Archive for the ‘Historical’ Category
Our cemeteries are proud to be the final resting place of many well know public figures over the years. Below is a list of many of those individuals. If you know of others that you feel should appear on this list please contact us with detailed information using our contact us from.
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Blues/Jazz
Musicians
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Death
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Reference
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Burial Location
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| Johnny “Ace” Alexander | 12-24-54 | R & B Singer | Section “C” |
| James Carr | 01-07-01 | Soul SInger/Vocalist | Garden Of Peace |
| Carl Lee Cunningham | 12-10-67 | Bar-Kays Member | Trinity |
| Al Jackson, Jr. | 10-01-75 | Drummer Booker T. & MG’s | Lower Good Shepherd |
| Phalon Jones | 12-10-67 | Bar-Kays Member | Section “F” Div. I |
| Jimmie King, Jr. | 12-10-67 | Bar-Kays Member | Trinity |
| Booker Little, Jr. | 10-05-61 | Jazz trumpeter & composer | Park Section |
| Rufus Thomas | 12-15-01 | R & B Blues Singer | Park Section |
| Bukka White | 02-24-77 | Musician – cousing to B.B.Kng | Devotion Div. II |
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Gospel Singers
& Writers
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Death
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Reference
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Burial Location
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| Queen C. Anderson | 1959 | Gospel Soloist | Queen C. Anderson |
| Mattie Wigley | 08-25-96 | Gospel Soloist | Queen C. Anderson |
| Rev. William H. Brewster | 1987 | Gospel Composer | M.K.K. Jr. Maus. |
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Historical
& Other
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Death
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Reference
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Burial Location
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| Dr. Thomas Oscar Fuller, Sr. | 1942 | T. O. Fuller State Park/Politics | Section “F” Div. I |
| Emma Wilburn | 04-13-37 | New Park Cemetery – founder | Section “A” |
| A. C. “Moohah” Williams | 12-03-04 | Radio personality with WDIA | Garden of Eternity |
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