Woodlawn Memorial Park (Nashville, Tennessee)

Not to be confused with Woodlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California).

Woodlawn Memorial Park is located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. It is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville. The property was the site of field Hospital durning American Civil War Battle of Nashville. In 1993, the land was acquired by Roesch-Patton Corporation. Among those interred or entombed in the cemetery, there are many prominent members of the country music genre and their families.

In June 2018, Woodlawn installed the "Lynn Anderson Rose Garden", consisting of 200 Lynn Anderson Hybrid Rose Bushes (named for the singer by the National Rose Society of America), as a place of reflection and meditation in honor of the star's signature song.

Notable graves

The old chapel at Woodlawn

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The old chapel at Woodlawn

• Joe Allison (1924–2002), songwriter
• Liz Anderson (1927–2011), country music singer, songwriter, and mother to country musician Lynn Anderson.
• Lynn Anderson (1947–2015), Country music singer
• Eddy Arnold (1918–2008), Country Music Singer, Recording Executive, Producer and Country Music Hall of Fame Member
• Ernie Ashworth (1928–2009), country music singer, Grand Ole Opry member
• Rob Bironas (1978–2014), professional football player/Placekicker for the Tennessee Titans
• Otis Blackwell (1931–2002), Songwriters Hall of Fame member
• H. Leo Boles (1874–1946), president of Lipscomb University.
• Owen Bradley (1915–1998), record producer, Country Music Hall of Fame member, Academy Award nominee
• Jim Ed Brown (1934–2015), Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• Boudleaux Bryant (1920–1987), Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame member
• Felice Bryant (1925–2003), Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame member
• Billy Collins (1963–1984), boxer
• Jerry Chesnut (1931–2018), country music songwriter
• Little Jimmy Dickens (1920–2015), Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• Kerby Farrell (1913–1975), Major League Baseball Player, Manager Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox
• Red Foley (1910–1968), Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), drummer
• Benton Cordell Goodpasture (1895–1977), Churches of Christ minister, editor of the Gospel Advocate
• Dobie Gray (1940–2011), singer and songwriter
• Vernon Holland (1948–1998), Professional football player Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants and Detroit Lions
• Tommy Jackson (1926–1979), musician – considered by many in the country music industry to be the first great Nashville session fiddler
• George Jones (1931–2013), Country Music Hall of Fame Singer
• Amelia Laskey (1885–1973), ornithologist
• Larrie Londin (1943–1992), drummer
• Neal Matthews, Jr. (1929–2000), decorated soldier, Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• Claudette Frady-Orbison (1941–1966), wife of legendary singer Roy Orbison. She died when her motorcycle was hit by a truck. She is buried with her two young boys, Roy Dewayne Orbison (1958–1968) and Anthony King Orbison (1962–1968), who died together in a house fire
• Joe Moscheo (1937–2016), singer, The Imperials and Elvis backup
• K.T. Oslin (1942–2020) country singer and songwriter
• Johnny Paycheck (1938–2003), country singer
• Ben Peters (1933–2005), Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter
• Lynn Peterzell (1955–1994), noted audio engineer
• Webb Pierce (1921–1991), Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• Dottie Rambo (1934–2008), Gospel singer and songwriter. Named songwriter of the century in the early 1990s, Grammy and Dove winner, Gospel Music Hall of Fame for self and family group The Rambos, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, composed over 2,500 songs
• Marty Robbins (1925–1982), Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• Jerry Reed (1937–2008), Country music singer and Actor
• Dan Seals (1948–2009), 1980s country singer, of 1970s pop/rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley
• Margo Smith (1939-2024), singer and songwriter
• Red Sovine (1917–1980), country singer
• Brock Speer (1920–1999), gospel music singer
• Mel Street (1933–1978), country singer
• JD Sumner (1924–1998), singer, Elvis' backup
• Van Stephenson (1953–2001), Country singer, songwriter. He was a member of Blackhawk
• Gordon Stoker (1924–2013), singer The Jordanaires
• Mack Vickery (1938–2004), songwriter, singer, musician, Alabama Music Hall of Fame
• Porter Wagoner (1927–2007), Country Music Hall of Fame singer
• Tammy Wynette (1942–1998), Country Music Hall of Fame singer

External links

Media related to Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons

• Woodlawn Memorial Park at Find a Grave