About Hillcrest Cemetery
Hillcrest Cemetery is a cemetery near Temple, Bell County, Texas. It lies about 1.1 mi southwest of Temple. The grounds sit at about 725 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including George C. Pendleton, R. N. Watts and Benjamin Josephus Roop. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1359260. The nearest other listed cemetery is Quinteros Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Bell County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 94 listings in Bell County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Temple. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hillcrest Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 US representative.
- George C. Pendleton1845-1913American politician
- R. N. Watts1873-1945American football and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
- Benjamin Josephus Roop1849-1935American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hillcrest 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
31.11296, -97.33389
What Hillcrest 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
- Quinteros CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery0.3 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery0.4 mi
- New Hope CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery0.4 mi
- 7 Star CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery0.4 mi
- Lancaster CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Little Flock CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery3.8 mi
- Jones Family CemeteryTemple, TXFamily cemetery3.9 mi
- Mount Zion Cemetery8101 Old Highway 81, Temple, TXCemetery4.2 mi
- Cedar Creek CemeteryTemple, TXCemetery5.3 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryTroy, TXCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Hillcrest Cemetery
- Hewett-Arney Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Temple · (254) 778-3200
- Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Temple1.1 miFuneral home · Temple · (254) 773-4564
- Central Texas Mortuary Services1.2 miMortuary · Temple · (254) 771-1024
- Hornsby-murcherson Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Temple · (254) 773-3320
- Branford Dawson Funeral Home Inc.1.8 miFuneral home · Temple · (254) 773-2053
- Scanio-Harper Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Temple · (254) 899-8888
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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