Find A Grave - Etowah County

Allen, James Browning b. December 28, 1912 d. June 1, 1978
US Senator, Alabama Lieutenant Governor. Browning, a lawyer by training, spent most of his adult life in government service. His was elected as a member of the Alabama State Legislature just three years out of law school. He served in this position from 1938 until 1942, when he resigned from the Legislature in order to enter active duty as a member of the United States Naval Reserve in World War II. After the war, he returned to Montgomery, this time as a member of the State Senate. He served...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Burnett, John Lawson b. January 20, 1854 d. 1919
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1899 until his death in 1919. He also served as a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives in 1884, and in the Alabama State Senate in 1886. (Bio by: K)
Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Edwards, Jeptha b. May 10, 1828 d. July 10, 1902
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. At the beginning of the War between the States he formed Company G of the 31st Alabama Infantry regiment with W.B. Beeson. It became part of General John C. Breckenridge's 1st Kentucky (Orphan) Brigade and served as part of the reserve corps of General Albert Sidney Johnston's Army of the Mississippi at the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh. The 31st was redesignated the 49th Alabama Infantry after Shiloh, and Jeptha Edwards was elected it's Colonel and commander...[Read More] (Bio by: vms)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Hefner, Willie Gathrel 'Bill' b. April 11, 1930 d. September 2, 2009
US Congressman. In 1975, he was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress and to the next eleven succeeding Congresses, serving until 1999. Prior to his years in Congress, he was a member of the Harvesters Quartet, a gospel music group from 1954 to 1967 and a television performer on numerous North Carolina TV channels. He was also president and owner of radio station WRKB in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Cause of death: stroke. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Happy Hill Cemetery, Sardis City, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Hubbard, Marvin Franklin b. August 13, 1912 d. May 4, 1946
Criminal. A native of Alabama, Hubbard was sent to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in 1942 after escaping from prison, kidnapping a Chattanooga police officer, and traveling across state lines with his victim. In 1944, he was transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary after being involved in a prison riot. With his assignment on the kitchen clean-up crew placing him in an excellent position, Hubbard became involved in planning an escape attempt with fellow inmates Bernard Coy, Joseph Cretzer...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Shady Grove, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Ralls, John Perkins b. January 1, 1812 d. November 22, 1904
CSA Congressman. He was a delegate to the 1861 Alabama Secession Convention, and served during the Civil War as a Representative from Alabama to the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Reese, Vernon Phil b. May 30, 1909 d. June 2, 1971
Country music singer and comedian. Career started with a local hometown band known as the Gadsden Melody Boys in Gadsden, Alabama. Reese was selected by Joe Frank and Ernest Tubb to become one of the first Texas Troubadors. Made debut with Tubb at the Grand Ol Opry in 1943 and performed on WSM Radio in Nashville. (Bio by: Charles Reese)
Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, East Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Toney, Jack b. August 22, 1933 d. April 15, 2004
Gospel Singer and Songwriter. He was a member of the acclaimed Statesmen Quartet.
Whitesboro Cemetery, Whitesboro, Etowah County, Alabama, USA

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