About Spring Hill Cemetery
Spring Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near West Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia. It lies about 1.0 mi northwest of West Lynchburg. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 38 notable people buried here, including Jubal Early, Carter Glass and Robert Latham Owen. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1479667. The nearest other listed cemetery is Presbyterian Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Whitten Funeral Home/park Avenue in Lynchburg, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in Lynchburg City, and 39 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 Spring Hill Cemetery
Among them: 6 Civil War veterans, 5 US representatives, 3 US senators, 3 writers, 2 actors, 2 artists, 2 journalists, 2 physicians.
- Jubal Early1816-1894Lawyer, politician, and general of the Confederate States Army
- Carter Glass1858-1946American politician
- Robert Latham Owen1856-1947American politician
- Rosalie Slaughter Morton1876-1968American physician
- John W. Daniel1842-1910Confederate Army officer
- Bill Dudley1921-2010American football player
- James Dearing1840-1865Confederate Army officer
- James Garland1791-1885American politician
- Clarence Godber Burton1886-1982American politician
- Thomas Whitehead1825-1901Confederate Army officer, newspaper editor and politician
- Anderson Lawler1902-1959American film and stage actor
- James Rives Childs1893-1987American diplomat and writer
Show all 38 notable burials
- James W. Watts1904-1994American neurosurgeon
- Robert Garlick Hill Kean1828-1898Lawyer
- Walter E. Addison1863-1925Member of the Senate of Virginia
- Frank Huger1837-1897Confederate Army officer
- John Early1786-1873American Methodist bishop
- Constance Hickey Rumbough1894-1979American author
- Elizabeth Lewis Otey1880-1974American economist and suffragist
- Fernando Wood Martin1863-1933Professor of chemistry
- Howell C. Featherston1871-1958American politician
- Theodore Henley Jack1881-1964American college president
- Thomas Tileston Waterman1900-1951American architect and photographer
- William M. Blackford1801-1864Journalist and American chargé d'affaires to the Republic of New Granada, based in Bogota
- Dexter Otey1879-1933American businessman
- Elizabeth Barbour Ambler1808-1887
- Elizabeth Green Handy1896-1973American suffragist and ethnologist
- Fendall Littlepage Gregory1870-1917
- James Winston Watts1833-1906American Confederate colonel
- John Jaquelin Ambler1828-1901
- John Kirkpatrick1790-1842American Presbyterian minister
- Lucy Howard Brown Childs1854-1947Lynchburg, Virginia schoolteacher
- Marion Langhorne Glass Banister1868-1951Assistant US Treasurer
- Richard Thomas Watts1838-1910American merchant
- Ruth Hairston Early1849-1928Preservationist and writer
- Sallie Lee Blount Mahood1864-1953American artist
- Thomas Ashby Watts1866-1935American businessman
- Tony Harvey1928-1994
People whose Wikidata entry gives Spring 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.
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What Spring 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
- Presbyterian Cemetery2020 Grace Street, Lynchburg, VAPresbyterian cemetery1.3 mi
- Old City CemeteryLynchburg, VAMunicipal cemetery1.4 mi
- Fort Hill Memorial Park CemeteryWest Lynchburg, VAMemorial park1.7 mi
- White Rock Cemetery700 Blair Street, Lynchburg, VACemetery1.7 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery1345 Bedford Avenue, Lynchburg, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Forest Hill CemeteryWest Lynchburg, VACemetery2.8 mi
- Falwell CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery3.0 mi
- Burford CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Lynchburg Baptist Cemetary300 Wiggington Road, Lynchburg, VABaptist cemetery3.4 mi
- Megginson Cemetery234 Megginson Lane, Lynchburg, VACemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Spring Hill Cemetery
- Whitten Funeral Home/park Avenue1.1 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 845-4521
- Davis-Turner Funeral and Cremation Services1.2 miCremation provider · Lynchburg · (434) 846-9011
- Carl B. Hutcherson Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Lynchburg
- Franklin Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 846-1337
- Community Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 847-7775
- Diuguid Funeral Services & Crematory1.5 miCremation provider · Lynchburg · (434) 338-6989
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
What are the visiting hours of Spring Hill Cemetery?
The recorded hours are: Mo-Su 07:00-17:00. Hours can change on holidays, so confirm with the cemetery.
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