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• Austin, Jimmy    b. December 8, 1879  d. March 6, 1965
  Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a third baseman for fourteen seasons (1909 to 1923) with the York Highlanders (Yankees) and the St. Louis Browns.
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
   
• Bixler, Dallas D.    b. February 17, 1910  d. August 13, 1990
  1932 Olympic Gold Medalist. He received the gold medal for his first-place performance in the high-bar event. (Bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum, main hallway, black niche's
   
• Cravath, Clifford Carlton 'Gavvy'    b. March 23, 1881  d. May 23, 1963
  Major League Baseball Player. The home-run king of baseball before Babe Ruth was the son of Augustus Cravath, the first mayor of Escondido, California and his mother Kate, who hailed from an old San Diego county pioneer family. Clifford Cravath was born in a rural area of the County in what today is Rancho Bernardo. He attended Escondido High School, lettered in both football and baseball and his passion after gradation led him to a San Diego team connected with a California League. A year...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Carnation, Lot 299, Grave 1
   
• Dudley, Robert Y.    b. September 13, 1869  d. November 12, 1955
  Actor. Appeared in many films from the early silents to the 1950s. His films include, "As Young As You Feel" (1951), "The Jackpot" (1950), "A Song Is Born" (1948), "Singin' In The Corn" (1946), "The Big Noise" (1944), "Son Of Dracula" (1943), "Citizen Kane" (1941), "The House of The Seven Gables" (1940), "Paddy O'Day" (1935), "Out Of A Clear Sky" (1918), and "Seven Keys To Baldplate" (1917).
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Par Garden, 409-1
   
• Fellows, Robert M.   b. August 23, 1903  d. May 11, 1969
  Motion Picture Director, Producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he made his entry into Hollywood as an assistant director in the 1928 film, "Power". From the early 1940s he made his mark as a producer, responsible for such films a "They Died with Their Boots On" (1941), "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), and "Hondo" (1953). Other films he produced for RKO were "Tall in the Saddle" and "Back to Bataan" starring John Wayne. In 1952 Wayne became his partner in Wayne-Fellows...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Carnation Urn Garden Lot 160
  GPS coordinates: 33.4762497, -117.5373535 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hamilton, Earl Andrew   b. July 19, 1891  d. November 17, 1968
  Major League Baseball Player. He spent 14 years in the major leagues as a pitcher with the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies. He made his major league debut in 1911 at the age of 19. He appeared in 410 games during his major league career winning 116 games and losing 147. He ended his career with 140 complete games and a 3.15 earned run average. (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Mezzanine 8-C
   
• Houston, John Mills   b. September 15, 1890  d. April 29, 1975
  US Congressman. Served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. Elected to represent Kansas's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1943. Also served as Mayor of Newton, Kansas, from 1927 to 1931. (Bio by: K)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
   
• Jones, Carolyn    b. April 28, 1930  d. August 3, 1983
  Actress. She is best remembered for her role of Morticia Frump Addams on "The Addams Family" television show (1964-1966). Born Carolyn Sue Jones in Amarillo, Texas, her father abandoned the family in 1933 when he lost his job in the Great Depression, and her mother moved the family in with her parents, then also living in Amarillo. As a child, she suffered from asthma, but loved to go to the movies, and while in school, she won several awards for speech, poetry and dramatics. In 1947, she was...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Cancer
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: North Patio, 46 gg (in her mother's crypt)
   
• Kuchel, Thomas Henry    b. August 15, 1910  d. November 21, 1994
  U.S. Senator from California (1953-1969). Appointed by Governor Earl Warren to fill the vacancy caused by Richard M. Nixon's election to the Vice Presidency In 1952. (Bio by: Mark R. Daniels)
  Anaheim Cemetery, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Lawn (B) III
   
• Norworth, Jack    b. January 5, 1879  d. September 1, 1959
  Actor, Composer. He appeared in the films, "The Southerner" (1945), "Season's Greetings" (1931), "Mr. & Mrs. Jack Norworth" (1929), and "The Crooked Dagger" (1919). He composed the songs. "The Naughty Nineties" (1945), "Shine On, Harvest Moon" (1944), "Knee Deep In Music" (1933), "California Weather" (1933), "Along Came Ruth" (1933), and "Take me out to the Ballgame".
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Carnation Lawn, Lot 638
   
• Read, Barbara    b. December 29, 1917  d. December 12, 1963
  Actress. Read moved from Canada to Hollywood during the mid-1930s and landed her first film role in the comedy 'Three Smart Girls' in 1936, which starred Ray Milland and Alice Brady. Among films she went on to appear in were 'The Man Who Cried Wolf' (1937), 'The Crime of Doctor Hallet' (1938), 'Sorority House' (1939), 'Curtain Call' (1940) and 'Too Many Women' (1942). After changing her last name to Reed, she appeared as Margo Lane in 'The Shadow Returns', 'Behind The Mask' and 'The Missing...[Read More] (Bio by: Louis Mata)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Devotion, #120
   
• Stedman, Marshall   b. August 16, 1875  d. December 16, 1943
  Actor, Motion Picture Director. His many films include, "Three Black Eyes" (1919), "The Beachcomber" (1915), "Little Sunset" (1915), "Buckshot John" (1915), "The Ring of Destiny" (1915), "The Country Mouse" (1914), "The Law And The Outlaw" (1913), "His Father's Deputy" (1913), "Circumstantial Evidence" (1912), "The Double Cross" (1912), and "The Brand Blotter" (1912).
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Magnolia Crypt 43F
   
• Williams, Claude Preston 'Lefty'   b. March 9, 1893  d. November 4, 1959
  Major League Baseball Player. Born in Aurora, Missouri, he was left handed pitcher making his debut with the Detroit Tigers on September 17, 1913. For seven seasons played with the Detroit Tigers (1913-14) and Chicago White Sox (1923-27). For being convicted as a participant of the 1919 "Black Sox Scandal", he was banned from professional baseball for life by Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis. He ended his career with record of 82 wins, 48 loss, 10 shutouts, 5 saves, 515 strikeouts and a 3...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: [unmarked]
   

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