About New Gray Cemetery
New Gray Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. It lies about 2.7 mi east of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 925 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Ida Cox and Florence Anna McCormick. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1295484. The nearest other listed cemetery is Southern Chain Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel in Knoxville, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 214 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 152 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Knox County dates to 1878. 4 of the 214 listings in Knox County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Knoxville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at New Gray Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician, 1 scientist.
- Ida Cox1896-1967African American singer and vaudeville performer
- Florence Anna McCormick1874-1964American botanist and university teacher
People whose Wikidata entry gives New Gray 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
35.97384, -83.96640
What New Gray 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
- Southern Chain CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery0.4 mi
- Crestview CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Middlebrook CemeteryKnoxville, TN · est. 1878Cemetery0.8 mi
- Knott CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Carter CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Third Creek CemeteryKnoxville, TNBaptist cemetery2.0 mi
- Knoxville National Cemetery939 Tyson Street NW, Knoxville, TNNational cemetery2.2 mi
- Bookwalter CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Old Gray CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Happy Home CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near New Gray Cemetery
- Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel2.7 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 523-2121
- Stevens Mortuary2.8 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 524-0331
- Weaver Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 588-3868
- Unity Mortuary3.2 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 637-8811
- Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel3.5 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 588-8578
- Roberts Chapel Berry Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 999-3106
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