Notable Interments
- Dan Bankhead, the first African American pitcher in major league baseball
- Brooks Benedict, actor in Houseboat, and The Freshman
- Willard Brown, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Captain James H. Fields, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II
- Staff Sergeant Marcario Garcia, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II
- First Lieutenant Raymond L. Knight, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II
- First Sergeant David McNerney, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War
- Amos Milburn, musician
- Albert Richard Thomas, US Congressman
- Josè H. Rojo, Houston attorney and civil rights activist
- Commander James E. Fleming, Captain of the Port of Houston
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“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)