About Sharon Memorial Park
Sharon Memorial Park is a memorial park near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It lies about 4.9 mi northwest of Charlotte. The grounds sit at about 745 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Buddy Baker, Billy Werber and Ben Paschal. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 994594. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is National Cremation Service in Charlotte, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Mecklenburg County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Mecklenburg County dates to 1996. 4 of the 110 listings in Mecklenburg County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Charlotte. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sharon Memorial Park
Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 musicians, 1 architect, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 business leader, 1 scientist.
- Buddy Baker1941-2015Racecar driver
- Billy Werber1908-2009American baseball player
- Ben Paschal1895-1974American baseball player
- John Scott Trotter1908-1975American arranger, composer, band leader
- Fred Kirby1910-1996Singer, songwriter
- Pete Crayton1894-1958American football coach and businessman
- William Covington Beck, Jr.1960-2009American businessman
- James Calvin Hemphill Jr.1920-2009American architect
- Joseph Francis Schell1928-2022Ph.D. Indiana University 1957
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sharon 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
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What Sharon 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
- Evergreen Cemetery4426 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Sardis Presbyterian Church CemeteryMatthews, NCPresbyterian cemetery1.9 mi
- Sardis Slave CemeteryMatthews, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Bethel AME Zion Church CemeteryMint Hill, NCMethodist cemetery4.4 mi
- Sunset Memory GardensMint Hill, NCCemetery4.5 mi
- Saint Pauls Church CemeteryMint Hill, NCChurch cemetery4.5 mi
- Murkland Church CemeteryMatthews, NCChurch cemetery4.6 mi
- Sharon Church CemeteryCharlotte, NCChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Morning Glade Church CemeteryMint Hill, NCChurch cemetery4.9 mi
- Old Settlers CemeteryCharlotte, NCChristian cemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Sharon Memorial Park
- National Cremation Service0.0 miCremation provider · Charlotte · (704) 537-8414
- Tribute & Tallent Funerals & Cremations0.2 miFuneral home · Charlotte · (704) 579-6062
- JB Tallent Funeral Service0.2 miFuneral home · Charlotte · (704) 567-1500
- Carolina Funeral Service & Cremation Center0.3 miFuneral home · Charlotte · (704) 568-0023
- Mcewen Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Charlotte · (704) 289-3173
- McEwen Funeral Service at Sharon Memorial Park0.3 miFuneral home · Charlotte · (704) 334-6421
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