Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida

Roselawn Cemetery is a church cemetery in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. It is operated by City of Tallahassee, Florida. The grounds sit at about 226 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Paul Dirac, Edward Kilenyi, Jr. and Ham Dowling. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 306307. The nearest other listed cemetery is Advent Episcopal Church Memory Garden, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bevis Funeral Home & Crematory in Tallahassee, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 141 cemeteries we list in Leon County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Leon County dates to 1902. 110 of the 141 listings in Leon County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 2 inventors and engineers, 2 musicians, 2 scientists, 1 football player, 1 journalist, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 World War II veteran.

• Paul Dirac1902-1984
  British theoretical physicist
• Edward Kilenyi, Jr.1910-2000
  (1910-2000) American classical pianist with Hungarian origin
• Ham Dowling1895-1986
  American football player, engineer
• Seymour Hess1920-1982
  American meteorologist
• Doak Sheridan Campbell1888-1973
  American academic
• Henry W. McMillan1911-1990
  Adjutant General of Florida
• Thomas D. Bailey1897-1974
  Florida public official
• Edward Kilenyi1884-1968
  American musician, teacher of George Gershwin
• Milton Washington Carothers1899-1980
• Red Kerce1910-1964
  American journalist
• Barbara Landstreet Frye1922-1982
  American journalist
• Charles Wilson McArthur1921-2001
  Ph.D. Tulane University 1954

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.

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.

• Advent Episcopal Church Memory Garden

  815 Piedmont Drive, Tallahassee, FL · est. 2016
  Episcopal cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Macon Memory Gardens

  Tallahassee, FL
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Johnson Family Cemetery

  Tallahassee, FL
  Family cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Faith Presbyterian Church Columbarium

  Tallahassee, FL
  Presbyterian cemetery

  1.2 mi
• William Reaves Sr. Cemetery

  Tallahassee, FL
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Meadowwood Memorial Park

  Tallahassee, FL
  Memorial park

  1.3 mi
• Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park

  700 Timberlane Road, Tallahassee, FL
  Memorial park

  1.3 mi
• Plantation Cemetery at Betton Hills

  Tallahassee, FL
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Indian Branch Pallbearers Lodge - No. 25 Cemetery

  Tallahassee, FL
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Saint Peter Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

  Tallahassee, FL
  Baptist cemetery

  2.3 mi

• Bevis Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Tallahassee · (850) 385-2193
  1.2 mi
• Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home & Memorial Park

  Funeral home · Tallahassee · (850) 893-4177
  1.3 mi
• Florida Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association

  Cremation provider · Tallahassee · (800) 226-3332
  1.5 mi
• Fairchild Funeral Home-crmtry

  Funeral home · Tallahassee · (850) 386-8686
  1.8 mi
• Lifesong Funerals & Cremations

  Funeral home · Tallahassee · (850) 765-3190
  2.2 mi
• Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Tallahassee · (850) 877-8191
  2.4 mi

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