Pam at the Woodlawn Cemetery Jerome Avenue entrance, about a mile's walk from the apartment. This is one of the nation's most famous cemeteries, perhaps second only to Arlington National Cemetery; countless notable people are buried here (see list). To name just a few: Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Miles Davis, Celia Cruz, Nelly Bly, Countee Cullen, Herman Melville, Fiorello LaGuardia, Bat Masterson, Pigmeat Markham, Frank Woolworth, Ornette Coleman, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, King Oliver, and Max Roach.