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Alamo, Susan b. April 25, 1925 d. April 8, 1982
Religious Cult Figure. In 1969, she co-founded the Alamo Christian Foundation with her husband, Tony Alamo. The organization quickly gained notoriety for its intense evangelistic methods and "in your face" approach to sin in the Hollywood culture at large. In 1976, the ministry moved its headquarters to Alma, Arkansas, her childhood home. The Foundation gained notoriety for making high-priced, sequined denim jackets for Hollywood celebrities while not complying with Federal Wage and Hour law...[Read More] (Bio by: Mike Reynolds)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.0519791, -95.5265427 (hddd.dddd)
Bartlett, Dewey Follet b. March 28, 1919 d. March 1, 1979
Politician. Served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He served as, Member of Oklahoma State Senate (1962-1966), Governor of Oklahoma (1967-1971), and U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1973-1979).
Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Chandler, Don b. September 5, 1934 d. August 11, 2011
Professional Football Player. For twelve seasons (1956 to 1967), he played at the punter and kicker positions in the National Football League with the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers. Born Donald Gene Chandler, he was raised in Oklahoma where he attended Will Rogers High School (Tulsa) and played collegiate football at the University of Florida. Selected by New York during the 5th round of the 1956 NFL Draft, Chandler experienced a world championship with the Giants while a rookie. As a...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Disney, Wesley Ernest b. October 31, 1883 d. March 26, 1961
US Congressman. Elected to represent Oklahoma's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 to 1945. Member of Oklahoma State Legislature. The town of Disney, Oklahoma, was named for him.
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Frantz, Frank b. May 7, 1869 d. March 9, 1941
Oklahoma Governor. During the Spanish-American War he served as a Captain in Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" and was cited for bravery at San Juan Hill in 1898. After the war Frantz relocated to Oklahoma. President Roosevelt appointed him postmaster of Enid in 1902 and Osage agent of Pawhuska in 1904. In 1906, he was elected the seventh Governor of the Oklahoma Territory, serving until 1907. After his term he moved to Colorado and engaged in the oil business. He returned to Oklahoma in 1915...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Hargis, Billy James b. August 3, 1925 d. November 28, 2004
Religious Figure. A prominent televangelist and anticommunist, he was born in Texarkana, Texas, and first won attention in 1953 with his balloon lift sending 100,000 balloons with bible quotes into the Soviet Union. At his peak as an evangelist he was carried by over 500 radio and 250 television stations. His popularity waned when his orgnization, Christian Crusade, experienced a series of problems culiminated by allegations, denied and unproven, of his sexual involvement with students of both...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Southeast corner of Section 24
Kinison, Samuel Burl 'Sam' b. December 8, 1953 d. April 10, 1992
Former Pentacostal preacher turned Comedian. Appeared in the movie 'Back to School' (1986) and was seen on 'Saturday Night Live'. While married to his third wife, Malika Souiri, Sam had cleaned up his life of booze and drugs. Ironically, he was killed in a car crash on his way to a show in Laughlin, Nevada. Malika was also seriously injured but survived. They were hit head on by a drunk driver. (Bio by: Phantomht)
Cause of death: Automobile accident
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 28 - Garden of the Apostles in the SE quad. GPS coordinates are N 36°05.095 W 095°52.814.
Lloyd Jones Sr., Richard b. April 14, 1873 d. December 4, 1963
Newspaper Editor, Owner. Jones studied at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Chicago. He graduated from the Chicago Law School in 1897 though he only practiced law for a short time. In 1899 he took a job as reporter and editor for the Telegram in Stamford, Connecticut. He was an editorial writer for the Washington Times, an editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, and writer and associate editor for Collier's Weekly. In 1905 he and his employer, Robert Collier, bought the Abraham...[Read More] (Bio by: Red)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 8A, Court 1
Magee, Carlton Cole 'Carl' b. January, 1872 d. 1946
Inventor of Modern Parking Meter. Lawyer, newspaper editor, and inventor. He was born in in Fayette, Iowa and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Magee lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1919-1927. As owner and editor of an Albuquerque newspaper, he helped uncover and implicate Albert B. Fall in the famous Teapot Dome scandal. Although it is sometimes disputed he is generally credited with originating the parking meter. He filed for a patent for a "coin controlled parking meter" May 13, 1935. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Rick Kauffman)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
McGuire, Bird Segle b. October 13, 1865 d. November 9, 1930
US Congressman. Elected to represent Oklahoma's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1907 to 1915. He also served as a Delegate to the United States Congress from Oklahoma Territory from 1903 to 1907, and as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention frm Oklahoma in 1920.
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Milsten, David Randolph b. September 29, 1903 d. July 5, 1996
Vaudeville performer. Author of biographies, "Thomas Gilcrease: Founder of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art," and "Will Rogers: The Cherokee Kid." He served as a member of the Will Rogers Commission for more than sixteen years. In 1990, he was awarded the Oklahoma Heritage Distinguished Service Award for the preservation of state and local history. He was born before statehood so he always said he was born in Coalgate, Indian Territory and made sure that was on his...[Read More]
Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Morton, Carl Wendle b. January 18, 1944 d. April 12, 1983
Major League Baseball Player. Originally signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964, the 6' 200 pounder began his career as an outfielder. It was not until the Braves' organization converted him to the mound that he found success on the diamond. He was drafted by the expansion Montreal Expos on October 14, 1968, as the 45th pick in the draft. He made his major league debut for them on April 11, 1969. In 8 games he went 0-3 with a 4.60 ERA. 1970 proved to be not only his...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Oglesby, James Dorn b. August 10, 1905 d. September 1, 1955
Major League Baseball Player. His Major League career consisted of three games with the 1930 Philadelphia Athletics. A spiking curtailed his stay with the A’s, and he soon found himself back in the Minor Leagues. After several more years in the minors, he retired as an active player to become Manager of the Chicago Cubs farm teams in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Springfield, Illinois. After leaving baseball he became a security guard for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. By...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Rice, Benjamin Franklin b. May 26, 1828 d. January 19, 1905
Republican Senator from Arkansas. He served in the US Senate from 1868-1873. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Sec 17, Block 367 NW 1
Roberts (Fahnestock), Evelyn Lutman b. April 22, 1917 d. May 4, 2005
Evangelist. Evelyn played a vital role in Oral Roberts' ministry since its origin in1947 with humble tent meetings attracting a few worshipers, then packed audiences until folding the big top for the last time in Los Angeles. The result was the establishment of an evangelistic organization with headquarters in Tulsa with radio preaching and eventually a television ministry seen around the world. The couple founded Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Evelyn was a familiar sight by her...[Read More]
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 45, Lot 61, Space 7
Roberts, Oral b. January 24, 1918 d. December 15, 2009
Television Evangelist and founder of Oral Roberts University. He is remembered by his critics for his prosperous lifestyle and unusual fund-raising methods. While other televangelists would have sex scandals and illegal money activities during their careers, Oral Roberts was noted for living an honest and moral life, free of any scandals, although not without controversy. Born Granville Oral Roberts, he was the fifth and last child of the Reverend Ellis Melvin Roberts and his wife, the former...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Complications of pneumonia
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 45, Lot 61
Schwab, Albert b. July 17, 1920 d. May 7, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during World War II in the United States Marine Corps Reserve a Private First Class. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on Okinawa Shima in the Rykuyu Islands, on May 7, 1945. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a flamethrower operator in action against enemy Japanese forces. Quick to take action when his company was pinned down in a valley and...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.0881844, -95.8833008 (hddd.dddd)
Schwabe, George Blaine b. July 16, 1886 d. April 2, 1952
US Congressman. Elected to represent Oklahoma's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1945 to 1949, and 1951 to 1952. He was defeated as Republican in 1948. He also served as a Member of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1918 to 1922, Speaker of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1921 to 1922, and Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920 as Alternate, and in 1936 as Delegate.
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Tincup, Austin 'Ben' b. December 14, 1890 d. July 5, 1980
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Adair, Oklahoma, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut with the Philadelphia Phillies on May 22, 1914. For four seasons, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1914-16, 1918) and the Chicago Cubs in 1928. He ended his career with a record of 8 wins, 11 loss, 9 complete games 3 shutouts, 2 saves, 127 strikeouts and a 3.17 earned run average. He died at age 87 in Claremore, Oklahoma. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Tinney, Cal b. February 2, 1908 d. December 2, 1993
Humorist, actor and writer. Performed on the radio, TV and in movie roles. He was the host of the radio show "Stop Me If You've Heard This One." He made his film deput in the 1957 film "Missouri Traveler." (Bio by: Laurie)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA

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