forest lawn-long beach is a 38-acre mortuary and memorial garden in long beach, california, united states. the gardens were established as sunnyside memorial gardens in 1921 by cecil e. bryan, sr., an entrepreneur whose family operated the facility for three generations. sunnyside was one of the first major cemeteries in long beach. over the years it served the local area, but fell into disrepair by the 1970s. and was purchased in 1978 by forest lawn memorial-parks & mortuaries. they renovated the facility, and renamed it forest lawn - sunnyside in deference to its history—later changed to forest lawn - long beach to match their other properties.