Inglewood Park Cemetery

Inglewood Park Cemetery, is a cemetery in Inglewood, California, United States, that was founded in 1905. A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed there.

History

The proposed establishment of "the largest cemetery in the world" was announced in November 1905, to be "on a high strip of ground two miles southwest of Los Angeles".

In 1907, a "handsome, two-story, white granite chapel" was completed at a cost of "about $40,000".

Also in 1907 the management placed an order "with the factory in the East" for a $12,000 funeral car to be used "on the electric line" that ran on a right-of-way off Redondo Boulevard (today's Florence Avenue) in front of the cemetery.

Between 1928 and 1948 Inglewood Park advertised itself as the "Largest in California," with a mausoleum, cemetery, and columbarium. From 1948 through 1950 it said it had the "Greatest number of interments in the West".

Organizers and directors Early backers of the Inglewood Cemetery Association were Senator Robert N. Bulla, Mark G. Jones, Robert H. Raphael, Tom Hughes, P.W. Powers, Byron Oliver, B.J. or V.J. Rowan, F.K. Eckley, C.B. Hopper, Harry M. Jack, John R. Powers, George Letteau, Jennie Wild, and Will G. Nevin. Others were P.W. Powers and D.S. Patterson.

In 1907 the directors were Mark G. Jones, F.K. Eckley, Robt. N. Bulls, John C. Rupp, Robt. H. Raphael, Geo. H. Letteau, and Chas. B. Hopper. The officers were Mark G. Jones, president and treasurer; Chas. B. Hopper, vice-president; F.K. Eckley, secretary; V.J. Rowan, engineer, and Captain L.G. Loomis, superintendent.

Notable burials One of the earliest notable burials was that of Webster Street, justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona between 1897 and 1900, on September 23, 1908.

Another was the September 12, 1908, funeral of Los Angeles city Police Chief Walter H. Auble, who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Thousands came from Los Angeles on carriages and aboard special Los Angeles Railway streetcars.

List (Note: This is a partial list. See also :Category:Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery.)

A Margaret Queen Adams (1874–1974), first female deputy sheriff in the United States Jewel Akens (1933–2013), singer Coit Albertson (1880–1953), actor Curtis Amy (1929–2002), musician Joseph H. August (1890–1947), cinematographer Lloyd Avery II (1969–2005), actor

B Cal Bailey (1909–1988), caricaturist, artist Chet Baker (1929–1988), musician W. Lester Banks (1911–1986), American civil rights leader Reginald Barker (1886–1945), director Earl Battey (1935–2003), baseball player Beals Becker (1886–1943), baseball player Ricky Bell (1955–1984), NFL running back George Bennard (1873–1958), composer Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), actor and ventriloquist Wally Berger (1905–1988), baseball player Paul Bern (1885–1932), director, screenwriter and producer Richard Berry (1935–1997), singer and songwriter Lillian Biron (1898–1957), actress Elmer Booth (1882–1915), actor Margaret Booth (1898–2002), film editor Lyman Bostock (1950–1978), baseball player Fletcher Bowron (1887–1968), Los Angeles mayor and judge Tom Bradley (1917–1998), Los Angeles mayor Byron B. Brainard (1894–1940), Los Angeles City Council member Layne Britton (1907–1993), makeup artist Gladys Brockwell (1894–1929), actress Charles Brown (1922–1999), singer Chris Brown (1961–2006), baseball player Nacio Herb Brown (1896–1964), composer Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), Los Angeles City Council member, 1929–45 Jheryl Busby (1949–2008), former CEO of Motown Records

Harry Caesar (1928–1994) singer, actor Bebe Moore Campbell (1951–2006), author Caesar Cardini (1896–1956), credited as creator of Caesar Salad Horace G. Cates (1864–1911), Los Angeles County coroner Ray Charles (1930–2004), musician Thornton Chase (1847–1912), first western Baha'i, Annual memorial in September draws large crowds.Baha'i Encyclopedia Project, Bahai-encyclopedia-project.org James Cleveland (1931–1991), gospel singer, composer, arranger Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005), trial lawyer Anthony Cornero (1899–1955), bootlegger, gambling entrepreneur Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), actor Willie Covan (1897–1989), dancer, actor Al Cowens (1951–2002), baseball player Pee Wee Crayton (1914–1985), guitarist, blues singer Sam Crawford (1880–1968), baseball player

D Julian Dixon (1934–2000), U.S. Congressman Badja Djola (1948–2005), actor Robert DoQui (1934–2008), actor Solly Drake (1930–2021), baseball player William Duncan (1879–1961), actor

E Dock Ellis (1945–2008), baseball player Zari Elmassian Vartian (1906–1990), singer Victor Hugo Emerson (1866-1926), president of the Emerson Phonograph Company

F Louise Fazenda (1895–1962), actress Auntie Fee (1957–2017), YouTube star and chef Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), singer Curt Flood (1938–1997), baseball player Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849–1934), first female lawyer on the West Coast. Byron Foulger (1899–1970), actor Wardell Fouse (1960–2003), the person responsible as the shooter in the murder of the Notorious B.I.G Lowell Fulson (1921–1999), blues musician

G Hoot Gibson (1892–1962), actor Jim Gilliam (1928–1978), baseball player Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, singer and dancer Mudcat Grant (1935–2021), baseball player Leroy Milton Grider (1854–1919), Los Angeles real estate man Ferde Grofé (1892–1973), composer Robert Guillaume (1927–2017), actor and singer

H Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), county supervisor and city council member Jester Hairston (1901–2000), actor, musician, arranger Lois Hall (1926–2006), actress Robin Harris (1953–1990), actor and comedian Ted Hawkins (1936–1995), soul blues singer and songwriter Monk Higgins (1930–1986), saxophonist, arranger and producer Ronnie Hillman (1991–2022), NFL running back Helen Humes (1913–1981), singer Flo Hyman (1954–1986), volleyball player

J Etta James (1938–2012), singer Bud Jamison (1894–1944), actor James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), world heavyweight boxing champion Lou Johnson (1932–2020), baseball player

K Robert Kardashian (1944–2003), attorney, businessman Kirk Kerkorian (1917–2015), businessman Brady Keys (1936–2017), football player Cecil R. King (1898–1974), U.S. Congressman Richard Douglas King (1879–1945), architect Jerry Knight (1952–1996), musician Fred Kohler (1888–1938), actor

L Art Laboe (1925-2022), radio personality Allan "Rocky" Lane (1909–1973), actor Walter Lang (1896–1972), film director Lucille La Verne (1872–1945), actress Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970), actress and burlesque dancer Lillian Leitzel (1892–1931), acrobat Evan Lewis (1869–1941), Los Angeles City Council member"Councilman Evan Lewis' Funeral Services Conducted," Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1941, page 20Library card required Walter Lindley (1852–1922), Los Angeles physician and educational leader"Dr. Lindley Is Laid to Rest," Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1922, page I–4 Library card required.

M D'Urville Martin (1939–1984), actor, producer and director Edith Wynne Matthison (1875–1955), actress Lee Maye (1934–2002), baseball player Fred McMullin (1891–1952), baseball player Irish Meusel (1893–1963), baseball player Louis Meyer (1904–1995), race car driver Cleo Moore (1928–1973), actress Juanita Moore (1914–2014), actress Darius Morris (1991–2024), basketball player Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (1912–1989), actor Herbert Mundin (1898–1939), actor Don Myrick (1940–1993), musician

Gordon W. Norris (1907–1961), poet laureate of California

O Fred Offenhauser (1888–1973), automotive inventor Orval Overall (1881–1947), Major League Baseball pitcher O.Y.G. Redrum 781 (1972–2021), rapper

Judy Pace (1942-2026), actress LaWanda Page (1920–2002), actress and comedian George H. Peck (1856–1940), real estate broker & developer Lawrence Phillips (1975–2016), NFL running back Morton E. Post (1840–1933), businessman and politician Michael Preece (1936-2025), film and television director, script supervisor, producer, and actor Billy Preston (1946–2006), singer and songwriter George W. Prince (1854–1939), U.S. Congressman Brad Pye Jr. (1931–2020), sports journalist and broadcaster

Robert Riskin (1897–1955), screenwriter Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989), World Champion boxer LaTasha "MC Trouble" Rogers (1970–1991), rapper Cesar Romero (1907–1994), actor David Rosen (1930-2025), businessman

S Evelyn Selbie (1871–1950), actress Blanche Sewell (1898–1949), editor Frank L. Shaw (1877–1958), Los Angeles mayor Orfa Jean Shontz (1876–1954), the first woman in California to "sit on the bench and administer justice" Charles A. Siringo (1855–1928), author Vivian Smallwood (1933-2017), rapper and actress Myrtle Stedman (1883–1938), actress Slim Summerville (1892–1946), actor Big Syke (1968–2016), rapper Sylvester (1947–1988), singer.

T Richard Talmadge (1892–1981), actor and film director David Torrence (1864–1951), Scottish-born actor Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (1931–1980), actor Big Mama Thornton (1926–1984), singer and songwriter

V Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), military officer Ernest O. Voigt (1888–1962), State Assemblyman

T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), musician Bobby Wallace (1873–1960), baseball Hall of Famer Lalomie Washburn (1941–2004), singer songwriter George Dexter Whitcomb (1834–1914), American industrialist, entrepreneur, and founder of Glendora, California Laura L. Whitlock (1862–1934), mapmaker Larry Williams (1935–1980), singer and actor Paul Williams (1894–1980), architect Murry Wilson (1917–1973), musician, record producer, businessman, and father of Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys Parke Wilson (1867–1934), baseball player Arthur Winston (1906–2006), centenarian John Downey Works (1847–1928), U.S. Senator Syreeta Wright (1946–2004), singer

Y Carleton G. Young (1907–1971), actor

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