[Dixielandjazz] [Fwd: Buddy Bolden/Holt Cemetery/Lawrence Beisley]

[Margaret Squires]

The following e-mail was posted on the New Orleans Mailing list.  I
thought somebody on DJML might have the answer....

Margaret

> 
> I finally added a decent page for Holt in www.citiesofthedead.net
> today.  I've included a page on a small monument towards the center of
> the cemetery, to someone named Lawrence "Lee" Beisly.  It's a small
> granite marker with a brass plaque attached.  The plaque is inscribed:
> 
> May These Ashes Rest
> In Harmony
> For Ever To Heed
> The Call Of
> Buddy Bolden
> 
> Lawrence "Loe" Beisly
> 
> Ken Colyer Trust
> England
> 
> A google search on Lawrence Beisly turns up empty, but Ken Colyer was
> an English jazz musician who was devoted to the New Orleans jazz
> tradition.  The Trust mentioned above has a website at
> www.kencolyertrust.org.
> 
> Does anyone know any more about who this Beisly is?
> 
> www.citiesofthedead.net
> www.citiesofthedead.net/html/holt.html  -- holt cemetery page
> www.citiesofthedead.net/html/holt_buddybolden.html -- buddy bolden
> www.citiesofthedead.net/html/holt_beisly.html -- biesly page
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Ed.
>