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re: Forgotten Graves
Posted on 1/12/24 at 7:59 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/12/24 at 7:59 am to SaintlyTiger88
My maternal grandparents are in a large cemetary along the highway in Houma. My paternal grandfather is in Lakelawn in Metairie.
My in laws live in (very rural) NE Louisiana. My mother-in- law got a permit to have a family cemetary on their property. At first I was creeped out by this, but I get it now. Her father and niece have passed away in the past 3 years, and it's given her and her family so much peace to have them buried on their property. It's in walking distance from all of their houses. And I find that resting place much more peaceful then being in a grave on the side of I-10 in Metairie and a busy highway in Houma. Even if it's forgotten one day and becomes covered in brush, I find that preferable to listening to Metairie traffic for eternity.
My in laws live in (very rural) NE Louisiana. My mother-in- law got a permit to have a family cemetary on their property. At first I was creeped out by this, but I get it now. Her father and niece have passed away in the past 3 years, and it's given her and her family so much peace to have them buried on their property. It's in walking distance from all of their houses. And I find that resting place much more peaceful then being in a grave on the side of I-10 in Metairie and a busy highway in Houma. Even if it's forgotten one day and becomes covered in brush, I find that preferable to listening to Metairie traffic for eternity.
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Posted on 1/12/24 at 8:08 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
My grandparents are buried in a cemetery located is West Jackson, Ms. By the zoo if you know the area. I haven’t been there in years because I value my life and don’t want to get shot! It was a very nice area when they bought the plots. Now it’s a war zone. It’s help me make the decision to be cremated and my ashes spread.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 9:44 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
To be fair, the graves were likely there before the interstate highway.
One can always reckon a city's growth patterns by the locations of the cemeteries. We can chronicle the physical growth of New Orleans this way: the location of St. Peter Cemetery is known.
St. Louis #1
St. Louis #2
St. Louis #3/St. Patricks (all of them) Cypress Grove/ Odd Fellow's Rest/Metairie/Greenwood/Holt.
Going out to Gentilly: Mount Olivet/Hebrew's Rest
The current "Potter's Field" is now way out along Chef Highway, as I recall.
Heading uptown:
Lafayette
Valence Street
St. Joseph and Carrollton
East Jefferson only has Garden of Memories and Providence Park. Both of those were once on the edge of "new" neighborhoods.
You see the same pattern on the West Bank. For Algiers there are St. Mary's and St. Bartholomew that were once at the very edge of Algiers, bordering on John McDonogh's plantation. On his land, again once at the edge of civilization is McDonoghville Cemetery (my paternal grandparents, her siblings, are there)
In Gretna, Hook and Ladder was built when Gretna was much smaller (maternal grandparents and most of their siblings and kids, as well as my father) a couple blocks behind St. Joseph. The black Baptist cemetery is a block away and borders the Expressway, which was built over part of it.
Further down La. 23 toward the back edge of Gretna, at one time, is Westlawn. Now it's more-or-less the back of Terrytown.
So on and so on.
One can always reckon a city's growth patterns by the locations of the cemeteries. We can chronicle the physical growth of New Orleans this way: the location of St. Peter Cemetery is known.
St. Louis #1
St. Louis #2
St. Louis #3/St. Patricks (all of them) Cypress Grove/ Odd Fellow's Rest/Metairie/Greenwood/Holt.
Going out to Gentilly: Mount Olivet/Hebrew's Rest
The current "Potter's Field" is now way out along Chef Highway, as I recall.
Heading uptown:
Lafayette
Valence Street
St. Joseph and Carrollton
East Jefferson only has Garden of Memories and Providence Park. Both of those were once on the edge of "new" neighborhoods.
You see the same pattern on the West Bank. For Algiers there are St. Mary's and St. Bartholomew that were once at the very edge of Algiers, bordering on John McDonogh's plantation. On his land, again once at the edge of civilization is McDonoghville Cemetery (my paternal grandparents, her siblings, are there)
In Gretna, Hook and Ladder was built when Gretna was much smaller (maternal grandparents and most of their siblings and kids, as well as my father) a couple blocks behind St. Joseph. The black Baptist cemetery is a block away and borders the Expressway, which was built over part of it.
Further down La. 23 toward the back edge of Gretna, at one time, is Westlawn. Now it's more-or-less the back of Terrytown.
So on and so on.
This post was edited on 1/12/24 at 9:46 am
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