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  Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 686 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.100.134 |
The only names I recognized who who were listed in the pamphlet from the service were:Rev Frank Wilson "We're Blessed", Marliyn McCoo and Billy Davis "Steal Away", Phillip Bailey I am Gold" Pallbearers Active-Charles Wright, Ronald OGuinn, eddie Bongo, Benjamin Wright, Louis Satterifeld, Paul Reizer; Honorary Pallbearers: Earl Van Dyke, Robert White, Joe Weaver, Eddie Willis, Leroy Stanback and Tom Leaden. Anyone from here attend? | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 865 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.251.226.116 |
No, I didn't, I did attend David Ruffin, & Jackie Wilson Funerals... but, it's so weird, a few of the Pallbeareres you named, are now dead. (Message edited by ~medusa on October 11, 2004) | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 215 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
Medussa...Where were the Ruffin and Wilson funerals held? I beleive that Jackie's funeral was second only to Edsel Ford's in terms of size and number of mourners in Detroit history. | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 866 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.252.12.253 |
Right here in Detroit. Jackie Wilsons' was at Mason~Williams Funeral Home on Oakland Blvd. David Ruffin was at Swansons Funeral Home on W. McNichols & New Bethel Church...which Aretha Franklins' Dad founded and Ministered. | ||
Raymond Ennifer (benlynx) 3-Pundit Username: benlynx Post Number: 68 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 81.76.35.202 |
Jackie Wilson: After a well publicized funeral attended by around 1,500 relatives, friends and fans he was buried in an unmarked grave in his home city of Detroit. David Ruffin's funeral was held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10, 1991, amidst huge crowds of mourners at New Bethel Baptist Church, during which members of The Temptations sung "My Girl" en masse. Following the services, David was laid to rest at Woodlawn cemetary in Detroit. | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 216 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
Okay, now I remember. I tried to pay my respects to Mr. Ruffin during the public viewing over at Swanson's, but the line was sooooo long I couldn't get in. Raymond...Do you know which cemetery Jackie Wilson is buried in? Is his grave still unmarked? If it is, that seems like a real travesty. | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1888 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.234.10.241 |
Hi Gary; Jackie now has a beautiful big headstone that's inscribed with the words "The Consumate Entertainer" or words to that effect, as well as the inscription "No More Lonely Teardrops". S.S. | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 6-Zenith Username: sis Post Number: 726 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.206.95 |
http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/ GravesOutofLA/jackiewilson.htm | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1891 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.234.10.241 |
Hi SisD; Thanks for posting that photo link. That was fast  . S.S. | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 217 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
Thanks Soul Sis and Sis Detroit! | ||
bluerhythmbass (bluerhythmbass) 2-Debutant Username: bluerhythmbass Post Number: 30 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.55.140.2 |
Here's a link to James Jamerson's & David Ruffin's gravesite http://www.findagrave.com/cgi- bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=764579 7&pt=James%20Jamerson http://www.findagrave.com/cgi- bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2260&p t=David%20Ruffin Regards, Russ | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 872 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.79.97.149 |
So,is anyone planning on visiting theGravesites? | ||
Soulful Detroit (ant_mcknight) 1-Arriviste Username: ant_mcknight Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.88.31.64 |
Hello to Bluerhythmbass: James Jamerson was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetary in Detroit, and not at LA National Cemetary. I was present at his services and not only that, But James Jamerson is one of my family members. Anthony(Ant)McKnight | ||
roy gennard (hitsville_chalky) 2-Debutant Username: hitsville_chalky Post Number: 18 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 82.37.210.74 |
i went to woodlawn cemetary last year when i went to detroit from the uk to pay my respect to davids grave but when i asked ( frances nero was with me also) where davids grave was they wouldnt tell me has we wasnt family dont these people relise they got fans from all over the world. ill try next time when i go | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 6-Zenith Username: david_meikle Post Number: 436 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 62.252.128.19 |
I have always found the folks at Woodlawn to be extremely heplful and they have never withheld the location of anyone's grave. You were most unlucky. E-mail me when you are ready to return to Detroit and I will give you the plot number. David Ruffin's grave is only a short walk (50 metres) at "11 o'clock", behind the offices.  | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 6-Zenith Username: david_meikle Post Number: 437 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 62.252.128.19 |
James Jamerson's grave is in a nice part of the cemetery.  | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 6-Zenith Username: david_meikle Post Number: 438 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 62.252.128.19 |
Anyone flying into Detroit can visit Jackie's grave after leaving the airport. It is literally minutes away in Westlawn Cemetery on Michigan Avenue. Also in Westlawn, and buried within 50 metres of Jackie, is Nolan Strong. | ||
bluerhythmbass (bluerhythmbass) 3-Pundit Username: bluerhythmbass Post Number: 33 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.55.140.2 |
Anthony, Thanks for the correction - I pulled the info straight from the "Findagrave" website - they even have a plot number for James too...(Plot: Section 12, Row 8, Grave 5) I wonder where that info came from that they used? | ||
bluerhythmbass (bluerhythmbass) 3-Pundit Username: bluerhythmbass Post Number: 34 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.55.140.2 |
Colleagues, I just contacted the web owner of "Findagrave" and he pointed out that James's headstone has his birthdate as 1939 but in printed piece from his funeral, it has 1938...can anyone verify his real year of birth? | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 6-Zenith Username: david_meikle Post Number: 439 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 62.252.128.19 |
The end page in the SITSOM book credits his birth date as January 29 1936. | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 6-Zenith Username: sis Post Number: 733 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.206.95 |
My mother confirms over and over, that the date on my birth certificate is not the date I was born. I argued that perhaps she was in too much pain. She yells and says "I know when you were born, I had you." I have forgotten the actual year of Jamerson's birth year, but I'm sure Anthony can probably confirm the date. |
