Lincoln Cemetery

Bertha "Chippie" Hill

1905–1950 (age 45)

Lincoln Cemetery

Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905-1950), the Charleston-born jazz vocalist, is interred at Lincoln Cemetery.

Drengman Aaker

1839–1894 (age 55)

Lincoln Cemetery

Drengman Aaker (1839-1894) was a Hjartdal resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Juanita Abernathy

1929–2019 (age 90)

Lincoln Cemetery

Juanita Abernathy (1929–2019) of Uniontown lies at Lincoln Cemetery after a lifetime of civil rights work.

Ralph Abernathy

1926–1990 (age 64)

Lincoln Cemetery

Ralph Abernathy (1926–1990) was a civil rights leader and minister who is buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Linden.

Clarence Albert Bacote

1906–1981 (age 75)

Lincoln Cemetery

Clarence Albert Bacote (1906-1981) was a Kansas City resident and African-American historian who lived 75 years.

James Albert Bray

1870–1944 (age 74)

Lincoln Cemetery

James Albert Bray (1870-1944) was a Carnesville resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Joshua Altheimer

1910–1940 (age 30)

Lincoln Cemetery

Joshua Altheimer (1910-1940) was a resident of Pine Bluff buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Albert Ammons

1907–1949 (age 42)

Lincoln Cemetery

Albert Ammons (1907-1949) was a Chicago-born blues pianist buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Gene Ammons

1925–1974 (age 49)

Lincoln Cemetery

Gene Ammons was a renowned jazz saxophonist from Chicago who lived from 1925 to 1974.

Bessie Anderson Stanley

1879–1952 (age 73)

Lincoln Cemetery

Bessie Anderson Stanley (1879–1952) was a United States resident remembered at Lincoln Cemetery.

William Augustus Bell

1882–1961 (age 79)

Lincoln Cemetery

William Augustus Bell (1882-1961) was an Elbert County resident during the early 20th century.

Louise Ayer Hatheway

1876–1955 (age 79)

Lincoln Cemetery

William Baker

1831–1910 (age 79)

Lincoln Cemetery

William Baker was a Washington County resident who lived from 1831 to 1910 and was buried in Lincoln Cemetery.

Walter Ball

1877–1946 (age 69)

Lincoln Cemetery

Walter Ball (1877-1946) was a Detroit resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Ricky Bell

1974–2011 (age 37)

Lincoln Cemetery

Ricky Bell (1974–2011) passed away in Columbia and was laid to rest at Lincoln Cemetery.

Richard Berry Harrison

1864–1935 (age 71)

Lincoln Cemetery

Richard Berry Harrison (1864-1935) was a London-born stage actor and educator celebrated for dignifying African American...

Big Bill Broonzy

1893–1958 (age 65)

Lincoln Cemetery

Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958), born in Scott County, was a seminal blues singer and guitarist laid to rest at Lincoln Cem...

Jack Blackburn

1883–1942 (age 59)

Lincoln Cemetery

Jack Blackburn (1883-1942) was a Versailles native buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Gwendolyn Brooks

1917–2000 (age 83)

Lincoln Cemetery

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) of Topeka was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet laid to rest at Lincoln Cemetery.

Lonnie Brooks

1933–2017 (age 84)

Lincoln Cemetery

Lonnie Brooks (1933–2017) of St. Landry Parish, a blues guitarist and singer, rests at Lincoln Cemetery.

Willa Brown

1906–1992 (age 86)

Lincoln Cemetery

Willa Brown (1906–1992) broke barriers as one of the first licensed African American female pilots and devoted herself...

Ricky Byrdsong

1956–1999 (age 43)

Lincoln Cemetery

Ricky Byrdsong (1956–1999) coached college basketball and became an anti-racism activist before his burial at Lincoln ...

Anna C. Wait

1837–1916 (age 79)

Lincoln Cemetery

Anna C. Wait (1837–1916) was a Medina County resident laid to rest in Lincoln Cemetery.

Papa Charlie Jackson

1885–1938 (age 53)

Lincoln Cemetery

Papa Charlie Jackson (1885–1938) was an influential New Orleans blues singer and banjoist buried in Lincoln Cemetery.

Junie Cobb

1896–1970 (age 74)

Lincoln Cemetery

Junie Cobb was a jazz musician from Hot Springs who lived from 1896 to 1970.

Ogden Codman

1839–1904 (age 65)

Lincoln Cemetery

Ogden Codman (1839-1904) was buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Bessie Coleman

1892–1926 (age 34)

Lincoln Cemetery

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) was an Atlanta-born pioneering aviator and the first African American woman to hold a pilot's...

King Daniel Ganaway

1882–1944 (age 62)

Lincoln Cemetery

King Daniel Ganaway (1882-1944) was a Rutherford County resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Julian Dawson

1888–1955 (age 67)

Lincoln Cemetery

Julian Dawson (1888-1955) of Albany is interred at Lincoln Cemetery.

Wayne Delano Mount

1927–2013 (age 86)

Lincoln Cemetery

Wayne Delano Mount (1927-2013) hailed from West Allis and now rests at Lincoln Cemetery.

Baby Dodds

1898–1959 (age 61)

Lincoln Cemetery

Baby Dodds (1898–1959) was a pioneering New Orleans jazz drummer whose inventive rhythms helped define early jazz and ...

Johnny Dodds

1892–1940 (age 48)

Lincoln Cemetery

Johnny Dodds (1892-1940) was a New Orleans-born musician buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

James E. Bish

1859–1925 (age 66)

Lincoln Cemetery

James E. Bish (1859–1925) was a St. Francois County resident whose life concluded at Lincoln Cemetery.

Joseph E. Boone

1922–2006 (age 84)

Lincoln Cemetery

Joseph E. Boone (1922-2006) was a Cedartown-born civil rights leader who marched beside Martin Luther King Jr. and organ...

Adam Edward Patterson

1876–1949 (age 73)

Lincoln Cemetery

Adam Edward Patterson (1876-1949) was buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

J. Ernest Wilkins Sr.

1894–1959 (age 65)

Lincoln Cemetery

J. Ernest Wilkins Sr. (1894-1959), the Farmington-born lawyer and statesman, is buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Tiger Flowers

1895–1927 (age 32)

Lincoln Cemetery

Tiger Flowers was an American boxer and welterweight champion who lived from 1895 to 1927.

Rube Foster

1879–1930 (age 51)

Lincoln Cemetery

Rube Foster (1879–1930) was an American baseball player and manager whose final resting place is Lincoln Cemetery.

William Francis

1879–1942 (age 63)

Lincoln Cemetery

William Francis (1879-1942) was a Philadelphia resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Jeremiah Frank Armstrong

1877–1946 (age 69)

Lincoln Cemetery

Jeremiah Frank Armstrong (1877-1946) was a Dubuque resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

George French Ecton

1846–1929 (age 83)

Lincoln Cemetery

George French Ecton (1846–1929) spent his later years in Winchester before being laid to rest at Lincoln Cemetery.

Vivian G. Harsh

1890–1960 (age 70)

Lincoln Cemetery

Vivian G. Harsh was a Chicago resident who lived from 1890 to 1960.

Adelbert H. Roberts

1866–1937 (age 71)

Lincoln Cemetery

Adelbert H. Roberts (1866-1937) was a pioneering Illinois politician who became the first African American to sit in tha...

Lil Hardin Armstrong

1898–1971 (age 73)

Lincoln Cemetery

Lil Hardin Armstrong was a pioneering jazz pianist and composer from Memphis who lived from 1898 to 1971.

David Herbert Donald

1920–2009 (age 89)

Lincoln Cemetery

David Herbert Donald (1920-2009) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of Abraham Lincoln whose papers live on after hi...

Al Hibbler

1915–2001 (age 86)

Lincoln Cemetery

Al Hibbler (1915-2001) was a Mississippi-born American jazz singer known for his rich baritone voice and long recording ...

Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro

1922–2009 (age 87)

Lincoln Cemetery

Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro (1922-2009) was an Atlanta native and pillar of her community who was laid to rest at Lincol...

Jimmy Johnson

1879–1942 (age 63)

Lincoln Cemetery

Jimmy Johnson (1879-1942) was an Edgerton resident buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Tom Johnson

1889–1926 (age 37)

Lincoln Cemetery

Tom Johnson (1889–1926) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from Bryan and is buried at Lincoln Cemetery.

Freddie Keppard

1889–1933 (age 44)

Lincoln Cemetery

Freddie Keppard (1889–1933) was a pioneering New Orleans jazz cornetist interred at Lincoln Cemetery.