Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)
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| Elmwood Cemetery | |
| Cemetery Details | |
|---|---|
| Year established: | 1900 |
| Country: | USA |
| Location: | 600 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Birmingham, Alabama 35211  United States |
| Coordinates: | 33°29′19″N 86°50′46″W / 33.48861°N 86.84611°WCoordinates: 33°29′19″N 86°50′46″W / 33.48861°N 86.84611°W |
| Type: | public |
| Size: | 412 acres (1.67 km2) |
| Find A Grave: | external link |
| The Political Graveyard: | external link |
For other places with the same name, see Elmwood Cemetery.
Elmwood Cemetery is a 412-acre (167-hectare) cemetery established in 1900 (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) in Birmingham, Alabama northwest of Homewood by a group of fraternal organizations. It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery as the most prominent burial place in the city. It has a chapel funeral home at 800 Dennison Avenue Southwest which was established in 1962 by the Lackey family for Johns-Ridout's Mortuary.
[edit] Notable burials
- Henry Aizenman (1931-2008) - Polish Holocaust survivor
- Truman H. Aldrich (1848-1932) - U. S. Representative 1896-1897
- William W. Allen (1835-1894) - Confederate Major General
- Charles Albert Boswell (1916-1995) - professional golf player
- Sydney J. Bowie (1865-1928) - U. S. Representative 1901-1907
- William Bowron (1921-2008) - president of Red Diamond Coffee and Tea
- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant (1913-1983) - University of Alabama football coach
- Ben Chapman (1908-1993) - Major League baseball player
- B. B. Comer - (1848-1927) - Governor of Alabama 1907-1911, U. S. Senator 1920
- Father James Coyle (1873-1921) - assassinated priest of St. Paul's church
- Russell McWhortor Cunningham (1855-1921) - Governor of Alabama 1904-1905
- Lorenzo "Piper" Davis (1917-1989) - Professional baseball player, Birmingham Black Barons
- William Henry Denson (1846-1906) - U. S. Representative 1893-1895
- Joe Domnanovich (1919-2009) - professional football player
- Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr. (1921-2002) - World War II veteran - Medal of Honor Winner
- Sam Hairston (1920-1997) - Major League baseball player
- Art Hanes (1916-1997) - Mayor of Birmingham 1961-1963
- Lum Harris (1915-1996) - professional baseball manager (Houston Astros & Atlanta Braves)
- Cliff Holman (1929-2008) - Birmingham television celebrity
- Frank O. House (1927-1989) - U.S. Air Force General
- George Huddleston (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) - pioneering heart surgeon
- Denise McNair (1951-1963) - one of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victims
- Dee Miles (1909-1976) - Major League baseball player
- John P. Newsome (1893-1961) - U. S. Representative 1943-1945
- Luther Patrick (1894-1957) - U. S. Representative 1937-1943
- Sun Ra (1914-1993) - Jazz musician
- Rufus N. Rhodes (1856-1910) - founder of the Birmingham News
- Bo Russell (1916-1997) - professional football player
- Fred Sington (1910-1998) - professional football player
- Jesse F. Stallings (1856-1928) - U. S. Representative 1893-1901
- Bill Terry, Jr (1949-1969) Vietnam War veteran
- Oscar Underwood (1862-1929) - U. S. Senator 1915-1927
- Dixie Walker (1911-1982) - Major League baseball player
- Frank S. White (1847-1922) - U. S. Senator 1914-1915
- Abraham Woods (1928-2008) - minister and civil rights activist
- Clarence "Yam" Yaryan (1892-1964) - Major League baseball player
- Louise "Candy" Davis (1936-2005) gospel recording artist,Malaco Records{notable recording "Blessed,Better Than Blessed"}
