In the late 1950's a new cemetery was established off La. 21 north of Madisonville. It became the Theodore Dendinger Sr. Memorial Cemetery. The five acres of land was formally donated in 1962 and has been in use ever since.
At the front of the cemetery are three massive oak trees.
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In 1979 the Madisonville highway alongside the cemetery was widened, prompting numerous local preservationists to keep an eye on the trees, wary of what had happened during a state highway widening project in Mandeville. That was where the "Chinchuba Oaks" were secretly cut down one Mardi Gras. Next Tuesday is the 46th year anniversary of that eye-opening event.
Here are some recent photographs of the oaks in front of Dendinger Cemetery.
