Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia

Alta Vista Cemetery is a cemetery in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 1,234 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including James Longstreet, Sonny Carter and Willard Robertson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 310500. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thompson Family Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Little-Davenport Funeral Home in Gainesville, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 168 cemeteries we list in Hall County, and 123 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

Among them: 3 Civil War veterans, 2 actors, 2 governors, 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 journalist.

• James Longstreet1821-1904
  Confederate Army general
• Sonny Carter1947-1991
  American physician, soccer player, Navy officer, and astronaut
• Willard Robertson1886-1948
  American actor and writer
• Allen D. Candler1834-1910
  American politician
• James Milton Smith1823-1890
  Confederate Army officer and American politician
• Thomas Montgomery Bell1861-1941
  American politician
• Arnold Hardy1922-2007
  American photographer
• Billy Lothridge1942-1996
  American football player
• Henry Woodward1882-1953
  Actor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Alta Vista 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.

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.

• Thompson Family Cemetery

  Gainesville, GA
  Family cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Webster Family Cemetery

  Gainesville, GA
  Family cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Gainesville Mill Cemetery

  Gainesville, GA
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Grace Episcopal Church Columbarium

  Gainesville, GA
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Hillside Garden Cemetery

  McEver Road, Gainesville, GA
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Stringer Family Cemetery

  Gainesville, GA
  Family cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Gainesville First Baptist Columbarium

  Gainesville, GA
  Baptist cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Memorial Park Cemetery

  Memorial Park Drive, Gainesville, GA
  Memorial park

  2.0 mi
• Barrett Family Cemetery

  Gainesville, GA
  Family cemetery

  2.0 mi
• New Life Baptist Cemetery

  Gainesville, GA
  Baptist cemetery

  2.2 mi

• Little-Davenport Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Gainesville · (770) 534-5201
  0.6 mi
• Dexter T. Sims Mortuary

  Mortuary · Gainesville · (470) 252-5636
  1.0 mi
• Wimberly Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Gainesville · (770) 536-3251
  1.2 mi
• Hillside Chapel Funeral Home & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Gainesville · (770) 287-0220
  1.6 mi
• Memorial Park Funeral Homes & Cemeteries - Main

  Funeral home · Gainesville · (770) 287-8227
  1.8 mi
• Memorial Park Funeral Homes and Cemeteries North - Riverside Chapel

  Funeral home · Gainesville · (770) 297-6200
  1.9 mi

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