About Shanks Cemetery
Shanks Cemetery is a cemetery near Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, Tennessee. It lies about 5.8 mi southeast of Surgoinsville. The grounds sit at about 1,522 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1301221. The nearest other listed cemetery is Still Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Christian-Sells Funeral Home in Rogersville, about 8.1 mi away. It is one of 207 cemeteries we list in Hawkins County, and 152 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Surgoinsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.52759, -82.92794
What Shanks 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
- Still CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Creatch CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Barrett CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Marshall CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Anderson CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Carter CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Simmons CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Gilliam CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Still CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Shanks CemeterySurgoinsville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Shanks Cemetery
- Reece Monument Rogersville4.2 miMonument dealer · Rogersville · (423) 345-4280
- Christian-Sells Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (423) 272-0555
- Broome Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (423) 272-8250
- Colboch-Price Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (423) 272-8839
- Carter-Trent Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Church Hill · (423) 207-2322
- Carter-Trent Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Church Hill · (423) 357-0808
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