About Westview Cemetery
Westview Cemetery is a cemetery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It lies about 1.0 mi north of Farmville. The grounds sit at about 423 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Beverley Randolph, Philip W. McKinney and Benjamin Stephen Hooper. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1476536. The nearest other listed cemetery is Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Carl U. Eggleston Funeral Home in Farmville, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in Prince Edward County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Farmville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Westview Cemetery
Among them: 2 governors, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Beverley Randolph1765-1797American politician
- Philip W. McKinney1832-1899American politician
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper1835-1898American politician
- Peter Winston1836-1920American physician and Democratic politician
- Jane Dennison Carson1909-1984Historian
- Mary Embry Scott1793-18651793 - certain 11 Nov 1865
- Nathaniel E. Venable1791-18475 Dec 1791 - certain 21 Sep 1847
People whose Wikidata entry gives Westview 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
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What Westview 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
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryFarmville, VACemetery0.3 mi
- Confederate CemeteryFarmville, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Bethel Grove CemeteryFarmville, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Coleman CemeteryFarmville, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Friedman CemeteryFarmville, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Monroe Baptist Church CemeteryFarmville, VABaptist cemetery4.3 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryFarmville, VACemetery4.5 mi
- Trinity Memorial GardensFarmville, VAMemorial park4.7 mi
- Union Presbyterian Seminary CemeteryHampden Sydney, VAPresbyterian cemetery4.9 mi
- Worsham Baptist Church CemeteryHampden Sydney, VAChristian cemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Westview Cemetery
- Carl U. Eggleston Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Farmville
- Carl Eggleston's Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Farmville · (434) 392-3191
- Oliver and Eggleston Funeral Establishment0.2 miFuneral home · Farmville · (434) 645-9292
- Puckett Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Farmville · (434) 391-3830
- Bland Reid Funeral Home Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Farmville · (434) 392-3773
- Shorter Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Farmville · (434) 392-6070
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