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

• Romeo Nelson (1902–1974), boogie-woogie pianist

• James Burke "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden (1903–1977), blues musician, composer

• Archie Pate (1886–1936), professional Negro League baseball player

• Gary Primich (1958–2007), 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

External links

• Facility details, Illinois.gov