Highland Cemetery
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Collected By
Roberta Doty And Evelyn Cole
October 1992
updates by Sharon Pierce from obituaries are noted as (SP)
Pictures used with kind permission of Cindy Carter.
This is a neat well kept cemetery located behind the Highland Church of God in Christ Mennonite Church & School, just south of DeRidder, La. on US Highway 171. It isn't fenced but is bordered with beautiful, live oaks trees.
BACLE, NORMA J NOV 21 1932 FEB 2 1993
CLASSON, HENRY I d-MAR 2 1992 age 78
DECKER, ALICE MAE KOEHN JAN 24 1907 DEC 7 1970
DECKER, DENA S JAN 2 1887 JUN 4 1982
DECKER, JOEL JAN 5 1908 JAN 12 1970
DECKER, MARIE MAE SWARTZENDRUBER APR 15 1926 APR 1 1963
DECKER, NOLAN JAMES MAR 20 1986 APR 28 1987
DECKER, PETER W SEP 15 1885 APR 13 1972
DYCK JOHN WILLIAM FEB 1 1955 MAR 17 1991
ESAU, WILLIAM MAY 7 1898 JUN 24 1986
FOLLOWAY, Mavis Age 60 d. Jan 11, 1998 w/o Walter Falloway
d/o Luta Highfill (from obit - SP)
HOLDEMAN, JUDITH KAY OCT 28 1965 SEP 19 1966
HOLDEMAN, LEE AUGUST AUG 24 1909 AUG 28 1990 [DADDY]
HOLDEMAN, WYNONA ELNORA BURNS OCT 3 1911 FEB 23 1976 [M]
JANTZ, ADENA K APR 10 1889 FEB 14 1976 [M]
JANTZ, AMOS B JUL 18 1885 AUG 30 1966 [F]
JANTZ, INF JUN 1 1970 inf\o KENNETH JANTZ
JOHNSON, BEULAH BRYANT JAN 13 1908 JAN 4 1982 [M]
KAHAN, ELSIE MAY 29 1918 JAN 6 1973 [VANDER CRUYSSEN]
KAHN, ELMER NOV 3 1906 JAN 14 1991
KAHN, HENRY H.A. APR 26 1877 APR 9 1946
KAHN, LENA KOEHN MAY 9 1880 OCT 7 1974
KAHN, STANLEY REED APR 2 1954 AUG 7 1977
KAHN, SUSAN K AUG 25 1904 MAY 10 1991
KAUFMAN, HOWARD MELVIN JUL 19 1918 ** m-TWILA M L KAUFMAN MAR 31 1946
KAUFMAN, TWILA M LITWILLER MAY 4 1915 MAR 23 1986 w\o HOWARD MELVIN
KAUFMAN
KOEHN, ARRON FEB 4 1888 SEP 21 1961 h\o HELEN S KOEHN [F]
KOEHN, HELEN S OCT 12 1892 JAN 7 1965 w\o ARRON KOEHN [M]
KOEHN, HERBERT L MAR 24 1951 NOV 3 1976
KOEHN, JUANITA SCHMIDT
OCT 4 1930 NOV 28 2006 w/o Orville Lee
KOEHN, MELVIN LYNN
FEB 17 1955 APR 1 1994 s/o Orville & Juanita Schmidt Koehn
KOEHN, ORVILLE LEE OCT
1 1924 SEP 20 1967 [DADDY] h/o Juanita Schmidt Koehn
LITWILER, DONALD A JUN 4 1918 FEB 15 1974
LITWILLER, L.DALE AUG 7 1917 JUN 16 1987 [UNCLE DAVE]
LITWILLER, STEVEN RAY B\D APR 25 1982
MATHIS, CALVIN
MAR 25 1930 JAN 31 2006 s/o WT & Selma Mathis
MATHIS, ESTHER JOEL
APR 10 1938 NOV 13 2004 w/o Dewitt Mathis
MATHIS, MATTIE JANE 1873
1950 w/o George Grant Mathis
MATHIS, SELMA FAIRCHILD
OCT 10 1903 MAR 17 1988 [Mama] d/o Lacy & Julia Skipper Fairchild
w/o
Wm T Mathis
MATHIS, WALTER DeWITT JR MAY 23 1960 AUG 25 1960
MATHIS, WALTER DeWITT
SR OCT 4 1937 JUL 9 1988
MATHIS, WILLIAM THEODORE
SR JUN 13 1901 NOV 21 1987 h/o Selma Fairchild Mathis
MITCHELL, INF SON
MITCHELL, RAYMOND E 1920 1977 MM-Tec5 USARMY WWII
SCHMIDT, ALICE KOEHN AUG 7 1900 JAN 3 1962
SCHMIDT, ANDREW S 1907 MAR 23 1987
SCHMIDT, BRENDA SUE
AUG 11 1957 OCT 13 1987
SCHMIDT, CHARLES JUL 31 1964 s\o ALLEN\OPAL SCHMIDT
SCHMIDT, ENOCH JUN 9 1899 APR 14 1975 h\o LYDIA K SCHMIDT [F]
SCHMIDT, EVA DEC 8 1901 SEP 11 1957
SCHMIDT, FAY OCT 5 1965 dau\o ALLEN\OPAL SCHMIDT
SCHMIDT, IDA S JUL 5 1903 MAR 28 1977
SCHMIDT, JOSHUA G 2005 JUN 5 2006
SCHMIDT, LYDIA K MAY 30 1897 DEC 20 1971 w\o ENOCH SCHMIDT [M]
SCHMIDT, NOAH SEP 26 1903 OCT 25 1978
SCHMIDT, ROSELLA MAR 29 1935 NOV 23 1990
SCHMIDT, SAM T JUL 20 1897 NOV 30 1991
SMITH, ALBERT "LENDY" (MRS)
SMITH, ALBERT JAN 4 1903 SEP 29 1986 h\o LENDY SMITH
SMITH, AMY JUL 20 1976 JUL 22 1976
SMITH, ANNA KOEHN OCT 12 1899 AUG 3 1958 w\o HERRY TOB SMITH [MOM]
SMITH, AUGUST J "GUS" AUG 1 1903 APR 7 1990
SMITH, BEVERLY HOLDEMAN MAR 23 1936 SEP 14 1988
SMITH, DANIEL T d-JAN 20 1991 age 89
SMITH, HENRY TOB OCT 3 1896 MAR 18 1984 h\o ANNA KOEHN SMITH [DAD]
SMITH, INF FEB 1955 dau\o DENNIS\PATRICIA SMITH
SMITH, LENA (MRS) b-CHICKASHA,OKLA d-JUN 17 1992 age 81
SMITH, LENDY OCT 13 1905 FEB 9 1982 w\o ALBERT SMITH
SMITH, VERDA DECKER DEC 22 1932 APR 21 1975 [M]
TILTON, DAVID WAYNE OCT 4 1964 FEB 25 1967
TILTON, IRVIN ELSWORTH FEB 3 1862 FEB 17 1965
TILTON, KAREN RENEE AUG 9 1966 FEB 25 1967
TILTON, RICHARD THADDEUS "DICK" FEB 5 1900 FEB 25 1967
TILTON, ROSA FLANDERS SEP 8 1861 DEC 6 1955
TILTON, TIMOTHY CHRISTOPHER MAR 18 1962 FEB 25 1967
TILTON, WILLIAM LINDLEY FEB 7 1963 FEB 25 1967
TRACEY, ALAN R Age 51 d. APR 7 2002
TRACEY, SHANNON KATHLEEN MAR 26 1972 OCT 31 1987
UNRUH, DALE C JUN 3 1924 SEP 24 1987
UNRUH, MARYANN 1931 DEC 4 2006 w/o Dale Unruh
WEDEL, ENOCH J FEB 21 1889 OCT 4 1967
WHIT----, BARBARA (MRS) d-AUG 24 1988 age 91
WUCHERER, LENA E JUN 10 1886 MAR 4 1979
WUCHERER, LOUIS JUN 17 1887 FEB 6 1973
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