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Leesville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] The population was 5,649 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South micropolitan area and is additionally served by the Leesville Airport. The city is home to the Fort Johnson (formerly known as Fort Polk) U.S. Army installation.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2024.
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries.
The city was founded in November, 1893 by survivors of the Chenier Caminada Hurricane. The city was first named Orange City but was changed to Leevile in honor of Pierre Charles Lee and his wife Rosalie Albarado. In 1938, Leeville became the oil producing capital of Lafourche Parish with 297 producing wells. [2]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media.
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Funeral procession in India ( Islam) Tallit shrouds ( Judaism) A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various ...