Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon Georgia

Gregg Allman was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon last Saturday, near to the graves of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. The band hung out at Rose Hill in their early days, and Dicky Betts titled his song, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, after the name on a headstone here. If you are heading down I-75 on your way to Florida or the Georgia coast, take a break and visit Rose Hill. IMHO it's the grandest cemetery in Georgia, and as beautiful as any park in the state.

Rose Hill - Macon GA

Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia

I'd read that anyone who visits Rose Hill will eventually be stopped and asked for directions to the graves of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. These two original members of the Allman Brothers band, who died in motorcycle crashes within a year of each other in 1971 and 1972, are buried side by side in Rose Hill. Sure enough, on the day I visited I was stopped twice by people looking for the gravesite. Rose Hill is justly famous for more reasons than the Allman Brothers. It is Macon's largest and oldest cemetery, laid out over 65 acres on a bluff overlooking the Ocmulgee River. The bluff itself is split into several ridges and the varied topography creates many interesting viewpoints throughout the site.