About Willow Dale Cemetery
Willow Dale Cemetery is a cemetery near Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Goldsboro. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Kenneth Claiborne Royall, Annie Dove Denmark and Curtis Hooks Brogden. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1003753. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Waynesborough Burial Ground, about 1.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Batchelor Brothers Funeral Establishment in Goldsboro, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 46 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Goldsboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Willow Dale Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 World War II veteran.
- Kenneth Claiborne Royall1894-1971United States general
- Annie Dove Denmark1887-1974American educator
- Curtis Hooks Brogden1816-1901American politician
- George E. Hood1875-1960American politician
- Clyde King1924-2010American baseball manager, executive
- Albert Lyman Cox1883-1965American football player and politician
- Mule Shirley1901-1955American baseball player
- William G. Lewis1835-1901Confederate Army general
- William Theophilus Dortch1824-1889American politician
- Edwin B. Borden1867-1934Banker of North Carolina
- Frank Arthur Daniels1858-1939American judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives Willow Dale 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 Willow Dale 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
- Old Waynesborough Burial GroundGoldsboro, NCChurch cemetery1.4 mi
- Greenleaf CemeteryGoldsboro, NCCemetery2.6 mi
- Wayne Memorial ParkMar-Mac, NCMemorial park4.2 mi
- Eastern Carolina State Veterans CemeteryElroy, NCVeterans cemetery5.2 mi
- Walker CemeteryElroy, NCCemetery5.2 mi
- Daniels Memorial Church CemeteryElroy, NCChurch cemetery5.2 mi
- Resthaven Memorial ParkMar-Mac, NCMemorial park5.3 mi
- Old Mill CemeteryElroy, NCCemetery5.3 mi
- Woods Grove Church CemeteryGoldsboro, NCChurch cemetery5.5 mi
- Rhodes CemeteryMar-Mac, NCCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Willow Dale Cemetery
- Batchelor Brothers Funeral Establishment0.3 miFuneral home · Goldsboro · (919) 988-9077
- Rhodes Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Goldsboro · (919) 735-1268
- Marrow Funeral Home & Cremation Service0.4 miFuneral home · Goldsboro · (919) 288-2883
- Hamilton Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · Goldsboro · (919) 734-0621
- McIntyre Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Goldsboro · (919) 731-7174
- Haskins Memorial Services0.8 miFuneral home · Goldsboro · (919) 736-5000
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