About Sunset Hill Cemetery
Sunset Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. It lies about 1.3 mi southeast of Warrensburg. The grounds sit at about 784 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Francis Cockrell, Wallace Crossley and Hermann Spiess. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 727326. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nancy Anderson Children's Memorial Garden, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 69 cemeteries we list in Johnson County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Warrensburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sunset Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Francis Cockrell1834-1915Confederate Army general
- Wallace Crossley1874-1943American politician
- Hermann Spiess1818-1873Commissioner-general Adelsverein, co-founder Bettina, Texas
- Charlie Miller1892-1972American professional baseball shortstop
- Chuck Workman1915-1953American baseball player
- Ewing Cockrell1874-1962American judge
- John A. Falconer1844-1900Medal of Honor recipient
- Martin Warren1763-18521763 - Aug 1852
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sunset Hill 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
38.77084, -93.75771
What Sunset Hill 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
- Nancy Anderson Children's Memorial GardenWarrensburg, MOMemorial park0.4 mi
- Roop CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Maxwell CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Warrensburg Memorial GardensWarrensburg, MOMemorial park3.3 mi
- Memorial GardensWarrensburg, MOMemorial park3.3 mi
- Granger CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery3.5 mi
- Fickas CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery4.4 mi
- Sutton CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery4.8 mi
- Centerview CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery4.8 mi
- Houx CemeteryWarrensburg, MOCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Sunset Hill Cemetery
- Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Warrensburg · (660) 747-9114
- Williams Funeral Chapel2.3 miFuneral chapel · Warrensburg · (660) 747-6800
- Williams Funeral Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Holden · (816) 732-4188
- Campbell-Cast Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Holden · (816) 732-5531
- Moore Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · La Monte · (660) 347-5490
- Campbell - Lewis Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Concordia · (660) 463-2266
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