About Rosemere Cemetery
Rosemere Cemetery is a cemetery near Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Opelika. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including William J. Samford, William Louis Dickinson and George Paul Harrison, Jr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 125948. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Jeffcoat Trant Funeral Home & Crematory in Opelika, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 66 cemeteries we list in Lee County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 66 listings in Lee County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Opelika. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rosemere Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 football players, 2 World War II veterans, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 musician.
- William J. Samford1844-1901American politician
- William Louis Dickinson1925-2008Alabama Republican politician
- George Paul Harrison, Jr.1841-1922American politician
- Billy Hitchcock1916-2006American baseball player, coach, manager, and scout
- P. R. Bidez1892-1961American football player and bandleader
- Sheldon L. Toomer1872-1957American politician and businessman
- N. D. Denson1856-1927American judge
- S. Toomer1836-1872American politician
- Thomas Drake Samford1868-1947District attorney in Alabama
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rosemere Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
32.63457, -85.38828
What Rosemere Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Evergreen CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery0.4 mi
- Garden Hill CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery0.7 mi
- Old Lebanon Methodist Church CemeteryOpelika, ALMethodist cemetery1.4 mi
- Ross CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery2.4 mi
- Union Grove CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery3.0 mi
- Chewacla Baptist Church CemeteryOpelika, ALBaptist cemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery3.3 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeteryOpelika, ALChurch cemetery3.4 mi
- Memory Hill CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery4.5 mi
- Liberty CemeteryOpelika, ALCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Rosemere Cemetery
- Jeffcoat Trant Funeral Home & Crematory0.9 miCremation provider · Opelika · (334) 749-8700
- Clark Memorials1.1 miMonument dealer · Opelika · (334) 745-4159
- Peterson and Williams Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Opelika · (334) 745-6473
- Frederick-Dean Funeral Home & Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Opelika · (334) 745-4667
- Alabama Funeral Homes & Cremation Centers1.2 miFuneral home · Opelika · (334) 650-6323
- Harris Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Opelika · (334) 749-6583
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