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Located south of The American Village on Alabama Hwy. # 119 South, in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama.
FIRST BURIALS CONDUCTED AT ALABAMA NATIONAL CEMETERY
Shelby County Reporter
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
MONTEVALLO — World War II veteran Samuel Patton buried his wife of 63 years
Thursday (June 25, 2009) at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo. Margaret H. Patton
was one of three veterans’ spouses to be laid to rest
during a 10 a.m. ceremony marking the first cemetery burials. A crowd surrounds
the burial site at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo Thursday. Six
veterans were also interred. Samuel, who was a single engine fighter pilot in
the U.S. Army Air Corps, traveled from Birmingham with daughter Martha Jane and
her family to attend the ceremony.“It means closure forever,” he said. “She was
a dear wife to me for many years.” “I think she would’ve liked being one of the
first to be buried in this cemetery,” said Martha Jane. “Yes, she would have,”
Samuel responded. “This place … it’s got some life in it.” Nine dignitaries
simultaneously placed the cremated remains of (1) Margaret H. Patton, (2)
Katy D. Moore, (3) Jane H. Saylors, (4) Joseph A. Hanks, (5) William E. Hiller,
(6) Carrol F. Cato, (7) William L. Barnes, (8) Steven O. Gillespie and (9)
Edgbert Hicks, Jr. in their respective vaults or graves. A command was given
for the ceremonial firing of the weapons, Taps were played and military branches
presented American flags to the deceased’s families....
