About Green Hill Cemetery
Green Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. The grounds sit at about 2,789 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Gig Young, William Greer and William H. Smathers. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1011700. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dix Hill Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wells Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Waynesville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 135 cemeteries we list in Haywood County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Waynesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Green Hill Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 3 writers, 2 actors, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 US senator, 1 Vietnam War veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Gig Young1913-1978American actor
- William Greer1909-1985American Secret Service agent
- William H. Smathers1891-1955American politician
- Carl Epting Mundy, Jr.1935-2014United States Marine Corps Commandant
- William T. Crawford1856-1913American politician
- James M. Moody1858-1903American politician
- William Holland Thomas1805-1893Confederate Army officer
- Edward J. Robeson, Jr.1890-1966American politician
- Everett B. Camp1867-1938American football player and coach
- Virginia MacFadyen1900-1966US actress and author
- William McKendree Bryant1843-1919American educator and writer
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1870) of the Smithsonian Institution
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
- Dix Hill CemeteryWaynesville, NCCemetery0.4 mi
- Garrett - Hillcrest Memorial ParkWaynesville, NCMemorial park1.6 mi
- Buchanan CemeteryHazelwood, NCCemetery2.0 mi
- Brendle CemeteryHazelwood, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Hyatt Creek CemeteryHazelwood, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Verlin Green CemeteryHazelwood, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryLake Junaluska, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Plott Creek CemeteryHazelwood, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Ratcliffe Cove CemeteryLake Junaluska, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Reeves CemeteryLake Junaluska, NCCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Green Hill Cemetery
- Wells Funeral Home & Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Waynesville · (828) 456-3535
- Garrett Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Waynesville · (828) 456-8656
- Smoky Mountain Cremations And Funeral Service5.6 miFuneral home · Clyde · (828) 565-3024
- Smoky Mountain Cremations and Funeral Service6.1 miFuneral home · Maggie Valley · (828) 565-3024
- Crawford Ray Funeral Home, Cremation Services and Memorial Gardens9.4 miFuneral home · Canton · (828) 648-3535
- Wells Funeral Home and Cremation Services9.6 miFuneral home · Canton · (828) 648-2371
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