Metairie Cemetery in Metairie, Louisiana

Metairie Cemetery is a cemetery near Metairie, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 2.0 mi west of Metairie. Wikidata records 173 notable people buried here, including Anne Rice, Ève Curie and Louis Prima. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 537043. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries in New Orleans, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Orleans Parish, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orleans Parish dates to 1789. 1 of the 48 listings in Orleans Parish have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Metairie. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 25 business leaders, 17 US representatives, 17 writers, 15 Civil War veterans, 10 governors, 9 artists, 8 musicians, 8 physicians.

• Anne Rice1941-2021
  American author
• Ève Curie1904-2007
  Writer, journalist and pianist, younger daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie
• Louis Prima1910-1978
  American musician
• P. G. T. Beauregard1818-1893
  Confederate general
• Jim Garrison1921-1992
  American district attorney
• John Bell Hood1831-1879
  Confederate general
• Marguerite Clark1883-1940
  American actress
• Carlos Marcello1910-1993
  Italian-American criminal
• Dorothy Dell1915-1934
  American actress
• Richard Taylor1826-1879
  Confederate general
• Samuel D. McEnery1837-1910
  American politician
• William C. C. Claiborne1775-1817
  American frontier politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Metairie 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.

• Greenwood Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Lake Lawn Park Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Saint Patrick Cemetery 3

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Cypress Grove Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• St. Patrick Cemetery Number 2

  Metairie, LA
  Christian cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Charity Hospital Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Dispersed of Judah Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• St. Patrick Cemetery Number 1

  Metairie, LA
  Christian cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Old Congregation Chevra Thilm Cemetery

  Metairie, LA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.7 mi

• Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries

  Funeral home · New Orleans · (504) 486-6331
  0.2 mi
• Alfortish Memorials & Mausoleums

  Monument dealer · New Orleans · (504) 482-2464
  0.4 mi
• Greenwood Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Orleans · (504) 486-0880
  0.5 mi
• Cremations St John Crematorium

  Cremation provider · New Orleans · (504) 486-6651
  0.7 mi
• Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Orleans · (504) 482-2111
  1.4 mi
• L A Muhleisen & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Metairie · (504) 833-5554
  2.2 mi

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