About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near East Point, Fulton County, Georgia. It lies about 3.3 mi south of East Point. The grounds sit at about 1,030 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Hank Ballard, S. Truett Cathy and Frank Roman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 314880. The nearest other listed cemetery is Utoy Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wise Funeral Home in Atlanta, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 231 cemeteries we list in Fulton County, and 168 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 231 listings in Fulton County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, East Point. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran.
- Hank Ballard1927-2003American singer
- S. Truett Cathy1921-2014American restaurateur, businessman, philanthropist
- Frank Roman1877-1928Italian-born American musician, composer, and band director
- Jerry Banks1939-2012American consultant
- Vishnu Dattatreya Gokhale1892-1956Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1922
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
33.72491, -84.45551
What Greenwood 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
- Utoy Primitive Baptist Church CemeteryEast Point, GABaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- Philadelphia Baptist Church CemeteryEast Point, GABaptist cemetery0.9 mi
- Westview Cemetery1680 Westview Drive Southwest, Atlanta, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Touchstone CemeteryAtlanta, GACemetery1.8 mi
- Sharon Baptist Church CemeteryAtlanta, GABaptist cemetery2.1 mi
- Latham Family CemeteryAtlanta, GAFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Hillcrest CemeteryEast Point, GACemetery2.2 mi
- Connally CemeteryEast Point, GACemetery2.3 mi
- Ratterree Burial GroundEast Point, GACemetery2.7 mi
- Howard Thurman National MemorialAtlanta, GACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Wise Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 758-4634
- Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 758-1731
- Alfonso Dawson Mortuary2.6 miMortuary · Atlanta · (404) 691-3810
- Smith, Dennis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel & Cremation2.8 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 349-2400
- MD Walker Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 755-0079
- Murray Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. (Cascade Chapel)3.0 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (404) 349-3000
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