Pine Ridge Cemetery

File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue.
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 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.

Pine Ridge Cemetery, Sixth Ward, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

Bobbie Watson Addison
Feb 18, 1887
Sept 19, 1966
"In loving memory"

Annie D. Alford
Aug 16, 1919
June 4, 1974

Mrs. Annie Lea Alford
Aug 16, 1909
June 4, 1974
(Funeral home marker)

MOTHER
Christine Alford
Oct 16, 1879
June 11, 1945
FATHER
William Marion
Nov 28, 1878
Dec 3, 1946

Freddie A. Alford
Dec 5, 1947
Sept 15, 1974

Freddie H. Alford
Dec 5, 1949
Sept 15, 1974
"My beloved husband"

William E. Alford
1912 - 1964

Mamie Carter Allen
May 16, 1889
Feb 21, 1960

Nathan Robert Allen
April 6, 1895
Aug 16, 1968

Etta Thompson Amacker
1886 - 1969
"Gone but not forgotten"

Ouida Phillips Bailey
Feb 26, 1904
Mar 8, 1941
"A tender mother and a faithful friend"

MOTHER
Evie M. Bates
Jan 23, 1884
Mar 17, 1956
"Asleep in Jesus"

Jerry Y. Bates
Aug 28, 1915
July 6, 1980

Julia S. Bates
Mar 16, 1906
Jan 14, 1939
"She was the sunshine of our home"

Wm. N. Bates
Sept 4, 1880
Dec 15, 1926
"There is a vacant chair in our home that never can be filled"

David Bradley Bennett
Aug 31, 1967

MOTHER
Mary E. McGehee Carruth Birch
Sept 8, 1874
Sept 7, 1964

Arthur Dolor Blades
May 30, 1911
May 21, 1979
Marie Travis
Feb 26, 1913

C.S. Blades
Nov 14, 1906
July 5, 1931
"Gone but not forgotten"

Cullen Ray Cullen Blades
(I think they mean Cotton)
1913 - 1976
(Funeral home marker)

J. Willard Blades
s/o J.A. & Viola Blades
Dec 24, 1915
Nov 19, 1920
"Safe in the arms of Jesus"

J.O. Blades
Jan 5, 1902
April 7, 1945
"Gone but not forgotten"

Joseph Victor Blades
Aug 25, 1905
Feb 5, 1983
{Corrected from Nov 6, 1976 by Elizabeth Blades Mcqueen,
butterflyjmcqueen@yahoo.com, daughter of Joseph Victor}

Kenneth A. Blades
1948 - 1976

Kenneth A. Blades
Apr 1, 1948
Nov 6, 1976

"Our Mother"
Mary M. Goynes Blades
w/o W.R. Blades
Jan 17, 1856
March 10, 1912
"In after times we will meet her"

MOTHER
Mary Watson Blades
Nov 19, 1914
May 24, 1962

Viola Blades
Feb 11, 1886
July 3, 1973
"Rest, sweetly rest"
Joseph Abner Blades
June 21, 1887
Jan 17, 1929

W.R. Blades
1847 - 1948

William Oscar Blades
June 13, 1903
Nov 3, 1962
Ellen Rimes
Sept 3, 1908
Feb 5, 1973
"What we keep in our memory is ours unchanged forever"

Ronald Cleon Brabham Brabham
May 21, 1942
Oct 6, 1967

Daniel Edwards Brabham Bridges
"God doeth all things well"
July 16, 1901
June 1, 1948

Frank Bridges
1930

Helen Bridges
June 26, 1919
Apr 30, 1951
Willie M.
Mar 10, 1906
Aug 7, 1951

J.J. Bridges
Jan 10, 1855
June 23, 1931

M. Josephine Bridges
Nov 30, 1852
Feb 6, 1950
"What more could God give than parents like them"

Nina Young Bridges
Dec 10, 1907
Feb 25, 1975

Vallie H. Bridges
1905 - 1906

W.D. Bridges
s/o W.D. & M.A. Bridges
May 5, 1906
July 18, 1907
"Suffer little children to come unto me"

W.J. Bridges
s/o J.J. & M.J. Bridges
Spet 6, 1880
Apr 5, 1908
"Dear parents do not grieve for me, Prepare to follow me"

William O. Bridges
Mar 25, 1905
June 8, 1962

Charles E. Broom
1900 - 1987

Alma O. Brumfield
w/o J.E. Watson
1897 - 1940

Gertrude Brown Brumfield
Apr 27, 1908
Sept 20, 1985
John Alfred
Oct 8, 1907
May 2, 1984

Jewell Brumfield
July 11, 1904
July 26, 1962
"We shall meet again"
Walter
Mar 22, 1894
"Have loved each other"

John Monroe Brumfield
Feb 16, 1950
July 21, 1973
"'Til the 12th of never"

Martin A. Brumfield
Sept 2, 1901
Oct 10, 1964

Seven graves, two vaults in one row. Center one reads:
Monroe W. Brumfield
Feb 20, 1872
Apr 10, 1936
"Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness, love"

Sylvia M. Brumfield
1937

Ellison McGehee Carruth
Nov 26, 1891

Ellison McGehee Carruth
Nov 26, 1891
Nov 11, 1983

FATHER
Louis Venable Carruth
Feb 3, 1864
Apr 10, 1907

Meta Easley Carruth
Mar 10, 1895
Apr 8, 1974

Meta Easley Carruth
March 10, 1895
April 8, 1974

Two funeral home markers - can't read first; other reads:
Meta L. Carruth
Apr 8, 1974
Age 79 years

Robert L. Carruth, Jr.
Dec 31, 1898
Mar 20, 1976

Robert Lee Carruth
Dec 31, 1893
Nov 19, 1976

Randall Gene Chase, Jr.
May 6, 1961
June 8, 1981
"Darling we miss thee"

Lela Ada Cotten
w/o M.P. Young
Apr 18, 1884
Nov 22, 1919
"How many virtues from the noblest moment of her memory"

Cullen Ray Cotton
Nov 13, 1913
Oct 26, 1976
T. Sgt. US Air Force
World War II

Gracie Blades Cotton
Jan 5, 1911
Aug 6, 1982

Augusta Watson Day
July 2, 1879
May 14, 1970

Donald Audis Day
Apr 11, 1948
May 30, 1983

Elmer Lee Day
Apr 21, 1918
May 4, 1947
"At Rest"

Ivy Day
May 11, 1899
May 12, 1966

Joseph Watson Day
Aug 16, 1910
May 17, 1982

Mary Elizabeth Day
Oct 3, 1921
Nov 20, 1981
"In loving memory"

Stanley Davis Day
Feb 5, 1910
Nov 27, 1936
"At Rest"

William B. Day
Jan 17, 1871
Apr 20, 1956
Josephine Day
Jan 4, 1872
Dec 10, 1961

Leslie T. Despas
Aug 23, 1938
Oct 4, 1985
US Navy
"Memories live forever"

Arthur A. Donahue
s/o J.E. & M.E. Donahue
Nov 4, 1907
Nov 14, 1907
"Thy will be done"

Clifton E. Donahue
Louisiana
Pvt. Co D82 Inf. TNG BN
World War II
Jan 25, 1909
Jan 11, 1955

MOTHER
Emma Donahue
w/o W.S. Blades
July 25, 1878
Oct 11, 1963

James Donahue
s/o Mr. & Mrs. J.E. & M.E. Donahue
June 22, 1915
Oct 7, 1916
"A precious loan returned"

Mary Donahue
w/o W.D. Bridges
Apr 14, 1881
May 26, 1952
"At Rest"
Wm. Day Bridges
Sept 25, 1881
Nov 24, 1946

Mollie Donahue
1877 - 1957
"Our Mother"

Bettie East
1883 - 1956
Floyd
1883 - 1963

Nancy Viola East
June 4, 1881
Mar 7, 1964
"Gone but not forgotten"
William Ingram
July 23, 1878
May 24, 1944

Willye Pearl East
Oct 15, 1916
May 21, 1980

"In loving memory of"
Susie Day Fauls
Nov 17, 1914
Oct 16, 1974

Augusta Phillips Fluker
June 6, 1855
Mar 31, 1920

James P. Fluker
Nov 20, 1848
Aug 22, 1933

Caroline Ann Garner
Sept 28, 1948
Oct 29, 1949
"Our Darling"

Hillary S. Glasscock
Pvt. US Army WWII
Jan 4, 1913
Feb 14, 1982

James M. Gray
June 9, 1930
Nov 1, 1932
"Our loved one"

John Gray
Jan 17, 1867
Mar 19, 1946
"At Rest"

John Gray, Jr.
June 1, 1893
July 5, 1908
"Another angel before the Heavenly throne"

MAMA Gray
(MA-MA) Johanna A. Young
1866 - 1955

Nannie Wildblood Gray
Apr 2, 1890
Jan 12, 1938
"At Rest"

Sarah Black Gray
Dec 1, 1856
Dec 10, 1925
"At Rest"

Velma G. Gray
Feb 26, 1943
Mar 2, 1948
"Our darling"

Charlie Grice
Dec 28, 1902
Apr 9, 1976
Married May 17, 1930
Lola Phillips
May 17, 1905

H. Charlie Grice
Dec 28, 1902
Apr 9, 1976
Married May 17, 1930
WIFE
Lola Phillips
May 17, 1905

Mary J. Hutchinson Guy
w/o W.L. Guy
Jan 12, 1882
Aug 21, 1908
"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, from which home ever waits to ??"

Ogle Marie Guy
d/o Mr. & Mrs. W.L. Guy
1902 - 1905
"At Rest"

Durbin Hilburn
Mar 11, 1923
June 8, 1931
"Asleep in Jesus"

Allen Cyril
s/o Mr. & Mrs. Lee Travis
Apr 29, 1930
Mar 13, 1932
"Our Darling"

Joyce Elaine Hurst
Feb 4, 1930
May 7, 1933
"Little angel"

Son of Martin L. Husser, Jr.
Nov 1956
Dec 13, 1959
""What we keep in our memory is ours unchanged forever"

Carrie Jackson
Aug 1, 1902

"Our Darling"
Lilla May Norline Jackson
Sept 20, 1915
Apr 14, 1918
"A precious loan returned"
BABY

"To my daughter"
Lillian Irene Jackson
May 16, 1898
Jan 18, 1916
"The angels called her"

Lorena Elizabeth Jackson
Oct 3, 1895
Apr 11, 1935

MOTHER
Mary C. Jackson
Oct 3, 1873
Aug 20, 1955

FATHER
Thomas J. Jackson
Dec 31, 1871
Mar 10, 1953

W.B. Jackson
1898 - 1948

MOTHER
Willie Jane Johnson
1889 - 1948
"She was the sunshine of our home"

Alma Carruth Lee
Sept 24, 1876
Jan 3, 1984

Emma Lee
July 30, 1915
Willie H.
July 20, 1899
May 1, 1962

D.L. McGehee
Mar 18, 1834
Jan 6, 1905
"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for Thou are with me"

MOTHER
Martha Susan McGehee
Aug 20, 1888
May 19, 1915
"She was the sunshine of our home"

Simpson H. McGehee
Sept 30, 1870
May 9, 1947
"At Rest"

Brent Miller
Apr 15, 1949
Apr 17, 1972
"Brief, brave, glorious was his young career"

Troy Rip Morris
June 3, 1976
Dec 24, 1978
"Pa's little man"

William M. Morris
1926 - 1984

Melvin G. Nation
Pvt US Army WWII
July 1, 1910
May 28, 1986

Gay Ann Shales Pedraz
Aug 11, 1942
Apr 24, 1984
"Forever in our hearts"

Mrs. Maude Phillips Penny
1916 - 1987
(Funeral home marker)

Arthur L. Phillips
Aug 21, 1890
Nov 5, 1952
"At Rest"

Charles T. Phillips
1897 - 1973
(McKnealy Fun. Home marker)

Charles T. Phillips
March

FATHER
Clyde Lea Phillips
Aug 2, 1922
Nov 28, 1958
"We will meet again"

Clyde Lea Phillips, Jr.
Sept 16, 1955
June 3, 1979
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die"

Dicy (Queen) Phillips
May 6, 1840
Oct 25, 1919

Emily C. Phillips
Feb 7, 1915
Sept 25, 1927
"Another little angel before the Heavenly throne"

MOTHER
Fannie Phillips
Aug 6, 1869
Mar 11, 1948

H. Pauline Robinson Phillips
June 27, 1923
July 17, 1976
Jimmie B. Phillips, Jr.
Nov 3, 1918
Set 1, 1983

James Blaine Phillips
June 21, 1892
Feb 25, 1969
Annie Lindsey
July 7, 1890
Aug 4, 1968

Jesse Jr. Phillips
Inf. s/o Mr. & Mrs. M.J. Phillips
Mar 27, 1917
Mar 30, 1917

Jimmie B. Phillips, Jr.
Nov 3, 1918
H. Pauline Robinson
June 27, 1923
July 7, 1976

John Duncan Phillips
1872 - 1941

John I. Phillips
Sept 3, 1930
Sept 5, 1930
"In His will is our peace"

John Irvin Phillips
Feb 20, 1878
Dec 19, 1943
Susanna Beatty
Aug 9, 1872
June 17, 1949
"God would not have made ties so strong to break them in Eternity"

John Irvin Phillips
Jan 7, 1937
Dec 23, 1984
Wed Aug 24, 1957
Floy Dell Sanders
Dec 25, 1938

Jule Wilson Phillips
Feb 26, 1915
Aug 31, 1975
"Gone but not forgotten"
Betty Bond
Jan 25, 1920

Jule Wilson Phillips
Feb 26, 1915
Aug 31, 1975
Betty Bond Phillips
Jan 25, 1920
"Gone but not forgotten"

Mary Jordan Phillips
1913 -
(Eastern Star)
Robert Elmore
Oct 24, 1899
Jan 6, 1969
(Mason)

Mattie Marie Phillips
d/o Mr. & Mrs. Walter Thompson
July 15, 1928
Feb 2, 1929

Monroe Phillips
Aug 11, 1876
Jettie
Oct 31, 1876
Nov 7, 1964
"A devoted father and mother"

Nancy A. Phillips
Wife of W.S. Blades
Aug 8, 1883
July 11, 18??

Nettie Phillips
July 4, 1906
James M.W.
Apr 4, 1896
May 29, 1972

Pierce Phillips
Mar 19, 1913
Aug 23, 1936
"The fairest flower we fondly love,
How soon it fades and dies"

Richard E. Phillips
Jan 1, 1928
Jan 2, 1928

Robert E. Phillips
Louisiana SSGT US Army
World War I
Oct 24, 1899
Jan 6, 1969

Sadie Grace Phillips
Jan 9, 1900
Nov 12, 1968
Madison Jeffie
Aug 30, 1896
July 17, 1947

Sudie Rimes Phillips
Sept 30, 1925
"Who have loved each other"

Thomas Frank Phillips
July 3, 1908
Apr 14, 1962
Corean Robinson
1916 -
(Eastern Star)

William T. Phillips
July 7, 1898
Mar 8, 1973
Lottie Marie
mar 26, 1903
Nov 28, 1964

Edgar J. Raymond
Apr 30, 1927
Sept 6, 1976

Irene B. Raymond
mar 29, 1898
May 10, 1970

Irene B. Raymond
Mar 29, 1898
May 10, 1970

Myrtis B. Reininger
July 9, 1899
June 6, 1934
"Called Back"

MOTHER
Gracie Bryant Robinson
July 17, 1900
Jan 6, 1976
"She was loved by God and man"

Gracie Bryant Robinson
July 17, 1900
Jan 6, 1976
"She was loved by God and man"

James L. Rogers
1884 - 1949
Martha P.
1892 -

James L. Rogers
1884 - 1949
Martha P.
1892 - 1981

Antoinnette B. St. Romain
Jan 30, 1931
Mar 4, 1977
Married June 24, 1950
J. Sharkey St. Romain
Feb 1, 1925

Asa Rutland
Oct 7, 1823
Sept 17, 1905

Martha Rutland
June 12, 1843
Aug 13, 1917

Norma B. Sanders
Feb 11, 1906
Aug 1, 1987
Donald E. Sanders
Dec 8, 1897
Aug 26, 1987
"Memories guide the hand of love"

Barbara Ellen Smith
Mar 25, 1933
Sept 22, 1964

Rev. Edgar Smith
Aug 17, 1918
Nov 15, 1969

Rev. Edgar R. Smith
Aug 17, 1918
Nov 15, 1969

Emmie Smith
Wife of Jeptha Strickland, Jr.
Aug 21, 1891
Oct 19, 1974

Jesse T. Smith
Oct 21, 1902
Oct 23, 1902

Launa Mae Smith
Oct 13, 1927
Oct 18, 1985

Nettie Travis Stelle
Mar 28, 1935
Dec 3, 1982
"Mama, ma-ma, baby"

Bettie Strickland
w/o Clarence L. Hutchinson
Jan 16, 1884
Jan 4, 1904
"Gone in her young years afar from her cares"

Burton Strickland
Jan 11, 1890
Jan 9, 1908
"God's will; not ours be done"

Emmie Strickland
Aug 21, 1898
Oct 19, 1974
(McKnealy Fun. Home marker)

Ida B. Taylor Strickland
w/o J.J. Strickland
May 25, 1858
Jan 5, 1909
"God's will; not ours be done"

Jeptha J. Strickland
Apr 19, 1855
Jan 27, 1920
"His memory is blessed"

Jeptha J. Strickland, Jr.
Feb 3, 1896
Jan 27, 1920
"May he rest in peace"

Mattie Strickland
w/o W.C.L. Phillips
Aug 6, 1887
Jan 29, 1918
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God"

James N. Strong
Louisiana
Pvt World War I
May 4, 1890
May 8, 1968

James Nelson Strong
May 4, 1890
May 8, 1968

Geo. W. Amacker
1883 - 1943
"Gone but not forgotten"

John H. Thompson
1854 - 1926
"Gone but not forgotten"

John M. Thompson
Infant s/o J.H. & N.J. Thompson
Nov 27, 1901
June 19, 1902

"Come ye blessed"
Sacred to the memory of
Nancy Jane Thompson
July 10, 1872
Nov 14, 1908

Son of Monroe & Bettie Thompson
Oct 13, 1914
Feb 16, 1915
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"

Susanna Lee
d/o Mr. & Mrs. Lee Travis
Mar 12, 1937
Sept 27, 1937
"Our Darling"

Eula P. Travis
Nov 3, 1908
Sept 19, 1979
"Wife, mama & ma"
Married July 27, 1925
Lee Travis
Aug 31, 1907
"Husband, daddy & pa"

Mirgall R. Travis
s/o Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Travis
Dec 14, 1940
Aug 7, 1941
"How soon fades the tender flowers"

Alma Eva Watson
Feb 3, 1913
Dec 12, 1985

D. Seaton Watson
Aug 22, 1877
Mar 16, 1960
Addie L.
Mar 17, 1888
Jan 29, 1971

Infant son of Alma & Julius Watson
1937

FATHER
James H. Watson
Mar --, 1882
Sept 26, 1947
MOTHER
Martha McGehee
Sept 8, 1874
Oct 1, 1962

John Benton Watson
Aug 17, 1944
Nov 24, 1945
"Sleep on and take thy rest,
God called thee home, He tho't it best"

Julius Aymon Watson
Oct 11, 1917
Oct 22, 1985
Married Dec 21, 1948
Dorothy Stokes
US Army WWII
"In Thee O Lord have I put my trust"

Julius E. Watson
May 31, 1893
Nov 14, 1972
"His name is blessed"

Julius E. Watson
May 31, 1893
Nov 14, 1972

Martha Ann Watson
d/o Mr. & Mrs. C.B. Watson
1940 - 1940
"Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest,
God called thee home, He tho't it best"

Martha Irene Watson
Sept 12, 1902
Apr 3, 1986

Mary Ann Morgan Watson
Feb 14, 1847
Mar 26, 1907
"God's finger touched her and she fell asleep"

Pearl Morgan Watson
Jan 31, 1902
June 7, 1953
"Gone but not forgotten"

Edith Ann Webb
d/o Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Webb
1938 - 1938

Margie Rhea Webb
Sept 25, 1932
Nov 11, 1946

Ouida Nixon Webb
Sept 22, 1891
July 15, 1972
"Wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother"

Gladys Melton Westerhaus
Apr 27, 1894
Oct 3, 1980

Arnette P. White
d/o Mr. & Mrs. Monroe Phillips
Jan 1, 1917
Jan 31, 1948
"Our Darling Daughter"

Euliss R. Williams
Nov 1, 1890
Mar 4, 1956
Johanna P.
Jan 30, 1894
Nov 28, 1970

Hugh Williams
Feb 20, 1920
Oct 23, 1933
WILLIAMS
"Tread softly for an angel band doth guard the silent dust and we
can safely leave our boy, Our darling in thou trust"

Alice Irene Young
Infant d/o Jesse C. & Vivian Young
June 26, 1939

Alphonse Norman Young
s/o Mr. & Mrs. W.M. & A.G. Young
July 15, 1901
Aug 3, 1904
"Gathered Home"

Elbert I. Thompson
1907 - 1966
(McKnealy Fun. Home marker)

Jesse Clayton Young
Mar 31, 1917
Jan 30, 1985
Vivian Williams Young
Apr 9, 1918

Jesse Ernestine Young
d/o W.M. & A.G. Young
July 12, 1899
Aug 3, 1905
"With Christ in Heaven"

Lilly I. Young
w/o W.J. Bridges
Apr 8, 1881
Apr 23, 1905
"Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life,
He that believeth in me tho' he were dead,
yet shall he live. John 11-25"

Mattie Louise Young
d/o M.P. & Eva Young
Aug 12, 1929
"Of such is the kingdom of Heaven"

Melton Alva Young
Oct 21, 1901
July 11, 1962
Eva Day Young
Nov 19, 1907

MOTHER
Myra Bond Young
1886 - 1973
FATHER
Walter J.
1891 - 1941

R.M. Young
May 28, 1856
Nov 13, 1926
Ann Phillips
May 1, 1851
Nov 16, 1923
Married Jan 2, 1877

Walter Euliss Young
Infant s/o Jesse C. & Vivian Young
Nov 30, 1942
Mar 6, 1943

(Old funeral home marker, can't read)

Infant d/o Mr. W.C.L. & Jewell Phillips
Born & died July 2, 1919

"Come ye blessed"
To the memory of M.M. Phillips
Apr 24, 1836
Feb 11, 1909

(Two foot stones, at one foot stone is a funeral home marker)

"Baba" Ella Y. Smith
Mar 30, 1883
Mar 24, 1968

"Bob" Robert Lee Young
Nov 7, 1912
Jan 4, 1926

Infant s/o Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Strickland
July 23, 1923
"Sweetly sleeping"

Infant s/o Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Strickland
Nov 7, 1921
"Sweetly sleeping"

In memory of J.E. Donahue
Oct 3, 1876
Feb 17, 1926

(Four vaults)

"Shorty" Kluchin Webb
Feb 16, 1915
Feb 26, 1975
"How great Thou art"

(Three other graves on this row)

(One grave, no marker)

(One grave, no marker)

"Shorty" Kluchin Webb
Feb 16, 1915
Feb 26, 1975