About Memphis Memorial Park Cemetery
Memphis Memorial Park Cemetery is a memorial park near Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee. It lies about 4.0 mi southeast of Germantown. Wikidata records 40 notable people buried here, including Isaac Hayes, Sam Phillips and Bobby Bland. The nearest other listed cemetery is Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memphis Funeral Home in Memphis, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 117 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 117 listings in Shelby County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Germantown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memphis Memorial Park Cemetery
Among them: 14 musicians, 6 football players, 4 actors, 3 baseball players, 3 scientists, 2 business leaders, 1 basketball player, 1 physician.
- Isaac Hayes1942-2008American musician and actor
- Sam Phillips1923-2003American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
- Bobby Bland1930-2013American soul & blues musician
- Donald "Duck" Dunn1941-2012American bass guitarist, record producer and songwriter
- Bob Welch1945-2012American musician
- Charlie Rich1932-1995American country singer
- Shawn Lane1963-2003American musician
- Marshall Grant1928-2011American musician
- Jimmy Griffin1943-2005American musician
- Andrew Love1941-2012American musician
- Don Briscoe1940-2004Actor
- Bill Justis1926-1982American saxophonist and composer
Show all 40 notable burials
- Clarence Saunders1881-1953American grocer
- Clyde McCoy1903-1990American jazz trumpeter and recording artist
- Gail Robinson1946-2008Singer
- Gwen Robinson Awsumb1915-2003American politician and social activist
- Charlie Lea1956-2011American baseball player
- Hugh Allan1903-1997American actor
- Wendell Butcher1914-1988American football player
- Bill Beall1922-2013American football coach
- Billy Hardwick1941-2013American ten-pin bowler
- Frank Waddey1905-1990American baseball player
- George Klein1935-2019American DJ
- Tommy Prothro1920-1995American football player and coach
- Billy Hildebrand1924-1992American football player and coach
- Bob Butler1891-1959American football player
- Doc Prothro1893-1971American baseball player
- Gilbert E. Patterson1939-2007American bishop
- Joe Signaigo1923-2007American football player
- O'landa Draper1963-1998Musician
- Ronnie Caldwell1948-1967American musician
- Steamboat Johnson1880-1951American baseball umpire
- Zach Curlin1890-1970American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
- Conley Hall Sanford1893-1953American physician and educator
- Edward T. Browne1926-2001American botanist
- Elizabeth M. Browne1927-2008American botanist and horticulturalist
- Henry Easterwood1934-2002American fiber artist
- Jeane R. Young1930-2010Director of the PBS Television for Learning Project
- Marion Leigh MacQueen1896-1980Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1933
- Matty Brescia1910-1986Public relations director for the Memphis Red Sox
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memphis Memorial Park 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
35.11032, -89.87394
What Memphis Memorial Park 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
- Memorial Park Funeral Home and CemeteryGermantown, TNMemorial park0.1 mi
- Eckles Madison Family CemeteryMemphis, TNFamily cemetery3.6 mi
- Germantown CemeteryGermantown, TNCemetery3.8 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryGermantown, TNCemetery4.3 mi
- Oakville CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery4.7 mi
- St. John's Episcopal Church CemeteryMemphis, TNEpiscopal cemetery4.9 mi
- Memphis Memory GardensBartlett, TNCemetery5.1 mi
- Memphis National Cemetery3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, TNNational cemetery5.6 mi
- New Hope CemeteryCordova, TNCemetery6.0 mi
- Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park EastBartlett, TNMemorial park6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Memphis Memorial Park Cemetery
- Memphis Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Memphis · (901) 725-0100
- Smart Cremation Memphis0.5 miCremation provider · Memphis · (901) 730-7712
- Forest Hill funeral home1.7 miFuneral home · Memphis
- Memphis Crematory2.9 miCremation provider · Memphis · (901) 685-5224
- Family Funeral Care2.9 miFuneral home · Memphis · (901) 761-8000
- Bluff City Mortuary Services3.4 miMortuary · Memphis · (901) 729-6660
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Related guides
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- Headstone vs Grave MarkerUpright headstones, flat and bevel markers, ledgers and monuments, and why memorial parks only allow flush markers.
- How to Clean a Headstone SafelyWater, soft brushes and patience: what is safe on granite, marble and old slate, which household products ruin stone, and when to call a conservator.
- Cemetery Terms GlossaryPlain-English definitions of the words on plot deeds, price lists and headstones: interment rights, vaults and liners, columbaria, perpetual care and more.