Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth Heights, Virginia

Olive Branch Cemetery is a cemetery near Portsmouth Heights, Portsmouth City, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 7 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including V. C. Andrews, Ace Parker and Thornton Jenkins Hains. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1479270. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graves of Lysander Kingman family, about 1.6 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Southside Cremation Center in Portsmouth, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 10 cemeteries we list in Portsmouth City, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Portsmouth Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 football players, 2 writers, 1 baseball player, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.

• V. C. Andrews1923-1986
  American novelist
• Ace Parker1912-2013
  American football and baseball player and coach
• Thornton Jenkins Hains1866-1953
  American writer
• Richard Thomas Shea1927-1953
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Larry Weldon1915-1990
  American football player
• Gordon F. Marsh1908-1982
  American politician in Virginia
• Major M. Hillard1896-1977
  American politician in Virginia
• Donald L. Munro1859-1934
  Canadian-American politician
• Karl Esleeck1903-1952
  American football coach
• Lily Harper Martin1916-1988
  (1916-1988) American golfer
• Jean McLean Davis1929-2012
  American equestrian

People whose Wikidata entry gives Olive Branch 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.

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.

• Graves of Lysander Kingman family

  Portsmouth Heights, VA
  Family cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Evergreen Memorial Park

  Portsmouth Heights, VA
  Memorial park

  1.6 mi
• Greenlawn Memorial Park

  Portsmouth Heights, VA
  Memorial park

  2.1 mi
• Mount Calvary Cemetery

  Portsmouth, VA
  Christian cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

  3901 Deep Creek Boulevard, Portsmouth, VA
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  Portsmouth, VA
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Gomley Chesed Cemetery

  Chesapeake, VA
  Jewish cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Saint Pauls Cemetery

  Portsmouth, VA
  Christian cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Cedar Grove Cemetery

  Portsmouth, VA
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery

  Portsmouth Heights, VA
  Baptist cemetery

  3.7 mi

• Southside Cremation Center

  Cremation provider · Portsmouth · (757) 488-3800
  0.6 mi
• Sturtevant Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Portsmouth · (757) 488-8348
  0.7 mi
• Metropolitan Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Portsmouth · (757) 628-1000
  0.8 mi
• Cremation Society of Virginia- Chesapeake Office

  Cremation provider · Chesapeake · (757) 966-2866
  2.2 mi
• Foster Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Portsmouth · (757) 397-2391
  2.6 mi
• Corprew Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Portsmouth · (757) 399-4661
  2.8 mi

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