Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Georgia

Notable Interments

• Lt. Col. Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879);^[1] state legislator and journalist, owner of Meadow Nook
• Emily Verdery Battey (1826—1912); journalist
• Col. Milton A. Candler (1837–1909); state senator and U.S. Congressman
• Dr Thomas Holley Chivers (1806–1858); physician and poet
• Mary Ann Harris Gay (1829–1918); author of Life in Dixie During the War
• William S. Howard (1875 – August 1, 1953) U.S. Congressman
• Rev. Hovie Lister (1926-2001) Gospel musician (The Statesmen Quartet)
• Charles Murphey (1799–1861); U.S. Congressman and a delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention
• Robert Ramspeck (1890-1972) U.S. Congressman
• Col. George Washington Scott (1829–1903); founder of Agnes Scott College
• Andrew Sledd (1870–1939); founding president of the modern University of Florida, and Emory University professor
• Leslie Jasper Steele (1868–1929) Mayor of Decatur, U.S. Congressman
• Benjamin F. Swanton (1807–1890)^[2] owner of the historic Swanton House
• Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967) pioneering woman architect

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Augustus Alston on Find A Grave: Memorial #153450019
2. ↑ Benjamin F. Swanton on Find A Grave: Memorial #107892805

See also:

• Decatur Cemetery on Wikipedia
• Decatur Cemetery on Find A Grave
• Category:Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Georgia