About Riceville Cemetery
Riceville Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee. It lies about 7.2 mi northeast of Athens. The grounds sit at about 889 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1956207. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hilltop Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Good Samaritan Funeral Home in Athens, about 6.4 mi away. It is one of 129 cemeteries we list in McMinn County, and 102 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.38187, -84.69772
What Riceville 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
- Hilltop CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- New Eastanallee CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Old Eastanallee CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Davis CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Roberts CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Thorn Hill CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Horton CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery3.0 mi
- Spring Creek Church CemeteryAthens, TNChurch cemetery3.0 mi
- Oak Grove Baptist Church CemeteryAthens, TNBaptist cemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Riceville Cemetery
- Good Samaritan Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 405-5277
- Ziegler Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 745-3123
- Smith Funeral & Cremation Services7.1 miCremation provider · Athens · (423) 745-3013
- Companion Funeral and Cremation7.2 miCremation provider · Athens · (423) 453-2302
- Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 745-5361
- M D Dotson and Sons Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 745-1473
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