The church address is 5030 Highway 18, St. James, LA 70086. The cemetery is across Hwy. 18 from the church and is also known as Moonshine or Moonshine Acres. Both church and cemetery are located on the river road in the community of Moonshine.
According to the signage on the front of the church St. Luke Baptist Church was organized in August 1874 by Rev. D. King and rebuilt July 1, 1900 by Rev. Thomas Ramsey.
Th partial listing has been updated with obituaries and tombstone pictures taken by Jane Edson & Margie Pearce in March 2022. If you have obituaries or tombstone pictures for the cemetery, please email
the Parish Coordinator for inclusion on this page.
Saint Luke Baptist Cemetery or Moonshine | ||||||||
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Last name | First name (Maiden) | Birth date | Death date | Spouse - Marriage date | Parents | Military | Obit | Stone |
Batiste | Earl | 3/24/1944 | 2/23/2017 | Valerie Steib | Robert & Mary Batiste | obit | ||
Batiste | Jackie Sr | 9/15/1952 | 3/6/2021 | Brenda M. Morris - 3/31/1973 | Joseph & Mary Blain Batiste | obit | ||
Bazile | Herbert | abt 1928 | 4/21/2019 | Joan A | Joseph & Paliska Bazile | obit | ||
Bergeron | Aaron | 5/23/1902 | 8/19/1980 | photo | ||||
Bergeron | Caroline C | 1868 | 9/17/1934* | s/s Jules | photo | |||
Bergeron | Ernestine C | 10/28/1900 | 5/8/1979 | photo | ||||
Bergeron | Jules | 1860 | 1961 | s/s Caroline | photo | |||
Blain | Cardell Sr | abt 1958 | 2/11/1996 | Clarence Blain & Mary A Jackson | obit | |||
Bland | Frederick | 5/6/1942 | 2/14/2010 | Madeline | Ollie Bland & Albert Zeno | obit | photo | |
Braxton | Barbara Ann (Greenup) | 3/3/1954 | 8/31/2015 | Leonard | George & Alice G Greenup | obit | photo | |
Bright | Alice M (Thomas) | abt 1933 | 8/31/2001 | obit | ||||
Broden | Demetrice Mel | 3/8/1966 | 6/10/1988 | photo | ||||
Broden | ?Evrdne | illegible | photo | |||||
Broden | Henry Sr | 7/22/1929 | 3/27/1978 | photo | ||||
Broden | Jacqueline | 8/17/1951 | 2/11/2015 | Edward & Gussiena Carter Broden | obit | photo | ||
Broden | James | 1910 | 1988 | photo | ||||
Broden | Jeanette | 7/15/1942 | 10/13/2021 | Warren Pleasant | Walter & Viola C Broden | obit | photo | |
Broden | Jerry Jr | 12/12/2000 | Jerry & Barbara Braxton Broden | obit | ||||
Broden | Michael Sr | 1/28/1945 | 5/17/1988 | photo | ||||
Broden | Roland Sr | 4/23/1947 | 1/30/2022 | Diane T - 1/6/2006 | Walter & Viola C Broden | obit | ||
Broden | Shondell K | 5/27/1973 | 7/7/2006 | Jacqueline Broden & George Myles | obit | photo | ||
Broden | Thomas Jr | 10/20/1962 | 6/28/1981 | photo | ||||
Broden | Thomas Sr | 1/4/1944 | 6/26/2006 | Rosemary A | Walter & Viola C Broden | obit | photo | |
Broder | Gusseta C | 12/10/1925 | 3/6/1979 | photo | ||||
Brown | Shirley Mae (Mosley) | abt 1930 | 12/3/1955 | Edward | Gabriel & Mary Mosley | obit | ||
Butler | Ethel Mae (Broden) | 2/22/1932 | 4/1/2002 | obit: d 4/7/2002 | obit | photo | ||
Camille | Liddie (Bergeron) | 5/15/1906 | 5/24/2001 | Wilfred | Jules & Caroline Bergeron | obit | photo | |
Carter | Agnes (Winfrey) | 1901 | 12/23/1988 | Ernest Sr | John & Mary Brown Winfrey | |||
Charles | Herman Sr | 9/4/1941 | 7/8/2020 | Lucille Broden | Frank & Josephine Morton Charles | obit | photo | |
Charles | Kenyatta Renee | 10/13/1981 | 8/20/2004 | Herman & Lucille Broden Charles | obit | photo | ||
Charles | Lucille (Broden) | 6/30/1944 | 7/5/2018 | Herman Sr | Edward & Gussenia Carter Broden | obit | photo | |
Charles | Marquise | abt 1988 | 4/27/2008 | Monica Charles & Lester Powell | obit | |||
Collins | Daniel | 1884 | 2/3/1919* | photo | ||||
Dennis | Andrew | 3/23/1959 | 10/1/2024 | Angela Scott - 3/23/2009 | Royal & Irma Charles Dennis | obit | ||
Dennis | Horace Sr | 5/20/1927 | 12/19/2023 | Ethel Mae Marshall - 12/23/1950 | Edmond & Mary Davis Dennis | obit | ||
Dennis | Royal Jr | abt 1956 | 5/19/2007 | Royal & Irma Charles Dennis | obit | |||
Dumas | John Frederick Sr | 12/23/1950 | 7/24/2014 | M Jeffery & Marie Odette Dumas | obit | |||
Geason | Earl Darnell | 8/28/1961 | 11/21/2016 | Earl & Virginia Landry Geason | obit | |||
Geason - Johnson | Ceola Pierrie | 8/8/1924 | 1/5/2003 | obit | photo | |||
Gray | Lilly | 12/17/1899 | 6/19/1978 | photo | ||||
Green | Jacqueline Rosemarie | 6/13/1949 | 12/2/2016 | David & Rose Marie Mayho Green | obit | |||
Green | Roy | 11/15/1912 | 5/28/1995 | photo | ||||
Greenup | Earl | 1/18/1938 | 9/6/2013 | George & Alice Geason Greenup | obit | |||
Greenup | George | 2/21/1947 | 5/19/198- | photo | ||||
Greenup | Walter E | abt 1965 | 8/5/2003 | George & Mary Broden Greenup | obit | |||
Griffin | Clarence | 11/25/1923 | 5/25/1957 | WW II STM1 USNR | photo | |||
Hines | J D | 4/24/1930 | 4/8/2011 | Korea A3c US Air Force | obit | photo | ||
Hines | Sarah | 4/24/1942 | 7/2/1992 | photo | ||||
Jackson | Clara | 5/24/1910 | 7/8/1986 | s/s Henry Sr | photo | |||
Jackson | Clinton | 11/15/1957 | 2/20/1999 | Wanda I | Sarah Jackson & J. D. Hines | obit | ||
Jackson | Henry Sr | 7/31/1909 | 6/5/1993 | s/s Clara | photo | |||
Jackson | Lawrence Jr | 9/26/1934 | 12/13/2010 | Lawrence & Alberta Simon Jackson | obit | |||
Johnson | Hazel (Fobb) | 12/27/1911 | 4/20/1983 | photo | ||||
Keller | Richard | 6/8/1928 | 3/3/196- | photo | ||||
Kelly | Ruth (Charles) | abt 1920 | 12/4/2000 | Ceasar | Frank & Josephine Morton Charles | obit | ||
Landry | Dianne | 7/28/2003 | Paul L & Agnelia Temple Landry | obit | ||||
Landry | Walter John Sr | 1944 | 11/5/2002 | Geneva Raynard | Ernest & Earnestine Victor Landry | obit | ||
Lewis | Anna Lee (Weber) | 10/17/1935 | 4/27/2009 | Cornelius | Joseph & Joanna Bazile Weber | obit | ||
Martin | Eddie Sr | 1/6/1900 | 8/12/1980 | photo | ||||
Martin | Florestine | 7/28/1902 | 5/22/1994 | photo | ||||
Mayho | Eugene Jr | 2/29/1916 | 8/16/1962 | Eugene & Luella Watson Mayho | ||||
Melancon | Eva Lois (Charles) | 4/12/2008 | Raymond Sr | Ford & Luvera Williams Charles | obit | |||
Moody | Godfrey "Mike" | abt 1937 | 10/25/2007 | Barbara Bazile | Lawrence Moody & Annie Bell Champagne | obit | ||
Morton | Vernon | 4/17/1954 | 7/0/2023 | Lisa Boudreaux | Nobel & Oliva Morton | obit | ||
Paul | Norbert Sr | 8/11/1936 | 1/12/2023 | Gloria Simoneaux - 1970 | Cornelius & Erella Smith Paul | obit | ||
Paul | Patsy Mae (Pierre) | 11/5/1922 | 2/9/2001 | Raymond | James & Viola Pierre | obit | photo | |
Paul | Pineal Paul Sr | 4/15/1951 | 2/17/2021 | Raymond A & Patsy M Pierre Paul | obit | |||
Paul | Raymond A Jr | 11/7/1913 | 1/18/2016 | Patsy Pierre | Raymond & Harriet Joseph Paul | obit | photo | |
Paul | Rontair Phillip | 4/10/1985 | 1/18/2014 | Tammy Paul & Ronald Sheppard Sr | obit | |||
Pike | Olivia (Paul) | 8/22/1909 | 9/12/2003 | Herman Sr | Raymond & Harriet Joseph Paul | obit | photo | |
Pleasant | Loretta Mamalo (Franklin) | 1918 | 8/14/2008 | Earl Sr | Oscar & Virginia Franklin | obit | ||
Raymond | Alice M (Simon) | 3/21/1955 | 5/4/2013 | Bernard | August & Everda Simon | obit | photo | |
Richardson | Jacqueline "Suzanne" (Jackson) | abt 1948 | 1/28/2001 | Rudolph | Isadore Jackson & Edna Mae Smith | obit | ||
Scott | Charlene (Bazile) | abt 1964 | 11/7/2022 | Larry | Charles Bazile Sr & Geraldine Johnson | obit | ||
Sheppard | Viola | 11/4/1973 | Ferdinand | |||||
Simon | Rose Mary | 11/17/1937 | 9/22/2020 | Furman Landry | August Simon & Lydia Keller | obit | ||
Smith | Albert Jr | 5/24/1939 | 11/29/2022 | Yvonne Charles - 1960 | Albert Smith Sr & Mary Blain | obit | ||
Smith | Brenda Ann (Simon) | 6/29/1960 | 10/11/2019 | Joseph | August & Everda Simon | obit | photo | |
Smith | Leroy Howard "Nick" | 1970 | 10/17/2016 | Howard & Lorraine Smith | obit | |||
Smith | Olivia | abt 1939 | 1/5/2000 | Eddie | Gilbertine Dillion & Christopher Knockum | obit | ||
Taylor | Henderson Kite Sr | 7/16/1931 | 8/0/2023 | Marguerite Collins - 9/21/1957 | Joseph & orelia Tousant Taylor | Korea, Vietnam US Air Force | obit | |
Temple | Agnes (Martin) | 3/24/1928 | 1/31/2006 | Willie Sr | Eddie & Florestine B Martin | obit | photo | |
Temple | Willie Jr | 4/8/1930 | 12/10/1988 | photo | ||||
Thomas | Andrew | 10/28/1918 | 2/20/2011 | Amelia J Smith; Joanna Thomas; Della Thomas | Luke & Martha Thomas | obit | ||
Thomas | Willie | 3/11/1947 | 1/1/2010 | Rosie J | Ernest & Louise Thomas | obit | ||
Treaudo | Deloris (Thomas) | 9/26/1938 | 6/11/2022 | Ernest & Louise Dennis Thomas | obit | |||
Turner | August Joseph | 11/2/1968 | 1/2/2018 | Samuel & Carolyn Emery Turner | obit | |||
Turner | DeVante' Eugene | 5/4/1994 | 6/23/2019 | David C Turner & Dana Jupiter | obit | photo | ||
Unknown | William | illegible | photo | |||||
Young | Denell | abt. 1974 | 2/12/2001 | obit | ||||
Young | Linda A | 2/16/1954 | 3/12/2008 | photo | ||||
Young | Owen Sr | 1/6/1940 | 9/12/2020 | Emma Keller - 4/15/1967 | Willis Ismay Young | obit |