Memphis graveyard

Our prepaid plans are transferable to any of the qualifying Dignity Memorial providers in North America. Prices are for services only and exclude products such as casket, urn, cremation container, cemetery property or cemetery services. Prices vary based on your selections. Keep in mind that taxes, state fees, and certain additional items such as death certificates may change your total when completing the arrangement process.

Contact this Dignity Memorial provider for additional information. View arrangements. Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest. Not finding what you are looking for? Search for your loved one's obituary across any of our other locations.

Search for your loved one's obituary across any of our Washelli locations. Since , many of our customers have taken the time to tell us how we did each year via our Voice of the Customer program. Our star ratings and comments from families come directly from these surveys. Verified Customer. I will definitely choose this facility again. Zion Cemetery Photo- Zion Community Project, Inc. Her grave has recently been discovered. Assistant Attorney General for Shelby Co.

Cassels Morris Henderson Grave Cremation tag On occasion a "non-credited" photo might possibly be posted because we were unable to find a name to give credit. Because of the nature of our non-commercial, non-profit, educational website, we strongly believe that these photos would be considered "Fair Use.

We have certainly made no monetary gain, although those using this website for historic or Genealogy research have certainly profited. If by chance, we have posted your copyrighted photo, please contact us, and we'll remove it immediately, or we'll add your credit if that's your choice. In the past, we have found that many photographers volunteer to have their works included on these pages and we'll also do that if you contact us with a photo that fits a particular page.

Special thanks to Memphis Realtor, Joe Spake, for giving us carte blanche access to his outstanding collection of contemporary Memphis photos. Please visit the website that sponsors this page Historic Memphis Website. Historic-Memphis Cemeteries. Prior to , formal burial in the United States was primarily restricted to interment of the body on the grounds of a church or meeting house.

As soon as you step inside the gate of one of the Historic Memphis cemeteries, you realize when you check the grave markers, that you're learning the story of the city as well, and possibly better than from anywhere else. All Saints Cemetery was consecrated in Entrance Sign. New Sign. Historical Marker. Baron Hirsch Cemetery. For over years, the Baron Hirsch cemetery has been an integral part of orthodox life in the Jewish community of Memphis.

Main Entrance. Secondary Entrance. Bethlehem Cemetery. Holmes Road at Lamar Avenue. This cemetery was donated by the Bethlehem Methodist Church. Machnitzki for the Bethlehem photos. Beth Sholom Memorial Gardens. Appling Road. Beth Sholom Memorial Gardens , was consecrated in Beth Sholom. Entrance Gate. Aerial View. Bettis Family Cemetery. Angelus Street between Madison and Poplar. This small cemetery is the final resting place of the Bettis Family - one of the original families of Memphis.

Bettis Cemetery Bettis Cemetery - Tillman Bettis Stone Tillman Bettis. Wall around Cemetery. Tillman Stone. Sallie Stone. Jimetta Bettis. Circa Cemetery wall. Newspaper Article. Jimetta Bettis - Gordon. Thanks to Duke Gill for the Bettis photos. Calvary Cemetery. Lawn Crypts.

Thanks to Sue Lee Johnson for the Calvary photos. Elmwood Cemetery Lord's Chapel. Snowden Grave. Arnold Grave. Napoleon Hill Grave. Grosvenor Grave. Confederate Monument. Thanks to Woody Savage for the Elmwood photos. Forest Hill - Midtown. Moore Graves. Receiving Vault. Receiving Vault Receiving Vault - Cemetery Map. Forest Hill Forest Hill - The Receiving Vault Forest Hill - South. The 2nd location is at E. Forest Hill - East. The 3rd location was established in in East Memphis.

Forest Hills East Cemetery Hollywood Cemetery. Thanks to Josh Whitehead for the Hollywood photos. Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial Park was founded in by E.

Memorial Park Entrance Memorial Park Pool Memorial Park Flag and Pool Memorial Park Bridge Memorial Park Grotto Crystal Grotto. Memorial Park, Postcard Memorial Park office Memorial Park McVeigh for the Memorial Park photos. Memory Gardens Cemetery. With well-manicured gardens, stately features and plenty of burial and cremation options, Memphis Memory Gardens is a beautiful and dignified place to remember and honor your loved ones.

Permanent plantings, statues, vigil lights, breakable objects and similar items are not permitted on the graves. The Department of Veterans Affairs does not permit adornments that are considered offensive, inconsistent with the dignity of the cemetery or considered hazardous to cemetery personnel. For example, items incorporating beads or wires may become entangled in mowers or other equipment and cause injury.

Permanent items removed from graves will be placed in an inconspicuous holding area for one month prior to disposal. Decorative items removed from graves remain the property of the donor but are under the custodianship of the cemetery.

If not retrieved by the donor, they are then governed by the rules for disposal of federal property. VA regulations 38 CFR 1. Possession of firearms on any property under the charge and control of VA is prohibited. Offenders may be subject to a fine, removal from the premises, or arrest. Memphis originated as a campground of the Chickasaw nation.

It was not until that the United States took possession of the territory and erected Fort Adams. Once Memphis fell under Union control, it became a convenient location to care for the sick and wounded troops flooding in from surrounding areas. General hospitals capable of caring for thousands of men at a time were set up in and around the city.

A board of officers who purchased 32 acres northeast of the city chose the cemetery site. It was originally known as Mississippi River National Cemetery. At the end of the war, burials included reinterments from camps and hospitals throughout the region.

Memphis has the second-largest group of unknowns interred in any national cemetery. The large quantity of unknowns may be attributed to the long interval between battlefield burial and reinterment at Memphis National Cemetery. Often, the crude wood markers that identified original burials had been removed or deteriorated to the point where they were no longer legible. As soldiers were not required to carry personal identification, it was often difficult to determine the identity of the remains.

Memphis National Cemetery is also the burial place of the victims of one of the nation's most tragic maritime disasters—the explosion of the USS Sultana. On April 23, , after undergoing boiler repairs, the vessel had picked up a number of Union prisoners of war released from Andersonville prison in Georgia and Cahaba prison in Alabama. The USS Sultana was certified to carry passengers, but it carried well over 2, soldiers anxious to return home. Learn More.

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A walking tour of Elmwood Cemetery True crime stories of decades past - that's what we're featuring on this new tour at Elmwood Cemetery. This is a walking tour. We recommend good walking shoes.

In the event of inclement weather, this tour will be cancelled. A Sunday afternoon walking tour of Elmwood Cemetery. Follow Us.