Bearwallow Baptist
Church Cemetery

Hart County, Kentucky

Located 1.3 mi north of 31e/218 intersection. Cemetery is located behind the Church and is very well maintained.

 

This is but a few of many stones in this cemetery

Name

Birth

Death

Notes

Davis, Lawrence E.
08/12/1911
08/12/1971
 
Davis, Lewis G.
11/26/1896
10/31/1958
oss/ Verda G.
Davis, Verda G.
06/23/1882
04/04/1970
oss/ Lewis G.
Twyman, Gladys
08/24/1912
02/15/1986
oss/ Luska J. - m/ 12/10/1943
Twyman, Luska J.
05/19/1913
01/28/1988
oss/ Gladys - m/12/10/1943 -FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN KENTUCKY, CITY OF GLASGOW 1968 -1895
Wood, Katherine D.
1909
1967
Daughter
Woodson, Lillie J.
04/06/1896
04/29/1967
 
 

Luska J. Twyman was born in Hiseville. He was a graduate of Kentucky State University and later a member of their Board of Regents. He was principal of Ralph Bunch School in Glasgow at the time of it's merger with Glasgow High School to achieve integration. Elected in 1968 he was the first, and for 17 years, the only African American Mayor in Kentucky. He was also the first African American to serve on the U.S. Commission of Human Rights. He was the first black Kentuckian to serve on the U.S. Commission of Agriculture. He served in the U.S. Army 1942-1946. The Luska J. Twyman Memorial Park is located in Glasgow, Kentucky.

 
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