History

Community leaders resting at South-View and pictured above from left to right:

Albert Watts, one of the founders who was born a slave.

Ida Watts and children; 1901 graduate of Atlanta University, married to Louis Watts and ran Watts Grocery on Frazier Street.

Alonzo F. Herndon; businessman, founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, refuted to be the richest Black in America during the 40’s and 50’s.

Geneva Haugabrooks; businesswoman, founder of Haugabrooks Academy.

John Wesley Dobbs; Grand Master of the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, grandfather of Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard Holbrook Jackson.

Carrie Watts; an Atlanta University graduate who dedicated her life to teaching children in the Atlanta and Detroit public schools.

Clayton R. Yates, co-owner and manager of Yates and Milton Drugstore on the corner of Auburn and Butler Streets and instrumental in many organizations in Atlanta, including Citizens and Trust Bank, the Butler Street YMCA and the Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority.

Lorimer D. Milton, co-owner of Yates and Milton Drugstore, President of Citizens Trust Bank for 34 years, teacher at Morehouse and Dean of Atlanta University's School of Business. Strong supporter of Butler Street YMCA, Urban League and NAACP.

Rev. M. L. King Sr.; pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and father of civil rights icon Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Mrs. Alberta King; and first lady of Ebenezer Baptist Church and mother of civil rights icon Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Carrie Cunningham; businesswoman, owner of the famous Royal Peacock Lounge, the Royal Hotel, and the 81 Theater.

Graham Jackson Sr.; favorite musician of President F. D. Roosevelt. Commissioned the “Official Musician of Georgia.

Bishop Henry Mc Neal Turner; A.M.E. Bishop and political organizer.

Albert H. Watts, the founder's grandson and President of the Cemetery until 2001.

Arthur Toliver and his wife Mary Rosa Toliver of the Huntley family are also resting here at South-View Cemetery. 

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