Guntersville in Marshall County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Guntersville City Cemetery

Marshall County

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, December 26, 2025

1. Guntersville City Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Many of Guntersville's earliest citizens are buried in this historic cemetery. Judge Louis Wyeth (1812-1889) and his wife deeded the property to be used as a cemetery in 1881, but a few burials had occurred as early as the 1870s. Many military veterans are interred here, featuring over 30 iron crosses honoring those who served in the Civil War. A few graves dating to the 1830s were removed from other cemeteries and relocated here before the flooding of the area to create Guntersville Lake in 1939. The cemetery was expanded in 1992 from land given by the Lusk and Ross estates and in 2016 when the city acquired the adjoining property.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register December 3, 2010

Erected 2018 by Alabama Historical Commission & City of Guntersville.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.

Location. 34° 21.202′ N, 86° 17.944′ W. Marker is in Guntersville, Alabama, in Marshall County. It is on Obrig Avenue south

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of Greenwood Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 915 Obrig Ave, Guntersville AL 35976, 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 original Cherokee Nation,

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 walking distance of this marker: Ravine Used For Protection Against Yankee Shelling (approx. ¼ mile away); Indian Village Tali (approx. half a mile away); Faith • Strength • Hope • Service (approx. half a mile away); Carter Hardware (approx. half a mile away); Courthouse Well (approx. half a mile away); Events in Marshall County (approx. half a mile away); Veterans of Foreign Wars Marshall County (approx. half a mile away); Section of Core (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guntersville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of Early Movie House and Congressman's Law Office (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, December 26, 2025

2. Guntersville City Cemetery & Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.