Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home
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1510 Madison St, Clarksville, TN 37040
CremationMemorial Service+2
976 Greenwood Ave, Clarksville, TN 37040
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The cemetery occupies approximately 40 acres with professionally graded grounds, sodded borders, and macadamized avenues. Development has proceeded in phases, with about one-third of the property currently active and additional sections prepared as demand requires. The property includes a superintendent's residence and ongoing plantings of evergreens, shrubbery, and shade trees.
Greenwood Cemetery focuses exclusively on cemetery operations rather than funeral services. The organization maintains the physical grounds and burial records while partnering with six established Clarksville funeral homes for memorial and funeral arrangements.
Greenwood Cemetery operates as a perpetual care cemetery chartered by the State of Tennessee, with its organizational roots dating to 1865 and formal establishment in 1872. The cemetery occupies approximately 40 acres on Greenwood Avenue in Clarksville, with roughly one-third of the grounds developed and ready for use while additional portions are prepared as needed.
The cemetery's founding followed a specific civic need: the old city cemeteries had reached capacity and lacked maintenance funding, resulting in overgrown, neglected conditions. A group of six local citizens purchased the current property in 1870 to prevent its subdivision for other uses, then transferred it to the cemetery company at cost. The grounds were professionally designed by Benjamin Grove, a Louisville engineer specializing in cemetery landscape architecture.
Greenwood Cemetery functions as a non-profit cemetery corporation rather than a funeral home. It provides burial space, grounds maintenance, and record-keeping services, while referring families to six local funeral homes for funeral and memorial services.
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