About Bethany Cemetery
Bethany Cemetery is a cemetery near Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Aiken. The grounds sit at about 538 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Pete Bostwick, Arthur Young and Louise Bailey Laughlin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220523. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sons of Israel Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home in Aiken, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 72 cemeteries we list in Aiken County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Aiken County dates to 1852.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Aiken. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bethany Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Pete Bostwick1909-1982American tennis and polo player, horse trainer and jockey
- Arthur Young1863-1948Scottish accountant
- Louise Bailey Laughlin1906-1959
- Thomas Irwin Laughlin1906-1965American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bethany 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
33.56999, -81.71808
What Bethany 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
- Sons of Israel CemeteryAiken, SCJewish cemetery0.1 mi
- Pine Lawn Memorial GardensAiken, SC · est. 1852Memorial park0.4 mi
- Aiken's First Baptist Church GraveyardAiken, SCBaptist cemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Thaddeus Episcopal Church GraveyardAiken, SCEpiscopal cemetery0.7 mi
- Aiken Memorial CemeteryAiken, SCCemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryGraniteville, SCCemetery3.1 mi
- Millbrook CemeteryAiken, SCCemetery3.2 mi
- Scott CemeteryAiken, SCCemetery4.0 mi
- Willis CemeteryAiken, SCCemetery4.1 mi
- Graniteville CemeteryGraniteville, SCCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Bethany Cemetery
- Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Aiken · (803) 649-6123
- George Funeral Home & Cremation Center0.8 miFuneral home · Aiken · (803) 649-6234
- George Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Aiken
- South Carolina Cremation And Memorial Society0.8 miCremation provider · Aiken · (803) 648-2499
- Miller's Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Aiken · (803) 649-2055
- Shellhouse Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Aiken · (803) 642-3456
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