Magnolia Cemetery

Magnolia Cemetery was founded in 1883 along Bayou Terrebonne as a resting place for members of the Protestant faith. Its original board of directors consisted of Peter Berger, John Hubbard, Lucius Suthon, John Winder, and William McCollam, and initial work began with plots mapped out behind a row of magnolia trees fronting Main Street. Mrs. Esther McCollam, assisted by Miss Helen Snow Smith, Mr. John McCollam, Mr. Claude Duval, Mr. Frank Wurzlow, Jr., Mr. Roland Champagne, and Mrs. Agnes Despit, worked to preserve the cemetery, and their goal was achieved with the establishment of the Magnolia Cemetery Preservation Trust Fund. Many veterans from the War Between the States, WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam are buried there, along with several prominent citizens of Houma and Terrebonne Parish, including U.S. Senator Allen Ellender, Sr., U.S. District Court Judge George Arceneaux, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge Hugh M. Wallis, Jr., and Louisiana State Representative Elward Brady, Jr. In April 2006, Magnolia Cemetery became part of the Houma Terrebonne Historic District.

Houma, Louisiana · United States