Athens City Cemetery in Athens, Alabama

Athens City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. It is operated by City of Athens, Cemetery Department. The grounds sit at about 699 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including George S. Houston, Luke Pryor and Dick Coffman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 163664. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Athens Town Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is McConnell Funeral Home in Athens, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 184 cemeteries we list in Limestone County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 184 listings in Limestone County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 musicians, 2 US representatives, 2 US senators, 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 writer.

• George S. Houston1811-1879
  American politician, Alabama
• Luke Pryor1820-1900
  American politician
• Dick Coffman1906-1972
  American baseball player
• Ray Pepper1905-1996
  American baseball player
• Alton Delmore1908-1964
  American musician
• Jerry Barksdale1941-2020
  American historian and author
• Lionel Alton Delmore1940-2002
  American country musician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Athens City Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Old Athens Town Cemetery

  309 Washington Street East, Athens, AL
  Municipal cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Roselawn Cemetery

  523 US Highway 31 South, Athens, AL
  Municipal cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Hine-Hobbs Street Cemetery

  12012 West Hobbs Street West, Athens, AL
  Municipal cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Thatch-Mann Cemetery

  1751 West Hobbs Street West, Athens, AL
  Municipal cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Limestone Memorial Gardens Cemetery

  US Highway 31, Athens, AL
  Memorial park

  2.2 mi
• West Cemetery

  Athens, AL
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Morris Cemetery

  Athens, AL
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery

  15413 Hastings Road, Athens, AL
  Church cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Athens Memory Gardens Cemetery

  19700 Alabama Highway 127, Athens, AL
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Bottoms Cemetery

  16010 Alabama Highway 251, Athens, AL
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi

• McConnell Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Athens · (256) 232-1515
  0.6 mi
• Athens Monument Co

  Monument dealer · Athens · (256) 232-7731
  0.9 mi
• Limestone Chapel Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Athens · (256) 232-1051
  0.9 mi
• Royal Funderal Home Inc Masons Chapel

  Funeral home · Athens
  1.0 mi
• Royal Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Athens · (256) 232-4822
  1.0 mi
• Spry Funeral Homes Inc

  Funeral home · Athens · (256) 232-2622
  1.3 mi

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