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• Denny, Jerry    b. March 16, 1859  d. August 16, 1927
  Major League Baseball Player. Born in New York City, he was a third baseman making his debut with the Providence Grays on May 2, 1881. For thirteen seasons, he played with the Providence Grays (1881-85), St. Louis Maroons in 1886, Indiana Hoosiers (1887-89), New York Giants in 1890, Cleveland Spiders in 1891, Philadelphia Phillies in 1892 and Louisville Colonels (1893-94). He ended his career with a record of 1286, 714 runs scored, 74 homeruns, 667 runs batted in and .260 batting average. He...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section N Lot 44 W 1/2 Grave 7
  GPS coordinates: 29.4731007, -95.2213898 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Devore, Hugh   b. November 25, 1910  d. December 8, 1992
  Football coach, 1945-63. He was a coach for Norte Dame and the Green Bay Packers. He recommended Vince Lombardi as coach of the Green Bay Packers.
  Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 2 Lot 157 Space 4
  GPS coordinates: 29.4699192, -95.3697968 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Dies, Martin    b. March 13, 1870  d. July 13, 1922
  US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Texas' 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1909 to 1919. His son, Martin Dies Jr., would also serve as a United States Congressman.
  Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section F-1 Lot 65
  GPS coordinates: 29.4591808, -95.2313766 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Dixon, Royal   b. March 25, 1885  d. June 4, 1962
  Naturalist and Author. Founder of Wildflower Day in America. Author of numerous books such as "The Lost Angel" and "Behold Elizabeth Ney." (Bio by: Laurie)
  Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Dowling, Richard William    b. January, 1837  d. September 23, 1867
  Civil War Confederate Army Officer. While serving as a 1st Lieutenant, at twenty-six years of age, he commanded Fort Griffin during the 1863 Battle of Sabine Pass. It was a garrison of less than fifty men when the Union Army launched the twenty-two ship invasion fleet from New Orleans. On board were five-thousand soldiers, sailors, and marines, plus enough livestock, munitions, and equipment for the capture and occupation of Texas. The resulting battle was a Confederate victory yielding two...[Read More] (Bio by: Clay Homister)
  Saint Vincents Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Duddlesten, Wayne   b. March 12, 1930  d. May 20, 2010
  Sports Magnate. He was responsible for bringing NBA basketball (Rockets) to the Houston-area. Duddlesten studied at the University of Houston and South Texas School of Law, before establishing his general contracting firm Tex-Craft Builders, Inc., which experienced successful growth throughout the country during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1971 he headed a small investor group that purchased the San Diego Rockets from Bob...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Dyer, Eddie (Edwin Hawley)   b. October 11, 1900  d. April 20, 1964
  Manager League Baseball Player, Manager. He is best remembered for leading the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1946 World Series title in his first season as a manager. The left-handed pitcher attended Rice Institute from 1918 to 1922 and fired a no-hitter in a matchup against Baylor's Ted Lyons. He was a Branch Rickey protege who was with the Cardinals from 1922 until he left the club in 1927 after a dispute with manager Rogers Hornsby. He went to Syracuse of the International League but injured...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Eagle, Joe Henry    b. January 23, 1870  d. January 10, 1963
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1921, and 1933 to 1937. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Ellis, Seger    b. July 4, 1904  d. September 29, 1995
  Composer, Pianist, Singer. A native of Houston, Texas, Ellis is best remembered for his recording, "You're All I Want For Christmas." The tune, a Christmas classic, would go onto be recorded by the likes of Frankie Laine, Bing Crosby, and Al Martino. Educated at the University of Virginia, Ellis began his interest in music as a young boy. He began playing the keyboard, and was soon discovered by a talent scout that worked for the Victor Record Label. He became a radio performer in Texas in the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Epps, Harold Franklin 'Hal'    b. March 26, 1914  d. August 25, 2004
  Baseball player. Hal Epps was born in Athens, Georgia, on March 26, 1914. A lover of sports in his youth, he played both football and baseball and entered the University of Georgia on a football scholarship in 1934. One year later, however, he was convinced by a scout for the St Louis Cardinals to switch over to baseball, where he would remain for the next eighteen years. Signed to the Cardinals training camp, he was honed his skills in numerous farm systems where he would attain a batting...[Read More] (Bio by: Lysa)
  Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section N3, Grave 2072
   
• Evers, Walter Arthur 'Hoot'    b. February 8, 1921  d. January 25, 1991
  Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as an outfielder for twelve seasons (1941, 1946 to 1956) with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Indians. He was an outstanding College player who gave 4 of his prime playing years to military service during World War II. His signing by the Tigers in February 1941 contributing to their releasing fading star Earl Averill. Playing in the Minors the rest if the year, he achieved a one-game...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Farish II., William Stamps    b. February 23, 1881  d. November 29, 1942
  Businessman. Son of William and Katherine Maude Farish and husband of Libbie Randon Rice, he practiced law for three months at Clarksdale, Mississippi before moving to Beaumont, Texas during the Spindletop oilfield boom. One of several oilmen who founded the Humble Oil and Refining Company in 1917 (the others being Ross Sterling, R.L. Blaffer and Harry Wiess), it was eventually purchased by Standard Oil and the name changed to Exxon. He later became the president of Standard in 1937 and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Screwtape)
  Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section I
   
• Farrell, Richard 'Turk'    b. April 8, 1934  d. June 10, 1977
  Major League Baseball Player. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound right-hander made his debut with the Philadelphia Phillies as a starter late in the 1956 season. The following year began a string of 258 appearances as a reliever. He was 10-2 with a 2.38 earned run average in his first full season. He pitched in the 1958 All-Star Game and struck out four of the seven batters he faced, including Ted Williams. On May 4, 1961, he was traded with infielder Joe Koppe to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Fields, James    b. June 26, 1920  d. June 17, 1970
  World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Caddo, Texas, he served as a First Lieutenant in the 10th Armored Infantry, 4th Armored Division, US Army. At Réchicourt, France, he personally led his platoon in a counterattack on a German position on September 27, 1944. Although wounded in the face by a bursting shell, he continued to direct his platoon in the attack, exposed himself to enemy fire and attended one of his wounded men. Rushing two enemy machine guns, he knocked out both positions...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Hb Grave 6
  GPS coordinates: 29.5583000, -95.2704391 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Fisher, Therman    b. November 13, 1931  d. October 8, 2005
  Entertainer. Therman Fisher was born on a Chandler, Texas farm; when he was a child, his family moved to Tacoma, WA and he was raised there for several years. Once Fisher was a teenager, they returned to Texas and moved into the Houston area. His father was an amateur singer and guitar player, and through him Therman gained an interest in country and blues music, becoming a devotee of Hank Williams, Joe Turner and Roy Acuff. In 1951, Fisher started his own bluegrass band; three years later...[Read More] (Bio by: Screwtape)
  Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 47, Lot 148, Space 6
   
• Ford, Ernest   b. February 23, 1916  d. April 16, 1991
  Lyricist, He collaborated on more than 200 songs with many different composers. He wrote lyrics for such songs as "Beautiful Eyes" (1951), ""Come Back to Me" (1945), "Dear Diary" (1940), "I Just Have to Tell you" (1940), "My Itty Bitty Kitty" (1945), "Sweet Lips (Kiss My Blues Away" (1946), "Thirteen" (1957), and "Whispering Pines" (1949).
  Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 407, Lot 95, Space 8
  GPS coordinates: 29.4438305, -95.3652725 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Foreman, Percy Eugene   b. June 21, 1902  d. August 25, 1988
  Legendary Texas criminal defense attorney. Known for his unconventional trial strategies, he handled society divorces, and in sixty years of practice defended more than 1,000 accused murderers, only one of whom was executed. (Foreman was quoted as saying, “He deserved it.”) Among his most famous clients were James Earl Ray, whom he persuaded to plead guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in exchange for a life sentence; socialite Candace Mossler's nephew Melvin Lane Powers...[Read More] (Bio by: Joel Berry)
  Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Garcia, Homer L.    b. 1958  d. July 7, 1973
  Murder victim. He was only 15 years old when he was abducted and killed by serial killer Dean Corll. His body was found in the woods near Corll's father's vacation cabin at Lake Sam Rayburn, along with 3 others. Two books have been written about the case: "The Man With The Candy" and Mass Murder In Houston." (Bio by: Karen Valentine)
  Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   
• Garcia, Macario    b. January 2, 1920  d. December 24, 1972
  World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Villa de Castaño, Mexico,he served as a Staff Sergeant in Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, US Army. On November 27, 1944, in actions near Grosshau, Germany, he single handedly assaulted two German machine-gun emplacements that were blocking his company's advance. Wounded in the shoulder and foot, he crawled forward alone towards the machine-gun nests, killed six enemy soldiers, captured four and destroyed the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Ha Grave 1
  GPS coordinates: 29.5585594, -95.2706604 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Garner, Marion F.    b. July 24, 1926  d. May 19, 2004
  Musician. An Arkansas native, he was country music entertainer and bass player. He began his musical career when his uncle taught him how to play harmonica and had his own radio music program at age 10. After serving in the US Navy during World War II, he started playing stand up bass with the house band in Big D Jamboree show at Dallas, Texas. He performed weekly on the Jamboree show country music venue which featured regional and national musicians from the 1940s to 1960s. He also toured with...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
   

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