Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Funeral Homes

  • A List of Known Ouachita Parish Funeral Homes

    I decided to make a rough list of known Funeral Homes that have popped up in Ouachita Parish and roughly when they started. I know this list is incomplete. This…

  • African-American Funeral Programs – The New Index

    Several weeks ago, I published the index to the first fifty volumes of Ouachita Parish funeral home programs the Genealogy Department has collected over the years. When my colleague retired…

  • Peters Funeral Home document

    Yesterday, I posted the coroner’s report for James L. Graves. The handwritten page was written on the back of the top document. It looks like a ledger sheet for Peters…

  • Peters Funeral Home Index: 1918 – 1966: Q – Z Names

    Name Date of Death Page Book Number Querriera, Nellie Miller December 23, 1945 86 11 Quinn, Louis Richmond April 18, 1934 457 8 Rabb, Ida September 14, 1929 541 6…

  • Peters Funeral Home Index: 1918 – 1966: M – P Names

    Name Date of Death Page Book Number Maassen, Margaret Elizabeth November 19, 1928 285 6 Mabrey, Glaydis November, 1922 97 1 Mack, Pearl Mary August 29, 1924 314 3 Madden,…

  • Peters Funeral Home Index 1918 – 1966 A-L Names

    The Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Special Collections Department is the repository for the records of one of Monroe’s biggest funeral homes, Peters. Over the next three days, I’ll be sharing…

  • Peters Furniture/Funeral Home

    Johann “John” Peters came to Monroe in 1866. He was a native of Germany, who emigrated to New Orleans in 1858. After coming to Monroe, he opened his own furniture…

  • Richardson Funeral Home

    As well as Burton/Good Citizen records, Ouachita Parish Public Library has records for the Richardson Funeral Home from 1954 – 1976. They are contained in three volumes and have been…

  • Burton/Good Citizen Funeral Home Index

    Part of the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Genealogy Department are copies of funeral home records. Included are records for the above two funeral homes, from 1954 –…

  • Monroe/West Monroe Funeral Homes

    Year of first appearance Name of Funeral Home Address in Monroe in the City Directory 1936 Acme Funeral 722 Adams 1956 Burton 1617 DeSiard 1957 Burton & Bowie 1617 DeSiard…