Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery

Template:Short description Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery is a multi-faith cemetery located at 7405 West Northwest Highway in North Dallas, Texas, United States. It is owned by Service Corporation International. Among the notable persons interred here are:

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001), businesswoman
Harry W. Bass Jr. (1927–1998), businessman
Faith (1992–2001) and Liberty Battaglia (1995–2001), murder victims
Orville Bullington (1882–1956), lawyer and Republican politician
Maureen Connolly (1934–1969), champion tennis player<ref>Cancer beats 'Little Mo'</ref>
Grace Noll Crowell (1877–1969), poet
Jim Cummins (1945–2007), NBC News reporter
Roscoe DeWitt (1894–1975), architect
Bill Forester (1932–2007), NFL linebacker (1953–1963)
Greer Garson (1904–1996), British-American actress
Pinky Higgins (1909–1969), Major League Baseball player and manager
Ted Hinton (1904–1977), deputy sheriff involved in the capture of the bandits Bonnie and Clyde<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Tom Hughes (1931–1994), managing producer of Dallas Summer Musicals
H. L. Hunt (1889–1974), businessman, one of the wealthiest men in the world
Lamar Hunt (1932–2006) founder of AFL and MLS sports leagues, owner of Kansas City Chiefs. Son of H.L. Hunt
Neel Kearby (1911–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
Justin Ford Kimball (1872–1956), school superintendent, founder of what would eventually become Blue Cross Blue Shield
Freddie King (1934–1976), blues musician
Tom Landry (1924–2000), Hall of Fame head coach of Dallas Cowboys; cenotaph at Texas State Cemetery in Austin
Cyrus Longworth Lundell (1907–1994), scientist
Merlyn Mantle (1932–2009), author and widow of Mickey Mantle<ref name=nyt/>
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), Hall of Fame baseball player<ref name=nyt>Template:Cite news</ref>
James F. Moriarty (1896–1981), decorated Brigadier general in the Marine Corps
Clint Murchison Jr. (1923–1987), businessman, founder of Dallas Cowboys
Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (1890–1969), governor of Texas and U.S. senator
Jim Parker (1947–2019), lawyer and businessman, former CEO of Southwest Airlines.
Ross Perot (1930–2019), business magnate, billionaire, philanthropist, and politician.
Nelson Phillips (1873–1939), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Texas
B.M. "Mack" Rankin Jr. (1930–2013), businessman, co-founder of Freeport-McMoRan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Gretchen Celeste Neff Rogers (1934–2020), Senior Vice President at Metropolitan Financial Savings and Loan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August Schellenberg (1936–2013), Kanienʼkehá꞉ka actor
Annette Strauss (1924–1998), mayor of Dallas, Texas
John Tower (1925–1991), United States Senator from 1961 to 1985; cenotaph at Texas State Cemetery in Austin; the first Mrs. Tower, the former Lou Bullington (1920–2001), is also interred at Sparkman-Hillcrest.
George Washington Truett (1867–1944), pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas from 1897 to 1944
Henry Wade (1914–2001), district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987
Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901–1968), politician
Charles Wyly Jr. (1933–2011), entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and civic leader

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