The headstone reads “Leo and Ruby Lambert.” It marks an unassuming plot among dozens of others in a wooded section of Forest Hills Cemetery in St. Elmo.
But like many of those buried at Forest Hills, the Lamberts are part of Chattanooga history.
In 1928, Mr. Lambert discovered a waterfall inside a cave on Lookout Mountain. He named the cave Ruby Falls after his wife. He died in 1950, she in 1951. They are buried in Section J, Lot 133.
Nearby, in Section C, Lot 59, lies Jackie Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell made sports history as a female baseball player who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Area residents and visitors are invited to visit these graves and those of other well-known Chattanoogans next month during the cemetery’s third annual History Stroll.