About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. The grounds sit at about 1,106 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Matthew M. Neely, Francis Harrison Pierpont and Aretas B. Fleming. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1549376. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Frey Home For Funerals in Fairmont, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairmont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodlawn Cemetery
Among them: 3 governors, 2 US representatives, 2 US senators, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Matthew M. Neely1874-1958American politician
- Francis Harrison Pierpont1814-1899American politician
- Aretas B. Fleming1839-1923American politician
- Clarence Wayland Watson1864-1940American politician
- Benjamin F. Martin1828-1895American politician
- A. C. Lyons1873-1942American architect
- Sam Jones1925-1971American baseball player
- Alpheus F. Haymond1823-1893American judge
- Russ Meredith1897-1989Politician, American-football player
- Thomas Condit Miller1848-1928American educator
- Bernard Lee Butcher1853-1918American lawyer and State Superintendent of West Virginia
- Minnie Owings Watson1866-1923American equestrian
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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
39.49165, -80.13774
What Woodlawn 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
- Evergreen CemeteryFairmont, WVCemetery0.3 mi
- Fairmont City CemeteryFairmont, WVMunicipal cemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryBarrackville, WVCemetery0.9 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryBarrackville, WVCemetery1.1 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryFairmont, WVCemetery1.2 mi
- Snoderly CemeteryBarrackville, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Pitcher CemeteryFairmont, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Barrackville CemeteryBarrackville, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Meadowdale Wesleyan CemeteryFairmont, WVCemetery2.2 mi
- Memorial Presbyterian Church CemeteryFairmont, WVPresbyterian cemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- Frey Home For Funerals0.4 miFuneral home · Fairmont · (304) 363-3171
- Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Fairmont · (304) 366-4671
- Ford Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Fairmont · (304) 363-3130
- Domico Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Fairmont · (304) 363-2570
- Ross Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Fairmont · (304) 366-0920
- R C Jones Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Fairmont · (304) 363-3130
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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