Musicians and singers buried in Alabama
Wikidata records 22 musicians as buried in 17 of the cemeteries we list in Alabama. Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham holds the most, with 4. Alabama has the 18th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Musicians and singers buried in Alabama
- Rufus Payne1900-1939American musicianLincoln Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Mathilde Bilbro1870-1958Composer, music teacher, authorForrest Cemetery, Gadsden, AL
- P. R. Bidez1892-1961American football player and bandleaderRosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
- Alton Delmore1908-1964American musicianAthens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
- Alyne Dumas Lee1903-1970American soprano soloistMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Florence Golson Bateman1891-1987Songwriter, singerWetumpka City Cemetery, Wetumpka, AL
- Amerigo Marino1925-1988American composerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Madelyn Sheppard1896-1990American composer and lyricistNew Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- Eddie Kendricks1939-1992American singer and songwriter, member of The TemptationsElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Sun Ra1914-1993American jazz composer and bandleaderElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Erskine Hawkins1914-1993American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, AlabamaElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Jimmy "Orion" Ellis1945-1998American singerNew Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- Charlie Foxx1939-1998American singer, guitarist and songwriterOaklawn Memorial Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Samuel Batt Owens1928-19981928 - 1998Ashland City Cemetery, Ashland, AL
- Lionel Alton Delmore1940-2002American country musicianAthens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
- Guila Bustabo1916-2002American musicianForest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- J.J. Malone1935-2004American electric blues and soul blues musicianRagland Cemetery, Madison, AL
- Jean Byron1925-2006American actressMobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Tillmans Corner, AL
- Gene Conners1930-2010American musicianAlabama National Cemetery, Montevallo, AL
- Lil Greenwood1924-2011American jazz and R&B vocalistCatholic Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Harper Lee1926-2016American novelistHillcrest Cemetery, Monroeville, AL
- Sonny James1928-2016American country music singer-songwriterCedar Tree Cemetery, Hackleburg, AL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1930s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 1980s2
- 1990s7
- 2000s4
- 2010s4
By recorded year of death, for the 22 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Elmwood Cemetery · Birmingham, AL4
- Athens City Cemetery · Athens, AL2
- New Live Oak Cemetery · Selma, AL2
- Catholic Cemetery · Mobile, AL1
- Maple Hill Cemetery · Huntsville, AL1
- Forrest Cemetery · Gadsden, AL1
- Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery · Tillmans Corner, AL1
- Cedar Tree Cemetery · Hackleburg, AL1
- Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery · Mobile, AL1
- Alabama National Cemetery · Montevallo, AL1
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Birmingham, AL1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Montgomery, AL1
- Ragland Cemetery · Madison, AL1
- Rosemere Cemetery · Opelika, AL1
- Wetumpka City Cemetery · Wetumpka, AL1
- Ashland City Cemetery · Ashland, AL1
- Hillcrest Cemetery · Monroeville, AL1
Other notable burials in Alabama
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.