THE OLD LAKE HERMITAGE CEMETERY, Plaquemines Parish Louisiana
Submitted By: Gladys Stovall Armstrong
Recorded By: Rod Lincoln


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One of the quaintest cemeteries in Plaquemines Parish is in one of the 
most interesting, and equally most forgotten, communites in Plaquemines. 
In what was once known as Lake Hermitage settlement, and in recent years 
renamed Lake Judge PEREZ, is the BIEBER - TRUEIL Cemetary.
As one leaves highway 23 to travel the first five miles to Lake Judge 
Perez, one gets the feeling of travelling into the past, At first, the 
terrain along the wide shell road is a rich thicket of mixed vegetation. 
There are a few older evergreen trees interspersed in a forest of small 
annual shrubs and vines. Within a mile or so the land takes on an 
impressive dignity with tremendous live oak trees draped with spanish 
moss. Several picturesque and tranquil old plantation bayous streach 
across the road and small trailers and camps cling closely to their edge,

As one continues the trek to Lake Judge PEREZ, one notices these stately 
old oaks thinning and the water level rising. Within a mile of Lake Judge
PEREZ, one feels as though he is driving through the swamp. Though the 
road is still quite good, the large oaks are now dead, the ricj green 
coloring has become a pale gray. The marsh laps at the shoulders of the 
road. Finally, the fishing village of Lake Judge PEREZ appears. Its 
solitude and stoic character is readily apparent. The people of this 
community are friendly hard working fishermen and trappers, many of 
which have spent several generations here. The little graveyard under 
the big oak is reminiscent of graveyards not in the south Louisiana, 
but perhalps New England. These are no surface vaults or tombs. Each 
person is buried in the ground with his own headstone or cross.

Beginning on the row nearest the bayou:

Stone marker 
Philip L. BIEBER
Died 1942 - age 62

Stone Marker 
In Memory of 
Charles H. BIEBER
Age 31 years

Stone marker 
David BIEBER
Died 1944 - age 73

Cypress headstone (hand carved)
In Memory of 
Sophie BIEBER
Born HASSLI
Born September 29, 1829
Died May 26, 1901

Cypress headstone (hand carved)
In Memory of 
Nicholas BIEBER
Born May 24, 1820
Died August 15, 1879

Stone marker
In Memory of 
Phillip J. BIEBER
died February 10, 1892 - age 41 years
Rest In peace "Amen"

Stone marker
In Memory of 
Sidney BIEBER
Age 22 years

Stone marker
Virginia S. BIEBER
Born December 29, 1884
Died April 15, 1951 - age 66 years

Stone marker
In Memory of 
Nicholas A. BIEBER
Died November 13, 1917 - age 68 years
Rest in peace "Amen"

Unmarked wooden cross

Stone marker
Christina BIEBER
Died 1939 - age 65

Stone marker
Louise PERRIN
Born August 20, 1890
Died December 15, 1961

Wooden cross 
Caroline TREUIL

Wooden cross 
Alexis TREUIL

Stone marker
Adolph TREUIL
Died July 2, 1900

Stone marker
In Memory of 
Raymond TREUIL
Age 17 years

Stone marker
Julie B. TREUIL
1835 - 1908

Wooden cross
Elizabeth Treuil CHEDVILLE

Wooden cross
Jake Treuil

Unmarked wooden cross