Random graves outside an unusual abandoned church in southern Louisiana.

Post on the church w pics on my other tumblr

http://razetheroof.tumblr.com/post/14530911023/abandoned-church-in-the-woods

These graves are semi-hidden among the brush outside this church.  I’m not sure if they are original to the location but have no idea why anyone would want to move gravestones outside a church in the middle of a forest and cane fields.  I was able to find one name in research but no actual information on that person, just a name and the matching date of their death.

Interesting graves either way, I wish I couldve found more information on them.

This church was abandoned years ago.  A handful of graves (perhaps 5-10) still lie outside the structure.

Grace Episcopal Cemetery- Nov 2011- St Francisville, LA

A friend caught me in one of her shots (all shots below are mine) reading an inscription on one of the graves.

These are a few photos from Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.  The property used to be a race track, but was turned into a graveyard in the late 1800’s.  The graves in it are therefore not all that old (by New Orleans standards) but are quite lovely.  This likely wouldve been a burial ground for people with money, due to the nature of the grandiosity of most of the tombs. Most are very ornate, large and sometimes with stained-glass and/or statues or other interesting features. The cemetery is huge and we only were able to cover a small portion of it in the couple of hours we had.