Woodlawn Cemetery

Big Pun

1971–2000 (age 29)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Big Pun (1971–2000) was a groundbreaking Puerto Rican-American rapper from the Bronx interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Shirley Ellis

1929–2005 (age 76)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Shirley Ellis (1929–2005) was an American singer-songwriter known for catchy hits like 'The Name Game,' buried at Wood...

Celia Cruz

1925–2003 (age 78)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Celia Cruz (1925–2003) was a Cuban-born singer who became internationally renowned as the Queen of Salsa.

Pedro Knight

1921–2007 (age 86)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Pedro Knight (1921–2007) was a Cuban trumpeter and later music manager best known for his decades-long partnership wit...

Ella Johnson

1919–2004 (age 85)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ella Johnson (1919–2004) was an American jazz and blues vocalist who gained prominence singing with her brother Buddy ...

Paul A. Fino

1913–2009 (age 96)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Paul A. Fino (1913–2009) was a New York lawyer and Republican politician who served in both the U.S. House of Represen...

Jackie McLean

1931–2006 (age 75)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jackie McLean (1931–2006) was an American alto saxophonist and educator celebrated for his hard bop recordings and lon...

Ella King Torrey

1957–2003 (age 46)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ella King Torrey (1957–2003) was a Bronxville-born arts advocate who devoted herself to supporting cultural institutio...

Harold Hunter

1974–2006 (age 32)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Harold Hunter (1974–2006) was an American skateboarder and actor who helped bring street skating into the mainstream a...

Frankie Manning

1914–2009 (age 95)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Frankie Manning (1914–2009) was an American dancer and choreographer credited with inventing many of the Lindy Hop's s...

Illinois Jacquet

1922–2004 (age 82)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004) was an American tenor saxophonist whose raucous solo on "Flying Home" became a defining m...

Vincent Alo

1904–2001 (age 97)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Vincent Alo (1904–2001) spent his long life in New York City before being interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Manuel Del Valle, Jr.

1969–2001 (age 32)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Manuel Del Valle, Jr. (1969-2001) was from The Bronx and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Margaret Perry

1913–2007 (age 94)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Margaret Perry was a Denver native whose life concluded in 2007 and whose remains rest at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Pamela Joan Woolworth

1930–2007 (age 77)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Pamela Joan Woolworth (1930-2007) was a New York City resident who was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Ruth Dorothea Kennedy Ellington

1915–2004 (age 89)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ruth Dorothea Kennedy Ellington (1915-2004) was a Washington, D.C.-born singer and manager who helped keep the Ellington...

Samuel Untermyer II

1912–2001 (age 89)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Samuel Untermyer II (1912-2001) was a New York native descended from the Untermyer family and was buried at Woodlawn Cem...

Rosa Parks

1913–2005 (age 92)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Rosa Parks was the towering civil rights activist from Tuskegee laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Susie Garrett

1929–2002 (age 73)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Susie Garrett was a Detroit-born actress best known for television work and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Proof

1973–2006 (age 33)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Proof was a Detroit rapper and member of D12 whose life is commemorated at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Uriel Jones

1934–2009 (age 75)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Uriel Jones (1934-2009) was a Detroit-born drummer best known for his work on Motown recordings, buried at Woodlawn Ceme...

Erma Franklin

1938–2002 (age 64)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Erma Franklin (1938-2002) was an American soul singer from Shelby, best remembered as the sister of Aretha Franklin and ...

Billy Henderson

1939–2007 (age 68)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Billy Henderson (1939-2007) was an Indianapolis-born singer and founding member of The Spinners, now resting at Woodlawn...

Levi Stubbs

1936–2008 (age 72)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Levi Stubbs (1936-2008) was the lead singer of Detroit's Motown group The Four Tops, buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Renaldo Benson

1936–2005 (age 69)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Renaldo Benson (1936-2005) was a Detroit singer-songwriter best known as a member of The Four Tops, buried at Woodlawn C...

Barbara Randolph

1942–2002 (age 60)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Barbara Randolph (1942–2002) was a Detroit native laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Dee Edwards

1945–2006 (age 61)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Dee Edwards (1945–2006) hailed from Birmingham and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Edward Patten

1939–2005 (age 66)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Edward Patten (1939–2005) was born in Atlanta and interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Billy Davis

1932–2004 (age 72)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Billy Davis (1932–2004) was a Detroit-born figure buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Earl Wilson

1934–2005 (age 71)

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Earl Wilson (1934–2005) was born in Ponchatoula and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Johnnie Mae Matthews

1922–2002 (age 80)

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Johnnie Mae Matthews (1922–2002) came from Bessemer and now lies at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Pervis Jackson

1938–2008 (age 70)

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Pervis Jackson (1938–2008) hailed from New Orleans and rests at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Richard "Popcorn" Wylie

1939–2008 (age 69)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Richard "Popcorn" Wylie (1939–2008) was a Detroit native buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Ronald Winans

1956–2005 (age 49)

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Ronald Winans (1956–2005) came from Detroit and lies at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Pop Winans

1934–2009 (age 75)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Pop Winans was an American gospel singer and patriarch of the Winans family who helped popularize contemporary gospel mu...

Jackie Vaughn III

1917–2006 (age 89)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jackie Vaughn III was an American politician who represented Detroit-area districts in the Michigan legislature for deca...

Billy Guy

1936–2002 (age 66)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Billy Guy was an American R&B singer best known for his work with the Coasters.

Rhoshii Wells

1976–2008 (age 32)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Rhoshii Wells (1976–2008) was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in Austin following his career as a boxer.

John Tiedtke

1907–2004 (age 97)

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John Tiedtke (1907–2004) rests at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.

Jill Ford Murray

1933–2004 (age 71)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jill Ford Murray (1933–2004) was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.

William H. Briare

1930–2006 (age 76)

Woodlawn Cemetery

William H. Briare (1930-2006) was associated with Long Beach and now rests at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Celesta Lowe

1917–2004 (age 87)

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Celesta Lowe (1917–2004) was a lifelong resident of Ludlow laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Frances Hawkins

1921–2001 (age 80)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Frances Hawkins (1921–2001) spent her life in Winnemucca before being buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

William Hart

1924–2003 (age 79)

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William Hart (1924–2003) was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery after living through eight decades.

Geraldine Bledsoe Ford

1926–2003 (age 77)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Geraldine Bledsoe Ford (1926–2003) was a Detroiter whose life ended with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Thomas Huckle Weller

1915–2008 (age 93)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Thomas Huckle Weller (1915–2008) was an American virologist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ...

Donald Yetter Gardner

1913–2004 (age 91)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Donald Yetter Gardner (1913–2004) was a songwriter and teacher best known for writing “All I Want for Christmas Is M...

Ronnie Thompkins

1967–2003 (age 36)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jackson resident Ronnie Thompkins (1967–2003) is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Jay Marshall

1919–2005 (age 86)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jay Marshall is fondly recalled for his steady character and the quiet generosity he shared with others.

William J. Randall

1909–2000 (age 91)

Woodlawn Cemetery

William J. Randall (1909-2000) of Independence served as a long-time U.S. Representative from Missouri before being inte...