Elmwood Cemetery is a 412-acre (167-hectare) cemetery established in the 1880s (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) on the western side of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama by a group of fraternal organizations. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. Jefferson County is the most densely populated County in the U It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery as the most prominent burial place in the city. Oak Hill Cemetery, located just north of downtown is Birmingham Alabama 's oldest and most distinguished Cemetery. It has a chapel at 800 Dennison Avenue Southwest.

Notable burials

• Truman H. Aldrich (1848-1932) - U. Truman Heminway Aldrich (born October 17, 1848 in Palmyra New York, died April 28, 1932 in Birmingham Alabama) was a S. Representative 1896-1897
• William Wirt Allen (1835-1894) - Confederate Major General
• Sydney J. Bowie (1865-1928) - U. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=B000695 S. Representative 1901-1907
• Bear Bryant (1913-1983) - University of Alabama football coach
• Ben Chapman - (1908-1993) baseball player
• B. B. Comer - (1848-1927) - Governor of Alabama 1907-1911, U. William Benjamin Chapman ( December 25 1908 - July 7 1993) was an American Outfielder and manager in Major Braxton Bragg Comer ( November 7, 1848 August 15, 1927) was an American Democratic Politician who was the S. Senator 1920
• Fr. James Coyle - (1873-1927) - assassinated priest of St. This article is about a murdered priest for James Coyle the software programmer see Mystic BBS. Paul's church
• Russell McWhortor Cunningham (1855-1921) - Governor of Alabama 1904-1905
• William Henry Denson (1846-1906) - U. Russell McWhortor Cunningham ( August 25 1855 &ndash June 6 1921) was an American Democratic Politician who was Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=D000253 S. Representative 1893-1895
• Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr. (1921-2002) - World War II veteran
• Sam Hairston (1920-1997) - baseball player
• Art Hanes (1916-1997) - Mayor of Birmingham 1961-1963
• Lum Harris (1915-1996) - baseball promoter
• Frank O. Henry E Erwin Sr, (May 8 1921 &ndash January 16 2002 was a United States Army Air Forces airman and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Samuel Harding Hairston ( January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1997) is a former Negro League baseball and Major League Baseball Chalmer Luman "Lum" Harris ( January 17, 1915 &ndash November 11, 1996) was an American right-handed Pitcher, House (1927-1989) - U. S. Air Force General
• George Huddleston (1869-1960) - U. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=H000903 S. Representative 1915-1937
• George Huddleston, Jr. (1920-1971) - U. George Huddleston Jr ( March 19, 1920 &ndash September 14, 1971) was a Democratic Congressman from Alabama's 1st S. Representative 1955-1965
• Patti Ruffner Jacobs (1875-1935) - social reformer
• Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) - Governor of Alabama 1896-1900, U. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs (sometimes Patti, Patty, or Mrs Solon Harold Jacobs) was an American women's suffragist from Birmingham Alabama Joseph Forney Johnston ( March 23 1843 &ndash August 8 1913) was an American Democratic Politician and businessman S. Senator 1907-1913
• Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992) - singer, co-founder of The Temptations
• John W. Kirklin (1917-2004) - pioneer heart surgeon
• Dee Miles (1909-1976) - baseball player
• John P. Newsome (1893-1961) - U. Eddie Kendricks (born Edward James Kendrick, December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992) was an American Singer and The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful John W Kirklin ( 1917 - April 21, 2004) was born in Muncie Indiana, United States Wilson Daniel Miles ( February 15, - November 2,) was a former Outfielder in Major League Baseball. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=N000073 S. Representative 1943-1945
• Luther Patrick (1894-1957) - U. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=P000105 S. Representative 1937-1943
• Sun Ra (1914-1993) - Jazz musician
• Rufus N. Rhodes (1856-1910) - founder of the Birmingham News
• Fred Sington (1910-1998) - football player
• Jesse F. Stallings (1856-1928) - U. Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, Legal name Le Sony'r Ra; Rufus Napoleon Rhodes (b June 5 1856, Pascagoula Mississippi - d The Birmingham News is the principal daily Newspaper for Birmingham Alabama, United States, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. Frederic William Sington (born February 24, 1910 - died August 20, 1998) was an American football player Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=S000784 S. Representative 1893-1901
• Oscar Underwood (1862-1929) - U. Oscar Wilder Underwood ( May 6 1862 – January 25 1929) was an American politician S. Senator 1915-1927
• Dixie Walker (1911-1982) - baseball player
• Frank S. White (1847-1922) - U. Fred E "Dixie" Walker ( September 24, 1910 - May 17, 1982) was a Right fielder in Major League Baseball who played Francis Shelley White ( March 13 1847 &ndash August 1 1922) was a U S. Senator 1914-1915
• Clarence "Yam" Yaryan (1892-1964) - baseball player