About Elmwood Memorial Park
Elmwood Memorial Park is a memorial park near Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. It lies about 4.6 mi northeast of Abilene. The grounds sit at about 1,775 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including James Drury, Eck Curtis and A. B. Morris. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335413. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elliott - Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elmwood Funeral Home & Memorial Park in Abilene, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Taylor County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abilene. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Memorial Park
Among them: 3 football players, 1 actor, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader.
- James Drury1934-2020American actor; oil and natural gas business
- Eck Curtis1902-1978American football player and coach
- A. B. Morris1900-1983American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball player, college athletics administrator
- Buddy Fornes1931-1983American football coach
- James Arrell1888-1955American rugby union player (b. 1888)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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.
Map
32.41424, -99.80022
What Elmwood Memorial Park 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
- Elliott - Hamil Garden of Memories CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery0.3 mi
- Little Elm CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- Caps CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery3.9 mi
- Tye CemeteryTye, TXCemetery4.5 mi
- Abilene State Hospital CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.2 mi
- Abilene State School CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.3 mi
- Abilene Municipal CemeteryAbilene, TXMunicipal cemetery5.5 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.5 mi
- Drummond CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.7 mi
- Hardin-Simmons CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Memorial Park
- Elmwood Funeral Home & Memorial Park0.1 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 692-0655
- Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, Garden of Memories Cemetery & Crematory0.2 miCremation provider · Abilene · (325) 698-2200
- West Central Texas Cremation2.1 miCremation provider · Abilene · (325) 260-6099
- Hamil Family Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 692-2232
- Dove Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 672-3228
- Abilene Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Abilene
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