About Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 377 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 34 notable people buried here, including Gregg Allman, Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 321911. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Ridge Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hart's Mortuary and Cremation Center in Macon, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Bibb County, and 153 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Macon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rose Hill Cemetery
Among them: 10 US representatives, 6 Civil War veterans, 4 writers, 3 journalists, 3 musicians, 2 governors, 2 US senators, 1 architect.
- Gregg Allman1947-2017American musician
- Duane Allman1946-1971American guitarist
- Berry Oakley1948-1972American bassist
- Alfred H. Colquitt1824-1894Confederate Army general
- Augustus Octavius Bacon1839-1914Politician
- Nathaniel Edwin Harris1846-1929Confederate Army officer and politician
- Philip Cook1817-1894United States Army officer and politician 1817-1894
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett1853-1938American politician
- James Henderson Blount1837-1903Confederate Army officer and American politician
- James Jackson1819-1887American politician and lawyer
- Blanton C. Winship1869-1947American military lawyer and veteran
- Clifford Anderson1833-1899American politician and Confederate Army officer
Show all 34 notable burials
- John Basil Lamar1812-1862Confederate Army soldier and politician
- Samuel F. Gove1822-1900American politician
- Thomas Hardeman, Jr.1825-1891American politician
- Elia Goode Byington1858-1936American journalist
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet1803-1871American politician, lawyer and judge
- Harry Stillwell Edwards1855-1938American journalist
- Phil Walden1940-2006American businessman; music executive
- Henry Graybill Lamar1798-1861American politician
- Neel Reid1885-1926Prominent architect in Atlanta, Georgia in the early 20th century
- LeRoy Wiley Gresham1847-1865Invalid and Diarist
- Viola Ross Napier1881-1962American politician
- William Carter Burdett Jr.1918-1995
- Katharine Cooper Cater1914-1980American college administrator
- Samuel Boykin1829-1899American Baptist clergyman and editor
- Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton1850-1914American newspaper editor and politician
- Edward Dennis Huthnance, Jr.1942-2020Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology 1968
- Edward T. Byington1852-1927American journalist and author
- Francis Jerome Holder1876-1931Ph.D. Yale University 1908
- John Jones Gresham1812-1891American lawyer, judge, and politician
- Laura Josephine Nisbet1834-1900
- Margaret Long Leonard1911-1989American journalist & novelist
- Mary Marsh1847-1859Dancer and performer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose 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
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What Rose 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
- Oak Ridge CemeteryMacon, GACemetery0.2 mi
- Riverside CemeteryMacon, GACemetery0.4 mi
- Linwood CemeteryMacon, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Riverside Cemetery: North Gate SectionMacon, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Christ Episcopal Church Memorial GardenMacon, GAMemorial park0.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial GardenMacon, GAMemorial park0.9 mi
- Winship Place CemeteryMacon, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Old City CemeteryMacon, GAMunicipal cemetery1.3 mi
- Fort Hill CemeteryMacon, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Kitchens Street CemeteryMacon, GACemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Rose Hill Cemetery
- Hart's Mortuary and Cremation Center0.7 miCremation provider · Macon · (478) 746-4321
- Simply Cremation of Middle Georgia0.7 miCremation provider · Macon · (478) 285-8999
- Snow's Funerals & Cremations0.7 miFuneral home · Macon
- Snow's Memorial Chapel0.7 miFuneral chapel · Macon · (478) 743-7417
- Hutchings Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Macon · (478) 743-1212
- Bentley And Sons Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Macon · (478) 742-0952
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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