Index to Locations FayettevillePursell FamilyCemeterySylacaugaUnknown locationSylacaugaEvergreen CemeterySylacaugaFort Williams CemeterySylacaugaMarble City CemeterySylacaugaOld City CemeteryTalladegaClark Hill CemeteryTalladegaOak Hill Cemetery
Pursell FamilyCemetery
Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama
UnknownLocation
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
EvergreenCemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
Founded 1951
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Murray P. McCluskey (1915-2003) — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,December29, 1915.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; co-owned CleanCleaners,Inc. withBillNichols; ownedmotels;lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1970-78.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.DiedJune 18,2003 (age87 years, 171days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Decker Andrew McCluskey and Annie (Ogletree) McCluskey; firstcousin once removed ofThomasAvery Ogletree. |
Fort WilliamsCemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Benjamin Payton (1943-1994) — also known asJames Payton — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.BornJune 12,1943.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1984-94; died in office 1994.Drownedwhileswimmingto retrieve a radio-controlled miniature boat, in Lake Howard,Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,July 28,1994 (age51 years, 46days).Interment at Fort Williams Cemetery.
Marble CityCemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Flynt Nichols (1918-1988) — also known asBill Nichols — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born near Becker,MonroeCounty, Miss.,October16, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1959-63; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1963-67; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1964;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1967-88 (4th District 1967-73, 3rdDistrict 1973-88); died in office 1988.Methodist.DiedDecember13, 1988 (age70 years, 58days).Interment at Marble City Cemetery. | | Thomas Avery Ogletree (1890-1958) — also known asTom Ogletree — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 31,1890.Democrat.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1934-40.Died in Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,January13, 1958 (age67 years, 227days).Interment at Marble City Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Aaron Ogletree and Samantha Elizabeth (Lee) Ogletree;married to Mamie Stuart; first cousin once removed ofMurrayP. McCluskey. |
| | William Peeples Oden (1849-1898) — Born in Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 31,1849.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate senate, 1890.Died in Childersburg,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,October14, 1898 (age49 years, 136days).Interment at Marble City Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Howard Arrington Parker (b. 1896) — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in1896.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1940-41; resigned 1941.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Original interment at Marble City Cemetery; reinterment atPursell Family Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ala.| | Relatives: Sonof Dewitt Arrington Parker and Lutitia Maude (Oden) Parker; nephew ofWilliamPeeples Oden. |
Old CityCemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Albert C. Crumpler (1808-1882) — Born in Nottoway Parish,SouthamptonCounty, Va.,November29, 1808.Tanner;planter;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1850;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861.Died in Crumpler's Mountain,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,November29, 1882 (age74 years, 0days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Beasant Crumpler and Elizabeth (Wright) Crumpler; married,March 9,1832, to Maria Zeigler. |
Clark HillCemetery
Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (1826-1881) — also known asMarcus H. Cruikshank — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born inAutaugaCounty, Ala.,December12, 1826.Mayorof Talladega, Ala., 1850;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1864-65.While riding, he wasthrownfrom hishorse andkilled,October10, 1881 (age54 years, 302days).Interment at Clark Hill Cemetery.
Oak HillCemetery
Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama
Founded 1831
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lewis Eliphalet Parsons (1817-1895) — also known asLewis E. Parsons — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.BornApril28, 1817.Governorof Alabama, 1865; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1868;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1872.DiedJune 8,1895 (age78 years, 41days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel Wright Mardis (1800-1836) — also known asSamuel W. Mardis — of Montevallo,ShelbyCounty, Ala.Born in Fayetteville,LincolnCounty, Tenn.,June 12,1800.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1823-25, 1828-30;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1831-35 (2nd District 1831-33, 3rdDistrict 1833-35).Slaveowner. Died in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,November14, 1836 (age36 years, 155days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Miller Shelley (1833-1907) — also known asCharles M. Shelley — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Tennessee,1833.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1877-81, 1882-85.Slaveowner. Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,1907(ageabout74 years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Joseph Addison Woodward (1806-1885) — also known asJoseph A. Woodward — of South Carolina. Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (nowFairfieldCounty), S.C.,April11, 1806.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1834-35, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1843-53.Slaveowner. Died in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,August3, 1885 (age79 years, 114days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Taul Bradford (1835-1883) — of Alabama. Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,January20, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1871-72;U.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1875-77.Slaveowner. DiedOctober28, 1883 (age48 years, 281days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Scales Plowman (1843-1919) — also known asThomas S. Plowman — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,June 8,1843.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;mayorof Talladega, Ala., 1872; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1888;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1897-99; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1912; president, First NationalBank ofTalladega.Died in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,July 26,1919 (age76 years, 48days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | John A. Bingham (1855-1932) — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 7,1855.Republican. Postmaster atTalladega,Ala., 1897-1914;bankdirector; delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1908(alternate),1912,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1932;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1918; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1926.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,October9, 1932 (age77 years, 155days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Young Abernethy (1908-1968) — also known asTom Abernethy — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in Brookwood,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.,April19, 1908.Newspapereditor and publisher; States Rights Presidential Elector forAlabama,1948;Republican candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1956,1960(alternate); Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama at-large, 1962; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Alabama,1964.Presbyterian.Died, in BaptistMedicalCenter, Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,March 7,1968 (age59 years, 323days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Louise Wallis Abernethy (1909-1998) — also known asLouise W. Abernethy;Louise Wallis;Mrs. Tom Abernethy;"Ludie" —of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,September23, 1909.Republican.Schoolteacher;cityeditor, Talladega Daily Home, 1936-50; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Alabama,1956(alternate),1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1964;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Alabama, 1956-68.Female.Presbyterian.DiedJanuary13, 1998 (age88 years, 112days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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