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Fairfax Memorial Park is a family owned and operated cemetery located in
Fairfax, Virginia The City of Fairfax ( ), colloquially known as Fairfax City, Downtown Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax, Fairfax Courthouse, FFX, or simply Fairfax, is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth ...
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. The cemetery was founded in 1957 by Cornelius H. Doherty, Sr. The cemetery was opened in 1969 to provide space for Catholics in the area who required a Catholic burial, but it is now a secular cemetery. The cemetery, along with its associated funeral home, is now owned by Houston-based conglomerate, Carriage Services.


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Antonin Scalia Antonin Gregory Scalia (; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectu ...
(March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016): United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. He served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1986 until his death. * William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915 – February 14, 1997): US Congressman, US Senator. He served as a representative from Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 and in the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979. *
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(March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012): Solicitor General of the United States and Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.


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