Montpelier Cemetery, Fourth Ward, St. Helena Parish, La. File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue This cemetery is taken from the book, St. Helena Parish Cemeteries,1914-1987 Published by the St. Helena Historical Association, Inc. Address: Rt. 1 Box 131; Amite, La. 70422 The LaGenWeb Archives would like to express their thanks to the Association for giving us permission to put these cemeteries online. The society retains the copy right to these works. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Directions to cemetery: At Montpelier, La. three blocks of Highway 16 going east. MORGAN W.O.W. Memorial (Double marker) Ida Hayes Oct 22, 1892 Feb 23, 1970 Maggie L. Lewis Thomas Apr 23, 1883 May 5, 1935 "She was loved by all who knew her" In Memorian Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle Rosa E. Watson Jan 29, 1878 Oct 4, 1948 "We will meet again" Hilary S. Watson May 9, 1854 Feb 2, 1935 "Death is another life" (One small grave with marker, no inscription) SON Geo. Dewey Thompson, Jr. 1927 - 1939 MOTHER Ella McRayborn July 24, 1871 Feb 11, 1928 "She was the sunshine of our home" THOMPSON Mabel Aug 7, 1903 March 4, 1957 Rayborn George D. Nov 5, 1902 Samuel Franklin Oct 8, 1880 June 2, 1958 Mrs. Grace Durbin Born July 29, 1895 Died Dec 15, 1932 "At Rest" Charlie L. Lewis 1888 - 1940 Annie Bond Wife of A.K. Fletcher Jan 23, 1871 Mar 3, 1930 "She was the sunshine of our home" FLETCHER Velda Dau of Mr. & Mrs. A.K. Fletcher Sept 13, 1908 Apr 5, 1925 "Gone to a better land" A.K. Fletcher June 24, 1872 July 14, 1921 "Gone but not forgotten" (Slate marker with masonic Emblem) STORY William L. Story Born March 9, 1833 Died May 23, 1908 STORY Irene Dau. of B.P. & M.V. Morgan July 1, 1887 June 1, 1911 "Asleep in Jesus" (Three unmarked graves) Dorris A. Dau. of C.A. & Della Chapman Sept 6, 1913 Feb 10, 1915 "Darling we miss you" MELTON (Monument to plot of three graves) Charles K. May 24, 1875 Sept 9, 1950 "Tho lost to sight, to memory dear" Rosa Y. Oct 14, 1877 Jan 13, 1925 Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Edgar J. Ard 1929 - 1929 Alexander Hathorn CO B 14 Miss. Inf. C.S.A. (One unmarked grave) Luther W. George Jan 25, 1893 Nov 17, 1961 "Gone but not forgotten" (One unmarked grave) W.O.W. MEMORIAL Wm. Parker Bond May 23, 1869 Sept 14, 1942 "An honest man's the noblest work of God" Sallie K. Wife of W.P. Bond June 6, 1872 Oct 12, 1932 "She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother and a friend to all" John Edward George Apr 13, 1875 Apr 5, 1956 W.O.W. MEMORIAL William F. George Dec 29, 1873 May 23, 1920 "Twas hard to give thee up, but thy will O God be done" GEORGE Catherine Wife of W.N. George Nov 11, 1848 Feb 1, 1916 SGT J.M. Tate Co E Miles Legion La Vols CSA June 23, 1838 Feb 19, 1936 "The Lord's my Shepard, I shall not want" Martha A. Kemp Wife of J.M. Tate Jan 5, 1838 May 22, 1918 "We will meet again" Hugh DeVecum Tate Covington, La. Feb 23, 1848 Died Livingston Parish Nov 15, 1925 Carl J. Brown Louisiana Pvt. Quartermaster Corps World War II April 9, 1900 Dec 29, 1969 Bonner Fletcher June 9, 1854 July 22, 1921 Age 66 yrs., 1 mo., 13 da. Rosa Durnin Fletcher Mar 23, 1862 Oct 9, 1939 Age 77 yrs., 14 days Eva Rosalie Fletcher Aug 11, 1895 July 25, 1962 May F. Harvin Dec 11, 1893 Dec 12, 1970 Wm. H. Harvin Mar 4, 1891 Mar 31, 1962 W.O.W. MEMORIAL Henry G. Bond Aug 8, 1895 Mar 8, 1934 "Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness and love" Woodrow F. George Louisiana SGT 1391 Base Unit AAF World War II August 8, 1918 February 11, 1969 C.G. Morgan Feb 9, 1871 Sept 25, 1934 Chris George 1916 - 1931 "Asleep in Jesus" (Large concrete vault - no marker except funeral home that I could not read. It looked like Mrs. Torence, Lawrence, or Florence Morgan, Nov. 1885, home, Amite, La.) MOTHER Lelia White Wife of C.W. George 1878 - 1927 FATHER Charles W. George Sept 22, 1886 Dec 19, 1953 Frank Elton Todd Oct 27, 1895 Jan 30, 1948 "Not by my will, but thine be done" Albert D. Thompson 1925 - 1971 (McKnealy Fun. home marker, Amite, La. ) Samuel W. Thompson Louisiana Cpt. U.S. Army World War I January 19, 1895 November 6, 1963 MORGAN (Monument to plot) Jack H. Morgan 1866 - 1945 Mike Lamar Morgan June 2, 1930 Nov 6, 1945 Gilton W. Johnson Louisiana SP4 U.S. Army Vietnam BSM-PH Jan 29, 1948 Jan 22, 1969 Emma Beard Spence Dec 11, 1869 June 23, 1955 "Thy memory shall ever be a guiding star to Heaven" SPENCE W.O.W. MEMORIAL J.P. Spence Jan 13, 1868 July 16, 1931 "He is not dead, he is just away" GEORGE Charles W. George Sept 1, 1834 Feb 1, 1916 "Rest in Peace" EICHEL Clara Randall Eichel Louisiana Nurse Army Nurse Corp World War I Apr 15, 1883 Jan 30, 1966 DEARMAN Reese R. Dec 31, 1908 Apr 16, 1963 "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal" Ulbrick F. Young Louisiana PFC US Army World War I 1883 - 1904 John T. Morgan 1880 - 1949 Walter L. Thompson May 16, 1874 Jan 18, 1959 Carolyn Sue Miller Died 6-10-1941 Aged 0 yrs. 8 mos. 0 days (Brown Fun. home marker) Harry Dean Dearman Nov 18, 1946 July 9, 1957 "Heaven is richer with our son" Otis Dallas Ard Aug 15, 1905 Apr 29, 1961 (Brown Fun. Home marker) Edward L. Eichel 1926 - 1972 (McKnealy Fun. Home marker) Ruth C. Dearman Dec 26, 1912 "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal" Nonie O. Blount 1876 - 19?? (looks as if lawn mower has struck the Funeral Director marker) Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zachary June 22, 1952 "At Rest" GRANTHAM Daniel J. Mar 8, 1879 Dec 26, 1963 Ella Wren Mar 13, 1898 "Gone but not forgotten" RAUSCH Otto Mar 19, 1879 Mar 8, 1965 Laura Nov 14, 1882 Feb 12, 1961 (Three infants graves) (One wooden marker) Susie H. Richards (Fun. Home marker is broken and illegible) Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Murry Howze Nov 24, 1951 "At Rest" Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Murry Howze Jan 15, 1949 "At Rest" Gregory Bostwick Mar 25, 1949 July 25, 1949 George Riley Dean Louisiana PFC Co B 23 Infantry World War I Feb 6, 1890 Feb 18, 1961 Thomas E. Hughes May 18, 1872 Oct 20, 1939 "Rest in Peace" Thelma Wife of Glenn Tate 1912 - 1937 "She was loved by all" Lenora Birch Wife of J.D. Shilling Jan 22, 1889 Apr 26, 1953 "She died as she lived, trusting in God" Nellie Rea Tate Wife of Edward Tate Apr 13, 1916 Oct 22, 1962 "Her memory is blessed" Vera Lee 1926 - 1942 "She was the sunshine of our home" Ida M. Hughes May 1, 1874 May 10, 1939 "A tender mother and a faithful friend" Harrison W. Taylor Mar 19, 1898 Nov 4, 1950 "Soldier of World War I" "Beloved husband and father" James Milton Hayman June 16, 1963 Claraindia Shilling Wife of R.S. Long Feb 7, 1917 Nov 7, 1946 "She was the sunshine of our home" James Dansby Shilling Apr 12, 1875 Mar 23, 1960 "At rest" John McNeill Tate, Jr. Nov 8, 1874 Oct 11, 1961 Edna Randall Oct 7, 1880 Mar 22, 1962 "At home together" TATE TATE Hilary Breed Jan 31, 1877 Jan 29, 1947 Artimesia Williams Jan 10, 1882 Dec 15, 1961 Hilary B. Tate SP. AM. WAR Jan 31, 1877 Jan 29, 1947 Edgar Lea Morgan, Jr. Feb 16, 1936 Oct 30, 1947 Lavina Young King 1890 - 1969 (McKnealy Fun.Home marker) Mary Durbin Thompson June 14, 1875 Feb 10, 1962 "Libby Ann" Elizabeth Ann Morgan Oct 16, 1936 Jan 11, 1968 "All who knew her loved her" BROWN George Louis June 12, 1890 May 18, 1959 "He died as he lived- a Christian" Anna Mae Davis Apr 4, 1912 Aug 1, 1970 "Thy God has claimed thee as His own" WILLIAMS Joseph E. Feb 25, 1916 Feb 6, 1963 Ruby H. Jan 4, 1924 "God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well" WILLIAMS James Dixon Sept 20, 1892 Jan 9, 1964 Lutie Spence Oct 19, 1898 July 13, 1962 Sam J. Crouch Mar 29, 1897 July 20, 1968 Lula J. Jan 1, 1906 CROUCH Sam J. Crouch, Jr. Feb 7, 1926 Apr 5, 1958 "Beloved one, farewell" Copied by Audrey C. Blades at the cemetery in 1972 Update: 10/30/87 By: Peggy Pevey & Inez Tate Mabel W. Watson 1909 - 1987 (Funeral Home marker) August A. Fletcher PFC US Army WWII Nov 15, 1899 Apr 8, 1984 John Harold Harvin Dec 18, 1914 July 12, 1977 Nannie Brown Bond Mar 29, 1897 June 17, 1978 Wife of Henry Grady Bond "A tender Mother and loving teacher - Thy life of service inspired all" Irma George Todd Apr 23, 1909 Sept 19, 1984 "Memories live forever" Ethel E. George Sept 5, 1887 Apr 29, 1973 "Gone but not forgotten" Luther Wallie George May 4, 1918 Aug 1, 1979 "Thy trials ended, thy rest is won" Mrs. Elfreida Melton 1919 - 1983 (funeral home marker) Ira N. George Louisiana Pvt. Hospital Corps SP. AM. WAR March 2, 1879 Oct 14, 1951 (At foot of grave is a marker with I.N.G. and W.O.W. Memorial) (One small grave with odd looking cement marker and a cement rock-shaped piece, no initials) (About four small mounds that resemble small graves) Henry Lewis Oct 18, 1884 Mar 25, 1928 "Gone but not forgotten" AT REST Dixon H. Lewis 1854 - 1937 MOTHER Mary Catherine Barthe Wife of Dixon H. Lewis Mar 22, 1860 Feb 3, 1958 "Sweetly resting" Asa D. Adams Sept 7, 1888 Mar 21, 1938 QUINN Wilhemina 1916 - 1931 Daddy 1876 - 1937 (One mound, no marker) Pascal W. Dean Aug 14, 1882 June 8, 1936 Laura Roberts Dean Aug 11, 1859 Nov 25, 1922 William A. Dean Oct 17, 1849 Feb 11, 1936 Edwin L. Young July 9, 1893 Nov 9, 1954 (One unmarked infant grave) (One infant grave, illegible) (Funeral home marker) (One unmarked grave) B.B. Durbin Sept 4, 1889 Dec 10, 1951 "Our loved one" Mahlon Edward Dean May 1, 1928 Oct 15, 1948 John Wilson Dean Apr 1, 1888 Nov 29, 1964 Elva Bond Dean Sept 7, 1898 Jan 17, 1963 GOYNES Elva M. July 29, 1896 Aug 11, 1962 Pauline T. Sept 24, 1897 Mattie Thompson Apr 30, 1876 Oct 3, 1954 Hillary R. Thompson Sept 20, 1868 Apr 29, 1941 Martha H. Fletcher Feb 2, 1848 Apr 15, 1936 Martha B. Fletcher July 17, 1876 Sept 29, 1912 (One grave with illegible marking, a child. Funeral home marker) MORGAN FATHER Edgar Eugene Apr 19, 1886 July 11, 1969 MOTHER Annie Reeves Aug 17, 1888 Leola Thompson (no dates) W.B. Thompson (no dates) Monroe Thompson (no dates) Eli Thompson, Jr. (no dates) (All appear to be teenage graves) (One small unmarked grave) Sue Elizabeth Fletcher Dau. of W.B. Fletcher Dec 31, 1885 Aug 29, 1911 "Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness and love" FLETCHER W.B. Fletcher Oct 27, 1841 Dec 24, 1925 "Gone but not forgotten" (One grave with sunken wooden marker, a child) BABY Edison, son of I.N. & F.D. George June 25, 1919 Sept 5, 1923 "A sunbeam from the world has vanished" Louis, son of I.N. & F.D. George Mar 19, 1910 Jan 14, 1923 "We knew no sorrow, knew no grief, 'till thy bright face was missed" Frank C. Lewis 1886 - 1937 (Two markers, one cement and one granite) Howard J. Lewis Louisiana Pvt. ICL 320 Bakery Co (not battery?) OMC March 26, 1926 In Memory of Louis Morries Son of J.L. & G.E. Thompson Born Mar 27, 1908 Died Sept 22, 1909 "Suffer little children to come unto Me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven" Frances E. Wife of I.N. George Mar 29, 1876 Jan 30, 1925 "We'll meet beyond the river" Virginia Gayle Wife of J. Robertson 1861 - 1911 John Edward Love Dec 6, 1933 July 22, 1981 "Jesus touched him and he slept" "A loving husband and father" Charles Maxwell Collings Jan 20, 1908 Aug 13, 1977 Elese Bond Collings May 24, 1900 Dec 16, 1982 Bettie Maude Fletcher Sept 11, 1899 Apr 10, 1981 Lillie Roberts Morgan Mar 13, 1916 Feb 17, 1982 Samuel F. Morgan, Jr. June 19, 1912 Christine Thompson Dec 29, 1895 June 24, 1981 "Gone but not forgotten" Luella Thompson Johnson Oct 3, 1922 Feb 13, 1975 Sibley W. Thompson US Coast Guard WWII Dates unreadable (marker buried in ground) Charles W. Grantham Louisiana Tec 5 TRP B 101 Cavalry WWII Apr 4, 1917 Apr 26, 1972 Ella Mae T. Goynes Feb 26, 1900 Jan 20, 1977 "Gone but not forgotten" Married 57 years, 8 months, 5 days Lee A. Adams Feb 4, 1957 Aug 14, 1977 Altha E. Fletcher Adams Oct 1, 1898 Jan 4, 1975 FATHER Calvin M. Bennett Aug 31, 1911 July 7, 1980 "None knew thee but to love thee" MOTHER Lucille J. Nov 24, 1918 WIFE Kathleen C. Crouch March 12, 1921 June 16, 1984 "Rest in Peace" Vincent Leland Robertson Dec 1, 1913 Dec 3, 1973 "Gone but not forgotten" John William Brecheen Nov 5, 1902 Aug 4, 1983 Wed Jan 6, 1925 Jewel Rasberry Aug 27, 1907 Oct 14, 1981 Only child Gladys Jewel Williams Leona Thompson Brown Nov 28, 1899 Jan 4, 1986 "She died as she lived - a Christian" George Louis Brown June 12, 1890 May 18, 1959 Gladys Williams Sept 1, 1931 October 25, 1987 Daniel J. Grantham Mar 8, 1879 Dec 26, 1963 Ella Wren Grantham Mar 13, 1898 (Death date unlisted) "Gone but not forgotten" Charles Darrell Zachary "Zach" Jan 8, 1958 Oct 19, 1980 "To know him was to love him" Rev. Leroy Hillary Thompson Mar 7, 1906 Jan 22, 1973 "Faithful to the end" "At home with Jesus" Dorothy Yancy MOTHER Annie Lewis Quin 1889 - 1976 Jim H. Quin 1930 - 1984 Hettie Dean George Jan 9, 1886 Oct 17, 1977 "He leadeth me" Annie G. Young Feb 22, 1890 Feb 19, 1975 MOTHER Martha Jane Bond Apr 7, 1951 July 12, 1972 "At Rest" Mrs. Louise D. Angele 1894 - 1986 (Funeral Home marker) Pauline T. Goynes Sept 24, 1897 Nov 26, 1974 Margaret D. Needham Apr 10, 1884 Feb 8, 1973 "Christ is my hope" Emmitt L. Hughes Aug 19, 1902 Nov 29, 1973 Mahlisa H. Hughes Feb 26, 1905 "We will meet again" John W. Hughes, Sr. Jan 23, 1905 May 7, 1983 Married Feb 8, 1928 Iva Barnes May 15, 1910 Ernest W. Miller US Navy WWII Dec 30, 1919 Mar 10, 1985 Edward L. Eichel Louisiana Cpl US Marine Corps WWII July 12, 1926 Feb 3, 1972 Herman Eichel, Sr. Louisiana Sgt 10 Field Artillery WWI Apr 12, 1892 July 19, 1972 Patricia Ann Lambert Feb 16, 1957 July 18, 1987 "Shorty" Marvin Lee Fletcher Dec 10, 1904 Feb 16, 1983 Married Oct 27, 1936 Myrtis Howze July 18, 1909 Myrtle Laurita Newbill May 9, 1905 Nov 17, 1985 "Rest in peace" George R. Viller Mar 11, 1924 Nov 11, 1986 "The Lord is my Shepherd" Kathryn D. Young Nov 27, 1930 Dec 23, 1981 William Raymond Ard PFC US Army WWII July 18, 1927 May 17, 1979 Carol Ann Primeaux Dec 23, 1946 May 15, 1982 "Gone but not forgotten" Frank U. Campbell 1913 - 1981 Married Sept 10, 1979 Ruth Ard 1910 - Updated August, 1992 by Edward & Inez Tate Ella Mae Adams Bonnell Feb. 19, 1920 May 29, 1990 Patricia Ann Lambert Feb. 16, 1957 July 18, 1987 In memory of our dau. and niece Margaret Ann Cox Aug. 24, 1942 Aug. 12, 1991 "An angel gone home" Walter Crouch S. Sgt. US Army WWII, Korea, Vietnam Sept. 11, 1924 June. 19, 1988 Dorothy H. Hickey PFC US Army Air Corps WWII Oct. 18, 1923 Nov. 18, 1990 William J. Hichey, Jr. US Army Air Corps WWII Oct. 29, 1914 Sept. 2, 1990 Charles Wesley Scott Aug. 8, 1964 Mar. 7, 1989 Officer Baton Rouge Police #740 "No heart was more kind or tru" Ernest Gilbert Hoosier Jan. 7, 1920 June 11, 1989 "We will miss your gentle face and patient smile" Jimmy Jo Drago June 12, 1975 Dec. 31, 1991 "J.J" "Not dead, I have gone to see Jesus" In loving memory Bernard T. Barnes Mar 20, 1922 Oct. 7, 1990 Ione Norwood Forshag Apr. 30, 1905 Aug. 30, 1991 Gladys Brecheen Williams "Glady Jewel" Sept. 1, 1931 Oct. 25, 1987 Eastern Star Symbol Iva Barnes Hughes May 15, 1910 Jan. 5, 1991 Ottis T. Morgan Apr. 12, 1928 June 16, 1990 Military marker: Otis Tilman Morgan Y 3 US Navy WWII Apr. 12, 1928 June 16, 1990 Carmen Elizabeth Morgan Oct. 16, 1968 Feb. 11, 1988 Beloved Dau. of Jim & Jean "You leave us with memories" "We send you our love." Melvin A. Durbin 1916 - 1990 Nancy Celina Fountain Wife of J.L. Young June 25, 1869 June 12, 1914 "Our mother - gone but not forgotten" Betty H. Taylor July 19, 1899 July 6, 1989 "You leave us with memories" "We love you" Willie Fenton Lewis "Bill" Dec. 22, 1901 Apr. 21, 1990 Harrison Tell Vernon Apr. 23, 1910 Jan. 17, 1981 W.O.W. Memorial Charles D. Bond Dec. 31, 1902 Feb. 5, 1958 "Memories guide the hand of love." John Edward George Apr. 13, 1875 Apr. 5, 1955 Elfreida W. Melton 1919 - 1983 Woodrow W. Melton 1912 - 1987 "Aunt Hut" Florence George Morgan Nov. 1885 Feb. 1937 Mabel Wheeler Oct. 11, 1909 May 28, 1987 Hilary Emile Watson May 13, 1909 Feb. 24, 1991 ************** ************************************************ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/cemeteries/montpeli.txt