Elmwood Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum is a 412 acre cemetery established in the 1880s (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) on the western side of Birmingham by a group of Fraternal organizations. It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery as the most prominant burial place in the city. The cemetary is roughly bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Dennison Avenue Southwest, 14th Place Southwest, and railroad tracks. The main entrance is directly across from 6th Avenue Southwest.

Notable burials

• Truman H. Aldrich (1848-1932) - U. S. Representative 1896-1897
• William Wirt Allen (1835-1894) - Confederate Major General
• Sydney J. Bowie (1865-1928) - U. S. Representative 1901-1907
• Bear Bryant (1913-1983) - University of Alabama football coach
• B. B. Comer - (1848-1927) - Governor of Alabama 1907-1911, U. S. Senator 1920
• Russell McWhortor Cunningham (1855-1921) - Governor of Alabama 1904-1905
• William Henry Denson (1846-1906) - U. S. Representative 1893-1895
• Sam Hairston (1920-1997) - baseball player
• Art Hanes (1916-1997) - Mayor of Birmingham 1961-1963
• George Huddleston, Sr (1869-1960) - U. S. Representative 1915-1937
• George Huddleston, Jr (1920-1971) - U. S. Representative 1955-1965
• Patti Ruffner Jacobs (1875-1935) - social reformer
• Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) - Governor of Alabama 1896-1900, U. S. Senator 1907-1913
• A. C. Keily (1908-2004) - photographer
• Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992) - singer, co-founder of The Temptations
• John W. Kirklin (1917-2004) - pioneer heart surgeon
• John P. Newsome (1893-1961) - U. S. Representative 1943-1945
• Luther Patrick (1894-1957) - U. S. Representative 1937-1943
• Rufus N. Rhodes (1856-1910) - founder of the Birmingham News
• Jesse F. Stallings (1856-1928) - U. S. Representative 1893-1901
• Sun Ra (1914-1993) - Jazz musician
• Oscar Underwood (1862-1929) - U. S. Senator 1915-1927
• Dixie Walker (1911-1982) - baseball player
• Frank S. White (1847-1922) - U. S. Senator 1914-1915

Source

• "Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 28 Dec 2005, 16:15 UTC. 18 Mar 2006, 22:14 [1].