George Washington Memorial Park

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name = George Washington Memorial Park


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established = 1939
country = USA
location = Paramus, New Jersey
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type = Non denominational
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size = 98 acres
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George Washington Memorial Park is a cemetery located in Paramus, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. cite book |last=Warmflash |first=Schuyler |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey |year=2001 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |quote=The George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery is neither a picturesque enclave, nor an outdoor museum. As in the earliest cemeteries, expressions of ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WuTMRvoAGgMC&dq |isbn=0813528674 ] It was established in 1939 as a "whites only" cemetery. cite news |url= |title=George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery Ass'n, In re, 145 A.2d 665, 52 N.J. Super. 519 (N.J. Super. Ch., 1958) |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote= The plaintiff herein seeks a judgment determining the legality of a covenant in the deeds executed by the Cemetery Company which restricts the burial privileges to persons of the white or Caucasian race. A stipulation of the facts bearing upon the situation has been executed. ... In the year 1939 the trustees of the plaintiff corporation adopted a By-law which provides that no bodies except those of persons of the white or Caucasian race should be buried in the cemetery. All deeds issued by the plaintiff corporation provided that the grantee agreed to abide by all cemetery by-laws and ordinances, conditions, and the like, and included in all deeds was a provision reading as follows: ... |publisher=Superior Court of New Jersey ]

Noted burials

*Luther Vandross (April 20, 1951-July 1, 2005) eight-time Grammy-winning American R&B and soul singer and songwriter.
*O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (December 25, 1937 – March 31, 1986) one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.
*Clyde McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) influential African-American R&B singer.
*Elston Howard (February 23 1929 - December 14, 1980) catcher, left fielder and coach in Negro League and Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the New York Yankees.
*Jedh Colby Barker (June 20, 1945 - September 21, 1967) United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War in September 1967. [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=99993 Browse by Cemetery: George Washington Memorial Park] , Find A Grave, accessed April 6, 2007]
*Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli (born Tommaso Eboli, June 13, 1911 - July 16, 1972) New York City mobster, known for being the boss of the Genovese crime family.

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