Jarvis Turner, born in Birmingham, England on August 14, 1814, was an early marble carver who sculpted hundreds of extraordinary tombstones throughout Alabama’s black belt region as well as in areas along the upper Tombigbee River. Turner made his life in Mobile beginning in 1836, and operated a successful monument business until 1871 when he [...]
Montgomery, AL – At Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery, there is a plaque that signifies the burials of 78 officers and men of the Royal Air Force and a cross has been erected as a memorial to these brave soldiers. Some were only eighteen, but all of them died in flight training at Gunter Field [...]
Prattville – Ginger Jones, a Prattville resident and historian, registered Rocky Mount Cemetery as one of Alabama’s Historical Cemeteries with the Alabama Historical Commission. Since part of Rocky Mount Road was changed to Bass Pro Boulevard, she is spearheading an effort to get an historical marker placed at the site. Some of Ginger’s ancestors, the [...]
Prattville – Genealogy comes alive in a cemetery, pardon the pun. What I mean to say is, one can gather much information from perusing the headstones of families who have been laid to rest. A case in point is Prattville’s Oak Hill Cemetery, where you can find the remains of the city’s oldest pioneer (according [...]
