PORTER'S CEMETERY, St Tammany Pr. LA. Contributed by Edie McKinney Talley 8/97 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** LOCATED ON PORTER'S CEMETERY ROAD APPROXIMATELY « MILE OFF EAST PORTER'S RIVER ROAD SLIDELL, LOUISIANA PLOTTED AND INDEXED ON MARCH 9, 1997 BY EDITH MCKINNEY TALLEY AND ELEANOR MCKINNEY TROMBINO 1. Merz, Anna Cantelli, b. Nov. 7, 1921, d. Mar. 31, 1994 2. Smith, Richard Lynn, b. June 20, 1950, d. Jan. 18, 1996 3. Colvert, Bessie L., b. Oc. 18, 1877, d. Feb. 2, 1918 Inscription: "Wife of Hugh R. Barr" 4. Barr, Baby (no dates) 5. Williams, Missouria A., b. Apr. 15, 1857, d. Sept. 4, 1921 Inscription: "We trust our loss will be her gain and that with Christ she's gone to reign." 6. Williams, Francis M., b. Feb. 4, 1853, d. Feb. 19, 1905 7. Kennedy, Willie H., b. Apr. 20, 1908, d. Apr. 15, 1989 8. Kennedy, Josie L., b. June 14, 1908, d. Apr. 22, 1995 Note: Graves 7 and 8 share a marble headstone. Inscribed between the names is a pair of linked wedding bands and the date Feb. 3, 1993. 9. Smith, James Laborn, b. Mar. 30, 1857, d. Feb. 8, 1920 10. Smith, Sarah Jane, b. 1865, d. Aug. 14, 1905 11. Smith, Ella J., one date only: Nov. 1884 12. Smith, Alice M., b. Nov. 1883, d. Nov. 1884 13. Unmarked 14. Blackwell, Mary L., b.Dec. 2, 1852, d. Oct. 3, 1882 15. Smith, Hannah Maria, b. Feb. 1832, d. Aug. 28, 1900 Inscription: "Mother" 16. Smith, James, b. Sept. 17, 1826, d. Mar. 4, 1911 17. Unmarked 18. Unmarked 19. Unmarked 20. Unmarked 21. Unmarked 22. Unmarked 23. Family of Oliver W. Porter (could hold as many as six (6) graves) Porter, Fred D., b. 1898, d. 1972 Inscription: Masonic symbol Note: On the day that we indexed this cemetery, a Porter family member appeared to perform some groundskeeping tasks. He told us that this plot had been used repeatedly for burial of Oliver Porter's family members. 24. Burns, F. (No Dates) 25. Cannon, F. (No Dates) 26. Weir, G. K. (No Dates) 27. Giaccha, Emanuele, b. Sept. 29, 1910 (no death date) Inscription: "In Loving Memory, Children and Grandchildren" 28. Giaccha, Mary Ferro, b. Mar. 14, 1916, d. Apr. 3, 1990 Inscription: "In Loving Memory, Her Husand, Children, and Grandchildren" "Wed Nov. 24, 1935" 29. Gaffney, Catherine Monroe, b. Nov. 14, 1926, d. May 7, 1989 30. Stevens, Son of Johnny and Cindy, One date only: Jan 14, 1993 Inscription: "Forget Me Not" 31. Saracino, ?, b. Oct. 2, 1942, d. Jan. 10, 1987 32. Porter, Myrlin Regent, b. Jan 30, 1919, d. Oct. 25, 1991 Inscription: "US Army WWII" Note: Graves 31 and 32 are enclosed together within a large rectangular coping. On each corner and in the center front and center back of the coping are markers with names on them. Beginning at the center back and moving clockwise the names are " Saracino, Oct. 2, 1942 - Jan. 10, 1987" (grave number 31), "Eddie" (no dates), "Olive" (no dates), "Joyce" (no dates), "Kay" (no dates), and "Oliver" (no dates). In the center of the plot is the marker for grave number 32 (Myrlin Regent Porter). 33. Lewis, Amanda A., b. June 8, 1858, d. Feb. 24, 1915 Inscription: "A loved one from us has gone. A voice we love is still. A place is vacant in our home which can never be filled." 34. Porter, Mary Ann Lewis, b. Nov. 28, 1870, d. Aug. 12, 1970 35. Kennedy, R. J., d. Apr. 19, 1925, Inscription: "Age 75" 36. Crockett, Merrill A., b. Apr. 19, 1839, d. July 21, 1906 Inscription: "Age 67 yrs. 3 mos. 2 days" 37. Unmarked (could be two graves) 38. Daws, Zenobia, b. Aug. 19, 1894, d. July 19, 1895 Inscription: "Aged 10 mos. 28 days" 39. Porter, Rufus James, b. 1906, d. 1941 40. Unmarked 41. Unmarked 42. Wallace, Donna G., b. June 7, 1954, d. Aug. 22, 1990 43. Aleina, Timothy M., b. June 12, 1973, d. June 2, 1990 44. Preswell, H. M., b. 1835, d. 1904 45. Porter, M. F., b. Sept. 15, 1856, d. July 16, 1934 Inscription: "Age 78 Years" 46. Porter, Lanora Adaline, b. July 14, 1890, d. Aug. 29, 1915 Inscriptions: "Wife of W. M. Daws" and "Remember Me As You Pass By, For You Are Now..." (The rest of the inscription is illegible." 47. Porter, Mary J., b. Aug. 5, 1887, d. Nov. 11, 1890 48. Porter, John, b. 1886, d. Apr. 3, 1913 49. Smith, Ruby Porter, b. Apr. 28, 1884, d. Mar. 28, 1920 50. Porter, Baby, (no dates) Inscription: "3 days" and "Son of William Porter and Margaret C. Porter" 51. Porter, Margaret Crawford, b. Jan. 25, 1850, d. Apr. 20, 1929 52. Porter, William, b. Aug. 15, 1849, d. Jan. 6, 1893 53. Unmarked Infant Grave 54. Unmarked Infant Grave 55. Unmarked Infant Grave 56. Unmarked Grave 57. Unmarked Grave 58. Unmarked Grave 59. Daws, John M., b. Oct. 15, 1857, d. Feb. 28, 1891 Inscriptions: At top - "In Loving Memory Of" At Bottom - " Age 41 yrs. 5 mos., At Rest" 60. Unmarked 61. Unmarked 62. Brakefield, David N., b. July 22, 1817, d. May 6, 1889 Inscription: "Born in Lincoln County, Georgia, Died in St. Tammany Parish" 63. Porter, Richard, b. Apr. 1883, d. Nov. 22, 1952 64. Porter, William Jr., b. 1875, d. 1935 65. Sullivan, Alice Porter, b. 1878, d. 1906 66. Porter, Martin, b. Feb. 10, 1878, d. Oct. 14, 1923 Inscription: "One by one life robs us of our treasures. Nothing is our except our dead." 67. Unmarked 68. Johnson, Fanny Esther Porter, b. Apr. 12, 1891, d. Feb. 28, 1976 69. Johnson, Louis Lane, b. Jan. 11, 1921, d. Jan. 24, 1972 70. Stone, Thomas Owen, b. Oct. 12, 1948, d. Feb. 19, 1989 Inscription: "SP 4 US Army Vietnam" 71. Porter, Joseph L., b. Aug. 25, 1892, d. Jan. 22, 1954 Inscription: "Age 61 yrs." 72. Porter, Emma B., b. July 13, 1892, d. Sept. 15, 1924 Inscription: "Age 32 yrs." 73. Porter, Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Porter, b. Dec. 6, 1934, d. Dec. 8, 1934 74. Porter, Infant Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Porter, b. Sept. 11, 1923, d. July 4, 1928 75. Porter, Children of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Porter (no dates) 76. Porter, Bertha W., b., Feb. 17, 1902, d. July 6, 1982 Inscription: "She Served and Kept the Faith" 77. Porter, Eugene A., b. Mar. 25, 1897, d. Feb. 26, 1964 Inscription: "Eternity Be Thou My Refuge" 78. Porter, Alvin Augusta, b. June 6, 1917, d.Dec. 6, 1917 79. Porter, Charles Alby, b. June 15, 1915, d. May 15, 1916 80. Porter, C. A., d. Oct. 31, 1895 (no birth date) Inscriptions: "In Loving Memory" and "Age 18 Years" 81. Porter, Ellen (no dates) 82. Porter, D. (no dates) 83. White, Lalbourn L. Jr. (no dates) 84. Smith, Wayne, b. July 22, 1948, d. Jan. 14, 1949 85. Smith, William Henry, b. Sept. 2, 1895, d. Dec. 23, 1973 86. Faciane, Wallace Patrick, b. 1913, d. 1988 87. Faciane, Emma Porter, b. 1886, d. 1972 88. Faciane, Paul, b. Nov. 20, 1908, d. Jan. 24, 1967 89. Geffin, Harvey D., b. July 14, 1903, d. May 2, 1973 90. Geffin, Elsie A., b. Sept. 24, 1906, d. Oct. 14, 1985