About Nelson Cemetery
Nelson Cemetery is a cemetery near Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It lies about 4.2 mi northeast of Lawrenceburg. The grounds sit at about 771 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1295369. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ander Smith Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 133 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 75 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lawrenceburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.19619, -87.38251
What Nelson 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
- Ander Smith CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Sam Smith CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Collier CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Green CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Belew CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery3.0 mi
- Bumpas CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery3.1 mi
- Dunn CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery3.2 mi
- Leoma CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery3.2 mi
- Cedar Hill Church CemeteryLoretto, TNChurch cemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryLawrenceburg, TNCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Nelson Cemetery
- Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Lawrenceburg · (931) 762-3291
- Neal Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Lawrenceburg · (931) 762-9447
- Loretto Memorial Chapel Inc8.6 miFuneral chapel · Loretto · (931) 853-6995
- Odems Chapel12 miFuneral home · St Joseph
- Greenhill Funeral Home Inc18 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 757-0160
- Jordan Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (931) 363-1616
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