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Conner, Keven 'Dino' b. November 18, 1974 d. January 28, 2003
R&B Singer. Member of the early 90's hip-hop group H-Town. Their debut album, "Fever For Da Flavor" spawned the smash hit single "Knockin' Da Boots". H-Town also included Dino's fraternal twin brother Shazam. On January 28, 2003, after leaving a Houston recording studio, Dino and his pregnant fiancee were stopped at a red light when a speeding SUV crashed into the driver's side of the car, ejecting both Dino and his fiancee into a parking lot. The finacee died on impact and Dino died en route...[Read More] (Bio by: Dakota)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
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Farrell, Richard 'Turk' b. April 8, 1934 d. June 10, 1977
Major League Baseball Player. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound right-hander made his debut with the Philadelphia Phillies as a starter late in the 1956 season. The following year began a string of 258 appearances as a reliever. He was 10-2 with a 2.38 earned run average in his first full season. He pitched in the 1958 All-Star Game and struck out four of the seven batters he faced, including Ted Williams. On May 4, 1961, he was traded with infielder Joe Koppe to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Ford, Ernest b. February 23, 1916 d. April 16, 1991
Lyricist, He collaborated on more than 200 songs with many different composers. He wrote lyrics for such songs as "Beautiful Eyes" (1951), ""Come Back to Me" (1945), "Dear Diary" (1940), "I Just Have to Tell you" (1940), "My Itty Bitty Kitty" (1945), "Sweet Lips (Kiss My Blues Away" (1946), "Thirteen" (1957), and "Whispering Pines" (1949).
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 407, Lot 95, Space 8
GPS coordinates: 29.4438305, -95.3652725 (hddd.dddd)
Foreman, Percy Eugene b. June 21, 1902 d. August 25, 1988
Legendary Texas criminal defense attorney. Known for his unconventional trial strategies, he handled society divorces, and in sixty years of practice defended more than 1,000 accused murderers, only one of whom was executed. (Foreman was quoted as saying, “He deserved it.”) Among his most famous clients were James Earl Ray, whom he persuaded to plead guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in exchange for a life sentence; socialite Candace Mossler's nephew Melvin Lane Powers...[Read More] (Bio by: Joel Berry)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Knust, Michael Stephen b. March 11, 1949 d. September 15, 2003
Rock Musician. He began playing guitar while attending Spring Branch High School in Spring Branch, Texas, later becoming the founder and lead guitarist for the psychadelic 1960s musical group, 'Fever Tree.' The group originally named, 'The Bostwick Vines,' was formed in Houston, Texas, in 1966, with Dennis Keller, Rob Landes, John Tuttle, and E.L. Wolfe. The band began recording on the See For Miles Record Label and the UNI Record Label, that same year and soon released there only biggest hit, "...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Passe, Loel b. May 29, 1917 d. July 15, 1997
Baseball Broadcaster. He was a baseball radio sportscaster best known for being the voice of the Houston Astros. He began his career in the big-league baseball booth when the National League Colt .45s, came to Houston in 1962. For the next fourteen years (1962-76), he was a popular fixture with the fans giving play by play for the Colt .45s and Houston Astros. Among his many pauses, Houston fans knew something fine had happened when Loel would chortle, "Hot ziggity dog" and sassafras tea!" He...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 410 Lot 112 Space 3
GPS coordinates: 29.4439793, -95.3661728 (hddd.dddd)
Raynor, Joe b. October 5, 1923 d. July 16, 2004
Professional Drummer. He started his professional career in 1941 when he placed 2nd in the National Gene Krupa Contest for drummers 18 or under, 40,000 competed. He served in the Army Air Corps Band in WWII. After the war he toured with singer Ray Eberle and his band, later performed with the Albino Torres band and George Olsen's band at Galveston's famed Balinese Room. With Henry King's orchestra at the Shamrock Hilton, Texas, he backed up such singers as Dinah Shore, Tony Martin, Frank...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Rizzo, Johnny b. July 30, 1912 d. December 4, 1977
Major League Baseball Player. The right-handed-hitting outfielder had a fine rookie season with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 when he hit .301 with 23 homers and 111 runs batted in. The following year, on May 30, he drove in a club-record nine runs in a 14-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a doubleheader. Rizzo belted homers off Clyde Shoun in the fifth and off Bob Bowman in the ninth. Still, he slumped to .261 with six homers and 55 RBIs that year. He was traded to...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Stevens, Eddie 'Big Ed' b. January 12, 1925 d. July 22, 2012
Major League Baseball Player, Coach. For six seasons (1945 to 1950), he played at the first-base position with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He held the distinction of yielding his starter position to Jackie Robinson in 1947. Born Edward Lee Stevens, he was signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent at the age of sixteen. He marked his Major League debut with Brooklyn on August 9th, 1945 and recorded 55 hits in 55 games that year. He produced career-highs in hits with 109 and...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

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