About Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery is a cemetery near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. It lies about 2.9 mi north of Chattanooga. The grounds sit at about 722 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 35 notable people buried here, including Grace Moore, David M. Key and James B. Frazier. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1284600. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hamill Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Comfort Cremation Center in Chattanooga, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 210 cemeteries we list in Hamilton County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 210 listings in Hamilton County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chattanooga. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hills Cemetery
Among them: 6 baseball players, 5 US representatives, 3 journalists, 3 US senators, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 inventors and engineers, 1 actor.
- Grace Moore1898-1947American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film
- David M. Key1824-1900American judge and politician
- James B. Frazier1856-1937American politician
- Newell Sanders1850-1939American politician
- Samuel T. Francis1947-2005American journalist and writer
- James B. Frazier, Jr.1890-1978American politician
- Foster V. Brown1852-1937American politician
- H. Clay Evans1843-1921American politician
- John A. Moon1855-1921American politician
- Sam D. McReynolds1872-1939American politician
- Jimmy Johnston1889-1967Major League Baseball player
- Joe Engel1893-1969American baseball player
Show all 35 notable burials
- Alexander W. Chambliss1864-1947American judge
- Garnet Carter1883-1954American inventor, father of minigolf
- John Thompson Whitaker1906-1946American journalist
- Lorine Livingston Pruette1896-1976American psychologist
- Tom Ford1866-1917American baseball player
- George Escol Sellers1808-1899American inventor
- John T. Wilder1830-1917Union United States Army general
- John Thomas Lupton1862-1933American lawyer and businessman
- Bill McAllester1888-1970Major League Baseball catcher
- Frank Shipp1884-1934American gridiron football player
- Scrappy Moore1902-1971American college football player and coach, athletics administrator
- Corliss Buchanan1889-1947American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- David L. Snodgrass1851-1917American lawyer
- Eugene J. Bryan1888-1958American politician and lawyer
- Frank M. Thompson1860-1926American lawyer
- Harry R. Caldwell1876-1970American methodist missionary, big game hunter and ornithologist
- W. A. Martin1878-1955American college football coach
- William R. Crabtree1867-1920American politician
- Jesse M. Littleton1867-1923American politician
- Lisle Bones Caldwell1843-1911
- Nellie H. Ferger1891-1979Botanical collector
- Vaughn Miller1892-1964American lawyer
- Walter Matson Cline, Jr.1914-1984American photographer and postcard publisher
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills 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
- Hamill CemeteryChattanooga, TNCemetery0.3 mi
- Wilson CemeteryRossville, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Fryar CemeteryChattanooga, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Humphrey CemeteryRossville, GACemetery2.3 mi
- Restricted Burial GroundsChattanooga, TNChurch cemetery2.5 mi
- Chattanooga National Cemetery1200 Bailey Avenue, Chattanooga, TNNational cemetery2.8 mi
- Rowden CemeteryLookout Mountain, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- The Rev. Dr. Harry Lawrence Memorial GardenChattanooga, TNMemorial park3.1 mi
- Chattanooga Confederate CemeteryChattanooga, TNCemetery3.4 mi
- Citizens CemeteryChattanooga, TNCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hills Cemetery
- Comfort Cremation Center0.4 miCremation provider · Chattanooga · (423) 531-7141
- Wann Funeral & Cremation Center0.4 miCremation provider · Chattanooga · (423) 821-7551
- Chattanooga Memorial Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 591-7777
- Strickland-Franklin Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 265-4414
- Franklin-Strickland Funeral Directors3.4 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 267-8361
- John P Franklin Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 622-9995
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