Bexar, Alabama

All that remains today in Bexar are homes, a few churches and the vacant buildings that once housed the post office and general store.

The local community rallied around the post office in an attempt to thwart the end of postal service but were not successful.

Former postmaster Pearce Goggans was the guest of honor at the dedication of the new post office, and U.S. Rep. Carl Elliott gave a speech.

The Bexar post office served a large area of Western Alabama and Eastern Mississippi.

The old Bexar rural delivery area is now served by the post offices in Detroit, Vina, Hamilton (all in Alabama) and Tremont, Mississippi.

Gravel Springs Junior High School (home of the Golden Tigers) was established in 1907 and educated the children of the surrounding countryside until 1985.

The building was used as a place for local children to play basketball in the school gym for a few years, then was used as a manufacturing plant.

Map of Alabama highlighting Marion County