Located south of the townsite of Wilson, Green Memorial Park Cemetery was established as part of the farming community of Wilson. In 1906, William Green and his associates from Shiner, Texas, purchased land, and a short time later Green and Lonnie Lumsden, an Arkansas native and Green's cousin, bought land from the Wilson County School lands block in Lynn County. By 1909, sections were sold to farmers and settlers in the area that came to be known as Wilson. Although Green never resided in Wilson or Lynn County, many streets and places there bear his name, including Green Memorial Park Cemetery. Lonnie Lumsden moved to Wilson shortly after purchasing land and lived there his entire life, becoming a tireless advocate for the city. Lonnie and his wife, Callie Lumsden, are buried in Green Memorial Park Cemetery along with descendants. The first recorded burial was Thomas E. Dawson, Callie Lumsden's father, in December 1923, though two cenotaphs for Richard Williams and Samuel Coleman bear earlier dates. Many pioneer families and veterans dating to the Civil War are buried there, including Civil War veteran John Bone King and World War II veterans William Green Lumsden and Guadalupe Arellano. The cemetery also reflects Wilson's thriving German American and Hispanic population in family names such as Wilke, Gicklhorn, Steinhauser, Talkmit, Dube, Bustamante, Garces, and Rodriguez. A cemetery association was established in 1930 to maintain this historic cemetery as a tangible reminder of the area's heritage.