About Proffitt Cemetery
Proffitt Cemetery is a cemetery near Newport, Sevier County, Tennessee. It lies about 12 mi northeast of Newport. The grounds sit at about 1,391 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1645462. The nearest funeral home we know of is Manes Funeral Home in Newport, about 12 mi away. It is one of 240 cemeteries we list in Sevier County, and 256 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.81231, -83.29293
What Proffitt 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.
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- Huff CemeteryNewport, TNCemetery1.3 mi
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Funeral homes near Proffitt Cemetery
- Manes Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Newport · (423) 623-6952
- Atchley Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Pigeon Forge · (865) 453-5836
- Rawlings Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Sevierville · (865) 217-0078
- Hurst Chapel16 miFuneral home · Pigeon Forge
- Atchley Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Sevierville · (865) 453-2835
- Farrar Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Dandridge · (865) 397-2711
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