About Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens is a memorial park near Chesapeake, Norfolk City, Virginia. It lies about 5.4 mi southwest of Chesapeake. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Carlos Hathcock, Carl Brashear and Garland Braxton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1479926. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rosewood Memorial Park, about 2.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is At Peace Cremations in Virginia Beach, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 13 cemeteries we list in Norfolk City, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 13 listings in Norfolk City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chesapeake. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 Vietnam War veterans, 2 World War II veterans, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 Korean War veteran.
- Carlos Hathcock1942-1999United States Marine Corps Sniper
- Carl Brashear1931-2006U.S. Navy diver
- Garland Braxton1900-1966American baseball player
- Lady Tsen Mei1888-1985American actress
- Roy L. Johnson1906-1999United States Navy admiral
- Clyde McCullough1917-1982American baseball player and coach
- Ronald Charles Blackmore1909-1966New Zealand photographer and visual aids officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn Memorial Gardens 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
36.84972, -76.18500
What Woodlawn Memorial Gardens 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
- Rosewood Memorial ParkChesapeake, VAMemorial park2.1 mi
- Jones Memorial ParkChesapeake, VAMemorial park2.8 mi
- B’nai Israel CemeteryNorfolk, VAJewish cemetery3.9 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery4.2 mi
- Riverside Memorial ParkChesapeake, VAMemorial park4.7 mi
- Bethel CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery4.8 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryNorfolk, VAJewish cemetery4.8 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery5.1 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery5.3 mi
- Lynnhaven United Methodist CemeteryVirginia Beach, VAMethodist cemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
- At Peace Cremations0.3 miFuneral home · Virginia Beach · (757) 937-8746
- Woodlawn Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Gardens0.4 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 455-2838
- Altmeyer Funeral Homes & Crematory0.4 miCremation provider · Virginia Beach · (757) 422-4000
- Wilson Funeral & Cremation Services1.0 miCremation provider · Norfolk · (757) 290-7828
- E. Vaughn Wray Funeral Establishment1.0 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 940-7222
- Keith Matthews Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 459-9944
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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