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Forest Hill Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)

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investigated fines placed in 2020 and 2021 by the state against the cemeteries. The cemeteries received complaints and ten fines for poor maintenance, management and rodent infestation. The rodent infestation problem took place at the body preparation building from June 2020 to March 2021 at the
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A second location, Forest Hill Cemetery East, was established in 1961. A third location, Forest Hill Cemetery South, was established in 1962. The cemeteries are owned by Pennsylvania based
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Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown was established in 1888 and chartered in 1892. As of 1906, the cemetery comprised 180 acres and there were 1,300 interments.
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Forest Hill Cemetery East location. There has been notable damage to memorials, including the memorials of
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Memorial of John R. Brinkley at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown (in 2011)
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Grave of William Robert Moore at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown
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The cemetery has various monuments, including one to the
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Memphis, Tennessee
United States
Coordinates
35°05′53″N 90°01′20″W / 35.09799254°N 90.02215424°W / 35.09799254; -90.02215424
StoneMor
https://www.foresthillfh.com/
Memphis, Tennessee
StoneMor
WREG-TV
John R. Brinkley
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks


Estelle Axton
Stax Records
Packy Axton
Bill Black
James Blackwood
John R. Brinkley
Christopher Byers
West Memphis Three
Walter Chandler
Clifford Davis
Charlie Feathers
Frank P. Gates
John E. McCall
William Robert Moore
Phoebe Omlie
Josiah Patterson

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