[Louisiana Cemeteries] Morehouse Parish Cemeteries
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- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:30:31 -0700 (PDT)
On March 30, 2008 the following post indicated several cemeteries in Morehouse
Parish were neglected and or abandoned. Three of those cemeteries, (Chapel
Cemetery-Beagle Club Rd., Whispering Pines Cemetery-Martin L. King South and
Howard's Hill Cemetery-Collinston), are under investigation by the Police Jury
in order to correct issues of neglect. [ June 23, 2008 ]
Abandoned
cemetery: (Alexander) Lawson Cemetery at Levee Road & HIghway 165
North, Bastrop, LA, in woods beyond field that fronts HIghway 165 North.
Neglected
Cemeteries: (1) Cooper Lake Cemetery at Cooper Lake Road between
Jeannie Road and Warner Road, Bastrop, LA; (2) Wimberly Cemetery (aka
Pipe's Cemetery), Oak Ridge, LA; turn left on Avenue Road (HIghway 134)
for 1.5 miles to Pipe Lane in Oak Ridge, LA. Turn left on Pipe Lane,
drive for about one-half mile for cemetery on left. (3) Washington Chapel
Cemetery:
From HIghway 425 North turn left on Beagle Club Road. Turn left from
Beagle Club Road onto Copeland Road, Bastrop, LA. Travel three-tenths
of a mile to a locked double gate on the right side of Copeland Road
before it deadends. Cemetery is through the double gate behind a
dilapidated building. The cemetery also extends into the overgrowth of
trees to the right of the unmowed front portion of this cemetery; ((4)
Whispering Pines Cemetery,
from the intersection of Commerce Avenue and Martin Luther King Road
South, travel one-tenth of a mile on Martin Luther King Drive South.
Whispering Pines Cemetery is on your left. (5) Howell Cemetery (aka Howard's
Hill Cemetery), Collinston, LA.
From:
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