About Furnace Hill Cemetery
Furnace Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama. It lies about 2.2 mi east of Vernon. The grounds sit at about 361 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Irvine Adair. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 158446. The nearest other listed cemetery is Springfield Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chandler Funeral Home in Vernon, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 119 cemeteries we list in Lamar County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Vernon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Furnace Hill Cemetery
- William Irvine Adair1785-1835Alabama judge and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Furnace Hill 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
33.74733, -88.14530
What Furnace Hill 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
- Springfield CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery1.2 mi
- Sailor CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery1.9 mi
- Nebo CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery1.9 mi
- Vernon CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery2.0 mi
- Lamar Memory GardensVernon, ALCemetery2.5 mi
- Turner CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery2.7 mi
- Friendship CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Sanders CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery3.3 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery3.5 mi
- Pearson CemeteryVernon, ALCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Furnace Hill Cemetery
- Chandler Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Vernon · (205) 695-7628
- Otts Funeral Home10.0 miFuneral home · Sulligent · (205) 698-8668
- Norwood Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Sulligent · (205) 698-9191
- Dowdle Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Millport · (205) 662-4830
- Miles Monument Co.17 miMonument dealer · Winfield · (205) 487-6365
- Norwood Wyatt Chapel Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Fayette · (205) 932-6702
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