JOHN ANGWIN AND DENNIS ECHOLS OPENED THE FIRST UNDERTAKING SHOP IN THE ENSLEY AREA IN 1898. IT IS SAID THAT MR ANGWIN WAS ISSUED THE FIRST EMBALMERS LICENSE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. AFTER MR ECHOL'S DEATH IN 1920, MR ANGWIN CONTINUED THE FUNERAL HOME UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1946. THE ANGWIN FAMILY HAS CONTINUED THE FUNERAL HOME FOR OVER NINETY YEARS, WITH OVER FOUR GENERATIONS OF EXPERIENCE. AT THE PRESENT, ANGWINS HAS TWO LOCATIONS, AVENUE I & 35TH ST, ENSLEY AND THE NEWER FACILITY AT 600 9TH AVENUE, BESSEMER, ALABAMA.

THE RECORDS IN THIS COMPILATION DATE FROM 1906 THROUGH 1975. THERE WERE SOME RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR THE YEAR 1900, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT DISCERNIBLE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMPILERS. WITH THE OMISSION OF THE 1900 RECORDS, THERE WERE NO RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR THE YEARS PRIOR TO 1906. NO RECORDS WERE FOUND FOR THE YEARS 1910, 1961, 1965, AND 1966.

RECORDS WERE COPIED AS THEY APPEARED IN THE ORIGINAL RECORD, OFTEN RESULTING IN THE MISSPELLING OF A NAME. IN SOME CASES THE WRITING WAS NOT LEGIBLE AND THE COMPILER TOOK THE LIBERTY TO COPY AS BEST HE COULD. THE COMPILERS TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE CEMETERY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE SAME NAME.

EXPLANATION

* BY FATHERS NAME --IDENTIFIES THE PERSON AUTHORIZING THE
BURIAL WHEN FATHER WAS NOT LISTED.
BP= BIRTHPLACE

ABBREVIATION FOR COUNTRIES

AST--AUSTRALIA
AUS--AUSTRIA
B I--BRITISH ISLES
BEL--BELGIUM
BOS--BOSNIA
BUL--BULGARIA
CAN--CANADA
CHI--CHINA
CZE--CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DEN--DENMARK
ENG--ENGLAND
EUR--EUROPE
FRA--FRANCE
GER--GERMANY
GRE--GREECE
HOL--HOLLAND
HUN--HUNGARY
IRE--IRELAND
ITA--ITALY
LEB--LEBANON
LIT--LITHUANIA
NOR--NORWAY
PLA--PALESTINE
POL--POLAND
PRU--PRUSSIA
RUS--RUSSIA
SCO--SCOTLAND
SIC--SICILY
SLO--SLOVAKIA
SWE--SWEDEN
SWI--SWITZERLAND
THI--THAILAND
TUR--TURKEY
WAL--WALES
YUG--YUGOSLAVIA