About Mount Vernon Cemetery
Mount Vernon Cemetery is a cemetery near Grimsley, Morgan County, Tennessee. It lies about 13 mi west of Grimsley. The grounds sit at about 1,568 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bernard Benesh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1646639. The nearest other listed cemetery is Freels Cemetery, about 3.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schubert Funeral Home in Sunbright, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Morgan County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Grimsley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery
Among them: 1 World War I veteran.
- Bernard Benesh1891-1964Slovian-born American entomologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Vernon 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
36.29396, -84.75189
What Mount Vernon 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
- Freels CemeteryHuntsville, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Pleasant Ridge CemeteryWartburg, TNCemetery3.4 mi
- Taylor CemeteryWartburg, TNCemetery3.4 mi
- Byrd CemeteryWartburg, TNCemetery3.6 mi
- Brewster CemeteryJamestown, TNCemetery3.7 mi
- Morris CemeteryWartburg, TNCemetery4.4 mi
- Nydeck CemeteryHuntsville, TNCemetery4.6 mi
- Wright CemeteryJamestown, TNCemetery4.7 mi
- Brown CemeteryJamestown, TNCemetery4.7 mi
- Neely CemeteryHuntsville, TNCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Vernon Cemetery
- Schubert Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Sunbright
- Mundy Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Jamestown · (931) 879-8121
- funeral home14 miFuneral home · Jamestown
- Jennings Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Jamestown · (931) 879-8118
- Davis Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Wartburg · (423) 346-2011
- Schubert Funeral Home Inc17 miFuneral home · Wartburg · (423) 346-6677
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