Danny Brown

DIRECTOR, NATCHEZ CITY CEMETERY

"Cemeteries are emotional places. I am respectful. I try not to call them graves. They are burial spaces.”

You can tell a lot about a town by its cemetery. Even more when you talk to its keeper. In a place where many define themselves by their forebears, Danny’s job transcends mere maintenance. He keeps all 100 acres of this beautifully reverent destination―from spartan Civil War headstones to patined angel statues to ornate mausoleums―pristine. Natchez was literally built by those memorialized here. Danny will greet your coasting car with a brochure map to help you navigate the maze of narrow paths.

Ask about: Louise The Unfortunate, a prostitute who received a proper burial by prominent Natchezians.

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