About Sunset Cemetery
Sunset Cemetery is a cemetery near Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 443 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Ned McWherter and Annie Somers Gilchrist. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1271881. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sunrise Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 209 cemeteries we list in Weakley County, and 132 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dresden. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sunset Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor, 1 writer.
- Ned McWherter1930-2011Governor of Tennessee & Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Annie Somers Gilchrist1841-1912American writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sunset 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
36.28700, -88.71061
What Sunset 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
- Sunrise CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Malone CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Moran CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Parham CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Vincent Grove CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Nailing CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- McClains Chapel CemeteryDresden, TNChurch cemetery2.7 mi
- Martin Family CemeteryDresden, TNFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Vincent CemeteryDresden, TNCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Sunset Cemetery
- Bowlin Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Dresden · (731) 364-3101
- Williams Funeral Home. Sharon, Tn7.3 miFuneral home · Sharon · (731) 456-2300
- Williams Funeral Home of Gleason7.9 miFuneral home · Gleason · (731) 648-5801
- Murphy Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Martin · (731) 587-3121
- Williams Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Greenfield · (731) 235-2224
- Hunt Funeral Home LLC16 miFuneral home · Bradford · (731) 742-2261
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