Greenwood Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee

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.

Among them: 2 architects, 2 business leaders, 2 physicians, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 musician, 1 writer.

• Arna Bontemps1902-1973
  American poet, novelist
• DeFord Bailey1899-1982
  American country musician
• Joe Gilliam1950-2000
  American football player
• Juno Frankie Pierce1864-1954
  American educator, suffragist
• Preston Taylor1849-1931
  American businessperson, minister,
• R. H. Boyd1843-1922
  American minister and businessman
• Isaiah Benjamin Scott1854-1931
  American theologian
• Joanna P. Moore1832-1916
  American Baptist missionary
• John Merritt1926-1983
  American football player and coach
• Leon Quincy Jackson1927-1995
  American architect
• Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate1871-1930
  American evangelist
• Millie E. Hale1881-1930
  American nurse, hospital founder, social activist, civic worker

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.

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.

• John Buchanan Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Calvary Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Greenwood Cemetary West

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Mount Ararat Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Whitsett Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard

  Nashville, TN
  Baptist cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Nashville City Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Municipal cemetery

  2.6 mi
• King Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi

• Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 255-4193
  0.7 mi
• Hunt Memorials

  Monument dealer · Nashville · (615) 254-1206
  1.1 mi
• Music City Mortuary

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

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 255-5412
  2.4 mi
• Crawford Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 254-8200
  2.6 mi
• Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Berry Hill · (615) 383-4754
  2.8 mi

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