Do you Know who is who at South-View?

Political Figures

100

This one-time resident, was a gifted student, skipping grades 9-12 and enrolling at Morehouse College at the age of 15, graduating with a degree in Sociology.  

who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

200

Before graduating from Morehouse College, this resident attended "George School", a private Quaker Preparatory school. He would later serve in Georgia Legislature for a total of 20 years before becoming a professor of history a the University of Virginia. 

Julian Bond

300

Born 1858 to a family of sharecroppers, this resident was skilled with a straight razor before selling life insurance, while also being one of 29 founders of the Niagra Movement. 

Alonzo Herndon 

400

During the Civil war this resident was commissioned the first black army chaplain.

Henry McNeal Turner

500

During the 1906 race riots, this resident and post office man was arrested for allegedly supplying weapons to the black community of Brownsville. 

Luther Judson Price

Entertainment

100

This resident is responsible for the 2006 dance movement known as the "walk it out" 

DJ Unk 

200

This resident holds the record for the most All-Star Game appearances. 

Hank Arron

300

This resident was awarded a gold medal in the 1960 games before being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame TWICE

Walter Bellamy 

400

This resident and American Poet, Trentavious White, is better known from his monocoque which blends Wells Fargo and Subway's way of eating all in one. 

Bankroll Fresh

500

This resident was a member of the Grammy Award-winning musical group Gladys Knight and the Pips. 

William Guest 

Facts on the Land

100

Square acreage of the Entire cemetery is? 

101 Acres 

200

Before being chartered for burials, what was the first use of the land?   

Dairy Farm  

300

It took how many founding members in 1886 to charter the land for cemetery use....

6

400

South-View is home to over how many residents (Ball park) 

90,000

500

What company does the cemetery contract to help plant trees every King Holiday? 

Trees Atlanta 

Origin History

100

The cemetery was expanded by 90 acres in what year? 

1946

200

What are two examples of traditional foliage (tree types) commonly found in many Black cemeteries including south-view 

Cedar & Yucca 

300

Who was South-View Cemetery first president?

Nicodemus Holmes 

400

The founders of the cemetery association amassed a starting capital of how much? 

$10,000

500

Name of the first "recorded" resident of South-View Cemetery

Nettie Miller

Wild Card

100

A plasterer and professional artist who incorporated Victorian art in his custom grave markers. His grave is marked at South-View by a 5 feet tall Stone Urn.  

Eldren Bailey 

200

This mother and son, shared the same crypt at different times. (its marked with a bullet hole)

Alberta Williams King & Martin Luther King Jr. 

300

This First African American graduate of West Point, who was later moved. 

Henry Ossian Flipper 

400

This group, bestowed the honor of a severed column statue as a marker for the resting place of John Wesley Dobbs

Prince Hall Free Masons 

500

The only South-View Resident with Glass incorporated in the Headstone.

 John Lewis