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Benton, William Plummer b. December 25, 1828 d. March 14, 1867
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. A promanet lawyer in practice at the start of the Civil War, he raised the first company of the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was promoted Colonel. He commanded in the Western Virginia campaign of 1861 and was promoted Brigadier General in April of 1862. He then served in various district commands with the XIII Corps in Texas and Louisiana throughout 1864 and commanded a division in the Battle of Spanish Fort, Alabama. For serving with...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Dunkley, Ferdinand Luis b. July 16, 1869 d. January 5, 1956
Composer. He is best know for the works of 'Rustic Suite for Orchestra: Cradle Song', 'The Wreck of the Hesperus', 'Leif Erikson' and 'The Buoyant Voice.' (Bio by: Laurie)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Jurisich, Al (Alvin) b. August 25, 1921 d. November 3, 1981
Major League Baseball Player. The right-hander was sometimes effective as a rookie spot starter and long reliever for the 1944 world champion St. Louis Cardinals. However, when star players began returning home from World War II, his days were numbered. He was 7-9 with a 3.39 earned run average in 1944 and 3-3 with a 5.15 ERA the following year. He was sold to the Philadelphia Phillies on Feb. 5, 1946 and finished his career with them in 1947. Lack of control was his biggest problem as he...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Kramer, Jack b. January 5, 1918 d. May 18, 1995
Major League Baseball Player. The right-handed pitcher compiled a 95-103 record during his 12 years in the major leagues. He made his debut with St. Louis in 1939 and was 17-13 with 18 complete games and 257 innings pitched when the Browns won their only American League pennant in 1944. In Game 3 of the World Series, he stopped the Cardinals on seven hits for a 6-2 victory. He also pitched two scoreless innings of relief in Game 6 as the Cards wrapped up the title. On November 17, 1947, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Lawrence, Effingham b. March 2, 1820 d. December 9, 1878
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1875. Also served as a Member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives. (Bio by: K)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Meyer, Emile b. August 18, 1910 d. March 19, 1987
Actor. A striking "tough-guy" character performer in some 60 films and over 100 TV episodes. Meyer was born in New Orleans, where he drifted through a variety of occupations (longshoreman, safety inspector, cab driver, insurance salesman). At age 40 he decided to try acting after director Elia Kazan gave him a bit part in "Panic in the Streets" (1950), which was shot on location in The Big Easy. Stocky, square-jawed and mean-looking, he was most often cast as a western villain or a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Alzheimer's Disease
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Lot 26, Lemon Avenue between Hawthorne and Cedar
Moody, Young Marshall b. June 23, 1822 d. September 18, 1866
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Entered the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War as a Captain in the 11th Alabama Infantry, who’s Major was Archibald Gracie. In late 1861 the two officers helped recruit and organize the 43rd Alabama Infantry, which was accepted into Confederate service in February 1862 with Gracie as its Colonel and Young Moody as its Lieutenant Colonel. After the 43rd’s first taste...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cause of death: Yellow Fever
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Roppolo, Leon Joseph b. March 16, 1902 d. October 5, 1943
Jazz musician. Best known as a clarinetist, he also played the saxophone and the guitar. He was born in Lutcher, Louisiana, but his parents moved to New Orleans around 1912, and within a year or two, he was playing professionally in parades and at parties. When he was fifteen, he went on tour with Bee Palmer, the Shimmie Queen, as a member of her band. In 1921, along with his childhood friends cornetist Paul Mares and trombonist George Brunies, he joined the Friars' Club Orchestra in Chicago...[Read More] (Bio by: NorthStar)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Scott, Thomas M. b. 1829 d. April 21, 1876
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was engaged in farming when he enlisted in the 12th Louisiana Infantry and was elected Colonel. He led the 12th Louisiana in campaigns of the war in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. During the Battle of Atlanta, he distinguished himself and was promoted Brigadier General in May, 1864. He led a brigade at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, was severely wounded on November 30, 1864 and saw no further action for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Simpson, Oramel Hinckley b. March 20, 1870 d. November 17, 1932
Louisiana Governor. Elected as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana in 1924, he became Governor upon the death of Henry L. Fuqua on October 11, 1926. During his administration, he ordered a "downriver cut" of the levee to protect New Orleans from the devastating flood of the Mississippi River in 1927. Afterwards, he worked with officials in Mississippi and Arkansas to form a tri-state flood control commission to secure federal aid for flood prevention and relief. He was defeated in his bid for re-...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Strickland, George Bevan 'Bo' b. January 10, 1926 d. February 21, 2010
Major League Baseball Player, Coach, Manager. For ten seasons (1950 to 1957, 1959 to 1960), he played at the shortstop, second base and third base positions with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians. Born George Bevan Strickland, he attended S.J. Peters High School (New Orleans), and served in the South Pacific Theatre while with the United States Navy during World War II. He made his Major League debut with Pittsburgh on May 7, 1950, appearing in 23 games that season. He was a member...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Toole, John Kennedy b. December 17, 1937 d. March 26, 1969
Author. He was posthumously awarded a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for his uproarious picaresque novel "A Confederacy of Dunces". Its antihero, Ignatius J. Reilly, is one of the most original characters in American Literature, a gargantuan self-professed scholar at war with what he believes is the "lack of theology and geometry" in the modern world, and whose intellectual egomania is matched only by his sloth. Set in a richly evoked New Orleans of the 1960s, the book weaves Ignatius's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Ducoing family tomb. On Latanier Avenue between Hawthorne and Magnolia Walks
Toole, Thelma b. September 3, 1901 d. August 17, 1984
Literary Folk Figure. The mother of author John Kennedy Toole, she was responsible for bringing his unpublished novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" to light. Her efforts are an inseperable part of the book's reputation. Born Thelma Ducoing, she showed early talent as a pianist and singer, but after her 1925 marriage to John Dewey Toole she contented herself with giving private music lessons and performing at parties...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Ducoing family tomb

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