About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. It lies about 3.7 mi northwest of Nashville. The grounds sit at about 531 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including Arna Bontemps, DeFord Bailey and Joe Gilliam. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1286196. The nearest other listed cemetery is John Buchanan Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery in Nashville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 121 cemeteries we list in Davidson County, and 82 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.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 architects, 2 business leaders, 2 physicians, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Arna Bontemps1902-1973American poet, novelist
- DeFord Bailey1899-1982American country musician
- Joe Gilliam1950-2000American football player
- Juno Frankie Pierce1864-1954American educator, suffragist
- Preston Taylor1849-1931American businessperson, minister,
- R. H. Boyd1843-1922American minister and businessman
- Isaiah Benjamin Scott1854-1931American theologian
- Joanna P. Moore1832-1916American Baptist missionary
- John Merritt1926-1983American football player and coach
- Leon Quincy Jackson1927-1995American architect
- Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate1871-1930American evangelist
- Millie E. Hale1881-1930American nurse, hospital founder, social activist, civic worker
Show all 21 notable burials
- David B. Todd Jr.1931-1980American surgeon
- George W. Gore1901-1982American university president and educator
- Henry Foster1933-2022American obstetrician
- Jeh Vincent Johnson1931-2021American architect
- John Braden1826-1900American clergyman and educator
- Josie English Wells1876-1921American physician
- Mattie E. Coleman1870-1943Physician, Suffragist
- Tubby Johnson1899-1954American sports coach and administrator
- George Whipple Hubbard1841-19241841-1924 , medical educator and physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
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What Greenwood 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
- John Buchanan CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Greenwood Cemetary WestNashville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Mount Ararat CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Whitsett CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Mill Creek Baptist Church GraveyardNashville, TNBaptist cemetery1.8 mi
- Nashville City CemeteryNashville, TNMunicipal cemetery2.6 mi
- King CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery0.7 miFuneral home · Nashville · (615) 255-4193
- Hunt Memorials1.1 miMonument dealer · Nashville · (615) 254-1206
- Music City Mortuary2.4 miMortuary · Nashville · (615) 244-2774
- Ellis Funeral Home & Cremation Service Nashville2.4 miFuneral home · Nashville · (615) 255-5412
- Crawford Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Nashville · (615) 254-8200
- Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Berry Hill · (615) 383-4754
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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