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FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY NEWS FROM FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY NONPROFIT ORG. 412 South Cherry Street U.S. POSTAGE Richmond, Virginia 23220 PAID PERMIT NO. 671 23232 A Gateway Into History WWW.HOLLYWOODCEMETERY.ORG FALL 2020 • VOLUME 11, NUMBER 2 Follow the Blue Line A Special Guide to Hollywood’s Highlights ith over 135 acres of rolling hills, winding paths, and thousands of gravesites, Hollywood can be overwhelmingW to visitors. But many can find an easy introduction to the cemetery by following a simple blue line, painted on the right side of the road. “The blue line was first implemented in 1992 as a guide to help visitors follow the tour map to find the graves of notables who are buried here. The blue line on the roadway corresponds with the one on our tour map,” said David Gilliam, General Manager of Hollywood Cemetery. Rolling hills of Confederate fallen. From there, visitors veer right to tour the Confederate Section. Simple white tombstones lie in the shadows of Hollywood’s 90-foot granite pyramid, completed in 1869—a memorial to the 18,000 Confederate soldiers buried nearby. (And sharp-eyed visitors may discover a smaller, replica pyramid closer to the river for Leslie Dove, who died at age 17 at Gettysburg). After circling this area, the blue line continues along Western Avenue, and then to scenic Ellis Avenue, which overlooks a valley. Here, two notables have gravesites A young girl’s four-legged guardian. right next to each other: Confederate General J.E.B. The approximately 2 ¼-mile route begins at Hollywood’s Stuart and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Ellen entrance. Across from the office, a large granite map of Glasgow. An elegant tombstone with a quote from Milton Hollywood shows the highlighted route (see page 3). (“Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new”) marks The blue line takes a quick right turn at The Glade, then Glasgow’s grave. According to John O. Peters, author continues up Confederate Avenue. Here one arrives at a of Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery, “the remains of her visitor’s favorite: the black iron dog statue that guards beloved Sealyham Terrier, Jeremy, were unearthed from the grave of little Florence Rees. her garden and placed in the casket with her.” (continued on page 2) Blue Line 2020 Hollywood Women Mason Donors Tour Pandemic Scenes Authors New as of 10-31-20 Page 4 Page 5 Pages 6-8 Page 9 Pages 10-11 A late afternoon setting sun provides a spectacular backdrop for some of Hollywood’s loveliest monuments. Pages 1-3 Photograph by Bill Draper Ms. Barbara Dickinson Mr. Robert W. Simms Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Gunter Mrs. Ann Adamson Taylor Mrs. Sarah Dowdey Mrs. Cecile S. Slagle Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Heller Ms. Sally Adamson Taylor Blue Line (continued) Mrs. Cary Tilton Doyle Ms. Susan Smith Mrs. J. Kimpton Honey Mr. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Smith Robert and Nadine Huberman Mrs. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Continuing down Ellis, one turns left onto Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Edmunds, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Snider Mr. David T. Hull Mr. E. Otto N. Williams, Jr. named after Douglas Southall Freeman, who is buried Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Sowers, III IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Mrs. E Otto N. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Etherington Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Spain, Jr. Program nearby on a triangular plot next to his wife. The editor of Mrs. Kay Williams Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fain Mrs. Alice T. Spilman Mr. and Mrs. David B. Irvin Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV the Richmond News Leader for 34 years, Freeman also Mrs. Martha Alsop Faulkner Mrs. Ursula F. Stalker Mrs. Janet H. Mauck Anonymous wrote two Pulitzer Prize winning biographies. Ms. Dawn C. Fiske Mrs. Elizabeth C. Stallworth Kevin and Lisa McDonough Mrs. Fred C. Forberg, Jr. Mr. G. Allen Stanley James P. and Trina R. McElligott Dr. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Meriwether Fowlkes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Steeber Mr. and Mrs. George J. McVey From here, the blue line continues back uphill, reaching Mrs. Patricia M. Given Mrs. Loretta Tabb Mrs. Louise R. Moore the cobblestoned Presidents Circle, where monuments Mr. Carter Glass, IV and Mrs. Genya Mr. and Mrs. Bill Talbot Ms. Patricia Mott Gifts In Honor mark the gravesites of U.S. Presidents John Tyler Waters Glass Ms. Sally Adamson Taylor Mr. Thomas L. Mountcastle Gounds Staff Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashby and James Monroe (his famous “birdcage”) and their Mr. C. Hobson Goddin Mrs. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Mr. Gordon Musch Mr. and Mrs. McChesney C. Goodall, III Mr. and Mrs. E. Hunter Thompson, Jr. Mr. William A. Nash, II Jennings, III families. Mrs. Eleanor Beck Gosse Mr. and Mrs. John Christopher Tichacek Mrs. Mary Ann Nash Woodrow Harper and Mabel Toney Jack and Ann Graham Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Toepffer Mrs. Louise B. Nemecek Mrs. Estelle M. Call Presidents Circle is also the location of what’s been Mr. Denys Grant Mr. and Mrs. Zach Toms, III Colonel Davis Eugene Norman Nelson Lankford and Bryce Powell Mr. Robert P. Grymes, Jr. Mr. Joseph V. Turner, III Mrs. Rebecca Olive Mr. and Mrs. E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. called the “saddest angel in Hollywood” at the grave of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953) and his wife, William N. Worthington in the Haxall plot. Here too is Mr. and Mrs. G. Bernard Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Vaden Ms. Ingrid Pantaenius Mrs. Louise Owens Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howze Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Granville G. Valentine, III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pearsall, III Ms. Karen L. Owens buried Mary Triplett Haxall, whose beauty once inspired a Mrs. Cheryl L. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Mike Van Yahres Mrs. Parke D. Pendleton deadly duel between friends. Because of the number of vehicles that come through Mr. William Allen Harrison Mrs. Elizabeth A. Vandenberg Mr. and Mrs. John Ramos, Jr. Matching Gift Hollywood, the blue line must be repainted often due to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Hilbert Mr. Melvin Walsh, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Gaylord W. Ray Gray Holdings, LLC its fading in high traffic areas. Ms. Kathleen L. Hoppe Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Schaaf, III Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Gray, III Dr. and Mrs. J. Hubert Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Watson, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schutt IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Mr. Needham Bryan Whitfield “Many visitors return time and time again,” said Friends Mr. C. Edward Hughes, Jr. Mr. Howard W. Shields Program Dr. Douglas Hundley Ms. Diane Whiting Mr. and Mrs. Natalie and Michael Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Cobb, III of Hollywood Cemetery Executive Director, Kelly Mr. Theodore J. Jenczewski Ms. Mary L. Whitmore Southwood Wilbanks. “But even if the blue line is all you have time Mrs. Lois H. Jewett Kathryn L. Whittington Ms. Rosanna Strauss Corporations, for, you’ll still have a most enjoyable experience.” Judith W. Kidd Mrs. E. Otto N. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Thomas Mrs. Barbara J. King Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turnbull Foundations and Ms. Page M. Kjellstrom Dr. and Mrs. Charles Pinckney Winkler Mr. Halcott Mebane Turner Organizations John T. Kneebone, PhD and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wishnack Ms. Sandra E. Waller Carneal Drew Foundation Dr. Elizabeth Roderick Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Wong Mrs. Mary P. Ware Elizabeth Reed Carter Charitable Trust Mr. Michael Kowal Mrs. Carol D. Woodward Dr. and Mrs. James R. Wickham Chericoke Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Richard K. Krammes Drs. Andrew K. and Janette L. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Wilson Colon Club of Richmond Mr. Garry W. Land Worthington Mary Buford Best Dexter Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Large Mrs. Mary Denny Wray Gifts In Kind Estes Foundation Dr. Walter Lawrence, Jr. Ms. Betty B. Young Bill Draper Photography Gray Holdings, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine B. Lawson Mr. Richard B. Zorn Ms. Connie Hilker, Hartwood Roses Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Designed by famous Richmond sculptor Edward V. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lewis Hollywood Cemetery Company Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Linhart Contributor (up to $99) Trust Valentine, “Grief” depicts a shrouded mother, on Dr. Sharon Pajka Hamilton Hamilton Family Ms. Diana M. Lively Anonymous (3) Mr. Donald Toney Ada M. Harlow Trust her knees, crying in grief, at the gravesite of William Ms. Amanda T. Macaulay Mrs. Ann C. Artz Mrs. Mabel Toney Herndon Foundation Worthington. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Q. Maher Mr. and Mrs. David B. Beach Valentine Richmond History Center Mrs. Frank C. Maloney, III Annabella D. and Michael E. Bell Hollywood Cemetery Company Emily S. and Coleman A. Hunter Trust Charles and Carter McDowell Mr. Norman F. Board Gifts In Memory Up the road lies Jefferson Davis Circle, where the Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. McGee, Jr. Mr. Brad Bovenzi IBM Corporation Matching Gifts President of the Confederacy and his family members are Mrs. C. Connor McGehee Mrs. Archer C. Burke Barrett and Curdts Family Members Program Mr. and Mrs. Curdts Sue W. Massie Charitable Trust buried. Near that circle, a large, curved bench monument Ms. Geneva L. McKinney Mrs. Harold M. Burrows, Jr. Mrs. Edwin B. Meade, Jr. Mrs. Mary J. Campbell Ann Lee Saunders Brown Mraz Charitable Trust known as an exedra commemorates the grave of Mrs.
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