Adcock, Joe b. October 30, 1927 d. May 3, 1999 Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a 1st Baseman for seventeen seasons (1950 to 1966) with the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles/California Angels. He arrived in the Major Leagues with the Reds, and split time at first base with established slugger Ted Kluszewski during the 1950 season. The next year he switch to the outfield to allow Klusweski to play...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Holley Springs Cemetery, Martin (Red River County), Red River Parish, Louisiana, USA
Gray, Henry b. January 19, 1816 d. December 11, 1892 Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the beginning of the war he enlisted as a Private in a Mississippi Regiment, until his friend Jefferson Davis recruited him to go to Louisiana to raise a regiment. In 1862, he organized the 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment and was appointed Colonel. Gray's 28th saw action at Vicksburg and various battles in Louisiana. After his success at the Battle of Mansfield in April 1864, he was promoted Brigadier General but soon left the field when elected to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Springville Cemetery, Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, USA
Methvin, Henry b. April 8, 1912 d. April 19, 1948 Criminal. Member of the Barrow Gang with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Although Clyde Barrow freed him in the Eastham Prison Raid in 1934, he was ultimately the informant that coordinated with authorities in setting up the ambush that killed Bonnie and Clyde in Gibsland, Louisiana on May 23, 1934. In exchange for his help, Texas Governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson pardoned him thus "writing off" the remainder of his ten year sentence he was serving at Eastham prior to the break out. This pardon...[Read More] (Bio by: timcdfw) Social Springs Cemetery, Hall Summit, Red River Parish, Louisiana, USA
b. October 30, 1927 d. May 3, 1999
