Lafourche Parish, LA Cemetery Listings BROOKLYN CEMETERY, RACELAND, LAFOURCHE PARISH, LA. Submitted: 8 June 2011 by Chris Tidwell and Cynthia Daigle Last Modified and submitted: 15 Sep 2014 by Chris Tidwell "CONTENTS OF THIS FILE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH: 31 Aug 2014" Source: Much of the information contained in this cemetery file was researched, processed and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Velton Guidry (dec.), Christine Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle. In order to assure that the cemetery tables that were being maintained on the La Societe des Cajuns Society website will continue to be available to users, they have been converted to a format that can be displayed on the GenWeb Archives sites for Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish by Christine Tidwell and Cynthia Daigle, with additional update information having been added by them and will be updated periodically. Please refer to the biographical section http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/biograph.htm for a short tribute to three men who had a desire to preserve and make available to those who follow, information about the history and life in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. =============================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://theusgenweb.net/la/lafiles.htm =============================================================================== Sources of Information: Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, parents or siblings. South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books) Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books) South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference books) Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources) Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources) U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources) Find a Grave (internet) They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet) =============================================================================== Notes: Parents and/or spouses names are included as they are named in the various sources. Occasionally a presumption was made regarding the maiden name of females. If her maiden name was not directly given in the obituary, it was presumed she had the same surname as her father or brother. Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records will be noted. These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and are not intended as genealogical fact. These listings are not complete. =============================================================================== Abbreviations s/o = son of; d/o = daughter of sp = spouse or spouse of infant = less than 4 mo. old; child = 4 mo. through 14 years *** or (blank) = information not available =============================================================================== _________________________________________________________ Allen, Kevin 1967 21 Dec 1985 s/o Joseph Folse Jr. & Helen Allen _________________________________________________________ Allen, Luella "Ella" (Harris) Age 88 27 Jun 1919 12 Dec 2006 w/o Edison Allen, Sr. d/o Horace Harris & Mary ____ SSN 439-30-2779 _________________________________________________________ Allen, Villitter (Thomas) 1892 18 Feb 1987 Thornton Allen d/o _________________________________________________________ Clark, Lurena "Lee" Marie (Hester) Age 47 1961 23 Apr 2008 w/o Elray Clark d/o Nolan Hester, Sr. & Dorothy L_____ _________________________________________________________ Coleman, Everlina 1936 13 Feb 2014 d/o Melvin Coleman Sr. & Ceolar ___ _________________________________________________________ Cooper, Orelia (Robinson) Age 90 21 Nov 1917 26 Apr 2008 w/o Edward Cooper d/o Howard Robinson & Ophelia Nickol _________________________________________________________ Davis, Beatrice (Thomas) 1921 6 Sep 2011 Simon Davis Sr. d/o Benjamin Thomas & Dora ____ _________________________________________________________ Folse, Eddie 1919 23 Nov 2008 Rosetta ____ s/o Marcelain Folse Sr. & Ida ____ _________________________________________________________ Folse, Estelle (Boyd) 1945 9 Mar 2010 Rev Russell Folse d/o Johnny Boyd Sr. & Lommie ____ _________________________________________________________ Folse, Keith Dwayne 1967 25 Apr 2012 Lisa __ s/o Rev. Russell Folse & Estelle Boyd _________________________________________________________ Folse, Lawless "Roach" Age 80 14 Mar 1926 25 Jul 2006 h/o Albertha Triggs s/o Marcelain Folse, Sr. & Ida ______ _________________________________________________________ Folse, Leonard ÒBay BayÓ Sr. 1965 3 Nov 2010 Beverly ___ s/o Albert Smith Sr. & Audrey Folse _________________________________________________________ Folse, Marquan Kamarin Age 3 mo. 2005 19 Oct 2005 s/o Markeith Shendell Folse & Takia Daneen Collins _________________________________________________________ Folse, Mary "Selena (Coleman) Age 82 6 Oct 1924 29 Jul 2007 w/o Joseph Folse Sr. d/o Leonard Coleman & Carrie Brown. _________________________________________________________ Gray, Jeanetta (Boyd) 1926 12 Sep 2012 Simon Gray d/o Johnny Boyd Sr. & Lommie ___ _________________________________________________________ Griffin, Freddie "Red-O" Age 93 10 Aug 1914 21 May 2008 20 May 2008 s/o George Griffin, Sr. & Bertha _____ _________________________________________________________ Holly, Louella (Williams) 1935 2 Oct 2010 Washington Holly Sr. d/o Henry Williams Sr. & Ethel Polk _________________________________________________________ Johnson, Essie Louise (Robinson) 1932 14 Mar 2013 Clarence L. Johnson Sr. d/o Granville Robinson & Ethel Boyd _________________________________________________________ Mathieu, Mildred (Smith) Age 76 1929 27 Jun 2005 w/o Albert Nick Mathieu d/o George Smith & Mary Rose Slay _________________________________________________________ Moten, Evelina "Ike" (Folse) 1947 28 Feb 2009 Godfrey Moten d/o Joseph Folse & Mary ___ _________________________________________________________ Nixon, LeRoss Age 52 3 Apr 1955 16 Apr 2007 s/o Washington Holly & Louella ___ __________________________________________________________ Robinson, Alvin "Vin" Age ** 19 Sep 1923 21 Feb 2006 h/o Louise ______ s/o Shelvin Robinson, Sr. & Annie ____ __________________________________________________________ Robinson, Arthur Porterfield Sr. 1940 9 Jan 2013 Lydia ÒMs. PeteÓ ___ s/o Shelvin Robinson Sr. & Annie ___ _________________________________________________________ Robinson, Ethel A. 1949 22 Aug 2014 Louis Jacobs Sr. d/o Arthur Robinson Jr. & Ruby ___ _________________________________________________________ Robinson, Granvil Sr. 1912 28 May 2009 Ethel Boyd s/o Shelvin Robinson Sr. & Elnora Davis _________________________________________________________ Robinson, Ruby Viola ____ 26 Oct 1923 22 Feb 2007 Age 83 w/o Arthur Robinson, Jr. d/o John Shelby & Arzelia ___ __________________________________________________________ Robinson, Ruth (Farlow) 1921 14 Aug 2013 Harry Robinson Sr. d/o Clarence Farlow Sr. & Nancy ___ __________________________________________________________ Robinson, Vernon 1953 17 Aug 2010 Constance R. ___ s/o Granville Robinson & Mary ___ _________________________________________________________ Shelby, James ÒCorkeyÓ Jr. 1931 14 Jul 2014 Antonia ___ s/o James Shelby Sr. & Sedonia ___ _________________________________________________________ Shelvy, Hearld, Jr. Age 67 27 Mar 1938 14 Dec 2005 h/o Susie ____ s/o Hearld Shelvy, Sr. & Olevia Kelly _________________________________________________________ Smith, Olevia (Triggs) Age 87 1921 10 May 2008 w/o Henry Smith, Sr. d/o Mack Nathaniel Triggs & Bertha ____ _________________________________________________________ Strickland, Barbara Nell (Triggs) 1952 20 Dec 2012 d/o Arthur Triggs Sr. & Aldine Rose ___ _________________________________________________________ Triggs, Raymond Lee Age 40 1968 28 Jun 2008 s/o Raymond Griffin & Carrie Triggs _________________________________________________________ Washington, Marvin Givens Age 45 10 Jan 1963 24 Apr 2008 h/o Yolanda ______ c/o Victoria Welch s/o Melvion Washington, Sr. & Ernestine Lewis _________________________________________________________ Weaver, Ester (Robinson) 1932 20 Feb 2013 Percy Weaver Sr. d/o Shelvin Robinson Sr. & Annie W. ___ _________________________________________________________ Williams, Ernest Sr. 1910 25 Sep 1984 Earline ____ s/o Clay Williams & ___ _________________________________________________________ Williams, Larry "Charlie" Age 60 6 Feb 1946 9 Jun 2006 h/o Druzella M. _________ s/o Ernest Williams, Sr. & Earline Shelby _________________________________________________________ Williams, Taranaejha Faith Age Infant *** 2 Mar 2008 d/o Alvin Williams, Jr. & Alaycia Smith _________________________________________________________ Williams, Theodore A. "Winkey", Sr. Age 56 2 Mar 1950 6 Feb 2007 h/o Ella Sylvester s/o Ernest Williams, Sr. & Earline Shelby SSN 437-88-3705 _________________________________________________________