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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. I, page 277
LACY CEMETERY (10)
LOCATION: Redstone Arsenal. Section 14-5S-1W. NE NE SW NW. This cemetery is located on the line between Sections 14 and 15 and is in a restricted area on the Rohm & Haas facilities.
LACY, MARY W. - In Memory of Mary W., wife of Theophilus Lacy, born 8 Nov., 1817, died 25 Jan., 1836.
Note: Mary W. was the first wife of Theophilus Lacy. Theophilus Lacy -M- Mary W. Harris 4-24-1835. (MB-4).
Census, Dec. 13, 1850:
Lacy, Theophilus (46) N.C., farmer, $9000.) Theophilus Lacy -M- Frances
Frances H. (31) N.C. ) H. Binford 12-13-1838 (MB-4)
Mary F. (9) Ala.
Martha ( 7) "
Theophilus J. (4) "
Susan G. ( 2) "
Binford, William C. (24) " Merchant) Wm. C. Binford -M- Ann W. Burwell Nannie (17) " ) on 8-15-1849 (MB-4A).
Burwell, Susan (14) "
DAVIES, JANES - In Memory of Janes Davies, Born August 20, 1784, died December 3, 1848, aged 64 years.
Note: On our first trip to this cemetery we did not notice the top of this headstone protruding from the ground. It was on the second trip, when accompanied by Mr. M. R. Stevens of the Public Relations office who spotted it, that we were able to dig the dirt from around the stone and get the reading.
Some Rohm & Haas personnel, who were cleaning the graveyard, told us that the tornado of December 19, 1967, which struck Huntsville, had set down on the grave yard and destroyed many of the stones including some box tombs. The stone of Janes Davies appeared to have been driven deep into the ground and was possibly the result of the tornado.
HOWELL, PRUDENCE KASANDREA - In Memory of Prudence Kasandrea Howell, daughter of Alfred & Sarah G. Howell, bom July 2nd, 1830, died December 8th, 1840.
HOWELL, ALBERTA ANN - In Memory of Alberta Ann Howell, daughter of Alfred and Sarah G. Howell, bora ... ember 3rd, 1828(1838?), diedMay31, 1837. (Note: The bottom part of the stone, carrying the birth and death dates, had broken away from the rest of the stone and was broken and very difficult to read.
Note: The graves of Mary W. Lacy and Prudence K. and Alberta A. Howell were identical box-type tombs unlike any others found in Madison County. Most box type tombs are made of plain quarried stone slabs; the above three were cast in cement with molded sides and ends.
Note: There were several unmarked graves in this well-kept, shaded cemetery. In another section of this plot were a cluster of graves with funeral markers which had rusted far beyond reading. Only one funeral marker was legible to any degree and we were able to make out the last three letters of the person's last name and part of the death date as follows: "Name.......UDE, Died......... .4, 1939".
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