About Word Cemetery
Word Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. It lies about 5.9 mi north of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 840 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1275121. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hastings Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hillcrest Funeral Home & Cemetery in Shelbyville, about 6.1 mi away. It is one of 424 cemeteries we list in Bedford County, and 205 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
35.39840, -86.44666
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
- Hastings CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery0.4 mi
- Frost CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery0.4 mi
- Hix CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Norman CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Parker CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Reaves CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Pleasant Gardens CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Crane CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Hix CemeteryShelbyville, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Rosebank CemeteryLynchburg, TNCemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Word Cemetery
- All Seasons Monuments6.0 miMonument dealer · Shelbyville · (931) 684-3904
- Hillcrest Funeral Home & Cemetery6.1 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (931) 684-2265
- Doak-Howell Funeral Home and Cremation Services6.5 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (931) 684-5011
- Nelson and Sons Memorial Chapel6.7 miFuneral chapel · Shelbyville · (931) 685-4200
- Gowen-Smith Chapel6.9 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (931) 684-1372
- Feldhaus Memorial Chapel8.2 miFuneral chapel · Shelbyville · (931) 684-8356
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