About Old Tanyard Cemetery
Old Tanyard Cemetery is a christian cemetery in Killen, Lauderdale County, Alabama. The grounds sit at about 633 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 124258. The nearest other listed cemetery is Crow Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elkins East Chapel in Killen, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 170 cemeteries we list in Lauderdale County, and 116 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
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34.86574, -87.44418
What Old Tanyard 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
- Crow CemeteryEast Florence, ALCemetery0.7 mi
- Jordan CemeteryCounty Road 68, Killen, ALChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Williams CemeteryRogersville, ALCemetery1.5 mi
- Gabriel Butler CemeteryRogersville, ALChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Bluewater CemeteryRogersville, ALCemetery1.8 mi
- Harden CemeteryEast Florence, ALCemetery1.9 mi
- Barkley CemeteryUnited States Highway 72, Rogersville, ALChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Wilson CemeteryLauderdale County 92, Rogersville, ALChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Hale CemeteryLauderdale County 428, Killen, ALChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Douglass CemeteryEast Florence, ALCemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Old Tanyard Cemetery
- Elkins East Chapel0.4 miFuneral home · Killen · (256) 936-5799
- Greenhill Funeral Home Inc8.3 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 757-0160
- Rogersville Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (256) 247-1090
- Trinity Memorial Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Muscle Shoals · (256) 381-7030
- Elkins Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 860-0672
- Williams Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 764-6401
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Old Tanyard Cemetery located?
Old Tanyard Cemetery is at Phillips Cemetery Road, Killen, AL 35645 in Lauderdale County. GPS coordinates: 34.86574, -87.44418.
Is Old Tanyard Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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