Restland Memorial Park is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

located in an unincorporated area of

Dallas County, Texas Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,613,539, and was estimated to be 2,656,028 in 2024, making it the List of counties in Texas, second-most populo ...

between

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

and Richardson, that was established in 1925. It is the final resting place of many prominent figures in the Dallas area, including politicians and professional athletes, and Charles Elmer Doolin, inventor of the Frito corn chip and founder of the predecessor of Frito-Lay Inc. It is located on 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75243 North of I635 at Hwy 75, near

Richland College Dallas College Richland Campus (often stylized as Richland or RLC) is a public community college in Dallas, Texas. The school was founded in 1972 and is part of Dallas College. It is the largest campus in the college, featuring about 20,000 st ...

Notable burials

* Heinz Becker – first baseman for the

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and

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in the 1940s * William Arvis Blakley – former U.S. senator from Texas * Bill Boyd – actor and C&W musician *

David Browning David Greig "Skippy" Browning Jr. (June 5, 1931 – March 13, 1956) was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in springboard diving. Af ...

– Olympic diver *

Earle Cabell Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the John F. Kennedy assassination, assassination of United States President ...

– former mayor of

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

* Tom Campbell Clark – US Supreme Court Justice * James Mitchell Collins – former

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for the 3rd Congressional District of Texas (1968–1983) *

Patrick Cranshaw Joseph Patrick Cranshaw (June 17, 1919 – December 28, 2005) was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. He is best known for one of his last roles, that of Joseph "Blue" Pulaski, a fraternity brother, ...

– actor * Mike Gaechter – defensive back for the

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in the 1960s * Salvador Gliatto – MLB pitcher *

Ed Gossett Ed Lee Gossett (January 27, 1902 – November 6, 1990) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Born in a sawmill camp known as Yellow Pine, near Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Gossett moved to Texas in 1908 with his parents, who settled on a fa ...

– US Congressman *

Jerry Gray Jerry Don Gray (born December 16, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is the assistant head coach/defense for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). Gray played college football for the Texas Longhorns, ...

– arranger, composer, and conductor *

Willie Hutch William McKinley Hutchison (December 6, 1944 – September 19, 2005), better known as Willie Hutch, was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s. Biog ...

– singer and songwriter *

Hattie Leah Henenberg Hattie Leah Henenberg (February 16, 1893 – November 28, 1974) was a lawyer from Texas. She was a member of the All-Woman Supreme Court convened in 1925, the first all-female high court in the United States. Life and career Henenberg was born in ...

– lawyer, member of the

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of 1925 *

Sam Johnson Samuel Robert Johnson (October 11, 1930 – May 27, 2020) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for in Congress from 1991 to 2019. He was a member of the Republican Party. In October and November 2015, he was the act ...

– former

for the 3rd Congressional District of Texas (1991–2019) *

Nathalie Krassovska Nathalie "Natasha" Krassovska (1918–2005) was a Russian born prima ballerina and teacher of classical ballet most noted for her work with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Following her decades-long career, she moved to the U.S., where she founde ...

– dancer for

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and Director for Krassovska Ballet Jeunesse, Dallas *

Frank Lane Frank Charles Meyers LaneCorbett, Warren: ''Frank Lane,''

– MLB executive *

Conrad Lau Conrad Albert 'Connie' Lau (February 8, 1921 – April 18, 1964) was an American aeronautical engineer, inventor, and executive. Lau led or contributed to the development of a number of important aircraft and spacecraft projects. Early lif ...

– aeronautical engineer, inventor, executive *

Herman Lay Herman Warden Lay (March 6, 1909 – December 6, 1982) was an American businessman who was involved in potato chip manufacturing with his eponymous brand of Lay's potato chips. He started H.W. Lay Co., Inc., now part of the Frito-Lay corporati ...

– businessman *

Jim Levey James Julius Levey (September 13, 1906 – March 14, 1970) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1930 to 1933 for the St. Louis Browns. His professional career began in 1927. He also was a halfback for the Pittsburgh Pirates of t ...

– early 1930s Major League shortstop *

Bronko Lubich Bronko Sandor Lupsity (December 25, 1925 – August 11, 2007) was a Hungarian-born Serbian Canadian professional wrestler, manager, referee and promoter. Known by his ring names Bronco or Bronko Lubich, he and Aldo Bogni were veteran ''"heels"'' ...

– wrestler and referee *

Harvey Martin Harvey Banks Martin (November 16, 1950 – December 24, 2001) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 until 1983. He starred at South Oak Clif ...

– defensive end for the

in the 1970s and 1980s * Jerry Mays – football defensive tackle *

Norm McRae Norman McRae (September 26, 1947 – July 25, 2003) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 22 Major League games for the 1969–1970 Detroit Tigers. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he stood tall and ...

– BLP pitcher * Justin Mentell – artist and actor * Ray Morehart – MLB infielder *

Ray Price Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone is regarded as among the best male voices of country music, and his innovations, such as prope ...

– country-pop singer *

Jethro Pugh Jethro Pugh Jr. (July 3, 1944 – January 7, 2015) was an American professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys for fourteen seasons. He played college football at Elizabeth City State Colle ...

– football pro tackle * Steve Ramsey – football quarterback *

Russell A. Steindam Russell Albert Steindam (August 27, 1946 – February 1, 1970) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Steindam grew up in Plano, ...

–

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recipient *

Tex Schramm Texas Earnest Schramm Jr. (June 2, 1920 – July 15, 2003) was an American professional football executive who was the original president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys franchise of the National Football League (NFL). Schramm, usually r ...

– NFL executive *

– US Army officer and

recipient * Robert L. Thornton – businessman and Mayor of Dallas * Texie Waterman – choreographer for the

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* Bill Weber – founding pastor of

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* Bill Wisener – record store owner *

Ron Woodroof Ronald Dickson Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning h ...

– AIDS victim and creator of The Dallas Buyers Club

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The Political Graveyard, Dallas County, Tex.
* {{Coord, 32.9280906, -96.7419016, display=inline,title, format=dms, source:GNIS Cemeteries in Dallas

Notable burials

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