Russellville in Franklin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Ascension

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, November 7, 2023

1. Ascension Marker

Inscription. In Memory of the 27 Franklin
County Citizens Who Perished
in the Tornados of April 27, 2011

Berry, Donna Renee • Black, Nila & Zan Reese • Cotham, Jeffrey Dewight • Cox, Jack • Crochet, Charlene • Gentry, Donald & Prtricia Ann • Heaps, Donald Ray • Hood, Lester • Keller, James Robert. Jr. • Knight, Linda Frye • Кnох, Rickey Ethan • Leclere, Amy & Jay W. • Leyden, Damgar • Mojica, Claudia & Edgar • Morgan, Kelli Thorn • Morgan, Mickael "Mike" • Nix, Edna Lucille Bradley • Pace, Martha Lou • Scribner, Georgia • Tenhaeff, Jack • Trapp, Sonya Collette Black • Waller, Carroll Dern "C.D." • Waller, Geraldine "Gerri"

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is April 27, 2011.

Location. 34° 29.465′ N, 87° 43.714′ W. Marker is in Russellville, Alabama, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 43 and Village Wood Drive SE, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 43. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13518 US-43, Russellville AL 35654, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Reedtown High School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Russellville (approx. one mile away); Historic Roxy Theatre (approx. 1.1 miles away); Russellville First Baptist Church

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(approx. 1.1 miles away); History of Russellville (approx. 1.1 miles away); Franklin -- A County Older than the State (approx. 1.2 miles away); Birth of a Town (approx. 1.3 miles away); Cedar Creek Furnace (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Russellville.

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, 11.8.2023

2. Ascension Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 316 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 8, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.