Shady Grove Cemetery

Bellwood

Shady Grove Cemetery is located three 3 miles east of Bellwood, Natchitoches Parish, LA. At the crossroads in Bellwood, turn east off LA Hwy 117 onto Shady Grove Road Parish Road 735 . The cemetery is on the left, the Shady Grove Church on the right.

Shady Grove Cemetery was established in 1816. There are a number of gravesites marked with small white marble blocks in various areas of the cemetery. It is possible that they are simply placeholders. However, it was noted that these markers are in the older sections of the cemetery and their placement suggests the marking of known gravesites.

According to local residents and various printed sources, the Brown family first settled in and owned the cemetery property. There are several very old grave markers in the cemetery with the Brown name: 1834, 1843, 1852. Presleys, Owens, Montgomerys, Sparks, and Boltons were other early settlers.

A Presley section of the cemetery is fenced with an iron fence and gate. Family members relate that the fence was ordered from France by Hosea Crawford Presley and his son, Crawford Alexander Presley, when Lovely Word Presley, Hosea's wife, died in 1866. The entire cemetery is fenced and maintained and remains in use.
Submitted by N. Liles - January 1999

ALFORD, Oscar R. Dec. 31, 1880 - May 26, 1963, Double stone: Bertha A. Alford

ALFORD, Bertha A. July 12, 1894 - March 3, 1940

ALFORD, William R. March 8, 1891 - Feb. 6, 1977

ALFORD, Vertie S. Oct. 20, 1901 - Jan. 12, 1984

ALFORD, Hoyt Hardy Sept. 23, 1924 - Jan. 11, 1983, SC 2 US NAVY WWII

BEASLEY, Callie Pigott Nov. 29, 1885 - Oct. 13, 1972

BOLTON, Archie Lynn June 21, 1977 - August 9, 1997

BOLTON, Sylvia Mae May 18, 1909 - May 12, 1984

BOLTON, John N. March 20, 1894 - April 23, 1974, Double stone: Sylvia Mae Bolton

BOLTON, George W. Nov. 13, 1909 - Dec. 22, 1967, LA PFC 713 MIL POLICE WWII, Adjacent to: Mildred M. Bolton

BOLTON, Richard Lynn Oct. 12, 1946 - Dec. 24, 1968, LA SGT US AIR FORCE

BOLTON, Edith Jan. 29, 1929 - Aug. 29, 1929

BOLTON, Emma Hyatt Feb. 14, 1909 - Sept. 24, 1989

BOLTON, Arthur R. March 29, 1903 - Aug. 24, 1953

BOLTON, Walter L. April 23, 1868 - Dec. 29, 1939

BOLTON, Henry H. July 10, 1896 - Sept. 21, 1898, Son of W. L. and Rosa Bolton

BOLTON, Rosa E. Feb. 26, 1866 - Feb 14, 1907, Wife of W. L. Bolton

BOLTON, Pearly Dove Feb. 23, 1871 - Jan. 6, 1933

BOLTON, Sarah E. Feb. 20, 1840 - Feb. 8, 1924

BOLTON, Edmond Nov. 5, 1892 - Oct. 27, 1925, Adjacent to: Sarah E. Bolton

BOLTON, Infant Born Oct. 27, 1964, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Bolton

BOLTON, Thomas Monroe Aug. 25, 1898 - July 1, 1948

BOLTON, Thomas M. Sept. 5, 1924 - April 9, 1957, Adjacent to: Thomas Monroe Bolton

BOLTON, Tommy E. Jan. 7, 1951 - April 29, 1962, Adjacent to: Thomas M. Bolton

BOLTON, Carrie Lee Aug. 9, 1917 - May 5, 1981

BOLTON, Emma Jane May 29, 1892 - Oct. 2, 1969

BOLTON, Azrene April 30, 1923 -, Adjacent to: Emma Jane and Carrie Lee Bolton

BOLTON, Mildred M. Dec. 3, 1907 - Nov. 4, 1971

BOLTON, William E. Feb. 12, 1915 -, Double stone: Nora M. Frantom

BOLTON, Nora M. Frantom Dec. 13, 1920 - Not Carved

BOLTON, Lucille March 4, 1920 - Oct. 16, 1964

BOLTON, Chester, Sr. Nov. 11, 1949 - July 7, 1987, Double stone: Dottie S. Bolton

BOLTON, Dottie S. July 17, 1953 - Not Carved

BOLTON, Leroy Holt March 23, 1919 - June 9, 1990

BOLTON, James M. Oct. 1, 1873 - Feb. 6, 1967, Double stone: Dell Bolton

BOLTON, Dell July 4, 1878 - Sept. 3, 1948

BOLTON, Leroy Hoyt March 23, 1919 - June 9, 1990

BOSWELL, Ada A. Sept. 3, 1899 - Jan. 26, 1924

BOSWELL, James Oct. 7, 1923 - Dec. 10, 1924, Son of J.G. and Ana A. Boswell

BOSWELL, Infant Nov. 24, 1938, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Boswell

BOSWELL, Chester B., Jr. Born and Died Sept. 14, 1941

BOSWELL, Julia A. Feb. 5, 1885 - Oct. 11, 1963

BOSWELL, Thomas J. Oct. 14, 1878 - July 17, 1969, Double stone: Julia A. Boswell

BOSWELL, Louis G. Feb. 12, 1892 - March 15, 1963

BOSWELL, Ethel P. Jan. 11, 1901 - Nov. 25, 1977, Double stone: Louis G. Boswell

BOSWELL, Chester Boyd June 20, 1907 - Feb. 9, 1997

BOSWELL, Jewel Beasley Aug. 5, 1910 - March 28, 1996, Double stone: Chester Boyd Boswell

BOSWELL, Dorothy Pauline Aug. 15, 1925, Daughter of J.G. and N.M. Boswell

BRIAN, Charles Edward, Sr. Aug. 28, 1935 - Nov. 15, 1984, Double stone: Peggy Bolton Brian

BRIAN, Peggy Bolton Aug. 10, 1934 - Not Carved

BROADWAY, James D. Nov. 20, 1957 - May 10, 1993, Double stone: Tamela K. Broadway

BROADWAY, Tamela K. Jan. 14, 1963 - Not Carved

BROWN, Mae G. Nov. 13, 1865 - Dec. 25, 1931

BROWN, John D. Jan. 22, 1852, Aged 27 Yrs. 1 Mo. 2 Days, Marker broken, only age information remains at this time

BROWN, T.P. Sept 11, 1834, Aged 1 Yr. 9 Days

BROWN, E.A. Sept 1, 1834, Aged 26 Yrs. 3 Mos. 17 Days

BROWN, M.M. July 28, 1834, Aged 27 Yrs. 6 Mos. 1 Day

BROWN, J.F. Aug. 3, 1843, Aged 19 Yrs. 1 Mo. 24 Days

BROWN, J.C. Oct. 18, 1846, Aged 9 Yrs. 7 Mos. 9 Days, Broken, almost illegible

BROWN, H.R. Oct. 21, 1846, Aged 6 Mos.

CLARK, James Riley June 15, 1919 - April 17, 1991, Adjacent to: Billy Ray Clark

CLARK, Billy Ray Jan. 12, 1946 - May 21, 1967, LA CPL US MARINE CORPS

COBB, Wm. July 22, 1880 - Feb. 6, 1901, Born Shelby Co., AL

COBB, George Washington April 30, 1860 - March 1, 1928

COBB, Loyal D. Dec. 22, 1888 - April 7, 1926

CONERLY, Ola N. July 15, 1909 - Oct. 18, 1953

COOK, Angeline Nov. 28, 1881 - May 28, 1910

CURBEY, Lafatte Nov. 15, 1884 - Feb. 7, 1908

CURBEY, Nora Ada March 30, 1908 - Sept. 16, 1918, Adjacent to: Lafatte Curbey

DOWDEN, Stephen E. Nov. 14, 1892 - Aug. 29, 1969, LA PFC CO K 360 INFANTRY WWI

DOWDEN, Wayman W. Aug. 16, 1933 - May 13, 1934

DOWDEN, Pearly L. Jan. 20, 1891 - Jan. 1, 1919

DOWDEN, Infant Aug. 13, 1900 - Aug. 18, 1920, Infant of Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Dowden

DOWDEN, Infant Dec. 15, 1927, Infant of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Dowden

DOWDEN, Effie M. July 27, 1902 - Feb. 25, 1980, Adjacent to: Stephen E. Dowden

DOWDEN, Infant Born and Died Aug. 9, 1911, Infant Daughter of W.D. and Sallie Dowden

FLACK, James Corky March 9, 1931 - Oct. 11, 1979, RM 2 US NAVY - KOREA, Adjacent to: John N. and Z. Mae Flack

FLACK, John N. Dec. 5, 1908 - Nov. 19, 1975, Double stone: Z. Mae Flack

FLACK, Z. Mae Sept. 25, 1912 - Not Carved

FRANTOM, James M. June 5, 1890 - Dec. 20, 1975, Adjacent to and similar stones: Cora Belle Frantom

FRANTOM, Cora Belle Aug. 1, 1896 - July 4, 1989

FRANTOM, Hattie Belle Nov. 15, 1891 - March 17, 1926

FRANTOM, James P. July 25, 1913 - Jan. 19, 1985, Adjacent to: Cora Belle and James M. Frantom

FULLER, Lettie Oct. 7, 1896 - Aug. 24, 1914

FULLER, Vera B. Aug. 5, 1914 - Sept. 16, 1914, Daughter of Lettie L. and J.W. Fuller

GALLIEN, Infant Dec. 6, 1929, Infant son of John and Maude Gallien

GALLIEN, Maude Parker March 8, 1895 - Dec. 26, 1977

GALLIEN, John A. March 18, 1895 - Nov. 20, 1942

GIBSON, Clarence Nov. 19, 1895 - Dec. 19, 1895, Son of William Andrew and Cora Cordelia Russell Gibson

GRIMES, Frank W. 1870 - 1960

GRIMES, Sive Reed July 5, 1890 - July 20, 1972

HONEYCUTT, Faye A. Jan. 23, 1929 - July 21, 1994

HONEYCUTT, Wilburn July 22, 1928 - Feb. 13, 1992, Double stone: Faye A. Honeycutt

HYATT, Elizabeth Died July 9, 1920 Aged 84 Yrs.

JACKSON, Leland C. Oct. 22, 1918 - Oct. 25, 1978, T SGT US AIR FORCE WWII

JONES, Laura L. July 4, 1877 - June 20, 1917

KOONCE, Viola Dec. 29, 1913 - July 5, 1914, Daughter of P.A. and M.E. Koonce

KOONCE, Gladys March 15, 1916 - Aug. 22, 1916, Daughter of P.A. and M.E. Koonce

LEACH, Rubie O. Feb. 11, 1901 - June 17, 1933

LEO, Annie Mae 1913 - 1959, Mother of Elizabeth Ann Leo Whitney

LEO, James Feb 6, 1910 - Feb. 8, 1963

MARSHALL, Infant Born and Died Nov. 27, 1928, Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Marshall

MARSHALL, Infant Born and Died Nov. 28, 1929, Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Marshall

MARSHALL, Infant Jan. 1939, Infant son of Johnnie and Grady Marshall

MARSHALL, Tommie Sue Dec. 7. 1940, Daughter of Johnnie and Grady Marshall

MARTIN, Julie Ann Oct. 6, 1967 - Feb. 6, 1982

MOBLEY, Richard Alan May 30, 1940 Baby

MONTGOMERY, Martha A. Nov. 26, 1870 - June 13, 1925, Age 54 Yrs 6 Mos 18 Days, Adjacent to Joseph A. Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, Willie E. Oct. 25, 1899 - Aug. 4, 1925, Age 25 Yrs. 9 Mos. 10 Days

MONTGOMERY, Infant Born and Died Oct. 3, 1907, Infant Daughter of J.A. and M.A. Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, Joseph A. Dec. 31, 1868 - Oct. 13, 1951, Age 82 Years 9 Months & 13 Days

MONTGOMERY, Eugene Oct. 6, 1905 - Sept. 8, 1993, Double stone: Katie H. Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, Annie Nov. 3, 1897 - Dec 23, 1991

MONTGOMERY, Ada Dec. 30, 1903 - Dec. 22, 1990

MONTGOMERY, Katie Feb. 17, 1904 - April 19, 1994

MOSS, Dolly Bell Feb. 27 -- Aug. 1907

MURAY, Michael April 30, 1899 - Oct. 14, 1900

MURAY, Nancy Dec. 4, 1885 - Oct. 14, 1886

MURAY, Martha J. Oct. 14, 1883 - Feb. 14, 1884

NASH, Alvin R. Sept. 23, 1910 - June 15, 1914

NASH, Lenora Gertrude Nov. 19, 1891 - Jan. 8, 1982

NASH, Doss E. Jan. 25, 1890 - Feb. 6, 1959, Adjacent to and identical stones: Lenora Gertrude Nash

NASH, Epher Jan. 5, 1889 Age 30 Yrs.

NASH, Bell Sept. 5, 1889 - Sept. 23, 1898, Daughter of Epher Nash

NEWCOMB, George, Jr. April 11, 1926 - Jan. 4, 1929

NORSWORTHY, Artis Fremon Aug. 4, 1901 - Oct. 30, 1976

NORSWORTHY, Ellis D. Nov. 20, 1897 - March 14, 1919

NORSWORTHY, Agnes Danzy June 6, 1914 - May 9, 1981

NORSWORTHY, Orean Jan. 9, 1909

NORSWORTHY, Ivy May 22, 1900 - Oct. 30, 1970, "Jeff" Double stone: Orean Norsworthy

NORSWORTHY, Willie E. Jan. 7, 1912 - Dec. 22, 1931

NORSWORTHY, Semion June 18, 1873 - Sept. 8, 1964, Double stone: Julia A. Craig Norsworthy

NORSWORTHY, Julia A. March 21, 1870 - April 25, 1963, Double Stone: Semion F. Norsworthy

PIGOTT, Burkley J. Aug. 9, 1879 - Feb. 11, 1926

PIGOTT, Infant March 15, 1914 - April 5, 1914, Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Burkley Pigott

PIGOTT, Marthie Aug 15, 1915 - Nov. 11, 1921

PRESLEY, L. W. [Lovely Word] Died Nov. 24, 1866, Age 64 Yrs., 3 Mo., 8 Days, Wife of Hosea Presley, Mother of Crawford Alexander Presley

PRESLEY, Crawford A.lexander Jan. 5, 1837 - Nov. 10, 1914, Husband of 1 Frances A. Sparks 2 Julia A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Frances A. Sparks Feb. 13, 1844 - May 14, 1876, First wife of Crawford Alexander Presley, Daughter of Daniel Sparks and Julia Justice

PRESLEY, Julia A. Sparks Died June 7, 1893, Aged 32 years, Second wife of Crawford Alexander Presley, Half-sister of Frances A. Sparks Presley

PRESLEY, Lovely Jane Born and Died 1892, Daughter of Crawford Alexander Presley and Julia A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Maud Edna May 26, 1893 - June 19, 1893, Footstone: MEP

PRESLEY, Mabel Ethel May 26, 1893 - July 7, 1893, Footstone: MEP

PRESLEY, Leroy F.rancis Died Sept. 7, 1867, Aged 2 Mos. and 8 Days, Son of Crawford Alexander Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Andrew C.rawford Dec. 30, 1868 - Oct. 19, 1906, Double stone: Mary E. Presley, Son of Crawford Alexander Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Mary E. Feb. 8, 1868 - July 24, 1954, Mary Emily Idell Bates, Wife of Andrew Crawford Presley

PRESLEY, Effie Sept. 20, 1894 - Aug. 3, 1909, Adjacent to: Andrew C. and Mary E. Presley

PRESLEY, Infant Born and Died Jan. 24, 1917, Infant son of J.F. and R.B. Presley

PRESLEY, Elias E.ugene Dec. 9, 1869 - Aug. 23, 1870, Aged 8 Mos & 14 Days, Son of Crawford Alexander Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Sallie Bell Feb. 19, 1871 - Oct. 25, 1871, Aged 8 Mos & 6 Days, Daughter of Andrew Crawford Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Laborn Jackson Feb. 19, 1871 - July 14, 1899, Son of Andrew Crawford Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Willie J.acob May 16, 1872 - July 7, 1874, Son of Andrew Crawford Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Mary Bell Dec. 5, 1873 - Aug. 4, 1874, Daughter of Andrew Crawford Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, James Franklin Jan. 10, 1875 - Feb. 9, 1942, Husband of Rosa Bell Owen, Son of Crawford Alexander Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Rosa Bell Owen Sept. 13, 1877 - Dec. 31, 1948, Wife of James Franklin Presley, Daughter of William Cicero Owen and Mary Jane Bolton

PRESLEY, Crawford Andrew May 28, 1904 - Oct. 31, 1990, Son of James Franklin Presley and Rosa Bell Owen, Husband of Mary Jane Pigott

PRESLEY, C.A., Jr. no dates

PRESLEY, Crawford A., III July 14, 1932 - Oct. 6, 1932

PRESLEY, Ruby Rebecca Aug. 13, 1944 - Sept. 26, 1950

PRESLEY, Thomas Alexander Born and Died Dec. 31, 1875, Son of Crawford Alexander Presley and Frances A. Sparks

PRESLEY, Versey April 14, 1912 - July 16, 1948

RASHALL, Infant Jan. 23, 1938, Infant son of Fermon and Claudia Rashall

REED, Herman Richard July 11, 1924 - Jan. 5, 1984, Double stone: no entry

REED, Walter Hood Dec. 16, 1896 - Sept. 21, 1949, Adjacent to: Lula Estelle Reed

REED, Lula Estelle April 29, 1899 - May 16, 1995

REED, Julius Derwood Nov. 1, 1930 - Nov. 1, 1954, A1C US AIR FORCE

RHODES, Lydia April 3, 1875 - May 22, 1938

RHODES, Emmie Self April 9, 1913 - Jan. 2, 1996 Armond

RHODES, William Edward March 20, 1889 - April 21, 1956, Double stone: Emmie Self Rhodes Armond

RICOUARD, Elsie Kile May 23, 1924 - Nov. 13, 1996

RICOUARD, George July 14, 1918 - Jan. 2, 1984, PVT US ARMY WWII, Double stone: Elsie Kile Ricouard

ROBERTS, Zora O. R.N. Jan. 5, 1917 - Sept. 29, 1946, Wife of L.F. Rachel

ROBERTS, Truman Aug. 17, 1918 - Dec. 16, 1981

ROBERTS, Monroe July 24, 1884 - Sept. 21, 1979, Double stone: Mary Jane Roberts

ROBERTS, Mary Jane Sept. 25, 1888 - Sept. 27, 1985

ROBERTS, Myrtle March 1, 1915 - March 25, 1917, Daughter of Monroe and Mary J. Roberts

ROBERTSON, Twins March 12, 1921, Infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. O.M. Robertson

SELF, Mary Ellawee Sept. 9, 1934 - Feb. 20, 1936

SELF, Mary Sept. 26, 1877 - Oct. 25, 1952

SELF, Louisia E. Jan. 29, 1862 - Feb. 27, 1935

SELF, Elizabeth W. Aug. 10, 1897 - Nov. 29, 1988

SELF, James A. March 22, 1898 - Dec. 17, 1990, Double stone: Elizabeth W. Self

SELF, William March 20, 1850 - Oct 26, 1916, Double stone: Louisia E. Self

SELF, Marion Jan. 13, 1882 - July 23, 1947

SELF, Travis Nov. 7, 1929 - Jan. 2, 1982

SELF, Willie J. Jan. 12, 1887 - April 13, 1958, Father, Adjacent to: Ola Jane Self and Willie Leon Self

SELF, Ola Jane March 10, 1895 - Sept. 22, 1980, Mother

SELF, Glenn Emile Nov. 26, 1954 - May 2, 1992

SELF, Alfred Nov. 14, 1871 - April 23, 1930, Double stone: Mary Self

SELF, Willie Leon Aug. 18, 1942 - Dec. 22, 1983

SIMMONS, M. Collis March 15, 1908 - Oct. 23, 1966

SIMMONS, William Dolphus 1873 - 1958, Adjacent to: Nancy and Annie Simmons

SIMMONS, Nancy 1881 - 1929 Mother

SIMMONS, Annie 1900 - 1903 Daughter

SPARKS, Oscar W. April 28, 1904 - July 12, 1998, Double stone: Katie D. Sparks, Son of J.H. Sparks and Elizabeth Rhodes Sparks

SPARKS, Hazel Dec. 25, 1909 - March 12, 1927, Aged 17 Years 2 Mos 7 Days

SPARKS, Erma L. July 24, 1932 - Aug. 7, 1996, Double stone: Earl D. Sparks, Nee Nicholson, Sparks family data submitted by granddaughter Angela Bergerson, 2-2001

SPARKS, Elizabeth Jan. 24, 1868 - Sept. 16, 1956

SPARKS, Earl D. Oct. 13, 1931 - Nov. 21, 1991, Husband of Erma L. Nicholson Sparks, Son of Oscar W. Sparks and Katie D. Norsworthy Sparks

SPARKS, Elton L. March 21, 1925 - Sept. 8, 1936

SPARKS, J. H. Sept. 12, 1864 - March 2, 1917, Double stone: Elizabeth Rhodes Sparks

SPARKS, Infant Born and Died Sept. 30, 1907, Infant son of S.E. and M. E. Sparks

SPARKS, Katie D. May 20, 1906 - Dec. 19, 1986, Daughter of Semion Norsworthy and Julia A. Craig Norsworthy

SPARKS, Nancy Elizabeth Nash Nov. 3, 1884 - March 7, 1973

SPARKS, Willie Hardy Sept. 23, 1886 - Dec. 18, 1924, Double stone: Nancy Elizabeth Nash Sparks

SPARKS, Ida Feb. 28, 1875 - Feb. 13, 1954

SPARKS, Mary Ella Aug. 22, 1849 - Aug. 31, 1911, Original marker replaced with double marker for Mary and Jacob Sparks; original marker placed at foot of grave; same data except for middle name and wife of J. M. Sparks.

SPARKS, Jacob Jan. 27, 1847 - Aug. 25, 1932, Double stone: Mary Sparks

SPARKS, Joseph D. Sept. 24, 1921 - March 27, 1979, PFC US ARMY WWII

SPARKS, Loyd Julius May 4, 1913 - Aug. 4, 1920

SPARKS, Sidney E. July 14, 1877 - July 20, 1946

SPARKS, Mary Ella Oct. 16, 1877 - July 22, 1948

SPARKS, Eunice May May 8, 1919 - Aug. 17, 1922

SPARKS, J.W. Mar. 4, 1857 - Jan. 14, 1932

SPARKS, Minnie 1880 - 1947

SPARKS, Catherine April 19, 1852 - June 24, 1906, Broken marker; lettering badly eroded

SPARKS, Etta R. April 23, 1910 - May 19, 1993

SPARKS, Johnnie M. Mar. 5, 1890 - April 7, 1965

SPARKS, Joseph Daniel March 29, 1893 - Oct. 12, 1924

SPARKS, Hoyt March 18, 1912 - May 31, 1914, Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Sparks

SPARKS, F. T. Oct. 18, 1877 - Nov. 28, 1917

STANLEY, Rose Bell Sept. 18, 1919 - Sept. 21, 1919

TOLER, T. B. Oct. 9, 1921 - Nov. 17, 1921, Infant son of Thomas B. and Mary E. Toler

WAGNER, Twins Feb 23, 1918, Twin babies of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wagner

WARD, William H. B., Rev. Jan. 20, 1931 - not carved, Double stone: Ruth Dison Ward

WARD, Ruth Dison Jan. 10, 1934 - Not Carved

WELLS, James Milton July 20, 1900 - Jan. 2, 1979

WILSON, Robert Glynn Jan. 26, 1950 - Aug. 22, 1970, LA AO3 US NAVY - Vietnam

WILSON, Camille Alford July 30, 1918 - Not Carved

WILSON, James Oda July 27, 1910 - Jan. 26, 1995, Double stone: Camille Alford Wilson