About Burns Cemetery
Burns Cemetery is a cemetery near Linden, Perry County, Tennessee. It lies about 8.5 mi south of Linden. The grounds sit at about 568 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: David Rhodes. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1279088. The nearest other listed cemetery is Johnson Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Young Funeral Home in Linden, about 7.2 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 74 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Linden. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Burns Cemetery
Among them: 1 basketball player.
- David Rhodes1951-2005American educator and athlete
People whose Wikidata entry gives Burns 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
35.73089, -87.78169
What Burns 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
- Johnson CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Murray CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Murray CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- DePriest CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Curry CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Cude CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Leeper CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Barham CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Dodson CemeteriesLinden, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Davidson Hester CemeteryLinden, TNCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Burns Cemetery
- Young Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Linden · (931) 589-3033
- Adair Funeral & Cremation Services15 miCremation provider · Hohenwald · (931) 230-7373
- McDonald Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Centerville · (931) 729-3561
- McDonald Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Hohenwald · (931) 796-2207
- Oakdale Funeral Home Decatur County19 miFuneral home · Parsons · (731) 847-3200
- Tennessee Horse Cremation Llc20 miCremation provider · Hohenwald · (931) 300-2333
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