Mount Olivet Cemetery

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4000 Norman Mayer Ave
New Orleans, LA 70122
Weekends are busy at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans. With 7 to 9 burials each Saturday and more each Sunday-including the occasional jazz funeral-the small cemetery can seem very big on celebrating life.Directly north of downtown, not far from City Park and very close to Dillard University, Mount Olivet opened in 1918 and is still the only cemetery in New Orleans's Mid-City District that caters to the African-American and Creole communities. A mere 4 acres in size, it averages 450-500 funeral services each year.

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Andi F.
8/14/2017

This historically black cemetery grew larger during the Jim Crowe era here. It has long roots in the community. It's thread in the tapestry that is New Orleans is long. It does not cater to...

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Al M.
1/15/2025

I really try to support small, privately owned, minority owned businesses, but mount olivet is making it hard. For decades, my family has done business with them, as we own property....

Sandra M.
6/17/2025

My grandmother gave her hard-earned money to this cemetery monthly for years to ensure that her burial was paid for upon her death. She did not want to burden her numerous children or anyone else...

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Marie B.
5/2/2017

On 4/22/2017 had to be one of the saddest days of my life I had to lay to rest my eighteen year old goddaughter. Mt. Olivet has been around since the early 1900s and is one of many cemetaries...

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