Hollywood Cemetery

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA

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Get directions 2012 Hernando Road
Memphis, Tennessee 38106 United States

Coordinates: 35.09080, -90.02280
(901) 774-0260
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The Hollywood Cemetery is an African American cemetery established in 1909 at 2012 Hernando Road. In recent years the cemetery has been weedy and overgrown with many broken headstones scattered throughout. Hollywood is subject to floods and graves have sunk. Blues musician Walter "Fury" Lewis who died in 1981 is buried in Hollywood. In 2021 after a news story was aired showing how the overgrown weeds and grass covering several Memphis cemeteries left families frustrated and wanting help. The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission each allocated $15,000 dollars to clean up five cemeteries including Hollywood cemetery.

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