Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Mausoleum
Interactive map of Woodlawn Cemetery
Details
Established	1895 (1895)
Location	19975 Woodward Avenue,Detroit, Michigan
Size	140 acres (57 ha)

Woodlawn Cemetery is acemetery located at 19975 Woodward Avenue, opposite the formerMichigan State Fairgrounds, between 7 Mile Road and8 Mile Road, inDetroit,Michigan.

The cemetery was established in 1895 and immediately attracted some of the most notable names in the city.^[1] The grounds encompass 140 acres (57 ha) and were planned by civil engineer Mason L. Brown and horticulturalist Frank Eurich. At the time of the first burial in 1896, Woodlawn was outside the city limits. Eurich also developedWoodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.^[2]

• Clara Arthur (1858–1929) - American suffragist.
• Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959) – American Poet known as thePeople's poet
• Don H. Barden (1943–2011) – Casino Gaming and Cable Television entrepreneur
• Renaldo "Obie" Benson (1937–2005) – Member ofMotown'sFour Tops
• Patricia Hill Burnett (1920-2014) - American portrait artist and women's rights activist
• Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936) – Industrialist, automaker andU.S. Secretary of Commerce^[3]
• Albert Cobo (1893–1957) – Mayor of Detroit^[4]
• Howard A. Coffin (1877–1956) – Congressman^[5]
• John Blaisdell Corliss (1851–1929) – Attorney, Congressman and father-in-law of George M. Holley
• James J. Couzens (1872–1936) – U.S. Senator and Mayor of Detroit^[6]
• Edgar Culbertson (1935–1967) – U.S. Coast Guardsman and recipient of theCoast Guard Medal

• Anna Thompson Dodge (1866–1970) – Widow of Horace Dodge and philanthropist
• Horace Elgin Dodge (1868–1920) – Businessman and co-founder ofDodge Motors^[7]
• John Francis Dodge (1864–1920) – Businessman and co-founder of Dodge Motors^[7]
• George Duffield, Jr. (1818–1888) – Presbyterian minister and composer ofStand Up, Stand Up for Jesus^[8]
• Dee Edwards (1945–2006) – Soul singer
• Daisy Elliott (1917–2015) – Author and Co-sponsor ofElliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Delegate to 1961–62Constitution of Michiganconvention andMichigan State Representative
• Duke Fakir (1935-2024) - Member ofMotown'sFour Tops^[9]
• Henry Fambrough (1938-2024),- Member of theR&B quintetThe Spinners^[10]
• Homer S. Ferguson (1889–1982) – U.S. Senator, judge and diplomat^[11]
• Edsel Ford (1893–1943) –Ford Motor Company president and son ofHenry Ford^[12]
• Eleanor Clay Ford (1896–1976) – Wife of Edsel Ford and niece of retailer J. L. Hudson
• William Clay Ford Sr. (1925–2014) – grandchild of Henry Ford
• Aretha Franklin (1942–2018),Gospel andRhythm & Blues (R&B) singer known asThe Queen of Soul^[13][14]
• Clarence L. (C.L.) Franklin (1915–1984) – Baptist minister and father of singersAretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin^[15]
• Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988) – Gospel and R&B singer and younger sister ofAretha Franklin
• Erma Franklin (1938–2002) – Gospel and R&B singer and older sister ofAretha Franklin

• Susie Garrett (1929–2002) – Actress, cast member of the tv seriesPunky Brewster and sister of actressMarla Gibbs
• Alex Groesbeck (1873–1953) – Michigan Governor and Attorney General^[16]
• MajorEdward Hartwick (1871-1918) – Military officer and lumberman
• Frank J. Hecker (1846–1927) – Railroad car manufacturer and business partner of art collectorCharles Lang Freer^[17]
• Billy Henderson (1939–2007) – Lead singer ofThe Spinners
• George M. Holley Sr. (1878–1963) – Automotive engineer, designer and founder of Holley Carburetor
• DeShaun Dupree "Proof" Holton (1973–2006) – Rap musician
• Joseph L. Hudson (1846–1912) – Department store magnate^[17]
• James Jamerson (1938–1983) – Motown bass guitarist^[17]
• James (Prophet) Jones (1907–1971) – prominent national and local religious leader during the 1940s and 1950s who was the first African Americantelevangelist of Detroit and founder of theChurch of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc.^[18]
• Marv Johnson (1938–1993) – Motown/R&B singer
• Julanne Johnston (1900–1988) – Silent film actress
• Ed Killian (1876–1928) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Alfred Lucking (1856–1929) – Congressman^[19]
• Frederick C. Martindale (1865-1928) –Michigan Secretary of State
• Wade H. McCree (1920–1987) – Lawyer, judge, andU.S. Solicitor General
• Blair Moody (1902–1954) – US Senator and newspaper reporter^[20]
• Elijah E. Myers (1832–1909) – Architect of theColorado,Michigan andTexas State Capitols
• James K. Okubo (1920–1967) –World War II US Army recipient of theMedal of Honor
• Hazen Pingree (1840–1901) – Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor^[17]
• Francis Petrus Paulus (1862-1933) — Artist, teacher, and trustee of theDetroit Museum of Art^[21]
• Rosa Parks (1913–2005) – Civil Rights activist^[22]
• Edward Patten (1939–2005) – Member ofGladys Knight & the Pips
• Lawrence Payton (1938–1997) – Member of Motown'sFour Tops^[17]
• Barbara Randolph (1942–2002) – Motown/R&B singer
• David Ruffin (1941–1991) – Lead singer ofThe Temptations
• Ed Siever (1875–1920) – Major League baseball pitcher
• Howard Sims (1933–2016) – architect in Detroit
• Levi Stubbs (1936–2008) – Lead singer of Motown'sFour Tops^[17]
• George W. Trendle (1884–1972) – Creator ofThe Lone Ranger andThe Green Hornet
• Carl M. Weideman (1898–1972) – Congressman^[23]
• Ronald White (1938–1995) – Member of Motown'sThe Miracles
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900) – Composer ofIt Came Upon a Midnight Clear and other hymns^[24]
• Earl Wilson (1934–2005) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Matilda Dodge Wilson – (1883–1967) Widow of John Dodge and Alfred Wilson, benefactor ofMichigan State University – nowOakland University and Detroit'sMusic Hall and Lieutenant Governor of Michigan^[2]
• Pop Winans (1934–2009) –gospel singer and patriarch of the gospel group theWinans family
• Ronald Winans (1956–2005) –gospel singer and member of the gospel group theWinans family

• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson,Cemetery Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
• Nawrocki, Dennis Alan and Thomas J. Holleman,Art in Detroit Public Places,Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1980
• Northup, A. Dale,Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery,Arcadia Publishing, 2003

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