 - 1972
Cecile G.
1910 - 1972

Henry, Retus
1929 - 1936

Henry, Virgie May S.
Feb 5, 1909
May 2, 1972
"At Rest"

Henry, Warren
June 8, 1917
Nov 14, 1918

Henry, William A.
1859 - 1924
"Gone but not forgotten"
(Woodman of World)

Henry, Willie D.
July 4, 1905
Aug 15, 1981

Jane, Eva
MOTHER

w/o W.J. Smart
Apr 9, 1869
Sept 2, 1910

Jenkins, Acy C.
Feb 12, 1927
Apr 27, 1965
Louisiana
Pvt. Co A Inf. RERI TNG CEN
WWII
Feb 12, 1927
Apr 27, 1965

Jenkins, Beatrice Hale
Aug 22, 1921
Oct 22, 1982
"Sheltered and safe from sorrow"
Wed Feb 22, 1941
George M. Jenkins
Dec 27, 1916

Jenkins, Cellie J.
Aug 13, 1887
Feb 8, 1978
George P. Jenkins
Jan 17, 1881
July 9, 1959
"There is no parting in Heaven"

Jenkins, Clarence R.
May 21, 1909
Sept 21, 1985
Wed Apr 23, 1938
Nettie Angele Jenkins
Dec 15, 1917
Jan 16, 1986
Son: Russell

Jenkins, Geo. P.
Jan 17, 1881
July 9, 1959
"There is no parting in Heaven"

Jenkins, Hulon O.
June 17, 1915
Aug 28, 1967
"Only sleeping"
Lucille R. Jenkins
Apr 8, 1919

Jenkins, Hulon O.
Louisiana
SGT 57 MIL Police Co WWII
June 17, 1915
Aug 28, 1967

Jenkins, Isabelle K.
Feb 25, 1884
Feb 21, 1959
James W.
Apr 23, 1878
May 12, 1940
"Resting together"

Jenkins, J.D.
Aug 27, 1920
Mar 18, 1965
"There is rest in Heaven"

Jenkins, John H.
Sept 21, 1883
Dec 30, 1962

Jenkins, Leslie M.
Mar 25, 1925
Mar 2, 1963
"At Rest"

Jenkins, Percy O.
Mar 21, 1923
Oct 30, 1966

Jenkins, Sarah Irwin
1909 - 1975

Jenkins, Thelma H.
June 10, 1900
Jan 30, 1967
Leon
Mar 20, 1906
Aug 31, 1972

Jenkins, Unnamed infant
1944 -1944

Jensen, Paul C. W. (Mason)
July 14, 1894
Mar 30, 1953
Neva Robertson
Oct 18, 1896
(Eastern Star)

Johnson, Leviney
Sept 30, 1861
Mar 20, 1911

Jones, Edith Evelyn
Jan 21, 1919
Feb 9, 1940
"At Rest"

Kinchen, J.A.
1869 - 1904

Lanier, Edward C.
Dec 15, 1924
Apr 5, 1925

Lucretia, Baby
(One grave beside this with F.H. on marker, no inscription)

Malone, Geneva
Oct 4, 1927
Jan 2, 1960
"Gone but not forgotten"

Martin, Jasper V.
Mar 14, 1887
Feb 22, 1912

Martin, Jesse V.
Nov 25, 1870
May 8, 1917
"He was the sunshine of our home"

Martin, John T.
1868 - 1945

McCoy, Baby Herbert
1910 - 1910
(Maybe Hubert)

Mccoy, Cannie Johnston
MOTHER
Cannie Johnston
Nov 1, 1857
Dec 16, 1927
Walter Wiert
Oct 30, 1858
July 4, 1881

McCoy, Douglas Knighton
July 1, 1921
Oct 16, 1983
"A man of class"
Maxine Lee
Aug 21, 1922
"Life has no problem that God cannot solve"

McCoy, Jay Quitman
Jan 11, 1886
Nov 29, 1958

Mccoy, Lizzie Knighton
March 12, 1892
Oct 18, 1957
Foreman C.
Aug 18, 1888
Oct 6, 1957

McCoy, Therton P.
Jan 11, 1886
Sept 1, 1962

McGee, W.H. (Mac)
Oct 16, 1919
Nov 3, 1980
Vera Zachary McGee
Arp 4, 1919

Mcleod, Norma Fay
Mar 9, 1946
Mar 9, 1956
Donald Lynn McLeod
(Funeral Home marker)

Michealis, William
Louisiana Lt. USNR WWI
July 26, 1886
July 19, 1972

Miller, Simon
75 years old

Miria, Miria
w/o Elisha Bennett
Oct 13, 1840
July 8, 1907
"At Rest"

Moore, Dau. of Mary C.
Feb 7, 1912
May 24, 1924

Moore, Mattie J.
MOTHER

Oct 29, 1883
Dec 22, 1920

Morgan, Adelle
w/o C.A. Chapman
1878 - 1948
"Her memory shall ever be a guiding star"

Morris, Alton
May 22, 1909
Aug 18, 1971

Morris, Alton Jr.
Mar 30, 1929
Aug 3, 1983
"Precious memories live forever"

O, William O
s/o Ed & Clara Robertson
1902 - 1904

Pell, Betty Jane
1904 - 1968
(Funeral home marker)

Perry, Florence
1885 - 1904
"Gone Home"

Pevey, Nettie Moye Pevey
MAMA
Nettie Moye Pevey
Dec 13, 1890
DADDY
Fred I. Pevey
Mar 11, 1887
Feb 20, 1952

Pulliam, Lola Sharkey
Nov 9, 1898
Aug 3, 1978
Taylor Nelson Pulliam
Oct 11, 1897
Sept 4, 1972

Pulliam, Lola Sharkey
Nov 9, 1898
Taylor Nelson
Oct 11, 1897
Sept 4, 1972
"Gone but not forgotten"

Pulliam, Lucille E.
1913 - 1987
(Funeral home marker)

Robertson, Bertha E. Evans
MAMA

Apr 11, 1874
Aug 31, 1942

Robertson, Clara Warren
MOTHER

Oct 29, 1869
Apr 10, 1949
"She was a devoted member of Greensburg Chapter No. 158, Order of Eastern Star"

Robertson, Edward Tyson
May 26, 1873
Mar 16, 1950
"Not my will but thine be done"

Robertson, Henry Walker
PAPA

July 6, 1859
May 14, 1936

Robertson, Jessie
Mark Malcombe (Buck) Justice
Nov 24, 1897
Sept 17, 1961

Sept 23, 1900

Robertson, Nena
Oct 18, 1896
Nov 6, 1979

Robertson, Rebecca N.
MOTHER

d/o James Morgan & Lavinia Durbin
Aug 5, 1826
Feb 4, 1927
(Marker black, can't read inscription)

Robertson, Reese E.
Apr 7, 1905
Feb 2, 1969
Irma C.
Apr 28, 1907
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Robertson, William L.
FATHER

s/o Ely J. Robertson & wife Elizabeth Webb
Sept 6, 1831
Aug 17, 1905
(Can't read inscription)

Rounds, Essie Webb
Feb 29, 1886
Apr 22, 1965

Rushing, Billie Jo
Aug 22, 1957
April 17, 1979

Rushing, Chalmus E.
TEC5 US Army WWII
Dec 23, 1912
Aug 12, 1974
Ruth Henderson Rushing
June 16, 1926

Rushing, Chalmus E.
Tec 5 U.S. Army WWII
Dec 3, 1912
Aug 17, 1974
Ruth Henderson Rushing
June 16, 1926

Rushing, Ethel
Mar 10, 1904
Aug 22, 1969

Rushing, Glen R.
Apr 25, 1973
Apr 26, 1973
"Gone to be an angel"

Rushing, James M.
1903 - 1987
(Funeral home marker)

Rushing, John Leon
Feb 3, 1911
Aug 2, 1980
"At peace at last"
Myrl Brecheen Rushing
Sept 26, 1913

Rushing, Steven R.
June 19, 1972
June 20, 1972
"Gone to be an angel"

Sanders, Serens
Mar 10, 1858
Jan 3, 1916

Sanders, Sham M.
Mar 20, 1848
Feb 7, 1925
"At Rest"

Schilling, Alice Hardy
Sept 24, 1885
Apr 15, 1975

Sharkey, Bernice
Feb 5, 1897
Dec 23, 1971

Sharkey, Dwight F.
1926 - 1967
"Gone but not forgotten"

Sharkey, Ella Vee McCoy
Nov 10, 1897
Jan 30, 1982
Wed Oct 25, 1919
Eugene
Jan 21, 1900
Sept 12, 1983

Sharkey, Emmett J.
Dec 19, 1891
Mar 14, 1968
Nannie Mae
Apr 21, 1900

Sharkey, Gurla Pulliam
1899 - 1974
"Her memory is blessed"

Sharkey, J.B.
1929 - 1957
(Has a picture of him in his casket)

Sharkey, James Junius
1900 - 1939
"His memory is blessed"

Sharkey, Joe, Sr.
1851 - 1934
Elizabeth
1861 - 1934

Sharkey, Joseph (Joe)
Dec 4, 1902
Nov 11, 1979
Hazel Newell
Sept 29, 1905
Sept 6, 1985

Sharkey, Mamie E. Evans
Feb 7, 1882
Jan 2, 1960
Robert O.
July 22, 1850
June 5, 1923
"May their souls rest in peace"

Sharkey, Robert Felix
Aug 5, 1903
Sept 1, 1975
"Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest"

Sharkey, Zeeton
Apr 8, 18-7
Apr 8, 1919
"Darling we miss thee. A fairer bud of promise never bloomed"

Sharp, Hilda C.
Feb 4, 1902
Jan 16, 1965

Short, Doris Murphy
Nov 1, 1924
James Clifton (Mason)
Jan 29, 1923
June 28, 1964

Smart, Archie E.
Mar 17, 1898
Feb 20, 1969
"Weep not he is at rest"

Smart, Archie Edwin
Apr 26, 1937
Mar 7, 1962
"He died as he lived, a Christian"

Smart, ds/o William & Eva J.
BABY GIRLS
B & D Nov 27, 1896

Smart, Fred Perry
June 3, 1903
May 27, 1979
"A loving husband and father, a fair unselfish man,
a real sportsman and a true gentleman."
Bessie Williams Smart
Jan 4, 1906

Smart, Johnnie E.
Oct 31, 1931
Aug 5, 1933
"At Rest"

Smart, Louella S.
Nov 16, 1900
June 17, 1985

Smart, Mattie E.
MOTHER

Oct 11, 1886
Nov 7, 1955

Smart, Robert W.
PVT US Army
Dec 16, 1907
Dec 30, 1970

Smart, Sandra
Jan 13, 1962
Jan 14, 1962

Smart, William D.
Louisiana
PVT 8 BOM & CNR SQ AAF
WWII
Aug 1, 1900
June 24, 1953

Smart, Willie R.
Aug 1, 1945
Aug 5, 1945
"At Rest"

Smith, Charlie

Smith, Charlie
Dec 18, 1880
Jan 15, 1970

Spears, J.B.
Aug 28, 1926
"At Rest"

Spears, Joshua J.
1870 - 1951
"Gone Home"

Spears, Laura L.
1932 - 1932
"At Rest"

Spears, Nellie Louise
Sept 14, 1876
Nov 21, 1962

Spears, Roy H.
May 12, 1936
Nov 19, 1980
"Gone but not forgotten"

Spears, Stella D.
June 18, 1901
Oct 21, 1970
"Gone but not forgotten"

Steven, John H.
1867 - 1954
Laura R.
1868 - 1948
"How desolate our home bereft of thee"

Stevens, Aurelius D.
Louisiana
TEC 5 Engineers WWII
Feb 9, 1927
June 11, 1971

Stevens, Aurelius D.
Louisiana
TEC5 Engineers WWII
Feb 9, 1927
June 11, 1971

Stevens, Betty May B.
1908 - 1984

Stevens, Elzy Lee
Feb 25, 1929
April 21, 1985

Stevens, Frank E.
Apr 21, 1888
June 9, 1901
Maggie S.
Oct 12, 1893
Feb 8, 1967
"Thy trials ended, thy rest won"

Stevens, Jesse B.
Apr 25, 1914
Clayton H.
Mar 21, 1915
Jan 30, 1973
"Resting till the resurrection morn"

Stevens, Joseph P.
Louisiana
PFC U.S. Army WWI
Aug 27, 1890
Jan 15, 1966

Stevens, Joseph P.
Louisiana
PFC US Army WWI
Aug 27, 1890
Jan 15, 1966

Stevens, Lou Etta Rushing
Nov 23, 1897
Apr 9, 1982

Stevens, Nannie Lee
Mar 23, 1862
Dec 23, 1936
"Our loss is His gain"

Stevens, Pearl H.
MOTHER

1888 - 1968
"Our Darling"

Stevens, Percy Leon
Nov 4, 1909
Mar 16, 1963

Stevens, R.T.
Nov 30, 1858
Jan 20, 1921

Stevens, Richard J.
June 28, 1938
Sept 16, 1974
"To live in the hearts of those we leave is not to die"

Stevens, Walter L.
Aug 23, 1907
Jan 8, 1970
Evelyn C.
July 24, 1905
"There is no parting in Heaven"

Stevens, Zack E.
FATHER

1884 - 1950
"At Rest"

Strong, Claude E.
1943 - 1943

Strong, David Emmett
June 2, 1956
June 2, 1956

Tanner, Hollis W.
Sept 19, 1910
Aug 23, 1917

Taylor, Sarah
Aug 3, 1812
Oct 2, 1893

Thompson, Joseph L. Jr.
Louisiana US Navy
Nov 3, 1918
June 20, 1974

Thompson, Sherry Ann
Aug 22, 1958
Aug 17, 1975
"In after time we will meet her"

Tyson, Daniel T.
Sept 1-, 1844
Sept 28, 1908

Tyson, Edward P.
Oct 22, 1842
Mar 8, 1900 (?)

Tyson, Lydia
Apr 23, 1888
Juy 20, 1912

Varnado, Irma Warren
Oct 7, 1904
Aug 1, 1977
Wed July 29, 1923
S. Otto Varnado
Oct 7, 1902
"Earth has no problem that Heaven cannot heal"

Wall, Beatrice I.
June 23, 1922
Jan 16, 1987

Wall, Florence V.
May 25, 1872
Aug 8, 1952
"At Rest"

Wall, William Powell
Dec 14, 1864
Dec 4, 1928
"He died as he lived, a Christian"

Wall, Wm. F.
(Mason)
Aug 20, 1900
Oct 26, 1967
Anna T. Wall
Oct 7, 1899

Ware, G. Byron
Marie
Born Oct 3, 1873
Died May 9, 1955
G. Byron
Apr 17, 1869
Sept 9, 1950

Watson, Archie
s/o J.C. & M.A. Sharkey
(Marker sunken)

Watson, Ora Leta
July 4, 1915
Aug 25, 1937
"Darling we miss thee"

Watson, Silas R.
Aug 9, 1874
Mar 20, 1941

Webb, Allen Bruce
Apr 27, 1900
Jan 28, 1946

Webb, Allen Fred (Noon)
Sept 11, 1877
Jan 28, 1951
Anna Gayle
Jan 9, 1881
Oct 26, 1964

Webb, Dan Cline
Aug 20, 1914
Feb 21, 196-
Bilie Watkins
July 20, 1922

Webb, Harold O.
Feb 11, 1919
Aug 13, 1922

White, Earl (Son)
Sept 5, 1921
Dec 17, 1957
"Gone from our home but not our hearts"

Wilford, In Memory of
s/o J. & E.E. Sharkey
Aug 27, 1889
Oct 10, 1910
"To him we trust a place is given to him among the saints in Heaven"

Williams, C. Monroe
1902 - 1970
Louisiana
F3 US Navy WWI
May 27, 1902
July 28, 1970

Williams, Charles M.
Louisiana F 3 U.S. Navy
World War I
May 27, 1902
July 28, 1970

Williams, Francis L.
June 29, 1858
Apr 26, 1919

Williams, Jessie M.
Aug 27, 1903
May 11, 1977

Wilson, J.R.
1878 - 1934
"His memory is blessed"

Wilson, R. Howard
April 8, 1911
Aug 8, 1983
Ethel Stevens Wilson
Dec 19, 1915

Yarborough, Joseph Hugh
Nov 8, 1918
Nov 11, 1979
Iris Chapman Yarborough
June 4, 1919

Zachary, Dudley E.
May 8, 1896
Aug 1, 1974
Louella R. Zachary
Mar 3, 1899
May 31, 1983
"Precious memories"

Zachary, Dudley Erwin
May 8, 1896
Aug 1, 1974

Zachary, Etta
1888 - 1916

Zachary, John
1814 - 1892
Cynthis Zachary
1820 - 1896
Jehu Zachary
1858 - 1943

Zachary, Malice
Apr 16, 1886
Oct 17, 1907

Additional cemetery notes and unmarked graves:
(seven unmarked graves, three babies)
(One grave, FMH cannot read)
(Three unmarked graves)
(One adult sized slab, no inscription)
(One FH marker, no name, 1961)

Martha J. Martin
Sept 11, 1845
June 14, 1914

Marcus
s/o E. & M. Bennett
June 30, 1872
Feb 20, 1907
"Too good for earth and God called him home"

Elisha & Martha Bennett
Born June 1, 1865
Died Feb 28, 1900
(Not sure about dates, marker in bad condition)

MOTHER
Martha Rainey
w/o Chas. F. Braddy
July 27, 1874
Apr 5, 1928

(One unmarked grave)

Inf. s/o Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Williams
Feb 14, 1964

RUSHING
Inf. dau. of Emma Lee, John, Bethanie, Mary

(Old broken stone, inscribed BABY)

Martha F. Henry
Aug 20, 1871
Dec 24, 1896

Margaret Ann
w/o S.M. Sanders
Dec 6, 1843
Jan 2, 1891

Martha Shoultz
w/o Elias Jenkins
Feb 6, 1894
Age 68 years
(not plain)

Mary Stevens
Feb 14, 1894
Feb 16, 1975

(Two unmarked graves)

(Baby's grave, funeral home marker)

(One child size grave, funeral home marker, inscription illegible)

(Large concrete vault, no markings)

(Large red vault on larger concrete slab, no markings)