“I went out there to pay the gravestone man the rest of the money. He had the
gravestone already made up. It's grey marble. It says Maude Avery Barton. Got
two roses. One on each side. It looked so pretty. He say he have it on the grave
by Mother's Day.”--Floyd
gravestone already made up. It's grey marble. It says Maude Avery Barton. Got
two roses. One on each side. It looked so pretty. He say he have it on the grave
by Mother's Day.”--Floyd
Greenwood Cemetery has multiple ties to renowned playwright August Wilson. This historic cemetery was one of the only locations that held burials for African Americans at one time. The cemetery acts as a final resting place for August Wilson's characters, as well as the playwright himself. In Wilson's play, Seven Guitars, Floyd dreams of getting his mother a proper headstone. This matter is autobiographical for Wilson. His family buried in Greenwood Cemetery had only numbers marking their grave until Wilson could afford proper headstones. |
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