About Forest Lawn Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near East Highland Park, Henrico County, Virginia. It lies about 1.9 mi southeast of East Highland Park. The grounds sit at about 197 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Oliver Hill, Lillie Pearl Hovermale Fearnow and Dave Mills. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1466766. The nearest other listed cemetery is Emek Sholom Holocaust Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Crawleys Funeral Home in Richmond, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 46 cemeteries we list in Henrico County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 46 listings in Henrico County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, East Highland Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 basketball player, 1 World War II veteran.
- Oliver Hill1907-2007American lawyer
- Lillie Pearl Hovermale Fearnow1881-1970Canning entrepreneur; creator of Mrs. Fearnow's Brunswick Stew
- Dave Mills1940-2001College basketball player (1960-1961) Seattle
- Paula Kahn1897-1964German emigrant and victim of Nazi persecution
- William M. E. Rachal1910-1980
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Lawn 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
37.59569, -77.43665
What Forest Lawn 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
- Emek Sholom Holocaust CemeteryEast Highland Park, VACemetery0.1 mi
- Richmond Beth - El CemeteryRichmond, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church CemeteryLakeside, VAEpiscopal cemetery1.4 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryRichmond, VAChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Barton Heights CemeteryRichmond, VA · est. 1815Cemetery2.6 mi
- Woodland CemeteryEast Highland Park, VACemetery2.6 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryRichmond, VAJewish cemetery3.0 mi
- Shockoe Hill CemeteryRichmond, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Bethlehem CemeteryHenrico, VACemetery3.5 mi
- North Run Church Cemetery1731 Hungary Road, Laurel, VAChurch cemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Lawn Cemetery
- Crawleys Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-2367
- Scott's Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-9095
- McClenny and Watkins Funeral Service2.0 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-1100
- March Funeral Homes2.4 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-4200
- Richmond Cremation2.6 miCremation provider · Richmond · (804) 716-7294
- Richmond Crematory2.9 miCremation provider · Richmond · (804) 355-3360
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