About Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near East Ridge, Hamilton County, Tennessee. It lies about 0.7 mi northeast of East Ridge. The grounds sit at about 928 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Pez Whatley, William Cullom and Pat McHugh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1294718. The nearest other listed cemetery is Donaldson Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is John P Franklin Funeral Home in Chattanooga, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 210 cemeteries we list in Hamilton County, and 108 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, East Ridge. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 US representative.
- Pez Whatley1951-2005American professional wrestler
- William Cullom1810-1896American politician
- Pat McHugh1919-2004American football player
- Ann Alsobrook Maxwell1929-2016Ed.D. University of Tennessee - Knoxville 1974
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olivet 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
35.00719, -85.26022
What Mount Olivet 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
- Donaldson CemeteryEast Ridge, TNCemetery0.4 mi
- Lomenick CemeteryEast Ridge, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Lakewood Memory Gardens and Mausoleum SouthLakeview, GACemetery1.8 mi
- Shaari Zion CemeteryEast Ridge, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Pleasant Gardens CemeteryEast Ridge, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Rogers CemeteryEast Ridge, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Newnan Springs CemeteryLakeview, GACemetery2.2 mi
- Castle CemeteryEast Chattanooga, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Chattanooga National Cemetery1200 Bailey Avenue, Chattanooga, TNNational cemetery2.5 mi
- Brainerd Mission CemeteryEast Ridge, TNCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olivet Cemetery
- John P Franklin Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 622-9995
- Prestige Funeral Services Inc1.5 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 697-1936
- Ponders Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · East Ridge
- Chattanooga Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · East Ridge
- Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist - East Chapel1.6 miCremation provider · East Ridge · (423) 698-2541
- Hardwick & Sons Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Chattanooga · (423) 267-1244
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