Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery

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rdf:langString Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery is a multi-faith cemetery located at 7405 West Northwest Highway in North Dallas, Texas (USA). 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 * (1882–1956), lawyer and Republican politician * Maureen Connolly (1934–1969), champion tennis player * Grace Noll Crowell (1877–1969), poet * Jim Cummins (1945–2007), NBC News reporter * 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 * William Hootkins (1948–2005), actor * (1931–1994), managing producer of Dallas Summer Musicals * H. L. Hunt (1889–1974), businessman, one of the wealthiest men in the world * Neel Kearby (1911–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient * 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 * Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), Hall of Fame baseball player * 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. * B.M. "Mack" Rankin Jr. (1930–2013), businessman, co-founder of Freeport-McMoRan * Gretchen Celeste Neff Rogers (1934–2020), Senior Vice President at Metropolitan Financial Savings and Loan * 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 * Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901–1968), politician * Charles Wyly, Jr. (1933–2011), entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and civic leader