Burr Oak Cemetery grave desecration

An unknown number of graves have been dug up in the historic cemetery over the last several years and the bodies dumped in the rear of the burial ground so the graves could be resold by the cemetery management. Blues music legend Willie Dixon and civil rights figure Emmett Till are among those buried in the suburban Chicago cemetery.
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Elzie Banks, of Matteson, Ill. is the first person to arrive at the Burr Oak Cemetery "transportation center" at 12250 S. Cicero Ave. so he could check on the graves of his father and his sister. A free shuttle service from the transportation center to the cemetery was available.

Burr Oak Cemetery reopens

(Tribune photo by David Pierini / November 19, 2009)

Elzie Banks, of Matteson, Ill. is the first person to arrive at the Burr Oak Cemetery "transportation center" at 12250 S. Cicero Ave. so he could check on the graves of his father and his sister. A free shuttle service from the transportation center to the cemetery was available.