Find A Grave - Restland Memorial Park

Becker, Heinz b. August 26, 1914 d. November 11, 1991
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as a 1st Baseman for 4 seasons (1943, 1945 to 1947) with the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. Born in Berlin, Germany in the midst of World War I, he gained a chance to play in the Majors due to sudden lack of regular ball players because of World War II military enlistment. Spent most of his short career as a back up, and helped the Cubs win the National League Pennant in 1945. He played in 3 games of the subsequent World Series...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Wildwood Urn Garden, Space 91
Belken Sr., James E. b. May 25, 1931 d. August 19, 2000
Accomplished fiddle player, having played for some of the top names in Country and Western Swing music, including Bob Wills, Hank Thompson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Red Foley, Willie Nelson, Mel Tillis and many others. His career spanned 5 decades. He appeared on many televised music shows including Austin City Limits and Ozark Jubilee. He played for 3 presidents: Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Jimmy was inducted into the The Cowtown Society of Western Music in Fort Worth...[Read More] (Bio by: M. L.)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Blakley, William Arvis b. November 12, 1898 d. January 5, 1976
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Texas in 1957, and 1961.
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Boyd, Jim b. September 28, 1914 d. March 11, 1993
Musician. Born in Ladonia, Texas, he was Western swing music artist whom sang and played stand-up sting bass with his brother Bill in "Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers", from 1932 to 1951. For RCA Records, they recorded over 200 hit singles to include "Mama Don't Like No Music", "Saturday Night Rag", "Under the Double Eagle" "Going Back to My Texas Home" and "Ramblers Rag". Together they were in a half-dozen Hollywood Westerns in the 1940s, such as "Tumbleweed Trail" (1942), "Raiders of the West"...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Acacia Lawn Lot 426 Space 4
Cabell, Earle b. October 27, 1906 d. September 24, 1975
Mayor of Dallas at the time of the Kennedy assassination, and later a U.S. Representative (1965-73). (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Clark, Tom Campbell b. September 23, 1899 d. June 13, 1977
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Following military service in World War I, he enrolled at the University of Texas and received his law degree in 1922. He practiced law in Dallas and was appointed Civil District Attorney of Dallas in 1927. In 1937, he was appointed as Special Assistant in the Justice Department, and promoted to Assistant Attorney General in 1943. President Harry S. Truman appointed Clark Attorney General of the United States in 1945 and he served in that...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Collins, James Mitchell b. April 29, 1916 d. July 21, 1989
U.S. Representative from Texas, 1968-83. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Fritz, John William b. June 15, 1896 d. April 19, 1984
Lawman, Kennedy Assassination Figure. As head of the Dallas Police Department's Robbery-Homicide unit in 1963, he was Lee Harvey Oswald's primary interrogator. Law enforcement officers led by him interrogated Oswald over the less than 48 hours between his arrest and death. John Fritz was present for more of the questioning than any other officer.
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Sunset Gardens Lot 30a Space 2
GPS coordinates: 32.5552597, -96.4467697 (hddd.dddd)
Gliatto, Salvador Michael 'Sal' b. May 7, 1902 d. November 1, 1995
Major League Baseball Player. He played as a pticher for one season (1930) for the Cleveland Indians. He appeared in eight games, didn't win or lose any, but got two Saves. He finished his career in the Texas Leagues, where he won 106 games during the 1930s and 1940s with the Dallas Steers and the Dallas Rebels. He was the third player inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame .
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Rock Garden, Lot 5B, Space 4
Gossett, Ed Lee b. January 27, 1902 d. November 6, 1990
US Congressman. He was raised in Henrietta, Texas and received bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Texas, afterwards practicing law, first in Vernon and later in Wichita Falls. From 1933 to 1937 he was District Attorney of the Texas forty-sixth judicial district. In 1938 Gossett was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was reelected six times and served from January 1939 until his resignation in July 1951. Gossett was one of the southern Democrats in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Gray, Jerry b. July 3, 1915 d. August 19, 1976
Musician, Composer, Arranger. Born Generoso Graziano in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a violinist, arranger and composer, best known for his work with popular music during the big band swing era. In 1936, he joined the Artie Shaw Orchestra as lead violinist and penned some of the band's most popular arrangements, including "Carioca", "Softly, "As in a Morning Sunrise", "Any Old Time" and "Begin the Beguine". He left Shaw in 1939, to join the Glenn Miller Orchestra and was credited with helping...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: ABBEY NICHE 48 EAST WALL
Howard, Texie Waterman b. November 25, 1931 d. October 14, 1996
Choreographer who changed the image of professional football by helping create the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. They captured the nation's attention on the sideline of Super Bowl X in Miami. She choreographed the cheerleaders from 1972-83.
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Masonic Block J Lot 41 Space 5
GPS coordinates: 32.5550003, -96.4461823 (hddd.dddd)
Hutch (Hutchison), Willie (Willie McKinley) b. 1945 d. September 26, 2005
Blues Musician. He was an award-winning Motown rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and producer who co-wrote the Jackson 5 hit "I'll Be There." He died in Duncanville, Texas, where he lived. Born Willie McKinley Hutchison in Los Angeles, California, he grew up in Dallas, Texas. In 1964, his debut single, "Love Has Put Me Down," was released by Soul City Records. His music soon caught the attention of The 5th Dimension, which recorded several of his songs. Best known for his work at Motown...[Read More] (Bio by: Always with Love)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Lane, Frank b. February 1, 1896 d. March 19, 1981
Major League Baseball Executive, Manager. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was a multi pro sports official when signed as traveling secretary for the Cincinnati Reds in 1933. He was elevated to assistant general manager for the Reds in 1936, serving until he resigned to join the US Navy during World War II. After the war, he was general manager of the Kansas City Blues in 1946, general manager of the White Sox 1948 to 1955, manger of the St. Louis Cardinals 1955 to 1957 and manager of the Cleveland...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Lay, Herman Warden b. June 3, 1909 d. December 6, 1982
Businessman, Entrepreneur. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, he is best known as being the founder of the H.W. Lay Company, Inc., later part of the Frito-Lay Corporation. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to a farmer named Jesse N. Lay and his wife Bertha Erman Parr Lay, his first job was working on the family farm. The family moved to Blackville, South Carolina, and then to Greenville, South Carolina, where he bagan to get interested in business. At the age of 11, he sold Pepsi-Cola to...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Maloney, James Monte b. April 20, 1902 d. March 7, 1962
Musician. Born James Monte Maloney in Dallas, Texas, he was a clarinetist and leader of the popular Jimmy Joy Orchestra. In in 1921, his band started playing at the Joyland Park in Galveston, Texas and park management billed the band as Jimmy Joy. By the 1930s, he was performing weekly on a half hour jazz concert over the San Antonio WOAI radio station and on the big time vaudeville circuit. The band evolved into one of the favorites in the Midwest, performing at the top hotels such as the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Garden Of Valley View, Lot 9, Block F, Space 1
Martin, Harvey b. November 16, 1950 d. December 24, 2001
Defensive end with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s and early '80s. He set team records with 114 career sacks and 20 sacks in 1977 alone. He and Randy White were co-MVP in Super Bowl XII and made the Pro Bowl four times. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Pancreatic Cancer
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Matthews, Forrest b. September 24, 1908 d. November 2, 1951
Actor. A native of McKinley, Texas, Matthews was an accomplished actor of television, film and stage. A graduate of the Bryan High School in Dallas, Texas, he started his acting career appearing in local theater, and later joining a stock company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During World War II, Matthews returned home and enlisted in the United States Navy. He was sent overseas and fought at Okinawa and Guadalcanal. After the war, Matthews went to Hollywood and went onto appear in over 35 films...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
McRae, Norman b. September 26, 1947 d. July 25, 2003
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on September 26, 1947, McRae made his pitching debut on September 13, 1969. McCrae began his career in the minor leagues in 1965 at the age of 17 when he was recruited by the Detroit Tigers. In 1968 he was moved to the major leagues after leading the Southern League. From 1969 to 1970 he pitched for the Detroit Tigers and had a 2.90 ERA. In 1970 he was traded in the off-season to the Washington Senators, with whom he played for until...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Mentell, Justin b. December 16, 1982 d. February 1, 2010
Actor, Artist. He is best known for his portrayal of lawyer Garrett Wells on the TV series "Boston Legal" from 2005 to 2006. The Austin, Texas native began performing at age three in local theatre productions, and majored in drama at Northern Illinois University. During his sophomore year he studied at the famed Moscow Art Theatre as part of NIU's summer exchange program. Mentell made his big screen debut in "Gotham, IL" (2004) and went on to appear in the films "Roll Bounce" (2005), "At the...[Read More]
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA

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