About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. It lies about 2.2 mi northwest of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 968 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Ken Burkhart, Arthur Hurst Moser and Augustus Sisk. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1275052. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maxey Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Berry Funeral Home in Knoxville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 214 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 125 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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Ken Burkhart1916-2004American baseball player
- Arthur Hurst Moser1904-1975American classicist and university teacher
- Augustus Sisk1889-1955Ph.D. Cornell University 1932
- George Eugene Albert1909-1994Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1938
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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
35.93369, -83.89990
What Woodlawn 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
- Maxey CemeteryKnoxville, TNChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Vestal Church CemeteryKnoxville, TNChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Brown Cemetery VKnoxville, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- New Prospect CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Davis CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Stanton CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- First Presbyterian Church CemeteryKnoxville, TNChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Harris Chapel CemeteryKnoxville, TNChurch cemetery2.5 mi
- Meridian CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- Berry Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 577-6666
- Unity Mortuary3.0 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 637-8811
- Roberts Chapel Berry Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 999-3106
- Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel3.9 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 523-2121
- Mountain Mortuary Service4.0 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 263-4893
- Baldwin Cremation and Mortuary Service4.0 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (865) 633-5200
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