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* [[Dorothy Love Coates]] (1928–2002), singer | * [[Dorothy Love Coates]] (1928–2002), singer | ||
* [[Jay Heard]] (1920–1999), baseball pitcher | * [[Jay Heard]] (1920–1999), baseball pitcher | ||
* [[Joseph Gayles Jr]] (1937–2008), physicist and president of [[Talladega College]]. | |||
* [[A. A. Peters]] (1871–1926), educator and endowment secretary for the [[Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama]] | * [[A. A. Peters]] (1871–1926), educator and endowment secretary for the [[Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama]] | ||
* [[Jennie Rayfield]] (1883–1929, wife of [[Wallace Rayfield]] | * [[Jennie Rayfield]] (1883–1929), wife of [[Wallace Rayfield]] | ||
* [[Yvonne Turner]] (1933–2015), civil rights activist | * [[Yvonne Turner]] (1933–2015), civil rights activist | ||
* [[Fess Whatley]] (1894–1972), music educator and bandleader | * [[Fess Whatley]] (1894–1972), music educator and bandleader | ||
Latest revision as of 15:30, 29 October 2023
Grace Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located at 1931 Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Birmingham's Mason City neighborhood. It adjoins Shadow Lawn Cemetery and sits a few blocks south of Elmwood Cemetery.
The cemetery, which houses more than 9,000 graves, dates to 1913 and was used for African-American burials during Birmingham's decades of segregation. A New Grace Hill Cemetery section, developed by A. G. Gaston, was added to the northwest of the original plat.
Notable burials
- Dorothy Love Coates (1928–2002), singer
- Jay Heard (1920–1999), baseball pitcher
- Joseph Gayles Jr (1937–2008), physicist and president of Talladega College.
- A. A. Peters (1871–1926), educator and endowment secretary for the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama
- Jennie Rayfield (1883–1929), wife of Wallace Rayfield
- Yvonne Turner (1933–2015), civil rights activist
- Fess Whatley (1894–1972), music educator and bandleader