REID/CREEKSIDE CEMETERY, ROBERT, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA
Recorded and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Belford Carver and Ronnie Taylor, 
July 3, 2000.

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Located at the end of Beechwood Drive (about 0.2 of a mile).  Beechwood is  about 0.1 of a mile
north on Bailey Loop Road from where it intersects with LA Hwy 445, about 3.8 miles north 
of Robert, LA.  GNIS Mapping coordinates: 303354N 902036W   Location: 31-5-8

It was formerly known as the Reid Cemetery.  The Creekside Baptish Church is near the 
Beechwood intersection.  It is a family cemetery, established in 1875.  Mrs. Myrtle Reid 
Dewey and  Mrs. Carolyn Montgomery Parker, graciously gave us additional information 
concerning their family cemetery, near their residences.

Recorded by Belford Carver and Ronnie Taylor, July 3, 2000.

Row 1
Simpson Henry Stewart
Apr 12, 1908 - Mar 14, 1996

Carrie Lou Stewart
Apr 5, 1905 - Oct 25, 1990
(First husband was Charlie Pierre
buried in Chalmette National Cemetery.
He was Mrs. Dewey's uncle.)

Penelope Rouge
Feb 7, 1984 - Oct 2, 1997
(Pet dog)

(Triple)
Daughter    
(Myrtle Reid Dewey to be buried here,
next to her parents.)
(Blank)
Mother
Mary Pierre Reid
1882 - 1979
Father
William E. Reid
1866 - 1943

Infant (difficult to read)
Mary Bales Stout 
Jun 22, ??

Row 2
Mother
Louise F. Lane
Jun 12, 1914 - Feb 25, 1979
Rev. Jesse R. Lane
Jan 29, 1910 - Jun 5, 1988
(Holiness minister according to Myrtle Dewey)

2 infants (no names)

Sidney Reid
Feb 6, 19?8 - Aug 10, 19?8
(Lived 6 mos.)

Infant daughter of
WM and MJ Reid
Apr 3, 19?3 

Baham Infant
1913 - 1913

Row 3
Steve Dudley Montgomery
Feb 17, 1945 - May 9, 1999
Age 54
(b/o Carolyn Montgomery Parker)

(First person buried here.)
Alfred Pierre
1846 - 1875
(s/o Silvain Pierre)

Row 4
"Red"
Earl Gasper Shirey
1922 - 1986

James Montgomery
Dec 2, 1916 - Oct 13, 1985
(Parents of Carolyn Montgomery Parker)
Alma Montgomery
Nov 22, 1924 - Aug 5, 1988
(w/o of James Montgomery)

Ollie Robinson
Nov 10, 1894 - Mar 26, 1982

Thursie Pitman Pierre
Dec 25, 1860 - Mar 23, 1943

Gaspard Martin Pierre
Apr 25, 1847 - Jan 18, 1911

Silvain Pierre
1797 - 1876
Silvain Pierre
Pvt Louisiana Militia
War of 1812
1793 - 1876 (Dif. Year than headstone)
Elizabeth H. Pierre
1809 - 1885
(w/o  Silvain Pierre)
(Great-grandparents of Myrtle Dewey)

Joseph B. Trammel
1886 - 1940
(Handicapped person in care of 
this Pierre/Dewey Family)

Row 5
Faron L. Parker 
Sep 7, 1967 - Jun 6, 1999
(s/o Carolyn Montgomery Parker)

Homeplace no longer exists, but was located nearby.