{{Short description|Cemetery in Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, US}} {{Refimprove|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox cemetery | name = Restvale Cemetery | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pushpin map = | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | mapframe = | established = {{Start date|1927}} | abandoned = <!-- or | closed = --> | location = 11700 S. Laramie Ave, Alsip, Illinois | country = United States | coordinates = | type = Historically Black | style = | owner = | size = | graves = | interments = | cremations = | leases = | website = | findagraveid = | politicalgeo = | footnotes = | nrhp = | embedded = }} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-27 |title=Burr Oak, Cedar Park cemeteries sold |url=https://chicagodefender.com/burr-oak-cedar-park-cemeteries-sold/ |access-date=2025-07-22 |website=Chicago Defender |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notable interments== {{div col}} * John Henry Barbee (1905–1964), blues singer, guitarist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wirz.de/music/barbefrm.htm|title=John Henry Barbee: Music Biography|website=Wirz.de|accessdate=January 27, 2020}}</ref> * 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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-12-03|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Kermit Dial (1908–1982), professional Negro League baseball player * William Ezell (1892–1963), blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and occasional singer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-25|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Jazz Gillum (1904–1966), blues harmonica player<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.document-records.com/fulldetails.asp?ProdID=DOCD-5197 |title=''Jazz Gillum, Complete Recorded Works 1936–1949 in Chronological Order''. Vol. 1, ''3 April 1936 to 16 December 1938''|quotation=Document Records Vintage Blues and Jazz, DOCD-5197 |website=Document-records.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-30}}</ref> * Arvella Gray (1906–1980), blues, folk and gospel singer and guitarist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-23|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Hip Linkchain (1936–1989), Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-19|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Earl Hooker (1929–1970), blues guitarist<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9bUCB6_ll0C&q=earl+hooker+restvale&pg=PA321|title=Earl Hooker, Blues Master|first=Danchin|last=Sebastian|date=February 11, 2010|page=321|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781604739008|via=Google Books}}</ref> * Big Walter "Shakey" Horton (1918–1981), blues harmonica player * J. B. Hutto (1926–1983), blues guitarist<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&q=hutto+restvale+cemetery&pg=PA128|title=Blues: A Regional Experience|first1=Bob L.|last1=Eagle|first2=Eric S.|last2=LeBlanc|date=May 1, 2013|page=128|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313344244|via=Google Books}}</ref> * Little Johnny Jones (1924–1964), blues pianist and singer * Moody Jones (1908–1988), Chicago blues musician<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-23|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Sammy Lawhorn (1935–1990), Chicago blues guitarist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-23|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Bonnie Lee (1931–2006), Chicago blues singer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-20|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Cripple Clarence Lofton (died 1957), boogie-woogie pianist and singer * Willie James Lyons (1938–1980), blues guitarist, singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-20|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Samuel "Magic Sam" Maghett (1936–1969), blues musician * Charles "Papa Charlie" McCoy (1909–1950), blues musician<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mccoybrotherstribute.com/|title=McCoy Brothers Tribute|website=Mccoybrotherstribute.com|accessdate=January 27, 2020}}</ref> * Kansas Joe McCoy (1905–1950), blues musician<ref name="auto"/> * 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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-22|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Bobby Robinson (1903–2002), professional Negro League baseball player * Buddy Scott (1935–1994), blues guitarist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-23|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * Charlie Segar (dates unknown), blues pianist and singer, the first to record the blues standard, "Key to the Highway" (1940)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Headstones Placed|url=https://killerblues.net/headstones/|access-date=2025-11-22|website=Killerblues.net|language=en-US}}</ref> * 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/hounddogtaylor.html|title=Hound Dog Taylor|website=Furious.com|accessdate=November 22, 2006}}</ref> * George Washington Thomas (1883–1937), songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ragpiano.com/comps/gwthomas.shtml|title=George Washington Thomas/Hersal Thomas|website=Ragpiano.com|accessdate=January 27, 2020}}</ref> * Luther Tucker (1936–1993), blues guitarist<ref name="cascade">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/LutherTucker.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320042342/http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/LutherTucker.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2008|title=Luther Tucker|date=March 20, 2008|accessdate=January 27, 2020}}</ref> * Washboard Doc 1911–1988), blues musician * Muddy Waters (1913–1983), blues musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Musicians, fans bid farewell to Muddy Waters - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/05/Musicians-fansbid-farewell-to-Muddy-Waters/4756420955200/ |access-date=2025-07-22 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> * 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 {{div col end}}
==See also== * List of United States cemeteries
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery}} * {{GNIS|416550|Restvale Cemetery}} * [https://webapps.sfm.illinois.gov/ustsearch/Facility.aspx?ID=2007507 Facility details], ''Illinois.gov''
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Category:Cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois Category:African-American cemeteries in Illinois Category:Cemeteries established in the 1920s Category:1927 establishments in Illinois