Lea Nebo Cemetery

File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue.
Copied by Audrey Lea Covington Blades, 1963
This cemetery is taken from the book, St. Helena parish Cemeteries,1914-1987, Published by the St. Helena Historical Association, Inc., 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 copyright to these works.

Near the former Nebo Methodist Church

Allen, Clarence A. 4 Apr 1837 - 10 May 1887

Allen, Elizabeth G. 7 May 1848 - 13 Dec 1894
Wife of G.W. Fluker.

Allen, Lidie 20 Nov 1823 - 21 Dec 1880
Wife of W.D. Allen.
"Our father and mother are gone ---" (the rest is illegible)

Allen, Mattie Birch 28 Mar 1867 - 17 Nov 1942
Wife of Wm. L. Allen.
"A devoted wife and Mother"

Allen, Mott Newsom 1857 - 8 May 1894
Wife of W.L. Allen.
"A devoted wife and Mother"

Allen, Thomas H. 10 May 1865 - 16 Sep 1885
"Safe in the arms of Jesus"

Allen, William L. Dates not recorded
Co D 9th La. Cav.

Calliham, T.M. 1871 - 1941

Gordon, Elizabeth 2 Jul 1797 - 9 Jul 1882
Wife of Renny Lee. [Surname indexed as Gordon; married surname Lee.]

Holder, L.B. Dates not recorded
Stick on top, but no stone (How did I know who? - Audrey Blades)

Lea, Margaret Miria 15 Jul 1823 - 3 Aug 1887

Lea, Matilda Angeline 6 Sep 1851 - 10 Nov 1861

Lea, Rebecca Olevia 6 Nov 1869 - 20 Sep 1876

Lea, Roan 10 Mar 1818 - 15 Jan 1866
"Our father and mother are gone, they lie beneath the sod.
Dear parents we miss you much, we know you rest with God."

Lea, Sarah Elizabeth 7 Aug 1843 - 2 Jan 1863
Wife of A.G.W. Stewart (Alexander George Washington).
Husband buried in Stewart Cem. near Gillsburg, Miss.

Lee, Charley Rennie 17 Aug 1862 - 21 Jul 1870
"Departed this life"

Lee, Cordelia B. 11 Jan 1867 - 21 Apr 1872

Lee, Cora E. 11 Aug 1868 - 15 Aug 1872

Lee, Renny (Rennsaleur) 2 Aug 1795 - 30 Dec 1877

Naul, Amanda Sep 1857 - 23 Apr 1876
Wife of M.L. Naul.

Naul, Infant daughter 4 Oct 1897 - 16 Nov 1897
Daughter of M.L. & A.F. Naul.

Naul, Nickles J. 7 Sep 1875 - 15 Sep 1875
Son of M.L. & A.J. Naul.

Taylor, James A. 5 May 1852 - 4 Jan 1885

Wilson, Alice 4 Oct 1897 - 19 Nov 1897
Daughter of Francis Amanda Tidwell.

Cemetery notes: Several footstones have no headstones or inscriptions. Several graves have well-seasoned sticks as markers, often with one brick next to the stick; other graves are marked by bricks alone. The transcriber believed there were many graves here.