Ridge Cemetery
Submitted by Lynelle Stevenson and Martha Stevenson Owen
The Ridge School and Church was established by 1849 as Elizabeth Carlisle stated, she had attended school in 1849, and was married there on 14 March 1852 to Richard Willard Womack. Elizabeth and Richard Willard Womack are both buried in the Cemetery in the rear of the Church House.
It is located near Castor, in Bienville Parish, La. The cemetery is still used by the descendants of the families that are buried there. The last time that the Church was known to be used was the funeral of Louiza Elizabeth Myers Womack, in 1962, who was the daughter of Martha Ann Williams Myers and William Marion Myers. The church has been replaced many times and at this time is abandoned.
When William Marion Myers was a deacon of The Ridge Church, he set the day for a memorial to be held each year. It was set for the third Saturday, before the fourth Sunday each April. It is still being held at present time. Everyone gathers at the Church and Cemetery, having dinner on the ground, and grave yard cleaning.
All that is left of the Church minutes is a few fragile pages from a ledger book which have been transcribed for the web page. The dates covered are from 1912-1916.
Ridge Church Minutes
| Last | First | Birth Date | Death Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Annie | ||
| ? | Constance | ||
| ? | Fannie | ||
| Bell | Grace E. | 4/12/1916 | 8/1/1974 |
| Bell | James H. | 4/1/1911 | 1/9/1975 |
| Carlile | Mary E. | 03/08/1850 | 5/18/1912 |
| Carlile | Thomas J. | 12/14/1852 | 5/18/1933 |
| Cloud | Alma D. | 07/06/1880 | 8/28/1931 |
| Cloud | April Leigh | 12/21/1974 | 12/21/1974 |
| Cloud | Francis Colon Preslar | 12/25/1840 | 3/3/1920 |
| Cloud | Inniard Idle | 02/14/1860 | 09/24/1894 |
| Cloud | O.E. | 1886 | 1938 |
| Cloud | S.M. | 05/08/1829 | 1/22/1907 |
| Cloud | S.N. | 01/10/1861 | 2/25/1953 |
| Cloud | Walter Welton | 2/13/1920 | 9/28/1969 |
| Cloud | William M. | 03/05/1856 | 10/12/1924 |
| Cloud | Willie S. | 11/29/1878 | 9/12/1911 |
| Davis | Septimus T. | 07/14/1887 | 8/15/1965 |
| Free | Eunice Elizabeth | 8/16/1924 | 9/6/1928 |
| Hickman | Brantley L. | 05/03/1886 | 2/25/1969 |
| Hickman | Lora Mai | 7/7/1918 | 3/21/1920 |
| Hickman | Lula C. | 11/05/1886 | 2/24/1969 |
| Hickman | R.H. | 01/02/1877 | 4/3/1914 |
| Hickman | W.F.T. | 05/24/1835 | 6/25/1909 |
| Hicks | John Rueben | 07/17/1897 | 8/9/1930 |
| Hicks | Welton | 1907 | 1908 |
| Jones | Mrs. Elizabeth W. | 12/19/1892 | 9/22/1971 |
| Mathews | George W. | 02/11/1873 | 3/7/1918 |
| Mathews | Patrick | 1830 | 1863 |
| McGuire | Lizzie | 1899 | 1925 |
| Myers | Ada E. Price | 03/27/1883 | 11/28/1973 |
| Myers | Benjamin F. | 1827 | 1915 |
| Myers | Callie W. | 08/04/1887 | |
| Myers | Clarence L. | 09/12/1883 | 7/23/1959 |
| Myers | Elbert M. | 09/09/1883 | 7/31/1963 |
| Myers | H.C. | 1903 | 1924 |
| Myers | M.A. | 1852 | 1945 |
| Myers | Mary M. | 09/06/1879 | 03/21/1880 |
| Myers | Sarah Jane | 04/10/1867 | 08/01/18?0 |
| Myers | Louiza | 1845 | 1912 |
| Myers | W.M. (William Marion) | 1852 | 1933 |
| Myers | William Edgar | 01/20/1886 | 5/30/1957 |
| Outz | Bertie | 12/09/1880 | 10/15/1960 |
| Person | Edward Albert | 01/15/1897 | 12/15/1922 |
| Person | John Henry | 03/28/1869 | 10/19/1941 |
| Person | Martha Ann | 07/07/1873 | 1921 |
| Person | Walter Brice | 1/4/1904 | 7/4/1904 |
| Quarles | James Riley | 2/3/1908 | 2/3/1975 |
| Ramsey | Hiram E. | 09/07/1898 | 4/4/1900 |
| Ramsey | Minerva C. | 1877 | 19-- |
| Ramsey | Rufus F. | 1867 | 1949 |
| Redmond | Viola Cloud | 12/4/1910 | 4/13/1972 |
| Smith | Mrs. Bettie | 06/17/1871 | 6/9/1917 |
| Southern | Atheton V. | 1/25/1919 | 5/28/1919 |
| Southern | Francis M. | 05/30/1842 | 01/10/1871 |
| Southern | Howard S. | 01/01/1897 | 4/18/1903 |
| Southern | James A. | 03/01/1822 | 03/01/1822 |
| Southern | Louis N. | 05/19/1866 | 2/17/1904 |
| Southern | Lushion | 11/30/1885 | 9/7/1965 |
| Southern | Martha Smith | 01/10/1827 | 07/29/188? |
| Southern | Mrs. Mollie B. | 05/08/1869 | 10/30/1922 |
| Southern | S.L. | 10/22/1859 | 4/27/1927 |
| Southern | Sarah J. | 03/15/1856 | 10/18/1906 |
| Southern | T.M. wife of S.L. | 07/02/1860 | 10/11/1899 |
| Strother | Susie | 11/13/1886 | 11/6/1921 |
| Thomas | Milton George | 10/30/1891 | 10/19/1971 |
| Thomas | Omie | 10/31/1896 | 6/24/1922 |
| Thrasher | Robert M. | 6/24/1900 | 5/29/1970 |
| Thresher | Garvis W. | 10/2/1913 | 10/20/1913 |
| Thresher | H.O. | 01/07/1858 | 11/14/1938 |
| Thresher | Mattie | 12/27/1861 | unreadable |
| Townsend | Don W. | 8/8/1946 | 4/6/1980 |
| Waller | Lula M. | 02/09/1881 | 9/30/1962 |
| Wesley | John | 10/21/1875 | 5/4/1905 |
| West | Eva Cloud | 1875 | 1905 |
| Wiggins | J.M. | 09/06/1861 | 12/01/1892 |
| Wiggins | Mary M. | 05/08/1891 | 09/04/1892 |
| Williams | David Linard | 3/26/1903 | 5/1/1910 |
| Williams | Jeannie C. | 1/6/1921 | 12/7/1976 |
| Williams | John B. | 05/15/1844 | 2/25/1909 |
| Williams | Luke | 03/14/1892 | 03/14/1892 |
| Williams | Duke | 03/14/1892 | 05/18/1893 |
| Williams | Mary Elizabeth | 05/04/1859 | 5/2/1948 |
| Williams | Mrs. Vallie H. | 12/4/1907 | 1/21/1978 |
| Williams | Nannie Hicks | 1/30/1900 | 1/22/1934 |
| Williams | Sina Sarah | 1851 | 1927 |
| Williams | Teddy | 5/26/1909 | 8/23/1920 |
| Williams | Thomas D. | ||
| Williams | William Q. | 01/22/1852 | 12/27/1913 |
| Womack | Baby | ||
| Womack | Baby | ||
| Womack | Barbara Lue | 1/12/1955 | 1/15/1955 |
| Womack | Charlotte B. | 10/30/1905 | 7/5/1974 |
| Womack | Elizabeth | 03/14/1837 | 4/4/1929 |
| Womack | Elizabeth L. | 12/19/1892 | |
| Womack | Frank B. | 01/17/1866 | 11/20/1946 |
| Womack | George R. | 1/4/1915 | |
| Womack | Jessie May | 5/6/1906 | 11/13/1922 |
| Womack | Margaret D. | 1/11/1915 | |
| Womack | N.J.Littleton | 02/08/1862 | 2/4/1904 |
| Womack | R.W. (Richard Willard) | 07/24/1833 | 5/11/1907 |
| Womack | T.A. | 1855 | 1902 |
| Womack | W.N. | 5/24/1903 | 2/22/1934 |
| Womack | Watson | 07/28/1867 | 1/12/1960 |
| Womack | William W.(Bill) | 10/13/1922 | |
| Wood | Acy D. | 12/9/1911 | 9/1/1971 |
| Wood | Dalton E. | 1914 | 1978 |
| Wood | Emma L. | 5/26/1924 | 11/7/1975 |
| Wood | Harvey A. | 8/17/1901 | 8/27/1901 |
| Wood | infant of T.O. & Rosa | 11/14/1927 | 11/14/1927 |
| Wood | infant of T.O. & Rosa | 9/25/1920 | 9/25/1920 |
| Wood | Jentry J. | 6/4/1918 | |
| Wood | Joseph Obe | 02/24/1884 | 6/3/1953 |
| Wood | L.E. (wife of J.E.) | 11/19/1873 | 12/2/1911 |
| Wood | Lois H. | 1/10/1917 | |
| Wood | Ludie Pearl S.(Southern) | 04/15/1887 | 3/24/1974 |
| Wood | Lular Belle | 03/22/1884 | 6/16/1954 |
| Wood | Mamie Agnes | 9/12/1908 | 4/16/1910 |
| Wood | Marilyn Kay | 11/21/1958 | 11/21/1958 |
| Wood | Rex Pernell | 3/28/1920 | 5/17/1928 |
| Wood | Thomas Jefferson | 12/09/1879 | 7/4/1943 |
| Wood | Wyatt J. | 6/4/1924 | 8/21/1978 |
| Wright | Lula M. Williams | 4/13/1936 | 08/11/ |
| Last | First | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAVE SITES BY ROWS | Row 1 | Row 2 | Row 3 | Row 4 | Row 5 | Row 6 | Row 7 | Row 8 | Row 9 | Row 10 | |||
| Row 1 | ||||
| Several graves marked with rock and concrete no names | ||||
| Hickman | Brantley L. | May 3 1886 | Feb 25 1969 | Married Mar 30 1904 |
| Hickman | Lula C. | Nov 5 1886 | Feb 24 1969 | |
| Free | Eunice Elizabeth | Aug 16 1924 | Sept 6 1928 | |
| Hickman | Lora Mai | July 7 1918 | Mar 21 1920 | Daughter of B.L. and Lula Hickman |
| Bell | H. James | Apr 1 1911 | Jan 9 1975 | |
| Bell | Grace E. | Apr 12 1916 | Aug 1 1974 | |
| Townsend | Mr. Don W. | Aug 8 1946 | Apr 6 1980 | |
| Cloud | Walter Welton | Feb 13 1920 | Sept 28 1969 | La. Pvt. Co I 169 Inf World War II | Row 2 |
| Myers | Benjamin F. | 1827 | 1915 | Miss. Reg 1861-1865 (Benjamin Franklin) |
| Myers | Louiza | 1845 | 1912 | |
| Wood | Acy D. | Dec 9 1911 | Sept 1 1971 | |
| Wood | Lois H. | Jan 10 1917 | ||
| Wood | Marilynn Kay | Nov 21 1958 | Nov 21 1958 | |
| Concrete marker no name | ||||
| Wood | ||||
| Wood | ||||
| Wood | ||||
| Cloud | O.E. | 1886 | 1938 | metal marker |
| Cloud | April Leigh | Dec 21 1974 | ||
| Southern | Atheton V. | Jan 25 1919 | May 28 1919 | Son of A.H. Southern |
| McGuire | Lizzie | 1899 | 1925 | Wife of Ora Cloud |
| Row3 | ||||
| Womack | Barbara Lue | Jan 12 1955 | Jan 15 1955 | |
| Womack | Baby | Son of J.D. and A.L. Womack no dates | ||
| Womack | Elizabeth L. | Dec 19 1892 | ||
| Womack | Frank B. | Jan 17 1866 | Nov 20 1946 | |
| Hickman | R.H. | Jan 2 1877 | Apr 3 1914 | |
| Wood | Joseph Obe | Feb 24 1884 | Jun 3 1953 | |
| Wood | Ludie Pearl S. | Apr 15 1887 | Mar 24 1974 | |
| Wood | Rex Pernell | Mar 28 1920 | May 17 1928 | |
| Wood | Mamie Agnes | Sept 12 1908 | Apr 16 1910 | |
| Wood | Jentry J. | June 4 1918 | ||
| Wood | Wyatt J. | June 4 1924 | Aug 21 1978 | |
| Wood | Emma L. | May 26 1924 | Nov 7 1975 | |
| concrete marker no name | ||||
| Strother | Susie | Nov 13 1886 | Nov 6 1921 | Wife of J.E. Humphrey |
| beside this grave are several small marble marker no last name reading | ||||
| Constance | ||||
| Annie | ||||
| Fannie | ||||
| Preslar | Francis Colon | Dec 25 1840 | Mar 3 1920 | Wife of S.N. Cloud |
| Wesley | John | Oct 21 1875 | May 4 1905 | Husband of Eva Cloud |
| Cloud | S.N. | Jan 10 1861 | Feb 25 1953 | Father |
| Cloud | Inniard Idle | Feb 14 1860 | Sept 24 1894 | |
| Row 4 | ||||
| Jones | Mrs. Elizabeth W. | Dec 19 1892 | Sept 22 1971 | metal marker |
| Wood | Nov 14 1927 | infant of T.O. and Rosa Wood | ||
| Wood | Sept 25 1920 | infant of T.O. and Rosa | ||
| Hickman | W.F.T. | May 24 1835 | June 25 1909 | |
| Southern | Lushion | Nov 30 1885 | Sept 7 1965 | |
| Southern | S.L. | Oct 22 1859 | Apr 27 1927 | |
| Sourthan | T.M. | July 2 1860 | Oct 11 1899 | wife of S.L. this marker broken across dates very difficult to read metal marker rusted away |
| Cloud | William M. | Mar 5 1856 | Oct 12 1924 | |
| Cloud | Willie S. | Nov 29 1878 | Sept 12 1911 | |
| Cloud | Alma D. | July 6 1880 | Aug 28 1931 | |
| Reymond | Viola Cloud | Dec 4 1910 | Apr 13 1972 | |
| Row 5 | ||||
| 3 graves marked with rocks no names | ||||
| Wood | L.E. | Nov 19 1873 | Dec 2 1911 | wife of J.E. Cloud |
| Wood | Harvey A. | Aug 17 1901 | Aug 27 1901 | |
| Wood | Thomas Jefferson | Dec 9 1879 | July 4 1943 | |
| Wood | Lular Belle | Mar 22 1884 | Jun16 1954 | |
| Wood | Dalton E. | 1914 | 1978 | Msgt U.S. Army WWII |
| Cloud | S.M. | May 8 1829 | Jan 22 1907 | |
| Hicks | Welton | 1907 | 1908 | |
| Hicks | John Rueben | July 17 1897 | Aug 9 1930 | Pvt STU Army Tng Corps WWI |
| Williams | Nannie Hicks | Jan 30 1900 | Jan 22 1934 | Wife of B.C. Williams |
| Thomas | George Milton | Oct 30 1891 | 1971 | |
| Row 6 | ||||
| Williams | David Linard | Mar 26 1908 | May 1 1910 | son of J.N. and Ophelia Williams |
| Williams | John B. | May 15 1844 | Feb 25 1909 | 64 yrs 9 mos 10 days |
| Williams | Sina Sarah | 1851 | 1927 | |
| Thresher | Garvis W. | Oct 2 1913 | Oct 20 1913 | son of L.O. and Annie Thresher |
| Smith | Mrs. Bettie | Jun 17 1871 | Jun 9 1917 | |
| Myers | Callie W. | Aug 4 1887 | ||
| Elbert M. | Sep 9 1883 | July 31 1963 | ||
| 2 graves marked with rocks no names | ||||
| Womack | Baby | no dates | ||
| 2 concrete chunks no names | ||||
| Womack | Watson | July 28 1867 | Jan 12 1960 | |
| Littleton | N.J. | Feb 8 1862 | Feb 4 1904 | wife of W. Womack (Nancy Jane) |
| Thomas | Omie | Oct 31 1896 | June 24 1922 | |
| Womack | W.N. | May 24 1903 | Feb 22 1934 | son of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Womack |
| Myers | Ada E. Price | Mar 27 1883 | Nov 28 1973 | |
| Myers | Clarence L. | Sep 12 1883 | July 23 1959 | married Jan 22 1902 |
| Myers | H.C. | 1903 | 1924 | |
| Myers | Sarah Jane | Apr 10 1867 | Aug 1 18?0 | dau of W.M. and M.A. Myers |
| Myers | Mary M. | Sep 6 1879 | Mar 21 1880 | dau of W.M. and M.A. Myers |
| Williams | Thomas D. | son of John and S.S. Williams marker broken could not read dates | ||
| Person | Martha Brice | Jan 4 1904 | July 4 1904 | |
| Person | Martha Ann | July 7 1873 | 1921 | |
| Person | John Henry | Mar 28 1869 | Oct 19 1941 | |
| Row 7 | ||||
| 2 metal markers cannot read rock no name | ||||
| Matthews | George W. | Feb 11 1873 | Mar 7 1918 | |
| Myers | W.M. | 1852 | 1933 (William Marion) | |
| Myers | M.A. | 1852 | 1945 | (Martha Ann Williams wife of William Marion Myers) |
| Waller | Lula M. | Feb 9 1881 | Sep 30 1962 | (Louiza Elizabeth Myers Henson Womack Waller) |
| rock no name | ||||
| Person | Edward Albert | Jan 15 1897 | Dec 15 1922 | |
| Southern | Howard W. | Jan 1 1897 | Apr 18 1903 | son of L.N. and M.E. Southern |
| Southern | Louis N. | May 19 1866 | Feb 17 1904 | |
| Southern | Mrs. Mollie E. | May 8 1869 | Oct 30 1922 | |
| Womack | Jessie Mae | May 6 1906 | Nov 13 1922 | dau of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Womack |
| Quarles | James Riley | Dr. | Feb 3 1908 | Feb 3 1975 |
| Thomas | Aline Marie | May 30 1915 | May 20 1974 | |
| Quarles | Ronny Earl and Johnny Burl | sons of Mr. and Mrs. | ||
| J.R. Quarles | Aug 18 1946 | Aug 19 1946 | ||
| Row 8 | ||||
| metal marker can read only "Wood" | ||||
| Womack | William W. | Oct 13 1911 | 1985 | William Watson "Bill") |
| Womack | Charlotte B. | Oct 30 1905 | July 5 1974 | |
| Myers | William Edgar | Jan 20 1886 | May 30 1957 | |
| Womack | George R. | Jan 4 1915 | (George Richard) | |
| Womack | Margaret D. | Jan 11 1915 | ||
| Davis | Septimus T. | July 1887 | Aug 15 1965 | |
| Southern | James H. | Mar 1 1822 | Dec 20 1899 | |
| Smith | Martha | Jan 10 1827 | July 29 1888 | wife of J.H. Southern |
| Womack | R.W. | July 24 1833 | May 11 1907 | (Richard Willard) |
| Womack | Elizabeth | Mar 14 1837 | Apr 4 1929 | (Elizabeth Carlisle wife of Richard Willard Womack) |
| Womack | T.A. | 1855 | 1902 | |
| Row 9 | ||||
| 3 rock markers no name | ||||
| Southern | Francis M. | May 30 1842 | Jan 10 1871 | |
| Southern | Sarah J. | Mar 15 1856 | Oct 18 1906 | |
| Outz | Bertie | Dec 9 1880 | Oct 15 1960 | |
| several graves not marked | ||||
| Ramsey | Hiram E. | Sep 7 1898 | Apr 4 1900 | son of R.F. Ramsey |
| Ramsey. Rufus F. | 1867 | 1949 | ||
| Ramsey | Minerva C. | 1877 | 19 | |
| Row 10 | ||||
| Williams | Jennine C. | Jan 6 1921 | Dec 7 1976 | |
| Williams | Mrs. Vallie H. | Dec 4 1907 | Jan 21 1978 | (metal marker) |
| Wright | Lula M. Williams | Apr 13 1936 | Aug 11 1957 | |
| Williams | Mary E. | May 4 1859 | May 2 1948 | |
| Williams | Teddy | May 26 1909 | Aug 23 1920 | |
| Williams | Duke | Mar 14 1892 | May 18 1893 | |
| Williams | Luke | Mar 14 1892 | Mar 14 1892 | |
| Williams | William Q. | Jan 22 1852 | Dec 27 1913 | |
| Thresher | H.O. | Jan 7 1858 | Nov 14 1938 | |
| Thresher | Mattie | Dec 27 1861 | stone broken can't read death date | |
| Thrasher | Robert M. | June 24 1900 | May 29 1970 | La Pvt 309 Tech Sq WWII |
| several unmarked graves | ||||
| Carlile | Thomas J. | Dec 14 1852 | May 18 1933 | |
| Carlile | Mary E. | Mar 8 1850 | May 18 1912 | wife of T.J. Carlile |
| Wiggins | Mary M. | May 8 1891 | Sep 4 1892 | dau of J.M. and M.T. Wiggins |
| Wiggins | J.M. | Sep 6 1861 | Dec 1 1892 | |