About Word Cemetery
Word Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. It lies about 5.3 mi northeast of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 810 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1319573. The nearest other listed cemetery is Knight Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gowen-Smith Chapel in Shelbyville, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 424 cemeteries we list in Bedford County, and 211 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shelbyville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.44034, -86.53888
What Word 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
- Knight CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Greer CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Brame CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Adams CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Muse CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Doughan CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Collier CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Russell CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Dyer CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Madison CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Word Cemetery
- Gowen-Smith Chapel5.3 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (931) 684-1372
- All Seasons Monuments5.5 miMonument dealer · Shelbyville · (931) 684-3904
- Doak-Howell Funeral Home and Cremation Services5.7 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (931) 684-5011
- Nelson and Sons Memorial Chapel5.8 miFuneral chapel · Shelbyville · (931) 685-4200
- Feldhaus Memorial Chapel7.1 miFuneral chapel · Shelbyville · (931) 684-8356
- Hillcrest Funeral Home & Cemetery7.7 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (931) 684-2265
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