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A visit to the Memorial Park Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Memorial Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memorial Park Cemetery (FG ID #15591)

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 Memorial Park Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memorial Park Cemetery

Lat:   36.0365°   (36° 2' 11")

Lon:   -89.3582°   (-89° 21' 29")

The cemetery is located in Dyer County<2>.

As an estimate, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Dyersburg.

The county seat for Dyer County is located in Dyersburg. Dyersburg lies just to the west of the Memorial Park Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Memorial Park Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Viar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Viar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Viar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Viar Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Dyer County Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dyer County Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dyer County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dyer County Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Butterworth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butterworth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butterworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Butterworth Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Hodge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hodge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hodge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hodge Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Reynolds Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierce Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pierce Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Walker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Walker Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Hurricane Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurricane Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurricane Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hurricane Hill Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Carter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Carter Cemetery is located in Dyer County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • King Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clay Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Clay Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • Sorrell Chapel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sorrell Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sorrell Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sorrell Chapel Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • RoEllen Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the RoEllen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the RoEllen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The RoEllen Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • Gauldin Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gauldin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gauldin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gauldin Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • Hopewell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • Light Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Light Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Light Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Light Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • McCoy Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCoy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCoy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McCoy Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Holly Spring Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Spring Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holly Spring Cemetery is located in Dyer County
    • Rehoboth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Self Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Self Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Self Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Self Cemetery is located in Dyer County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Memorial Park Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Memorial Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dyer County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Park Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Memorial Park Cemetery:

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 Memorial Park Cemetery:

  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #15591

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dyer, 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 Memorial Park Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0365, Longitude: -89.3582    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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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