Showman's Rest Mt Olivet Cemetery

Last Name	First Name	Birth	Death	Inscription / Notes / Marriage
ADKISSON	Roy	5/10/1917	6/12/1973
AKEMAN	Carrie R.	12/5/1912	4/7/1968	Members of La Velda Trio Clowns
AKEMAN	Ted J.	11/13/1904	9/30/1985	Members of La Velda Trio Clowns
ANCIL	John O.	2-24-1892	11/6/1975	"Lou Walton" / Rest in Peace
ARNOTT	Betty (Beth)	1909	1983	Good night sweet Beth
ARNOTT	J.K, (Jack)	1878	1965	Good night sweet prince
BAKER	Bernice J.	11/7/1910	7/10/1990
BAKER	John K.	9/1/1905	5/20/1974
BARKER	Joseph Robert Jr.	9/23/1925	7/26/1989
BASS	Clarence	1897	1961	Larry Carleton of the Carleton Skaters
BENSON	Ken "Turtle"	6/27/1945	11/16/2001
BLACK	Gladys	1/8/1924	No Date
BOWMAN	Ted	5/9/1927	7/30/1999	There's nothing left but empty popcorn sacks and wagon tracks--- the circus is gone
BRADLEY	Lee Roy	1/14/1914	5/4/1967	Showman
BULLOCK	R.T. "Bob"	4/14/1908	6/5/1965
CARR	Donnie Charles	6/29/1940	4/15/1999	Age 58
CARROLL	John	3/3/1926	4/25/1980	Elephant trainer Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros Circus 1948-1968 / Carson and Barnes Circus 1969-1980 / Founder of the John Carroll's Showmen's Rest Trust Fund
CARTER	Earnesteen (Teen)	2/24/1912	2/17/1993
CHAMBERLAIN	Thomas Daniel	7/28/1919	7/13/1988
CHAMBERLAIN	Veronica	1929	1998
CLAYTON	C.L. "Tex"	5/16/1907	5/4/1978
CLAYTON	Lucille M.	2/5/1908	11/27/1979	With it and for it
COOPER	Joe Wallace	3/26/1937	6/18/2000	Big Top Circus Agent
COULS	Mary J.	9/29/1914	No Date
COULS	Robert W.	9/5/1915	10/8/1970
ELLIS	Frank F.	8/13/1905	10/31/1970
ELLIS	Gladys L.	1/31/1900	10/14/1975	7/5/1924
FARRAHER	William	7-18-1891	8/15/1965
FENNE	Terry	2/10/1950		Have a seat on me / Mud show elephant man
FOURNIER	Peggy	8/29/1901	1/17/1994	Aunt Peggy / I would rather be in California
FRAZIER	Hazel Marie
FULLER	Charles	6/24/1950	4/3/1967	Drowned in a swimming accident while with Carson and Barnes Circus. Erected by John Carroll's Fund.
FULTON	Jack Lloyd	8/26/1928	7/21/1995
GIBBS	Bobby	4/29/1939	7/18/2004	Sit down and I'll tell you a story
HALBERT	Stephen	1962	2005
HALL	Mel	9/11/1916	4/17/2001	Beloved Father
HAMILTON	Dudley Warner	1/12/1929	No Date	May all your days be circus days
HARVEY	Karen Kay Miller	7/6/1938	10/12/1999	Daughter of Kelly & Dale / CPA / A lady of many talents / Our loving grandma / My grandchildren Brittanie, Megan, Kyle
HILL	Floyd Elmer	1/15/1906	11/12/1976	Pvt US Army WWII
IKIRT	Kenneth R.	12/28/1915	4/29/1976	Boss elephant man for Carson Barnes Circus, Largest elephant herd in America
JESSEN	Jesse Altho	4/11/1922	3/4/1987	Carson and Barnes Circus
JESSEN	Lorraine Conroy	8/11/1923	No Date	Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros Circus / Circus Genoa
LONG	John	5-23-1889	10/23/1966	12/16/1942
LONG	Lillian M.	1/24/1911	3/28/1977	12/16/1942
LOTER	Frances Padilla	1/15/1925	1/22/2003	All around performer and Show Person / Accompanied by Robert Stevens Church 1963-2000
LOYAL	Luciano Joseph	12/16/1951	11/7/1973	Beloved son and brother / Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil
LOYAL	Zefta	9/23/1916	4/26/1996	Queen of the bareback riders / Beloved mother of Dolly and Gena / Original Loyal Repensky Troupe
LYNN	John J. "Shorty"	10-17-1890	9/25/1971
MCCLOTHIN	Betty	7-23-1885	3/11/1978
MCFARLAND	Grace McIntosh	7/25/1915	No Date
MCINTOSH	A.D. Sr. "Deacon"	10/10/1901	6/23/1968	We will always miss you / In God's hands
MCINTOSH	Alexander Donnie	11/20/1925	2001	Concessions, circus, fairs, carnivals, rodeos, ice shows, street corners. We have had the good life but the season ended.
MCINTOSH	David R.	10/10/1902	7/30/1961
MCINTOSH	Flo	1/16/1907	2/17/1988	In God's hands
MCINTOSH	Ione	5/29/1916	5/3/1998	Concessions, circus, fairs, carnivals, rodeos, ice shows, street corners. We have had the good life but the season ended.
MCKAY	Linton Kimbal	8/4/1916	9/6/1963	11/17/1947
MCKAY	Margaret M.	1898	1988	2/21/1923
MCKAY	Rita	1921	No Date	11/17/1947
MCKAY	Ross H.	1902	1962	2/21/1923
MCLAUGHLIN	Elizabeth F.	1-17-1898	9/9/1982
MCLAUGHLIN	Thomas W.	10-11-1891	1/27/1967
MILLER	Dale	11/27/1911	11/30/1984
MILLER	Dores Richard	7/27/1916	9/8/1999
MILLER	Isla Marie	8/9/1917	10/2/1998
MILLER	Jennie Barbara	4-22-1887	4/18/1929	Mother of Kelly and D.R. / In memory of
MILLER	Kelly	3/5/1913	2/20/1960
MILLER	Mary Rossi	4/23/1903	12/9/1997	Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros Circus
MILLER	Obert	1-11-1886	10/29/1969	Main Entrance / Tickets
MOORE	Jack Bonham	1/18/1919	3/15/1969	Founder of Carson and Barnes Circus / Main Entrance
MUNOZ	Luis Jr.	12/11/1966	12/12/1966
NARFSKI	John "Dutch"	2-11-1888	1/29/1966
NULL	George Donald	9/26/1906	11/18/1974	Give life the best that's in you for it's only a one night stand. There are no repeat performances brought back by popular demand.
NULL	Peggy Jane	11/9/1924	5/22/1998	Give life the best that's in you for it's only a one night stand. There are no repeat performances brought back by popular demand.
O'DONNELL	James A.	1/8/1900	10/17/1965	Acrobat and clown
PEREZ	Samuel	1969	2001
PIERCE	Francher	No Date	1962	Musician with Hagen Bros Circus / Age 65 years
PLUNKETT	Zenda Alice Swain Snooks	5/13/1913	5/28/1990	Plunkett Family Show, Al G. Kelly Miller Bros Circus, Carson and Barnes Circus
RABORN	Edith Stephens	1914	1988	Beloved wife and mother of Big Bob, Jean and Joan
RABORN	Robert R.	11/22/1933	8/30/1974	Big Bob / And he feels all their love walking with him
RABORN	Robert Ross	1909	1995	Beloved husband and father of Big Bob, Jean and Joan
RAWLS	Wm A.	8-13-1898	8/3/1962
RICHMOND	Howard M.	5/15/1906	9/11/1977	Miller Bros Circus
RILEY	Doris A.	6/21/1921	5/26/1962
RILEY	Edward F.	11/19/1908	12/4/1976
ROBB	Enos "Robbie"	5/19/1921	2/11/2000	12/19/1960
ROBB	Guadalupe "Lupe"	7/9/1925	No Date	12/19/1960
RODRIGUEZ	Bobbie Sue Emeyabbi	2/1/1946		Asleep in Jesus
RODRIGUEZ	Darrel Wayne Emeyabbi	10-19-1975	4-12-1977	Asleep in Jesus
ROOKS	Harry E.	3/4/1907	2/9/1976	A life long circus performer, wild west performer, aerialist, and horse trainer
ROSSUM	J.H. Van	2/7/1900	12/3/1976	Dutch La Blair
SIMPSON	William J. "Smokie Joe"	1/24/1913	9/16/1981
SNODGRASS	Robert Blaine	8/19/1920	4/1/2001	Veteran WWII Korean War m. 7/19/1950
SNODGRASS	Evelina Rossi	1/18/1925		Performer kelly Miller Bros Carson and Barnes m. 7/19/1950
STRONG	Gudrun	No Date	No Date	Tall Grass Showman / In God we trust
STRONG	John August	8/14/1920	1/6/1992	Tall Grass Showman / In God we trust
SVERTESKY	Ted	6/27/1954	1/13/1994
SWAIN	Kennedy	8/31/1902	8/16/1974	Swain's comedians, Plunkett Shows, Al G. Kelley-Miller Bros Circus, Carson and Barnes Circus, Erected by John Carroll's Fund
TURNER	Jack	6/4/1903	4/23/1965
WALTERS	Helen A.	10/2/1902	1/15/1990	Wife
WALTERS	Herbert Walters Channell	12-25-1887	8/11/1968	A Showman to the last
WALTERS	Shirley J.	3/9/1921	9/14/1986	Daughter
WARNER	Bonnie "Jean"	1923	1998	Chimp trainer
WEBER	Herbert	5/17/1914	12/8/1991	The Great Huberto / Los Latinos
WEBER	Maricela	8/28/1950	No Date	Los Latinos
WHALEN	Cordia	10/28/1900	3/21/1989	Show people at rest
WHALEN	Edward	6/24/1901	1/25/1978	Show people at rest
WHALEN	Frank	1/3/1908	10/11/1969	Showman to the end
WOODCOCK	Anna May
WOODCOCK	Barbara	9-30-1934
WOODCOCK	William	2/26/1935		"Buckles"
WOODCOCK	Sarah "Babe"	9/30/1902	12/30/1988	From the Orton family of early American circus pioneers. First year on tour 1853
WOODCOCK	William H.	5/19/1904	12/20/1963	A-1 Elephant trainer / At Rest
WRIGHT	Alan Joe	1947	1993
WRIGHT	Joseph E.	1/12/1917	12/8/1986	Dad / Entertaining in heaven -- with her
WRIGHT	Ruth Ann (Rosie)	6/17/1926	7/22/1985	Mom

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