Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)
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Elmwood Cemetery is a 412 acres (166.7 ha) 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.
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
northwest of Homewood
Homewood, Alabama
Homewood is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, located on the other side of Red Mountain due south of the city center. It has one of the highest population densities in Alabama. As of 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the...
by a group of fraternal organizations. It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)
Oak Hill Cemetery, located just north of downtown, is Birmingham, Alabama's oldest cemetery. Originally on the estate of James M. Ware, it was already a burial ground by April 1869 when it served as the resting place for the infant daughter of future mayor Robert H. Henley...
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.
Notable burials
- Henry Aizenman (1931-2008) - Polish Holocaust survivor
- Truman H. AldrichTruman H. AldrichTruman Heminway Aldrich was a civil engineer, a mining company executive, and a paleontologist, and briefly served in the United States House of Representatives and as Postmaster of Birmingham.-Early life and education:Aldrich was born in Palmyra and suffered from poor health as a young boy...
(1848-1932) - U. S. Representative 1896-1897 - William W. AllenWilliam W. AllenWilliam Wirt Allen was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He rose through the ranks to command the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Tennessee in the last days of the war....
(1835-1894) - Confederate Major General - Mary AndersonMary Anderson (inventor)Mary Anderson was a real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist and inventor of the windshield wiper blade. In November 1903 Anderson was granted her first patent for an automatic car window cleaning device controlled inside the car, called the windshield wiper.-Early life:Mary Anderson was born...
(1866-1953) - inventor of the windshield wiper - Donald BeattyDonald BeattyDonald Croom Beatty was an American aviator, explorer, and inventor.Beatty was the son of Isaac Beatty, Jr and Hughie Duffee Beatty of Birmingham, Alabama . He began his flying career as a teenager by soloing a small plane he constructed himself with a motorcycle engine at his grandfather's farm...
(1900-1980) - aviator, explorer and inventor - Charley Boswell (1916-1995) - blind professional golfer
- Sydney J. BowieSydney J. BowieSydney Johnston Bowie was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, nephew of Franklin Welsh Bowdon.Born in Talladega, Alabama, Bowie attended private schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885.He was admitted to the bar June 1, 1885, and...
(1865-1928) - U. S. Representative 1901-1907 - William Bowron (1921-2008) - president of Red DiamondRed DiamondRed Diamond Inc. is a coffee, tea, and food service company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Red Diamond, founded in 1906, is one of the three oldest coffee and teas companies in the United States and has continuously been operated by members of the same family.Red Diamond is building a new...
Coffee and Tea - Paul W. "Bear" BryantBear BryantPaul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...
(1913-1983) - University of Alabama football coach - Ben Chapman (1908-1993) - Major League baseball player
- B. B. ComerB. B. ComerBraxton Bragg Comer was an American Democratic politician who was the 33rd Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911.-Early Life and Education:...
- (1848-1927) - Governor of Alabama 1907-1911, U. S. Senator 1920 - Father James CoyleJames CoyleJames Edwin Coyle was a Roman Catholic priest who was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama.-Early life:James Coyle was born in Drum, County Roscommon to Owen Coyle and his wife Margaret Durney. He attended Mungret College in Limerick and the Pontifical North American College in Rome...
(1873-1921) - assassinated priest of St. Paul's church - George Gordon Crawford (1869-1936) - Industrialist and second graduate of Georgia TechGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
- Russell McWhortor CunninghamRussell McWhortor CunninghamRussell McWhortor Cunningham was an American Democratic politician who was the acting Governor of Alabama from April 25, 1904 to March 5, 1905. He was lieutenant governor when Governor William D...
(1855-1921) - Governor of Alabama 1904-1905 - Lorenzo "Piper" Davis (1917-1989) - Professional baseball player, Birmingham Black BaronsBirmingham Black BaronsThe Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama, in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated...
- Spud DavisSpud DavisVirgil Lawrence "Spud" Davis was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Pittsburgh Pirates...
(1904-1984) - professional baseball player and manager - William Henry DensonWilliam Henry DensonWilliam Henry Denson was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Uchee, Alabama, Denson attended the common schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa....
(1846-1906) - U. S. Representative 1893-1895 - Eddie DentEddie DentElliott Estill Dent was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1909-1912 for the Brooklyn Dodgers....
(1887-1974) - professional baseball player - Joe DomnanovichJoe DomnanovichJoseph John Domnanovich was a professional American football Center in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Boston Yanks and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks . Prior to his professional career Domanovich played for Coach Frank Thomas at the University of Alabama from 1938-1942...
(1919-2009) - professional football player - Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr.Henry E. ErwinHenry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr., was a United States Army Air Forces airman and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. He earned the award as a staff sergeant and radio operator aboard a B-29 Superfortress in the Asia-Pacific theater...
(1921-2002) - World War II veteran - Medal of Honor Winner - John GrenierJohn GrenierJohn Edward Grenier was a Birmingham attorney and a pioneer in the development of the modern Republican Party in the U.S. state of Alabama. Grenier was a former litigator for Lange Simpson Robinson & Somerville, one of the oldest and most distinguished law firms in Birmingham. He was Alabama state...
(1930-2007) - Alabama Republican Party chairman - Sam HairstonSam HairstonSamuel Harding Hairston is a former Negro League baseball and Major League Baseball player. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues and played part of one season with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher...
(1920-1997) - Major League baseball player - Art HanesArt HanesArthur J. Hanes served as mayor of Birmingham, Alabama between 1961 and 1963, a tumultuous time that saw the city become a focal point in the burgeoning African-American Civil Rights Movement...
(1916-1997) - Mayor of Birmingham 1961-1963 - Lum HarrisLum HarrisChalmer Luman Harris was an American right-handed pitcher, coach, manager, and scout in Major League Baseball....
(1915-1996) - professional baseball manager (Houston Astros & Atlanta Braves) - Cliff HolmanCliff HolmanCliff Holman , best known as "Cousin Cliff," was a well-known television personality in the Birmingham, Alabama market...
(1929-2008) - Birmingham television celebrity - Frank O. House (1927-1989) - U.S. Air Force General
- George HuddlestonGeorge HuddlestonGeorge Huddleston was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr.Born on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee, Huddleston attended the common schools....
(1869-1960) - U. S. Representative 1915-1937 - George Huddleston, Jr.George Huddleston, Jr.George Huddleston, Jr. was a Democratic Congressman from Alabama.Huddleston was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the son of George Huddleston, who represented the Birmingham area in Congress from 1915 to 1937...
(1920-1971) - U. S. Representative 1955-1965 - Patti Ruffner JacobsPatti Ruffner JacobsPattie Ruffner Jacobs was an American women's suffragist from Birmingham, Alabama.Pattie Ruffner was born in 1875 in West Virginia, the daughter of salt merchant Lewis Ruffner...
(1875-1935) - social reformer - Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) - Governor of Alabama 1896-1900, U. S. Senator 1907-1913
- Eddie KendricksEddie KendricksEddie Kendricks was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things...
(1939-1992) - singer, co-founder of The TemptationsThe TemptationsThe Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,... - John W. KirklinJohn W. KirklinJohn Webster Kirklin was born in Muncie, Indiana, United States. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1942 he made several important contributions to heart surgery while practicing at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota...
(1917-2004) - pioneering heart surgeon - Gus Koutroulakis (1929-2011) - Owner of Pete's Famous Hot Dogs in Birmingham
- Denise McNair (1951-1963) - one of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing16th Street Baptist Church bombingThe 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning point in the U.S...
victims - Charles M. Meriwether, Jr. - former director of US Export-Import Bank and Alabama Finance Director
- Dee MilesDee MilesWilson Daniel Miles was a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. Miles was born in Kellerman, Alabama in 1909.-Career:...
(1909-1976) - Major League baseball player - John P. NewsomeJohn P. NewsomeJohn Parks Newsome was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Biography:Newsome was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He spent his youth in Thompsons Station, Tennessee. He attended school there, and later attended Battle Ground Academy in nearby Franklin.Following graduation Newsome worked in a wholesale...
(1893-1961) - U. S. Representative 1943-1945 - Luther PatrickLuther PatrickLuther Patrick was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Decatur, Alabama, Patrick attended the public schools, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana....
(1894-1957) - U. S. Representative 1937-1943 - Sun RaSun RaSun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...
(1914-1993) - Jazz musician - Rufus N. RhodesRufus N. RhodesRufus Napoleon Rhodes was the founder and managing editor of the Birmingham News from 1888 until his death....
(1856-1910) - founder of the Birmingham News - Bo RussellBo RussellTorrance Albert Russell, Jr. was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Auburn University and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1939 NFL Draft. His interment was located in Birmingham's Elmwood...
(1916-1997) - professional football player - Harold Ruttenberg (1942-2005) - founder of Just For FeetJust For FeetJust For Feet Inc. was an athletic shoe and sportswear retailer headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama which became one of the largest and fastest growing athletic stores in the United States. In 2000 Footstar acquired Just For Feet...
- Ed SalemEd SalemEdward Joseph Salem was an American football quarterback and defensive back. He was a 1950 College Football All-America Team selection from the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and played one season for the National Football League's Washington Redskins and one season for the Canadian Football...
(1928-2001) - professional football player and restauranteur - Fred SingtonFred SingtonFrederic William Sington was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators...
(1910-1998) - professional football player - Jesse F. StallingsJesse F. StallingsJesse Francis Stallings was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Manningham, Alabama, Stallings completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1877....
(1856-1928) - U. S. Representative 1893-1901 - Bill Terry, Jr (1949-1969) Vietnam War veteran, the first African American interred at Elmwood Cemetery
- Oscar UnderwoodOscar UnderwoodOscar Wilder Underwood was an American politician.Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 1862. He was the grandson of Joseph R. Underwood, a Kentucky Senator circa 1850. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville...
(1862-1929) - U. S. Senator 1915-1927 - Dixie WalkerDixie Walker (pitcher)Ewart Gladstone "Dixie" Walker , was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the Washington Senators. He batted left and threw right-handed. Walker had a 25-31 record in 74 career games....
(1887-1965), Fred "Dixie" Walker's father - Dixie WalkerDixie WalkerFred E. "Dixie" Walker was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates...
(1911-1982) - Major League baseball player - Frank S. WhiteFrancis S. WhiteFrancis Shelley "Frank" White was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. Born in Noxubee County, Mississippi, he became a lawyer and served in the Civil War. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives and then moved to Birmingham, Alabama to practice law. He was elected to fill...
(1847-1922) - U. S. Senator 1914-1915 - Abraham WoodsAbraham WoodsAbraham Woods was an American civil rights leader, who helped coordinate the 1963 March on Washington, D.C. and stood behind Martin Luther King, Jr. during his historic speech....
(1928-2008) - minister and civil rights activist - Yam YaryanYam YaryanClarence Everett "Yam" Yaryan was a Major League Baseball catcher. Yaryan played for the Chicago White Sox in 1921 and 1922. He batted and threw right-handed....
(1892-1964) - Major League baseball player