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Bartow, Gene b. August 18, 1930 d. January 3, 2012
College Basketball Coach. Best known as the successor of UCLA's iconic coach John Wooden. While attending Northeast Missouri State University, he initiated his lengthy coaching career beginning at the high school level and following graduation, he served two years with the US Army. Bartow received a master's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and resumed coaching high school basketball, before reaching the collegiate ranks as head coach at Central Missouri State University (1961 to...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Southern Heritage Cemetery, Pelham (Shelby County), Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Brasher, Annie b. March 8, 1881 d. 1924

Brashers Chapel, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Gantt, Gregg b. October 30, 1951 d. October 26, 2011
Professional Football Player. A punter with the New York Jets for two seasons, he is probably best remembered as the 'goat' of Alabama's 1972 loss to Auburn. Raised in Birmingham, he attended Woodlawn High School then played for the legendary Coach Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama. On December 2, 1972, at Birmingham the heavily favored Crimson Tide squad was ahead of Auburn 16-3 when Gantt had two punts blocked in the final 10 minutes leading to a 17-16 Auburn win in what has gone down...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Southern Heritage Cemetery, Pelham (Shelby County), Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Holcombe, Wendy Lou b. April 19, 1963 d. February 14, 1987
Musician, Singer, Songwriter. Wendy learned to play her father’s banjo at an early age. Her father took her to Nashville, Tennessee, for her 12th birthday. While window shopping, Wendy picked up a banjo and started playing “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” Roni Stoneman’s bass player heard her. The next night Wendy played on the Ernest Tubb’s Midnight Jamboree. A month later in December 1975, Wendy played on the Grand Ole Opry. By the time she was 13, Wendy was playing in “Nashville on the Road” with...[Read More] (Bio by: Imagine)
Cause of death: Enlarged heart
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Nabors, Jack b. November 19, 1887 d. November 20, 1923
Major League Baseball Player. The hard-luck 6-foot-3, 185-pound right-hander tied a major-league record with 19 consecutive losses in 1916. He broke in with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1915, a year after they were 99-53 but lost the World Series to the Miracle Boston Braves in a four-game sweep. With such stars as Eddie Collins, Home Run Baker, Ed Plank and Chief Bender gone as Connie Mack dismantled his club, the A's went 43-109. Nabors had a 0-5 record with a 5.50 earned run average during...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Montevallo Cemetery, Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Trucks, Virgil Oliver 'Fire' b. April 26, 1917 d. March 23, 2013
Major League Baseball Player. He earned a place in the record books as he hurled two no-hit games during 1952. For seventeen seasons (1941 to 1943 and 1945 to 1958), he was a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees. Born Virgil Oliver Trucks, he was signed by Detroit as an amateur free agent in 1938 and marked his Major League debut with the Tigers on September 27th, 1941. The following two years (1942 and 1943), he...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Alabama National Cemetery, Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Whitfield, Fred b. January 7, 1938 d. January 31, 2013
Major League Baseball Player. For nine seasons (1962 to 1970), he played at the first-baseman position with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos. Born Fred Dwight Whitfield, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals in 1956 and marked his Major League debut with them on May 27th, 1962; he recorded 42 hits in 73 games. After he was acquired by Cleveland in late 1962, he yielded his best body of work while an Indian. In three out of four...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Lawleys Chapel Cemetery, Shelby, Shelby County, Alabama, USA

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