About Fortner Cemetery
Fortner Cemetery is a cemetery near Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It lies about 5.1 mi south of Waverly. The grounds sit at about 479 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1284680. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brown Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Tennessee West Funeral AS in Waverly, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 190 cemeteries we list in Humphreys County, and 121 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Waverly. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.15588, -87.77530
What Fortner 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
- Brown CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Summers CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Collier CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Parker CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Smith CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery2.4 mi
- Fortner CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Carnell CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Richlawn CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Arnold CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery3.0 mi
- McKeel CemeteryWaverly, TNCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Fortner Cemetery
- Tennessee West Funeral AS2.8 miFuneral home · Waverly · (931) 296-2437
- Luff-Bowen Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Waverly · (931) 296-2437
- Humphreys County Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Waverly · (931) 296-5955
- Luff-Bowen Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · McEwen · (931) 582-6271
- Mc Ewen Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · McEwen · (501) 539-9421
- Nave Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Erin · (931) 289-4277
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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