Sunlight Baptist Church Cemetery

This cemetery is in Gheens.

Submitted 11 Jun 2011 by Cynthia Daigle
Last Modified and submitted: 8 Jul 2014 by Chris Tidwell
CONTENTS OF THIS FILE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH: 31 Aug 2013

Source: Much of the information contained in this cemetery file was researched, processed and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Velton Guidry (dec.), Christine Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle.

Sources of Information: Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, parents or siblings.South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books)SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books)Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books)Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books)South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference books)Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources)Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources)U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources)Find a Grave (internet)They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet)

Notes: Parents and/or spouses names are included as they are named in the various sources. Occasionally a presumption was made regarding the maiden name of females. If her maiden name was not directly given in the obituary, it was presumed she had the same surname as her father or brother. Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records will be noted. These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and are not intended as genealogical fact. These listings are not complete.

Abbreviations
s/o = son of; d/o = daughter of; sp = spouse or spouse of; infant = less than 4 mo. old; child = 4 mo. through 14 years; *** or (blank) = information not available

Anderson, Ola (Hills) 2 Apr 1941 - 26 Jun 2000; sp Roosevelt Anderson d/o Leon Wilson & Gladys Hills
Harkless, John J. 'Buster' 2 Jun 1913 - 26 Jun 1998; sp Annie Mae Jones s/o Dave Harkless & Louise Anderson
Hill, Edward 1923 - 26 Oct 1982; s/o Jefferson Hill & Laura
Hill, Grant Rev. 1922 - 5 Nov 2006; sp Ivory Elizabeth Rosss/o David Hill Sr. & Violia
Hill, Ivory Elizabeth (Ross) 1923 - 27 May 2013; Rev. Grant Hilld/o Leo Clarence Ross Sr. & Elizabeth Patrick
Hill, Mertha Lubertha 1917 - 23 Sep 2006; d/o Jefferson Hill & Laura Robinson
Hills, Grace Tiara 21 Jan 1983 - 5 Aug 2013; d/o Larry D. Hills Sr. & Shirley Griffin
Holmes, Presephone (Reado) 1921 - 26 May 2006
Jones, Louise (Gray) 1930 - 5 Jul 1987; , age 57w/o Alex Jones Sr.d/o Clarence Gray Sr. & Sarah Smith
Kent, Wilbert 2 Jul 1941 - 17 May 1998; s/o Willie Kent & Elnora Verrett
McCoy, Marilyn Ann 8 Dec 1955 - 14 Jan 2003; d/o Rev. Adam McCoy Sr. & Amelia Ingram
Pollard, Corrine (Holmes) 1944 - 4 May 2010; d/o Clarence Holmes Sr. & Persephone Reado
Reado, Augustine (Brown) 1922 - 9 Apr 2005; sp Shedrick Junius Reado Sr. d/o Claville Brown & Fannie Ingram
Reado, Shedrick Junius Sr. 22 May 1923 - 28 Apr 2000; sp Augustine Brown s/o Junius Reado & Victoria
Thompson, Dwayne 24 Mar 1968 - 17 Feb 2001; s/o James Vernon Reese & Marcia Thompson
Thompson, Marcia 1951 - 7 Mar 2000; d/o Jesse Thompson &Gladys
Washington, Burdette (Kelso) 1920 - 2 Oct 2008; S1 James Hill s2 George Washingtond/o Henderson Kelso & Elizabeth