Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI

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Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI

CEMETERY

Founding Date:
1895

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Roy D. Chapin, Sr. Government 23-Feb-1880 16-Feb-1936 US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33

James J. Couzens Politician 26-Aug-1872 22-Oct-1936 US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36

Homer S. Ferguson Politician 25-Feb-1889 17-Dec-1982 US Senator from Michigan, 1943-55

Edsel Ford Business 6-Nov-1893 26-May-1943 President of Ford, 1919-43

Edgar Guest Poet 20-Aug-1881 5-Aug-1959 A Heap o' Livin'

DeShaun Holton Rapper 2-Oct-1975 11-Apr-2006 D-12

Wade H. McCree Judge 3-Jul-1920 30-Aug-1987 US Solicitor General, 1977-81

Rosa Parks Activist 4-Feb-1913 24-Oct-2005 Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus

David Ruffin Singer 18-Jan-1941 1-Jun-1991 The Temptations

Levi Stubbs Singer 6-Jun-1936 17-Oct-2008 Lead vocalist, The Four Tops

Ronnie White Singer/Songwriter 5-Apr-1939 26-Aug-1995 The Miracles

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