Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South in Glenwood, Illinois

Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South is a cemetery in Glenwood, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 620 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Elijah Muhammad, Marshall Taylor and Edith Wilson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413964. The nearest other listed cemetery is Homewood Memorial Gardens, about 1.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Just Cremations Inc. in Glenwood, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cook County dates to 1834. 23 of the 187 listings in Cook County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 3 musicians, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 writer.

• Elijah Muhammad1897-1975
  American religious leader
• Marshall Taylor1878-1932
  American racing cyclist
• Edith Wilson1896-1981
  American blues singer and vaudeville performer
• Lovie Austin1887-1972
  American pianist
• Clara Muhammad1899-1972
  Nation of Islam adherent, wife of Elijah Muhammad
• Duke Slater1898-1966
  American football player
• Walter Barnes1905-1940
  American musician
• Sherman Barton1875-1947
  American baseball player

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South 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.

• Homewood Memorial Gardens

  600 Ridge Road, Homewood, IL
  Memorial park

  1.1 mi
• Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery

  701 Ridge Road, Thornton, IL
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Mount Forest Cemetery

  Thornton, IL
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Assumption Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum

  19500 Cottage Grove Avenue, Glenwood, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Oak Ridge Cemetery

  Lansing, IL
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Oak Glen Lutheran Cemetery

  Lansing, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  Flossmoor, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  3.4 mi
• First Reformed Church of Lansing Cemetery

  Lansing, IL
  Christian cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery

  Chicago Heights, IL
  Presbyterian cemetery

  4.3 mi
• Oakland Memory Lanes Cemetery

  15200 Lincoln Avenue, Dolton, IL
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi

• Just Cremations Inc.

  Cremation provider · Glenwood · (888) 688-5878
  1.0 mi
• Planet Green Cremations

  Funeral home · Glenwood · (888) 777-5657
  1.0 mi
• Mcfarland Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Homewood · (708) 996-7893
  1.1 mi
• Illinois Cemetery And Funeral Home Assocation

  Funeral home · Homewood · (708) 960-4840
  1.1 mi
• Cremation Society Of Illinois

  Cremation provider · Homewood · (708) 206-2000
  1.2 mi
• Nabors Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Thornton · (708) 825-1038
  2.1 mi

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