About Mount Gilead Cemetery
Mount Gilead Cemetery is a cemetery near Selmer, McNairy County, Tennessee. It lies about 9.7 mi southeast of Selmer. The grounds sit at about 463 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Fielding Hurst. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1308708. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ingle Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Halton Chapel in Henderson, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in McNairy County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Selmer. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Gilead Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran.
- Fielding Hurst1810-1882American surveyor, planter and lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Gilead 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
35.23063, -88.74644
What Mount Gilead 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
- Ingle CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Center Ridge CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Curtis Hill CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Palestine CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Little Hatchie CemeteryHenderson, TNCemetery3.5 mi
- Ingle CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery3.7 mi
- Hurst CemeteryHenderson, TNCemetery4.1 mi
- Moores CemeterySelmer, TNChristian cemetery4.2 mi
- Hatchie CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Gilead Cemetery
- Halton Chapel8.2 miFuneral home · Henderson
- Shackelford Funeral Directors9.6 miFuneral home · Selmer · (731) 645-3481
- Selmer Mortuary, LLC9.9 miMortuary · Selmer · (731) 645-3426
- Dixie Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Bolivar · (731) 658-3941
- Shackelford Funeral Directors14 miFuneral home · Middleton · (731) 658-5277
- Shackelford Funeral Directors15 miFuneral home · Bolivar · (731) 658-5277
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