Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel –Strange Alabama

The Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel on top of Lookout Mountain was built by Colonel Milford Howard as a memorial to his wife. He'd secretly hoped to reproduce a church he and Sallie had visited on their trip to Europe and one of his last accomplishments was raising enough money and materials to build this memorial, though the organ and beautiful stained glass windows he envisioned were never added.

A line from Sallie’s last letter was written above the stone altar, "God has all ways been as good to me as I would let him be." The chapel was dedicated at a memorial ceremony on June 23, 1937.

Two years after Howard preached the first sermon in the rock-anchored mountain chapel, the aging, broken man became ill. He traveled by train to California, where he died of pneumonia on December 29, 1939 at the age of 75. His body was cremated and his ashes placed inside the huge boulder of the Sally Howard Memorial Chapel.

Services are still held each Sunday in the chapel and it's a popular place for weddings. For wedding information call the Baptist Ministerial Association at 256-638-4441. 218 Parker Avenue S.E., Rainsville, AL 35986.