About Tanksley Cemetery
Tanksley Cemetery is a cemetery near Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. It lies about 6.8 mi southwest of Bedford. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 451538. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hawkins Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Limestone Chapel of George Funeral Care in Bedford, about 6.4 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bedford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.93817, -86.40930
What Tanksley 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
- Hawkins CemeteryBedford, INCemetery2.1 mi
- Bailey CemeteryBedford, INCemetery2.1 mi
- Faubion CemeteryBedford, INCemetery2.7 mi
- Covey CemeterySmithville-Sanders, INCemetery3.9 mi
- Hillenburg CemeterySmithville-Sanders, INCemetery4.0 mi
- Mitchell CemeterySmithville-Sanders, INCemetery4.7 mi
- Ikerd CemeteryBedford, INCemetery5.0 mi
- Leatherwood CemeteryBedford, INCemetery5.4 mi
- Todd CemeterySmithville-Sanders, INCemetery5.5 mi
- Breckenridge CemeteryBedford, INCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Tanksley Cemetery
- Limestone Chapel of George Funeral Care6.4 miFuneral chapel · Bedford · (812) 675-0046
- Day and Carter Mortuary6.5 miMortuary · Bedford · (812) 275-3389
- Ferguson-Lee Chapel - Thorne-George Family Funeral Homes6.8 miFuneral home · Bedford
- Ferguson-Lee Chapel6.8 miFuneral home · Bedford · (812) 275-4433
- Stone City Monuments7.2 miMonument dealer · Bedford · (812) 275-8785
- White River Cremation Center10 miCremation provider · Bedford · (812) 275-6886
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