Most Celebrated Person Buried in Our Town. 🪦

[scloyd]

I live in a small town and our most famous person buried here in our city cemetery is Chicago Cub's pitcher Carl "Lundy" Lundgren.



Anyone else have a well known person's gravesite near their home?

 

[Merton]

The town in which I live is the home of the famous Mt. Auburn cemetery in which many, many, famous people are interred or entombed. It is a gorgeous spot which is, believe it or not, a tremendous tourist attraction and is beloved by gardeners and bird watchers most especially. It is one of America's first garden cemeteries. In the 1800s people regularly would go there for picnics. People are also frequently married there as well....the circle of life (last I knew a one person plot at Mt. Auburn goes for $30,000. Expensive underground real estate!)

 

[Mortamyhr]

Living in Nashville, it’s hard to find a cemetery that DOESN’T have a well-known person in it. The cool thing is, if there is a funeral home or cemetery office attached, most provide a tour map upon request with the more well-known gravesites marked. I’ve always loved cemeteries. Particularly old ones. One of the things that propelled me into funeral service.

 

[Merton]

Living in Nashville, it’s hard to find a cemetery that DOESN’T have a well-known person in it. The cool thing is, if there is a funeral home or cemetery office attached, most provide a tour map upon request with the more well-known gravesites marked. I’ve always loved cemeteries. Particularly old ones. One of the things that propelled me into funeral service.

I have always loved cemeteries too. Not morbid or anything like that. An interesting cemetery is a place for thought and reflection, and peace and quiet. For nearly 20 years I drove each day down a road which had large cemeteries on either side. Every day I found that the trip reduced worry and stress. Under every headstone was someone who, at one time or another, was worried about something. Perspective is a very good thing...

 

[Mortamyhr]

I have always loved cemeteries too. Not morbid or anything like that. An interesting cemetery is a place for thought and reflection, and peace and quiet. For nearly 20 years I drove each day down a road which had large cemeteries on either side. Every day I found that the trip reduced worry and stress. Under every headstone was someone who, at one time or another, was worried about something. Perspective is a very good thing...

Yes! You are spot on. There is something so very peaceful about being in or near a cemetery just to collect one’s thoughts.

Also, what a positive view on life and death!

 

[scloyd]

I also enjoy visiting cemeteries. I ride my bike through it on my way to the bike trail. Always something interesting.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

Anne Oakley grew up and is buried near my home town of Ansonia Ohio.

 

[edger]

I dug the hole and put a few sandbags around it but he isn't campaigning in Arizona yet.

 

[Kobold]

Francis Scott Key is buried near where I live. I spotted this at a cemetery that is near my house. “Open the gate gently. They are not dead but sleeping”

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Quite a few here in Louisville. Let me check my IG right quick for some examples...




Of course there's also Muhammad Ali and numerous other notables.

The only one outside my namesakes that I visit regularly though is the grave of Mia Zapata. A cherished but widely unheralded daughter of the Derby City. Her story is mighty sad. She gets a flower or two every birthday, August 25.

 

[sablebrush52]

Near where I currently live? You can't throw a rock without hitting the grave of somebody famous, or infamous for that matter.

 

[LOREN]

I live in a small town and our most famous person buried here in our city cemetery is Chicago Cub's pitcher Carl "Lundy" Lundgren.
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Anyone else have a well known person's gravesite near their home?

Was he around during the era “Field of Dreams” was supposed to be?

 

[scloyd]

Was he around during the era “Field of Dreams” was supposed to be?

No. The "Field of Dreams" era with Shoeless Joe Jackson was 1919. Lundgren played from 1902-1909. Pretty close though.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Not too far from where we are in Brooklyn is Green-Wood cemetery. A number of famous people are resting for eternity there:

Green-Wood Cemetery - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Jayne Mansfield is buried nearby our house in PA—her grandmother lived in the area and I think she was buried there because of that.

 

[Flatfish]

Dr Martin Lloyd Jones

 

[mikethompson]

I will have to check this out this weekend and see. Great post @scloyd