Starlight Cemetery is on the grounds of the Starlight Missionary Baptist Church which is on Martin Luther King Drive in DeRidder, LA. It is a very large cemetery with the graves scattered--not clustered as we are used to seeing. It is in an urban location but has trees growing on three sides.

We were looking for Community Cemetery when a friend volunteered to take us to Starlight. Thanks go to Audrey Reid of Sugartown for help in locating this cemetery.

Information collected by Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. Cole, completed May 8, 1992.

• ACKER, MATTIE ETHEL HAYNES d-FEB 23 1993 age 72 [M]*
• ADAMS, IRENE JUL 20 1892 OCT 3 1976 [M]
• ANDERSON, JAMES L AUG 19 1940 MM-Cook Med Dept
• ARCHIELD, CECELIA JUN 30 1875 AUG 15 1951
• ARCHIELD, ROSE L AUG 20 1908 JUN 18 1986
• ARCHIELD, SAM 1914 1983 MM-USARMY
• ARCHIELD, VICTOR JR FEB 26 1914 JAN 15 1971
• ARMSTRONG, CAROLYN GENE APR 8 1957 APR 19 1957
• BELL, CHARLIE C FEB 6 1916 JAN 22 1969 MM-La CPC USARMY WWII
• BLAXTON, ROBERT SEP 7 1890 JUN 23 1916
• BOTTIES, EUNA 1913 1986 [MEME]
• BOTTIES, WOODROW (REV) 1913 1991 [PAPA]
• BROOKS, ANNIE JAN 14 1929 -1935-
• BROWN WILLIAM DEC 1 1925 NOV 2 1959 MM-Ca Pfc USARMY WWII
• BUTLER, WILLIE ---AUG 6 1923---MM-La Pvt Pioneer Inf
• CAREY, SAVANNAH OCT 8 1884 JAN 24 1957
• CEASER, MATTIE AUG 22 1894 OCT 13 1944 [M]
• CHARLES, L. BEATRICE ---d-NOV 1 1988--- [M]
• CLAYTON, CHESTER --MAY 25 1930--MM-La Pvt 409 RESP LABOR BN QMC
• COLE, INEZ MAR 10 1892 JUL 10 1922
• COLLINS, MATTIE CURTIS NOV 25 1894 MAY 8 1965
• COTRIGHT, EDDIE JUL 14 1912 FEB 7 1942
• DORTY, CARRIE d-age 70
• DOSIER, JULINDA JUL 11 1876 NOV 3 1959
• DOWELL, HORNSLEY JUL 14 1911 FEB 12 1932
• DOWELL, QUEEN MAR 20 1896 JUN 19 1923
• DOZIER, JOHN H AUG 26 1874 JUL 7 1944
• DYES, LIZZIE AUG 20 1880 JAN 25 1914
• ELIAS, GRACIE E DEC 8 1922 OCT 19 1940 [photo]
• ENGREM, MAGGIE AUG 25 1922 OCT 17 1939
• ENGRUM, CALVIN SR MAR 24 1880 APR 9 1969 h\o MARY ENGRUM
• ENGRUM, MARY FEB 6 1891 JAN 11 1973 w\o CALVIN ENGRUM,SR.
• ERVIN, FLORENCE APR 7 1882 DEC 22 1953
• ERVIN, M.E. 1856 1937
• EVANS, MEEP P 1964 1929 h\o MINNIE L EVANS
• EVANS, MINNIE L 1872 1935 w\o MEEP P EVANS
• FIELDS, NEWTON FEB 12 1864 JAN 4 1930
• FRANKS, CATHY BELINDA AUG 9 1955 APR 25 1971
• FRANKS, CHARLES FEB 6 1898 DEC 15 1968
• FREEMAN, EVELYN GENE DEC 27 1921 NOV 1 1939
• FULTON, ROBERT 1893 1946
• GA______, ALFRED
• GAINER, CHARLES WESLEY 1943 1984 MM-SPC USARMY Korea Vietnam
• GALSTON, ARTHUR SEP 23 1936 AUG 19 1968 MM-La A1C 7310 SPT GP AF
• GALSTON, JAMES HUGHES NOV 24 1887 JAN 10 1968 [F]
• GUILLORY, ANDREW ---MAR 15 1957---
• GUILLORY, JAMES
• GUILLORY, MATTIE SUE JOHNSON MAR 16 1943 JUL 11 1976
• HAMILTON, GENELL JUL 16 1950 OCT 16 1984
• HASKINS, CHARLOTTE DEC 3 1879 DEC 13 1968
• HICKS, --- MAY 1884 JUN 1959
• HILL, JOSEPH C 1884 1952 h\o THRESSA HILL
• HILL, THRESSA 1884 1948 w\o JOSEPH C
• --ILEY, MINNIE [M]
• JACKSON, ESSIE OCT 16 1908 JAN 6 1961 [M]
• JACKSON, ISABELLA FEB 28 1970 FEB 3 1986
• JOHNSON, BERTHA JANE SAMUELS ---d-APR 1 1982---
• JOHNSON, EDNA APR 26 1895 AUG 16 1943 [photo]
• JOHNSON, JAMES CLIFTON MAR 9 1919 AUG 14 1979 MM-Pfc USARMY
• JOHNSON, JESSIE MAE JUL 15 1931 OCT 23 1980
• JUSTICE, ROBERT H MAR 10 1884 OCT 19 1950
• KING, LULA WILLIAMS AUG 15 1889 JUN 5 1968 [M]
• KOLSEA, ESTHER DEC 21 1947 -1939-
• LAWSON, CHARLOTTE 1855 1930
• LEATHERMAN, A.L. (PROFESSOR) 1889 1935
• LEGER, LOUIS (MR) SEP 20 1928 JAN 8 1989
• LEWIS, JUDSON LEE JAN 23 1942 JUN 8 1949
• McCLINTON, VELMA APR 17 1941 DEC 28 1941
• McGLOSSON, MARY FEB 20 1945 MAY 21 1964
• MILES, CHESTER MAY 9 1892 NOV 21 1957 MM-La Pvt Co F 803 Pioneer Inf WWII
• MORGAN, BELVIE
• MORGAN, BELVIE JUN 12 1892 NOV 5 1952 MM-La MG Co 268 Inf 92 Div WWI
• MULDROW, CARRIE S 1875 1959 [M] [G-M]
• MURPHY, WILLIAM APR 22 1881 FEB 27 1977 [F]
• NERO, KATIE 1870 1945
• OGLETREE, LEWIS (REV) MAY 30 1899 APR 12 1971
• PETERS, JAMES "JIM" ANTHONY OCT 28 1985 SEP 23 1987
• PHILLIPS, LONDER MAR 20 1912 NOV 18 1944
• PIER, ALBERTA JAN 1 1896 JAN 15 1969
• RADFORD, CLEM JAN 17 1917 JUL 15 1953
• RANSON, JANE 1870 DEC 10 191__
• REBECCA TYLER AUG 10 1910 MAR 20 1985 [M]
• REED, ISADORA 1882 1965
• REID, JOHN MARK JAN 27 1917 DEC 8 1991 h\o AUDREY REID
• ROBERTS, ANGELINE 1878 1949
• ROBERTS, CLEVE N OCT 27 1902 JAN 30 1942 s\o ANGELINE\H ROBERTS
• ROBERTS, HENRY NOV 16 1890 JAN 15 1956
• SHAW, ELLA (MRS) DEC 25 1887 JUL 22 1983
• SIMS, ELIZABETH MAY 22 1886 MAY 11 1923
• SMITH, LUTHER D (REV) 1928 1984 MM-Pfc USARMY Korea [Pastor of Starlight Baptist Church]
• STROUD, JOE ---FEB 21 1934---MM-La Pvt 319 Serv Bn QMC
• THOMAS, JOHN BENJAMINE OCT 12 1880 AUG 19 1952
• TRE----, BRICK VAULT [Matches Ruby Lee Tre----'s gravesite]
• TRE----, RUBY LEE MAY 23 1907 MAR 2 1952
• TYLER, LOUVENIA SEP 16 1887 JUL 17 1960 [M]
• VAULT G.E.F.
• VAULT J.T.
• WALKER, ARNOLD M s\o M\M JOHNNIE WALKER
• WALKER, CLARA AUG 16 1888 JUL 7 1963
• WALKER, JAMES ---MAR 21 1939--- MM-La Pvt 430 RES LABOR DIV OMC
• WALKER, ROSIE B MAR 13 1902 NOV 28 1959 [E.STAR]
• WASHINGTON, HENRY JAN 1 1867 JAN 18 1962 [F]
• WEATHERN, JIMMIE age 40
• WILKERSON, MARY WHITE JUL 24 1907 MAR 22 1979
• WILSON, EDWARD 1891 1980 MM-Pvt USARMY WWI
• WOODS, BETTY JEAN (MRS) d-JAN 18 1993 [M]
• WRIGHT, FANNIE MAE OCT 9 1907 JUL 9 1986