Sand Hill 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.

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No directions given to cemetery.

David Stephen Lea
May 28, 1888
Mar 30, 1971
"Not my will, but thine be done"

Dave S. Lea
Louisiana
Pvt. 340 Field Artillery
World War I
May 28, 1888
March 30, 1971

Charles Dewitt Lea
Louisiana
PFC Co K 17 Infantry
World War I
June 14, 1896
Nov 29, 1963

(Two graves with funeral home markers that are illegible)

Eliza A. Hess
nee Howard
Feb 27, 1850
Nov 22, 1924
"The Lord is my Shepherd"
Her last words were, "I want to go to Heaven."

John (Jack) Lea
Born 1880 St. Helena Parish
Died 1894

Bevel E. Lea
Born June 1886
Died Dec 6, 1906

Ruby Craft Lea
Born 1898 in St. Helena Parish
Died (?)

John E. Lea
Aug 17, 1924
May 12, 1963

William Crevanna Lea
Son of Caswell Lea and Mary Kinchen
Born 1842 in St. Helena Parish
Died in 1920

Louiza Lea (Aunt Liza)
Dau. of Caswell Lea and Mary Kinchen
Born 1829
Died 1880

Louisiana Lea (Aunt Lou)
Dau. of Caswell Lea and Mary Kinchen
Born in 1880 two weeks after his sister Louiza died of some kind of fever.
Both buried in Sand Hill Cemetery.

Mary Lea (Aunt Mary)
Born 1884
Died 1924

John Elam Lea
Born March 3, 1852
Died Jan 31, 1904

In memory of Mrs. Mary Kinchen
Wife of Wm. Kinchen who departed this life 
sept 8, 1826
In the 45th year of her age

Brenda Lea Elliott
Age 4 weeks old
Born Oct 22, 1964
Died Nov 19, 1964
(Will Felps told us this was an itinerant farmer family that no one knows)

W.C. Lea (nothing more)

Victoria Lea (nothing more)

Infant Cara Lea
(Said to have twin buried here)

Note:  Lots of Leas buried in Sand Hill Cemetery which has been filled with dirt to level point and
the graves are no longer visible.

Mary Elizabeth
Dau. of M.D. Anderson and Kate Christmas
July 4, 1892
Nov 5, 1905

Julia Virginia
Dau. of M.D. Anderson and Kate Christmas
Oct 2, 1892
May 31, 1903

(Preparer's note -- the above sisters, Mary Elizabeth and Julia Virginia, could not have been born 3
months apart -- obviously there is a typo in the original book)

E. McD Anderson
61 HDg Co
US Field Artillery CSA

HESS
Feb 29, 1829
Sept 25, 1899
"An honest man is the noblest work of God"

Willie Hess
Oct 4, 1899
Nov 18, 1916
"He was faithful to his family"

Miss J.V. Calmes
Reg. Nurse
Died Aug 7, 1933
"There is so much bad in the best of us, and so much good in the worst of us,
that it hardly behooves any of us, to talk about the rest of us."

Sarah Calmes
Feb 23, 1857
Jan 14, 1941

--- E. Calmes
Dec 31, 1859
Jan 16, 1949

Napoleon B. Calmes
Oct 24, 1880
Nov 11, 1961
(Mason)

Jesse C. Calmes
Jan 1, 1887
Jan 25, 1969
(Eastern Star)

Copied by Audrey C. Blades and Lanell C. Heap, 1972

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