About Greenlawn Cemetery
Greenlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. The grounds sit at about 725 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including Fuzzy Vandivier, Roger D. Branigin and Anthony J. Bryant. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 435440. The nearest other listed cemetery is Youngs Creek Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Swartz Family Community Mortuary in Franklin, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Johnson County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Franklin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenlawn Cemetery
Among them: 4 writers, 2 basketball players, 2 scientists, 1 governor, 1 US representative.
- Fuzzy Vandivier1903-1983American basketball player-coach
- Roger D. Branigin1902-1975Governor of Indiana
- Anthony J. Bryant1961-2013American writer
- Melissa Elizabeth Banta1834-1907American poet, travel writer
- William W. Wick1796-1868American politician
- Lemuel Ertus Slack1874-1952American politician
- Wayne Coy1903-1957American FCC Chairperson
- Alice R. Palmer1856-1926American missionary
- Burl Friddle1900-1978American coach and college athletics administrator
- Elmon McLean Fisher1861-1938American botanist
- Harry Baxter Benninghoff1874-19498 Apr 1874 - 24 Apr 1949
- LeRoy Heminger1914-1977American football coach and college athletics administrator
Show all 17 notable burials
- Stewart Faught1924-2005American football player and coach
- D. D. Banta1833-1896Law School Professor And Indiana University Trustee
- John P. Wolf1854-1936Amerian politician and pioneer
- Samuel Petitt Oyler1819-1898American army officer and politician
- Sylvester Scott Gorby1848-1930Geologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn 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
- Youngs Creek CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery3.1 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery3.2 mi
- First Mount Pleasant CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery3.4 mi
- Mullikin CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery3.6 mi
- Hurricane CemeteryWhiteland, INCemetery3.8 mi
- Tucker CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery4.1 mi
- Smiley CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery5.1 mi
- McGill CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery5.2 mi
- Needham CemeteryFranklin, INCemetery5.2 mi
- Gilmore CemeteryBargersville, INCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Greenlawn Cemetery
- Swartz Family Community Mortuary0.2 miMortuary · Franklin · (317) 738-0202
- Schwartz Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Franklin
- Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory0.9 miCremation provider · Franklin · (317) 736-5292
- Cremation Society Of Indiana0.9 miCremation provider · Franklin · (317) 783-3357
- Flinn & Maguire Funeral Home, Inc.2.7 miFuneral home · Franklin · (317) 736-5528
- Jessen Funeral Home & Simple Cremation6.1 miFuneral home · Whiteland · (317) 535-6880
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