About Paradise North Cemetery
Paradise North Cemetery is a cemetery near Jersey Village, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 6.2 mi west of Jersey Village. The grounds sit at about 85 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including George Foreman, Joe Sample and Dwight Jones. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1364799. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cemetery Beautiful, about 1.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery North in Houston, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 40 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, Jersey Village. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Paradise North Cemetery
Among them: 2 boxers, 2 business leaders, 2 musicians, 1 basketball player, 1 physician.
- George Foreman1949-2025American professional boxer
- Joe Sample1939-2014American jazz musician and composer
- Dwight Jones1952-2016American basketball player
- Cleveland Williams1933-1999American boxer
- Henrietta Bell Wells1912-2008American social worker
- Don Robey1903-1975American record producer and songwriter
- Thelma Patten Law1900-1968American physician
- James H. Law1899-1966American sports coach, athletics administrator, educator
- Verna Lee Booker Hightower1930-1970African American rodeo competitor and civil rights activist
- Julia Catherine Thomas Hester1869-1940American teacher and community activist (circa 1881-1940)
- Samuel Boney1896-1979Allen Bonet's father
People whose Wikidata entry gives Paradise North 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
29.88908, -95.45936
What Paradise North 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, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- Restlawn CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Houston National Cemetery10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TXNational cemetery2.9 mi
- Houston National CemeteryJersey Village, TXNational cemetery3.0 mi
- Saint John German Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryHouston, TXLutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery4.4 mi
- Fairbanks CemeteryJersey Village, TXCemetery5.0 mi
- Earthman Resthaven Cemetery13102 North Freeway, Houston, TXCemetery5.6 mi
- Santa Teresa Cemetery912 Buschong Street, Houston, TXCemetery5.8 mi
- Adath Israel CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Paradise North Cemetery
- Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery North0.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 445-1201
- Del Pueblo Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 447-1382
- Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery0.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 682-3663
- Loving Memories Mortuary2.3 miMortuary · Houston · (281) 820-7070
- Memorials By Cortland2.3 miMonument dealer · Houston · (713) 658-5777
- Wesley A. Boyd Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 445-0971
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