Cemetery in Dallas, Texas
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
Neel Kearby (1911–1944),
World War II
Medal of Honor recipient
Justin Ford Kimball , 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
[4]
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.
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
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