Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery

Bibb County

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 29, 2026

1. Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Located in the community of Easttown in Centreville, Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery was founded in 1930. The cemetery contains the burials of several community heroes, including 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldier Edward Mack, Sr., Purple Heart recipient William Cottingham, and veterans from all branches of the military who fought in World War I and World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam.

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Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery also contains the burial of Professor Henry Damon Davidson (1869-1955), who, in 1900, founded the Centreville Industrial School, renamed the Bibb County Training School in 1918. He also founded H.D. Davidson High School in 1955. Mrs. Ruth Dixon Black, the first teacher to receive the Golden Apple Award in the state of Alabama on September 14, 1993, is also buried in the Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery. Trustees of the Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery Foundation provide maintenance for the cemetery. Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register on August 15, 2018

Erected 2025 by City Council Member Don Mack, Sr.; The Tombigbee Resource, Conservation & Development Council, The

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Centreville Historic Preservation Commission; and the Mt Sinai Cemetery Community Foundation and Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 32° 56.822′ N, 87° 7.816′ W. Marker is in Centreville, Alabama, in Bibb County. It is on Chestnut Street 0.1 miles east of SW Davidson Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 241 Chestnut St, Centreville AL 35042, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 29, 2026

2. Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery Marker

are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Centreville Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Proven by Tempest: City of Brent (approx. 2.1 miles away); Site of Six Mile Male And Female Academy (approx. 8.3 miles away); Six Mile Male & Female Academy Site (approx. 8.4 miles away); Piper / Coleanor (approx. 10.8 miles away); Blocton / Blocton Coke Ovens (approx. 11.7 miles away); West Blocton, Alabama (approx. 11.8 miles away); What Are Coke Ovens? (approx. 11.9 miles away).

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 29, 2026

3. Mt. Sinai Community Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 2, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.