About Light Cemetery
Light Cemetery is a cemetery near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee. It lies about 3.6 mi east of Dyersburg. The grounds sit at about 358 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1291264. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Bethel Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is McCreight Funeral Home in Dyersburg, about 2.5 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Dyer County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Dyer County dates to 1852.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dyersburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.05090, -89.44673
What Light 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
- New Bethel CemeteryDyersburg, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- McCullough Family CemeteryDyersburg, TNFamily cemetery1.0 mi
- McCullough Chapel CemeteryDyersburg, TNChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Moore Family CemeteryDyersburg, TNFamily cemetery1.3 mi
- Beech Grove CemeteryDyersburg, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Parker CemeteryDyersburg, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Jenkins CemeteryDyersburg, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryDyersburg, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Hicks CemeteryDyersburg, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryDyersburg, TN · est. 1852Cemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Light Cemetery
- McCreight Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Dyersburg · (731) 286-4810
- Cosmopolitan Funeral Services2.9 miFuneral home · Dyersburg
- Dyersburg Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Dyersburg · (731) 285-3021
- H H Hudson Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Dyersburg · (731) 285-3070
- Curry Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Dyersburg · (731) 285-2242
- Johnson-Williams Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Newbern · (731) 627-3236
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