About Maplewood Cemetery
Maplewood Cemetery is a cemetery near Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas. It lies about 1.4 mi south of Harrison. The grounds sit at about 1,224 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including John Paul Hammerschmidt, Bill Toar Hester and Hubert Carl Ashley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 51662. The nearest other listed cemetery is Speer Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roller-Christeson Funeral Home in Harrison, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 60 cemeteries we list in Boone County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harrison. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Maplewood Cemetery
Among them: 2 World War II veterans, 1 actor, 1 basketball player, 1 musician, 1 US representative.
- John Paul Hammerschmidt1922-2015American politician
- Bill Toar Hester1931-2016College basketball player (1951-1952) Arkansas
- Hubert Carl Ashley1915-2008Country musician and radio actor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Maplewood 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
36.24923, -93.10489
What Maplewood 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
- Speer CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery0.8 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery1.2 mi
- Fick CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery1.3 mi
- Summers CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery1.8 mi
- Milum CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery2.6 mi
- Bethany CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery4.1 mi
- Denning CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery4.8 mi
- Younes CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery5.2 mi
- Hudson CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery5.3 mi
- Holt CemeteryHarrison, ARCemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Maplewood Cemetery
- Roller-Christeson Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Harrison · (870) 741-3113
- Holt Memorial Chapel1.9 miFuneral chapel · Harrison · (870) 741-3481
- Coffman Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Harrison · (870) 743-2021
- Diamond State Cremation and Mortuary Service17 miCremation provider · Lead Hill · (870) 422-5000
- Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory17 miCremation provider · Jasper · (870) 446-5811
- Nelson Funeral Services Inc19 miFuneral home · Green Forest · (870) 438-6170
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