Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee

Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. It lies about 2.7 mi west of Nashville. The grounds sit at about 476 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including John Seigenthaler, William Lawrence Adrian and Joseph Aloysius Durick. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1279344. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery in Nashville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 121 cemeteries we list in Davidson County, and 72 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 121 listings in Davidson County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nashville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 2 football players, 2 journalists, 1 basketball player, 1 business leader, 1 musician, 1 writer.

• John Seigenthaler1927-2014
  American journalist, writer, and political figure
• William Lawrence Adrian1883-1972
  American Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
• Joseph Aloysius Durick1914-1994
  Catholic bishop
• Baby Ray1914-1986
  American football player
• Estella Louise Mann1871-1947
  American singer and record company executive
• Bill Steltemeier1929-2013
  American lawyer
• Ernie Newton1909-1976
  Bass player
• Irish Graham1883-1940
  American college football player
• Michael Burns1813-1896
  Irish-born American politician
• Walter Sullivan1924-2006
  American writer
• Margaret Sexton Gleaves1920-2007
  Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee

People whose Wikidata entry gives Calvary 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.

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.

• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Greenwood Cemetary West

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Mount Ararat Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Greenwood Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• John Buchanan Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Nashville City Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Municipal cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Whitsett Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard

  Nashville, TN
  Baptist cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Woodlawn Roesch - Patton Memorial Park

  Oak Hill, TN
  Memorial park

  3.0 mi

• Hunt Memorials

  Monument dealer · Nashville · (615) 254-1206
  0.2 mi
• Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 255-4193
  0.4 mi
• Eastland Funeral Home & Cremation Service

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 227-9558
  2.4 mi
• Music City Mortuary

  Mortuary · Nashville · (615) 244-2774
  2.4 mi
• Ellis Funeral Home & Cremation Service Nashville

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 255-5412
  2.6 mi
• The Cremation Company

  Cremation provider · Nashville · (615) 730-7956
  2.7 mi

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