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Aug 2, 2019 · However, the Allman Brothers stand apart because they had a strong bond with Rose Hill Cemetery from the time they arrived in Macon in 1969 from Florida. It was a place of inspiration they valued and returned to often, especially in their early days when money was scarce but music was flowing freely.
[3] [4] Simri Rose, a horticulturist and designer of the cemetery, was instrumental in the planning of the city of Macon and planned Rose Hill Cemetery in return for being able to choose his own burial plot. [5] The cemetery is named in his honor. [3] Rose Hill Cemetery was a hangout and artistic inspiration for the Allman Brothers Band during ...
Mar 9, 2017 · The Allman Brothers Grave thedude771 (Atlas Obscura User) Rose Hill Cemetery was, at the time of its development, envisioned by its designer Simri Rose as a park as well as a final resting place ...
Aug 17, 2018 · Macon, GA. Work is underway to expand the Allman Brothers Band members’ grave site that continually lures fans from all over the world to Rose Hill Cemetery. In about a month, a new memorial ...
- Peter J. Bracken
- James Jackson
- Nathaniel Edwin Harris
- Joseph Neel Reid
- Edward Dorr Tracy Jr.
Born in Philadephia in 1833, Pete Bracken moved to Macon as a young man. He gained prominence as the engineer of the Texas locomotive during the famous Great Locomotive Chaseof 1862. He died on May 26, 1909, in Macon and was buried in an unmarked grave; a marker was added in 1971.
Born in 1819, James Jackson served as a congressman from Georgia before the Civil War and a judge advocate on the staff of Gen. Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War. Jackson later served as the chief justice of the state Supreme Court before his death on Jan. 13, 1887.
Born in 1846 in Tennessee, Nathaniel Edwin Harris moved to Georgia to escape Union troops during the Civil War and joined the Confederate States Armyinfantry at the age of 16. He moved to Macon in 1873 and formed a law practice and later served as the 61st governor of Georgia from 1915 until 1917
Born in Alabama in 1885, Neel Reid was a prominent Atlanta architect whose long list of credits includes the Amtrak Station in Atlanta in the Brookwood section of the city. He died of brain cancer in 1926 at the age of 40.
Born in Macon in 1833, Tracy worked as a lawyer before the Civil War and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army in 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Port Gibsonin Mississippi on May 1, 1863.
Mar 29, 2019 · MACON, Ga. -- The gravestone for the final resting place of the late Gregg Allman, of the Allman Brothers Band, has been set into place. RELATED: Fans gather at gravesite to remember Gregg Allman on the anniversary of his death. His gravestone is engraved with lyrics from the Allman Brothers Band song "Melissa": Again the morning's come, Again he's on the run. Sunbeams shining through his hair ...
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Apr 2, 2018 · The Allman Brothers Band is one of the best-loved groups in rock and roll history and they considered their early association with Macon integral to their success. For nearly five decades visiting the gravesite of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley at Rose Hill Cemetery has been a pilgrimage for many of their most devoted fans. In recent years, iron ...
