Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery

Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery is a multi-faith cemetery located at 7405 West Northwest Highway in North Dallas, Texas, United States. It is owned by Service Corporation International. Among the notable persons interred here are:

  • Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001), businesswoman
  • Harry W. Bass Jr. (1927–1998), businessman
  • Faith (1992–2001) and Liberty Battaglia (1995–2001), murder victims
  • Orville Bullington (1882–1956), lawyer and Republican politician
  • Maureen Connolly (1934–1969), champion tennis player[1]
  • Grace Noll Crowell (1877–1969), poet
  • Jim Cummins (1945–2007), NBC News reporter
  • Roscoe DeWitt (1894–1975), architect
  • Bill Forester (1932–2007), NFL linebacker (1953–1963)
  • Greer Garson (1904–1996), British-American actress
  • Pinky Higgins (1909–1969), Major League Baseball player and manager
  • Ted Hinton (1904–1977), deputy sheriff involved in the capture of the bandits Bonnie and Clyde[2]
  • William Hootkins (1948–2005), actor[3]
  • Tom Hughes (1931–1994), managing producer of Dallas Summer Musicals
  • H. L. Hunt (1889–1974), businessman, one of the wealthiest men in the world
  • Lamar Hunt (1932–2006) founder of AFL and MLS sports leagues, owner of Kansas City Chiefs. Son of H.L. Hunt
  • Neel Kearby (1911–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
  • Justin Ford Kimball (1872–1956), school superintendent, founder of what would eventually become Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Freddie King (1934–1976), blues musician
  • Tom Landry (1924–2000), Hall of Fame head coach of Dallas Cowboys; cenotaph at Texas State Cemetery in Austin
  • Cyrus Longworth Lundell (1907–1994), scientist
  • Merlyn Mantle (1932–2009), author and widow of Mickey Mantle
  • Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), Hall of Fame baseball player[4]
  • James F. Moriarty (1896–1981), decorated brigadier general in the Marine Corps
  • Clint Murchison Jr. (1923–1987), businessman, founder of Dallas Cowboys
  • Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (1890–1969), governor of Texas and U.S. senator
  • Jim Parker (1947–2019), lawyer and businessman, former CEO of Southwest Airlines.
  • Ross Perot (1930–2019), business magnate, billionaire, philanthropist, and politician.
  • Nelson Phillips (1873–1939), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Texas
  • B.M. "Mack" Rankin Jr. (1930–2013), businessman, co-founder of Freeport-McMoRan[5]
  • Gretchen Celeste Neff Rogers (1934–2020), senior vice president at Metropolitan Financial Savings and Loan[6]
  • August Schellenberg (1936–2013), Kanienʼkehá꞉ka actor
  • Annette Strauss (1924–1998), mayor of Dallas, Texas
  • John Tower (1925–1991), United States senator from 1961 to 1985; cenotaph at Texas State Cemetery in Austin; the first Mrs. Tower, the former Lou Bullington (1920–2001), is also interred at Sparkman-Hillcrest.
  • George Washington Truett (1867–1944), pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas from 1897 to 1944
  • Henry Wade (1914–2001), district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987
  • Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901–1968), politician
  • Charles Wyly Jr. (1933–2011), entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and civic leader

See also

  • List of United States cemeteries

References

  1. Cancer beats 'Little Mo'^
  2. Welcome to www.dallashistory.net!^
  3. William Hootkins Obituary (2005) - Dallas, TX - Dallas Morning News^
  4. Tyler Kepner. Widow of Mantle Dies at Age 77 New York Times, 2009-08-11, retrieved 2009-08-11^
  5. Byron Rankin Obituary – Dallas, TX^
  6. Metropolitan Financial Savings and Loan US Bank Locations.com, retrieved 2 February 2020^