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The Burr Oak and the Restvale cemeteries are located in Alsip, Illinois a suburb about 20 miles southwest of the city of Chicago. The Burr Oak Cemetery is located at 4400 West 127th Street in Alsip. Amongst those of note interred here are: - 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 baseball player in the Negro Leagues
- Willie Dixon (1915-1992), blues musician and songwriter
- John Donaldson (1892-1970), star baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues
- Inman Jackson (1907-1973), player with the Harlem Globetrotters
- Otis Spann (1930-1970), blues pianist
- James A. "Candy Jim" Taylor (1884-1948), baseball player and manager in the Negro Leagues
- 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: - John Henry Barbee (1905-1964), blues singer, guitarist
- Earl Hooker (1929-1970), blues guitarist
- 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
- Edward "Playboy" Taylor (1911-1985), 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
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