Find A Grave - Harris County

Adair, Paul Neal 'Red' b. June 18, 1915 d. August 7, 2004
Oil well fire fighter and blowout specialist. Memorialized by the 1968 John Wayne movie Hellfighters roughly based on his life of fire fighting. He began fighting oil well fires after returning from serving in a bomb disposal unit during World War II. Red started his career working for Myron Kinley, the "original" blowout/oil firefighting pioneer. He founded Red Adair Co., Inc., in 1959, and over his long career battled more than 2,000 land and offshore oil well, natural gas well, and similar...[Read More] (Bio by: GW)
Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Anderson, Richard b. April 16, 1948 d. August 24, 1969
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Marine Corps in Vet Nam War as Lance Corporal in Company E, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, on August 24, 1969. His citation reads “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an assistant team leader with Company E, in connection with combat...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 33, Lot 257, Space 1
Baker, Neal b. April 30, 1904 d. January 5, 1982
Major League Baseball Player. Played 5 Games as a Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1927, starting two of them, but winning none. They were his only appearences on the Major League level.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 53, Lot 107, Unit C, Space 2
Ball, Thomas Henry b. January 14, 1859 d. May 7, 1944
US Congressman. Born in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas to a Methodist minister and his wife, who had moved to Texas from Virginia in 1856. Orphaned at age 6, his uncle raised him, sending him to private schools for his primary and secondary education. After graduating from Austin College in 1871, he worked as a farmhand and clerk and attended lectures at the University of Virginia, where he was elected president of the law class. He returned to Texas, was admitted to the bar in 1888, and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Bankhead, Dan (Daniel) Robert b. May 3, 1920 d. May 2, 1976
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Empire, Alabama, he became the first African-American pitcher in Major League Baseball history when he made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 26, 1947. Prior to his time in the major leagues, he was a prominent right hand pitcher in the Negro Baseball Leagues from 1940 to 1943, before serving in the US Military during World War II. Returning to baseball after the war, he was playing for the Memphis Red Sox when signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section B Site 2651
Baulch Jr., Billy Gene b. 1955 d. May 21, 1972
Murder victim. He was only 17 years old when he and his 16-year-old friend, Johnny Delome, were abducted and killed by serial killer Dean Corll. The bodies of the two friends were found on High Island Beach, along with 4 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
Baulch, Michael Anthony b. 1957 d. July 19, 1973
Murder victim. He was only 16 years old when he was abducted and killed by serial killer Dean Corll. His older brother, Billy, had been killed by Corll a year earlier. Michael's body was found in Corll's boat shed, along with 16 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
Beahan, Kermit b. August 9, 1918 d. March 9, 1989
Military Figure. He was the bombardier aboard the airplane "Bock's Car" that dropped the second atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 10, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Benedict, Brooks b. February 6, 1896 d. January 1, 1968
Actor. After serving in the US Army during World War I, he held down several odd jobs in Hollywood before turning to acting in the early 1920s. A versatile utility performer, his credits include "The Freshman" (1925), "Showboat" (1936), "The Housekeeper's Daughter" (1939), "The Las Vegas Story" (1952) and "Houseboat" (1958). For television, he was a regular on the "Four Star Playhouse" series. He died at the age of 71 in Houston, Texas. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section C Grave 435
GPS coordinates: 29.5580502, -95.2706909 (hddd.dddd)
Bentsen Jr., Lloyd M. b. February 11, 1921 d. May 23, 2006
Politician. He served as a US Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of the Treasury, however, he is best remembered to most Americans as the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential nominee during the 1988 Presidential election. Named Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr, after his father, in the small town of Mission, Texas. In his youth he was a Boy Scout, and earned the Eagle Scout rank, while attending public schools. He attended the University of Texas Law School, graduating in May 1942 with a law degree...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Bizor, Billy b. September 3, 1913 d. April 4, 1969
Bluesman. The blues revival of the 1960's allowed the spotlight to finally fall on performers like Billy Bizor, an otherwise obscure harpist best known in conjunction with his recordings in support of his cousin, the renowned Lightnin' Hopkins. Bizor dwelled in almost total obscurity prior to the 1960's, developing a spare, haunted sound largely unaffected by the passage of time, making him a prime candidate for rediscovery by purists. Among his first recordings were a series of unheralded...[Read More] (Bio by: Me and Bobbie)
Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Blyden, Larry b. June 23, 1925 d. June 6, 1975
Actor. Appeared on television in motion pictures and in the theatre. Best known for being the host of television game show "What's My Line?" from 1972 to 1975. He won a Tony award in 1972 for his performance in the play "A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Forum." In 1975 he was preparing to start a new game show for ABC when went to Morocco on vacation and was involved in a car accident. He suffered tremendous wounds and, after lingering for a week, died in June 1975.
Cause of death: Injuries from auto accident
Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 27, Lot 444
GPS coordinates: 29.4290695, -95.1843719 (hddd.dddd)
Brown, Willard Jessie b. June 26, 1915 d. August 4, 1996
Hall of Fame Baseball player. Willie Brown was born in Shreveport to a poor family who encouraged his interest in sports and baseball in particular. He became known in the neighborhood as an excellent hitter and joined a minor Negro League team, the Monroe Monarchs, in 1934. As he gained experience on the field, he refined his batting skills to the point that he was signed to the Kansas City Monarchs in 1936 and played professionally with them for eight years. He was the most powerful slugger...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave)
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Casey, Bob (Robert Randolph) b. July 27, 1915 d. April 17, 1986
US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1959 to 1976. Also served as a Member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 1948 to 1949, and County Judge from 1950 to 1958. (Bio by: K)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Chavez, Raul Anthony b. February 14, 1926 d. November 25, 2012
Latino Television Personality. Born in Mexico, Raul and his family immigrated to the United States to escape the turmoil in Mexico after the Mexican revolution. His family settled in Los Angeles, where he attended school and served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a flight engineer. After the Navy, he attended Pasadena Playhouse School of Theater in California, studying acting, radio and TV production. While in California, he appeared in the 1948 pioneering TV drama, "Space Patrol;" the "...[Read More] (Bio by: Rick Kauffman)
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Clayton, William Lockhart b. February 7, 1880 d. February 8, 1966
Businessman, US Government Advisor. A Shaper of the Marshall Plan. He started Anderson, Clayton and Company, a cotton marketing firm based in Houston, Texas, which became the world's largest cotton-trading enterprise. He entered government service in World War I as a member of the Cotton Distribution Committee. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him first Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, a post that allowed him to promote the free trade policies that he believed in...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Conner, Keven 'Dino' b. November 18, 1974 d. January 28, 2003
R&B Singer. Member of the early 90's hip-hop group H-Town. Their debut album, "Fever For Da Flavor" spawned the smash hit single "Knockin' Da Boots". H-Town also included Dino's fraternal twin brother Shazam. On January 28, 2003, after leaving a Houston recording studio, Dino and his pregnant fiancee were stopped at a red light when a speeding SUV crashed into the driver's side of the car, ejecting both Dino and his fiancee into a parking lot. The finacee died on impact and Dino died en route...[Read More] (Bio by: Dakota)
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: N/A
Cooley, Denton A. [future burial site] b. August 22, 1920
Heart Surgeon, Researcher, Writer, Inventor, Medical Pioneer. Majored in Zoology while attending the University of Texas and was also a player on the varsity basketball team. While there he took pre-med courses and became interested in surgery, thus changing his life course. After attending the Texas College of Medicine in Galveston, Texas and earning his medical degree at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore in 1944, he went on to intern there. While interning at Johns Hopkins he assisted Dr. Alfred...[Read More] (Bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson)
Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Corll, Dean Arnold b. December 24, 1939 d. August 8, 1973
Murderer/Murder Victim. Along with his teenage accomplices, David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, Dean Corll killed 27 young men and boys in a three-year period. His crimes went undiscovered until August 8, 1973, when Henley killed him in what he claimed was self-defense. Henley and Brooks took police to the burial sites of the boys' bodies: 17 in Corll's rented boat shed, 4 near Corll's father's vacation cabin at Lake Sam Rayburn, and 6 more on High Island Beach. Until this crime spree was...[Read More] (Bio by: Karen Valentine)
Grand View Memorial Park, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA
Cullinan, Joseph Stephen 'J.S.' b. December 31, 1860 d. March 11, 1937
Founder of Texaco. Joseph Cullinan was born December 31, 1860 near Sharon, Pennsylvania. He started working in the oil fields of Pennsylvania at the age of fourteen, learning all aspects of the industry from the ground up. In 1882 he began work with a company offshoot of Standard Oil and worked there as a manager for thirteen years, when he decided to go into business for himself, founding Petroleum Iron Works in 1895. In 1897, he was asked to manage the vast oil strike in Corsicana and built...[Read More] (Bio by: Screwtape)
Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Little Hillside Section

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