Brister Graveyard

Near Sikes, in Winn Parish, Louisiana

This cemetery is located off the Buckskin Road. There is a sign on the road where you turn that mis-reads: Buckskin Cemetery. The only two tombstones in the cemetery are Bristers. and the plot has always been known as the Brister Graveyard.

 

Jessie A. Brister

3/5/1835 - 1/1886

Maneriva Brister

3/14/1831 - 8/13/1920

In the far corner is the old tombstone of Jessie Brister. Both of these tombstones are new.
Photo & Text (C) July 16, 1999, Roy L. Johnson