This is an old, abandoned cemetery that was given to employees of Mill Village to bury their loved ones.

Mr. Donald Comer, President of Avondale Mills, Birmingham, Alabama, gave this land for his employees who could not afford a funeral in the adjacent Cemetery, Forest Hills to use.

Burials nearly stopped after 1929, with only half a dozen burials occurring after that time.

Around 1900, land for a cemetery adjacent to Forest Hill Cemetery was purchased by Avondale Mills, a large cotton mill in Birmingham. This cemetery was created for the use of employees of the company who could not afford a burial site elsewhere. Many employees of the mills lived in a ‘company town' there known as Mill Village or Avondale Mills Village. The cemetery fell out of use in the 1940s, and the ground fell into disrepair and began to become overgrown. The cemetery was lost to records for many years, and is now completely overgrown and nearly impenetrable. A few fallen grave markers can be seen from the periphery, particularly along the edge of Forest Hills block 5. Some effort was made in the 1970s to get Forest Hill to take over management of the cemetery, but for financial and legal reasons, the deal was not able to be made. 

In order to enter the cemetery, you must enter Forest Hill Cemetery, then drive around the northern edge and park adjacent to where the Avondale Mills cemetery gate is indicated on the map posted to the cemetery. You cannot access Avondale Mills Cemetery from Aviation Road, as there is a fence.

In November 2024, Avondale Mills Cemetery was added to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, kept by the Alabama Historical Commission, a part of the State Historic Preservation Office. The notification certificate was signed by Executive Director Lisa D. Jones and Alabama Governor Kay Ivey.