The original cemetery was designed as four sections divided by the central road and the first cross road to the right. Sections 1 and 3 are on the North side between the central road and St. Rose de Lima Catholic Church and parking lot. Sections 2 and 4 are on the South side between the central road and St. Stanislaus Stadium. Sections 1 and 2 run parallel to Necaise Avenue. Section 3 is directly behind Section 1; Section 4 is directly behind Section 2.

The numbering of the rows and plots for these four sections began at the CENTER of the cemetery. Consequently, for Sections 1 and 2, ROW 1 began at the center of the original cemetery at the intersection of the roads and ended with Row 9 nearest to Necaise Avenue.

The numbering of the rows for Sections 3 and 4 began at the CENTER of the cemetery and continued nine rows away from Necaise Avenue. Therefore, at the first crossroad you can find most of the oldest graves located in the rows around the intersection of these four sections rather than those graves closer to Necaise Avenue.