Editing Nathan Bedford Forrest (section)

===Death===
[[File:Elmwood Cemetery S Pauline St 2010-09-25 Memphis TN 17.jpg|thumb|left| A number of Forrest family members are buried at Memphis' [[Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)|Elmwood Cemetery]].]]
Forrest reportedly died from acute complications of [[diabetes]] at the Memphis home of his brother Jesse on October 29, 1877.{{sfn|Welsh|1999|p=72}} His eulogy was delivered by his recent spiritual mentor, former Confederate chaplain [[George Tucker Stainback]], who declared in his eulogy: "Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest, though dead, yet speaketh. His acts have photographed themselves upon the hearts of thousands, and will speak there forever."{{sfn|Ashdown|Caudill|2006|p=64}}

Forrest's funeral procession was over two miles long. The crowd of mourners was estimated to include 20,000 people.<ref name="Jones2006" /> According to Forrest biographer Jack Hurst, writers present at the public viewing of Forrest's body and the funeral procession noted many black citizens among them.{{sfn|Hurst|2011|p=9}}

[[File:Elmwood Cemetery S Pauline St 2010-09-25 Memphis TN 14.jpg|thumb|Forrest helped raise money for a Confederate monument at the cemetery.]]
Forrest was buried on October 30, 1877 at [[Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)|Elmwood Cemetery]] in Memphis with military honors and rites as a member of the [[Odd Fellows|Oddfellows]].{{sfn|Foote|1974|p=1052}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1877-11-04 |title=The Death of Nathan Bedford Forrest- razz |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-star-and-catholic-messenger/43298173/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The Morning Star and Catholic Messenger |pages=8}}</ref> In 1904, the remains of Forrest and his wife Mary were [[Burial#Reinterment|disinterred]] from Elmwood and moved to a Memphis city park that was originally named Forrest Park in his honor but has since been renamed Health Sciences Park.<ref name="Sainz">{{citation|last=Sainz|first=Adrian|title=Memphis renames 3 parks that honored Confederacy|url=https://news.yahoo.com/memphis-renames-3-parks-honored-confederacy-010653790.html|access-date=February 6, 2013|archive-date=February 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209164235/http://news.yahoo.com/memphis-renames-3-parks-honored-confederacy-010653790.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 7, 2015, the Memphis City Council unanimously voted to remove the statue of Forrest from Health Sciences Park, and to return the remains of Forrest and his wife to Elmwood Cemetery.<ref name="TaylorArthur2015">{{cite news|author1=Eryn Taylor|author2=Shay Arthur|title=Council begins process of removing Nathan Bedford Forrest's remains|url=https://wreg.com/2015/07/07/statue-debate-heats-up-as-city-council-gets-set-to-vote/ |access-date=September 3, 2019|work=News Channel 3|publisher=WREG|date=July 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423002454/https://wreg.com/2015/07/07/statue-debate-heats-up-as-city-council-gets-set-to-vote/|archive-date=April 23, 2019|language=en|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on October 13, 2017, the [[Tennessee Historical Commission]] invoked the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013 and U.S. Public Law 85-425: Sec. 410 to overrule the city.<ref name="TDEC2018">{{cite web|title=Tennessee Heritage Protection Act|url=https://www.tn.gov/environment/about-tdec/tennessee-historical-commission/redirect---tennessee-historical-commission/tennessee-heritage-protection-act.html|website=www.tn.gov|publisher=Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation|access-date=April 14, 2018 |language=en|archive-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412195019/https://www.tn.gov/environment/about-tdec/tennessee-historical-commission/redirect---tennessee-historical-commission/tennessee-heritage-protection-act.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Consequently, Memphis sold the park land to [[Memphis Greenspace]], a non-profit entity not subject to the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act, which immediately removed the monument as explained below.<ref name="CommercialAppeal2017">{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/government/city/2017/12/20/memphis-council-votes-immediately-remove-confederate-statues/960707001/|newspaper=[[Memphis Commercial Appeal]]|title=Memphis removes Confederate statues from Downtown parks|date=December 21, 2017|access-date=December 21, 2017|archive-date=December 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221081742/http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/government/city/2017/12/20/memphis-council-votes-immediately-remove-confederate-statues/960707001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WashingtonPost2017">{{cite news|title=Memphis to Jefferson Davis: 'Na na na na, hey, hey, goodbye'|first=Fred|last=Barbash|date=December 21, 2017|access-date=December 21, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/20f12b/5a3be18afe1ff6194e5e2822/ZGFuaWVsYmVpc2VuYmVyZ0BnbWFpbC5jb20%3D/36/122/ce43b833f25d2f95e08f74b8fbc71cb8|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509180908/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/21/memphis-to-jefferson-davis-na-na-na-na-hey-hey-goodbye/?undefined=&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

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