Source: Daily Comet–
Fragments of Terrebonne Parish’s oral tradition suggest a mysterious origin for a small pocket of bayou residents. Published explanations are hard to find, but a sketchy account appears in “Some Personal Recollections of The Episcopal Church in Louisiana,” published in 1980 by the Rev. Girault M. Jones after he had retired as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese that included Terrebonne.
Some 40 years ago, the Rev. Giralt M. Jones was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese, which included St. Matthews in Houma and the mission of St. Andrew’s on Bayou Dularge.
“The Rev. Gardiner L. Tucker was rector of St. Matthews’, Houma, from around 1901 until his death in 1938. Some time around 1910, a man knocked on the rectory door in Houma and asked Dr. Tucker if he would come and baptize his children.
“This was surprising on two counts. That part of Louisiana in that day was predominantly Roman Catholic. And it was most unusual to ask a minister to ‘come and baptize.’
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