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Restvale Cemetery
Details
Established
1927 (1927)
Location
11700 S. Laramie Ave, Alsip, Illinois
Country
United States
Type
Historically Black
Restvale Cemetery is in Alsip, Illinois, United States, a suburb southwest of the city of Chicago. A number of Chicago blues musicians, educators, and notable people are buried there.
Restvale and Burr Oak were the last two historically black cemeteries to open in the area; both had their first burials in 1927.
RestvaleCemetery is in Alsip, Illinois, United States, a suburb southwest of the city of Chicago. A number of Chicago blues musicians, educators, and...
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attempt ended a truce that was in place at the time. He was buried at RestvaleCemetery in Alsip, Illinois. He was survived by his three children: David,...
1983. Throngs of blues musicians and fans attended his funeral at RestvaleCemetery in Alsip, Illinois. He is buried next to his wife, Geneva. After his...
44, only a few months before Charlie died. They are both buried in RestvaleCemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant took a recording...
only a few months after his brother died. Both are buried in the RestvaleCemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. Several cover versions of McCoy's composition...
Clarence "Pinetop" Smith (June 11, 1904 – March 15, 1929), was an American boogie-woogie style blues pianist. His hit tune "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" featured...
at age 67 on August 31, 1990, in Chicago. He was interred in the RestvaleCemetery in the Chicago suburb of Alsip.[citation needed] Clifton's contributions...
Christmas Day in 1985 in Chicago, at the age of 62, and was interred in RestvaleCemetery in Alsip, Illinois. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall...
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 – December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. Taylor was born in Natchez...
Occasionally visiting Memphis in later years. Sec. J-1, lot 39, grave 5, RestvaleCemetery, Alsip, Illinois. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites...
in December 1969. He was 32 years old. Magic Sam was buried in the RestvaleCemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. He was survived by his wife, Georgia Maghett...
down stairs, possibly after a fire had broken out. He was buried at RestvaleCemetery in Alsip, Illinois. Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A...
Greenwood Cemetery) Bobby Robinson (2010 - RestvaleCemetery) Bill Gatewood (2010 - Memorial Park Cemetery) James "Sap" Ivory (2010 - Elmwood Cemetery) Frank...
at age 40, of complications due to tuberculosis. He is interred in RestvaleCemetery, in the Chicago suburb of Alsip. Unlike his contemporaries Elmore...
Johnny Watson (April 12, 1867 – November 1, 1963), known as Daddy Stovepipe, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for...
on arrival at Garfield Park Hospital, in Chicago. He is buried at RestvaleCemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. His late daughter, Ardella Williams, was a blues...
Blind Arvella Gray (January 28, 1906 - September 7, 1980) was an American blues, folk and gospel singer and guitarist. Gray was born James Dixon, in Somerville...
Iromeio "Romeo" Nelson (March 12, 1902 – May 17, 1974) was an American boogie woogie pianist whose recordings from 1929 are regarded as some of the finest...
Illinois, in January 1993, at the age of 33. She was interred at the RestvaleCemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. Million Dollar Secret was reissued by Rooster...
3, 1964, 11 days before his 59th birthday. He is interred in the RestvaleCemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. The third annual White Lake Blues Festival, held...
Pate died in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 49, and is buried at RestvaleCemetery in Alsip, Illinois "La Crosse Wins Out in Slugging Match" La Crosse...