Cemetery: Shows
Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: 5100 Primitive Baptist Church Road
City: 3.8 miles Southwest of Blanchard
Township: 18
County: Caddo
State: Louisiana
Nation: USA
Zip: 71107
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From Blanchard-East on Pine Hill Rd, South
(right) on Roy Rd., and East (left) on Primitive Baptist Church Rd
to the end of the road to house on the left.
Type: Road-public
Location: Suburban-developed
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: There is a house right on top of the cemetery
which was under a grove of trees.
Property: Private
Access: Inaccessible
Enclosure:
Gate:
Established: Before 1880
Gravestones: 36
Oldest: 1896
Newest: 1914
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Yes
Availability: Caddo Parish Cemeteries, printed 1969,
available at the Shreve Memorial Library
Landscaping:
Paths:
Trees:
Crypts:
Fencing:
Walkways:
Brickwork:
Ironwork:
Sculpture:
Fountains:
Roads:
Buildings:
Cement:
Granite:
Marble:
Native:
Slate:
Others:
Wood:
Materials:
Architectural:
Angels:
Draperies:
Fraternal:
Hands:
Lambs:
Monograms:
Plants:
Photos:
Religious:
Scrollwork:
Urns:
Carvings:
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Unmarked: No
Broken: No
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: No
Buried: Unsure
Weather: No
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
Overgrowth: None
Problem: Encroachment
Owner: Private
Use: Residential
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason: Housing
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: None yet
Surnames
Kent, Lyles, Martin, Shows,
Vandever, Womack
Other Information
All gravestones have been removed
and a house has been built on top of the cemetery.
Support
I do not have contacts yet. I
just learned of the condition of this cemetery this past weekend.
I was searching for help when I found this site. I'm not sure
anything can be done for this cemetery.
Submitted by:
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name: Diana Ware
Email: w_arehouse222@cs.com
Date: April 16, 2001
