About Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery
Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, White County, Tennessee. It lies about 2.9 mi southeast of Sparta. The grounds sit at about 978 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Lester Flatt. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1296192. The nearest other listed cemetery is Davis Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oak Lawn Funeral Home in Sparta, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 82 cemeteries we list in White County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sparta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician.
- Lester Flatt1914-1979American singer-songwriter
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oaklawn Memorial 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
35.94450, -85.51136
What Oaklawn Memorial 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
- Davis CemeterySparta, TNCemetery0.4 mi
- Snodgrass CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Old Sparta CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Ward - Cashdollar CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Potts CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Corinth CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.1 mi
- Highland CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Gilead CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.4 mi
- Old Zion CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.4 mi
- Baker CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Funeral Home0.0 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 738-8549
- Final Care Cremation Services0.1 miCremation provider · Sparta · (931) 738-4600
- Thurman Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 836-3194
- Hunter Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 836-3211
- Ameri-Stone Memorials12 miMonument dealer · Cookeville · (931) 432-5777
- Spencer Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Spencer · (931) 946-7444
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