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Spencer was the first woman mayor of Huntsville, and the first woman mayor of one of Alabama's "four main cities," which also include Birmingham, Mobile and Montgomery. [3] When Spencer was first elected mayor in 1996, she was the co-owner of a local funeral home. [4] Spencer is a former teacher in the Huntsville City School System. [3]
Clyde Foster was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on November 21, 1931, as the sixth child of twelve. [1] He attended A. H. Parker High School, and the experience of living as an African American in segregated Birmingham made him realize he needed to get away; for that reason he attended Alabama A&M University (a historically black university in the north of the state), where he received his BS ...
Maple Hill Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.Founded on two acres (8,000 m 2) in about the year 1822, it now encompasses nearly 100 acres (400,000 m 2) and contains over 80,000 burials.
Former President Jimmy Carter, honored more widely for his humanitarian work around the globe after his presidency than for his White House tenure during a tumultuous time, has died.He was 100 ...
Alabama (8th district) March 31, 1914 74 Arteriosclerosis [83] Atlantic City, New Jersey: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama: Christopher C. Harris: August 6, 1900 May 8, 1839 Athens, Alabama: 63rd (1913–1915) William O'Connell Bradley Republican Kentucky : May 23, 1914 67 Uremia caused by complications from streetcar fall: Washington, D.C.
At the funeral of the unpopular and gluttonous George IV in 1830, Windsor was described as filled with “more the characters of a masquerade, than spectators hastening to a funeral”.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide whether federally mandated warnings on cigarette packs that graphically illustrate the health risks of smoking violate the ...
Newly formed Alabama Legislature convenes in Huntsville. [1] 1820 - Alabama state capital relocated from Huntsville to Cahaba. [1] 1822 - Maple Hill Cemetery in use (approximate date). 1825 - Southern Advocate and Huntsville Advertiser newspaper in publication. [2] 1835 - A large fire near the Courthouse Square destroys about a dozen buildings. [5]