Rhythm Club Fire Memorial
This tablet was erected in memory of those who lost their lives in the
Rhythm Club Fire
April 23, 1940
Inez Adams• St. Elmo Adams• Marjorie Alexander• Susie Alexander• Juanita Avery• Bessie Lee Mont. Banks• Joe Barnes• Walter J. Barnes• Ida Mae Woods Bernard• John Bernard, Jr.• Cleveland Leon Booker• Birdie L.H. Boyd• Elbert Biggs, Jr.• Elijah V. Briscoe• Hortense Brooks• Robert Brooks• Fannie Dorsey Brown• Odelle Brown• Ruth Reedy Brown• Clarice Buckner• Ethel Burnes• Willie Campbell• Nollie • Meletta Travis Carroll• Annie Laura Carter• Alma Cheeke• Mary Christmas• James Cole• Polly Louise Coleman• Geneva Collins• Samuel James Collins• Sam Colston• Albert Confer• Nance Crockett, Jr.• Samuel Crockett• Eleanor Dacus• Dorothy B. Dance• Henrietta Davis• John Davis• Johnny Davis• Benetter Dennis• Alonza Elijah Dickerson• Agnes Dorsey• Corinthia Dorsey• Warren Dorsey• Norah Elliott, Jr.• Annabelle Ellis• James M. Ellis• Henry Farr• Marcus Farr• Leonard Franklin• Ed Frazier• Katie Adams Freeman• Hellen Gaulden• Carrie Woods Gaylor • Willie Gibson• Juanita Gilbert• Andrew Glasper• Jessie Edna Green• Rosalie Grey• Johnny H. Guy• Harriett Hackett• Jos. Hagan, Jr.• Marie Hall• Richard V. Hall• Oliver Handy• Alberta Harden• Jeanetta Harris• Joseph Lorenzo Harris• Thelma Harris• Katherine Haymond• Dorothy Haywood• Charles Higdon• Everett Hogatt• Dora Holliday• Beatrice Holmes• Roy Hudson• Ernest Hunt• Florida Lee Ivy• Florine Jackson• Henry Jackson, Jr.• Josephine Cain Jackson• Lucille Jackson• Marie Jackson• Mary Jackson• Pearl L. Jackson• Willie Mae Jackson• Eloise Johnson• James Johnson• Josh Johnson• Leola Johnson• Lloyd Johnson• Marie Johnson• R. L. Johnson• Tom Johnson, Jr.• Will Johnson• Wilbert Ernest Johnson• Beatrice Jones• James Jordan, Jr.• Louise Kates• Wendell Kates• Delia Kelly• Mckinley Kingsberry• Annabelle Fisher Knight• Ben Lewis• Marshall Eddie Lewis• Thelma Lewis• Charley Light, Jr.• Gladys Light• Willie Lindsley• Bernetta Lloyd• Frances Lloyd• Thelma Lloyd• Willie Lloyd• Johnnie Boy Logan• Mary E. Logan• Ethel Lyons• Marshall Mason• German Matthews• Katie Louise Matthews• Clarence Peter Mazique• Norman McFarland• Wm. Woodrich McGuire• Charles McKinney• Josie Lee McKinney• Vernon McMillan• Abraham McNeil• Frances McNeil• Willie McShane• Alfred Minor• George Minor, Jr.• Elizabeth Mitchell• Leonard Moore• Mose Nelson• David Nicholson• Camille Oten• Edward Oten• Edward Lawrence Parker• Nelson Phillips• Ollie Pickett• Serena Pollard• Clarence Porter• Corinne Powell• Delia Ardella Quinn• John Reed• Vera Rhone• Lucille Risby• George Scott, Jr.• Junius Scott• Lee Edgar Scott• Willie Scott• Willie Scott• Emma Shaw• Willie Simon• Eva Simpson• Beatrice Sims• Leola Sims• Mary Louise Sloan• Arthur Smith• Green Smith, Jr.• T. J. Smith• Alma Springs• Mildred Squalls• Mildred Stanton• Lucille Stewart• Paul Stott• Edna James Taylor• Evelyn Thomas• Frank Toles• Geraldine Toncrid• Casiana White Turnipseed• Harry Walker• Samuel Wallace• Bice Ware• Alice Washington• Cora Mae Dennis Washington• Dan Washington• Jesse Washington• Jesse O. Washington• Margaret Washington• Robert Washington• Willie Beatrice Roach• Calvin Roberts• Annie Mae Robinson• Sarah Banks Robinson• Marion Roderick• Percy Rowan• Mary Gladys Odom Russell• Mildred Russell• Robert Lee Russell• Clarence Scott, Jr.• Charlie Scott• Emma Scott• Ethel Scott• Fred Scott• Freddie Scott• Lillie Mae Weather• Mable Etta Anderson White• Ella Blanton Williams• Johnny Williams• Lenoia Williams• Zealie Bossika Williams• Bernice Wilson• Julia Wilson• David Wimberly• Lee Woods• Matilda Woods• Katherine Wright•
Rhythm Club Fire
April 23, 1940
Inez Adams• St. Elmo Adams• Marjorie Alexander• Susie Alexander• Juanita Avery• Bessie Lee Mont. Banks• Joe Barnes• Walter J. Barnes• Ida Mae Woods Bernard• John Bernard, Jr.• Cleveland Leon Booker• Birdie L.H. Boyd• Elbert Biggs, Jr.• Elijah V. Briscoe• Hortense Brooks• Robert Brooks• Fannie Dorsey Brown• Odelle Brown• Ruth Reedy Brown• Clarice Buckner• Ethel Burnes• Willie Campbell• Nollie • Meletta Travis Carroll• Annie Laura Carter• Alma Cheeke• Mary Christmas• James Cole• Polly Louise Coleman• Geneva Collins• Samuel James Collins• Sam Colston• Albert Confer• Nance Crockett, Jr.• Samuel Crockett• Eleanor Dacus• Dorothy B. Dance• Henrietta Davis• John Davis• Johnny Davis• Benetter Dennis• Alonza Elijah Dickerson• Agnes Dorsey• Corinthia Dorsey• Warren Dorsey• Norah Elliott, Jr.• Annabelle Ellis• James M. Ellis• Henry Farr• Marcus Farr• Leonard Franklin• Ed Frazier• Katie Adams Freeman• Hellen Gaulden• Carrie Woods Gaylor • Willie Gibson• Juanita Gilbert• Andrew Glasper• Jessie Edna Green• Rosalie Grey• Johnny H. Guy• Harriett Hackett• Jos. Hagan, Jr.• Marie Hall• Richard V. Hall• Oliver Handy• Alberta Harden• Jeanetta Harris• Joseph Lorenzo Harris• Thelma Harris• Katherine Haymond• Dorothy Haywood• Charles Higdon• Everett Hogatt• Dora Holliday• Beatrice Holmes• Roy Hudson• Ernest Hunt• Florida Lee Ivy• Florine Jackson• Henry Jackson, Jr.• Josephine Cain Jackson• Lucille Jackson• Marie Jackson• Mary Jackson• Pearl L. Jackson• Willie Mae Jackson• Eloise Johnson• James Johnson• Josh Johnson• Leola Johnson• Lloyd Johnson• Marie Johnson• R. L. Johnson• Tom Johnson, Jr.• Will Johnson• Wilbert Ernest Johnson• Beatrice Jones• James Jordan, Jr.• Louise Kates• Wendell Kates• Delia Kelly• Mckinley Kingsberry• Annabelle Fisher Knight• Ben Lewis• Marshall Eddie Lewis• Thelma Lewis• Charley Light, Jr.• Gladys Light• Willie Lindsley• Bernetta Lloyd• Frances Lloyd• Thelma Lloyd• Willie Lloyd• Johnnie Boy Logan• Mary E. Logan• Ethel Lyons• Marshall Mason• German Matthews• Katie Louise Matthews• Clarence Peter Mazique• Norman McFarland• Wm. Woodrich McGuire• Charles McKinney• Josie Lee McKinney• Vernon McMillan• Abraham McNeil• Frances McNeil• Willie McShane• Alfred Minor• George Minor, Jr.• Elizabeth Mitchell• Leonard Moore• Mose Nelson• David Nicholson• Camille Oten• Edward Oten• Edward Lawrence Parker• Nelson Phillips• Ollie Pickett• Serena Pollard• Clarence Porter• Corinne Powell• Delia Ardella Quinn• John Reed• Vera Rhone• Lucille Risby• George Scott, Jr.• Junius Scott• Lee Edgar Scott• Willie Scott• Willie Scott• Emma Shaw• Willie Simon• Eva Simpson• Beatrice Sims• Leola Sims• Mary Louise Sloan• Arthur Smith• Green Smith, Jr.• T. J. Smith• Alma Springs• Mildred Squalls• Mildred Stanton• Lucille Stewart• Paul Stott• Edna James Taylor• Evelyn Thomas• Frank Toles• Geraldine Toncrid• Casiana White Turnipseed• Harry Walker• Samuel Wallace• Bice Ware• Alice Washington• Cora Mae Dennis Washington• Dan Washington• Jesse Washington• Jesse O. Washington• Margaret Washington• Robert Washington• Willie Beatrice Roach• Calvin Roberts• Annie Mae Robinson• Sarah Banks Robinson• Marion Roderick• Percy Rowan• Mary Gladys Odom Russell• Mildred Russell• Robert Lee Russell• Clarence Scott, Jr.• Charlie Scott• Emma Scott• Ethel Scott• Fred Scott• Freddie Scott• Lillie Mae Weather• Mable Etta Anderson White• Ella Blanton Williams• Johnny Williams• Lenoia Williams• Zealie Bossika Williams• Bernice Wilson• Julia Wilson• David Wimberly• Lee Woods• Matilda Woods• Katherine Wright•