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Antony, Edwin Le Roy b. January 5, 1852 d. January 13, 1913
US Congressman. Born in Waynesboro, Georgia, he moved with his family to Texas in 1859 and settled in Milam County eight years later. After graduating from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1874, he was admitted to the bar and established a legal practice in Cameron, Texas, his home base for the rest of his life. His career in Milam County included stints as district attorney (1876), district judge (1886), and a term on the County Board of Aldermen (1890 to 1892). Antony was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Ash, Mary (Wagner) Kay b. May 12, 1918 d. November 22, 2001
Businesswoman. As a child took care of her father who had tuberculosis while her mother worked in a restaurant. In 1939 she started selling Stanley Home Products, working for them until 1952. On Sept 13, 1963 she launched Mary Kay Cosmetics on $5000.00. In 1968 Mary Kay, Inc. went public, and in 1969 she awarded five pink Cadillacs to its top five sales directors. In 1979 one of her independent consultants surpased $1 million in commissions. By 1983 Mary Kay, Inc. sales exceeded $300 million...[Read More]
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: North Mausoleum Sec. H 2C
Bailey Jr., Joseph Weldon b. December 15, 1892 d. July 17, 1943
US Congressman. Served in the US Army during World War I; US Representative from Texas 1933-35; he campaigned as a states'-rights Democrat in opposition to national government extravagance. He called the Eighteenth Amendment "a mistake" and favored its repeal. He was at odds with some of FDR's New Deal programs. Opposed to unemployment relief, refinancing of home mortgages, and others.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Space 4 Lot 3 Block 19 Section E (monument Garden)
GPS coordinates: 32.5208893, -96.4673386 (hddd.dddd)
Barrow, Buck (Marvin) b. March 14, 1905 d. July 29, 1933
Outlaw. Buck Barrow was part of the infamous Barrow gang in the 1930's along with his Brother Clyde, Clyde's girlfriend Bonnie Parker, and his wife, Blanche. In 1933, Buck was shot by the police while on the run, and died three days later from his wounds.
Western Heights Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Barrow, Clyde b. March 24, 1909 d. May 23, 1934
Outlaw. Even though he lived on the edge of the law as a youngster, Clyde Chestnut Barrow's first crime was not until an auto theft in 1926 at the age of 17. Clyde, one of several sons of a poor East Texas sharecropper, had little formal education, but had learned "street smarts" from teenage gangs in the Dallas, Texas area. At a slim 5'7" frame with a face of an innocent baby, he was attractive to women. He met his partner in crime and romantic interest, Bonnie Parker, in 1930 while he was on...[Read More] (Bio by: Linda Davis)
Western Heights Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.7655373, -96.8458633 (hddd.dddd)
Beall, James Andrew b. October 25, 1866 d. February 11, 1929
Member Texas House of Representatives (1892-95), member of Texas state senate (1895-99), US Representative from Texas (1903-15).
From obituary:
"Jack Beall, 62, former Texas Congressman and president of Texas Electric Railway and the Dallas Union Trust Company, died suddenly as a result of a heart attack at 6 p.m. Tuesday at his home, 3725 Turtle Creek Boulevard.
Mr Beall was born in Mountain Peak, Ellis County, Oct. 27, 1866. The son of Richard and Adelaide Beall. His parents were...[Read More]
Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Circle 14 Lot 1
GPS coordinates: 32.4573288, -96.4544907 (hddd.dddd)
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
Bobo, Orlando b. February 9, 1974 d. May 14, 2007
Professional Football Player. He was an offensive guard for five seasons (1997 to 2001) in the National Football League, with the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens. He was a member of the 2001 Super Bowl XXXV Champion Ravens team. In addition to his NFL career, he played in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. During his NFL career, Bobo played in 37 regular season games. He died from heart failure. (Bio by: C.S.)
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Boggess, Dusty b. June 7, 1904 d. July 8, 1968
National League umpire, 1944-48, 1950-62. He umpired more than 5,000 baseball games in his career. He was a player in more than 1,500 baseball games, and an official in more than 2,800 basketball games, 500 football games, and 500 straight NL baseball games. He was also a professional football scout for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Court Of The Flowers Lot 50 Space 3
GPS coordinates: 32.5202484, -96.4660797 (hddd.dddd)
Boll, Jacob b. May 28, 1828 d. September 29, 1880
Naturalist and entomologist. Between 1877 and 1880, he found thirty-two new, rare species of Permian vertebrates, including stegocephalian amphibians and theromorph reptiles, land forms that were embedded in deltas of Texas rivers. At the same time he made an extensive collection of tiny butterflies and moths, as well as Texas reptiles, batrachia, and fish.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 22 Lot 33 Space 1 Sw
GPS coordinates: 32.4805412, -96.4781723 (hddd.dddd)
Borom, Edward Jones 'Red' b. October 30, 1915 d. January 7, 2011
Major League Baseball Player. He played second base for the Detroit Tigers from 1944 to 1945. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he played for the Tigers for part of the 1944 baseball season. He then completed the entire 1945 season with the club, batting over .300 during their pennant drive in September. He was part of the 1945 World Series champion team, beating the Chicago Cubs the year the famous "curse of the billy goat" originated at Wrigley Field. Despite this...[Read More] (Bio by: Steven Tynan)
Laurel Land 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
Braniff, Thomas Elmer b. December 6, 1883 d. January 10, 1954
Businessman. One of the nation's leading insurance men. Chairman and president of Prudential Insurance. In 1927 he bought a second-hand airplane and co-founded Braniff Airlines, the first airline in the Southwest.
Cause of death: Plane crash
Calvary Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: On circle near Christ On Cross statue
Brown, John Henry b. October 29, 1820 d. May 31, 1895
Newspaperman; member Texas state legislature; mayor of Galveston, TX, 1856-57; delegate to Texas Secession Convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member Texas state Constitutional Convention, 1875; mayor of Dallas, 1885-87. He also authored a number of books including "Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas" and The History of Texas."
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 19 Lot 6 Grave 4
GPS coordinates: 32.8005791, -96.7977524 (hddd.dddd)
Burke, Robert Emmet b. August 1, 1847 d. June 5, 1901
US Congressman. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was elected to represent Texas's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 until his death in 1901.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 14
Burnett, Richard Wesley b. January 13, 1898 d. June 1, 1955
Oilman and baseball entrepreneur. In 1948 he purchased the Texas Rebels of the AA Texas League, and renamed them the Eagles. They won the Texas League pennant in 1952 (the first time since 1936). He turned a lackluster franchise into a powerful force. He integrated the Texas League five years after the major leagues ended segregation.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: MAUSOLEUM, NE SKYWAY, PRIVATE FAMILY ROOM #3
Byrd, David Harold 'Dry Hole' b. April 24, 1900 d. September 14, 1986
Businessman. Born in Detroit, Texas, he grew up in Texas and Oklahoma. His first job in oil was as a roughneck in the Burkburnett oil field. He went to Trinity University, and from 1919 to 1921 he studied geology at the University of Texas. In 1931 he and Jack Frost founded Byrd-Frost, and operate hundreds of wells in East Texas that were soon producing 4,000 barrels of oil a day. In 1944 he founded Byrd Oil Corporation and B-H Drilling Corporation, later sold to Mobil. In 1952, he organized...[Read More] (Bio by: Larry Chenault)
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
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

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