Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit, Michigan)

Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located at 19975 Woodward Avenue, across from the Michigan State Fairgrounds, between 7 Mile Road and 8 Mile Road, in Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the area's most well-known cemeteries.

1 History
2 Notable burials
3 References
4 Sources
5 External links

History

The cemetery was established in 1895 and immediately attracted some of the most notable names in the city.^[1] The grounds encompass 140 acres (57 ha) and were planned by civil engineer Mason L. Brown and horticulturalist Frank Eurich. At the time of the first burial in 1896, Woodlawn was outside the city limits. Eurich also developed Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.^[2]

Notable burials

Waldo Avery (1858–1914) - founder of United States Gypsum^[2]
Renaldo "Obie" Benson (1937–2005) - Member of Motown's Four Tops
Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936) - Industrialist, automaker and US Secretary of Commerce^[3]
Albert Cobo (1893–1957) - Mayor of Detroit^[4]
Howard A. Coffin (1877–1956) - Congressman^[5]
John Blaisdell Corliss (1851–1929) -Attorney, Congressman and father-in-law of George M. Holley
James J. Couzens (1872–1936)- US Senator and Mayor of Detroit^[6]
Edgar Culbertson (1935–1967) - US Coast Guardsman and recipient of the Coast Guard Medal

Anna Thompson Dodge (1866–1970) - Widow of Horace Dodge and philanthropist
Horace Dodge (1868–1920) - Brother of John Dodge and co-founder of Dodge Motors^[7]
John Francis Dodge (1864–1920) - Businessman and co-founder of Dodge Motors^[7]
George Duffield, Jr. (1818–1888) - Presbyterian minister and composer of Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus^[8]
Dee Edwards (1945–2006) - Soul singer
Homer S. Ferguson (1889–1982) - US Senator, judge and diplomat^[9]
Benson Ford (1919–1978) - Second son of Edsel Ford and brother of Henry Ford II and William Clay Ford, Sr.
Edsel Ford (1893–1943) - Ford Motor Company president and son of Henry Ford^[10]
Eleanor Clay Ford (1896–1976) - Wife of Edsel Ford and niece of retailer J. L. Hudson
Clarence L. (C.L.) Franklin (1915–1984) - Baptist minister and father of singers Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin^[11]
Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988) - Gospel and R&B singer and younger sister of Aretha Franklin
Cecil Franklin (1940–1989) - Brother of Aretha Franklin
Erma Franklin (1938–2002) - Gospel and R&B singer and older sister of Aretha Franklin
Harvey Fruehauf (1893–1968) - son of August Fruehauf and president of Fruehauf Trailer Corporation

Susie Garrett (1929–2002) - Actress, star of Punky Brewster and sister of actress Marla Gibbs
Albert Hatton Gilmer (1878–1950) - Playwright
Alex Groesbeck (1873–1953) - Michigan Governor and Attorney General^[12]
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) - Writer and Poet Laureate of Michigan
Frank J. Hecker (1846–1927) - Railroad car manufacturer and business partner of art collector Charles Lang Freer^[13]
Billy Henderson (1939–2007) - Lead singer of The Spinners
George M. Holley Sr. - Automotive engineer, designer and founder of Holley Carburetor
2nd Lt. Richard Francis Hoy (1921–1944) - Pilot USAAF World War II
DeShaun Dupree "Proof" Holton (1973–2006)- Rap musician
Joseph L. Hudson (1846–1912) - Department store magnate^[13]
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) - American Recording Artist (a commemorative tombstone, he is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale California)
James Jamerson (1938–1983) - Legendary Motown bass guitarist^[13]
Marv Johnson (1938–1993) - Motown/R&B singer
Ed Killian (1876–1928) - Major League Baseball pitcher
Alfred Lucking (1856–1929) - Congressman^[14]
Lewis Albert Martin (1923–2005) - Jazz musician
Wade H. McCree (1920–1987) - Lawyer, judge, and US Solicitor General
Blair Moody (1902–1954) - US Senator and newspaper reporter^[15]
Elijah E. Myers (1832–1909) - Architect of the Colorado, Michigan and Texas State Capitols
James K. Okubo (1920–1967) - World War II US Army recipient of the Medal of Honor
Hazen Pingree (1840–1901) - Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor^[13]
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) - Civil Rights activist^[16]
Edward Patten (1939–2005) - Member of Gladys Knight & The Pips
Lawrence Payton (1938–1997) - Member of Motown's Four Tops^[13]
Barbara Randolph (1942–2002) - Motown/R&B singer
David Ruffin (1941–1991) - Lead singer of The Temptations
George Martin Shrake (1899–1991) - Singer, bandleader and radio personality (stage name: George Ray)
Levi Stubbs (1936–2008) - Lead singer of Motown's Four Tops ^[13]
George W. Trendle (1884–1972) - Creator of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet
Carl M. Weideman (1898–1972) - Congressman ^[17]
Ronald White (1938–1995) - Member of Motown's The Miracles
Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900) - Composer of It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and other hymns^[18]
Earl Wilson (1934–2005) - Major League baseball pitcher
Matilda Dodge Wilson - (1883–1967) Widow of John Dodge and Alfred Wilson, benefactor of Michigan State University - now Oakland University and Detroit's Music Hall and Lieutenant Governor of Michigan^[2]
Ronald Winans (1956–2005) - gospel singer and member of the gospel group the Winans family

References

^ "Our Heritage". Woodlawn Cemetery Detroit. http://woodlawncemeterydetroit.com/Our_Heritage_318975.html. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c A. Dale Northup (2003). Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery. Arcadia Press. ISBN 0-7385-3156-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=MWckd3IAPqQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=detroit's+woodlawn+cemetery&source=bl&ots=MF-CvCX4VC&sig=gr9vhdRkBxUp8BvsHlqI5ri-C2Y&hl=en&ei=VNCxTbfMHIa4twfE1pT5Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
^ "Index to Politicians-Chandless to Chapline". www.politicalgraveyard.com. 5 October 2010. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Index to Politicians: Cobb-hunter to Cochlin". The Political Graveyard. 5 October 2010. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobbin-cochel.html. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Howard A. Coffin". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000590. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "James Couzens". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000812. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ ^a ^b Michael W. Skinner. "The Dodge Family and the Grosse Pointes". Grosse Pointe Historical Society. http://www.gphistorical.org/autobarons/dodge/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "George Duffield, Jr". findagrave.com. 29 January 2002. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6139715. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
^ "Homer S. Ferguson". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Edsel Ford". Answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/edsel-ford. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ Curtis Jackson (27 January 1999). "Rev. C L Franklin". FindaGrave.com. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4400. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Alex Groesbeck and M-97". Macomb County Historical Commission. 22 March 2011. http://www.macombcountymi.gov/historicalcommission/historytales.htm#6. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Detroit History Tour: Woodlawn Cemetery". The Night Train. 18 March 2010. http://nighttraintodetroit.com/2010/03/18/detroit-history-tour-woodlawn-cemetery/. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
^ "Alfred Lucking". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000878. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Arthur Edison Blair Moody". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000500. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ Sharon Sikle Carty (03 November 2005). "Parks' funeral looks forward as well as back". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-02-parks-service_x.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Carl May Weideman". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000254. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
^ "Richard Storrs Willis". CyberHymnal. 2011. http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/w/i/l/willis_rs.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-20.

Sources

Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Cemetery Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan and Thomas J. Holleman, Art in Detroit Public Places, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1980
Northup, A. Dale, Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery, Arcadia Publishing, 2003

Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit, Michigan)

Contents

History

Notable burials

References

Sources

External links