About Sims Cemetery
Sims Cemetery is a cemetery near Decatur, Rhea County, Tennessee. It lies about 6.4 mi south of Decatur. The grounds sit at about 899 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1270351. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ewing Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Decatur Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Decatur, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in Rhea County, and 119 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Decatur. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.60654, -84.80475
What Sims 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
- Ewing CemeterySpring City, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Leuty CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Porter - Ward CemeterySpring City, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Cooke CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Forest Grove CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Smith CemeterySpring City, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Smith - Wilkey CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Peak - Hornsby CemeterySpring City, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Porter CemeterySpring City, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Ball CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Sims Cemetery
- Decatur Funeral Home & Cremation Services6.2 miFuneral home · Decatur · (423) 334-3661
- Vaughn Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Spring City · (423) 365-5221
- Coulter-Garrison Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Dayton · (423) 775-2444
- M D Dotson and Sons Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 745-1473
- Vanderwall Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Dayton · (423) 775-2662
- Vaugh Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Dayton
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