Place:Beulah Cemetery, Fort Rucker, Dale, Alabama, United States

Information

Beulah Cemetery served the congregation of the Old Beulah Primitive Baptist Church, constructed in the mid-nineteenth century approximately seven miles west of Ozark on what is now Andrews Avenue on Fort Rucker Military Reservation, according to an article by Meredith Keller that appeared in the Feb. 13, 1975 issue of the "Army Flier."

The article includes a photo of the church's record book, dated 1860. The first entry in the book is May 10 of that year -- the beginning of regular services for the congregation. Minutes from the church's business meetings were recorded in the book until Dec. 7, 1924.

Around this time, Keller indicates that "for reasons unknown, the congregation transferred its letters of membership to other churches in the area and abandoned the old building." Keller cites local sources as saying the church's frame structure had come into such disrepair that the first occupants of Camp Rucker removed it.

There are more than 90 marked graves inside Beulah Cemetery. The earliest marked grave is that of Costiller Traweek, who died Oct. 11, 1870, and the most recent is that of Archie Mack Turner, who died June 30, 2000. Several headstones are accompanied by Civil War, World War I and World War II veteran markers.

Gallery

Beulah Cemetery sign	Beulah Cemetery at Fort Rucker, AL	Archie Mack Turner (1921-2000)	Travis B. Patterson (d.1918)
Katie L. Judah (1889-1911)	Fred L. Grimes (1911-1965)	Jesse R. Standford (1890-1970)

Resources

• Find A Grave: Beulah Cemetery