Greenwood Cemetery (Montgomery, Alabama)

Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery
Details
Established	1901
Location	Montgomery, Alabama, US
Coordinates	32°22′19″N86°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

Last updated July 20, 2025

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]
Ed Wells, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns.^[9]

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.
↑ "Wells Buried in Montgomery". The Birmingham News . May 4, 1986. p. 6B. Retrieved July 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.

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[1] United States Congress. "John Abercrombie (id: A000013)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[2] "Alabama Governor David Bibb Graves". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[3] United States Congress. "Dixie Bibb Graves (id: G000391)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[4] United States Congress. "Joseph Lister Hill (id: H000598)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[5] Warren, Danielle N. (January 22, 2010). "Reuben F. Kolb". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

[6] "Alabama Governor Seth Gordon Persons". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[7] Pressley, Sue Anne (September 17, 1998). "At Wallace Funeral, a Redemptive Tone". Washington Post. p. A02. Retrieved May 5, 2013.

[8] 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.

[9] "Wells Buried in Montgomery". The Birmingham News . May 4, 1986. p. 6B. Retrieved July 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.

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