The Political Graveyard: Dallas County, Tex.

Politicians buried here:
	M. M. Rodgers — of La Grange, Fayette County, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1904, 1912. African ancestry. Interment somewhere.

Calvary Hill Cemetery
3235 Lombardy Lane
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Mike McKool (1918-2003) — of Texas. Born in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito Federal, December 30, 1918. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Texas state senate, 1969-72; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1974; chair of Dallas County Democratic Party, 1984-86. Catholic. Lebanese ancestry. As state senator, set a filibuster record by speaking nonstop for 42 hours and 33 minutes in support of funding for mental health and retardation. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 22, 2003 (age 84 years, 54 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Hill Cemetery.

Fred Joseph Agnich (1913-2004) — also known as Fred Agnich — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minn., July 19, 1913. Republican. Geophysicist; executive vice-president, Geophysical Services; vice-president, Texas Instruments Inc.; director, Texas Mid-Continet Oil and Gas Association; chair of Dallas County Republican Party, 1967-69, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1968, 1972; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1971-88; member of Republican National Committee from Texas, 1972-76. Presbyterian. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., October 28, 2004 (age 91 years, 101 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John Agnich and Angeleine (Germaine) Agnich; married to Ruth Harriet Welton and Brooksie Penland.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Crown Hill Memorial Park
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. (1884-1956) — also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 4, 1884. President, Dallas National Bank of Commerce, 1924-56; chairman, Gulf Insurance Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe Company; director, First Texas Chemical Company; director, Cosmopolitan Hotel Company; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1951-53; defeated, 1949. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Arbitration Association; Rotary; Phi Delta Theta; Newcomen Society. Died, from a heart attack, while working at his bank, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Crown Hill Memorial Park.

		Presumably named for: John the Baptist
		Relatives: Son of Jean Baptiste Adoue and Mittie Neosha (Simpson) Adoue; married, October 12, 1909, to Hester Ann Allen; married, May 12, 1937, to Mary J. Wilson.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Emanu-El Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Irving Loeb Goldberg (1906-1995) — also known as Irving L. Goldberg — Born in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Tex., June 29, 1906. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-95. Jewish. Died, from complications of a neurological disorder, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 11, 1995 (age 88 years, 227 days). Interment at Emanu-El Cemetery.

Greenwood Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

William Lewis Cabell (1827-1911) — also known as "Old Tige" — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Danville, Va., January 1, 1827. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1874-76, 1877-79, 1883-85; defeated, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1884, 1892. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 22, 1911 (age 84 years, 52 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother of George Craighead Cabell; father of Benjamin Earl Cabell; nephew of Martha Doswell (who married Collin Buckner); grandfather of Earle Cabell; great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Edward Carrington Cabell, Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke, Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick Bland, Beverley Randolph and Harry Flood Byrd; second cousin four times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of John William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Edith Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Francis Wayles Eppes, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
		Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Benjamin Long (1838-1877) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born March 7, 1838. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1868-70, 1872-74; defeated, 1874. Killed when he attempted to stop three people from leaving a saloon without paying, June 23, 1877 (age 39 years, 108 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

J. M. Thurmond (1836-1882) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born February 22, 1836. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1879-80; defeated, 1877; removed 1880; defeated, 1880. Member, Freemasons. Died March 14, 1882 (age 46 years, 20 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Henry Brown (1820-1895) — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born October 29, 1820. Mayor of Galveston, Tex., 1856-57; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1870; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1885-87. Died May 31, 1895 (age 74 years, 214 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Henry Traylor (1839-1925) — also known as John H. Traylor — of Granbury, Hood County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Rockport, Aransas County, Tex. Born in Traylorsville, Henry County, Va., March 27, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state house of representatives; elected 1881; member of Texas state senate 30th District; elected 1883; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1898-1900. Methodist. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., March 19, 1925 (age 85 years, 357 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Robert Bailey Traylor.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Benjamin Earl Cabell (1858-1931) — also known as Ben E. Cabell — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., November 18, 1858. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1900-04. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 8, 1931 (age 72 years, 82 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Harriette (Rector) Cabell and William Lewis Cabell; father of Earle Cabell; nephew of George Craighead Cabell; grandson of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Harry Flood Byrd; third cousin thrice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes, Henry St. George Tucker and Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin of Edith Wilson; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph.
		Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Frank Wilson Wozencraft (1892-1966) — also known as Frank W. Wozencraft; "The Boy Mayor" — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 7, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in a hospital at Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 3, 1966 (age 74 years, 88 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Alfred Prior Wozencraft and Virginia Lee (Wilson) Wozencraft; married 1922 to Mary Victoria McReynolds.
		Epitaph: "He Kept The Faith."
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Alexander White (1816-1893) — of Talladega, Talladega County, Ala.; Selma, Dallas County, Ala.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., October 16, 1816. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1851-53, 1873-75 (7th District 1851-53, at-large 1873-75); delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1872; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1872; justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1875. Slaveowner. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., December 13, 1893 (age 77 years, 58 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John White and Abigail (Dickenson) White.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Robert Emmet Burke (1847-1901) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born near Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Ala., August 1, 1847. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; county judge in Texas, 1878-88; district judge in Texas 14th District, 1888-96; U.S. Representative from Texas 6th District, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 5, 1901 (age 53 years, 308 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Grove Hill Memorial Park
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Bryan Thomas Barry (1851-1919) — also known as Bryan T. Barry — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born October 26, 1851. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1894-95, 1897-98, 1904-06; defeated, 1898. Died March 5, 1919 (age 67 years, 130 days). Original interment at Oakland Cemetery; reinterment at Grove Hill Memorial Park.

Stephen John Hay (1864-1916) — also known as Stephen J. Hay — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., October 5, 1864. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1907-11. Methodist. Died February 29, 1916 (age 51 years, 147 days). Original interment at Oakland Cemetery; reinterment at Grove Hill Memorial Park.

Joe Earl Lawther (1876-1943) — also known as Joe E. Lawther — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born February 11, 1876. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1917-19. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., April 24, 1943 (age 67 years, 72 days). Interment at Grove Hill Memorial Park.

James Britton Cranfill (1858-1942) — also known as James B. Cranfill — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Parker County, Tex., September 12, 1858. Physician; newspaper editor; Baptist minister; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1892. Baptist. Died December 28, 1942 (age 84 years, 107 days). Interment at Grove Hill Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Eaton Cranfill and Martha Jane (Galloway) Cranfill; married 1878 to Ollie Allen.
		Image source: American Prohibition Year Book 1912

Jean Baptiste Adoue (1846-1924) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Aurignac, France, October 24, 1846. Merchant; banker; Consular Agent for France in Dallas, Tex., 1897-1907. French ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Suffered an apoplectic stroke, and fearing that he would become an invalid, he killed himself, by self-inflicted gunshot, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 20, 1924 (age 77 years, 240 days). Interment at Grove Hill Memorial Park.

		Presumably named for: John the Baptist
		Relatives: Son of Jean Marie Adoue and Paule (Dorleac) Adoue; married to Mary Neosha Simpson; father of Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. and Bertrand Adoue.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K."; "Lancer" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; received a 1957 Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Legion; Elks. Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. Shot by a sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177 days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton Ivan Steers Jr.); brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter Lawford), Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia Joan Bennett); married, September 12, 1953, to Jaqueline Lee Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III); father of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald.
		Political family: Kennedy family.
		Cross-reference: John B. Connally — Henry B. Gonzalez — Henry M. Wade — Walter Rogers — Gerry E. Studds — James B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark Dalton — Waggoner Carr — Theodore C. Sorensen — Pierre Salinger — John Bartlow Martin — Abraham Davenport
		The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge (opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River from Jeffersonville, Indiana, to Louisville, Kentucky, is named for him.
		Coins and currency: His portrait appears on the U.S. half dollar coin.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
		Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles in Courage (1956)
		Books about John F. Kennedy: Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK : Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael O'Brien, John F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America — Thomas Reeves, A Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy — Chris Matthews, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero — Shelley Sommer, John F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young readers)
		Critical books about John F. Kennedy: Seymour Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK: the Man and the Myth
		Image source: Warren Commission report (via Wikipedia)

Laurel Land Memorial Park
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Joe Richard Pool (1911-1968) — also known as Joe R. Pool — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., February 18, 1911. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1953-58; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1963-68 (at-large 1963-67, 3rd District 1967-68); defeated, 1960; died in office 1968. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., July 14, 1968 (age 57 years, 147 days). Interment at Laurel Land Memorial Park.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Oak Cliff Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

George Able Sprague (1871-1963) — also known as George Sprague — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minn., November 30, 1871. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1937-39. Presbyterian. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 8, 1963 (age 91 years, 343 days). Interment at Oak Cliff Cemetery.

		Relatives: Father of John Sprague.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

George Sergeant — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1935-37. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Interment at Oak Cliff Cemetery.

Oak Hill Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Martin McNulty Crane (1855-1943) — also known as M. M. Crane — of Cleburne, Johnson County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Grafton, Taylor County, Va. (now W.Va.), November 17, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; Johnson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1885; member of Texas state senate 21st District, 1890-92; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1893-95; Texas state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1928; chief counsel, board of managers, impeachment of Gov. James C. Ferguson, 1917. Died August 3, 1943 (age 87 years, 259 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of Martin Crane and Mary (McNulty) Crane; married, January 22, 1879, to Eulla Olatia Taylor.

Oakland Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Winship C. Connor — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1887, 1887-94; resigned 1887, 1894. Entombed at Oakland Cemetery.

Franklin Pierce Holland (1852-1928) — also known as Frank P. Holland — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born September 22, 1852. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1895-97. Died January 18, 1928 (age 75 years, 118 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Presumably named for: Franklin Pierce

Louis Blaylock (1849-1932) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sevier County, Ark., October 21, 1849. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1923-27. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died December 4, 1932 (age 83 years, 44 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Henry Schley Ervay (1834-1911) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in 1834. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1870-72. Died in California, August 21, 1911 (age about 77 years). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Eugene Murphy Locke (1918-1972) — also known as Eugene M. Locke — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 6, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1966-67; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1968. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1967. Died April 28, 1972 (age 54 years, 113 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Eugene Perry Locke and Emma Marie (Murphy) Locke; married to Adele Neely.
		Campaign slogan (1968): "Eugene Locke should be Governor of Texas -- the Governor of Texas should be Eugene Locke."
		See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

James Andrew Beall (1866-1929) — also known as Jack Beall — of Waxahachie, Ellis County, Tex. Born near Midlothian, Ellis County, Tex., October 25, 1866. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1892-94; member of Texas state senate 10th District, 1895-98; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1903-15. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 11, 1929 (age 62 years, 109 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Richard Beall and Adelaide (Pierce) Beall; married 1898 to Patricia Martin.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Barnett Gibbs (1851-1904) — of Texas. Born May 19, 1851. Member of Texas state senate, 1882-84; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1884-86; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1896; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1898. Died October 4, 1904 (age 53 years, 138 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Edwin Le Roy Antony (1852-1913) — of Texas. Born in Burke County, Ga., January 5, 1852. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas 9th District, 1892-93. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 13, 1913 (age 61 years, 8 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Calvin McCoy (1819-1887) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born September 28, 1819. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1862-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1876. Died April 30, 1887 (age 67 years, 214 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Presumably named for: John Calvin

John Armstrong Prather (1906-1965) — also known as John A. Prather — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born February 19, 1906. Republican. Honorary Vice-Consul for Panama in Dallas, Tex., 1935; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1952. Died April 2, 1965 (age 59 years, 42 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Politicians formerly buried here:

Old Oak Cliff Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Sterling Price Strong (1862-1936) — also known as Sterling P. Strong — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born near Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., August 17, 1862. Democrat. Montague County Clerk, 1884-88, 1898-1904; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1930; U.S. Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., March 28, 1936 (age 73 years, 224 days). Interment at Old Oak Cliff Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Pioneer Park Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

John M. Crockett (1816-1887) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born December 26, 1816. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1857-58, 1859-61, 1865-66; resigned 1861. Died August 4, 1887 (age 70 years, 221 days). Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery.

John William Crowdus (1828-1895) — also known as J. W. Crowdus — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., July 6, 1828. Democrat. Druggist; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1881-83. Died September 11, 1895 (age 67 years, 67 days). Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery.

Samuel B. Pryor (1816-1866) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in 1816. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1856-57; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in 1866 (age about 50 years). Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery.

John Jay Good (1827-1882) — also known as John J. Good — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born July 21, 1827. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1880-81; defeated, 1881. Died September 17, 1882 (age 55 years, 58 days). Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery.

Presumably named for: John Jay

Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807-1885) — of Texas. Born April 20, 1807. Speaker of the Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1840; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1845. Member, Freemasons. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., June 7, 1885 (age 78 years, 48 days). Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery.

Restland Memorial Park
9220 Walnut
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) — also known as Tom C. Clark — Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 23, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Delta Tau Delta. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1977 (age 77 years, 263 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of William Henry Clark and Virginia Maxey 'Jennie' (Falls) Clark; married, November 8, 1924, to Mary Jane Ramsey (daughter of William Franklin Ramsey); father of Ramsey Clark.
		Political family: Clark-Ramsey family of Dallas, Texas.
		See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

Earle Cabell (1906-1975) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas County, Tex., October 27, 1906. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1961-64; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1965-73; defeated, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 24, 1975 (age 68 years, 332 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Sadie (Earle) Cabell; married, February 22, 1932, to Elizabeth Holder; grandson of William Lewis Cabell; grandnephew of George Craighead Cabell; great-grandson of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; third great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed of Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin five times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin of Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin twice removed of John William Leftwich; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; fourth cousin of Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Edith Wilson and Harry Flood Byrd.
		Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

William Arvis Blakley (1898-1976) — also known as William A. Blakley — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Miami Station, Carroll County, Mo., November 17, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; real estate developer; insurance business; banker; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1957, 1961; defeated, 1958, 1961. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 5, 1976 (age 77 years, 49 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of William J. Blakley and Mary E. Blakley; married to Villa W. Darnell.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

James Mitchell Collins (1916-1989) — also known as James M. Collins — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Hallsville, Harrison County, Tex., April 29, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1968, 1972; U.S. Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1968-83; defeated, 1966; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1982; candidate for mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1987. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., July 21, 1989 (age 73 years, 83 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

Nicholas Nix (1978-1999) — of Mesquite, Dallas County, Tex. Born in a hospital at Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., December 20, 1978. Candidate for mayor of Mesquite, Tex., 1999. Died from injuries received in an automobile accident, in Mesquite, Dallas County, Tex., November 11, 1999 (age 20 years, 326 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

Derrill Hart McCollough (1851-1937) — also known as Derrill H. McCollough — Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., August 11, 1851. U.S. Vice Consul in Ceiba, 1918-29. Died in Dallas County, Tex., January 18, 1937 (age 85 years, 160 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of John Dewitt McCollough and Harriet Bell (Hart) McCollough; married to Celestina Robertson Trenholm.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

James H. Blundell (d. 1956) — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940 (alternate), 1948. Died in 1956. Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

Jacob George Kleinsasser (1887-1965) — also known as Jacob G. Kleinsasser — of Bowdon, Wells County, N.Dak.; Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme County, S.Dak. Born in Hutchinson County, S.Dak., April 14, 1887. Democrat. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-34. German ancestry. Died in 1965 (age about 78 years). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph J. Kleinsasser and Susana J. (Waldner) Kleinsasser; married, July 9, 1911, to Anna June Wipf.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Erskine K. Bludworth (1900-1973) — of Corinth, Denton County, Tex. Born in 1900. Mayor of Corinth, Tex., 1960. Died in 1973 (age about 73 years). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of John Thomas Bludworth and Ida Victoria (Jones) Bludworth.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Robert Gerald Storey (1893-1981) — also known as R. G. Storey — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Greenville, Hunt County, Tex., December 4, 1893. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; director, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; director and counsel of life insurance companies. Christian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died, from pneumonia and heart disease, while suffering from senile dementia, in a nursing home at Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 16, 1981 (age 87 years, 43 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Mary Edith (Thomson) Storey and Frank Wilson Storey; married, July 26, 1917, to Frances Hazel Porter; married to Jewel Hope Watson.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Eminent Americans 1954

Robinson Family Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Benjamin Franklin Robinson (1807-1884) — of Missouri. Born in Greenville District (now Greenville County), S.C., January 1, 1807. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1848. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 9, 1884 (age 77 years, 8 days). Interment at Robinson Family Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
		Relatives: Brother-in-law of John Walker; brother of Lewis Wilton Robinson.
		Political family: Robinson-Walker family of Missouri.

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park
7405 West Northwest Highway
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) — also known as J. Erik Jonsson — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 6, 1901. Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which became Texas Instruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board (1958-66) of Texas Instruments; director for Republic Bank, Dallas, 1954-80; Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1958-73; Dallas Power and Light, 1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1964-71. Member, Newcomen Society. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., August 31, 1995 (age 93 years, 359 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Annette Strauss (c.1924-1998) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., about 1924. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1987-91. Female. Died, of cancer, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., December 14, 1998 (age about 74 years). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Sawnie Robertson Aldredge (1890-1949) — also known as Sawnie R. Aldredge — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 13, 1890. Lawyer; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1921-23. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., May 13, 1949 (age 58 years, 181 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) — also known as John G. Tower — of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., September 29, 1925. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university professor; candidate for Texas state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 (delegation chair), 1980; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Kappa Sigma; Kiwanis; American Political Science Association; American Association of University Professors. Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing. Killed in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the runway of Glynco Airport, near Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga., April 5, 1991 (age 65 years, 188 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower and Beryl Tower; married 1952 to Lou Bullington; married 1977 to Lila Burt Cummings.
		Cross-reference: Larry Combest
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (1890-1969) — also known as W. Lee O'Daniel; Pappy O'Daniel — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex. Born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, March 11, 1890. Democrat. Governor of Texas, 1939-41; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1941-49. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., May 11, 1969 (age 79 years, 61 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
		Books about W. Lee O'Daniel: Bill Crawford, Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy: Pictures of Governor W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel

William Hawley Atwell (1869-1961) — also known as William H. Atwell — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sparta, Monroe County, Wis., June 9, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1898-1913; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1922; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1923-54; took senior status 1954. Methodist. Member, Elks; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Died December 22, 1961 (age 92 years, 196 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Relatives: Son of Capt. Benjamin D. Atwell and De Emma (Greene) Atwell; married, December 7, 1892, to Susie Snyder.

Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901-1968) — also known as J. Frank Wilson — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex., March 18, 1901. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Dallas County Democratic Party, 1942-45; district judge in Texas, 1943-44, 1955-68; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1947-55. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., October 13, 1968 (age 67 years, 209 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Jodie J. Wilson and Willie (Cole) Wilson; married 1926 to Ruby Lee Hopkins.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Henry Menasco Wade (1914-2001) — also known as Henry M. Wade; "The Chief" — of Texas. Born in Rockwall County, Tex., November 11, 1914. Democrat. FBI special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Dallas County District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was the named defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion decision, Roe v. Wade. Died, from complications of Parkinson's disease, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., March 1, 2001 (age 86 years, 110 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Henry Menasco Wade (1864-1938) and Lula Ellen (Michie) Wade; married to Yvonne Hillman.
		The Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center, in Dallas, Texas, is named for him.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (1892-1943) — also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., December 15, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Presbyterian. Died in military service, of pneumonia following injuries he suffered in a collision, in the military hospital at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., July 17, 1943 (age 50 years, 214 days). Original interment at Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.; reinterment in 1958 at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Weldon Bailey and Ellen (Murray) Bailey; married, November 6, 1924, to Roberta Lewis; first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge and John Floyd; second cousin once removed of John Buchanan Floyd and George Rogers Clark Floyd.
		Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) — also known as Thomas B. Love — of Springfield, Greene County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Webster County, Mo., June 23, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1930. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen. Died September 17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Relatives: Son of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11, 1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode.

Edith Eunice Therrel Wilmans (1882-1966) — also known as Edith Wilmans — of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Tex. Born December 21, 1882. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1922; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1926, 1928; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 13th District, 1948 (primary), 1950 (primary), 1951. Female. First woman to serve in the Texas legislature. Died March 21, 1966 (age 83 years, 90 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Sarah Tilghman Hughes (1896-1985) — of Texas. Born in Baltimore, Md., August 2, 1896. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1931-35; district judge in Texas, 1935-61; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1961. Female. In 1963, she became the first woman to swear in a President of the United States. Died April 23, 1985 (age 88 years, 264 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Orville Canada Bullington (1882-1956) — also known as Orville Bullington — of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex. Born in Indian Springs, Vernon County, Mo., February 10, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; president and chairman, Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1928 (member, Credentials Committee), 1932, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944, 1948; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1932; member of Texas Republican State Committee, 1947-51; Texas Republican state chair, 1951. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from mesenteric thrombosis while also suffering from emphysema, in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex., November 24, 1956 (age 74 years, 288 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of William Isaac Bullington and Sarah Elizabeth (Holmes) Bullington; married, June 28, 1911, to Sadie Kell.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) — also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill Braecklein — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 20, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas state senate 16th District, 1972-78. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; American Bar Association; Phi Alpha Delta. Died, of Alzheimer's disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing home, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

James Hart Willis, Sr. (d. 1963) — also known as J. Hart Willis — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Democrat. Member of Texas state senate; elected 1921; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944 (speaker). Died in 1963. Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Clarence Elliott Kennemer Jr. (1908-1962) — also known as C. E. Kennemer, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., April 22, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; rancher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940. Died in Terrell, Kaufman County, Tex., May 25, 1962 (age 54 years, 33 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Clarence Erskin Kennemer and Jennie Chris (Coyle) Kennemer; married 1937 to Lucile Christian; third cousin once removed of Thomas Jacob Kennamer, Charles Brents Kennamer and Franklin Elmore Kennamer; fourth cousin of Walter Judson Kennamer, Charles B. Kennamer Jr. and Ralph Kennamer.
		Political family: Kennamer family of Kennamer Cove and Montgomery, Alabama.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Douglas E. Bergman — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940. Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Knights of Pythias Cemetery
Garland, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Hatton William Sumners (1875-1962) — also known as Hatton W. Sumners — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born near Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., May 30, 1875. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas, 1913-47 (at-large 1913-15, 5th District 1915-47). Died of a heart ailment, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., April 19, 1962 (age 86 years, 324 days). Interment at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Old Southland Cemetery
Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

E. Carlyle Smith Jr. (c.1939-2003) — of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., about 1939. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1975. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Chi; Rotary; Jaycees; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of complications from a brain tumor, in Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Tex., June 29, 2003 (age about 64 years). Interment at Old Southland Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of E. Carlyle Smith.

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