About Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Myrtle Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Rome. The grounds sit at about 686 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Ellen Axson Wilson, William Fielding Ogburn and Homer V. M. Miller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 319184. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest mortuary we know of is Wright Memorial Mortuary in Rome, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 140 cemeteries we list in Floyd County, and 96 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rome. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 first lady, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Ellen Axson Wilson1860-1914First Lady of the United States from 1913 to 1914
- William Fielding Ogburn1886-1959American sociologist
- Homer V. M. Miller1814-1896American politician
- Helen Woodrow Bones1874-1951American editor
- John W. Maddox1848-1922American politician
- Augustus Romaldus Wright1813-1891American politician
- Ethel Hillyer Harris1859-1931American author
- Agnes Ellen Harris1883-1952American home economics academic
- Ernest E. West1867-1914American football coach
- Lawrence S. Churchill1890-1972U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel
- Nathan Henry Bass, Sr.1808-1890American politician
- Gamaliel Wyatt Holmes Cheney Sr.1885-1948
Show all 13 notable burials
- Martha Collins Yeargan1913-1985Author affiliated with the Woman's Division of Christian Service,North Georgia
People whose Wikidata entry gives Myrtle 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 Myrtle 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
- First Presbyterian Church Memorial GardenRome, GAMemorial park0.4 mi
- Saint Peter's Episcopal Church Memorial GardenRome, GAMemorial park0.5 mi
- Rodeph Sholom CemeteryRome, GACemetery0.5 mi
- Shadyside CemeteryRome, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Old Seventh Avenue CemeteryRome, GAMunicipal cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Mary's GardenRome, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Old Eastview CemeteryRome, GACemetery1.8 mi
- Philip Walker Hemphill CemeteryRome, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens CemeteryRome, GAMemorial park1.9 mi
- Old Antioch CemeteryRome, GACemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Myrtle Hill Cemetery
- Wright Memorial Mortuary0.8 miMortuary · Rome · (706) 235-0642
- Daniel's Funeral Home and Cremation Service1.2 miFuneral home · Rome · (706) 232-3646
- F.K. Jones Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Rome · (706) 802-0265
- Salmon Funeral Home & Crematory2.8 miCremation provider · Rome · (706) 291-9472
- Henderson & Sons Funeral Home - South Chapel3.1 miFuneral home · Rome · (706) 234-5302
- Henderson & Sons Funeral Home- Oaknoll Chapel4.0 miFuneral home · Rome · (706) 291-0073
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