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Memorial Mound

Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

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Get directions Bessemer, Alabama, USA

Coordinates: 33.41712, -86.92962
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Memorial Mound first opened in 1992, and was owned and operated by Clyde Booth. Built on 16 ½ acres, it was marketed as "The Most Beautiful Burial Facility in the U.S.A." in brochures. An alternative to ground burial, caskets were stacked on metal racks behind a wall. Memorial plaques and floral offerings were placed on the opposite side of the wall where family could visit their loved ones. It is not known how many people were buried there prior to the property being closed in 2002. Clyde Booth died in 2009 and the property was taken over by the state due to unpaid taxes. In January 2015, the property was boarded up after police were notified that the abandoned building had been vandalized. The remains of those interred at Memorial Mound were removed by the Jefferson County Coroner and are being held at the county morgue until families determine new final resting places.

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