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Imagine my surprise when my colleague, Ginger Brook (proprietor of deepfriedkudzu.com) emailed to say that the Kelly Grave Shelter I’d asked her to photograph) for the article I was preparing for the Summer 2021 Alabama Heritage, was “gone.”
At first, I thought maybe she’d looked in the wrong Little Vine Cemetery. There’s one in Walker County northwest of Birmingham, another northeast of Cullman, and a third in south Alabama. I also knew that older grave shelters—above grade structures that cover below grade burials—often fall down and get cleaned away. But the Kelly Grave Shelter was built in 2009, so that fate seemed unlikely. Had there been a tornado I’d not heard about?
At first, I thought maybe she’d looked in the wrong Little Vine Cemetery. There’s one in Walker County northwest of Birmingham, another northeast of Cullman, and a third in south Alabama. I also knew that older grave shelters—above grade structures that cover below grade burials—often fall down and get cleaned away. But the Kelly Grave Shelter was built in 2009, so that fate seemed unlikely. Had there been a tornado I’d not heard about?
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