Musicians and singers buried in Texas
Wikidata records 64 musicians as buried in 45 of the cemeteries we list in Texas. Restland Memorial Park in Richardson holds the most, with 5. Texas has the 10th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Musicians and singers buried in Texas
- Maggie Jones1900-1901American blues singer and pianistPark Ridge Cemetery, Hillsboro, TX
- Hersal Thomas1906-1926American songwriterEvergreen Negro Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Milton Brown1903-1936American musicianSmith Springs Cemetery, Stephenville, TX
- Maud Cuney Hare1874-1936American musician, authorLakeview Cemetery, Galveston, TX
- J. W. Acuffdied 1937IOOF Cemetery, Georgetown, TX
- Cora Behrends1865-1938American Music teacher, pianist and composerGreenwood Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Charlie Christian1916-1942American swing and jazz guitaristGates Hill Cemetery, Bonham, TX
- John Lomax1867-1948American musicologist and folkloristOakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Euday L. Bowman1887-1949American composerOakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX
- Jesse Randall Baxter, Jr.1887-1960American musicianLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Jimmy Joy1902-1962MusicianRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Shelly Lee Alley1894-1964American songwriter, fiddler and band leaderAlley Cemetery, Columbus, TX
- Dalies Frantz1908-1965American pianist and teacherCook-Walden Capital Parks Funeral Home & Cemetery, Pflugerville, TX
- Horace Britt1881-1971Belgian musicianAssumption Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Don Robey1903-1975American record producer and songwriterParadise North Cemetery, Jersey Village, TX
- Larry Blyden1925-1975American game show hostForest Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Jerry Gray1915-1976American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleaderRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Freddie King1934-1976American blues guitarist and singerSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
- Juke Boy Bonner1932-1978American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitaristRestlawn Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Debbie Weems1950-1978Actress, singerCalvary Cemetery, Marlin, TX
- Irene Beasley1904-1980Composer, singer, and radio personality known as the "long, tall gal from Dixie"Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, TX
- Peck Kelley1898-1980American musicianWashington Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Amos Milburn1927-1980American rhythm and blues singer, and pianistHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- David Wendell Guion1892-1981American musicianEvergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, TX
- Keith Green1953-1982American contemporary Christian musician and songwriterGarden Valley Cemetery, Hideaway, TX
- Lightnin' Hopkins1912-1982American country blues singer, songwriter and guitaristForest Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Alicia Brandet1943-1984Italian-American actress and singerRoselawn Cemetery, McAllen, TX
- Z. Z. Hill1935-1984American blues singerGethsemane Cemetery, Naples, TX
- B. W. Stevenson1949-1988American singerLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Blaze Foley1949-1989American country singer and songwriterLive Oak Cemetery, Manchaca, TX
- Mary Martin1913-1990American actressGreenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, TX
- Stevie Ray Vaughan1954-1990American blues guitaristLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Goree Carter1930-1990SingerHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- J. Frank Wilson1941-1991American singerGarden of Memories Cemetery, Lufkin, TX
- Radie Britain1899-1994ComposerLlano Cemetery, Amarillo, TX
- Johnny Carroll1937-1995American musicianGodley Cemetery, Godley, TX
- Seger Ellis1904-1995American musicianHollywood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Les Elgart1917-1995American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeterSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
- Ted Daffan1912-1996American country musicianForest Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Shawn Michael Phelan1975-1998ActorForest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX
- Jacques Abram1915-1998American musicianForest Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Buddy Knox1933-1999American singer and songwriterDreamland Cemetery, Canyon, TX
- Oliver1945-2000American singerLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Steve Barton1954-2001American actor/singerAustin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Robert Sterling Arnold1905-2003American musician and music publisherSilver Valley Cemetery, Coleman, TX
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown1924-2005American blues musicianHollywood Cemetery, Orange, TX
- Sonny Fisher1931-2005American musicianBrookside Memorial Park, Houston, TX
- Willie Hutch1944-2005American singer, songwriter, record producerRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Don Walser1934-2006American musicianFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Hank Thompson1925-2007American country musicianDallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Stephen Bruton1948-2009American musicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Haltom City, TX
- Justin Mentell1982-2010American actor, speed skater and musicianRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Rudy Robbins1933-2011American musicianBandera Cemetery, Bandera, TX
- Mac Curtis1939-2013American rockabilly musicianDallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Charles William Johnson1927-2013Band director and music educatorHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Ray Price1926-2013American country music singer, songwriter, and guitaristRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Joe Sample1939-2014American jazz musician and composerParadise North Cemetery, Jersey Village, TX
- Holly Dunn1957-2016American musicianSalado Cemetery, Salado, TX
- Lisa Gaye1935-2016American actress, singer, and dancerHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Barbara Smith Conrad1937-2017American mezzo-sopranoTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- James Cotton1935-2017American blues singer-songwriterTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Billy Joe Shaver1939-2020American country singerWaco Memorial Park, Robinson, TX
- Jerry Jeff Walker1942-2020American country singerTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Sonny West1937-2022American rockabilly musician, singer, songwriterChillicothe Cemetery, Quanah, TX
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1900s1
- 1920s1
- 1930s4
- 1940s3
- 1960s4
- 1970s7
- 1980s10
- 1990s12
- 2000s9
- 2010s10
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 64 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Restland Memorial Park · Richardson, TX5
- Houston National Cemetery · Houston, TX4
- Laurel Land Memorial Park · Duncanville, TX4
- Forest Park Cemetery · Houston, TX4
- Texas State Cemetery · Austin, TX3
- Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery · Dallas, TX2
- Llano Cemetery · Amarillo, TX2
- Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park · Dallas, TX2
- Paradise North Cemetery · Jersey Village, TX2
- Assumption Cemetery · Austin, TX1
- Cook-Walden Capital Parks Funeral Home & Cemetery · Pflugerville, TX1
- IOOF Cemetery · Georgetown, TX1
- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery · San Antonio, TX1
- Brookside Memorial Park · Houston, TX1
- Austin Memorial Park Cemetery · Austin, TX1
- Hollywood Cemetery · Houston, TX1
- Bandera Cemetery · Bandera, TX1
- Waco Memorial Park · Robinson, TX1
- Forest Park East Cemetery · Webster, TX1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Austin, TX1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Ballinger, TX1
- Garden of Memories Cemetery · Lufkin, TX1
- Salado Cemetery · Salado, TX1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Fort Worth, TX1
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Haltom City, TX1
Top 25 of 45 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in Texas
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.