Althea Gibson

Birth Name:

Althea Neale Gibson

Birth Date:

August 25, 1927

Birth Place:

Silver, South Carolina

Death Date:

September 28, 2003

Place of Death:

East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey

Age:

Cause of Death:

Complications following respiratory and bladder infections

Cemetery Name:

Rosedale Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Sports

Althea Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (the French Championships). The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals (precursor of the US Open), then won both again in 1958 and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments: five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. Gibson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Rosedale Cemetery

408 Orange Road

Montclair, New Jersey, 07042

USA

North America

Map:

Cemetery Map of Rosedale Cemetery in Montclair New Jersey

Grave Location:

Juniper Section, Row 2, Grave 7

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery take the first left onto the white-lined road and drive about 150 feet to the first intersection of a smaller road on your left (if you pass the new main office on your left you drove too far). The final resting place of Althea Gibson can be found 3 rows from the smaller road and 7 spaces from the white lined road. Her monument faces the new office building. Note that sections in this cemetery are unmarked so … good luck!