About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near West Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia. It lies about 2.0 mi east of West Lynchburg. The grounds sit at about 804 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Anne Spencer, Luke Jordan and Nancy R. Diuguid. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478609. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lynchburg Baptist Cemetary, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory in Lynchburg, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in Lynchburg City, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 12 listings in Lynchburg City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Lynchburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Anne Spencer1882-1975American poet
- Luke Jordan1892-1952American blues guitarist and vocalist
- Mother of Lewis Diuguid, 2nd
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Hill 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
37.40041, -79.21391
What Forest Hill 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
- Lynchburg Baptist Cemetary300 Wiggington Road, Lynchburg, VABaptist cemetery0.8 mi
- Fort Hill Memorial Park CemeteryWest Lynchburg, VAMemorial park2.6 mi
- Spring Hill CemeteryWest Lynchburg, VACemetery2.8 mi
- Old City CemeteryLynchburg, VAMunicipal cemetery3.3 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery1345 Bedford Avenue, Lynchburg, VACemetery3.7 mi
- Scott CemeteryWest Lynchburg, VACemetery3.9 mi
- Presbyterian Cemetery2020 Grace Street, Lynchburg, VAPresbyterian cemetery4.1 mi
- Beulah Cemetery724 Leesville Road, Lynchburg, VACemetery4.2 mi
- White Rock Cemetery700 Blair Street, Lynchburg, VACemetery4.5 mi
- Burford CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory0.8 miCremation provider · Lynchburg · (434) 237-9424
- Diuguid Funeral Services & Crematory1.5 miCremation provider · Lynchburg · (434) 207-6008
- Heritage Funeral Service & Crematory1.9 miCremation provider · Lynchburg · (434) 239-2405
- Diuguid Funeral Services & Crematory2.2 miCremation provider · Lynchburg · (434) 338-6989
- Whitten Timberlake Chapel2.9 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 239-0331
- Whitten Funeral Home/park Avenue3.4 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 845-4521
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