Find A Grave - Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park

Ash, Mary (Wagner) Kay b. May 12, 1918 d. November 22, 2001
Businesswoman. As a child took care of her father who had tuberculosis while her mother worked in a restaurant. In 1939 she started selling Stanley Home Products, working for them until 1952. On Sept 13, 1963 she launched Mary Kay Cosmetics on $5000.00. In 1968 Mary Kay, Inc. went public, and in 1969 she awarded five pink Cadillacs to its top five sales directors. In 1979 one of her independent consultants surpased $1 million in commissions. By 1983 Mary Kay, Inc. sales exceeded $300 million...[Read More]
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: North Mausoleum Sec. H 2C
Bailey Jr., Joseph Weldon b. December 15, 1892 d. July 17, 1943
US Congressman. Served in the US Army during World War I; US Representative from Texas 1933-35; he campaigned as a states'-rights Democrat in opposition to national government extravagance. He called the Eighteenth Amendment "a mistake" and favored its repeal. He was at odds with some of FDR's New Deal programs. Opposed to unemployment relief, refinancing of home mortgages, and others.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Space 4 Lot 3 Block 19 Section E (monument Garden)
GPS coordinates: 32.5208893, -96.4673386 (hddd.dddd)
Boggess, Dusty b. June 7, 1904 d. July 8, 1968
National League umpire, 1944-48, 1950-62. He umpired more than 5,000 baseball games in his career. He was a player in more than 1,500 baseball games, and an official in more than 2,800 basketball games, 500 football games, and 500 straight NL baseball games. He was also a professional football scout for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Court Of The Flowers Lot 50 Space 3
GPS coordinates: 32.5202484, -96.4660797 (hddd.dddd)
Burnett, Richard Wesley b. January 13, 1898 d. June 1, 1955
Oilman and baseball entrepreneur. In 1948 he purchased the Texas Rebels of the AA Texas League, and renamed them the Eagles. They won the Texas League pennant in 1952 (the first time since 1936). He turned a lackluster franchise into a powerful force. He integrated the Texas League five years after the major leagues ended segregation.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: MAUSOLEUM, NE SKYWAY, PRIVATE FAMILY ROOM #3
Byrd, David Harold 'Dry Hole' b. April 24, 1900 d. September 14, 1986
Businessman. Born in Detroit, Texas, he grew up in Texas and Oklahoma. His first job in oil was as a roughneck in the Burkburnett oil field. He went to Trinity University, and from 1919 to 1921 he studied geology at the University of Texas. In 1931 he and Jack Frost founded Byrd-Frost, and operate hundreds of wells in East Texas that were soon producing 4,000 barrels of oil a day. In 1944 he founded Byrd Oil Corporation and B-H Drilling Corporation, later sold to Mobil. In 1952, he organized...[Read More] (Bio by: Larry Chenault)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Caruth, W. W. b. December 26, 1876 d. April 20, 1949
Businessman. Philanthropist and investment magnate.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Caruth Triangle, at front of cemetery
Clements, Woodrow Wilson b. July 30, 1914 d. October 3, 2002
W.W. Clements, known to everyone as "Foots" has one huge claim to fame, and that was his love of the soft drink, Dr. Pepper. In the 1930's, he owned a cafe and met a customer who would drink nothing else but Dr. Pepper, and it intrigued "Foots". Soon he was driving a soda delivery truck, and his life long love for the beverage stuck. He worked his way up the ranks from delivery truck driver to C.E.O., and he is as responsible as anyone for the drinks success. He also founded the Dr. Pepper...[Read More]
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Connolly, Maureen 'Mo' b. September 17, 1934 d. June 21, 1969
Professional Tennis Player. Born in San Diego, California, she took up the game of tennis at age 10 and was dubbed Little Mo. At age 14, she won 56 consecutive matches and the following year became the youngest player ever to win the U.S. Tennis National Championship for girls 18 and under. In 1953, at age 18, she became the first woman to win the Grand Slam. She won both Wimbledon and United States titles 3 times (1951-53) and was a 3-time AP Female Athlete of Year (1951-53). On July 20, 1954...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Monument Garden E, Block 18, Lot 4, Space 5
Crowell, Grace Noll b. October 31, 1877 d. March 31, 1969
Poet. She published over thirty-five books of poetry, stories for children, and poem and prose devotions. Her "Songs for Courage" went into twenty-five printings. In 1935 he was designated Poet Laureate of Texas. Dale Carnegie called her "one of the most beloved poets in America." In the early 1940s she was called "the most popular writer of verse in America."
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Mausoleum: Beatitudes NE S36 Crypt E
Crume, E. Paul b. February 24, 1912 d. November 16, 1975
A leading columnist with The Dallas Morning News, where his column, "Big D" received front-page space. Mr. Crume was also the author of A Texan at Bay and a compilation of his daily columns was also featured in The World of Paul Crume - edited by his wife. (Bio by: Larry Chenault)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Decker, James E. b. August 31, 1898 d. August 29, 1970
Law Officer. Longtime Dallas County, Texas Sheriff who was involved in several nationally famous incidents. His pursuit of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker and his capture of hardened criminal Raymond Hamilton focused national attention on him during the 1930s, and was Sheriff in November 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
DeGolyer, Everette b. October 9, 1886 d. December 14, 1956
Oil man.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Delcambre, Alfred J. b. October 22, 1909 d. May 30, 1958
Actor. He is best known for appearing in crime or western films. He is most remembered for his role as Dr. Jason Barlow in the 1936 film, "Tundra." His other credits include, "Search For Beauty" (1934), "Wharf Angel" (1934), "You're Telling Me!" (1934), "The Notorious Sophie Lang" (1934), "Wagon Wheels" (1934), "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1934), "College Rhythm" (1934), "One Hour Late" (1934), "Wings In The Dark" (1935), "Home On The Range" (1935), "Car 99" (1935), "Four Hours To Kill!" (1935), "The...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Elgart, Les b. August 3, 1917 d. July 28, 1993
Musician. Born New Haven, Connecticut, he was a swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter. He began playing as a teenager and with his brother, they put together their own group the Les & Larry Elgart Ensemble in 1945. By the 1950s, his Les Elgart Orchestra entertained around the world performing at such prestigious locations as the Hollywood Palladium, Waldorf Astoria, Hawaii, Disneyland, London, Las Vegas, Rio de Janeiro, Guatemala, plus many colleges and universities. His orchestra recorded over...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Garden of Prayer, Block 10, Lot 27, Space 2
Florence, Fred Farrel b. November 5, 1891 d. December 25, 1960
Fred Farrel Florence was born in New York and his family moved to Rusk in Cherokee County where his father started a grocery store. Fred Florence rose from janitor to president of an Alto, Texas, state bank, which established a relationship with Guaranty Bank of Dallas that led to his hiring at that firm in the early 1920s. In 1922 Guaranty received a national charter, took the name Republic National Bank of Dallas. Florence became president of Republic Bank in 1929 and Chairman of the...[Read More]
Cause of death: hepatitis
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Forester, Bill b. August 9, 1932 d. April 27, 2007
Professional Football Player. Born George William Forester. He was a linebacker for eleven seasons (1953 to 1963) in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers. Forester was a member of two NFL Championship teams (1961 and 1962 Packers), and was part of a defense that included hall of fame players Ray Nitschke and Herb Adderley. He was named to the All-Pro Team five times (1959 to 1963) and played in four Pro Bowl Games (1959 to 1962). During his college years, Forester was a...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Franckhauser, Thomas A. b. May 26, 1937 d. April 17, 1997
Professional Football Player. Drafted from Purdue University by the Los Angeles Rams in 1959, he came to Dallas in 1960 to play on the first Cowboys football team under Coach Tom Landry. He returned the opening kickoff for the team in its first regular season games, making him the first Cowboy to touch the ball in an official contest. He retired in 1963 when an injury cut short his career.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Garden Of Peace
GPS coordinates: 32.5215187, -96.4678726 (hddd.dddd)
Garson, Greer b. September 29, 1904 d. April 6, 1996
Actress. Greer Garson was beautiful, bright and most of all strong - strong enough to make Laurence Olivier wither in "Pride and Prejudice," and Walter Pidgeon to back down in their multiple, memorable pairings.��Yet when she joined her strength to theirs and others, she became the symbol of a nation unconquered by Adolf Hitler. Born in London to father who died two years later, Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson received a fine education and gave up her dreams of becoming a teacher when the stage...[Read More] (Bio by: Portia)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: At Fogelson Triangle (Ground Burial). Follow main entrance road straight towards the back
Higgins, Michael Franklin b. May 27, 1909 d. March 21, 1969
Baseball player and manager. "Pinky" Higgins played 3rd base for 14 seasons in the American League, for Philadelphia, Boston, and Detroit. A 3-time All-Star, 1934-36-44, he had a .292 lifetime batting average and played in two World Series, 1940 and 46. He holds the record of hitting safely in 12 consecutive at-bats. He managed the Boston Red Sox 8 seasons, 1955-62, winning 560 games and losing 556. (Bio by: John Nelms)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Hootkins, William b. July 5, 1948 d. October 23, 2005
Actor. Stout, imposing, versatile character performer of stage and screen. He is probably best remembered for his supporting roles in three Hollywood blockbusters: "Star Wars" (1977), in which he played Rebel fighter pilot Jek Porkins; "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), as one of the silky Army Intelligence officers who recruits Indiana Jones to track down the Ark of Covenant; and as the corrupt Lt. Eckhardt in "Batman" (1989). William Michael Hootkins was born in Dallas, Texas, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Mausoleum (new section)

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