EVERGREEN CEMETERY, LOS ANGELES

'Evergreen Cemetery' is the final resting place of some of the most prominent people in the history of Los Angeles.

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History

Famous people buried at Evergreen

External links

History

Founded in 1877, Evergreen is the oldest existing cemetery in the city of Los Angeles. It is located at 204 N. Evergreen Avenue.

Famous people buried at Evergreen

Some of the prominent people interred here include:

★ Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Actor

★ James Herman Banning, Pioneering black aviator

★ Charlotta Bass, Publisher

★ Louise Beavers, Actress

★ Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Actor

★ Jesse Belvin, Singer and songwriter

★ Donaldina Cameron, Social reformer

★ Charles A. Canfield, Oil baron and real estate magnate

★ Mary Foy, the first woman librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library

★ Earl Bell Gilmore, Entrepreneur

★ Sam Haskins, First African-American LAFD member killed in the line of duty

★ Joe Hayashi, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

★ Henry T. Hazard, Mayor of Los Angeles

★ Charles Price Jones, Minister, composer and co-founder of Holiness Church

★ Isaac Lankershim, Real estate developer

★ Gilbert W. Lindsay, Los Angeles City Councilman

★ Biz Mackey, Baseball Hall of Famer of the Negro Leagues

★ Bridget "Biddy" Mason, Entrepreneur

★ Alex Mentry, Oilman

★ Sadao S. Munemori, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

★ Kiyoshi K. Muranaga, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

★ Lela Campbell Murray, Social activist

★ Bobby Nunn, Original member of The Coasters

★ William G. Perry, First president of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

★ George A. Ralphs, Founder of Ralphs supermarket chain

★ Frederick Madison Roberts, California Assemblyman

★ Earl Rogers, Attorney

★ William J. Seymour, Religious leader

★ Edward F. Spence, Mayor of Los Angeles

★ Johnny St. Cyr, Jazz musician

★ James K. Sturgeon, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

★ Ted T. Tanouye, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

★ Cameron E. Thom, Mayor of Los Angeles, co-founder of Glendale, California

★ James Robert Toberman, Mayor of Los Angeles

★ Benjamin Cummings Truman, Writer

★ H. T. Tsiang, Actor and writer

★ Emile Vache, Co-founder of Brookside Winery

★ Isaac Van Nuys, Real estate developer

★ Joseph Pomeroy Widney, 2nd president of University of Southern California, co-founder of the Church of the Nazarene

★ Guilford Wiley Wells, U.S. Congressman

★ Charles Williams, First African-American LAPD officer killed in the line of duty

★ William H. Workman, Mayor of Los Angeles
See also: List of United States cemeteries; List of famous cemeteries (non-US)

External links

★ The Evergreen (kcet.org)