Pierce Cemetery, St. Tammany Parish, La. File Submitted by Donald W. Johnson 3/99 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** St. Tammany Parish & Washington Parish, La. This cemetery is on first unmarked Road North of Pierce road, inside Washington Parish, and off La. Hwy. 21. "1841" on on marker under name. Copied By: Dolores P. Butler, Doris Martin Holden & Bob Landrum, Jr. July 10, 1976. Walter L. "Bud" Bynum 23 May 1916 27 April 1972 Aline M. Bynum 13 February 1918 no death date Samuel Ray Billingsley 16 March 1935 3 May 1969 June Bynum Billingsley 8 March 1937 3 May 1969 Carolyn Faye Bynum 13 December 1939 3 May 1969 Samuel Billingsley. his wife June & her sister Carolyn killed in plane crash. Ottilee Pierce Burch 24 February 1905 14 March 1951 Houston D. Jenkins 9 October 1910 3 August 1960 Masonic emblem on marker Dola Pierce Jenkins 3 August 1909 no death date James A. Frye 1880 - 1965 Emma Lee Frye 1877 - 1958 Leroy Adoiphus Mitchell 7 March 1880 11 October 1972 Eliza Jane Richardson Mitchell 14 June 1881 25 June 1972 DAR emblem on marker Luzon "Crip Pierce 9 August 1898 20 April 1967 Zula A. Willis Pierce 23 October 1905 no death date Cooley Pierce 27 October 1896 5 April 1974 Mary Lee L. Pierce 3 November 1905 no death date Roderick Stacy Glenn 4 May 1967 (infant) George W. Mason 22 February 1894 26 October 1964 Metta Pierce Mason 8 June 1900 no death date Luzene Purdee Pierce 7 October 1872 6 September 1928 Emi1y Pounds Pierce 21 May 1875 1 February 1959 Haspel R. Stewart 23 July 1911 7 March 1912 Joseph Charles Kain 25 March 1880 3 March 1960 Masonic emblem on marker Tena Mitchell Kain 11 September 1888 7 September 1961 Eastern Star emblem Iva 0., daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Pierce 3 August 1909 12 November 1909 R. Walter Pierce 9 December 1863 18 March 1951 Masonic emblem E. Ann Byrd Pierce 6 December 1874 30 October 1955 Eastern Star emblem William Addison Burns 5 December 1892 19 February 1957 Masonic emblem Eltimae Pierce Burns 6 July 1902 no death date Eastern Star emblem Hollis M. Bynum 5 February 1914 10 August 1973 above on double marker, nothing on other side John M. Bynum 7 September 1892 8 September 1917 Baby Bynum no dates Willie Pierce 2 June 1905 27 November 1964 Joe K. Pierce 17 May 1907 13 January 1932 John Q. A. Pierce 3 July 1825 23 October 1898 Burnette M. Pierce 22 October 1829 23 December 1902 Rubin A. Pierce 17 January 1875 17 January 1970 Lurah T. Pierce 14 November 1879 25 December 1965 Lawtin L. Pierce 21 June 1906 25 July 1906 Fennel McKinley 1889 - 1931 Lozane McKinley 1882 - 1938 Hardy R Mitchell 1856 - 1933 Viola A. Mitchell 1861 - 1896 James Pierce 14 November 1827 21 August 1905 Masonic emblem Acenath Morris Pierce 5 September 1831 7 June 1899 Francine Pierce 10 November 1853 25 March 1903 Chesley B. Pierce 5 August 1860 29 January 1878 Hepburn Pierce 21 April 1855 9 May 1898 Hepburn Byrd, son of T. N. & Cintilla Byrd 1881 - 1883 V. Pearl Pierce Wife of Oscar Mitchell 2 May 1854 16 September 1895 Oscar Mitchell 10 October 1849 4 May 1926 Masonic emblem Edwin Ernest Mitchell 24 July 1895 19 March 1929 Masonic emblem Geneva Powell Mitchell 12 February 1896 29 July 1940 Infant of Mr & Mrs. Tasso Pierce 22 July 1929 Oist Pierce 5 December 1902 20 September 1917 Emma Mizell Pierce 22 November 1881 22 May 1955 Warren Pierce 1 July 1867 16 December 1954 Avis E. Pierce 21 February 1922 28 May 1938 Bevie J. Pierce 16 December 1900 no death date Tasso "Cat" Pierce 10 February 1901 28 January 1970 James R. Byrd 5 February 1886 18 August 1964 Ircilla Mizell, wife of J. F Byr·d 15 November 1887 10 April 1930 Frederick West Cooper 17 June 1889 11 October 1963 Clara Byrd Cooper 2 July 1889 l March 1959 L. P. Byrd 8 May 1863 8 August 1936 Rosa Pierce Byrd 26 September 1867 15 July 1941 0. Garver Byrd 26 November 1903 10 August 1933 Masonic emblem Myrna I. Byrd 3 October 1906 26 February 1916 Eugenia Pierce 15 January 1868 15 January 1868 Marshall B. Pierce 14 August 1869 23 September 1876 William Y. Pierce 7 February 1862 23 November 1877 John Ira Byrd 13 May 1891 3 May 1969 Robert C. Williams 4 November 1895 2 May 1964 Annie Eliza Morris, wife of Thomas Moore 22 November 1828 22 October 1916 Evelyn Cooper Brown 1 October 1916 9 December 1970 Adolphus Paul 14 February 1864 28 October 1913 Eliza Jane Leslie 7 November 1854 13 September 1934 J. R. Leslie 10 June 1853 8 April 1935 W. T. Paul 22 September 1858 13 September 1914 John A. Paul Died 13 July 1885 Age 60 years Virrilla J., Wife of J. A. Paul 9 November 1831 27 February 1911 Jacob Paul 4 November 1872 12 October 1881 (broken marker) John Paul Born & Died 17 August 1874 Broken marker name & dates gone Thomas Morris no dates Mary Morris no dates Marker without name James Morris Co. C 3 Regt. La. Cav. C. S. A. 1844 - 1863 Frances M. Cooper 4 March 1890 24 November 1971 L. Loran Cooper 9 September 1883 2 January 1975 Robert E. Cooper 9 April 1912 19 August 1918 Virilla G. Pierce 11 September 1870 21 October 1875 Reubin Pierce no dates Sallie Pierce no dates Gertrude Stewart 23 June 1876 1 August 1942 Arrozella Stewart 14 November 1884 24 December 1933 Orelius Stewart 1 December 1887 1 March 1888 Elizabeth Stewart,Wife of Jacob Stewart 27 December 1852 16 June 1921 Jacob J. Stewart 19 January 1850 29 June 1900 John L. Stewart 15 September 1878 13 February 1935 J. Kelly Stewart 12 October 1881 3 March 1944 infant son of I D. & C. E. Landrum; could not read dates J. W. Bondurant 17 May 1858 7 June 1936 Unmarked infant's grave Joseph W. Landrum 4 January 1900 26 April 1976 infant - cement marker could not read Charlie A. Landrum 16 March 1873 18 May 1937 Della L. Landrum 3 May 1877 27 September 1941 Michelle Ann Vaughn 2 July 1972 3 December 1973 Shannon Ann Vaughn 2 December 1966 Bernette J. Byrd 9 May 1893 8 March 1973 J. Herman Byrd 22 February 1887 14 April 1974 James L. Byrd 17 October 1879 8 January 1954 Harvey L. Byrd 17 October 1879 9 October 1972 Warren Thomas Byrd 1885 - 1949 Cement stakes for marker James Andrew Stewart 22 October 1862 6 October 1950 Masonic emblem Edmonia Moore Stewart 19 January 1867 28 July 1939 William P. Stewart 1858 - 1937 Louella Paul Stewart 1869 - 1943 Kentzell. son of W. P Stewart 18 January 1899 20 July 1900 Cora Mae, daughter of W. P & Luella Stewart 28 December 1901 10 September 1911 W. D. Smith 1 March 1927 9 August 1928 R. F Stewart 1891 - 1919 Clarence E. Cooper La., SI, U. S. Navy World War II 26 December 1926 27 September 1971 James L. "Lub" Cooper 25 August 1910 21 July 1969 Eunice B. Cooper 17 February 1919 no death date James Furman Cooper 16 May 1938 18 May 1938 A. Ladonia Cooper 30 October 1877 26 September 1894 Ezbon Cooper 15 June 1875 12 November 1918 Mary Cooper 23 May 1850 28 October 1925 Chavrney Mizell 17 February 1928 4 June 1939 Ruth T. Mizell 15 December 1894 18 March 1976 Leo Mizell 4 January 1895 17 February 1974 Catherine Stewart, Wife of Leo Mizell 28 December 1899 24 October 1918 Infant of L & C Mizell no dates infant son of George & Ethel Talley 17 November 1927 Grave marked by funeral home marker could not read Orie B. Cooper 1911 - 1958 Mary, daughter of R. C. & Margana Cooper 8 August 1913 15 April 1918 Robert C. Cooper 22 February 1882 9 January 1959 Margana R. Cooper 3 May 1888 30 April 1933 Infant of J. W. & Azline Cooper 12 June 1901 Funeral home marker, name gone ***Note: This was sent by email from Mrs. Craig of the Crossett Public Library for Mr. William C. Finch, Genealogist. Information on 3 unmarked graves in the Northwest corner of the Morris/Pierce Cemetery in Sun, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana: MORRIS/PIERCE IN THE NW CORNER OF THE CEMETERY ON A SMALL RISE IS THE REMAINS OF A TREE STUMP. THE TREE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANTED AT THE HEAD OF: 1. MARTHA "PATSEY" THOMAS, WIFE OF CHESSLEY BOSTIC MORRIS, B. 1812, D. 1863. ROOM FOR CHESSLEY WAS LEFT TO SOUTH. NORTH OF PATSEY IS: 2. BRIDGET LEE MORRIS, B. 1834, D. 1838, DAUGHTER OF MARTHA AND CHESSLEY MORRIS, (NAMED FOR HER GRANDMOTHER, BRIDGET LEE THOMAS) NORTH OF BRIDGET IS: 3. ELIZABETH FLETCHER, WIFE OF JAMES ALEXANDRIA CALHOUN, B. 1809, D. 1858.