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The location of the Garden of Everlasting Life has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Garden of Everlasting Life ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garden of Everlasting Life can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garden of Everlasting Life

Lat:   35.6290°   (35° 37' 44")

Lon:   -89.6145°   (-89° 36' 52")

The Garden of Everlasting Life is located in Tipton County<2>.

The county seat for Tipton County is located in Covington. Covington lies just to the south southwest of the Garden of Everlasting Life .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Garden of Everlasting Life:

  • Pages specific to Tennessee:
  • Pages specific to Tipton County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Garden of Everlasting Life itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Garden of Everlasting Life.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garden of Everlasting Life, with the nearest first.

    • Henning
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Covington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bride
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bride have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
      • Bride is located in Tipton County
    • Luckett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
      • Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
    • Durhamville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
      • Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Fort Pillow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
      • Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
    • Garland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Garland is located in Tipton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Ripley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <4>
    • Burlison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlison
      • Burlison is located in Tipton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlison <4>
    • Arp
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
      • Arp is located in Lauderdale County
    • Gilt Edge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
      • Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
    • Brighton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brighton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
      • Brighton is located in Tipton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brighton <4>
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Toulon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toulon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
        • Toulon is located in Haywood County
      • Idaville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
        • Idaville is located in Tipton County
      • Mason
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Keeling
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
        • Keeling is located in Hancock County
      • Edith
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
        • Edith is located in Lauderdale County
      • Fulton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
        • Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
      • Munford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stanton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Randolph
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
        • Randolph is located in Tipton County
      • Atoka
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atoka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka
        • Atoka is located in Tipton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,732 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atoka <4>
      • Braden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    Nearby communities with newspapers ...

    The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Garden of Everlasting Life. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tipton County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garden of Everlasting Life.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Covington
    • Munford
    • Randolph
    • Ripley
      • Ripley lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Garden of Everlasting Life.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ripley.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Garden of Everlasting Life.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garden of Everlasting Life, with the nearest first.

    • Towson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Towson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Towson Cemetery is located in Tipton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Towson Cemetery
    • El Canaan MB Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • The El Canaan MB Church Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
      • The El Canaan MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • El Canaan Cemetery
      • Elcanaan Cemetery
      • Elcanaan MB Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Canaan MB Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11680 <6>
    • Leighs Chapel Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Avery Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Avery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Avery Cemetery is located in Tipton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Avery Cemetery
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Canaan Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Canaan Church Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
      • The Canaan Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Canaan Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10132 <6>
    • Western Valley Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Western Valley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Western Valley Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Valley Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20128 <6>
    • Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Tipton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
    • R.H. Munford Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tipton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tipton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tipton Cemetery is located in Tipton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tipton Cemetery
    • Marrows Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clark Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Poplar Grove Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • The Poplar Grove Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Henning.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Grove Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17324 <6>
      • St. James Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope Baptist Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The New Hope Baptist Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
        • The New Hope Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
        • New Hope Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Baptist Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16283 <6>
      • Tipton Memorial Gardens
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tipton Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Tipton Memorial Gardens is located in Tipton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tipton Memorial Gardens
      • St. Pauls Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ripley Memorial Gardens
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • The Ripley Memorial Gardens is located in Lauderdale County
        • The Ripley Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
        • Lauderdale County Memorial Gardens
        • Memorial Gardens Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ripley Memorial Gardens
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15589 <6>
      • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16006 <6>

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Garden of Everlasting Life:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1285154  (Garden of Everlasting Life)
      • Note: GNIS record #1285154 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Ripley South
      • County: Tipton         Elev: 82
      • Location given for GNIS #1285154 (Garden of Everlasting Life)

    The official website for Tipton County: www.tiptonco.com

    The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Tipton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Garden of Everlasting Life. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6290, Longitude: -89.6145       In this case, the coordinates for the Garden of Everlasting Life have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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