Spring Hill Cemetery (Nashville, Tennessee)
Spring Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee located at 5110 Gallatin Pike South in the neighborhood of Madison. It holds over 40,000 graves. Prior to the establishment of the cemetery, the Davidson Academy (a precursor to the University of Nashville) was located in a stone house at this location.In addition to two British Royal Air Force veterans of World War II, circus performer Ella Harper, US Congressman Richard Merrill Atkinson, animator Suzan Pitt, and MLB player Red Lucas, the cemetery is the final resting place for numerous notable music performers including the following: Roy Acuff: singer, songwriter, music publisher: 36 Floyd Cramer: piano legend: 2814 Pete Drake: steel guitar player Howard "Howdy" Forrester: fiddle player John Hartford: singer, fiddler: 5568 Bobby Hebb: soul singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, performer: 5708 Jan Howard: singer and songwriter Jimmy Martin: bluegrass singer: 8235 George Morgan: singer Speck Rhodes: country music comedian and entertainer Earl Scruggs: bluegrass musician: 11399 Hank Snow: singer Billy Marvin Walker: singer Kitty Wells: singer: 13416 Keith Whitley: singer: 13540 Beth Slater Whitson: songwriter: 13558 Johnnie Wright: singer and songwriter: 13898
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Gallatin Pike, Nashville-Davidson
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N 36.2386652 ° | E -86.7202752 ° |
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Gallatin Pike
Gallatin Pike
37115 Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee, United States
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