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• Brooks, Thomas Overton    b. December 21, 1897  d. September 16, 1961
  US Congressman. Member of US House of Representatives from 1936 to 1961. Namesake of Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Connell, Clyde    b. September 19, 1901  d. May 1, 1998
  Sculptress, primitive artist and civil rights advocate. Featured in People magazine and on PBS and was the subject of at least two books. Her works were featured in the show "Different Drummers" at the Hirschhorn Museum of Art at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and in the "The Dream of Egypt" at the Centro Cutural/Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City. The state of Louisiana declared her a "state treasure" in 1998. She blended wood carving and mixed media, and over the course of...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Plot: Section B, Lot 77
   
• Corrington, John William    b. October 28, 1932  d. November 24, 1988
  Novelist, and screenwriter. Graduate of Jesuit High School and Centenary College of Louisiana, both in Shreveport, Louisiana, and of the graduate school of the University of Sussex in Great Britain. He also held a law degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Among his novels are "Decoration Day," "Omega Man," "Shad Sentell," "The Risi's Wife," and "All My Trials." Creator/screenwriter of several television programs including "Search for Tomorrow," "One Life to Live," and "...[Read More] (Bio by: Eric J. Brock)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Plot: Catholic Section, east bank of creek on slope
   
• Disosway, Gen. Gabriel Poillon 'Gabe'    b. June 11, 1910  d. February 23, 2001
  Military Figure. United States Air Force general and air power pioneer and advocate. At the close of his four-decade career he was commander of the U.S. Air Force's Tactical Air Command, or TAC. A 1933 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he commanded the 37th Fighter Group in Panama and, in the closing months of World War II, led the 311th Fighter Group and then the 312th Fighter Wing in China. After the war he commanded Air Training Command's Flying Training Air Force and the...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Plot: Section 9
   
• Edenborn, William    b. March 20, 1848  d. May 14, 1926
  Businessman and industrialist. Founder of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company and founder of the American Steel Wire Company; member of the board of United States Steel. In 1870 he patented a machine to produce barbed wire, previously made only by hand, and started a company at St. Louis, Missouri, to manufacture the product. In the late 1870s he contracted to make wire for telephones and telegraph systems, gaining a monopoly for doing so. In 1901 he sold the company to J. P. Morgan...[Read More] (Bio by: Eric J. Brock)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Plot: §M, NE quadrant
   
• Garber, Jan (Jacob Charles)    b. November 5, 1894  d. October 5, 1977
  Musician. He was billed as the "Idol of the Air Lanes," and organized one of the first bands of the Big Band Era. In the 1930s, he took over the Freddie Large band. Jan composed the band's famous theme song "My Dear." He also composed the popular "We Don't Get Much Money (But We Have a Lot of Fun)." His band was featured in such films as "Here Comes Elmer," and "Make Believe Ballroom." (Bio by: Laurie)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Gray, Oscar Lee  b. 1865  d. 1936
  U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1915-19. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Long, Rose    b. April 8, 1892  d. May 27, 1970
  Wife of Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator Huey P. Long. After Huey's assassination in 1935, she completed his term in the U.S. Senate. She was also the mother of long-time U.S. Senator Russell Long. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• May, Margery Land    b. January 14, 1898  d. May 13, 1932
  Author. She was a noted writer of short stories in the 1920s, and a film screenwriter of some note. She slipped into a depression not long after the death of her husband, Shreveport attorney James Martin Foster, and committed suicide at their home, "Currighmuir," which was located where the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport School of Allied Health Professions is now located. Her film writing credits include "Those Who Judge" (1924), from her novel "Such As Sit in Judgment," "Destiny's...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Morgan, Arthur C.    b. 1904  d. September 9, 1994
  Sculptor. A graduate of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York City, he was commissioned at age 16 to create a bust of Dr. Simon Baruch, medical pioneer and advocate of hydrotherapy. Studied under, and was a protege of, Gutzon Borglum, creator of Mount Rushmore. Known for his statues and busts of public figures, including Louisiana Gov. Earl Long, his best-known creation is the heroic figure of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Douglas White in Statuary Hall of U.S. Capitol...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Patient, LTC. Edith Marie    b. February 17, 1911  d. May 18, 1964
  US Army Nurse. Leading figure among a handful of US Army nurses captured by the Japanese in early 1942 upon the surrender of Corregidor. She was evacuated to the prison camp at the University of Santo Tomas where she cared for fellow prisoners, including survivors of the death march and Japanese abuses, from mid 1942 until early 1945 when she was liberated. Less political than some of her fellow nurses, she led a quiet and successful life as a military nurse through her early death. Recipient...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Pleasant, Ruffin Golson    b. June 2, 1871  d. September 12, 1937
  Governor of Louisiana. Ruffin Golson Pleasant was born on June 2, 1871 in the rural community of Shiloh in western Union Parish, Louisiana. He was the eldest child of Benjamin Franklin Pleasant and his wife Martha Washington Dudy. He attended local schools before starting at Ruston College in 1886 followed by Mount Lebanon College from 1887 through 1889. He studied at Louisiana State University from 1890 until 1894, and from there he went to Harvard Summer School in 1895 to study law. In 1896...[Read More] (Bio by: Linda Davis)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Sandifer, Daniel Padgett   b. March 1, 1927  d. August 15, 1987
  Professional football player, architect. Played six years in the National Football League 1948-1954, as a defensive back on the rosters of the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. In his rookie year with Washington he set two NFL records, for most passes intercepted in a single season (13) and most yards on interception returns in one season (258 yards). He scored three touchdowns in the August 1949 Redskins-LA Rams Exhibition Game and was voted the...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Plot: Section 6, Lot 172
   
• Sardisco, Tony (Anthony Guy)   b. December 5, 1932  d. May 28, 2006
  Professional Football Player. He played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He served as the first captain of the Boston Patriots, earning All-AFL Conference honors in 1961. His NFL career was briefly interrupted during the 1950's while serving two years in the United States military before resuming a pro football career in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Calgary Stampeders. He played his...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   
• Strahm, Gen. Victor Herbert    b. October 26, 1897  d. May 11, 1957
  World War I ace and Air Force general. Downed five confirmed German airplanes in 1918, with three more probable kills. Earned two Distingished Service Crosses, an award second only to the Medal of Honor. Army Air Corps test pilot in the 1930s. He served as Chief of Staff of the 10th Air Force in World War II, and was later Deputy Commanding General of the 9th Air Force. He served as Commander of Barksdale Field (it changed to Barksdale Air Force Base during his command) from January 1946 to...[Read More] (Bio by: John Andrew Prime)
  Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
   

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