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Elmwood Cemetery (also known as Elm Leaf Cemetery) is a 326 acres (132 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. In 1900 it consisted of ...
Gaston died in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 19, 1996, at the age of 103. [19] He left behind an insurance company, the Booker T. Washington Insurance Company; a construction firm, the A.G. Gaston Construction Company, Smith and Gaston Funeral Home, and a financial institution, CFS Bancshares. The City of Birmingham owns the motel.
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Law enforcement had been unaware that he was missing until his parents and 2-year-old sister were involved in a fatal crash on Dec. 8 near Glen Allen, about 70 miles northwest of Birmingham, the ...
Ross-Clayton Funeral Home was the largest Black funeral chapel in the city and has a long history of community service, particularly during the civil rights movement. [12] [13] The funeral home supported the movement by providing transportation for black voters and participating in the Montgomery bus boycott, [14] [15] conduct class for colored wardens, with E. P. Wallace, serving as the ...
Oak Hill Cemetery, located just north of downtown, is Birmingham, Alabama's oldest cemetery. Originally 21.5 acres (87,000 m 2) 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. It was marked as "City Cemetery" on the ...
Bert Nettles, lawyer in Birmingham; Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives from Mobile (1969-1974) Charles Redding Pitt , chairman of Alabama Democratic Party Cecil F. Poole , federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit
Jack Biddle III (February 7, 1930 – February 18, 2024) was an American politician who served in the Alabama Legislature for 32 years, in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1974 to 1994, and the Alabama Senate from 1994 to 2006.