DODGE Head stone fit for a KING

[hemi-hampton]

I had a meeting today with a Large Group at a Cemetery. Drove thru the Cemetery looking for a large group. Found them all parked in front of DODGE Mausoleum. These are not car people so a strange Coincedence. Could it be from the Infamous Dodge Brothers? Must be, Who else could it be. Very large & expensive & reminded me of Egyptian or King Tut with the Lions out front. Had a large stain glass window in back with Pyramid & desert scene. Anybody else ever see this before? Thought it was Interesting. LEON.

[41husk]

Dont bet on it. Do you think everyone with tghe name of tucker is related to Preston Tucker? I am sure there are some very rich tuckers, that are no relation to the auto maker

[Tilar]

Yup. That's it. Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQ7A

[72chargerSE]

John and Horace Dodge...it's their mausoleum!

[Todd Wilson]

That is sweet!  Surprised it hasnt been vandalized with the stain glass window and stuff.


Todd

[Charger_Fan]

Dont bet on it. Do you think everyone with tghe name of tucker is related to Preston Tucker? I am sure there are some very rich tuckers, that are no relation to the auto maker

Insert foot, chew gingerly, spit out anything chunky & swallow the rest.


That's a nice find Leon, I wonder if there's anybody buried in a car in there? Looks big enough...

[hemi-hampton]

Dont bet on it. Do you think everyone with tghe name of tucker is related to Preston Tucker? I am sure there are some very rich tuckers, that are no relation to the auto maker

Insert foot, chew gingerly, spit out anything chunky & swallow the rest.


That's a nice find Leon, I wonder if there's anybody buried in a car in there? Looks big enough...

I agree with charger fan, Insert foot. Thanks Tilar for bailing me out, thats a Interesting link you posted, I took about 4 photo's & seems that site took almost the exact same photo's I took from similar angles ect. Since I live in Detroit near 8 mile road & Woodward Ave., I figured a good possibility the same Automaker Dodge Brothers from Detroit. If I did not take this Photo in Detroit or Michigan then maybe these Dodges could/would be suspect of being any Dodges but not the case. I'm sure (I know) there is other famous people buried in there. LEON.

[Tilar]

Thanks Tilar for bailing me out, thats a Interesting link you posted, I took about 4 photo's & seems that site took almost the exact same photo's I took from similar angles ect. Since I live in Detroit near 8 mile road & Woodward Ave., I figured a good possibility the same Automaker Dodge Brothers from Detroit. If I did not take this Photo in Detroit or Michigan then maybe these Dodges could/would be suspect of being any Dodges but not the case. I'm sure (I know) there is other famous people buried in there. LEON.

Glad I could help. It was my first link when I did the search. It just accured to me, Is there room to get a car within camera distance of that? It would make a pretty cool pit to have a charger with their burial spot in the background. Sort of a tribute pic. Is that too wierd? 

Dave

[bull]

Oh, I thought maybe it was the final resting place of the corporation itself. Is there a Chrysler mausoleum nearby?

[41husk]

Great find , my foot is a little salty

[Sublime/Sixpack]

What are the chances that you'd run across that? Interesting indeed.

[Magnumcharger]

I heard that they're going to be entombing Fiat people there soon.

[Sublime/Sixpack]

 

[hemi-hampton]

Hmmmm To bad I was not Driving my Charger at the Time, It would make a perfect background setting. Hmmm, That gives me a Idea I think As soon as I get my Charger out of Winter Hibernation & up & going I'm going to park right in front & snap a few shots. It was secluded & Quiet when I was there so if you move fast should be able to pull it off. If I do I'll post a Pic here. LEON.

[69*F5*SE]

My Grandfather and Grandmother are buried at Woodlawn.

[Khyron]

I put up one of those that said "Charger" after this new one came out

[TUFCAT]

I had a meeting today with a Large Group at a Cemetery. Drove thru the Cemetery looking for a large group

What type of large group meeting did you have at this a cemetary? Was it a group of [dead] rusty old cars to restore? 

[72chargerSE]

Notable Woodlawn (Detroit) burials:

Renaldo "Obie" Benson (1937-2005) - Member of Motown's Four Tops
Roy D. Chapin (1880-1936) - Industrialist, automaker and US Secretary of Commerce
Albert Cobo (1893-1957) - Mayor of Detroit
Howard A. Coffin (1877-1956) - Congressman
John Blaisdell Corliss (1851-1929) -Attorney, Congressman and father-in-law of George M. Holley
James J. Couzens (1872-1936)- US Senator and Mayor of Detroit
Edgar Culbertson (1935-1967) - US Coast Guardsman and recipient of the Coast Guard Medal
Anna Thompson Dodge (1866-1970) - Widow of Horace Dodge and philanthropist
Horace Dodge (1868-1920) - Brother of John Dodge and co-founder of Dodge Motors
John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) - Businessman and co-founder of Dodge Motors
George Duffield Jr. (1818-1888) - Presbyterian minister and composer of Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
Dee Edwards (1945-2006) - Soul singer
Benson Ford (1919-1978) - Second son of Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford (1893-1943) - Ford Motor Company president and son of Henry Ford
Eleanor Clay Ford (1896-1976) - Wife of Edsel Ford and niece of retailer J. L. Hudson
C. L. Franklin (1915-1984) - Baptist minister and father of singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin
Carolyn Franklin (1944-1988) - Gospel and R&B singer and younger sister of Aretha Franklin
Cecil Franklin (1940-1989) - Brother of Aretha Franklin
Erma Franklin (1938-2002) - Gospel and R&B singer and older sister of Aretha Franklin
Homer S. Ferguson (1889-1982) - US Senator, judge and diplomat
Harvey Fruehauf (1893- 1968) - son of August Fruehauf and president of Fruehauf Trailer Corporation

Haass Monument by Charles KeckSusie Garrett (1929-2002) - Actress, star of Punky Brewster and sister of actress Marla Gibbs
Albert Hatton Gilmer (1878-1950) - Playwright
Alex Groesbeck (1873-1953) - Michigan Governor and Attorney General
Edgar Guest (1881-1959) - Writer and Poet Laureate of Michigan
Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927) - Railroad car manufacturer and business parner of art collector Charles Lang Freer
Billy Henderson (1939-2007) - Lead singer of The Spinners
George M. Holley Sr. - Automotive engineer, designer and founder of Holley Carburetor
DeShaun Dupree "Proof" Holton (1973-2006)- Rap musician
J.L. Hudson (1846-1912) - Department store magnate
James Jamerson (1938-1983) - Legendary Motown bass guitarist
Marv Johnson (1938-1993) - Motown/R&B singer
Ed Killian (1876-1928) - Major League Baseball pitcher
Alfred Lucking (1856-1929) - Congressman
Lewis Albert Martin (1923-2005) - Jazz musician
Wade H. McCree (1920-1987) - Lawyer, judge, and US Solicitor General
Blair Moody (1902-1954) - US Senator and newspaper reporter
Elijah E. Myers (1832-1909) - Architect of the Colorado, Michigan and Texas State Capitols
James K. Okubo (1920-1967) - World War II US Army recipient of the Medal of Honor
Hazen Pingree (1840-1901) - Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) - Civil Rights activist
Edward Patten (1939-2005) - Member of Gladys Knight & The Pips
Lawrence Payton (1938-1997) - Member of Motown's Four Tops
Barbara Randolph (1942-2002) - Motown/R&B singer
David Ruffin (1941-1991) - Lead singer of The Temptations
Levi Stubbs (1936-2008) - Lead singer of Motown's Four Tops
George W. Trendle (1884-1972) - Creator of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet
Carl M. Weideman (1898-1972) - Congressman
Ronald White (1938-1995) - Member of Motown's The Miracles
Richard Willis (1819-1900) - Composer of It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and other hymns
Earl Wilson (1934-2005) - Major League baseball pitcher
Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson - (1883-1967) Widow of John Dodge and Alfred Wilson, benefactor of Oakland University and Detroit's Music Hall and Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
Ronald Winans (1956-2005) - gospel singer and member of the gospel group the Winans family



That's about it.....

[Tilar]

Thats quite the list.

[BigBlackDodge]

If you look real close you can see the door is sagging..............worn hinge pins!!!!!!!!!! 




BBD

[hemi-hampton]

I had a meeting today with a Large Group at a Cemetery. Drove thru the Cemetery looking for a large group

What type of large group meeting did you have at this a cemetary? Was it a group of [dead] rusty old cars to restore? 

Tuffcat, It was the Motor City Haunt Club, A Ex-Girlfriend talked me into Joining. We were there to check out old 1800's Headstone designs & then went back to the University to carve some up, make our own. 72Charger, Yes, Interesting list. I was there for the Huge Parade when they Buried Rosa Parks. The Haass stone I remember seeing because I never seen that name spelled with 2 SS, always 2 A 1 S. LEON.


P.S. Here's a Pic, not done yet

[hemi-hampton]

This headstone gave me the creeps, I was standing close over the grave reading this head stone, Everything seemed fine as I read it until I got to the last sentence & then I got a sudden chill up my spine & jumped to look down at the ground to make sure nobody was jumping out LEON.

[Magnumcharger]

OK.
With this thread in mind - being ghoulish as it is - my daughter and I took a very short walk this evening with the sole purpose of finding these monuments, which, as it turns out, are actually a stone's throw from my apartment here in Halifax.
They are uniquely historical in context, and you'll see immediately what I mean when you read them.

[Magnumcharger]

What's even more tragic, are the scores of markers with just numbers, and no names.

[TUFCAT]

Fascinating and historical stuff there.....very interesting.