About Lay Cemetery
Lay Cemetery is a cemetery near Speedwell, Union County, Tennessee. It lies about 7.9 mi northwest of Speedwell. The grounds sit at about 1,325 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1290825. The nearest other listed cemetery is Stiner Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Cooke-Campbell Mortuary in Maynardville, about 7.8 mi away. It is one of 148 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 191 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Speedwell. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.37424, -83.77546
What Lay 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
- Stiner CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Shoffner CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Brogan CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Walker CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Keck CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Shelby CemeteryMaynardville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Treece CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Edwards CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Weaver CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Taylor CemeterySpeedwell, TNCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Lay Cemetery
- Cooke-Campbell Mortuary7.8 miMortuary · Maynardville · (865) 992-5456
- Claiborne Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · New Tazewell
- Claiborne-Overholt Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · New Tazewell · (423) 626-2191
- Trinity Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Maynardville · (865) 992-5002
- Kilgore Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · New Tazewell
- Coffey Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · New Tazewell · (423) 626-4274
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