{{Coord, 36, 51, 3.4, N, 76, 11, 8.4, W, display=title Woodlawn Memorial Gardens is a cemetery located in

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, USA. Established as a private, family owned cemetery in 1958, Woodlawn Memorial Gardens encompasses seventy-five acres of land, 40 of which are undeveloped, at the Norfolk and

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borders in Southeastern Virginia adjacent to

Virginia Beach Boulevard Virginia Beach Boulevard is a major connector highway which carries U.S. Route 58 most of its length and extends from the downtown area of Norfolk to the Oceanfront area of Virginia Beach, passing through the newly developed New Urbanist Town Cent ...

and Newtown Road. Woodlawn has seventeen gardens including three Veteran's sections, a large community mausoleum, two semi-private mausoleums, an Orthodox Jewish section, and private family compounds.

List of gardens

*Babyland *Garden of Meditation *Garden of Christus *Avenue of States *Avenue of History *Avenue of Flags *Garden of St. Luke *Garden of The Ten Commandments *Masonic Garden *Garden of Faith *Garden of Devotion *Garden of Peace *Garden of Life *Garden of The Apostles *Garden of Serenity *Chinese Garden *Garden of King David *Meditation Estates - Cremation and Traditional Burial - Hedge & Walled Estates *Eternal Light Mausoleum *Good Shepherd Mausoleum *Reflection Estates

Notable burials

*Master Chief Petty Officer (Master Diver)

Carl Brashear Carl Maxie Brashear (January 19, 1931 – July 25, 2006) was a United States Navy sailor. He was a master diver, rising to the position in 1970, despite having his left leg amputated in 1966. The film '' Men of Honor'' was based on his life. E ...

*Rear Admiral

Robert E. Dixon Robert Ellington Dixon (April 22, 1906 – October 21, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral and aviator, whose Frank Jack Fletcher#Coral Sea: May 4.E2.80.938.2C 1942, radio message "Scratch one flat top" during the Battle of the Coral Sea became ...

*Gunnery Sergeant

Carlos Hathcock Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a l ...

*Noel Franklin Major *Vice Admiral Edmund B. Taylor

External links

Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
Cemeteries in Norfolk, Virginia 1958 establishments in Virginia