Moss Cemetery

Bellwood, Natchitoches Parish, LA

From LA HWY 117, turn west on Bellwood Church Road, then go approximately 2 miles. There will be a small road that cuts off to the right into the woods. Pass a fenced-in gravesite Masseys on the left and then not very far after that the road will turn back to the left. Stop here and walk down the clay road until it dead-ends into an unmarked cemetery. Local residents indicate that this is the Moss Cemetery.

There are a number of burials which are either unmarked, or marked but with no names or dates. Many of the burials are marked only by large rocks.

The cemetery is in an area of rolling hills and deep ravines. While in need of tender loving care,the cemetery has a sense of quiet solitude, shaded by large trees that are draped with moss.

Listing submitted by Scott Klamert, July 1999; Picture submitted by Bob Starks, August 2001

BOSWELL, Golie 4 Oct 1886 - 18 Feb 1906 Wife of G.C. Boswell

COOK, Fred 2 Dec 1921 - 11 Oct 1922 Gone to a better land

COOK, Polley McClendon 5 Mar 1863 - 24 Jan 1908 In Heaven

MASSEY, Bettie 12 Mar 1854 - 12 Mar 1930 Age 76, Wife of M.V. Massey, Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection.

MASSEY, M.V.B., CO F 6 LA CAV C.S.A.

MASSEY, Julia 23 May 1877 - 10 Oct 1885

MOSS, Enoch 10 Dec 1872 - 10 Apr 1937, Double stone: J.E. Moss

MOSS, J.E. 12 Jul 1895 - 24 Jun 1922, John Ed Moss, PFC Co E 43 Infantry WWI

MOSS, Infant Son 24 Apr 1913 Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Moss

MOSS, Alice McClendon 25 Jan 1884 - 9 Sep 1927, Double stone: Homer Moss

MOSS, Homer 16 Dec 1882 - 6 Nov 1944 God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well

MOSS, John 10 Dec 1837 - Aug 1908, At Rest

Possible unmarked burials:

Simeon Moss Morse and wife, Martha Deborah Broadway