Forest Park West Cemetery started from a few acres in the early 1800's on which the Moore family founded and built the cemetery on a promise to create a place to be remembered for their family. Now spanning 132 acres, the cemetery is purposely secluded and is only minutes away from any point in the Greater Shreveport/Bossier City Area.
We offer a full range of cemetery services to meet the memorialization needs of our families. In keeping with the needs of an ever-changing community, in addition to traditional ground burials, we offer a quiet and peaceful mausoleum, private burial estates and our newest section, The Serenity Garden, which offers a wide range of options to memorialize individuals who have been cremated.
We offer a full range of cemetery services to meet the memorialization needs of our families. In keeping with the needs of an ever-changing community, in addition to traditional ground burials, we offer a quiet and peaceful mausoleum, private burial estates and our newest section, The Serenity Garden, which offers a wide range of options to memorialize individuals who have been cremated.
Services
From a few acres in the early 1800's, the Moore family founded and built on a promise to create a place to be remembered for their family. Today, the Emily Moore Memorial Garden is beautifully located in the center of the cemetery. Purchased in 1958 by the Raspberry Family, the cemetery was formed as a sister to Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent Avenue under the name Forest Park West Cemetery.
At Forest Park West Cemetery, we take great pride in caring for our families, and will work tirelessly to provide you with a beautiful, lasting tribute to your loved one. In addition to the services we offer, you will receive an online memorial that you can share with family and friends. While honoring your loved one is our top priority, we also want to help you through this difficult time.
Our staff is comprised of dedicated and licensed professionals with the experience to answer all your questions regarding our services. Please feel free to contact any of our staff members at any time. Rich, originally from Montoursville, Pennsylvania, entered the Death Care Industry as a summer intern in Shreveport, Louisiana.
When it comes to your final arrangements, shouldn't you make the decisions? The arrangements you make will reflect your exact wishes and desires. Pre-arranging your own service will help to ease the burden of your loved ones. It will also alleviate any questions, problems or differences, which can occur among family members.
Meaningful memorialization of a loved one's passing can transform, heal, and comfort us. It highlights our loved ones' sacrifices, reminds us of the things that they value, and inspires us with their life stories. Have the Talk of a Lifetime, a program created by The Funeral and Memorial Information Council, was designed to help families have meaningful conversations about the things that matter most in their lives.
Reviews (9)
Rhonda Sanford
Jun 01, 2021
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It is one year ago today we buried my mom here, after many calls they still have not properly buried her monument in the ground. The ants have taken over and most of the time the area is not mowed or maintained at all. They tell me every time I call that a ‘work order’ will be ordered and I will be contacted when it’s completed but it never happens. I wouldn’t recommend this place at all.
Kathleen Ward
Jan 23, 2021
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Although every single one of the attendees and family at the graveside service I went to at this cemetery wore masks and were careful, the one employee of the funeral home did not. She interacted with people, stood silently just behind the attendees during the entire service and walked around without a mask. This is the first complaint I have ever made against a business on Google reviews. Another person at the service will be calling to complain to Forest Park Cemetery West.
Ken Hogan
Aug 05, 2020
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Carol L. Jones
May 03, 2020
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The grounds are a disgrace. Some of the headstones are covered with grass & dirt & unable till see the information engraved in it. Several graves & stones have been damaged by downed trees that appear as they have been that way for some time. The trees are still down & rotting. My husband’s headstone is now not level & it has been somehow not perpendicular you the street as it was. I am told that it will be straightened; I wait to see. It is definitely sad to see that our loved ones are being disrespected. I saw family members there with their weed eaters, etc, taking care of the Plots of their
Amanda Bartlett
Aug 03, 2018
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It's hard enough to lose a loved one, pay outrageous amount of money, go to a location not very well kept up but sadder when you show up and the ground is so sunk in you are less than 3 feet away from vault being exposed. Was told it would be fixed but here we are..no family should have to endure this.
Leanne Divine
Jul 18, 2017
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Kathy Laws
Jul 08, 2017
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Brandi Rachal
Sep 16, 2016
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I'm currently going thru the same thing as Donna Gaspard'so family with Forest Park West. We buried my mother there 9/11/15 and even had the proof of moms headstone approved by their employee Larry Hawkins, who told us to cut 6 inches off the base of mom's headstone, so we went back to Central Monument, and made the change. Then I was told we had to pay Perpetual Care for the monument to FPW, after already paying them Perpetual Care fees for the plot. I have 6 other family members buried there since 1999 and their sites look like hell. I go out when I can and clean the Monuments with water and
Deborah Campbell
Aug 17, 2016
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I laid my sister to rest on April 11th, 2016. We had discussed the just in case what we wanted. She wanted to be laid to rest at my feet. I already had plots out there and my husband and daughter is already laid to rest there. It cost $3,009. For opening and closing and a plastic vault. At that time we were approaches to buy a monument from Forest Park, we priced founder very quickly they were the most expensive. Since we didn't buy from them they haven't given us a momen peace to mourn my baby sister death. Now they have told me they don't like the headstone and are going to remove it. I ask them
