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Hermitage Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens is a full-service provider of funerals, cremation, cemetery and prearrangement needs. The funeral directors at Hermitage Funeral Home represent more than 100 combined years of providing compassionate, dignified funeral and cremation services to local communities. We believe a memorial service should be as unique as the person it honors. In fact, we take great pride in creating perfectly personalized services that beautifully capture the essence of you or your loved one. We can help you find inspiration almost anywhere – in a song, a hobby, a trademark style, a defining philosophy, a lifelong passion – and turn that inspiration into a memorial service filled with thoughtful and meaningful details. You’ll find there’s no limit to the special tribute we can create so that your life – or the life of someone you love – is well celebrated. As a Dignity Memorial provider, we offer an array of unmatched services, including National Transferability of Prearranged Services, Bereavement Travel Services, a 24-Hour Compassion Helpline® and much more. We understand losing a loved one is an emotional and difficult experience, and we are committed to helping our client families with compassionate, professional and personal service.
03/30/2026
You're invited to join us this year for a special Easter Sunrise Service in the Chapel at Hermitage Funeral Home. Brad Guthrie will lead in congregational singing; guest soloist, Lorilee Everleth will minister in special song; and, Pastor Chuck Groover will bring a special Easter Message. General Manager, Brad Raines, invites you to stay, after the service, for breakfast and fellowship or grab something to eat on your way out. Resurrection Sunday is always an uplifting day and we invite you to begin your Easter Celebration with us!
12/13/2025
A wonderful beginning to our 2025 Candlelighting Service! A great turnout of people, coffee and hot chocolate in the lobby of the main building and music throughout the park . . . and it's still EARLY! MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!
12/13/2025
Join us for our heartwarming Annual Candle Lighting Service, taking place TONIGHT, the second Saturday of December, this year on Saturday, December 13. Hermitage Memorial Gardens will generously provide complimentary luminaries in each section for you to lovingly place at the burial or entombment space of your cherished loved one. Bask in the joyous atmosphere with festive Christmas music filling the air, accompanied by warm complimentary coffee and hot chocolate in the main office building lobby. Feel free to arrive early, with the event officially commencing at 4:00 PM. We invite you to celebrate the memories of your loved ones annually by joining us on the second Saturday of December, filling your heart with love, hope, and peace. We hope you'll join us!
12/11/2025
Join us for our heartwarming Annual Candle Lighting Service, taking place on the second Saturday of December, this year on Saturday, December 13. Hermitage Memorial Gardens will generously provide complimentary luminaries in each section for you to lovingly place at the burial or entombment space of your cherished loved one. Bask in the joyous atmosphere with festive Christmas music filling the air, accompanied by warm complimentary coffee and hot chocolate in the main office building lobby. Feel free to arrive early, with the event officially commencing at 4:00 PM. We invite you to celebrate the memories of your loved ones annually by joining us on the second Saturday of December, filling your heart with love, hope, and peace.
12/07/2025
Join us for our esteemed Annual Candle Lighting Service, taking place on the second Saturday of December, this year on Saturday, December 13. Hermitage Memorial Gardens will graciously provide complimentary luminaries in each section for you to place at the burial or entombment space of your loved one. Enjoy festive Christmas music throughout the park, accompanied by complimentary coffee and hot chocolate in the main office building lobby. Feel free to arrive early, with the event officially commencing at 4:00 PM. We invite you to honor your loved ones annually by joining us on the second Saturday of December.
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Hermitage Memorial Gardens opened in 1967. The pastoral 43-acre property serves the communities of Hermitage, Old Hickory, Madison and Mount Juliet, and includes famous burials, such as legendary billiards player Minnesota Fats and NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton.
Hermitage Funeral Home Opens in 1972
The 2-story funeral home was built in the style of Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. The funeral home opened on the cemetery property in 1972 and gives Nashville-area families a comfortable space to plan a memorial or funeral service.
In 2008, we remodeled Hermitage Funeral Home by adding a chapel with flexible seating. This allows us to customize a funeral service with an inviting and adaptable physical setting.
Continuing A Legacy
Both the funeral home and cemetery became part of the Dignity Memorial® network in 1977. Together, we've built a reputation for fine service that's earned the trust and respect of friends and neighbors in the Nashville metro area.
Famous Burials
Hermitage Memorial Gardens serves as the final resting place for a number of American
legends. NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton was entombed in one of our mausoleums in 2007. Allman Brothers bassist Douglas Allen Woody, who died in 2000, is also entombed at our cemetery. Famed billiards player Minnesota Fats was buried here in 1996—his marker shows his given name, Rudolf W. Wanderone Jr. Numerous musicians are memorialized at Hermitage Memorial Gardens, including George Morgan (father of Lorrie Morgan), Ernest Tubb and Justin Tubb (fixtures at the Grand Ole Opry), and Jay Lee Webb (brother of Loretta Lynn).
