Mt. Nebo Cemetery, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is home to the unique folk art of African American inventor and artist Issac "Ike" Nettles, who used concrete to make images of living people's faces for their tombstones. Born in 1885 near this location, Nettles was described by family as a "brilliant recluse" who studied at Tuskegee University. Though he earned his living as a farmer, he received several patents on inventions he created, most notably a child's pedal car, and he built other machines around his home in Nettles Quarters to aid in his farming endeavors. Three of the four death masks are Nettles's family members. The largest gravestone was for his mother Selena, who died in 1933, whom he represented from the waist up and, according to some, included her hair. The grave of Angel Ezella Nettles included her face and nickname "Sis Dollie." Another was for his wife, Korean, who died in 1933, and also featured the faces of his three daughters, Pauline, Marie, and Clara. The last mask was for Manul Burrell, who died in 1946. Folklorists in the state have recognized the death mask gravestones as unique and significant, and they may be unique in the Southeast.