Old City Cemetery, Ozark, Alabama

Old City Cemetery (aka Bethel Baptist Cemetery) Ozark, Alabama. In speculating, this cemetery may be affiliated with what is now the First Missionary Baptist Church. The First Missionary Baptist Church was formerly known as the Bethel Baptist Church; it was formed for Blacks from what is now the Ozark Baptist Church.

Location: For those familiar with Ozark, the cemetery is located at the rear of the area known as the “Racetrack.” From the intersection of Highway 231 and George Andrews Avenue, travel east on Andrews Avenue, heading towards downtown; at the first traffic signal from the intersection, turn right onto McCloud Street; travel straight until the road dead-ends; at the dead-end turn left onto Cemetery Street. The Old City Cemetery is on the right side of the road. This cemetery is not the same one as the City Cemetery located on South Union Street across from the Ozark Baptist Church. Census records for that cemetery are available at the Dale County Library. An internet roster is pending.

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Tombstone inscriptions from City Cemetery located behind Racetrack Road off College Street in downtown Ozark. One of the oldest cemeteries in Ozark. Census compiled from photographs of tombstone inscriptions courtesy of Mr. Wali Sharif. Recording of tombstone inscriptions is incomplete. Many gravesites were obscured by foliage, and by dirt and debris left from severe weather at time of census.