Restvale Cemetery is in Alsip, Illinois, United States, a suburb southwest of the city of Chicago. A number of Chicago blues musicians, educators, and notable people are buried there.

Restvale and Burr Oak were the last two historically black cemeteries to open in the area; both had their first burials in 1927.

The cemetery is owned by Willie Carter, who through the company Cemecare also co-owns the Burr Oak and the Cedar Park cemeteries.

Notable interments

  • John Henry Barbee (1905–1964), blues singer, guitarist
  • David Barksdale (1947–1974), leader of the Black Disciples street gang
  • Doctor Clayton (1898–1947), blues songwriter and singer
  • Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (1926–1990), professional basketball player
  • Lee Cooper (1924–1964), blues guitarist
  • Kermit Dial (1908–1982), professional Negro League baseball player
  • William Ezell (1892–1963), blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and occasional singer
  • Jazz Gillum (1904–1966), blues harmonica player
  • Arvella Gray (1906–1980), blues, folk and gospel singer and guitarist
  • Hip Linkchain (1936–1989), Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Earl Hooker (1929–1970), blues guitarist
  • Big Walter "Shakey" Horton (1918–1981), blues harmonica player
  • J. B. Hutto (1926–1983), blues guitarist
  • Little Johnny Jones (1924–1964), blues pianist and singer
  • Moody Jones (1908–1988), Chicago blues musician
  • Sammy Lawhorn (1935–1990), Chicago blues guitarist
  • Bonnie Lee (1931–2006), Chicago blues singer
  • Cripple Clarence Lofton (died 1957), boogie-woogie pianist and singer
  • Willie James Lyons (1938–1980), blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Samuel "Magic Sam" Maghett (1936–1969), blues musician
  • Charles "Papa Charlie" McCoy (1909–1950), blues musician
  • Kansas Joe McCoy (1905–1950), blues musician
  • Bobby Robinson (1903–2002), professional Negro League baseball player
  • Buddy Scott (1935–1994), blues guitarist
  • Charlie Segar (dates unknown), blues pianist and singer, the first to record the blues standard, "Key to the Highway" (1940)
  • Pinetop Smith (1904–1929), boogie-woogie pianist
  • Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (1936–2011), Grammy Award-winning musician and vocalist
  • Freddie Spruell (1893–1956), Delta blues guitarist and singer
  • Eddie Taylor (1923–1985), blues guitarist, songwriter
  • Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (1915–1975), blues musician
  • George Washington Thomas (1883–1937), songwriter
  • Luther Tucker (1936–1993), blues guitarist
  • Washboard Doc 1911–1988), blues musician
  • Muddy Waters (1913–1983), blues musician
  • Johnny "Daddy Stove Pipe" Watson (1867–1963), blues musician
  • Valerie Wellington (1959–1993), actress, opera singer, blues singer
  • Tom Williams (1894–1937) Negro leagues pitcher, Chicago American Giants

See also

  • List of United States cemeteries

References

  • Facility details, Illinois.gov