About Florence Cemetery
Florence Cemetery is a cemetery near Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It lies about 0.8 mi west of Florence. The grounds sit at about 541 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Emmet O'Neal, Gene Harlow and Thomas Jefferson Foster. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 118444. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Thompson & Son Funeral Home in Florence, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 170 cemeteries we list in Lauderdale County, and 83 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Florence. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Florence Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor.
- Emmet O'Neal1853-1922American politician
- Gene Harlow1919-1998American football player and coach
- Thomas Jefferson Foster1809-1887Confederate Army officer and politician
- T. B. Shotts1902-1950American football player and coach
- Mary Elizabeth Maverick1807-1842
People whose Wikidata entry gives Florence 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.
Map
34.80294, -87.66446
What Florence Cemetery offers
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Calvary CemeteryFlorence, ALCemetery1.5 mi
- Murphy - Kemper - Cockburn CemeteryWilson Dam Highway, Muscle Shoals, ALChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Price CemeteryBelview Road, Florence, ALChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Oakwood CemeterySheffield, ALCemetery2.4 mi
- Tri - Cities Memorial Gardens Cemetery2601 Florence Boulevard, Florence, ALMemorial park2.6 mi
- Coffee CemeteryFlorence, ALCemetery3.1 mi
- Gresham CemeteryEast Florence, ALCemetery3.1 mi
- Huff CemeteryEast Florence, ALCemetery3.5 mi
- Jackson CemeteryMuscle Shoals, ALCemetery3.7 mi
- Kachelman CemeteryWestbury Lane, Florence, ALChristian cemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Florence Cemetery
- Thompson & Son Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 764-2651
- Saints Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 275-7575
- Elkins Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 860-0672
- Grace Memorial Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 383-5990
- Williams Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 764-6401
- Trinity Memorial Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 760-1070
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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