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Allen, Johnny Thomas b. September 30, 1905 d. March 29, 1959
Major League Baseball Player. The hot-tempered right-hander set American League records for highest winning percentage in a season at .938 when he was 15-1 for the Cleveland Indians in 1937 and for most consecutive wins with 17, from September 10, 1936 to September 30, 1937. He broke in by going 17-4 with a 3.70 earned run average for the New York Yankees in 1932. He followed with 15-7 in 1933, but missed time with an injury while going 5-2 in 1934. After posting a 13-6 record in 1935, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Bearnarth, Larry b. July 11, 1940 d. January 1, 2000
Major League Baseball Player. He was a pitcher in five seasons (1963 to 1966, 1971) for the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers. His best year was in 1963 when he posted a 3.42 ERA in 58 appearances. In 173 career games, Bearnarth won 13 and lost 21 with a 4.13 lifetime ERA. After retiring as a player, Bearnarth was a coach for eleven seasons for the Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies. (Bio by: C.S.)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Chase, John F. b. 1843 d. 1914
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War first as a Private, then as a Sergeant in the 5th Battery, Maine Volunteer Light Artillery. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863. His citation reads "Nearly all the officers and men of the battery having been killed or wounded, this soldier with a comrade continued to fire his gun after the guns had ceased. The piece was then dragged off by the two, the horses...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Bartholomew Episcopal Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Cramer, William Cato b. August 4, 1922 d. October 18, 2003
US Congressman. Elected to represent Florida's 1st, 8th, and 12th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1955 to 1971. Cramer also served as a Member of the Florida State Legislature from 1950 to 1954, Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Florida from 1952 to 1984, Member of the Republican National Committee from Florida from 1964 to 1968, and Candidate for United States Senator from Florida in 1970. Cramer also served in the United States Navy...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Pipgras, George William b. December 20, 1899 d. October 19, 1986
Major League Baseball Player: A right handed pitcher, George Pipgras pitched for the New York Yankees from 1923-1933, leading the American League in wins in 1928 with 24. Originally property of the Boston Red Sox, he was traded on January 3, 1923 along with Harvey Hendrick for Al DeVormer and cash. A member of the famous '27 Yankees Murderers Row team, he won all three of his World Series appearances in 1927, 1928 and 1932. He was especially tough on Ty Cobb, allowing the 'Georgia Peach,' only...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Pugh, Alfred b. January 17, 1895 d. January 8, 2004
United States Soldier. He served in the United States Army during World War I, and when he died in January 2004 he was the last living combat wounded veteran from that war. He had enlisted in 1917, serving with the 77th Infantry Division. Because he spoke French, he was used an interpreter in his first days overseas, but was soon thrown into the grind of the 1918 Muese-Argonne offensive. While in combat in the Argonne forest, he inhaled mustard gas that left him unconscious and gave him chronic...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Strowger, Almon Brown b. 1839 d. May, 1902
Inventor. He was an undertaker who believed that telephone operators were sending calls to his competitors unfairly. Before the turn of the 20th century he invented the first Dial System so people could select for themselves. He brought it to the Bell System who was not interested. He then brought it to Automatic Electric Co who adopted it. Telephone switching based on his invention (The Strowger Switch) was in use into the 1970's.
Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Wheldon, Dan (Daniel Clive) b. June 22, 1978 d. October 16, 2011
English auto racing driver. He was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, and winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011. He resided in St. Petersburg, Florida. Wheldon died of injuries suffered during a racing accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on 16 October 2011. (Bio by: OJ Taylor)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

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