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Alabama Story Tombstones

From Our Readers

Have you experienced that moment in a cemetery when the
tombstone of a stranger stops you in your tracks? Etched in the stone is a
story—tragic, humorous, heroic—a few words that illuminate a life.
This page is dedicated to Alabama's "story" tombstones.

Read more about how to submit a tombstone at the bottom of this page,
or just click here.

Click on a thumbnail to take you to a particular story,
or just scroll down to begin reading.

Alabama Heritage would like to thank Doug Purcell of the
Historic Chattahoochie Commission for his work soliciting
many of the stories you see here.

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Sally Moore
W. W. Moore Cemetery
Auburn, Alabama (Lee County)
Submitted by Ann Pearson

Inscription reads:

The subject
of this Epitaph
MRS. SALLY S.
wife of
WM. WASHINGTON MOORE
born April 22, 1801,
died June 15, 1845

A husband's fond affection has
erected this stone to mark the last resting
place of a lovely and devoted wife.
Were I to attempt to praise words would
fail and the stranger gaze in
unbelief: but her character demands and
justice requires me to say that she was
amiable and affectionate: her love for her
husband and children knew no limit:
in all the relations of life her conduct would
bear the strictest scrutiny, yet her sweetness
of temper and lovely disposition could
not stay the hand of death, she was called
from earth to Heaven.

Photo courtesy of Ann Pearson

Comments from Submitter:
This beautiful stone, in both appearance and sentiment, has been standing unscathed since 1845.

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Daniel McPherson
Indian Springs Church Cemetery
Monroe County
Submitted by James Carter

Inscription reads:

DANIEL McPHERSON
PVT CO D 4 ALA RES
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
1818 1885

Photo courtesy of James Carter

Lt. Joshua Lazarus Moses
Magnolia Cemetery
Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription reads:

Lieutenant J. L. Moses
Aged
25 Years
And Three Comrades
Who Fell at Blakely
On April 9, 1865

He fired the last gun
in the defense of Mobile
He fought for the Cause
from its birth
and refusing to surrender
gave his life to die with it.

Oh death where is thy sting?

Photo courtesy of Ginger Ann Brook

Comments from Submitter:
Lee had surrendered at Appomattox a few hours previous to the end of the final battle at Blakely. J. L. Moses was the last Jewish Confederate soldier to die in combat.

Strangely enough, it was his cousin, Albert Moses Luria, who was the first Jewish Confederate to die in the War.

AH Comments:
The Winter 2009 issue of Alabama Heritage will include the story of the Battle of Fort Blakely, by Jim Noles.

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Sarah H. Amason
Old Side Cemetery
Sumterville, Alabama (Sumter County)
Submitted by Henry W. Nunnelley

Inscription reads:

M(?) Sarah H. Amason
Consort of
Asa Amason
Born of religious parents in
Edgecomb County, N.C. on the
19th February 1804. Removed to
Sumter County Ala. 1835,
Married the 25th Nov 1838,
and departed this life on the 11th
of February 1855 � aged 50 years
11months and 22 days.
--------------------
The deceased though in delicate
health was possessed of great energy
of character and was universally
beloved by her relations and greatly
respected by her neighbours and
though she never made an open
profession of religion she had enjoyed
a hope through our Lord Jesus Christ
for many years and was in principle
a primitive Baptist. She lived a pious
life and died in hope of eternal
salvation. Though her relations
and friends mourn her loss, they
mourn not as those who have no hope
Blessed are the dead which died (?) in the Lord.
R(?)

Photo courtesy of Henry W. Nunnelley

Comments from Submitter:
Although every effort was made to faithfully transcribe the inscription, due to the effects of time, there are parts of this stone that were unclear. Those places have been marked with "(?)".

Forman Austin Mize
Liberty Presbyterian Cemetery
Odenville, Alabama
(St. Clair County)
Submitted by Jerry Smith

Inscription reads:

FORMAN AUSTIN MIZE
Feb. 13, 1900
Lost On U.S.S. Cyclops
March 1918
Gone but not forgotten
SON

Photo courtesy of Jerry Smith

Comments from Submitter:
Mize went down with the Cyclops, a collier that was lost without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle during WWI. The stone is, of course, just a memorial.

Reference at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cyclops_(AC-4)

AH Comments:
The Spring 2004 (#72) issue of Alabama Heritage contains an article by Sam Duvall, titled "Alabama in World War One: The Gold Star Collection," which describes a number of Alabama servicemen lost in World War I, including another sailor on the USS Cyclops. Click here to read an abstract.

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Pleasant R. Crump
Hall Family Cemetery at Refuge Baptist Church
Lincoln, Alabama (Talladega County)
Submitted by Jerry Smith

Inscription reads:

COL. P. R."RIGGS" CRUMP
Dec. 23, 1847
Dec. 31, 1951

Deacon Refuge Baptist
Church 71 Yrs.

Separate marker at head:

LAST LIVING CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER IN ALABAMA
LAST LIVING SOLDIER THAT
WITNESSED THE SURRENDER
AT APPOMATTOX, VA.

Marker at foot:

PLEASANT R CRUMP
Pvt Co A 10 ALA INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
DEC 23 1847 DEC 31 1951

Photos courtesy of Jerry Smith

Comments from Submitter:
Click here to read Crump's story from Jerry Smith's Driving Dixie series for further information.

The Crump pictures have also appeared on the PBS show History's Mysteries.

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Chinabee
Munford, Alabama (Talladega County)
Submitted by Jerry Smith

Bronze plaque on stone:

CHINABEE
Selocta
Indian Chief

Photo courtesy of Jerry Smith

Comments from Submitter:
Located near Munford, AL on McElderry Road, at roadside.

Selocta Chinabee was a Creek Indian who once dressed in a pigskin to sneak through enemy lines when other Creek Indians were beseiging Fort Lashley in the present city of Talladega, AL, in order to go fetch Andrew Jackson, whose army was operating near Fort Strother, near the present Neely Henry Dam. Jackson was able to save Fort Lashley as a result of Chinabee's heroic act. He was buried on this roadside site, which was later marked and covered with concrete to prevent theft.

Reference at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AL-AfricaAmer/1999-05/0926782094

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Rev. Joel Sims
Clayton Cemetery
Barbour County
Submitted by Doug Purcell

Inscription reads:

REV. JOEL SIMS
1800-1879

Rev. Joel Sims, a missionary, founded
many local Baptist churches including
ones in Eufaula, Clayton, Bethlehem,
Louisville, Clio and Mt. Andrews.
his love and dedication will always
be remembered in south Alabama

Photo courtesy of Doug Purcell

Comments from Submitter:
The pulpit tombstone was manufactured through J. J. Jaxon Company in Eufaula.

William Maherg
Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
Coosa, Alabama (Coosa County)
Submitted by Billy Parker

Inscription reads:

WILLIAM MAHERG
JULY 22, 1795
DEC. 8, 1862

HE SELECTED THE
CEMITERY (sic) SITE AND
WAS FIRST TO BE
BURIED HERE

Photo courtesy of Billy Parker

Tandy W. Key
Salem Cemetery
Salem, Alabama (Lee County)
Submitted by Albert Killian

Comments from Submitter:
Mr. Key was born on November 22, 1829, and died on July 17, 1853. He was a gambling man and requested that his burial slab be crafted in the form of a gambling table.

Photo courtesy of Albert Killian

Of some interest is the pylon next to Key's grave. Inscribed on the white marble are these words:

Remember man as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now so you will be.
Prepare for death and follow me.

Below this inscription, in black chalk, someone wrote these (long since faded) words:

To follow you I'm not content
Until I know which way you went.

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James M. Wood
Rehobeth/Jennings Cemetery
(also known as the Green Cemetery)
Stewartville, Alabama (Coosa County)
Submitted by Elizabeth Jones

Inscription reads:

Here rests the Remains of
James M. Wood
Who was murdered near Sylacauga, in
Talladega Co., Ala., by a band of midnight
assassins, on the night of 24, Oct. 1863.
Aged 52 years & 2 months.

Rest, Father, rest in thy narrow home,
For o'er thy head, thy foes may tread:
But mark this dreadful end,
Rest peaceful in this mound of clay,
Thy blood shall be avenged.

Retributive conscience will harass the per
petrators with the memory of their crime
and haunt them with the fantom (sic) of
guilt born fear.

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Jones

Richard Griffin
Newville Baptist Church Cemetery
Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Submitted by Roberta Whiddon Childs

Inscription reads:

Federal Prohibition Agent
Died Doing His Duty

Photo courtesy of Roberta Whiddon Childs

Comments from Submitter:
Griffin, Richard D. b. January 05, 1896, d. December 07, 1920
Richard, �Dick�, was the son of State Representative John Thomas and Margaret Varina Hudspeth Griffin. In 1917, he was attending Howard College and working at Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company (Docena, Alabama) as a watchman. He joined the Home Guard of Alabama May 17, 1917. In January of 1920, he was a druggist in Newville. By December of 1920, Richard was an FBI �G-Man.� He was killed at Coolie Springs near Birmingham by bootleggers during the Era of Prohibition.

Click here to read an article from the Newville Advertiser about the incident.

Lee Griffin�s arm
Newville Baptist Church Cemetery
Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Submitted by Roberta Whiddon Childs

Inscription reads:

Sept. 13, 1906

Photo courtesy of Roberta Whiddon Childs

Comments from Submitter:
Lee Griffin�s arm was cut off in a piece of gin machinery. His arm is buried under a monument that looks like a ball near the west side entrance of the church. The date is faded, but it appears to be Sept. 13, 1906, at which time he would have been about 25 years old. He owned land in Henry County, Houston County and Seminole County, GA. He operated wagon dealerships, livery stables and was a mule and horse trader. He owned cotton gins in Newville and Headland, a mercantile store and a stable in Headland. Lee was the son of Dempsey and Eliza Jane Clenney Griffin. He died in 1958 and is buried in the Methodist Cemetery in Headland.

Ethel Price
Newville Baptist Church Cemetery
Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Submitted by Roberta Whiddon Childs

Inscription reads:

MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND
H. C. PRICE, JR.
SO HARD IN THE BLOOM OF LIFE TO
HAVE HER LIFE STOLEN BY THE ONE
WHO PROMISED TO KEEP AND PROTECT
THROUGH THIS LIFE.

SLEEP ON PRECIOUS CHILD AND MOTHER.
WE HOPE TO MEET AND SEE YOU SOME
SWEET DAY.

Photo courtesy of Roberta Whiddon Childs

Comments from Submitter:
Price, Ethel Wright b. December 23, 1906, d. November 9, 1931
Ethel was the daughter of Forrest Wright and Eliza Jane Griffin Wright.

Click here to read newspaper articles about the incident.

Fredrick Whiddon
Newville Baptist Church Cemetery
Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Submitted by Roberta Whiddon Childs

Inscription reads:

A FOUNDER AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
1963-1998
HONORED AS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING
YOUNG MEN IN AMERICA IN 1965
NAMED 1981 OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATOR
IN ALABAMA
AWARDED HONORARY DOCTOR OF LETTERS
BY HIS ALMA MATER EMORY
UNIVERSITY IN 1991

BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER

"THAT WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE
ONE EQUAL TEMPER OF HEROIC HEARTS
MADE WEAK BY TIME AND FATE
BUT STRONG IN WILL
TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND
AND NOT TO YIELD"
TENNYSON'S ULYSSES

Photo courtesy of Roberta Whiddon Childs

Comments from Submitter:
Whiddon, Fredrick Palmer b. March 2, 1930, d. May 1, 2002
Fred was the son of Samuel Wilson and Ollie Palmer Whiddon. He was a Methodist minister and an educator. He was president of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, 1963-1998.

Henry Blake
Browder Cemetery
Glennville, Alabama (Russell County)
Submitted by Doug Purcell

Inscription reads:

SACRED
to the Memory of
HENRY BLAKE,
who was Murdered
and robbed by
GEORGE W. LORE,
Feb. 9th, 1841

(Not pictured) Inscription on reverse reads:

SACRED
to the Memory of
ELIZABETH BLAKE,
the mother of
HENRY BLAKE,
who was born
Oct. 30th, 1790,
and died from grief
at the loss of her son
Sept. 28, 1841

Photo courtesy of Doug Purcell

Comments from Submitter:
Elizabeth Blake, from Mississippi, allegedly dropped dead at the grave of her son when viewing his burial site for the first time.

Presently, this cemetery is completely overgrown and has been damaged by fire and hurricane Opal. Glennville is now a ghost town just off US Highway 431 about sixteen miles north of Eufaula. It is approximately 30 miles south of Phenix City. At one time it was a thriving community.

Leroy Brown (beloved fish)
Home of Ray Scott
Pintlala, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Submitted by Doug Purcell

Inscription reads:

MOST BASS
ARE JUST FISH,
BUT
LEROY BROWN
WAS
SOMETHING
SPECIAL

Photo courtesy of Jaxon Monument Company

Comments from Submitter:
Leroy Brown was a largemouth bass caught by Tom Mann in 1973. He lived in Mann's aquarium at Fish World for nearly eight years before he died of natural causes. Upon the fish's death, Mann commissioned the J. J. Jaxon Company to create this monument. The monument is now located at the home of Ray Scott.

Click here to read an article about Leroy Brown by Ray Scott.

You can also visit http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/leroy.html to read more.

Alabama Heritage would like to thank Ray Scott Outdoors for their help with this article.

George Sims
Clayton Cemetery
Clayton, Alabama (Barbour County)
Submitted by Doug Purcell

Inscription reads:

The Village Smithy

A Wonderful Dad
and a Loving Caring
Inspirational Mother.

Photo courtesy of The Clayton Record

Click here to read an article about this anvil-shaped monument.

W. T. Mullen
Clayton Cemetery
Clayton, Alabama (Barbour County)
Submitted by Doug Purcell

Inscription reads:

In memory of
W. T. Mullen
son of
J. and N. Mullen
Born
in Talbotton Ga.
June 18th 1834
Died
July 18th 1863

Photo courtesy of The Clayton Record

Comments from Submitter:
The Whiskey Bottle tombstone occupies a prominent position in the Clayton Cemetery, which is located in downtown Clayton off North Midway Street. This monument marks the final resting place of W. T. Mullen, who was born in 1834 and died in 1863.

Legend has it that Mullen was a heavy drinker and his wife was an ardent teetotaler. Mrs. Mullen tried everything to get her husband to break this bad habit including cajoling, nagging and finally, threats. After losing all patience, she told him to go ahead and drink himself to death. She warned him that, if this happened, a tombstone shaped like a whiskey bottle would be erected on his grave as a reminder to all of his previous drinking problem.

Mrs. Mullen was apparently true to her word as a stone whiskey bottle replica, standing several feet high, marks his burial place today. A smaller counterpart, complete with a stone cork, is situated at the foot of the grave. Until recently, people would put small change under the stone cork for anyone who needed a few extra coins to purchase a bottle of wine or some other spirit.

According to information from the1860 census of Barbour County, Mullen was a bookkeeper who lived in a hotel in Clayton in 1860.

Nadine Earles
Lanett City Cemetery
Lanett, Alabama (Chambers County)
Submitted by Doug Purcell and Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription reads:

Our Darling Little Girl
Sweetest In The World
April 3, 1929
December 18, 1933
Little Nadine Earles
In Heaven We Hope To Meet
Me Want It Now

Photo courtesy of the Valley Times-News

Comments from Submitter:
A brick doll house sits over the grave site of Nadine Earles, who was born April 3, 1929, and died December 18, 1933. The grave is located inside the doll house, which includes a fire place and toys of many kinds. The dollhouse was built to fulfill the dying wish of "Little Nadine."

Click here to see more photos of the dollhouse.

Nucci
Italian-Catholic Cemetery
West Blockton, Alabama (Bibb County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription:

SULLA TERRA DEGLI
ESTINTI GIACE
LE SPOGLIE MORTALI
DI NARCISO NUCCI DI ANNI 52, MORTO A BLOCTON ALA. IL 7
LUGLIO 1908 DOPO
AVERE SOFFERTO PER ANNI 12 CONSECUTIVI
SUL ALTARE DI UNA
PENOSA MALATTIA, LA
MORTE LO TOLSE DA
QUELLE SOFFERENZE E
AL AFFETTO DEI SUOI
E QUANTI LO CONOSCEVANO
PER LE SUE BUONE QUALITA
LASCIA A PIANGERLO LA
MOGLIE E 7 FIGLI; LA
SPOSA ANDRIETTA E I
FIGLI A PERENNE MEMORIA
QUESTO MARMO POSERO
PREGATE PACE PER
LA SUA TOMBA.

Roughly translated, inscription reads:

In this land of the dead lies the mortal remains of Nargiso Nucci, age 52. Died at Blockton, Ala., July 7, 1908. After having suffered for 12 consecutive years of a painful disease, his death removed his misery, and his many good qualities are remembered by those who loved him. He leaves a bereaved wife and 7 sons; Spouse Andrietta and his sons placed this marble in his perpetual memory and pray for the peace of his tomb.

Photo by Ginger Ann Brook

AH Comments:
Anyone literate in Italian who wishes to improve our translation, please email us at heritage@bama.ua.edu.

Castelli
Italian-Catholic Cemetery
West Blockton, Alabama (Bibb County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription:

QUI DIAGE LE CENERI
DELLA POVERA DELFU
ELIZABETHA CASTELLI
NATA 1864.
ASSASINATA NELLA
GIOVINA ETA DI 36.
ANNI DERUBATA E
ASSASINO DI RAZZA
NEGRA, LA MATTINA,
DEL GIORNO A ORE 8 DEI
15 DECEMBRE 1902,
LASOLANDO IL SUO
CONSORTE E FIGLIO
LAGRIMOSI E DOLENTI

Roughly translated, inscription reads:

Here lie the ashes of poor deceased Elizabetha Castelli born in 1864 murdered at the young age of 36 years, robbed and killed by a murderer of the black race in the morning at 8:00 on December 15, 1902 leaving behind her husband and son, weeping and sobbing

Photo by Ginger Ann Brook

Governor William Calvin Oates
Oakwood Cemetery
Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription:

Born in poverty, reared in adversity, without educational advantages, yet by honest individual effort he obtained a competency and the confidence of his fellow men. While fairly liberal to relatives and the worthy poor, a devoted Confederate soldier, he gave his right arm for The Cause. He accepted the result of the war without a murmur and in 1896-98 he was a Brigadier General of United States Volunteers in the war with Spain.

Photo by Ginger Ann Brook

AH Comments:
Governor Oates was featured in Alabama Heritage issue 84. To read the abstract, click here.

Louise Winchester Clark
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Inscription:

Louise Winchester Clark
Wife of
WM. Garth Gilchrist
Born Rosedale, Miss. 1884
Died Courtland, Ala. 1964

Somewhere beyond the sunset
Where loveliness never dies
She lives in a land of glory
Mid the blue and gold of the skies

And we who knew and loved her
Whose passing has brought sad tears
Will cherish her memory always
To brighten the passing years.

Photo by Kelly Branigan

William Daniel Gilchrist
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Inscription:

Sacred
To the Memory of
William Daniel Gilchrist
son of
Daniel & Nancy Gilchrist
Born 23 of February 1823
Departed this life 2 of December
1841
aged 18 years 9 month & 9 days

Died in the triumphs of the Christian Faith.

Jesus can make a dying bed
feel soft as downy pillows are
while on his breast I lean my head
and breath my life out sweetly there

Photo by Kelly Branigan

Samuel P. Jones
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Inscription:

Sacred
To the Memory of
Samuel P. Jones
Born in Halifax County Va
Oct. 28, 1794
Moved to Ala. Dec. 1818,
Lived in Ala. Until 1850,
then moved to Texas and re-
mained until 1869, in which
time he moved back to Ala.
near Courtland where he br-
eathed his last July 22, 1881.

Beneath this stone doth lie an honest
man, the noblest work of God.
S.T. Torian

Photo by Kelly Branigan

Father & Mother
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Inscription:

Father & Mother

At the crystal
rivers brink
We shall find
each broken link.

Photo by Kelly Branigan

Charles Pearson
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Inscription:

Sacred
To the Memory of
Charles Pearson
who departed this
life, (in the triumphs
of the Christian faith)
on the 16 Oct 1828,
aged 35 years.

Mild and peacable
in his disposition he
was lamented by all
who knew him.

Photo by Kelly Branigan

Sarah Letitia Hall
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Inscription:

To the Memory of
Sarah Letitia Hall
Born
Feb. 21, 1848,
Died
June 28, 1870

Where�s a friend
Who�s ever near
He will keep thee
never fear.

Keep thee by His
grace and love,
Till we meet in
Heaven above.

Photo by Kelly Branigan

Children of S.S. & Lida F. Pippen
Courtland Cemetery
Courtland, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Submitted by Kelly Branigan

Click here for additional images.

Photo by Kelly Branigan

John Godwin
Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription:

John Godwin
born
October 17, 1798,
died
February 26, 1859.

This stone was placed
here by
Horace King
in lasting remembrance
of the love and gratitude
he felt for his lost friend
and former master

Photos by Ginger Ann Brook

AH Comments:
This monument was purchased by Horace King, John Godwin's former slave. You can read the entire story in the Alabama Heritage article "Horace King: Bridge Builder" from issue #11. Click here for the full text "From the Vault" version of the article.

Harriet Emily Pryor
Athens City Cemetery
Athens, Alabama (Limestone County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription:

Harriet Emily Pryor
beloved wife of
Robert Joseph Lowe
Born Sept. 13, 1866
And Francis Pettus Lowe
Their infant son
Born March 2, 1901

Wife and Child

Killed in the ruins of their home by the
cyclone which destroyed it, Monday morning
March 25, 1901

Photo by Ginger Ann Brook

Strudwick Tutwiler Pennington
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jasper, Alabama (Walker County)
Submitted by Ginger Ann Brook

Inscription:

Ens. Strudwick Tutwiler Pennington
Born March 8, 1921
Graduated Annapolis Naval Academy
December 19, 1941
Lost on USS Sims
During Coral Sea Engagement
May 8, 1942

They that go down to the sea in ships
These see the works of the Lord.

Photo by Ginger Ann Brook

Do you know of an interesting or unusual tombstone?
If you know of such a tombstone, you may send a digital image by email to heritage@bama.ua.edu or a photograph to Alabama Heritage, Box 870342, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0342. Please include your name, contact information (which we will not publish), and the location of the tombstone, including the county. Unfortunately, we will not be able to return photographs.

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