Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park
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Establishedc. 1927
Location
No. of graves800
| Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park | |
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 The Entry arch to the cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | c. 1927 |
| Location | |
| No. of graves | 800 |
| Find a Grave | Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park |
The Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park is a cemetery in Colorado City, Arizona, United States. Throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, it was the main burial site for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.[1] The Cemetery is named after Isaac Warren Carling (1894–1938).[2][3]
The Cemetery is located in Colorado City, just south of the Utah-Arizona state line, and served both the city and Hilldale, Utah in the community known as Short Creek.[4]
Notable burials
- Joseph Smith Jessop (1869–1953), early patriarch in the Mormon fundamentalist movement.[5]
- Leroy S. Johnson (1888–1986), former leader of the Mormon fundamentalist group.[6]
- Rulon Jeffs (1909–2002), former leader and self proclaimed prophet of the Mormon fundamentalist group.[7][8]