"Cadillac Jack" Favor - Parkdale Cemetery - Arlington, TX - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Mr. Favor was in the US Navy, and as such, his grave and that of his wife, Ponder, are marked with US Government-issued flat, bronze headstones. His says:

Jack G Favor

BM1 US Navy
World War II
Nov 30 1911 Dec 27 1988

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Cadillac Jack was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame in the Fort Worth Stockyards in 2009, and his star is in front of The Coliseum. They provide a short biography:

"Cadillac Jack" Favor was a rodeo professional, a bigger-than-life colorful All-American cowboy, four-time world champion steer wrestler and bronc buster. Throughout the 1940's and 50's he traveled the rodeo circuit across the country, setting a world record by bulldogging a steer in 2.2 seconds in Houston. He won $18,000 in Madison Square Garden as the only cowboy to ever ride Hell's Angel, called the greatest bucking horse that ever lived. In the 1960's Jack was falsely imprisoned for nine years but was later cleared of the charges and released from prison. In Angola Prison Jack is credited with transforming their ragtag rodeo into a thoroughly professional production attracting big-name performers and thousands of visitors. Jack performed many times in the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth. He was nominated posthumously to the Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2004.

Description: From Wikipedia (see link): Jack Graves Favor, known as Cadillac Jack Favor, was an American rodeo performer who was framed and falsely imprisoned in 1967 for two murders committed in North Louisiana by two hitchhikers whom Favor had given a ride. In 1974, in a retrial he was cleared of the crime and released. -- Clint Black portrayed Cadillac Jack in the 1998 television movie, "Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack." Date of birth: 11/30/1911 Date of death: 12/27/1988 Area of notoriety: Sports Marker Type: Horizontal Marker Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight hours Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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