About Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 39 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Mills E. Godwin, Laurence S. Baker and Junius Edgar West. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478350. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Lawn Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Metropolitan Funeral Services in Suffolk, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Suffolk City, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 27 listings in Suffolk City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Suffolk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 US representative.
- Mills E. Godwin1914-1999American politician
- Laurence S. Baker1830-1907Confederate Army general
- Junius Edgar West1866-1947American politician
- Edward Everett Holland1861-1941American politician
- Richard L. Brewer, Jr.1864-1947American politician
- J. Lewis Rawls Jr.1923-1994American attorney and politician
- Willis E. Cohoon1902-1960American attorney and politician
- Antonio Gentile1903-1939American physician and creator of the Mr. Peanut character
- Lula Emily Vanderslice Ivey Brittborn 1863Methodist lay leader
- Robert Henning Webb1882-1952American classical philologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Hill 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
36.73591, -76.57941
What Cedar Hill 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
- Oak Lawn CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Rosemont CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery1.1 mi
- Holly Lawn CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Carver Memorial CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeterySouth Suffolk, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Oliver CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery3.3 mi
- Canaan Baptist Church CemeterySuffolk, VABaptist cemetery3.6 mi
- Duke CemeterySouth Suffolk, VACemetery3.8 mi
- Riddick CemeterySouth Suffolk, VACemetery3.9 mi
- Little Mount Zion CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Metropolitan Funeral Services0.4 miFuneral home · Suffolk · (757) 628-1000
- R.W. Baker & Company Funeral Home and Crematory0.8 miCremation provider · Suffolk · (757) 539-4691
- T.E. Cooke-Overton Funeral Home, Inc.0.8 miFuneral home · Suffolk · (757) 539-4861
- Crocker Funeral Home Inc0.9 miFuneral home · Suffolk · (757) 539-7443
- Peebles Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Suffolk · (757) 539-0205
- Wyatt & Sons Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Suffolk
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.