Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home

We just arranged a burial at Sparkman Hillcrest and were assisted by Cheryl Devoto. She was absolutely respectful and sensitive in every imaginable way to our concerns and needs. Truly professional and even loving and caring as well. She constantly checked in with us about our preferences about the funeral and plot. Yes it is pricey, even so we are so glad our loved one will be buried at Sparkman Hillcrest and that we were guided in the experience with Cheryl.

My grandfather is buried at Sparkman Hillcrest in the newer part of the mausoleum. He passed away 9÷3÷2013 without a burial plot. Fortunately, in our time of mourning, we found peace and comfort in this beautiful resting area.
To escape the idea that his mortal body would lay with insects and such, we chose a ground level 4 person space to accommodate my grandfather and my mom and dad when they pass (hopefully many years from now). Joe Gonzales took care of everything we needed and to this day still checks up on our family and remembers us when he sees us visiting my grandpa.
The grounds are kept up beautifully and the inside of the mausoleum is clean and has no distinct smell like others that I’ve visited. Although it is still hard each and every time I come in to visit my grandpa, Sparkman Hillcrest makes me feel at ease with everything they have done for us and how well they maintain the entire area.

My husband and I needed to pre-​plan my mother’s funeral. She is 93, lives in Dallas and although she is in good health, we knew that realistically we should make a plan. We contacted Jordan Parr, who was highly recommended to us by friends. We met with Jordan and he helped formulate our plan, including the fact that when the time comes, the funeral and burial will be in Ft. Worth, where my father is buried. Jordan exerted no pressure and didn’t try to push «extras» on us. He listened to us, knew our budget and helped us stay within it. We have already recommended Jordan and Sparkman Hillcrest to several friends. Thank you very much!

My family bought funeral services directly from Jordan Parr at Sparkman-​Hillcrest. Our mother already had a plot out of town, so we needed every other arrangement. We knew our Mother’s death was going to happen at some point in the near future, but, of course, did not know exactly when. Jordan Parr made the process so comfortable and easy for us. He was prepared, knowledgeable and if he did not know an answer to a question (we had many!), he found the answer immediately and let us know. Jordan Parr was kind and understanding about our situation and was not at all pushy about us making a purchase. When our mother died a year and a half later, Jordan Parr talked us through the process and was there to help in every step of the way, from dealing with the out of town cemetery, to how the funeral day would work to caring for our family. He was very professional in all manners. We feel very grateful for his services and highly recommend Jordan Parr be the go-​to person to help with planning and burial.

We have had to deal with Sparkman Hillcrest due to the fact that my mother in law passed away and the family bought Burial Plots there many years ago. When we first went to the Funeral home, we were met by what must have been the same salesman that Chad had two years previous, that or maybe all of the Salesmen there are trained to act the same way… we spoke to them and got the options for the service we wanted. Thank God that my mother in law was the type of person that would spend 3 dollars in gas to drive around and save 50 cents on something, so we decided to check prices at another funeral home. Suffice to say we saved almost 10 thousand dollars and had a beautiful service that was exactly what She would have wanted, and got no pressure from anyone at the other funeral home.
Now since the plot was at Sparkman, we did have her burial there. We went the same rout with the grave marker, and instead of paying the unbelievable price that Sparkman Hillcrest wanted for a stone, we compared prices and went to another vendor and saved 70% off of what Sparkman wanted. Unfortunately we still had to deal with Sparkman to get the headstone set in place… get this, they charge $ 700 just to set it in place. We paid the $ 700 two weeks ago, the headstone was delivered almost a week ago, and they still have not set it in place, and we have done everything short of begging them to call us to give us information and we get no calls back from them at all. I assume they have us on some list because we didn’t use the service they offer, (and charge unbelievable prices for) and that is why we are getting the crappy service, and no return calls from them.
If you choose to use this place, be sure to take a truck load of money with you, you are going to need it.

Great Place to spend quiet time alone when your stressed out and need to mellow out — Nice Landscaping and Fountains to look at — Oh and to read the headstones is a strange but relaxing thing I find — Kind of puts life in prospective

I had the unfortunate experience of having to plan a funeral for my father last year.
We were working with a different branch of the Sparkman Funeral Home group (Sparkman-​Crane) and came to Sparkman Hillcrest to see what burial options were available.
The plot salesman was completely disrespectful of our wishes, attempted to guilt us into purchasing burial accommodations well outside our budget, and generally behaved like a buffoon. His behavior was extremely embarrassing even to the funeral director from Sparkman-​Crane. You hear horror stories about grieving families being guilted into buying outrageous caskets and other things because salesmen convince them that they must not love their deceased family member unless they spend extravagantly on them. Well our salesman was that guy.
Sparkman-​Hillcrest was the first cemetery we looked at. We all felt sick after our experience, but weren’t sure if it was due to the way were treated or if it was just because of the circumstances.
I trusted my gut instinct and decided to call around to other cemeteries to set up appointments to visit. Fortunately, we found another cemetery that is a great fit for our needs.
I agree with Dev that the grounds at Sparkman Hillcrest are gorgeous, but at what price? The whole place seemed snobby to boot.

I have family members who are buried at Sparkman and I have been very happy with their services. Every time I go the cemetery is always mowed and clean. I have never seen trash or un-​cut bushes here. It has always been a peaceful place to visit family members.
It has been over 10 years since I have dealt with the funeral home part of the cemetery but from what I remember they were very professional, nice and helpful. I know this sounds grim but if anyone is looking for a final resting place this is the place to be.
If you are one of those people who like to walk cemeteries then this is also the place to be. Much of the founders of Dallas is buried here along with the rich and famous of Dallas. This cemetery is also a walk into Dallas’s past.