The McGuirt Cemetery in Zachary, Louisiana

 

 

The McGuirt Cemetery in Zachary is located approximately three miles down Lower Zachary Road, just past White's Bayou, on the northeast corner.

It is located on private property at 7573 Lower Zachary Road. The cemetery that once stood was washed away at some point,

and a group of people in Zachary moved the headstones on the same plot.  The headstones and inscriptions are listed below: .

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G. McGuirt
1844-1922.
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Louie A. .
son of.
G. & H.E. .
McGuirt.
June 10, 1883.
March 4, 1907.
Front inscription:
Light from our household gone.
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our hearts.
That never can be filled. .
Back inscription:
His soul renewed by early grace.
In heaven has sought its native place.
Alas the fairest fade early.
And those whom we love and cherish.
Like ourselves must fade and perish. .
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Emmett.
McGuirt.
Feb 1st 1880.
Apr 14th 1897.
inscription:
There's a beautiful region above the.
skies and I long to reach its shore.
For I know I shall find my treasure.
there. The loved one gone before. .
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There is also a flat headstone for Emmett that reads: .
Emmett.
Beloved son of.
G. & H.E. McGuirt.
Born.
Feb 1st 1880.
Died.
Apr 14th 1897.
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Harriet.
wife of.
G. McGuirt.
Sept. 26, 1842.
Nov. 13, 1911.
With Christ in.
heaven.
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J.J. McGuirt.
Born.
July 15, 1851.
Died.
Apr 6, 1906.
inscription:
We weep for our loved one.
gone to Jesus to wait.
for (us on) the heavenly shore.
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On the left side:.......On the front:......On the right side:
John G..................Lula A.................Ludie E.
Wilson Jr...............Carney.................Wilson
Born.....................Wife of.................Born
Sept......................J.G. Wilson...........Feb
12, 1896.................Born...................14, 1902
Died......................March.................Died
Nov.......................9, 1863................May
18, 1901.................Died....................23, 1902
............................May
...........................20, 1902
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In memory of
Cord Whitehead
Born Oct 7 A.D. 1848
Died Jan 8 A.D. 1887
Blessed are the dead
Who die in the Lord.
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Ira E. - wife of G.M. McGuirt - 26 Sept 1842 - 13 Nov 1911

 

Also listed in the Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. XIV, No. 4, December 1967, in a listing by

Dr. J. Sherburne Anderson, at that time President of the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: