Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Glennville: the 43-acre state veterans cemetery in Tattnall County, with free burial for eligible veterans and spouses

The cemetery. The county's own State Veterans Cemetery page records the cemetery whole: "A 43-acre Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery is located on U.S. Hwy. 301 North in Glennville, a peaceful setting among a grove of shady pecan trees. The first phase of the project provides 2,000 casket grave sites, 350 in-ground cremation burial sites, more than 1,000 columbarium niches and a garden for the scattering of cremated remains. A flag based main entrance leads from the highway past a Visitors' center/administration building to a flag decorated ceremonial area with emblems of the branches of service, a bell tower and an chapel." Eligibility and cost. "State veterans cemeteries are part of the Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemetery system. The burial of a veteran and his/her spouse in state veterans cemeteries is governed by the same regulations as the national cemeteries. The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Glennville provides a fitting final resting place for all Georgia veterans with the exception of those who have been dishonorably discharged." "There is no cost for the plot, vault, grave maker, or use of the committal chapel for the interment service for an eligible veteran or spouse." The place in Georgia's system. "The Glennville cemetery, which opened in 2007, was the second veterans cemetery in Georgia owned by the state, with the first one built in Milledgeville in 2001." The GDVS operates the state's memorial cemeteries (the State entries carry the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery's requirements for burial); the cemetery phone is 912-654-5398, and the GDVS's Glennville field office sits in the visitors' center at 912-654-5159 (see the field-service entry). The county's meeting files show the cemetery's neighborhood assets at work - the VFW Park and Post 7764 are Reidsville's (see the commissioners record), while the cemetery stands on U.S. 301 North at Glennville.