Greenwood Cemetery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Established | 1901 |
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Coordinates | 32°22′19″N 86°15′40″W / 32.37194°N 86.26111°WCoordinates: 32°22′19″N 86°15′40″W / 32.37194°N 86.26111°W |
Owned by | Dignity Memorial |
No. of interments | ~40,000 |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Greenwood Cemetery |
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
Notable interments include:
- John Abercrombie, U. S. Congressman[1]
- Bibb Graves, 38th Governor of Alabama[2]
- Dixie Bibb Graves, U. S. Senator and First Lady of Alabama[3]
- J. Lister Hill, U. S. Congressman and Senator[4]
- Reuben Kolb, Alabama's commissioner of agriculture[5]
- William R. Lawley, Jr., United States Army Air Forces officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Gordon Persons, 43rd Governor of Alabama[6]
- John C. C. Sanders, Civil War Confederate Brigadier General
- George Wallace, 45th Governor of Alabama[7]
- Lurleen Burns Wallace, 46th Governor of Alabama, First Lady of Alabama[8]
References[]
- ^ United States Congress. "John Abercrombie (id: A000013)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ "Alabama Governor David Bibb Graves". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ United States Congress. "Dixie Bibb Graves (id: G000391)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ United States Congress. "Joseph Lister Hill (id: H000598)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Warren, Danielle N. (January 22, 2010). "Reuben F. Kolb". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ "Alabama Governor Seth Gordon Persons". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Pressley, Sue Anne (September 17, 1998). "At Wallace Funeral, a Redemptive Tone". Washington Post. p. A02. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Wallace, Lurleen B. #13187". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
External links[]
- White Chapel–Greenwood Funeral Home & Greenwood Serenity Memorial Gardens
- Greenwood Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenwood Cemetery
Categories:
- Cemeteries in Montgomery, Alabama
- South Alabama geography stubs
- United States cemetery stubs
- Montgomery, Alabama stubs