About Green Hill Cemetery
Green Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Greensboro. The grounds sit at about 774 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Kay Hagan, Alfred Moore Scales and Mary Lura Sherrill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 986059. The nearest other listed cemetery is Union Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hanes Lineberry Funeral Home in Greensboro, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Guilford County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 32 listings in Guilford County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Greensboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Green Hill Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists, 2 writers, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- Kay Hagan1953-2019American politician
- Alfred Moore Scales1827-1892Confederate Army general
- Mary Lura Sherrill1888-1968American chemist
- T. Gilbert Pearson1873-1943Conservationist
- C. Alphonso Smith1864-1924American American professor of English, philologist, and folklorist
- Robert M. Douglas1849-1917American judge
- Thomas Settle1831-1888American judge and politician
- David Kirkpatrick1870-1939American gridiron football player
- Solomon Pool1832-1901American academic
- Clara J. Peck1862-1926English-born American public health nurse and hospital matron, based in Greensboro, North Carolina
- May Gordon Kellenberger1893-1978American philanthropist
- Nellie Rowe Jones1887-1960North Carolina librarian and author
Show all 13 notable burials
- William Preston Bynum1861-1926American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Green 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
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What Green 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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Union CemeteryGreensboro, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Cone CemeteryGreensboro, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Maplewood Cemetery235 Bingham Street, Greensboro, NCCemetery2.2 mi
- Greensboro Hebrew CemeteryGreensboro, NCJewish cemetery3.1 mi
- Piedmont Memorial CemeteryGreensboro, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Forest Lawn Cemetery3901 Forest Lawn Drive, Greensboro, NCCemetery4.0 mi
- Westminster Gardens CemeteryGreensboro, NCCemetery4.1 mi
- Lakeview Memorial ParkGreensboro, NCMemorial park4.2 mi
- Midway CemeteryGreensboro, NCCemetery5.0 mi
- Shady Grove CemeteryGreensboro, NCCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Green Hill Cemetery
- Hanes Lineberry Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (336) 272-5157
- Pierce-Jefferson Lambeth Chapel0.5 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (336) 265-0161
- Forbis & Dick Funeral Service0.6 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (336) 275-8408
- Allen & Associates Mortuary Inc0.9 miMortuary · Greensboro · (336) 378-1440
- Callands Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (336) 355-9997
- Callads Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Greensboro
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