CHEROKEE, Ala. (WAFF) - Every Labor Day, the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard hosts people from all over to celebrate the hard working dogs put to rest there. The first dog was buried there ...

1 of 4 — Franky Hatton and Cletis pose in front of the gravestones of Hatton's champion coon hounds at Coon Dog Cemetery. 2 of 4 — Dogs buried here have to be proven hunters. 3 of 4 — The grave ...

Labor day celebration at the Coon Dog Cemetery; people gathered in lawn chairs listening to a music group. The tombstone at left is for Troop, the first coon dog buried there JIM HANNON ...

The Key Underwood Memorial Coon Dog Cemetery isn’t the only pet cemetery in the world, or even in the state of Alabama, but it is the only pet cemetery exclusive to coon dogs.

COLBERT CO., Ala. (WAFF) - People in the Shoals have had two options on where they wanted to celebrate Labor Day: Cherokee or Tuscumbia. Every Labor Day, the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard ...

The Key Underwood Coon Dog Graveyard hosts an annual festival. Dogs and those who love them are honored at what organizers call the world's only Coon Dog graveyard Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Image on file. (On base, left:) CARVED BY/O. C. UNDERWOOD (Incised on base, front:) KEY/UNDERWOOD/MEMORIAL/COON DOG ...

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (AP) — With a crowd of more than 400 mourners looking on — including many dressed in camouflage — Bo was eulogized for his ability to hunt raccoons in all sorts of weather and terrain.

Animal lovers across time have memorialized their pets with tributes that express the emotional bonds between them and their true blue friends. Researchers are discovering what centuries of these pet ...