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The Burr Oak and Restvale cemeteries are located in Alsip, Illinois, a suburb slightly southwest of the city of Chicago. Many legendary musicians from the Chicago blues era are buried here.

Burr Oak Cemetery is located at 4400 West 127th Street in Alsip. Amongst those of note interred here are:

• George "Sonny" Cohn (1925-2006),Jazz Trumpeter with Count Basie for 30 years
• 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 Negro League baseball player
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992), blues musician and songwriter
• John Donaldson (1892-1970), star pre-Negro League baseball pitcher and barnstormer businessman
• Inman Jackson (1907-1973), player with the Harlem Globetrotters
• Otis Spann (1930-1970), blues pianist
• James A. "Candy Jim" Taylor (1884-1948), Negro League baseball player and manager
• Emmett Till (1941-1955), murder victim whose death helped spawn the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
• Dinah Washington (1924-1963), "Queen of the Blues"
• Noble Drew Ali (1886-1929), Prophet and founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America
• Walter Barnes Bandleader who perished with 10 members of his band in the Rhythm Night Club Fire
• Jodie Edwards (1895-1967) of comedy duo Butterbeans and Susie

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
• Big 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
• Eddie Taylor (1923-1985), 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

See also:

• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries

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