About Garden Memorial Park
Garden Memorial Park is a memorial park near Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi. It lies about 4.4 mi southwest of Clinton. The grounds sit at about 279 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Margaret Walker, Aaron Harper and Arnold Moore. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 670317. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wilson Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Smith Mortuary in Clinton, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Hinds County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 63 listings in Hinds County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Clinton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Garden Memorial Park
Among them: 5 musicians, 2 baseball players, 2 basketball players, 1 football player, 1 writer.
- Margaret Walker1915-1998American poet and writer
- Aaron Harper1981-2023American basketball player
- Arnold Moore1913-2004American singer
- Marshall Bridges1931-1990American baseball player
- Franklin Delano Williams1947-1993American gospel singer
- Herman Fowlkes Jr.1919-1993American musician
- W. C. Gorden1930-2020American football player and coach
- Willie Banks1929-1993American gospel singer and songwriter
- Aurelia N. Young1915-2010American musician, educator
- Clarie Collins Harvey1916-1995American businesswoman, religious leader and activist
- Jack Harvey Young1908-1976American lawyer
- Jacob L. Reddix1897-1973American educator, university president
Show all 14 notable burials
- Paul Covington1934-2020American basketball coach
- B. Baldwin Dansby1879-1975American academic administrator and college president
People whose Wikidata entry gives Garden Memorial Park 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
32.38931, -90.27148
What Garden Memorial Park 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
- Wilson CemeteryClinton, MSCemetery0.8 mi
- Autumn Woods Memorial Gardens4000 West Northside Drive, Jackson, MSMemorial park2.3 mi
- Lake CemeteryJackson, MSCemetery2.9 mi
- Hope Spring CemeteryJackson, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Lakewood Memorial ParkClinton, MSMemorial park3.8 mi
- Green CemeteryMadison, MSCemetery3.8 mi
- Rocky Hill Methodist CemeteryRidgeland, MSMethodist cemetery4.3 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryClinton, MSCemetery4.6 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryClinton, MSCemetery4.7 mi
- Clinton CemeteryClinton, MSCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Garden Memorial Park
- Smith Mortuary3.8 miMortuary · Clinton · (601) 924-6300
- Lakewood Funeral Home and Memorial Park3.9 miFuneral home · Jackson · (601) 922-2123
- Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Clinton · (601) 924-9308
- Lakeover Memorial Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Jackson · (601) 362-0162
- Smith Mortuary4.7 miMortuary · Clinton · (601) 924-6300
- Collins Northside Chapel5.6 miFuneral home · Jackson
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