Wingate Cemetery List and Photos
DeRidder
Listing Compiled by Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. Cole August 22, 1992
Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes are preceded by LVH>>
To get to Wingate Cemetery, we traveled south on LA 389 about 6 miles till we found the Wingate Cemetery sign on the right side of the road. Turning here and traveling less than half a mile, we took the right fork to Wingate Cemetery (the left fork dead-ends at some "Old River" campsites). This is a remote lonely site.
There are three ancient cedar trees and an oak tree that could tell some tales if they could talk. The past two years, summer dry spells have taken their toll on several azalea bushes. With a bit of care, they could be brought around now --- 1992.
The road is dirt, but is in good condition even after the January 1993 rains. It's worth visiting for no other reason than to see Cooter's reservation marker.
| COCHRAN, SARAH J COOPER | OCT 5 1882 APR 5 1900 w\o J.M.COCHRAN |
| COCHRAN, UNA | MAR 7 1900 JUN 24 1900 |
| COLEMAN, DEE | SEP 30 1900 NOV 19 1900 |
| COLEMAN, MALORA | MAY 17 1874 OCT 4 1900 [LVH: d/o Newton C. and Sarah (?) Cooper] |
| COOPER, BABY | JAN 15 1906 FEB 16 1906 |
| COOPER, JAP | AUG 24 1880 APR 30 1946 |
| COOPER, JOHN T | FEB 29 1891 MAY 26 1947 |
| COOPER, LAVELLE | MAR 30 1920 SEP 25 1923 |
| COOPER, NATHAN | AUG 15 1904 MAY 16 1905 |
| COOPER, SARY | w\o J.C.COOPER |
| COOPER, TOMMY | s\o N J COOPER |
| COOTER---- | A SPOT "Reserved For Cooter" |
| HAMILTON, NELLIE YOUNG | SEP 27 1910 MAY 30 1986 [M] |
| HAMILTON, SULLIVAN "SUD" | MAR 31 1907 MAR 29 1988 [F] |
| McMAHON, LABON "PETE" | OCT 26 1886 MAR 29 1969 |
| McMAHON, MISSOURI WINGATE | MAR 20 1869 DEC 27 1897 w\o J.W.McMAHON [LVH: Missouri Louisa, d/o Laban Abraham "Labe" and Missouri Ann (Carroll) Wingate, w/o James W. McMahon] (Birth year should be 1859; Missouri, age 21 is shown as wife of J. W. McMahon on 1880 Calcasieu Parish, La Census.) |
| MOORE, JAMES J | FEB 17 1839 NOV 4 1893 [LVH: James Jackson, h/o Geneva Caroline Wingate] |
| PRATER, VIRGINIA MISSOURI | 1878-1954 w\o CHARLES H PRATER [LVH: d/o James Jackson and Geneva Caroline (Wingate) Moore] |
| SMITH, MARTHIE ANN | OCT 16 1841 NOV 18 1880 |
| SMITH, MARTHIE ANN | 1841 NOV 8 1880 [duplicate stone] [LVH: Martha Ann Jeans, w/o Fleming Thomas Smith Sr] |
| WINGATE, AUNT "SIS" DORCUS | 1864 1934 [LVH: Dorcus Rebecca "Sis" Smith, w/o Samuel David Wingate] |
| WINGATE, MALORA | DEC 2 1885 JUL 9 1913 [LVH: nee Cooper, 2nd w/o Samuel Laborn Wingate] |
| WINGATE, ODIE CALLIE | FEB 28 1908 FEB 11 1909 [LVH: d/o Samuel Laborn and Malora (Cooper) Wingate] |
| WINGATE, GRACIE ANN PARKER | APR 6 1896 JAN 18 1935 w\o SAMUEL L WINGATE [LVH: 1st w/o Samuel Laborn Wingate] |
