Find A Grave - Fort Worth

Headrick, Sherrill b. March 13, 1937 d. September 10, 2008
Professional Football Player. Born in Waco, Texas, he played at the linebacker position for nine seasons (1960 to 1968) in the American Football League with the Dallas Texans, Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals. He was a member of two AFL championship teams (1962 Texans, 1966 Chiefs) which includes the Chiefs team that appeared in the first Super Bowl in 1967. His other career highlights include five-time All-Pro selection (1960 to 1962, 1964 and 1966) and four-time All-Star status (1961...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Hogan, Ben b. August 13, 1912 d. July 25, 1997
Professional Golf Player. Beginning as a caddy at the age of eleven, he turned pro in 1931 and went on to win 63 P.G.A. sponsored golf tournaments and a total of 71 tournaments overall. Among these were four U.S. Opens, two Masters, two P.G.A. championships and a British Open. He was given the nickname of "The Hawk" for his determined style of play. In February, 1949, Hogan and his wife were seriously injured in an accident of a foggy Texas highway when their vehicle was struck by a bus...[Read More] (Bio by: John Perin)
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Court of Wisdom, Crypt 178
Jones, Stormie Dawn b. May 30, 1977 d. November 11, 1990
Stormie, at the age of 6, was the first successful heart and liver transplant patient. The surgery was performed at Pittsburg Children’s Hospital by Dr's. Starzl and Bahnson on Feb. 14, 1984 after being sent from the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas. The significance of this was the much needed proof for the research hypothesis that the liver controls the cholesterol found in the human body and that the diseases that are a result of high cholesterol could be controlled. Dr...[Read More]
Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Konetchy, Edward 'Big Ed' b. September 3, 1885 d. May 27, 1947
Major League Baseball Player. Born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, he was a first baseman making his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on June 29, 1907. For fifteen seasons, he played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1907-13), Pittsburgh Pirates (1914), Pittsburgh Rebels (1915), Boston Braves (1916-18), Brooklyn Robins (1919-20) and Philadelphia Phillies (1921). He batted over .300 four times, ending his career with a record of 2150 hits, 74 home runs, 992 runs batted in and a .281 batting average. In...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Sec. 29 Lot 138
Kraft, Clarence
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Evansville, Indiana, on June 9, 1887, he was a first baseman making his debut for the Boston Braves on May 1, 1914. Although he only played for a few weeks at the Major League level he had a .333 batting average and a 1.000 fielding percentage. However, he went on to be most noted for his Minor League achievements with the Fort Worth Panthers (1922-24). In 1924, he hit 55 home runs, drove in 196 runs, with a batting average of .349 and set several league...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Law, Robert David b. September 15, 1944 d. February 22, 1969
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Specialish 4th Class in Company I, 52nd Infantry, 1st Division, US Army. While on a reconnaissance patrol in Tinh Phuoc Thanh Province, Vietnam on February 22, 1969, Sp4 Law and 5 comrades made contact with an enemy patrol. Under intense fire, Sp4 Law maneuvered to a exposed position flanking his comrades and began placing suppressive fire on the hostile troops. During this defense an enemy grenade landed in his team's position and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Acacia Lawn, Lot 297
Locklear, Ormer b. October 28, 1891 d. August 2, 1920
Pioneer Aviator. Born in Greenville, Texas, he was a daredevil stunt pilot, flew in air circus shows and was credited as the first man to wing walk. With the advent of World War I, he joined the US Army Air Service in 1917 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He was a flight instructor at Barron Field Texas and by the war's end he was assigned to military recruitment. After his service time, he returned to branstorming and moved to California, to start his own air show with other military...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: 89-9E
McCahan, Bill b. June 7, 1921 d. July 3, 1986
Major League Baseball Player. The Philadelphia Athletics right-hander fired a no-hitter during his rookie year against the Washington Senators on September 3, 1947. He missed a perfect game when Stan Spence reached first base in the second inning as first baseman Ferris Fain fielded his grounder and threw wildly to McCahan covering first. He was 10-5 with a 3.32 earned run average in 1947, but he suffered arm problems because of an off-season job lifting heavy oil barrels. He finished his four-...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
McClure, Gladys Ethel b. August 5, 1914 d. November 26, 1933
Actress. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, she was the sister of actress Adrienne Ames. McClure attened the Tenth Ward School in Fort Worth, Texas, and then in Chatham, Virginia, before she moved to Beverly Hills, California, to pursue a career in acting. McClure went onto appear on stage using the name of Linda Marsh and Linda March, and also appeared in the films, "The Midnight Girl" (1919), "Oh! Louise!" (1919), and "The Love Auction" (1919), as 'Jean Dale.' On November 26, 1933 at the age of...[Read More]
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Family Plot, Block 31, Lot 44
McDonald, William b. June 22, 1866 d. July 4, 1950
Political Figure. Historical marker reads: Became active in politics in 1890. His ability to unite black and white voters led to his prominence as a leader of the "Black and Tan" faction of the rebublican party. He served as a delegate to many state and national conventions, until the decline of the rebuplican party in Texas in the early 1900's. He was also active in black masonic societies. He served as state secretary for 47 years. He moved to Fort Worth in 1906, founded the fraternal bank...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
McLean, William Pinckney b. August 9, 1836 d. March 13, 1925
US Congressman. He was raised in Marshall, Texas, received bachelor's (1857) and law (1858) degrees from the University of North Carolina, and became an attorney in Jefferson, Texas. He served in the Texas House of Representatives in 1861, afterwards joining the Confederate Army for the Civil War, enlisting as a Private in the Nineteenth Texas Infantry Regiment and serving until 1865, when he was discharged as Major and regimental adjutant. McLean returned to the Texas House in 1869. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Meacham, Henry Clay b. October 10, 1869 d. December 7, 1929
Fort Worth Mayor. In 1927 the Fort Worth Airport was renamed to Meacham Filed in his honor.
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 35, Lot 48
GPS coordinates: 32.4588699, -97.2197189 (hddd.dddd)
Murray, Raymond Lee 'Ray' b. October 12, 1917 d. April 9, 2003
Professional Baseball Player. Known as 'The Deacon' Murray made his major league debut on April 25, 1948, as a catcher. He went onto play baseball with the Cleveland Indians in 1948, 1950 to 1951, Philadelphia Athletics in 1951, 1952 to 1953, and the Baltimore Orioles in 1954. Murray is best remembered for his antics during a 1954 game when he became annoyed with calls from baseball umpire Ed Hurley. He removed his mask and chest protector and laid them over home plate, got down on his knees...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Oswald, Lee Harvey b. October 18, 1939 d. November 24, 1963
Accused Assassin of 35th US President John F. Kennedy. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Robert Edward Lee Oswald and Marguerite Claverie. His father died of a sudden heart attack, and Lee was raised by a succession of step-fathers. Growing up, he was considered a loner, not very good academically, and dropped out of high school when he was 15. When he was 16, he took an...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 17
Pangburn, H.T. b. 1875 d. 1928
Businessman. Founder of the Pangburn Candy Company.
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Pate, Joseph William b. June 6, 1892 d. December 26, 1948
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics for two seasons (1926 to 1927). While is Major League career was breif (compiling a 9 Wins and 3 Losses record), he was a hero to a generation of Fort Worth baseball fans. He was the only pitcher to twice win 30 games in the Texas Leagues (1921, 1924). He pitched for the Fort Worth Cats from 1918 to 1925, and had a 176 Wins and 51 Losses record with them.
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 85, Lot 22 (pate / Edlebrook Lot)
GPS coordinates: 32.4604683, -97.2100983 (hddd.dddd)
Pendleton, Charles F. b. September 26, 1931 d. July 17, 1953
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born at Camden, Tennessee, he entered the US Army at Fort Worth, Texas and served as a Corporal in Company D, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. At Choo Gung-Dong, Korea, July 17, 1953, Corporal Pendleton was a machine gunner at a defensive position when they were attacked by a strong enemy force. He fired on the approaching troops, killing fifteen and disorganizing the remainder with grenades. He then removed his machine gun from...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section C, Lot 31, Space 11
GPS coordinates: 32.3875313, -97.2091827 (hddd.dddd)
Puckett, Utley Jim b. April 17, 1910 d. June 22, 1992
Billiards Player. Better knowns as "U.J.," he was a colorful, road-hardened, pool hustler of the 1930s and '40s who found fame in the 1980s on CBS' 60 Minutes and later on ESPN's Legends of Pocket Billiards. He was born Utley Jim Puckett on April 17, 1910, in Prattsville, Arkansas, and survived an impoverished childhood after his father, a logging train engineer, died in a 1916 accident. According to U.J., "After that, while we still lived in Arkansas, we were hungry a lot of the time, I moved...[Read More] (Bio by: zenman)
Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Renfro, Ray b. November 7, 1929 d. August 4, 1997
Professional Football Player. A Nation Football League receiver for the Cleveland Browns from 1952 to 1963, he also coached for the Dallas Cowboys (1968 to 1972), Washington Redskins (1965 to 1966) and Detroit Lions (1964). He held the Browns' career record for yards-per-catch with a 19.6 average. On the Brown's all-time lists he ranks second in receiving yards with 5,508 and eighth in receptions with 281.
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Adoration Lot 347, Space 1B
GPS coordinates: 32.4590912, -97.2217789 (hddd.dddd)
Roberts, Roy b. March 19, 1906 d. May 28, 1975
Actor. Born Roy Barnes Jones in Tampa, Florida, the youngest of six children. His early career was on the Broadway stage, in such plays as "Old Man Murphy" (1931), "Twentieth Century" (1932), The Body Beautiful (1935) and "My Sister Eileen" (1942). He was under contract to 20th Century Fox in the 1940s. His film debut was in "Guadalcanal Diary" in 1943. He most often played fastidious, authority figures including military officers, clerics, police officers and the like. He guest starred on TV...[Read More] (Bio by: Jane Eubanks)
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 42, Lot 314

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