Headstone donated for grave of one-time slave in Alabama
The grave of a one-time slave in north Alabama now has a marker 70 years after he died. Ike Coffee's obituary stated he was a former slave and had worked
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The grave of a one-time slave in north Alabama now has a marker 70 years after he died. Ike Coffee's obituary stated he was a former slave and had worked
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Bill Simpson never knew Ike Coffee, but he heard numerous stories about him from when his mother and aunts were growing up. Simpson said Coffee lived in a small apartment attached to the James Stewart family home.