County archive: LA - 079
Find Any Grave in Rapides County LA | Cemetery Records & Burial Lookup
Search cemetery names, burial records, grave details, and local archive context for Rapides County, Louisiana from one focused county hub.
108
Rapides County Cemeteries
37
Burial Records Indexed
108
Mapped Cemetery Sites
Quick answer
How do I search Rapides County cemetery and burial records?
Use this page as the county-level filter between the statewide archive and individual cemetery lookups. Start with the cemetery directory, compare the source mix and burial depth, then run a focused search for the exact cemetery or person name you need.
County overview
About Rapides County Cemetery Records & Burial Search
Rapides County, Louisiana contains 108 documented cemeteries including municipal grounds, church burial sites, and family plots spread across the county archive. This page connects 37 burial records with cemetery locations, grave detail, and military service context where available. Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum is one of the strongest current archive entry points for this county, with record coverage reaching back to 1920 in the current dataset. Use the cemetery directory below to browse all locations, or move into the burial record section when you already know the surname or full name you need.
This county archive page is built to support searches like Rapides County cemetery records, Rapides County burial records, grave lookup in Louisiana, and local genealogy research with stronger place context before users move into individual cemetery pages.
Archive depth
108
ActiveActive cemetery pages currently surfaced in Rapides County.
Research signals
37
MilitaryBurial records in this county with military branch context.
Source mix
113
IndexedCemetery rows currently grouped into public archive source labels.
County map
Rapides County map overview
County center reference: 31.2150, -92.5324
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Rapides County Cemetery Directory
Page 1 of 5
Back to LouisianaForest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
15 records in archive - Public
Records: 1924 - 2022
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Garden of Memories Cemetery
12 records in archive - Public
Records: 1920 - 2022
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery
2 records in archive - Public
Records: 1931 - 2021
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Amiable Cemetery
1 records in archive
Records: 1946 - 2021
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
GLENMORA, LA
Big Island Baptist Church Cemetery
1 records in archive
Records: 1941 - 2018
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
DEVILLE, LA
Campground Cemetery
1 records in archive - Public
Records: 1925 - 2021
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Clear Lake Cem
1 records in archive
Records: 1941 - 2021
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
PINEVILLE, LA
Craig Family Cemetery
1 records in archive
Records: 1965 - 2020
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
DEVILLE, LA
Paul Cemetery
1 records in archive - Public
Records: 1946 - 2021
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Spring Hill Cemetery
1 records in archive - Public
Records: 1927 - 2018
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
The Czech Cemetery
1 records in archive
Records: 1939 - 2020
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
PINEVILLE, LA
Alexander Memorial Gardens
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Alexandria National Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Anandale Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
B'nai Israel Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Ball Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Ballard Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Bethel Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Boyce Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Bradford Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Burlew Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Burns Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Burrough Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Butters Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Burial record snapshot
Burial Records in Rapides County, Louisiana
These person-level records are one of the strongest long-tail search assets on the county page. Use full names, dates, cemetery context, and military branch details to separate likely matches before opening the record page.
Clifford Riley Kelley
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1936-08-11 - 2022-09-03
US MARINE CORPS, PFC
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Archie P Jenkins
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1929-09-03 - 2022-01-31
US ARMY, PFC
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Alfred Clay Chadwick
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1933-01-25 - 2022-01-30
US NAVY, FN
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Cary Simon Eleser
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1924-05-08 - 2022-01-19
US NAVY, RM3
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Charles Dillon Muse
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1943-09-13 - 2022-01-05
US ARMY, SP4
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Charles Ray Squyres
Clear Lake Cem
1941-08-26 - 2021-11-21
US NAVY
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Cooley Ingram
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1953-04-12 - 2021-11-12
US ARMY, PVT
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Clifford Holloway
Amiable Cemetery
1946-07-28 - 2021-11-11
US ARMY, SP4
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Douglas Hester Curry
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1938-05-16 - 2021-10-25
US NAVY, AT2
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Dale Bruce Huffman
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1939-08-12 - 2021-09-16
US AIR FORCE, MAJ
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Carl G Landwehr
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1925-10-01 - 2021-08-13
US ARMY AIR FORCES, PFC
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Eugene W Dupuis
Paul Cemetery
1946-05-24 - 2021-08-08
US ARMY, SP4
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Everett Lyden Bledsoe
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1941-11-20 - 2021-07-15
US MARINE CORPS
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Christian Frank Vortisch
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1928-01-08 - 2021-07-04
US AIR FORCE, US MARINE CORPS, SSGT, SGT
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Charles Joseph Persigo
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1933-09-10 - 2021-06-21
US NAVY
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Dalton A Henagan
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1938-08-10 - 2021-06-05
US MARINE CORPS, LCPL
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Arthur E Nesom
Campground Cemetery
1925-08-11 - 2021-05-02
US ARMY, PVT
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Dewey T Millard
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1935-09-11 - 2021-04-26
US AIR FORCE, MSGT
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Angelo J Spinato
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1923-04-08 - 2021-04-01
US ARMY, SGT
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Allan Lewis Patterson
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery
1952-11-24 - 2021-02-20
US AIR FORCE, SGT
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Alexander J Hallsworth
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1955-08-23 - 2020-12-30
US AIR FORCE, MSGT
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Curtis W Bennett
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1940-02-04 - 2020-12-29
US MARINE CORPS
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Charles A Laferrara
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1929-10-04 - 2020-10-26
US ARMY, CPL
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Emil William Frank
The Czech Cemetery
1939-12-06 - 2020-10-24
US ARMY, SGT
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Surname index
Surname Index for Rapides County
These surname links surface recurring family names already present in the county burial archive. They are useful when the cemetery is still unknown but the last name is likely tied to this county.
Veteran burial records
Veterans Buried in Rapides County, Louisiana
This veteran-focused block pulls burial records with military branch context, helping capture county-level searches around veteran graves, service history, and military cemetery research.
Clifford Riley Kelley
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1936-08-11 - 2022-09-03 - PFC
Archie P Jenkins
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1929-09-03 - 2022-01-31 - PFC
Alfred Clay Chadwick
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1933-01-25 - 2022-01-30 - FN
Cary Simon Eleser
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1924-05-08 - 2022-01-19 - RM3
Charles Dillon Muse
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1943-09-13 - 2022-01-05 - SP4
Charles Ray Squyres
Clear Lake Cem
1941-08-26 - 2021-11-21
Cooley Ingram
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1953-04-12 - 2021-11-12 - PVT
Clifford Holloway
Amiable Cemetery
1946-07-28 - 2021-11-11 - SP4
Douglas Hester Curry
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1938-05-16 - 2021-10-25 - AT2
Dale Bruce Huffman
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
1939-08-12 - 2021-09-16 - MAJ
Carl G Landwehr
Garden of Memories Cemetery
1925-10-01 - 2021-08-13 - PFC
Eugene W Dupuis
Paul Cemetery
1946-05-24 - 2021-08-08 - SP4
Continue browsing
Best Next Clicks From Rapides County
These CTR-focused paths are meant to keep visitors moving from county-level discovery into the strongest cemetery and burial pages without restarting the search.
Top cemetery page
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
15 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.
Top cemetery page
Garden of Memories Cemetery
12 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.
Person-name search
Search Rapides County burial records
Use a full name plus Rapides County to separate likely matches before expanding into statewide results.
Broaden scope
Return to Louisiana archive
Move up one level when you need nearby counties, more cemetery options, or broader genealogy search context.
Official lookup guides
Official Source Verification Paths for Rapides County
Use these guide pages before leaving the archive when you need an official cemetery-place lookup or a veteran-burial verification step. Each guide keeps the county context in view so the off-site search starts cleaner.
Official cemetery source
Use the USGS guide for Rapides County
Open the official USGS lookup guide with this county context to validate cemetery place names and mapped locations before drilling deeper.
Official burial source
Use the VA burial guide for Rapides County
Use the official VA locator guide when this county archive surfaces veteran-linked burial rows and service-related research intent.
How to research this county
How to Find Cemetery Information in Rapides County
Rapides County works best as a narrowing layer. Instead of trying to search all records at once, move from county overview into cemetery names and then into individual burial records when the archive shows person-level matches.
Method 01
Review cemetery density before searching names
- 1. Start with the top cemetery list on this page to see which locations carry the strongest burial depth.
- 2. Compare source labels like USGS or other archive categories before deciding where to search deeper.
- 3. Use the county map and cemetery cards together to avoid broad, low-context searching.
Method 02
Run focused person searches after choosing the likely cemetery
- 1. Search a full first and last name once you have a likely cemetery or county context.
- 2. Use military branch hints and date ranges to separate close name matches.
- 3. Return to the Louisiana archive if you need to compare this county with neighboring areas.
Frequently asked
Rapides County Archive FAQs
This county FAQ section is designed to answer common archive questions before users widen their search into nearby counties or move down into specific cemetery pages.
How do I search cemetery records in Rapides County?
Start with the cemetery directory on this page, compare the cemetery count, record depth, and veterans tags, then move into the individual cemetery page once you find the strongest match.
How many cemeteries are mapped in Rapides County?
108 cemetery locations are currently mapped in Rapides County, Louisiana, with 108 carrying latitude and longitude context.
Does Rapides County include burial records as well as cemetery names?
Yes. This county archive combines cemetery counts with burial record coverage where source datasets include person-level information.
Are Rapides County burial records free to access?
Yes. Cemetery Finders presents county, cemetery, and burial detail from public-source archive data without requiring an account or paid lookup.
How many veterans are buried in Rapides County?
37 burial records in this county currently carry military branch context, including branch-level references where the source archive provides them.