Merryville
Listing Compiled by Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. Cole October 1992
Annotated by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes
Picture courtesy of Lee Manning
This cemetery is located on Sand Lake Road east of Merryville. Turn north from US 190 and travel one mile following the blacktopped Sand Lake Road. You will pass a couple of real neat looking ranches along the way which have pipe fences with corner posts topped with drill bits. The fences are painted white and look really nice. The cemetery is on the right side of the pavement.
Hennigan Cemetery is very "homey" looking---honeysuckle vines growing on the fence, large cedar and oak trees, and shrubs of different kinds growing inside the fence. Outside the fence on the left side are muscadine vines, mulberry trees, and huckleberry and yaupon bushes to attract birds to the area. At the back, you can view an interesting swamp area at close hand. The right side borders on a hay patch. The cedar trees draped in Spanish moss look very"South Louisiana." All in all, we found this to be a unique looking cemetery.
There is a covered shelter with a table in the center of the cemetery for dinners, etc. Some time recently, there were metal funeral home markers with names and dates placed in front on the unnamed grave markers. The mowers have demolished most of these (I do wish someone who has this information would contact me, Evelyn Cole, 330 Ab Cole Rd, De Ridder, LA 70634.
ALLEN, MATTHEW | b-RAMLING,TX d-JAN 31 1993 age 79 h\o JOYCE ALLEN |
ARMOND, DONALD LYNN | B\D JUN 19 1949 |
ARMOND, INFANT | JUN 19 1949 JUN 21 1949 |
BAGGETT, GEORGIA C | APR 11 1921 OCT 24 1984 w\o OSCAR BAGGETT |
BAGGETT, OSCAR | FEB 7 1923 OCT 26 1975 h\o GEORGIA C BAGGETT |
BROXSON, ANNE | dau\o BEN WHIDDON |
BROXSON, CHARLES | MAY 25 1888 APR 4 1948 |
CARTER, ANNIE | MAY JUN 22 1895 SEP 9 1929 w\o J.M.CARTER |
CARTER, J.M. | FEB 24 1886 FEB 3 1958 h\o ANNIE MAY CARTER |
CARTER, PERCILLA | MAR 4 1858 MAY 23 1939 |
CARTER, W.M. | MAY 28 1847 NOV 19 1894 |
CHAPMAN, CHARLEY W | 1911 1976 MM-Sgt USARMY WWII |
CHAPMAN, MABEL H | MAY 26 1912 OCT 1 1969 [M] |
CORNES, CULVA H | FEB 18 1898 JAN 3 1977 w\o JAMES EDGAR CORNES |
CORNES, JAMES EDGAR | NOV 26 1889 JUL 25 1979 h\o CULVA H CORNES |
DeARMOND, HELEN B | d-MAR 11 1993 age 69 |
DeARMOND, REXFORD P | NOV 3 1919 JUL 10 1982 MM-2nd Lt USARMY WWII |
DUNNING, CORDELIA | d-AUG 20 1891 |
FRUSHA, DOROTHY MAE HENNIGAN | AUG 20 1910 JUL 5 1993 w\o LEON M FRUSHA [M] |
FRUSHA, EDNA | NOV 18 1938 SEP 2 1955 |
FRUSHA, JOHN LEON | FEB 9 1947 JUN 21 1980 MM-SP4 USARMY Vietnam [SON] |
FRUSHA, LEON M | DEC 10 1905 AUG 31 1986 h\o DOROTHY H FRUSHA [F] |
HARPER, DONITA MARIE | JAN 21 1967 JUL 21 1967 |
HELMICK, DORIS RACHAL | AUG 12 1920 MAR 23 1981 |
HENNIGAN, BERT | MAY 31 1902 MAR 30 1978 h\o TOBITHA HENNIGAN [F] |
HENNIGAN, CHILDS H | MAY 13 1883 FEB 24 1952 |
HENNIGAN, DORIS LAMPIN | JUL 29 1947 ** m-GLENFORD O HENNIGAN JUN 6 1964 |
HENNIGAN, EMILY COLEMAN | 1832 1894 |
HENNIGAN, GLENFORD O | FEB 11 1931 DEC 22 1989 h\o DORIS LAMPIN HENNIGAN |
HENNIGAN, I.M. | JUL 21 1888 SEP 6 1975 |
HENNIGAN, I.M. | SEP 3 1975 SEP 6 1975 |
HENNIGAN, J.E.M. | FEB 16 1853 MAR 14 1919 [s/o James Manuel and Emily "Millie" (?) Hennigan] |
HENNIGAN, JACK D | MAY 16 1922 JUL 13 1985 MM-US Coast Guard WWII |
HENNIGAN, JAMES "BULLY" | MAR 6 1914 FEB 10 1985 |
HENNIGAN, JAMES MANUEL | 1830 1900 [h/o Emily "Millie" (?) Hennigan] (stone is no longer legible) |
HENNIGAN, JESSIE MONTGOMERY | JUL 23 1892 SEP 17 1977 [M] |
HENNIGAN, LELA | AUG 20 1896 APR 8 1974 w\o NOAH HENNIGAN [M] |
HENNIGAN, LEMAN | b-1832 d-1897 CALCASIER PARISH, LA |
HENNIGAN, LEOTA GAIL | FEB 12 1919 OCT 8 1990 |
HENNIGAN, LONZO | APR 19 1916 FEB 12 1919 |
HENNIGAN, LOUISA JANE EAVES | b-Vernon Parish 1852 d-Calcasieu Parish 1982 [d/o Jesse Bartlett and Lubentia S. (Davis) Eaves Sr] |
HENNIGAN, MICHEL J 1787 | 1865 [h/o Louisa (?) Hennigan] |
HENNIGAN, NOAH | NOV 22 AUG 4 1965 h\o LELA HENNIGAN [F] |
HENNIGAN, OGDEN OSWELL | JAN 19 1917 MAY 28 1981 MM-Cpl USARMY WWII |
HENNIGAN, R.V. | JAN 28 1888 APR 24 1952 |
HENNIGAN, RENA | SEP 19 1876 APR 19 1958 |
HENNIGAN, TOBITHA "JO" | JUL 22 1913 JAN 18 2004 w\o BERT HENNIGAN [M] |
HENNIGAN, VERETTA | JUN 8 1874 MAR 13 1958 [M] |
MARSHELL, NAN (MRS) | dau\o BEN WHIDDON [d/o Bennett "Ben" and Mary E. (Hennigan) Whiddon] |
MYERS, Emma Jean Frusha | Feb 17, 1937 NOV 24, 2002 |
PERRY, LULA W | JUN 26 1907 MAR 24 1970 |
RACHAL, GARY C | FEB 22 1958 APR 15 1983 [SON] |
RACHEL, GENEVA | NOV 25 1920 DEC 4 1920 dau\o L.B.RACHEL |
RACHEL, INFANT | AUG 25 1914 AUG 27 1914 s\o M\M W.M.RACHEL |
RACHEL, | MAY GARY MAR 26 1896 SEP 22 1981 [M] |
RACHEL, TITO REQUENA | FEB 21 1936 MAR 31 1974 |
RACHEL, WILLIAM | DEC 10 1882 OCT 1 1960 [F] |
RACHEL, WILLIE E | JUL 1 1916 AUG 18 1916 dau\o M\M W.M.RACHEL |
REEDER, H.L. | DEC 2 1889 NOV 29 1971 |
RIGGS, CHARLES ALVA | JUL 22 1922 MAR 26 1992 [F] MM-T\Sgt US Army AER Corps WWII |
RIGGS, CORRY V | 1894 1968 w\o THOMAS C RIGGS [M] |
RIGGS, MARGUERITE S | JUL 14 1920 DEC 31 1990 w\o THOMAS S RIGGS |
RIGGS, THOMAS C | 1882 1955 h\o CORRY V RIGGS [F] |
RIGGS, THOMAS CHARLES "CHARLIE" | JUL 28 1961 JUL 15 1991 |
RIGGS, THOMAS S | APR 25 1914 NOV 1 1984 m-Marguerite S Riggs NOV 29 1945 MM-Tec5 USARMY WWII |
SALTER, MACEL | 1915 1917 |
SENAC. BELFORD "LITTLE JOSEPH" | JAN 17 1913 DEC 25 1913 |
SIMMONS LILLIE W | JUL 23 1910 ** w\o ROBERT L SIMMONS |
SIMMONS, ROBERT L | DEC 11 1901 AUG 12 1984 h\o LILLIE W SIMMONS |
SPRINGER, FLORENCE | MAR 4 1881 MAY 29 1964 w\o TOM B SPRINGER [M] |
SPRINGER, TOM B | SEP 21 1881 APR 20 1965 h\o FLORENCE SPRINGER [F] |
STARK, JUDY ROBSON | MAR 13 1950 ** w\o SAMUEL STEPHEN STARK |
STARK, SAMUEL STEPHEN | SEP 12 1949 NOV 23 1987 h\o JUDY ROBSON STARK |
WHIDDON, BEN | 1852 FEB 1920 h\o Mary Hennigan Whiddon [Bennett "Ben", s/o Eli and Nancy (?) Whiddon] |
WHIDDON, BILLIE | DEC 8 1874 FEB 11 1942 spouse\o DEE WHIDDON |
WHIDDON, CHAISTY (MRS) | 1st w\o BEN WHIDDON |
WHIDDON, DEE | FEB 4 1888 JUN 15 1973 spouse\o BILLIE WHIDDON |
WHIDDON, ESSIE | JUL 15 1905 SEP 19 1906 |
WHIDDON, HENRY | NOV 6 1915 NOV 15 1976 [DADDY] |
WHIDDON, JOHN | JUN 17 1889 DEC 16 h\o LIZZIE WHIDDON |
WHIDDON, LIZZIE | JUL 17 1891 JAN 7 1978 w\o JOHN WHIDDON |
WHIDDON, MARY HENNIGAN | b-BEINVILLE, ALABAMA 1850 d-CALCASIEU PARISH, LA 1881 [Mary E., w/o Bennett "Ben" Whiddon] |
WHIDDON, MISSURA (MRS) | 2nd w\o BEN WHIDDON |
WHIDDON, THURMON | MAR 19 1921 APR 29 1990 [SON] |
WILLIAMSON, VERTICE H | NOV 26 1921 JUL 27 1959 [F] |
YAWN, JOHN P | APR 4 1873 OCT 13 1950 |