GREENLAWN GARDENS CEMETERY

03/10/2026

A locally owned funeral home

03/09/2026

Celebrate the life of Janice Bishop and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

03/09/2026

If anyone has ever thought of wanting a custom casket, this company can help.

Nashville Casket Sales offers a wide variety of urns, regular and custom wrapped caskets

02/23/2026

We memorialize because love does not end when a life ends, and we need a place for that love to continue living. A memorial quietly protects a person from being reduced to an absence, turning loss into lasting meaning and keeping a relationship alive in a new, gentler form. It gives shape to what cannot be touched—memory, grief, gratitude, and connection—and allows pain to become part of a story rather than a silent rupture. In remembering someone, we are also preserving the part of ourselves that was shaped by them, teaching the next generation that people matter beyond their presence, and affirming that a life once deeply loved still belongs in the world.

01/09/2026

In Stock: Bahama Blue Private Columbarium with Granite Base and Vase
Only one unit available. This rare and beautiful Bahama Blue birdbath serves as both a private family columbarium and a dignified memorial resting place for your loved ones’ cremains. Crafted from striking Bahama Blue granite, it offers a timeless and meaningful way to honor life and legacy. Contact Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery, LLC to learn more and to discuss our full range of memorial options for cremains.
601-636-6259
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11/29/2025

As we enter this season of Advent, may we continue to be blessed and cherish moments shared with our loved ones.

10/29/2025

Due to the storm last night, our office is without power. Please be patient as we wait for restoration. Thank you.

09/16/2025

Does this image look normal to you?
When a loved one passes, would you forever place a casket on the mantel?
With regards to an urn, should the mantle be the end of the story?

If you answered no, please take a moment to read below.

Cremation is not the end; it’s just one part of the journey.
Memorializing your loved one matters. It’s how we process grief, celebrate their life, and keep their memory alive.
Creating a dedicated space—a cemetery plot or a columbarium niche and a memorial headstone marker—gives you and your family a place to return. To honor. To remember. To feel close again.
Because love doesn’t end with loss. And remembrance shouldn’t be temporary.
Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery can assist your family with options to memorialize your loved ones. We are here to assist you and your family in the bereavement process.

03/06/2025

At exactly 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, amidst pouring rain, U.S. Army Capt. Henry Newstrom walked in measured steps onto the plaza to conduct the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Although Newstrom had performed this ritual more than 180 times during his tenure as commander of the guard, this time was different.

As he had always done, Newstrom asked the crowd to remain silent and standing for the ceremony, saluted the Tomb and inspected the oncoming guard. But instead of leaving the plaza after the changing of the guard, he stopped as Spc. Shane Burke walked to the center of the plaza and asked for everyone’s attention before making a special announcement.

“The ceremony that you have just witnessed was Capt. Henry Newstrom’s last guard change at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” Burke said. He added that Newstrom had served honorably for the last 19 months as commander of the guard, and that all the Tomb Guards wished him “good luck and Godspeed” in his future endeavors.

Read the full story: https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Blog/Post/14616/That-Standard-Will-Never-Fall-Commander-of-the-Guard-Bids-Farewell-to-Unknowns

01/23/2025

Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery, LLC has partnered with Cherished Memories, offering keepsake items to help honor the memories of your loved ones. Call us today to inquire or use the link attached. 601-636-6259

Keep your memories alive with Cherished Memories Keepsakes.

12/25/2024

May your families be blessed in the Spirit of Christmas.

09/07/2024

Carolyn Lucille Singletary Bishop, 98 years old, passed away on September 3, 2024 at her home in Vicksburg.
Ms. Bishop was born on November 30, 1925 in Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi. She was a graduate of Crystal Springs High School and Draughn’s Business College in Jackson. She was married for 66 years to Bruce Noland Bishop who predeceased her in 2012. She was a loving wife and homemaker to her husband and five children. She loved cooking and growing beautiful flowers.
Ms. Bishop was a member Calvary Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and was the director of senior programs for many years.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents, George Amos and Stella Clegg Singletary, brother, John Gibson Singletary, husband, Bruce Noland Bishop and great grandson, Joseph Edward Kyle.

She is survived by her five children: Donald Bruce Bishop of Baileyton, AL, Susan Bishop Walker (Bob) of Hattiesburg, George Albert Bishop of Vicksburg, Carolyn Diane Bennett (Byron) of Frisco, TX, and Linda Bishop (Danny Smith) of Frisco, TX; three grandchildren, Angie Walker Kyle (Bill) of Benton, MS, Audrey Dornbusch De la Cruz (Christian) of Katy, TX, and Skylar Bishop-Smith of Frisco, TX; three great grandchildren, Hunter Walker Kyle of Memphis, TN, Hayes William Kyle of Benton, MS and Carolyn Rose De la Cruz of Katy, TX; and several nieces and nephews.

Fisher-Riles Funeral Home, 5000 Indiana Avenue of Vicksburg, is handling the arrangements. Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2:00 pm, at the funeral home with a graveside service at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery at 3:00 pm.

Pallbearers will be Don Bishop, George Bishop, Bob Walker, Danny Smith, Byron Bennett, Bill Kyle, Hunter Kyle, Hayes Kyle and Christian De la Cruz.Memorial donations may be made to Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 4995 Indiana Avenue, Vicksburg, MS 39180