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• Borom, Edward Jones 'Red'    b. October 30, 1915  d. January 7, 2011
  Major League Baseball Player. He played second base for the Detroit Tigers from 1944 to 1945. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he played for the Tigers for part of the 1944 baseball season. He then completed the entire 1945 season with the club, batting over .300 during their pennant drive in September. He was part of the 1945 World Series champion team, beating the Chicago Cubs the year the famous "curse of the billy goat" originated at Wrigley Field. Despite this...[Read More] (Bio by: Steven Tynan)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Danoff, Bettye 'Mighty Mite'   b. May 21, 1923  d. December 22, 2011
  Professional Golf Pioneer. She is remembered as one of the 13 founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. Born Betty Jane Mims (she added the "e" to her first name for reasons of her own) she was raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, and learned the game at her family's driving range and golf course. In high school Bettye was a cheerleader and the golf team's first girl member then spent a year at the North Texas State Teacher's College before concentrating on golf. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Glenn, Artie    b. January 23, 1915  d. July 25, 1994
  Musician/Songwriter. Born Charles A. Glenn. Known as Artie, his greatest professional achievement was writing the song, "Crying In the Chapel." He wrote it for his son Darrell to sing while Darrell was still in high school. Artie's band the Rhythm Riders, backed him on the record. It reached number 4 on the Country chart and number 9 on The Hot 100. The Orioles, Rex Allen, June Valli and Elvis Presley all had hits with "Crying In the Chapel." It became a million seller for Rex Allen but Elvis'...[Read More] (Bio by: Jane Eubanks)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Garden of Memories, Lot 78-C
   
• Haywood, Ennis   b. December 5, 1979  d. May 11, 2003
  Professional Football Player. Haywood was born in Dallas, Texas, on December 5, 1979. He later attended Carter High School and in 1998 at 5'10' and 224 lbs, he began to play football. He became a team captain and earned records in receiving, rushing, and kickoff returns. As an undrafted free agent, Haywood later went onto college and played for the Cyclone Athletics at Iowa State University. In 2002 he was on the practice squad and led the team in rushing in the preseason with 120 yards on 31...[Read More]
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Newton, Richard Lee    b. September 11, 1926  d. January 13, 2006
  Actor. A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he is best known for his role as 'Judge Richard Cooksey' on the television series, "Matlock" from 1986 to 1990. He also appeared in the films, "Lily Of Laguna" (1938), "On The Spot" (1938), "Smoky Cell" (1938), "Dangerous Mission" (1954), "Plunder Road" (1957), "Crash Landing" (1958), and "Assassin," and the television programs, "The A-Team," "You Are There," "The Silent Service," "Johnny Ringo," "Frontier Justice," "M Squad," and "...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Pool, Joe Richard    b. February 18, 1911  d. July 14, 1968
  U.S. Representative from Texas, 1963-68. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Stamps, Virgil Oliver   b. September 18, 1892  d. August 19, 1940
  Singer, writer, publisher, and gospel music pioneer. Stamps founded the V.O. Stamps Music Company in 1924 in Jacksonville, Texas and soon published "Harbor Bells", his first songbook. Two years later, he merged the company with J. R. Baxter, Jr. to form the Stamps-Baxter Music Company, based in Dallas, Texas. He sang bass with the Stamps Quartet. He arranged the music of "When the Saints Go Marching In" in 1937. Mr. Stamps is a member of the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame and was inducted into...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul, Karen, & Katherine)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Stevenson, B. W.   b. October 5, 1949  d. April 28, 1988
  Musician. Born Louis Charles Stevenson in Dallas, Texas, he was a guitarist songwriter, best known for working in a genre called progressive country music. In his brief career he recorded six albums with hits such as "A Little Bit of Understanding", "Shambala" and the classic single "My Maria" (1973), which was covered by country artists Brooks and Dunn in 1996. He died while undergoing heart valve surgery at the age of 38. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Swofford, William 'Oliver'    b. February 22, 1945  d. February 12, 2000
  Singer known as "Oliver". Oliver's first big hit was a song from the Broadway musical,"Hair". Released on Jubilee,"Good Morning Starshine" went to #3 Pop in spring 1969.A song written by Rod McKuen from the movie,"The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie", "Jean", went gold,holding the #2 Pop spot for two weeks and going to #1 Adult Contemporary on Billboard's charts in fall 1969. Both were included on the "Good Morning Sunshine" LP that peaked at #19 Pop in fall 1969. (Bio by: K Freeman)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   
• Tippit, J.D.    b. September 18, 1924  d. November 22, 1963
  The Dallas Police officer allegedly killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on the day of the Kennedy assassination. Evidence fully indicates that Lee Harvey Oswald killed officer Tippit, but since Oswald was never brought to trial, it remains only an allegation. Born J. D. Tippit in Clarksville, Texas, the oldest of six children to Edgar Lee Tippit, a sharecropper cotton farmer and his wife, Lizzie Mae Rush. The initials J. D. were given to him by his father as a first name, and do not stand for...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 62, Lot 1, Space 7
   
• Vaughan, Stevie Ray    b. October 3, 1954  d. August 27, 1990
  Rock/Blues Musician. Born in Dallas, Texas, he was part of a musical family. His elder brother Jimmie, the guitarist in the group ‘The Fabulous Thunderbirds’, introduced his younger brother to rock and blues via his record collection. Stevie Ray Vaughan came to appreciate guitarists such as B.B. King, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and many others, by listening to their recordings. He learned to play by borrowing brother Jimmie's guitar and following him to his concerts. By 1975...[Read More] (Bio by: Daniel L. Taylor Sr.)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Vaughan Estates
   
• Williams, Davey   b. November 2, 1927  d. August 17, 2009
  Major League Baseball Player. Born David Carlous Williams, Jr., he played at the second base position for six seasons (1949, 1951 to 1955) with the New York Giants. He was a member of two National League Pennant-winning teams (1951 and 1954 Giants), including the 1954 World Champion Giants' team. He appeared in six career total World Series games recording twelve plate appearances. Williams appeared in 517 career regular season games, recording 450 hits with a .252 lifetime batting average and...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
   

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