Laurel Oaks Memorial Park
Also known as Bennett Family Gardens
Old Bennett Family Cemetery
Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas
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| Latitude: | 32.7401009 |
| Longitude: | -96.6094971 |
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| Interments: | ~10,250+ |
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| 12649 Lake June Road Mesquite, Texas 75180 972.288.4663 |
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This cemetery is located in Mesquite, Texas on
the north side of Lake June Road just east of L. B. J. Freeway
(I-635). The first burial was in 1847 of Terniece C. Bennett on a
hilltop on the farm of her parents, William Hardy Bennett and Sydney
Manning Bennett. What started as a family burial ground was soon
being used by extended family members and neighbors. After the
Bennetts sold the farm the cemetery remained active. Many of the
early settlers of eastern Dallas County are buried here.
The Laurel Land Corporation purchased the cemetery and additional
surrounding land in the early 1950s and renamed it the Bennett
Memorial Park. After two years, the name changed again to Laurel
Oaks Cemetery with the original Bennett Family Cemetery renamed
"Bennett Memorial Gardens."
"The Old Bennett Family Cemetery, Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas" is
now known as the Bennett Family Gardens within Laurel Oaks Memorial
Park. This cemetery within a cemetery is still active and used by
the descendants of the extended Bennett family.
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Cemetery is located on the north side of Lake June Road just east of I635. Bennett Cemetery was originally created as a family burying ground on the farm of William Hardy Bennett with the first burial in 1845. After the farm was sold the Bennett Cemetery remained active.
In the early 1950's Laurel Land Corporation purchased the area surrounding the Bennett Family Cemetery. It was to be named Bennett Memorial Park; and so it was for about two years. The name was then changed to Laurel Oaks Cemetery with the original Bennett section named Bennett Memorial Gardens.
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