Hollywood Cemetery

Atlanta History, Hollywood Cemetery November 26, 2023

Taylor Delk — Hollywood Cemetery’s Notable Outlaw Resident

This is a revised and expanded version of a story originally run in the Courier in May of 2016. At that time the Cobb County Courier was called River Edges,…

History November 25, 2023

The eventful life of W.A. Peters — Hollywood Cemetery’s sexton who sold customers the same plot

This is an updated republication of an article we published in May of 2016. With the Chattahoochee RiverLands project underway, we hope restoring this beautiful but neglected cemetery on Chattahoochee…

History November 23, 2023

Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery part 2 – Insolvency and Streetcar Disputes

This is an expanded and updated version of an article we published in May of 2016, and was the second installment in a series about Hollywood Cemetery, a large cemetery…

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Hollywood Cemetery

Taylor Delk — Hollywood Cemetery’s Notable Outlaw Resident

The eventful life of W.A. Peters — Hollywood Cemetery’s sexton who sold customers the same plot

Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery part 2 – Insolvency and Streetcar Disputes