Montgomery, Alabama - Hank Williams Astroturf Grave
- Address:
- 1305 Upper Wetumpka Rd, Montgomery, AL
- Directions:
- Oakwood Annex Cemetery, just northeast of downtown Montgomery. Look for the granite sign at the cemetery entrance. Go to the top of the hill, then bear right at the traffic circle. You'll soon see the twin vertical monuments on the left.
- Hours:
- Daylight hours.
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While visiting the site, a local resident approached and offered many stories. One night, a couple of drunks attempted to remove the horizontal grave marker by wrapping a chain around it and pulling it off with a pickup truck. The attempt failed, and now the grave marker's corners have been cut off so that a chain cannot get a grip.
The local also told me that the cowboy hat at the base of the monument is really one of Hank's hats covered in granite (sort of like bronzing baby shoes!). There used to be granite cowboy boots at the site also, but they were stolen years ago, as were two marble vases. These incidents led to the placing of a marble marker on the site that reads, "Please do not desecrate this sacred spot. Many thanks. Hank Williams, Jr." [Frank Abbott, 12/27/2005]
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