Pops Staples

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American Gospel and R&amp;B musician. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers.
In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.
Staples was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago.