About Oleander Memorial Gardens
Oleander Memorial Gardens is a memorial park near Seagate, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.8 mi west of Seagate. The grounds sit at about 20 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Willie Stargell, Bill Dooley and Howard M. Norton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 991628. The nearest other listed cemetery is Masonboro Baptist Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Riverview Crematory in Wilmington, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in New Hanover County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 12 listings in New Hanover County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Seagate. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oleander Memorial Gardens
Among them: 2 artists, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 journalist.
- Willie Stargell1940-2001American baseball player and coach
- Bill Dooley1934-2016American football player and coach
- Howard M. Norton1911-1994American journalist
- Lillian Vaught Sneeden1930-2025American artist
- Virginia Hudson Holloway1928-1989American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oleander Memorial Gardens 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 Oleander Memorial Gardens 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
- Masonboro Baptist CemeteryMasonboro, NCBaptist cemetery2.5 mi
- Prospect CemeteryOgden, NCCemetery4.0 mi
- Enoch Chapel Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryOgden, NCBaptist cemetery4.2 mi
- Greenlawn Memorial Park CemeteryWilmington, NCMemorial park5.4 mi
- Wilmington National Cemetery2011 Market Street, Wilmington, NCNational cemetery5.7 mi
- Oakdale CemeteryWilmington, NCCemetery6.3 mi
- Calvary Memorial CemeteryWilmington, NCCemetery6.6 mi
- Saint James Episcopal CemeteryWilmington, NCEpiscopal cemetery6.8 mi
- Freeman CemeteryMyrtle Grove, NCCemetery8.3 mi
- Poplar Grove Plantation CemeteryBayshore, NCCemetery8.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oleander Memorial Gardens
- Riverview Crematory1.5 miCremation provider · Wilmington · (910) 473-2273
- Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (910) 794-7171
- Wilmington Funeral & Cremation3.7 miCremation provider · Wilmington · (910) 791-9099
- Coble Ward-Smith Funeral & Cremation Service3.9 miCremation provider · Wilmington · (910) 791-4444
- Coastal Cremations4.0 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (910) 392-6032
- Atlantic Cremation Service4.4 miCremation provider · Wilmington · (910) 799-5460
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