Laurel Land Memorial Park - Dallas, TX
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N 32° 40.503 W 096° 48.891
14S E 704893 N 3617373
Laurel Land Memorial Park is a large well-maintained cemetery located off of I-35E, just south of downtown Dallas. Interred here is musician Stevie Ray Vaughn and also J. D. Tippet, the police officer killed in the line of duty by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Waymark Code: WMXRMD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Laurel Land Memorial Park has a funeral home conveniently located on the grounds, allowing families the convenience of making funeral and cemetery arrangements from one location.

The well-maintained cemetery grounds offer many choices for memorialization, including traditional ground burial, featured lawn gardens and mausoleum entombment. Whether ones preference is for in-ground interment, mausoleum entombment or a memorial choice specific to cremation, they have selections ranging in price and style to accommodate your needs.

At Laurel Land Memorial Park, they also celebrate the diverse cultures that make up our community. The Garden of Pillars is a burial place that pays tribute to African-American heritage, and Our Lady of Guadalupe garden honors the Catholic heritage of our Spanish community. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor Monument is the largest memorial of its kind in the contiguous United States outside of a national cemetery. The monument allows visitors to pay tribute to those who lost their lives defending their country on December 7, 1941.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Dallas / Texas / USA

Approximate number of graves: 88,500

Cemetery Status: Active

Cemetery Website: [Web Link]

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