Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona
Also known as Greenwood Cemetery, Beth El Cemetery
About Memory Lawn Cemetery
Memory Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. It lies about 2.5 mi east of Phoenix. The grounds sit at about 1,076 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 70 notable people buried here, including Walter Winchell, Jimmy Bryan and Paul Fannin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 7871. The nearest mortuary we know of is Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery in Phoenix, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 106 cemeteries we list in Maricopa County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Maricopa County dates to 1895. 7 of the 106 listings in Maricopa County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Phoenix. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memory Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 6 actors, 6 business leaders, 6 governors, 5 inventors and engineers, 4 baseball players, 3 journalists, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 US representatives.
- Walter Winchell1897-1972American gossip journalist
- Jimmy Bryan1926-1960American racecar driver
- Paul Fannin1907-2002Republican governor of and U.S. Senator from Arizona
- Art Bisch1926-1958American racing driver
- Bobby Ball1925-1954American racecar driver
- Ernest McFarland1894-1984American politician and jurist from Arizona
- John Calhoun Phillips1870-1943American politician
- Robert Taylor Jones1884-1958American politician
- Helen Badgley1908-1977Silent film actress
- Rawghlie Clement Stanford1879-1963American politician
- Sidney Preston Osborn1884-1948American politician
- Bertram Grassby1880-1953British actor
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- Bob Stump1927-2003American politician
- Leon Sullivan1922-2001Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Edith Luckett Davis1888-1987American actress and socialite
- Oscar P. Austin1948-1969United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Richard Elihu Sloan1857-1933American jurist and politician
- Richard F. Harless1905-1970American politician
- Don Bolles1928-1976Reporter
- Frederick Augustus Tritle1833-19066th Governor of Arizona Territory
- Helena Carroll1928-2013Scottish-born U.S. based stage/film and television actress
- Joseph Henry Kibbey1853-1924American politician and jurist
- William Bushnell Stout1880-1956American businessman
- Art Nehf1892-1960American baseball player
- Lorna E. Lockwood1903-1977American judge
- Margaret Hance1923-1990American politician
- Arthur T. LaPrade1895-1957American judge
- Earl Grace1907-1980American baseball player
- Gloria Gould1906-1943American socialite
- John Hunt Udall1889-1959American politician
- Ádám Abet1867-1949Hungarian born American writer, poet
- Andrew J. Weaher1842-1920American soldier in the U.S. Army
- Charles Hayes Rutherford1874-1950American politician
- Comfort Baker1870-1946American teacher
- Emil Ganz1838-1922American politician
- Ford Smith1919-1983American baseball player
- George U. Young1867-1926American railroad engineer
- Grady Gammage1892-1959American academic administrator
- Helen K. Mason1912-2003American theatre director and community Activist
- James D. Monihon1837-1904American businessman and politician
- Lincoln Ragsdale1926-1995African Americans' rights activist
- Omar Toft1886-1921American racing driver
- Paul Valadon1867-1913German entrepreneur
- Ross F. Jones1900-1979American politician
- Vernell Coleman1918-1990Community organizer
- Vernettie O. Ivy1876-1967Politician
- William John Murphy1839-1923Founder of Glendale, Arizona
- Adam Perez Diaz1909-2010Arizona politician
- Angela Hutchinson Hammer1870-1952American newspaperwoman
- Charles H. Akers1857-1924American politician and businessman
- Charles R. Price1868-1941
- Curtis M. Williams1896-1969Arizona politician
- Emzy Harvey Lynch1895-1979American football and basketball coach
- Jim Brock1936-1994Baseball coach
- John F. Ruggles1908-19997 Nov 1908 - 15 Jan 1999
- Lacey Eastburn1880-1957University president
- Loyal Davis1896-1982American neurosurgeon
- Merle E. Wagoner1894-1971
- Prosper P. Parker1835-1918Canadian-born American engineer and politician
- Roger Gustav Laveen1888-1957Government official in Maricopa County, Arizona
- William R. Norton1853-1938American architect
- Wing F. Ong1904-1977Arizona state representative
- Acton Griscom1891-1961American historian and bibliophile
- C.R. Bernetzke1870-1938Photographer
- Donald B. Haislip1919-2004Physician
- Minard W. Stout1908-1994University president
- Ralph Hoffman1894-1967American civil engineer
- Roscoe S. Strivings1897-1983American Methodist pastor
- Stephen Joyce1931-2017American actor
- William R. Goodheart, Jr.1902-1960American businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memory Lawn 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
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What Memory Lawn 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
- Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary and CemeteryPhoenix, AZCemetery0.0 mi
- Beth El CemeteryPhoenix, AZJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Beth Israel Memorial CemeteryPhoenix, AZJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Work Circle CemeteryPhoenix, AZCemetery1.2 mi
- Rosedale CemeteryPhoenix, AZCemetery1.6 mi
- Porter CemeteryPhoenix, AZCemetery1.7 mi
- Pioneer and Military Memorial ParkPhoenix, AZMemorial park1.7 mi
- City Loosley CemeteryPhoenix, AZCemetery1.7 mi
- Cementerio LindoPhoenix, AZCemetery2.2 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Cathedral ColumbariumPhoenix, AZEpiscopal cemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Memory Lawn Cemetery
- Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery0.0 miMortuary · Phoenix · (602) 272-5639
- Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery0.3 miMortuary · Phoenix · (602) 254-8491
- Monarch Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · Phoenix · (602) 441-5550
- Accu-care Cremation & Funerals, Llc1.6 miCremation provider · Phoenix · (844) 434-0304
- Smart Cremation1.6 miCremation provider · Phoenix · (844) 305-4531
- Cremation Services Phoenix2.6 miCremation provider · Phoenix · (520) 442-2882
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