Old Beech Creek Baptist Cemetery

Submitted by William "Bill" R. Holly Jr., 500 Holly-Moore Drive, Pineville, LA 71360-4537
Photos taken July 10, 1999 by Roy L. Johnson

Old Beech Creek Baptist Church Cemetery was read by Bill & Polly Holly on March 30, 1998. This cemetery lies in the woods at the end of a dirt lane to the left of the Beech Creek Baptist Church. The church is North of LA 124 in
Winn Parish, just West of the Winn Parish-LaSalle Parish line.

BASS, Martha Jane, b 1825, d 1906

EVANS, Rachel, b Feb 10, 1848, d Feb 15, 1878, w/o Isaac Reeves Holmes (Note: Isaac Reeves Holmes was a s/o Isaac & Sarah Lynn Holmes)

HOLMES, Ellen Jane, b No Date, d May 20, 1917, aged 75 years (Note: d/o Isaac & Sarah Lynn Holmes)

HOLMES, Isaac, b Nov 17, 1797, d Nov 16, 1874

HOLMES, Sarah Lynn, b Feb 19, 1805, d Jun 9, 1871, w/o Isaac Holmes

SHUMAKER, Della, b Dec 2, 1881, d Oct 20, 1885, d/o J.W. & C.J. Shumaker

SHUMAKER, J.F., b March 11, 1874, d Sep 2, 1877, s/o J.W. & C.J. Shumaker

WEEMS, Lee Roy, b Jul 18, 1911, d Jul 27, 1916

WILLIS, Della Jane, b Sep 25, 1888, d Jun 19, 1891

WILLIS, Infant, b Mar 28, 1901, d Mar 29, 1901, d/o J.L. & M.T. Willis

WILLIS, William Homer, b Feb 23, 1897, d Sep 5, 1905

Notes: At the entrance there is a concrete grave marker with markings we could not bring out. What appeared to be two foot markers were laying next to the marker. One bore the letters "C.L.B.", the other bore the letters "A.V.B.". These were fairly close to the grave of Martha Jane Bass. There was a depression, in another area of the cemetery, that appeared to be a grave but there was no marker.

Briley's Memorial History & Cemetery Directory of Winn Parish, LA incorrectly reflects all of the graves listed above, with the exception of the Willis infant, as being in the Union Springs Cemetery, West of Dodson, LA.

UPDATE:

Thursday, July 26, 2001

My name is Dennis Day. I live in Greenville,MS. My father in law is S. B. Boyett of Winn Parish LA. In the archives of the names listed in the Old Beech Creek cemetary are two unmarked graves, thought to be A.V.B. & C.L.B. children of Mary Bass. They are actually my father in law's sisters (died in childbirth). Avis Vernell & Gladys Boyett are the children of Sylvester Boyett & his wife Ida J. (Couch) Boyett buried in the newer Beech Creek Cemetery. My father in law has visited the site on several occasions. He said that his father buried the children and made the markers himself.

The "G" has eroded and looks like a "C" on Gladys's marker. I saw the report by Mr. Holly and felt the need to clarify their existence. Thank you very much.

You have a fantastic site!

Dennis Day
Dennis.C.Day@Williams.com>