About Eminence Cemetery
Eminence Cemetery is a cemetery near Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Eminence. The grounds sit at about 912 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Anne Braden, Johnny Marcum and Lamar Campbell LeCompte. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2728739. The nearest other listed cemetery is Magruder Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sholar Funeral Home in Pleasureville, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 36 cemeteries we list in Henry County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Eminence. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Eminence Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 journalist.
- Anne Braden1924-2006American activist
- Johnny Marcum1909-1984American baseball player
- Lamar Campbell LeCompte1890-1977American photographer and postcard publisher
People whose Wikidata entry gives Eminence 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
38.35937, -85.18032
What Eminence 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
- Magruder CemeteryEminence, KYCemetery2.0 mi
- Watkins CemeteryEminence, KYCemetery3.1 mi
- Chinn - Elley - Dupuy - Smith CemeteryNew Castle, KYCemetery3.6 mi
- Dutch Tract CemeteryEminence, KYCemetery4.1 mi
- Banta - Bonta CemeteryEminence, KYCemetery4.1 mi
- Smithfield CemeteryEminence, KYCemetery4.4 mi
- Gill CemeteryEminence, KYCemetery5.1 mi
- Shady Lawn CemeteryShelbyville, KYCemetery5.6 mi
- Point Pleasant CemeteryNew Castle, KYCemetery5.8 mi
- New Castle CemeteryNew Castle, KYCemetery5.9 mi
Funeral homes near Eminence Cemetery
- Sholar Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Pleasureville · (502) 878-2521
- Prewitt's Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · New Castle · (502) 845-2917
- Hall-Taylor Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (502) 633-1655
- Webb Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (502) 633-3750
- Shannon Funeral Service11 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (502) 633-1266
- Morton-beckley Funeral Directors11 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (502) 647-3750
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