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442nd Infantry World War II Memorial
Japanese-American unit in World War II. Composed of all volunteers, the 442nd fought in the Italian campaign. The 442nd is the most decorated unit in United States history. In less than two years of combat, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team earned more than 18,000 individual decorations including one Medal of Honor, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, 5,200 Bronze Star Medals, 9,486 Purple Hearts, and eight Presidential Unit Citations (the nation's top award for combat units). In...[Read More] (Bio by: Shiver)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Anderson, Eddie (Edmund) Lincoln 'Rochester' b. September 18, 1905 d. February 28, 1977
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of ‘Rochester Van Jones', on the "Jack Benny Show". The son of a minstrel, Big Ed Anderson, and a circus tightrope walker, Ella May Anderson, Eddie was born into a show business family, where he joined his brother, Cornelius, in a vaudeville troop. For a while, he played bit roles in movies, including the role of ‘Noah' in "The Green Pastures" (1936), which led to his role with Jack Benny on his radio program in 1937. Playing the role of a Pullman...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Heart ailment
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 2504
Banning, James Herman b. November 5, 1899 d. 1933
Banning's claim to fame is first that he was the nation's first licensed black male pilot. Banning and another black pilot, Thomas C. Allen became the first black pilots to fly coast-to-coast from Los Angeles to Long Island, New York, in 1932. Using a plane pieced together from junkyard parts, they made the 3,300 mile trip in less than 42 hours aloft. However, the trip actually required 21 days to complete because the pilots had to raise money each time they stopped. Banning was a passenger in...[Read More]
Cause of death: plane crash
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Bass, Charlotta b. February 13, 1874 d. April 12, 1969
African American newspaper publisher. She was highly instrumental in Black Los Angeles political circles for many years with her newspaper, the California Eagle, which she published for 39 years. She was very active in liberal Los Angeles politics for years, and was a heavy campaigner for Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential bid. She was the vice presidential nominee for the Progressive party in 1952. Her campaign called for peace with the USSR, an end to the Korean War, and more emphasis on civil...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Walker)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Beard Jr., Matthew 'Stymie' b. January 1, 1925 d. January 8, 1981
Actor. A popular member of "The Little Rascals", he played 'Stymie' in 36 "Our Gang" shorts from 1930 to 1935. One of 14 children born to a Los Angeles, California minister, in the summer of 1930 his parents brought him to an open call at Hal Roach Studios, where they were on a talent search for a child to replace Allen "Farina" Hoskins. Having already auditioned 350 boys for the role, director Robert McGowan took one look...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 315B
Beavers, Louise b. March 8, 1902 d. October 26, 1962
Actress. A plump, mournful-eyed character player in Hollywood films, she was almost always cast as a maid, mammy, or housekeeper, a shameful waste of her talent. Beavers is best remembered for her wrenching performance in "Imitation of Life" (1934), as an Aunt Jemima-like pancake maker whose light-skinned daughter abandons her to pass for white in society. Her 160 other screen appearances include "What Price Hollywood?" (1932), "She Done Him Wrong" (1933), "Made for Each Other" (1939)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 2424. (She is interred with her mother, E. Monroe Beavers)
Belvin, Jesse b. December 15, 1932 d. February 6, 1960
Singer, Songwriter. Jesse Belvin, who co-wrote one of the biggest hits of the 1950’s – “Earth Angel,” a hit for The Penguins in 1955, is one of the least known or recognized names among the greats of R&B and Soul music. Raised in Los Angeles, Belvin became part of the city’s flourishing R&B scene while still in his teens. He was featured on “All the Wine is Gone,” a 1950 single by Big Jay McNeely, but his career was interrupted by military service. “Earth Angel” was a collaboration with two...[Read More] (Bio by: Craig Johnson)
Cause of death: Automobile accident
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 41
GPS coordinates: 34.0406494, -118.2003326 (hddd.dddd)
Braxton Jr., Frank C. b. 1929 d. 1969
Animator, Director. Pioneer African-American animator of cartoons such as "Linus, the Lionhearted" (1964), and "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (1969). He directed popular animated series' "The Bullwinkle Show" (1961) and "George of the Jungle" (1967). (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Brown, Everett b. January 1, 1902 d. October 25, 1953
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of 'Big Sam' in the classic motion picture "Gone With the Wind". He appeared in 28 films, including "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang," "Tarzan and His Mate," "Kid Millions," "The Plainsman," "Congo Maisie," and "White Witch Doctor." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Cameron, Donaldina b. July 26, 1869 d. January 4, 1968
Social Reformer. The daughter of a New Zealand-born Scottish farmer who settled in the San Joaquin Valley in California, in 1895, she was invited by Maggie Culbertson to be a sewing teacher at her home for Asian women and children in San Francisco. Shortly after Donaldina arrived, Miss Culbertson became ill and died. This left Donaldina as the new director of the mission at the age of twenty-five. She retained this position for forty-seven years, until her retirement in 1942. The mission’s main...[Read More] (Bio by: Shiver)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section E, Lot 4320
Canfield, Charles b. May 15, 1848 d. August 15, 1913
Industrialist. A major developer of the oil industry in Southern California and Mexico, and closest friend and business partner of Edward L. Doheny. Charles Adelbert Canfield was born in Springfield, New York. In 1869 he set out for Colorado as a prospector and struggled for 17 years in the Southwest before striking it rich in the Comstock silver mine in Kingston, New Mexico. He moved to Los Angeles in 1887 and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 4732
Casino, Vito d. October, 1892
Accident Victim. He was one of almost a dozen people killed on Columbus Day, 1892, (the 400th anniversary of Columbus's "discovery" of America) in a downtown Los Angeles fireworks explosion (Bio by: Joe Walker)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Egan, Robert 'Willie' b. October 1, 1933 d. August 12, 2004
Blues Singer and Pianist. He moved to East Los Angeles with his grandmother at age 9 and on his uncle’s piano he learned to play by listening to recordings of Amos Milburn, Hadda Brooks and Nellie Lutcher. In 1949, he made a couple of recordings for the small Elko label and he hit his stride in the mid-1950s, recording for Larry Mead's Mambo and Vita labels. He recorded the successful singles "Wow Wow," "What a Shame," "Come On," "She's Gone Away, But" and "Wear Your Black Dress." His last solo...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Foy, Mary Emily b. July 13, 1862 d. February 18, 1962
First woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served for only four years but left a legacy for Los Angeles librarians to remember.
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 5030
Gilmore, Earl Bell b. 1887 d. February 26, 1964
Entrepreneur. Earl Bell Gilmore was the son of Arthur F. Gilmore, founder of Gilmore Oil Company in Los Angeles. Besides expanding the oil company, Gilmore built the first race track designed specifically for midget racers. He also sponsored Indy cars, and in 1987 was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. Last, but not least, in 1934 Gilmore built the famous Los Angeles Farmer's Market next to his home at 3rd and Fairfax, and today it is one of the premier tourist...[Read More]
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 122
Haskins, Sam b. February, 1846 d. November 19, 1895
Firefighter, Social Reformer. He was the first African American Los Angeles Fire Department member to die in the line of duty, being killed when a fire carriage ran over him en-route to a blaze. His grave is unmarked, and until 2002 his story was unknown to the African-American Firefighters Museum in Los Angeles. (Bio by: Joe Walker)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hayashi, Joe b. August 14, 1920 d. April 23, 1945
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Private Joe Hayashi distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 20 and 22 April 1945, near Tendola, Italy. On 20 April 1945, ordered to attack a strongly defended hill that commanded all approaches to the village of Tendola, Private Hayashi skillfully led his men to a point within 75 yards of enemy positions before they were detected and fired upon. After dragging his wounded comrades to safety, he returned alone and exposed himself to...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Walker)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hazard, Henry T. b. 1844 d. 1921
A lawyer who came to Los Angeles in 1853, Hazard served as mayor from 1889-92 and was best known for recovering lands from the railroad companies that belonged to the city. Born in 1844, died in 1921.
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Johnson, John Lester b. August 13, 1893 d. March 27, 1968
Actor and Boxer. He starred in the Our Gang 1933 classic "The Kid From Borneo" as 'Bumbo.' He was a bit part actor in the 1920s through 1940s. He was also a heavyweight boxer who fought in the first integrated professional boxing event on July 13, 1916, against then unknown opponent Jack Dempsey. (Bio by: T North)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Jones, Dr. Charles Price b. December 9, 1865 d. January 19, 1949
Minister and composer, one of the founding members of what came to be known as the Church of Christ (Holiness) USA. Jones was born in Georgia in December of 1865 and grew up in Kingston, Georgia (between Rome and Atlanta). Sometime after accepting his call to the ministry, he became pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama in 1894. In 1895, he became pastor of the Mount Helm Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississipi. It was while here Jones and others formed the Church of Christ (...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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