About Mercer Cemetery
Mercer Cemetery is a cemetery near Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee. It lies about 16 mi northeast of Jackson. The grounds sit at about 348 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1293607. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hayes Chapel Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Motley & Rivers Funeral Home in Whiteville, about 12 mi away. It is one of 47 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jackson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.48424, -89.04756
What Mercer 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
- Hayes Chapel CemeteryJackson, TNChurch cemetery0.7 mi
- Shady Grove CemeteryJackson, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Forrest CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery3.7 mi
- Vison CemeteryWhiteville, TNCemetery3.8 mi
- Bond CemeteryJackson, TNCemetery4.5 mi
- Vison CemeteryWhiteville, TNCemetery4.6 mi
- Norvell CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery4.7 mi
- Walker CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery4.7 mi
- Forrest CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery4.9 mi
- Simmons CemeteryWhiteville, TNCemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mercer Cemetery
- Motley & Rivers Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Whiteville · (731) 254-8004
- Lea & Simmons Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Brownsville · (731) 772-8880
- Rawls Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Brownsville · (731) 772-1472
- Brownsville Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Brownsville · (731) 772-1551
- George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Jackson · (731) 427-5555
- Jackson Memorials15 miMonument dealer · Jackson · (731) 427-3756
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