About Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near San Leandro, Alameda County, California. It lies about 3.5 mi south of San Leandro. The grounds sit at about 118 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Huey P. Newton, Earl Hines and Jesse Fuller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 223296. The nearest funeral home we know of is Continental Funeral Home in Oakland, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Alameda County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Alameda County dates to 1863. 4 of the 28 listings in Alameda County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, San Leandro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 3 business leaders, 3 musicians, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Huey P. Newton1942-1989Co-founder of the Black Panther Party
- Earl Hines1903-1983American jazz pianist
- Jesse Fuller1896-1976American one-man band musician, songwriter
- Allen Hoskins1920-1980American actor
- Daniel Best1838-1923American businessman and adventurer
- Johnny Fuller1929-1985American electric blues and West Coast blues musician
- Otto G. Foelker1875-1943American politician
- Sarah Webster Fabio1928-1979American poet, literary critic, and educator
- Clarence Leo Best1878-1951American entrepreneur
- Dave Albright1960-2023American former gridiron football linebacker
- Jacob E. Swap1846-1925American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Ambrosia Wysinger Jones1905-1999American businessperson, established the Charm Beauty College
Show all 14 notable burials
- G. C. Coleman1871-1942American pastor, newspaper editor
- Rosa Fischer1868-1942Austrian farmer and non-fiction writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen 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 Evergreen 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 MausoleumSan Leandro, CACemetery0.1 mi
- Sunnyside CemeterySan Leandro, CACemetery0.4 mi
- Home of Peace CemeteryOakland, CACemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeterySan Leandro, CACemetery4.8 mi
- Mountain View Cemetery5000 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA · est. 1863Cemetery5.3 mi
- Home of EternityPiedmont, CACemetery5.5 mi
- Saint Mary Cemetery4529, Piedmont, CAChristian cemetery5.6 mi
- San Lorenzo CemeteryAshland, CACemetery6.3 mi
- All Saints CemeteryHayward, CACemetery9.2 mi
- Alamo - Lafayette CemeteryLafayette, CACemetery9.6 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Cemetery
- Continental Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Oakland · (510) 261-1105
- C. P. Bannon Mortuary1.0 miMortuary · Oakland · (510) 632-1011
- Colonial Chapel1.5 miFuneral home · Oakland · (510) 536-5454
- Wfg-fuller Funerals1.8 miFuneral home · Oakland · (510) 436-3181
- Thompson Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Oakland · (510) 568-8628
- Cooper Chapel2.5 miFuneral home · Oakland · (510) 533-4114
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