Find A Grave - Greenville County

Anderson Jr., Rudolf b. September 15, 1927 d. October 26, 1962
US Air Force Major, he was shot down and killed while flying over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was the only casualty of the Missile Crisis. The F-86 Super Sabre war plane memorial pictured on this page to Major Rudolf Anderson is not located at his grave in Woodlawn Park Cemetery, but is a memorial to him on Ridgeland Drive in Cleveland Park in Greenville, South Carolina, his adopted town of residence. Cleveland Park is not a cemetery, but is a family park with a nearby zoo. Major...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Ashmore, Robert Thomas b. February 22, 1904 d. October 5, 1989
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1953 to 1969. He served in the United States Army during World War II. (Bio by: K)
White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Bryson, Joseph Raleigh b. January 18, 1893 d. March 10, 1953
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 until his death in 1953. Also served as a Member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives from 1921 to 1924, and Member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1929 to 1932.
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Carr, John Dickson b. November 30, 1906 d. February 27, 1977
Author. He is best remembered for his detective's novels. Among others: "It Walks by Night," "Hag's Nook," "The Sleeping Sphinx," "The Dead Man's Knock" and "Most Secret". He was also known as Carter Dickson. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Daniel, Charles Ezra b. November 11, 1895 d. September 13, 1964
US Senator. He served as a United States Senator from South Carolina in 1954.
Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Dietz, Dick b. September 18, 1941 d. June 28, 2005
Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "The Mule," he spent eight years in the major leagues as a catcher, from 1966 to 1973. The first six years with the Giants, one with Dodgers and one with the Braves. He was an All-Star in 1970 and a key member of the Giants 1971 NL West division champs. His all-star season he batted .300, with 36 doubles, 22 home runs and 107 RBIs, along with 109 walks, lifetime batting average was .261, with 66 home runs and 301 runs batted in. He is best remembered for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Earle, Elias b. June 19, 1762 d. May 19, 1823
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 7th and 8th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1805 to 1807, 1811 to 1815, and 1817 to 1821. Also served as a Member of the South Carolina State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Old Earle Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Earle, Joseph Haynsworth b. April 30, 1847 d. May 20, 1897
US Senator from South Carolina. As a teenager during the Civil War he served with the Confederate Army in Charles' Battery, Kemper's Artillery, Johnson's Army, rising to the rank of Sergeant. At war's end he chose to desert rather than surrender with his company to the Union Army, and a similar stubborn spirit marked his ensuing public life, as he became known for fighting, feuding, and harassing the Carpetbagger element. In 1867 he was forced to leave South Carolina's Furman University for...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Ellison, Lloyd Paul b. July 26, 1920 d. May 25, 2002
Engineer. He was a member of the Manhattan Project that developed the first Atomic Bombs. He was also a US Army veteran of World War II. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Graceland East Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Hartley, Howard Paul 'Rabbit' b. September 26, 1924 d. September 29, 2006
Professional Football Player. After his sophomore year at Duke, he joined the Navy and played service football with the Fort Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base Commandos in 1944. After the war he returned to Duke. After graduating he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Washington Redskins in 1948. After his rookie season, the Redskins traded him to the Pittsburgh Steelers. He started in the defensive backfield for the Steelers from 1949 to 1952. He led the Steelers in interceptions...[Read More] (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Jackson, Joseph Jefferson 'Shoeless Joe' b. July 16, 1888 d. December 5, 1951
Major League Baseball Player. He is best known today for being the most recognizable of the eight Chicago White Sox players who were banned forever from Major League baseball for his role in the 1919 "Black Sox" Scandal. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1902 he became a cotton textile worker with Brandon Mills, sweeping the floors where his father and brother worked. He soon joined the company baseball team in what was called the Textile League. A natural player, by 1904 be had become...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Plot: Section V
Mahon Jr., Gabriel Heyward b. November 11, 1889 d. June 11, 1962
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1936 to 1939. He served in the United States Army during World War I. (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Mann, James Robert b. April 27, 1920 d. December 20, 2010
US Congressman. A member of the Democratic Party, he served South Carolina's 4th District in the US House of Representatives from 1969 to 1979. Mann received his BA from the Citadel, before service with the US Army during World War II; he achieved the rank of colonel. Upon returning home, he attained his law degree from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1947, and was elected to and served in South Carolina's State House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was later appointed...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
McSwain, John Jackson b. May 1, 1875 d. August 6, 1936
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 until his death in 1936. He also served in the United States Army during World War I.
Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Moore, Charlie b. February 13, 1935 d. December 24, 1979
Charlie Moore was a Bluegrass legend. He grew up in Piedmont, South Carolina, a small Western town located below the Smokey Mountains. At a young age, Charlie began to develop his own smooth singing style of country bluegrass, more like that of Jim Eanes, Clyde Moody and Red Smiley than that of Bill Monroe or "the lonesome" types of Mountain Bluegrass vocalist. He teamed with another bluegrass great, Bill Napier to record over 108 bluegrass tunes. Charlie was known all over the world,and to...[Read More]
Greenville Memorial Gardens, Piedmont, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Peace, Roger Craft b. May 19, 1899 d. August 21, 1968
US Senator. He served as a United States Senator from South Carolina in 1941. (Bio by: K)
Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Perry, Benjamin Franklin b. November 20, 1805 d. December 3, 1886
South Carolina Governor. He served as the Governor of South Carolina in 1865, and as a Delegate to the National Convention from South Carolina in 1876. (Bio by: K)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Perry, William Hayne b. June 9, 1839 d. July 7, 1902
US Congressman. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in the Hampton Legion. He was elected to represent South Carolina's 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1891.
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Smith, Louise b. July 31, 1916 d. April 15, 2006
Auto Race Car Driver. She is remembered as "the first lady of racing," and was on the NASCAR circuit from 1945-56. Known for her fearless style, she won 38 modified events. She was the first woman inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999. She quit racing in 1956, but stayed close to the track, working with Darlington Raceway's pageant before she resigned as grand patron in November 1989 after serving more than a decade. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Graceland West Cemetery and Mausoleum, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Spivak, Charlie b. February 17, 1907 d. March 1, 1982
Band Leader. Charlie Spivak was born in Kiev, Ukraine and came with his family to New Haven, Connecticut when just a small boy. At age ten, he learned to play the trumpet. Charlie played with locally formed bands during his teenage years. He found work with Don Cavallaro's Orchestra which was his first real professional debut. Charlie became a gypsy trumpet player, performing with one, then another major orchestra of the time. During 1924-'30 he was with Paul Specht's Orchestra, then with Ben...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Grandview Memorial Gardens, Travelers Rest, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Plot: Garden of the Cross lot 109

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