About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It lies about 1.0 mi southwest of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 774 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Sandy Allen, James Pierce and Bob Zimny. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 434653. The nearest funeral home we know of is Glenn E George and Son Funeral Home in Shelbyville, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 90 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 73 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shelbyville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 actors, 2 football players, 1 basketball player.
- Sandy Allen1955-2008American female giant
- James Pierce1900-1983Actor, football player and coach
- Bob Zimny1921-2011American football player
- Bertha Belle Headlee Talbert1888-1978American author
- Clarence Talbert1887-1962Indiana author 1887-1962
- Hal Peck1923-2023American basketball player
- Marian McFadden1904-1975American library director
- Oren Hack1876-1942American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest 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
39.53112, -85.76273
What Forest 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.
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Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Glenn E George and Son Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (317) 398-4599
- Murphy-Parks Funeral Services1.2 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (317) 398-6697
- Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · Shelbyville · (317) 392-2555
- Glenn E George Funeral Home St. Paul10 miFuneral home · St Paul · (765) 525-4211
- Freeman Family Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Morristown · (765) 763-6321
- Bell Mortuary & Crematory, Shangrila Chapel13 miCremation provider · Fountaintown · (317) 861-6153
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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