About Prater Cemetery
Prater Cemetery is a cemetery near Benton, McMinn County, Tennessee. It lies about 7.3 mi south of Benton. The grounds sit at about 935 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1298452. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clark Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Higgins Funeral Home in Benton, about 7.0 mi away. It is one of 129 cemeteries we list in McMinn County, and 87 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Benton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.27923, -84.66882
What Prater 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
- Clark CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Swafford CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Clear Springs CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Hanks CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Simpson CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Crabtree CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Old Swafford CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Jones Chapel CemeteryEtowah, TNChristian cemetery2.8 mi
- Hiwassee Baptist Church CemeteryBenton, TNBaptist cemetery2.8 mi
- Trew CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Prater Cemetery
- Higgins Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Benton · (423) 338-2834
- Bordwine Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-7033
- Serenity Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-6700
- Ralph Buckner Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (423) 472-0821
- Smith Funeral & Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · Athens · (423) 745-3013
- Ziegler Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 745-3123
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