Rayville in Richland Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Po' Henry and Tookie

Rayville, LA

— Northeast Louisiana Music Trail —

Po' Henry and Tookie Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 28, 2022

1. Po' Henry and Tookie Marker

Inscription.
Henry Dorsey & Marlan Tookie Collom first met while working on a cotton farm, their mutual love for old time Delta Blues made them friends for life. As the duo Po'Henry and Tookie, they played New Orleans Jazz Fest, Mississippi Delta Blues Fest, Louisiana Folklife Fest, Rayville's Pickin' and Ginnin', Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D.C. and hundreds of venues nationwide.

Erected 2022 by Northeast Louisiana Music Trail. (Marker Number 2.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 32° 28.51′ N, 91° 45.459′ W. Marker is in Rayville, Louisiana, in Richland Parish. It is on North Louisa Street (U.S. 425) north of Martin Luther King Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 815 N Louisa St, Rayville LA 71269, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it

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is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gene Stewart (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rayville's African American School (approx. 0.6 miles away).

More about this marker. North Louisiana Street is also LA Highway 137

Also see . . . Northeast Louisiana Music Trail. (Submitted on July 18, 2025, by Molly McCullar of West Monroe, Louisiana.)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 28, 2022

2. Po' Henry and Tookie Marker

Photographed by Molly McCullar

3. Po' Henry and Tookie Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 749 times since then and 56 times this year. Last updated on January 6, 2026, by Molly McCullar of West Monroe, Louisiana. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. 3. submitted on July 18, 2025, by Molly McCullar of West Monroe, Louisiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.