Adrienne Ames (Actress)
Actress. Born Adrienne Ruth McClure, she played in films such as “The Death Kiss,” “George White’s Scandals” and “The Road to Reno.” Married for a time to actor Bruce Cabot, she left the film business in 1941 and became a commentator on a New York City radio station, interviewing celebrities and dispensing beauty suggestions.
Plot: Block 31, Lot 44, Space 6
Charles Keith Bell (Congressman)
US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas’ 27th and 8th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1897.
Plot: Section 11, Lot 1
Euday Louis Bowman (Composer)
Ragtime Composer. His best known song was the classic 12th Street Rag, which he wrote about his experience in Kansas City, Kansas copyrighted in 1914. It did not become popular until 1948 when it was recorded by Walter “Pee Wee” Hunt. Other songs written by Bowman including “Fort Worth Blues,” were never published.
Plot: Block 24, Lot 17, Bowman Mausoleum
Samuel Burk Burnett (Rancher)
American cattleman and rancher from Texas, owner of the 6666 Ranch, and namesake of Burkburnett, Texas.
Relatives include: Bruce Burnett (brother), Martin B. Lloyd (father-in-law), Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy (granddaughter), Anne Windfohr Marion (great-granddaughter)
Plot: Burnett Mausoleum, Block 28, Lot 3 & 4
Mary Couts Burnett (TCU Donor)
Philanthropist and donor to Texas Christian University (TCU). Her monies were allocated for construction of new library building. The library is the repository for the papers and memorabilia of former Congressman and Speaker of the House Jim Wright.
Plot: Burnett Mausoleum, Block 28, Lot 3 & 4
Plot: Burnett Mausoleum, Block 28, Lot 3 & 4
Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (US Army Major)
A United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Plot: Carswell Park, To Right Of Entrance; Block 38, Space 3
Jim “Longhaired Jim” Courtright (Gunman)
Western Lawman who had a reputation for being fast with a gun. He was at various times a jailer, deputy sheriff, hired killer, private detective, deputy U.S. Marshal and racketeer. In 1876, he was elected the first city marshal of Fort Worth, Texas. It is believed that he killed at least five men during altercations and shootouts. Following three terms as city marshal, he opened a private detective agency, which he used as a part of a protection racket to extort business owners. In early 1887, Courtright was killed in a shootout with gambler and gunfighter Luke Short outside the White Elephant Saloon.
Plot: Block 27, Lot 11-1/2
Charles Allen Culberson (Texas Governor)
American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Plot: Block 23, Lot 2 W-1/2, Space 6
Elisha Adam Euless (City of Euless Founder)
Born in Tennessee, he arrived in Tarrant County in 1867 and quickly established himself as a successful farmer, landowner, and public servant. After serving as a Tarrant County constable, Euless purchased 170 acres in 1879 that included a grange hall, school, and community gathering place.
As his farming operations grew, Euless expanded his holdings and acquired a cotton gin in 1881. The thriving community that developed around the gin and grange hall soon became known as Euless.
Plot: Block 103, Lot 28
As his farming operations grew, Euless expanded his holdings and acquired a cotton gin in 1881. The thriving community that developed around the gin and grange hall soon became known as Euless.
Plot: Block 103, Lot 28
Gladys McClure (Actress)
Actress and sister of Adrienne Ames. Gladys died at the young age of 19 years old. She was a passenger in a car traveling home from a dance when it was hit by another vehicle. Seven people were hurt, and she, her date, and two others died near San Francisco, California.
Plot: Block 31, Lot 44, Space 5
William Madison “Gooseneck” McDonald (State chairman)
Nicknamed “Gooseneck Bill”, was an African-American politician, businessman, and banker of great influence in Texas during the late nineteenth century. Part of the Black and Tan faction, by 1892 he was elected to the Republican Party of Texas’s state executive committee, as temporary chairman in 1896, and as permanent state chairman in 1898.
Plot: Old Trinity Section, Row 480, Space 2
James “Deacon Jim” Miller (Outlaw)
Known as “Killin’ Jim”, “Killer Miller” and “Deacon Jim”, was an American outlaw and title-holder gunfighter of the American Old West, said to have killed 12 people during gunfights. He was a well-spoken assassin-for-hire, but also had been a lawman, cowboy, and gambler. Jim’s demise came at the hands of a lynch mob in Oklahoma.
Plot: Block 101, Lot 14, Space 1
Joseph William Pate (MLB Player)
Played Major League baseball as a left-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics for two seasons (1926 to 1927). While is Major League career was brief (compiling a 9 Wins and 3 Losses record), he was a hero to a generation of Fort Worth baseball fans.
Plot: Block 85, Lot 22, Space 6
Robert Lee Paschal Sr. (Principal)
A native of Siler City, North Carolina, he graduated from Wake Forest College but, spend most of his adult life in Fort Worth. He was a principal of Central High School and after his retirement in 1948 the school was renamed in his honor.
Plot: Block 27, Lot 3-E1/2, Space 4
George West Shannon (Partner of Shannon Funeral Home)
George was a native and lifelong Fort Worth resident. He graduated North Side High School, attended Arlington State College (University of Texas at Arlington) and graduated Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in 1958 where he was a fellow of the Pi Sigma Eta Fraternity. George was a partner in Shannon Funeral Chapels, Inc. and Shannon Life Insurance Company, which were sold to Service Corporation International, in 1993.
Plot: 18
Luke Lamar Short (Gunman)
American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner (White Elephant Saloon). He survived numerous gunfights, the most famous of which were against Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, and against Jim Courtright in Fort Worth, Texas.
Plot: Block 20, Lot 17, Space 3
John Peter Smith (Fort Worth Mayor)
Western Pioneer, civic leader, and six-term mayor of Fort Worth. After the Civil War, he became involved in the development of the City. He helped organize a bank, gas light company and street railway. He also donated land for parks, cemeteries, the first stockyard in Fort Worth and a hospital, later named the John Peter Smith Hospital. In 1882, he became Mayor serving until 1891. Smith donated 20 acres for Oakwood Cemetery on December 26, 1879.
Plot: Section 11, Lot 1 & 2
Anne Burnett Windfohr Marion: 1938-2020 (American Heiress)
Born Anne Valliant Burnett Hall, Anne was a philanthropist. American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, art collector, and businesswoman. She was the great-granddaughter of the famed Texas rancher, Samuel “Burk” Burnett. She inherited four ranches in West Texas totaling 275,000 acres and served as President of Burnett Ranches (location of the historic 6666 Ranch). Anne was a major patron of the arts and founded the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Plot: Burnett Mausoleum, Block 28, Lot 3 & 4, Ashes
Anne Valliant (Burnett) Tandy: 1900-1980 (American Heiress)
Philanthropist. American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, businesswoman, and art collector. She inherited the historic 6666 Ranch from her grandfather Samuel “Burk” Burnett. She established the American Quarter Horse Heritage Center and Museum as well. She also served on the several boards, including Amon Carter Museum. After the death of her fourth husband in 1978, she established the Anne Burnett Tandy and Charles D. Tandy Foundation.
Plot: Burnett Mausoleum in Block 28, Lot 3 & 4
Khleber Miller Van Zandt Sr. (Businessman)
Texas business executive, military officer, and politician. Van Zandt settled in Fort Worth in 1865, and operated a dry-goods business and later became president of both a construction company and a bank, the Fort Worth National Bank.
Plot: Block 29, Lot 20-W 1/2
William Thomas Waggoner (Oilman)
American rancher, oilman, banker, horse breeder and philanthropist from Texas. He was the owner of the Waggoner Ranch, where he found oil in 1903. He was the founding president of the Waggoner National Bank of Vernon. He established the Arlington Downs and paid for the construction of three buildings on the campus of Texas Woman’s University.
Plot: Block 48-49, Space 1, Bottom crypt on south side
Thomas Neville Waul (Confederate Soldier)
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, CSA Congressman. After the Civil War, Waul was a farmer and lawyer who lived in Texas until his death at age 90.
Plot 23, Lot 9 W 1/2, Space 6