About Restlawn Cemetery
Restlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Houston, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 8.8 mi southeast of Houston. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Juke Boy Bonner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366384. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cemetery Beautiful, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wesley A. Boyd Funeral Home in Houston, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Harris County dates to 1871. 7 of the 166 listings in Harris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Houston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Restlawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician.
- Juke Boy Bonner1932-1978American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Restlawn 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
29.87772, -95.42883
What Restlawn 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
- Cemetery BeautifulHouston, TXCemetery0.2 mi
- Paradise North CemeteryJersey Village, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint John German Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryHouston, TXLutheran cemetery3.4 mi
- Houston National CemeteryJersey Village, TXNational cemetery3.8 mi
- Houston National Cemetery10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TXNational cemetery3.9 mi
- Adath Israel CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery4.0 mi
- Santa Teresa Cemetery912 Buschong Street, Houston, TXCemetery4.8 mi
- Morales Cemetery14605 Luthe Road, Houston, TXCemetery4.9 mi
- Adath Emeth Cemetery1540 Sylvester Road, Houston, TX · est. 1919Jewish cemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Restlawn Cemetery
- Memorials By Cortland0.7 miMonument dealer · Houston · (713) 658-5777
- Wesley A. Boyd Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 445-0971
- Loving Memories Mortuary0.8 miMortuary · Houston · (281) 820-7070
- All Faiths Mortuary1.3 miMortuary · Houston · (281) 272-5220
- Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery North2.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 445-1201
- La Paz Memorial Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 526-5558
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