About Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It lies about 1.6 mi west of Winston-Salem. The grounds sit at about 817 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Tab Thacker, Madie Hall Xuma and Clarence Gaines. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 984878. The nearest other listed cemetery is Salem Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roberts Funeral Service in Winston-Salem, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Forsyth County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Winston-Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 basketball player, 1 business leader.
- Tab Thacker1962-2007American sport wrestler and actor
- Madie Hall Xuma1894-1982American politician
- Clarence Gaines1923-2005American basketball player and coach
- Guitar Gabriel1925-1996American blues musician
- Obadiah Carter1925-1994American singer
- Lee Faye Mack1932-2019Winston-Salem Civil Rights Activist (1932-2019) known as the Mother of the Black Panther Party
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen 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
36.10513, -80.21615
What Evergreen 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
- Salem CemeteryWinston-Salem, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryWinston-Salem, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Woodland CemeteryWinston-Salem, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Bellevue CemeteryWinston-Salem, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Silver Hill CemeteryWinston-Salem, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Oaklawn Memorial GardensWinston-Salem, NCMemorial park3.3 mi
- Mecum CemeteryWalkertown, NCCemetery4.1 mi
- Parklawn Memorial ParkWinston-Salem, NCMemorial park4.3 mi
- Garden of Memories CemeteryWalkertown, NCCemetery5.1 mi
- Advente Moravian God's Acre CemeteryWinston-Salem, NCCemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Cemetery
- Roberts Funeral Service0.7 miFuneral home · Winston-Salem · (336) 778-3955
- Hooper Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Winston-Salem · (336) 724-1561
- Russell Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Winston-Salem · (336) 722-3459
- Gilmore's Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Winston-Salem · (336) 723-5508
- Clark S Brown & Sons Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Winston-Salem · (336) 722-8117
- Salem Funeral & Cremation Service1.7 miCremation provider · Winston-Salem · (336) 722-6122
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