About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. It lies about 3.9 mi north of Memphis. The grounds sit at about 259 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including Bill Black, Luke Edward Wright and Malcolm R. Patterson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1284590. The nearest other listed cemetery is Temple Israel Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Forest Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park - Midtown in Memphis, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 117 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 34 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, Memphis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 3 football players, 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 World War I veteran.
- Bill Black1926-1965American bassist
- Luke Edward Wright1846-1922United States politician and diplomat
- Malcolm R. Patterson1861-1935American politician
- Walter Chandler1887-1967American politician
- Clifford Davis1897-1970American politician
- William Robert Moore1830-1909American politician, Tennessee
- Camille Kelley1879-1955American juvenile court judge
- Slim Love1890-1942American baseball player
- Delmas Gooch1905-1968American American football player and gridiron football player
- James Theodore Harahan1841-1912American railroad executive
- Myrtle McGrain1883-1980American stage actress and model
- Quinn Golden1954-2003American singer
Show all 17 notable burials
- Sam Costen1882-1955Head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs
- Blan R. Maxwell1899-1943American politician
- Rollin Wilson1899-1953
- Will Dockery1865-1936American planter
- R. E. McGee1906-1981American educator and rose cultivator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill 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
- Temple Israel CemeteryMemphis, TNJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Calvary CemeteryMemphis, TNChristian cemetery0.4 mi
- Hollywood CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Son of Zion CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Baron Hirsch CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Anshei Sphard CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Bettis Family CemeteryMemphis, TNFamily cemetery3.0 mi
- Winchester CemeteryMemphis, TNCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Forest Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park - Midtown0.3 miFuneral home · Memphis · (901) 623-8153
- Honest Monument Company0.6 miMonument dealer · Memphis · (901) 774-7400
- Mays Funeral Homes0.6 miFuneral home · Memphis · (901) 942-2120
- Vh Bins & Son Mid-South Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Memphis · (901) 946-2061
- HC Jett and HC Ford and Son Funeral1.4 miFuneral home · Memphis · (901) 278-0642
- After Life Mortuary Services, Llc.1.4 miMortuary · Memphis · (901) 600-3999
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