Shives Funeral Home - Colonial Chapel
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5202 Colonial Dr, Columbia, SC 29203
CremationTraditional Burial+4
845 Leesburg Rd, Columbia, SC 29209
Services
The cemetery spans a natural setting with a central lake serving as the focal point for community gatherings. The historic granite and marble mausoleum includes interior chapel space used as an alternate location for the annual Easter Sunrise Service in case of rain. Cremation gardens with niches are integrated into the landscaped grounds, alongside private and family lots. The property features flat grave marker sections and build-to-suit cemetery property options.
Greenlawn Memorial Park emphasizes pre-need planning through prepaid cremation options and offers multicultural funeral services with Spanish-speaking staff available.
Greenlawn Memorial Park occupies 845 Leesburg Road in Columbia, South Carolina, serving families across the Columbia metropolitan area and South Carolina Midlands. Established in 1937, it holds distinction as one of Columbia's first perpetual care cemeteries. The property is co-located with Thompson Funeral Homes - Columbia, a full-service funeral home operating on the same grounds, allowing families to coordinate burial and funeral services in one location.
The cemetery's signature feature is its granite and marble mausoleum—the first constructed in the Columbia area—which remains a central architectural element of the grounds. The property encompasses a central lake, cremation gardens with niches, private and family cemetery lots, and a dedicated veterans section. The grounds are the final resting place of Matthew J. Perry, Jr., the first African American U.S. District Judge in South Carolina, who was posthumously inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.
Since 1960, Greenlawn has partnered with the Lower Richland Ruritan Club to host an annual Easter Sunrise Service at the central lake, an event that draws more than 200 families each year.
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