Greenwood Memorial Park at 3100 White Settlement Road in
Fort Worth, Texas
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, has been a perpetual care commercial cemetery since its dedication in 1909. The Mount Olivet Corporation, a non-profit organization was founded by the Bailey family of Fort Worth. The organization is overseen by a board of trustees.
The entrance has replicas of statues of the
Four Horses from St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. The cathedral made new bronze copies for its balcony after the originals were moved to its museum, and the Greenwood acquired similar copies to guard its entrance.
The Greenwood Mausoleum by
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Harwell Hamilton Harris, (July 2, 1903 – November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.
He lived and worked in North Carolina from 1962 until ...
opened in 1961, occasioning an award of honor from the Texas Society of Architects. Artist Wilbert Verhelst created the artwork and fountains for its peaceful interior. The Mausoleum's Independence Chapel holds life-size statues of the United States' founding patriots and a 12-foot mosaic of the Great Seal of the United States. The Mausoleum will eventually provide space for 70,000 persons; it is designed to be built incrementally over years.
Notable graves
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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memorial to British
Royal Flying Corps and
Royal Air Force
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members, stationed at nearby
Camp Taliaferro
Camp Taliaferro was a World War I flight-training center run under the direction of the Air Service, United States Army in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. Camp Taliaferro had an administration center near what is now the Will Rogers Memorial Cen ...
during World War I, eleven of whom are buried in this cemetery.
CWGC Cemetery Report.
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Frances Daisy Emery Allen, Dr. Daisy Emery Allen, early Fort Worth physician and first woman graduate of a Texas medical school
*Ninia Lilla “Ninnie” Harrison Baird, founder of Mrs. Baird's Bread
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Bobby Bragan
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, former player for the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the first manager of the
Atlanta Braves
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*Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn, mother of concert pianist
Van Cliburn
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.
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Eddie Chiles, founder of the
Western Company and one-time owner of the
Texas Rangers.
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Van Cliburn
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, classical pianist
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Pete Donohue, former pitcher best known for being a member of the
Cincinnati Reds
*Lawrence Clifton Elliot, an aviation pioneer who developed domestic flight routes.
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Ormer Locklear
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His popular flying circus caught the attention of Hollywood, and he starred in ''The Great Air Robbery'' (1919), a scre ...
, barnstormer and stunt pilot for
Universal Studios
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.
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William John Marsh
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, composer of "Texas, Our Texas."
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Bill McCahan, former
Athletics
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pitcher who threw a no-hitter in 1947
*Blanche McVeigh, artist and art educator
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Roy Roberts, actor (''
The Gale Storm Show
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'' and ''
The Beverly Hillbillies
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'')
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Rod Roddy
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Television and ...
, famous announcer for
The Price Is Right
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*
Ben Hogan
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, professional golfer; 64 Tour Victories, 9 major championships
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Tex Beneke
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, big band singer, musician, and actor
References
* CarolAnn Jarnagi
TXGenWeb Guide to Tarrant County CemeteriesFort Worth, Texas November 28, 1994 retrieved 4 July 2009
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Cemeteries in Fort Worth, Texas
1909 establishments in Texas