About Glenwood Cemetery
Glenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It lies about 1.0 mi east of Huntsville. The grounds sit at about 620 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Burgess E. Scruggs. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 119047. The nearest other listed cemetery is Merrimack Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Serenity Funeral Home in Huntsville, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 377 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 167 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Huntsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Glenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician.
- Burgess E. Scruggs1860-1934American physician, alderman, and civic leader
People whose Wikidata entry gives Glenwood 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
34.72622, -86.60229
What Glenwood 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
- Merrimack CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery1.3 mi
- Maple Hill CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery1.7 mi
- Nickle - Martin - Rathbone CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery1.8 mi
- Brandontown CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.0 mi
- Northside CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.2 mi
- Jones CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.3 mi
- Perkins CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.3 mi
- Bradford CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.9 mi
- Sivley CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.0 mi
- McDonnell CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Glenwood Cemetery
- Serenity Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 539-9693
- Laughlin Service Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 534-2471
- Nelms Memorial Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 539-8189
- Berryhill Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 536-9197
- Spry Funeral Home and Crematory2.1 miCremation provider · Huntsville · (256) 536-6654
- Royal Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 534-8481
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