Merion Memorial Park in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Merion Memorial Park is a memorial park near Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Bala Cynwyd. The grounds sit at about 233 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Jimmy Smith, Skip James and James A. Bland. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799929. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sisters of Mercy Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is West Laurel Hill Funeral Home in Bala Cynwyd, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 254 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 219 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 254 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bala Cynwyd. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 musicians, 2 business leaders, 2 writers, 1 boxer, 1 journalist.

• Jimmy Smith1925-2005
  American jazz organist
• Skip James1902-1969
  American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
• James A. Bland1854-1911
  American musician
• Benjamin Tucker Tanner1835-1923
  African Methodist Episcopal minister
• Jacob C. White Jr.1837-1902
  American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist
• Abel Payne Caldwell1865-1917
  American newspaper editor, journalist
• Jabez Pitt Campbell1815-1891
  Eighth bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Joe Harris1945-1990
  American boxer
• Levi Jenkins Coppin1848-1923
  Bishop. A.M.E. Church
• Robert M. Adger1837-1910
  Bibliophile, businessman, and civil rights organizer
• James Crawford Embry1834-1897
  Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Mary Louisa Mossell1866-1934
  American woman

People whose Wikidata entry gives Merion 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.

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.

• Sisters of Mercy Cemetery

  Narberth, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Westminister Cemetery

  701 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Merion Friends Burial Ground

  Narberth, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  0.8 mi
• First Presbyterian Church of Manayunk Churchyard

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Presbyterian cemetery

  1.0 mi
• West Laurel Hill Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Bicking Family Burial Ground

  Narberth, PA
  Family cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Saint John the Baptist Church Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Saint Asaph's Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Christian cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Bethany German Lutheran Cemetery

  378 Martin Street, Philadelphia, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.6 mi

• West Laurel Hill Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bala Cynwyd
  0.9 mi
• Bringhurst Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bala Cynwyd · (610) 668-9900
  1.1 mi
• Karcsh Funeral Home, Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 482-0674
  1.3 mi
• Fitzpatrick Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 483-1702
  1.6 mi
• Koller Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 482-5200
  1.9 mi
• McIlvaine Mundy Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.

  Cremation provider · Philadelphia · (215) 482-8878
  2.1 mi

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