Forever Dixie: A Field Guide to Southern Cemeteries & Their Residents
Come along on a sentimental journey through twelve of the Deep South's loveliest cemeteries (plus a coon dog graveyard). Photos and features on famous Southerners as well as everyday citizens include the following:\ o Martin Luther King Jr.\ o Tammy Wynette\ o Colonel Sanders\ o Casey Jones\ o Johnny and June Carter Cash\ o U.S. presidents\ o Confederate generals and soldiers\ o Authors, film stars, and sports figures\ In fascinating stories and images, Keister tells about cemetery symbols,...
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When author/photographer Douglas Keister's book Stories in Stone came out in 2004, Sunset magazine stated, "Keister has done for cemetery exploration what Audubon did for birding." Since then, cemetery fans have been clamoring for more. Keister has answered them with Forever Dixie, an exploration of thirteen of the South's best cemeteries and forty notable southerners who have chosen to call the South their permanent home. Forever Dixie gives cemetery explorers GPS directions to the graves of famous southerners such as Martin Luther King Jr., Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Colonel Sanders, Casey Jones, Johnny Mercer, and dozens more. Also featured are interesting and unique graves of ordinary citizens like Thelma Holford of Jonesboro, Arkansas, who commissioned an Italian marble statue of herself and her beloved dog, Bunnie. Forever Dixie is a great gift for all those who call America's southern states home and for those who may have moved but whose hearts, souls, and roots still live in the South.Photographer/writer Douglas Keister has authored thirty-six critically acclaimed books, including the highly praised book on cemetery exploration, Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography, and Going Out in Style, a book about cemetery art and architecture. His twenty-five books on residential architecture include Inside the Bungalow, Storybook Style, Red Tile Style, Classic Cottages, and Cottages. Keister also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to dozens of magazines, newspapers, books, calendars, posters, and greeting cards worldwide. He lives in Chico, California. Lafayette Daily Advertiser "Formatted for easy travel and references, the book provides an in-depth look at cemeteries throughout the South, including Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans and Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard in Tuscumbia, Ala., where man's best friend lies in imaginative graves."
The geographic borders of Dixie are hard to pin down. Most scholars agree that all of the states in the Deep South are part of Dixie, but even those scholars can't agree on what comprises the Deep South. For the purpose of this book, we've placed the center of Dixie in northwestern Alabama and drawn a very wavy line around it. We've only included states where almost all of the state has a Southern feel.
About Dixie 7 The Cemeteries 10 1 Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana 13 2 Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia 31 3 Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky 39 4 Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee 49 5 Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia 57 6 Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina 67 7 Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas 73 8 Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee 79 9 Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia 85 10 Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama 97 11 Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina 103 12 Charleston Churchyards, Charleston, South Carolina 111 13 Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard,Tuscumbia, Alabama 119 Funerary Architecture 127 Symbolism 147 Secret Societies and Clubs 187 Southerners Forever 213 Suggested Reading 244 Index 246
\ Lafayette Daily Advertiser"Formatted for easy travel and references, the book provides an in-depth look at cemeteries throughout the South, including Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans and Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard in Tuscumbia, Ala., where man's best friend lies in imaginative graves."\ \
