About Roselawn Cemetery
Roselawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. It lies about 1.5 mi northeast of Little Rock. The grounds sit at about 315 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 30 notable people buried here, including Joseph Taylor Robinson, John L. McClellan and Bill Dickey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 54211. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Serenity Funeral Home in Little Rock, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 84 cemeteries we list in Pulaski County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 84 listings in Pulaski County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Little Rock. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Roselawn Cemetery
Among them: 9 governors, 3 US representatives, 2 architects, 2 baseball players, 2 business leaders, 2 US senators, 2 World War I veterans, 2 World War II veterans.
- Joseph Taylor Robinson1872-1937American politician
- John L. McClellan1896-1977American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Senator from Arkansas
- Bill Dickey1907-1993American baseball player and coach
- Charles Hillman Brough1876-1935American academic and politician
- Carl Edward Bailey1894-1948Arkansas politician
- John Ellis Martineau1873-1937Governor of Arkansas
- George Washington Donaghey1856-1937American politician
- Harvey Parnell1880-1936American politician
- Homer Martin Adkins1890-196432nd Governor of Arkansas
- Tom Jefferson Terral1882-1946American politician
- Art Porter, Jr.1961-1996American musician
- Xenophon Overton Pindall1873-1935American politician
Show all 30 notable burials
- Henderson M. Jacoway1870-1947American politician
- William T. Dillard1914-2002American businessman
- Bob Allen1867-1943American professional baseball shortstop
- George Dickey1915-1976American baseball player
- Seymour W. Terry1918-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Ben M. Bogard1868-1951Baptist minister and theologian
- Richard Blanks Adkisson1932-2011Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas (1980-1984).
- Clarence Elmo Bell1912-1997American politician
- J. Oscar Humphrey1886-1956Politician
- Joseph Warren House1847-1926American lawyer, and politician from Arkansas
- Robert C. Knox1892-1947American judge
- Agnes White Diffee1889-1970American pastor
- Bruce Roy Anderson1907-1985Architect and watercolorist
- Charles Willis Garrison1879-19351879-1935 , public health official
- Gussie Haynie1901-1957American lawyer
- J. Max Woolly1914-1997American educator of the blind
- Roy Kumpe1910-1987American advocate for the blind
- W. O. Vaught1911-1989American Baptist pastor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Roselawn 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 Roselawn 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
- Calvary CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Holly CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery1.6 mi
- Elmlawn CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery2.2 mi
- Fraternal CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery2.4 mi
- Dawson CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery2.6 mi
- Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery ParkLittle Rock, ARCemetery2.6 mi
- Little Rock National CemeteryLittle Rock, ARNational cemetery2.7 mi
- Haven of Rest Cemetery7102 West 12th Street, Little Rock, ARCemetery2.9 mi
- Lewis CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery4.4 mi
- Edgewood CemeteryNorth Little Rock, ARCemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Roselawn Cemetery
- Serenity Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 374-5025
- Hardy Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 372-4129
- Paradise Integrity Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (870) 672-7221
- Gunn Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 660-4323
- Robinson Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Little Rock · (501) 371-0111
- Premier Funeral Home Little Rock1.3 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 376-4800
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