Calcasieu County Louisiana Archives Cemeteries.....St. Mary Cemetery  (Chloe)
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St. Mary (Chloe) Cemetery, Calcasieu Pr. LA
Margaret Moore 6/21/97

                         Chloe Cemetery

From Lake Charles, go east on I10 to Exit #36 - Cameron/Creole exit - Turn right and go south.  
Turn left on the first road to the left which is E. Opelousas Rd.  Go .9 (nine tenths) of a mile 
and turn left on Shane Road.  Go .1 (one tenth) of a mile until you see 2 round wooden posts 
about 4 foot apart.

Behind them there are 2 hurricane fence posts, but are hard to see because the brush is so thick 
and this is a very wooded area.  Once you climb through the briars and the bushes, poison ivy, 
fire ants and possible snakes, toward the back of this fenced area, are a few graves.  There are 
three St. Mary's, a Hoffpauir and three unmarked graves and some of the sweetest smelling gardenia 
bushes, about 12 feet tall.   Once you hack, claw and climb your way back over the fallen trees 
and broken graves back to the road, you'll need to continue down the road to large gate.  Once 
through the gate and through several feet of more briars, bushes and poison ivy...if you will 
sorta squat low and slowly look through the leaves and what have you, you will start seeing 
more graves just scattered throughout this dense forest.

We found 13 unmarked graves and 6 marked graves. The marked were two Carter's, two Miller's,
a Taylor and a Randle.  I'm sure there were probably more and we just could not see them. This 
land was privately owned and no one but the creatures of the forest was maintaining this grave 
yard!

The two brave souls that read this cemetery on 10 June 1997 were Margaret Moore and Jan Craven, 
armed with branch cutters, brooms, boots, long sleeves, long pants, and snake boots...and so far, 
no sign of poison ivy!




Carter, Jasper     			01 Jul 1922 - 02 Aug 1973
     		La S2 US Navy  WWII
Carter, Jasper James    "J.J." 		19 Mar 1950 - 21 May 1978
Hoffpauir, Hazel     			18 Feb 1911 - 05 Dec 1927
Miller, Booker T.     			01 Jan 1914 - 18 Dec 1972 
               La PFC 608 Port Co TC WWII
Miller, Lawrence     			01 Mar 1891 - 25 May 1946
	       La PVT 19 REX 
               Labor BR OMC WWI
Randle, Debbie L.     			05 Sep 1955 - 12 Jan 1990
St. Mary, Deliah     			  No date   - 27 Dec 1937
     "Mother" Joining headstone with Joseph St. Mary.
St. Mary, France B.     		27 Jul 1871 - 27 Jul 1922
	     Next to Joseph and Deliah St. Mary. 
St. Mary, Joseph     			  No date   - 03 Oct 1888
     "Father" Joining headstone with Deliah St. Mary.
Taylor, Lucy    			16 Mar 1885 - 10 Apr 1958
	     "Mother"