It is now city-owned and has struggled with maintenance issues and poor record keeping.

[1][2] The cemetery is named for boxer Tiger Flowers.

[1] Burials include Henry Wilkins Chandler.

His son-in-law Dr. David John Simpson, who took care of many of the area's Spanish Influenza patients, is also buried there.

[4] Relocation of a Confederate statue from Lakeland's Munn Park to Roselawn Cemetery's Confederate section a 1/4 mile away from the African American burial ground was considered by the city.