Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery

The Burr Oak and the Restvale cemeteries are located in Alsip, Illinois a suburb about 20 miles southwest of the city of Chicago. Many legendary musicians from the Chicago blues era are buried here.

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Alsip, Illinois - Chicago - Chicago blues

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Burr Oak Cemetery is located at 4400 West 127th Street in Alsip. Amongst those of note interred here are:

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• James Kokomo Arnold (1901-1968), blues musician
• Lexie Bigham (1968-1995), actor
• Ezzard Charles (1921-1975), world heavyweight boxing champion
• Jimmie Crutchfield (1910-1993), All-Star Negro League baseball player
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992), blues musician and songwriter
• John Donaldson (1892-1970), star Negro League baseball pitcher
• Inman Jackson (1907-1973), player with the Harlem Globetrotters
• Otis Spann (1930-1970), blues pianist
• James A. "Candy Jim" Taylor (1884-1948), Negro League baseball player and manager
• Emmett Till (1941-1955), murder victim whose death helped spawn the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
• Dinah Washington (1924-1963), "Queen of the Blues"

Restvale Cemetery is located at 11700 S. Laramie Street in Alsip. Amongst those notables interred here are:

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• John Henry Barbee (1905-1964), blues singer, guitarist
• Earl Hooker (1929-1970), blues guitarist
• Big Walter "Shakey" Horton (1918-1981), blues harmonica player
• Samuel "Magic Sam" Maghett (1936-1969), blues musician
• Charles "Papa Charlie" McCoy (1909-1950), blues musician
• Joe "Kansas" McCoy (1905-1950), blues musician
• Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (1926-1990), professional basketball player
• James Burke "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden (1903-1977), blues musician, composer
• Eddie Taylor (1923-1985), blues guitarist, songwriter
• Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (1915-1975), blues musician
• Muddy Waters (1915-1983), great blues musician
• Valerie Wellington (1959-1993), actress, opera singer, blues singer

See also:

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• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries