About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Ardmore, Giles County, Tennessee. It lies about 3.3 mi south of Ardmore. The grounds sit at about 912 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1272568. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smith Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home in Ardmore, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 223 cemeteries we list in Giles County, and 130 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ardmore. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.03952, -86.83583
What Thornton 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
- Smith CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery0.1 mi
- Smith CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Malone CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Bledsoe CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Maddox CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Anderson CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Corpier CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Lewter CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Boswell CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- White CemeteryArdmore, TNCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Ardmore · (256) 423-4100
- Moore Chapel8.2 miFuneral home · Ardmore
- Bennett-May & Pierce Funeral Home and Crematory14 miCremation provider · Pulaski · (931) 363-0828
- Carr & Erwin Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (931) 363-1533
- The Rose of Sharon Funeral Service15 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (931) 424-8010
- Rose Of Sharon Funeral Service16 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (931) 424-8010
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