About Alley Cemetery
Alley Cemetery is a cemetery near Columbus, Colorado County, Texas. It lies about 5.6 mi west of Columbus. The grounds sit at about 197 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Shelly Lee Alley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329402. The nearest other listed cemetery is Allen Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ben Davis Funeral Home in Columbus, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 76 cemeteries we list in Colorado County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Columbus. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Alley Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician.
- Shelly Lee Alley1894-1964American songwriter, fiddler and band leader
People whose Wikidata entry gives Alley 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
29.67690, -96.45358
What Alley 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
- Allen CemeteryColumbus, TXCemetery0.8 mi
- Grewe CemeteryColumbus, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Mexican CemeteryEagle Lake, TXCemetery2.1 mi
- Alleyton CemeteryColumbus, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- Pinchback Obenchain CemeteryColumbus, TXCemetery2.8 mi
- Adams CemeteryEagle Lake, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Rochs CemeteryColumbus, TXCemetery5.2 mi
- Columbus City CemeteryColumbus, TXMunicipal cemetery6.2 mi
- Odd Fellows Rest CemeteryColumbus, TXCemetery6.6 mi
- Saint Anthony Catholic Church CemeteryColumbus, TXCatholic cemetery6.7 mi
Funeral homes near Alley Cemetery
- Ben Davis Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Columbus · (979) 732-8415
- Henneke Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Columbus · (979) 732-2143
- Eagle Lake Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Eagle Lake · (979) 234-2011
- Lakeside Mortuary9.6 miMortuary · Eagle Lake · (979) 234-2583
- Knesek Brothers Funeral Chapel19 miFuneral chapel · Sealy · (979) 885-3535
- Knesek Bros Funeral Chapel19 miFuneral chapel · Sealy · (979) 885-3535
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