New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery - Old Section

File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue.
Transcription updates: October 28, 1987 (Inez B. Tate and Esther McCoy).
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.

Directions: Highway 38, east from Highway 43.

Addison, Eula Bridges
Feb 12, 1917
Mar 5, 1980
"Rest in Peace"

Alford, A.J. (Jack)
Apr 10, 1874
July 24, 1959
Leal Lea
Feb 15, 1878
Nov 6, 1941
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Alford, Ida M.
Wife of Taylor Easley
Nov 20, 1876
June 14, 1945
"Thy trials ended, Thy rest won"

Alford, Richard
1910 - 1911
"A fairer bud of promise never bloomed"

Allen, Lanell Annie
---- 19, 1945
(Can't be sure about inscription, old cement marker)

Edwards, James
Son of V.A. & Anna Breeden
July 2, 1892
Nov 9, 1907

Arthur, Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O. Birch
1927 - 1927

Arthur, Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O. Birch
1931 - 1931

At Rest, Anna McAdams Breeden
Sept 20, 1852
Jan 26, 1940

Baby, Infant daughter of
John & Effie Powell
Born & died May 23, 1923
"Gone to be an angel"

Baby, The child of Walter & Beatrice Easley
Apr 16, 1918
Apr 28, 1918
"Gone so soon"

Baby, Wilmer Easley
July 6, 1919
Jan 15, 1920
"Darling we miss thee, tho' we shall meet again"

Beatty, Launa B.
1909 - 1968

Birch, Ann Phillips
Jan 27, 1899
Arthur O.
Dec 1, 1899
Jan 1, 1963
"They died as they lived, Trusting in God"

Birch, Bessie Bridges
June 22, 1879
Mar 14, 1921
"Gone but not forgotten"

Birch, John
1894 - 1947
"We will meet again"

Birch, Myrtis W.
1894 - 1972
"Resting together"

Birch, Reed T.
Mar 23, 1910
Jan 21, 1964
"At Rest"

Birch, Tom M.
1864 - 1937
"Gone but not forgotten"

Brabham, Eustus
1891 - 1958

Brabham, Minnie Travis
Mar 4, 183
Oct 4, 1957
"A tender mother and a faithful friend"

Brabham, Willie B.
1929 - 1939
"Suffer little children to come unto me"

Brabham, Wm. M.
1933 - 1950

Bradham, Willie Morris
Jan 15, 1902
Jan 5, 1977
"Precious memories never forgotten"
Ollie Chaney Bradham
Jan 22, 1902

Bradham, Willie Norris
Jan 5, 1977
77 years old
(Funeral home marker)

Bridges, Bettie W.
Sept 28, 1893
Herbert
Sept 25, 1891
June 27, 1956

Bridges, Bettie W.
Sept 28, 1893
May 1, 1893

Bridges, Clarence Arland (Cuz)
Feb 21, 1912
Dec 8, 1985
Cpl. US Army Air Corps
World War II
Arra Adams
Aug 6, 1908

Bridges, Claud A.
1911 - 1933
"Asleep in Jesus"

Bridges, Clifton Kinchon
Dec 2, 1926
July 31, 1968
"Memories are unchanged forever"

Bridges, Evelyn
July 11, 1923
May 31, 1928
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"

Bridges, Henry E.
1881 - 1937
"At Rest"

Bridges, HUSBAND
Hardy S.
Aug 15, 1885
Aug 11, 1943

Bridges, Jack
Mar 17, 1876
July 18, 1951
"Sis"
Oct 18, 1880
Mar 26, 1928

Bridges, Margaret Nell
May 10, 1929
Aug 27, 1930
"Meet me in Heaven"

Bridges, MOTHER
Elizabeth Bates
1880 - 1947
FATHER
James Curtis
1877 - 1945

Bridges, Myrtis
Jan 9, 1900
Clarence
Dec 24, 1890
Dec 25, 1964
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Bridges, Neafus T.
Oct 23, 1864
Apr 23, 1946
"Sadly missed by all"

Bridges, Veda Wall
Oct 23, 1898
Mar 8, 1954
William Lee
Mar 30, 1900
Dec 25, 1935

Bridges, Willie Bates
Jan 24, 1912
June 14, 1974
Tena Singleton
Jan 1, 1918
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Bridges, Willie Bates
Jan 24, 1912
June 4, 1974
Tena Singleton Bridges
Jan 1, 1918
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Bridges, Winnie May Young
Feb 18, 1899
June 11, 1959
"Gone but not forgotten"

Carroll, Willie
Sept 29, 1871
---- 7, 1973

Christeen
1920 - 1924
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"

Clark, Robert H.
Louisiana RCT US Army
Mar 23, 1926
March 19, 1962

Darling", "Our
Pearline
Sept 9, 1941
Sept 24, 1941
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"
Dau. of F.E. & Sallie Phillips

Darling", "Our
Betty Jean
Sept 9, 1941
Sept 24, 1941
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"
Dau. of F.E. & Sallie Phillips

Davis, Oddie B.
Aug 6, 1904
Jan 1, 1941

Davis, Owen I
Mississipi Pvt. Co E 147
Engineers World War I
Feb 4, 1893
Mar 15, 1952

Day, Hollis David
Feb 5, 1880
Oct 2, 1946

Day, Saint Helena
Apr 26, 1881
June 2, 1928
"Prepare to meet me in Heaven"

Dick, Maud
June 25, 1914
Dec 14, 1915

Duncan, Marvin P.
1895 - 1941
"May he rest in peace"

Easley, Cornelia C.
1862 - 1940

Easley, F. Monroe
Aug 17, 1867
July 6, 1942
"May you find joy in the life everlasting"
Nancy B.
Mar 26, 1879
June 14, 1968

Easley, Fleet Floyd
Dec --, 1904
Apr 16, 1959

Easley, Fleet P.
Louisiana Pvt. HQ Co 50
Armed Inf. Regt. WWII
December 10, 1904
April 11, 1959

Easley, James D.
July 19, 1872
Apr 19, 1929
"None knew thee but to love thee"

Easley, Jimmie
Sept 23, 1901
Dec 28, 1962

Easley, John Allen
Jan 8, 1870
Dec 7, 1939
Martha Ann
Mar 26, 1873
Apr 23, 1942

Easley, Johnnie
Sept 23, 1901
Oct 28, 1967

Easley, Neva Jane
Apr 11, 1889
Sept 11, 1971

Easley, Oscar W.
1898 - 1935
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Easley, Oscar W.
Dec 3, 1898
Dec 22, 1935
Lida Lee
Sept 26, 1900
Dec 9, 1981

Easley, R. Clifton
Apr 15, 1916
May 29, 1963
"Faithful to his trust even unto death"

Easley, Robert T.
1893 - 1966
Bertha F.
1898 - 1936

Easley, Taylor H.
1875 - 1935
"Life's work done, Life's course is run,
Life's crown is won, Now comes rest"

Easley, Walter D.
May 1, 1892
Sept 10, 1960
Beatrice L.
Feb 9, 1896
Apr 5, 1971
"Who have loved each other"

Easley, William B.
1860 - 1941

Elmese
Dau. of L.H. & Effie Garner
July 12, 1914
Mar 31, 1916
"Asleep in Jesus"

Walker, Eddie
Son of George D. & Essie Easley
Oct ---
Dec 1909
"Little time on earth he spent, 'Til God for him an angel sent"

Eula
d/o N.T. & Launa Bridges
Feb 27, 1866
July 8, 1907

Eula, Infant son of Fernie & Eula McMillan
July 29, 1929

Everett, Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Everett Easley
Apr 11, 1929

Father, Kinchon S. Bridges
Dec 15, 1906
July 31, 1968
"Sweetly sleeping"

Father, Robert B. Donahue
Jan 14, 1906
Sept 1, 1961
"Heaven means to be one with God"

Father, Virgil D. Breeden
Husband of Anna Breeden
1851 - 1929

Florence
Dau. of T.H. & I.M. Easley
Dec 11, 1917
Aug 11, 1918
"A flower too soon faded"

Frazier, Tollie B.
Feb 20, 1902
Apr 20, 1961
Dorris
Oct 16, 1904
June 19, 1943

Gray, Geneva Bridges
Jan 30, 1900
Sept 18, 1918
"He giveth his beloved sleep"

Gray, James E.
Louisiana
Pvt 162 Inf. 41 Div.
June 31, 1893
July 13, 1934
"My love goes with you and my soul waits to join you"

Gray, Zellie Bridges
1897 - 1961

Grice, Charles Jeffie
Aug 27, 1928
Oct 1, 1932
"Darling we miss thee"

Grice, Minnie
June 4, 1896
Sept 28, 1968
Tom
Sept 21, 1888
July 31, 1936

Harrell, Charles Shellon
Feb 17, 1917
Jan 10, 1918

Hurst, Jule G.
March 1, 1898

Hurst, William Davis
Feb 13, 1922
May 14, 1981

Hyde, Billie Helen Bridges
Aug 26, 1922
Aug 4, 1957
"God's will be done"

Jewell
Daughter of T.H. & I.M. Easley
Dec 16, 1908
May 5, 1914
"Sweet baby thy spirit ---, Thy sufferings now are o'er"

Jr., Albert Harrell,
May 16, 1928
"He giveth his beloved sleep"

Jr., Alfred R. Torres,
Died Feb 12, 1931

Jr., James C. Bridges,
Feb 22, 1918
Oct 14, 1971
"He was the sunshine of our home"

Jr., Ransom David Carruth,
Jan 10, 1948
Jan 11, 1948
"Our Darling"

Kilcrease, A.E.
Oct 18, 1946
Oct 18, 1946
"At Rest"

Kilcrease, Linda K.
Jan 17, 1948
Jan 22, 1948
"In loving memory"

King, Marcy Johnson
Dec 24, 1903
Oct 4, 1969

Launa
Wife of N.T. Bridges
Nov 16, 1868
June 26, 1907
"A truer, nobler heart never beat within human breast"

Lea, Charles N.
Mar 2, 1865
June 25, 1915
"Farewell my wife and children, from you a father Christ doth call"

Lea, Jerry
1937 - 1937
"At Rest"

Lea, Leon Thomas
Louisiana
Coxswain USNR WWII
June 27, 1926
Sept 6, 1946

Lea, Otto A.
Nov 25, 1902
Nov 25, 1983

Lea, Steve
1906 - 1943
"Sadly missed by wife and children"

Lea, William Thomas
1882 - 1959
Fannie Pearson
1884 - 1975
"Gone but not forgotten"

Lea, William Thomas
1882 - 1959

E., Richard
Son of Mr. & Mrs. Lige Travis
Mar 3, 1945
"Asleep in Jesus"

Lilly, Lam Howard
Mar 18, 1892
Mar 5, 1966

M., Maud
Wife of D.D. Bates
July 22, 1891
June 9, 1911

Mae, Annie
Adu. of J.D. & A.G. Williams
June 4, 1895
Dec 23, 1918
"Gone to be with Jesus"

(Mason), Stephen J. Smith
Aug 18, 1857
Feb 11, 1944

Mcmillan, Fernie
Mar 26, 1907
Eula E.
June 19, 1908
Nov 29, 1974

McMillan, Fernie
Mar 26, 1907
Jan 7, 1980
S1 US Navy WWII

Meyn, (Davie) David Wayne
July 28, 1962
Dec 25, 1962
"Gone to be an angel"

Minnie
Wife of Robt. Donahue
1901 - 1938
"Heaven means to be one with God"

Mother, Allie W. Easley
1897 - 1933
FATHER
Jeffie W. Easley
1899 - 1971

Mother, Ann G. Williams
1850 1934
"Gone but not forgotten"

Mother, Ettie Easley Tate
May 1, 1886
Mar 6, 1972
"Asleep in Jesus"

Mother, Jessie Feigler Franklin
June 18, 1908
Dec 11, 1966
"Gone to live with Jesus"

Mother, Lela Brabham
June 29, 1883
Mar 25, 1932

Mother, Mary Jane King
Sept 22, 1869
Apr 25, 1960
"Gone but not forgotten"

Mother, Nannie Lea Travis
May 12, 1870
Aug 11, 1956

Mother, Rosa Woodward
Dec 15, 1873
Dec 7, 1957
"At Rest"

Dean, Eddie
Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Bridges

Mrs, Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Bridges
July 17, 1930
"Our little one stil living in our hearts"

Ann, Mildred
Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. E.D. Travis
July 11, 1941
"Our Darling"

Needham, George Milton
Feb 7, 1901
Mar 5, 1968
Virgie Williams
Aug 20, 1907

Pearson, Fannie
1884 - 1975

Phillips, Flynn E.
Dec 26, 1916
Nov 7, 1966

Powell, John W.
Oct 25, 1893
Nov 22, 1962

Redmond, Willie
Died March 16, 1916

Rosa
Dau. of W. & N. Travis
Apr 20, 1911
Aug 31, 1912
"Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest,
God called you home, he th't it best"

Day, Dudley
Son of Hollis & Saint Day
Sept 26, 1901
Feb 23, 1982

C., Carolyn
Dau. of Flynn & Sallie Phillips
May 11, 1945
Sept 18, 1945

Woodward, Adell
Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Woodward
Nov 17, 1917
Feb 15, 1918

Samuel, Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Woodward
Apr 8, 1919

Sanders, Doris L.
Aug 21, 1927
May 9, 1929

Sanders, Johnnie L.
Sept 13, 1917
Sept 21, 1921

Schwartz, Henry A.
July 13, 1910
Dec 22, 1955

Schwartz, Mamie Sellick
1881 - 1957
"Her memory is blessed"

Schwartz, Ulysess
1850 - 1942
"He was a friend to his fellowman"

Simmons, Martha (Bood) Bridges
1872 - 1964
"Rest, sweetly rest"

Smith, C.L.
1870 - 1934
F.P.
1870 - 1954
"Rest till the resurrection"

Smith, Jessie Lee
Aug 17, 1912
Dec 10, 1967

Sr., Morris E. Easley,
Apr 3, 1901
Sept 24, 1967
"None knew thee, but to love thee"

Sr., Otis V. Bridges,
1911 - 1962
(Funeral home marker)

Sr., Willie D. Carrol,
1921 - 1973

St, Infant son of Hollis & St. Helena Day
Born & died Dec 9, 1918
"Asleep in Jesus"

Strickland, Jane E.
Wife of H.S. Bridges
Feb 20, 1852
Mar 16, 1916
"She was a tender mother here, and her life the Lord did fear"

Swearingen, Joseph N.
Sept 2, 1903
July 23, 1952
"Tho' lost to sight your memory is dear"

Swearingen, Joseph N.
Sept 2, 1903
July 23, 1952
Mary M.
Nov 5, 1908
Aug 13, 1979

Tate, Dewey Easley
May 3, 1931
Dec 9, 1973
"Asleep in Jesus"

Tate, Lee Easley
May 3, 1931
Dec 9, 1973
"We will meet again"

Tate, W.C. (Buddy)
1883 - 1948
"Peaceful Rest"

Tate, William Otis
Apr 5, 1904
July 3, 1952
"We will meet again"

Bridges, Rhonda Coleen
Aug 27, 1955
Dec 23, 1983
Beloved dau. of Willie B. & Tena S. Bridges

Terry, Leona Easley
Oct 24, 1907
Dec 1, 1951
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Thibaut, Myrtle A.
Mar 14, 1900
Dec 23, 1966
"At Rest"

Torres, Frank R.
Died Nov 16, 1935

Travis, Dora J.
1939 -

Travis, Edward Lee
June 6, 1931
Feb 3, 1938

Travis, Ethel Brabham
1893 - 1934
Herman H.
1890 - 1922
"Gone but not forgotten"

Travis, Eula Powell
Wife of William Lee Travis
Nov 20, 1898
Dec 21, 1983

Travis, Felder D.
Nov 2, 1907
June 20, 1983
Beulah Mae Travis
May 2, 1914
"Father let thy grace be given that we may meet in Heaven"

Travis, Georgia M.
Sept 7, 1918
Oct 20, 1972
Married July 27, 1940
E.D.
Feb 11, 1919

Travis, Georgie Mae
Sept 7, 1918
Oct 20, 1972
E.D.
Feb 11, 1919
Jan 29, 1982

Travis, Hardy D. Travis
Feb 21, 1862
Dec 5, 1925
Alice Burris
Wife of H.D. Travis
June --, 1853
Feb 5, 1924
"Asleep in Jesus"

Travis, Hazel
Mar 4, 1908
July 18, 1980

Travis, John Henry
1910 - 1975

Travis, John Henry
1910 - 1975

Travis, Lorena
w/o Nathaniel Travis
1891 - 1943

Travis, Myrtis Murrell
Mar 21, 1936
July 23, 1938
"Our daughter"

Travis, Richard E.
Aug 27, 1892
Sept 28, 1958

Travis, Robert
Oct 7, 1908
July 8, 1985

Travis, Walter William
May 30, 1885
Oct 14, 1933
Nettie McMillan
July 29, 1886
Dec 3, 1969
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Travis, William Lee
Jan 5, 1927
Apr 8, 1969

Varnado, Nellie Jane
Nov 20, 1900
Nov 7, 1947

Walker, W. Albert
Dec 7, 1919
July 13, 1979
Gussie Ann Walker
Aug 1, 1920

Wascom, Mollie Bell
June 15, 1909
July 11, 1986

Wascom, Thomas
Jan 21, 1875
Sept 15, 1948

Watson, Mildred D.
1904 - 1963
"May she rest in peace"

William, Infant son of Eugenia P. & William Travis
Jan 22, 1937

Williams, Annie Smith
Jan 23, 1885
Dec 28, 1974

Williams, Earl J.
June 24, 1904
May 15, 1962
"Weep not, He is at rest"

Williams, Earl J.
Pvt. Co C 83 Chemical BN
World War II
June 24, 1904
May 15, 1962

Williams, HUSBAND
Howard Cornelius
Sept 5, 1893
Mar 4, 1953
WIFE
Annie Smith
Jan 23, 1885
Dec 28, 1974

Williams, J.D.
Born June 21, 1846
Died Dec 25, 1915
"Gone but not forgotten"

Williams, James E. (Ed)
Jan 24, 1906
Dec 8, 1966
"What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever"
Mabel Harris
Aug 29, 1914

Williams, Jennie Wall
July 4, 1886
July 21, 1960
"Her memory is blessed"
James A. (Jim)
Oct 12, 1883
June 28, 1969
"His memory is blessed"

Williams, Lee Allen
1912 - 1930
"Out of sorrow God speaks to us best"

Williams, Louise N.
Jan 9, 1911
Jan 4, 1934

Williams, Mable Bernice
Apr 7, 1930
Sept 9, 1930

Wilson, Sarah
1844 - 1934

Woodward, Bun S.
1874 - 1944

Woodward, Clara Lee
Sept 14, 1914
Mar 14, 1944
"None knew her but to love her"

Woodward, Clarence
Aug 6, 1907
May 22, 1947
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"

Woodward, Corinne
Jan 16, 1899
Sept 9, 1949

Woodward, Dewey
July 31, 1931
Dec 15, 1946
"He was the sunshine of our home"

Woodward, Emily C.
Apr 21, 1847
Nov 24, 1924
"Gone but not forgotten"

Woodward, Percy M.
1901 - 1934
"Gone but not forgotten"

Woodward, Rebecca
Wife of J.D. Easley
Mar 30, 1878
Jan 26, 1925
"Rest mother rest in quiet sleep, while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep"

Woodward, Sallie Fluker
May 17, 1879
Mar 13, 1973
"Weep not she is at rest"

Woodward, Sallie Fluker
May 17, 1879
Mar 13, 1973

Woodward, Samuel
Nov 18, 1878
Oct 4, 1938
"Thy trials ended, There is rest in Heaven"

Woodward, Willie T.
Dec 3, 1903
Bessie L.
Sept 12, 1908
Sept 26, 1971

Unmarked graves and cemetery observations:
(Two unmarked graves)
(Two unmarked graves)
(One foot stone)
(Six graves, no markers)
(One grave, no marker)
(Adult grave, wooden cross, no inscription. One grave beside this, no marker)