About Tower Grove Cemetery
Tower Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. It lies about 1.5 mi southeast of Murphysboro. The grounds sit at about 469 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Joe Grace. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 419791. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Andrews Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Crawshaw Funeral Home in Murphysboro, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 93 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Murphysboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Tower Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Joe Grace1914-1969American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Tower Grove 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
37.77301, -89.35957
What Tower Grove 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
- Saint Andrews CemeteryMurphysboro, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Murphysboro City CemeteryMurphysboro, ILMunicipal cemetery1.2 mi
- Boucher CemeteryMurphysboro, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Worthen CemeteryMurphysboro, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Mount Joy CemeteryMurphysboro, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Mount Carbon CemeteryMurphysboro, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Ripley CemeteryMurphysboro, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryMurphysboro, ILLutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Murdale Gardens of MemoryMurphysboro, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Pleasant Grove Memorial CemeteryCarbondale, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Tower Grove Cemetery
- Crawshaw Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Murphysboro · (866) 592-7246
- Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service4.8 miFuneral home · Murphysboro · (866) 592-7246
- Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home - Old 134.8 miFuneral home · Murphysburough · (618) 687-2500
- Walker Funeral Homes8.2 miFuneral home · Carbondale · (618) 529-3100
- Huffman-Harker Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Carbondale · (618) 457-2400
- Meredith Funeral Home & Cremation Services8.4 miFuneral home · Carbondale · (618) 457-4139
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