About Mount Carmel Cemetery
Mount Carmel Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairview Heights, St. Clair County, Illinois. It lies about 3.4 mi east of Fairview Heights. The grounds sit at about 554 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Luther Ingram, Melvin Price and Frank Wortman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 426436. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Hope Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Serenity Memorial Chapel in Belleville, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 157 cemeteries we list in St. Clair County, and 68 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairview Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Luther Ingram1937-2007American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
- Melvin Price1905-1988American politician
- Frank Wortman1904-1968American organized crime figure in St. Louis, Missouri
- Kenneth Hall1915-1995American politician (1915-95)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Carmel 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
38.58368, -90.05289
What Mount Carmel 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
- Mount Hope CemeteryFairview Heights, ILCemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Clair Memorial Park CemeteryFairview Heights, ILMemorial park0.7 mi
- Saint Adalbert CemeteryFairview Heights, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryFairview Heights, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryFairview Heights, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Kampmeyer CemeteryCaseyville, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Booker T Washington CemeteryCentreville, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Sunset Gardens of MemoryCentreville, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Saint George CemeteryCentreville, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Badgley CemeterySwansea, ILCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Carmel Cemetery
- Serenity Memorial Chapel1.0 miFuneral chapel · Belleville · (618) 398-2853
- L. King Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Belleville · (618) 397-5636
- Kassly Mortuary1.8 miMortuary · Fairview Heights · (618) 398-1122
- Kurrus Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Belleville · (618) 235-2100
- Teat Chapel Funeral Home and Cremation Service2.9 miFuneral home · Fairview Heights · (618) 293-6540
- National Cremation Service3.8 miCremation provider · Belleville · (618) 233-3111
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