Resseau Family Cemetery

Today on the way to the lake house my husband and I stopped off at the Resseau Family Cemetery on Georgia Highway 212 in Putnam County, Georgia.  We had passed it many times but never stopped until today.  I wasn’t sure how many graves were actually in the cemetery since it is surrounded by brick wall.  When I walked up to it and climbed over the wall I discovered eight headstones, though I was wondering if there might be more graves.  It is really a nice little family plot, though I wish it were under better care.  The plot was filled with leaves and some silk flower arrangements that I suppose had once been on the graves were scattered about.

I posted the photos in chronological order according to death date.  I find it interesting that the first five died so close together.

WILLIAM RESSEAU

JUNE 1, 1852

MAR. 24, 1912

HARRIET R. JONES

BORN 1834

NOV. 12, 1912

ALICE IRENE RESSEAU

MAR. 16, 1902

APR. 19, 1913

WILLIAM CARLTON

RESSEAU

AUG. 10, 1880

APR. 22, 1913

MARTHA RESSEAU

APR. 12, 1856

APR. 24, 1913

GEORGE W. RESSEAU

BORN 1864

JAN. 29, 1953

GEORGE N. RESSEAU

JULY 27, 1905

FEB. 17, 1982

CARLTON EUGENE RESSEAU

NOV. 1, 1932 – SEPT. 1, 2004

SHERIFF OF PUTNAM COUNTY

1977 – 1995