About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee. It lies about 0.6 mi southwest of Rogersville. The grounds sit at about 1,358 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: James R. Gillenwater. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1287740. The nearest other listed cemetery is McKinney Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Broome Funeral Home in Rogersville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 207 cemeteries we list in Hawkins County, and 156 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rogersville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- James R. Gillenwater1871-1946United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
36.41331, -82.99690
What Highland 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
- McKinney CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery0.3 mi
- Hawkins CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Crockett CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Mitchel Crest CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Brice CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Carmack CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Cave Ridge CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Lyons CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Shepard CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Snapp CemeteryRogersville, TNCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Broome Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (423) 272-8250
- Colboch-Price Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (423) 272-8839
- Christian-Sells Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (423) 272-0555
- Reece Monument Rogersville5.4 miMonument dealer · Rogersville · (423) 345-4280
- Morrisett Chapel7.4 miFuneral home · Rogersville
- Bulls Gap Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Bulls Gap · (423) 235-6129
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