Greenwood Cemetery (Montgomery, Alabama)
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
| Greenwood Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1901 |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32°22′19″N 86°15′40″W |
| Owned by | Dignity Memorial |
| No. of interments | ~40,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Greenwood Cemetery |
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.
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