About Westview Cemetery
Westview Cemetery is a cemetery in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 1,007 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 98 notable people buried here, including Herman Cain, Joel Chandler Harris and Asa Griggs Candler. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 325106. The nearest other listed cemetery is Touchstone Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wise Funeral Home in Atlanta, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 231 cemeteries we list in Fulton County, and 177 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 231 listings in Fulton County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Westview Cemetery
Among them: 14 writers, 10 journalists, 8 football players, 7 business leaders, 4 musicians, 3 actors, 3 baseball players, 3 basketball players.
- Herman Cain1945-2020American businessman
- Joel Chandler Harris1848-1908American journalist, children's writer
- Asa Griggs Candler1851-1929American mayor and businessman
- Duane Jones1936-1988American actor
- Vernon Forrest1971-2009American boxer
- Vivian Malone Jones1942-2005American activist
- Bryan Grant1910-1986American tennis player
- Louise Suggs1923-2015American golfer
- John S. Cohen1870-1935American politician
- Joseph Lowery1921-2020American minister
- Dolla1987-2009American rapper
- Hugh M. Dorsey1871-1948American judge
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- Gladys Hanson1883-1973American actress
- Robert W. Woodruff1889-1985President of Coca-Cola
- William B. Hartsfield1890-1971American politician
- C. T. Vivian1924-2020American writer and activist
- Hiram Wesley Evans1881-1966Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
- Y. Frank Freeman1890-1969American film studio executive
- Benjamin Mays1894-1984American educator, activist, minister
- Frank Mason Robinson1845-1923American businessman
- Civilla D. Martin1866-1948Canadian-American songwriter, hymn writer
- Henry W. Grady1850-1889American journalist
- Jim Bagby, Sr.1889-1954American baseball player
- William Henry Emerson1860-1924American chemist
- B. Frank Whelchel1895-1954American politician
- Belle Kendrick Abbott1842-1893Novelist
- Bill Paschal1921-2003American football player
- Clark Howell1863-1936American politician
- Evan Howell1839-1905Confederate Army officer
- Evelyn G. Lowery1925-2013American activist
- Helen Dortch Longstreet1863-1962American newspaper publisher, editor; librarian
- James L. Key1867-1939American politician
- John S. Bigby1832-1898American politician
- Ralph McGill1898-1969American journalist
- Rodney Mims Cook, Sr.1924-2013American politician
- William Alexander1889-1950American football coach, born 1889
- Donald L. Hollowell1917-2004American lawyer
- Horace Ward1927-2016American jurist, lawyer, politician and civil rights activist (b.1927)
- L. W. Robert Jr.1887-1976Architect, businessperson and Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department
- Mary Osburn Adkinson1843-1918American temperance reformer
- Nick Rogers1979-2010Player of American football
- Walker Reynolds Tichenor1877-1935American football player
- Walter Millis1899-1968American historian
- William Lindsay Scruggs1836-1912American diplomat
- Bill Dodderer1901-1990American basketball player
- Bill Lucas1936-1979American baseball executive
- Bob Smith1895-1987American baseball player, born 1895
- Chris Kelly1978-2013American rapper, part of Kris Kross
- Cleland Kinloch Nelson1852-1917American bishop
- Edward C. Peters1855-1937American businessman
- Ernest Woodruff1863-1944American businessman
- Henrietta Stanley Dull1863-1964American writer
- Jim Mitchell1947-2007American football player
- John R. Gunn1877-1956American religious figure
- John Temple Graves1856-1925American newspaper editor
- Lecresia Campbell1962-2016American singer
- Ralph Thompson1900-1981American football player
- Sue Harper Mims1842-1913American social leader and Christian Scientist
- Walter D. Powell1891-1967American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach
- Doug McIntosh1945-2021American basketball player
- Earl Blackwell1909-1995American businessman
- Ella May Thornton1885-1971Georgia State LIbrarian
- Eva Mae LeFevre1917-2009American southern gospel musician
- James Bozeman Baird1849-1924American physician
- James McFadden Gaston1824-1903Confederate Army surgeon and physician
- Jogger Elcock1888-1964American football player and coach
- Leonidas Epps1918-1997American sports coach and athletics administrator
- Lyman Hall1859-1905American academic administrator
- Madge A. Bigham1874-1957Children's book author and teacher
- Sadie Gray Mays1900-1969African-American social worker and civil rights activist
- Susan Topliff Davis1862-1931American executive in civic, religious, philanthropic work
- Tillou Forbes1890-1963Basketball player from Atlanta
- William H. Peck1830-1892American writer
- William Harman Black1868-1955American jurist and writer
- William Raoul1843-1913Railroad tycoon
- Alonzo A. DeLoach1857-1921
- Amey Chappell1900-1986American physician
- Arthur Bunyan Caldwell1873-1944American publisher
- Be Haas1905-1997American civic and political activist
- Bessie Wilson Goodman1878-1950American suffragist
- Clara V. Dargan1841-1923American poet and author
- David J. Andrada1865-1941
- Dixie Stevens1907-1993
- Esther LaRose Harris1854-193811 Oct 1854 - 29 Oct 1938
- Evelyn Walker1909-1972
- Fannie Hereford Strahandied 1892
- Helen Ira Jarrell1896-19731896-1973 , teacher and school administrator
- Henry Clay Fairman1849-1899US lawyer, editor and author
- James Edgar Paullin1881-1951American physician
- Jesse Mai Aydelott1881-1911Former citizen of Tullahoma
- Lev Mills1938-2021African American artist
- Nell Hodgson Woodruff1892-1968American nursing instructor and volunteer
- Nora Elizabeth Dalbey1888-1932Botanist
- Philip Stearns Gage1885-1982American military officer
- Robert Smith Pringle1883-1937American architect
- Samuel D. Jones1856-1930American businessman
- Sarah H. Wilson1845-1928
- Wendell Whalum1931-1987American music teacher, organist, conductor, musicologist, arranger, composer, author and lecturer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Westview 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
33.74666, -84.45057
What Westview 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
- Touchstone CemeteryAtlanta, GACemetery0.3 mi
- Latham Family CemeteryAtlanta, GAFamily cemetery0.7 mi
- Sharon Baptist Church CemeteryAtlanta, GABaptist cemetery1.1 mi
- Coursey Family Burial GroundAtlanta, GAFamily cemetery1.5 mi
- Lincoln CemeteryAtlanta, GAChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryEast Point, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Philadelphia Baptist Church CemeteryEast Point, GABaptist cemetery1.7 mi
- Howard Thurman National MemorialAtlanta, GACemetery2.0 mi
- Dr Hugh Morris Gloster GravesiteAtlanta, GACemetery2.1 mi
- Elliott CemeteryAtlanta, GACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Westview Cemetery
- Wise Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 758-4634
- Hines Home of Funerals1.8 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 792-2400
- Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 758-1731
- MD Walker Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 755-0079
- Alfonso Dawson Mortuary2.0 miMortuary · Atlanta · (404) 691-3810
- Andrews/Chennault Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 522-7735
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Westview Cemetery located?
Westview Cemetery is at 1680 Westview Drive Southwest, Atlanta, GA 30310 in Fulton County. GPS coordinates: 33.74666, -84.45057.
What are the visiting hours of Westview Cemetery?
The recorded hours are: Mo-Su 08:00-17:30. Hours can change on holidays, so confirm with the cemetery at (404) 755-6611.
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.