Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Gentle Spirits

Friday, August 24, 2012

Gentle Spirits

Old Live Oak Cemetery is home to several monuments to young wives and mothers.

This one honors a man's first wife, Florida, and their baby; as well as his

second wife, Anna. Florida died at age 24, and Anna was gone at age 37.

1 comment:

EG CameraGirl said...: It would be very hard to lose one young wife so likely even harder to lose two!; August 24, 2012 at 10:03 AM

WELCOME!

Selma is among the oldest cities in Alabama and has the largest contiguous historic district. It is known for its Civil War and Civil Rights history. The Battle of Selma was one of the last fought in the War Between the States, and the town was a center for the Voting Rights Movement in the 1960s. Today, with a population of about 20,000, Selma is the largest town in the western Black Belt region. The Black Belt, named for the color of its soil, stretches across Central Alabama from Mississippi to Georgia.