About Green Hills Cemetery
Green Hills Cemetery is a cemetery near Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It lies about 2.5 mi east of Asheville. The grounds sit at about 2,133 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Lisa Lynn Masters, Olive Tilford Dargan and David Rae Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1011701. The nearest other listed cemetery is Violet Hill Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Groce Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Patton Avenue in Asheville, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 296 cemeteries we list in Buncombe County, and 166 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Asheville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Green Hills Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Lisa Lynn Masters1964-2016American actress
- Olive Tilford Dargan1869-1968Author and poet of Asheville, N.C.
- David Rae Smith1930-1996American operatic baritone
People whose Wikidata entry gives Green Hills 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
35.59094, -82.59707
What Green Hills 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
- Violet Hill CemeteryAsheville, NCCemetery0.2 mi
- Jarrett CemeteryAsheville, NCCemetery0.2 mi
- Lou Pollock Memorial ParkAsheville, NCMemorial park0.2 mi
- Gospel Tabernacle Church CemeteryAsheville, NCChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Smith CemeteryAsheville, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Branton CemeteryAsheville, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Rich CemeteryAsheville, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Riverside CemeteryAsheville, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Happy Valley Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryAsheville, NCBaptist cemetery1.7 mi
- Fore - Rutledge CemeteryWoodfin, NCCemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Green Hills Cemetery
- Groce Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Patton Avenue0.9 miFuneral home · Asheville · (828) 252-3535
- Anders-Rice Funeral Home and Cremation Center1.0 miFuneral home · Asheville · (828) 254-3511
- Asheville Area Alternative Funeral And Cremation Services1.6 miCremation provider · Asheville · (828) 258-8274
- Alternative Funeral and Cremation Services1.6 miCremation provider · Asheville
- Hart Funeral Service2.3 miFuneral home · Asheville · (828) 252-2090
- Morris Funeral and Cremation Care2.7 miCremation provider · Asheville · (828) 252-1821
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