The Story
Greenwich Cemetery, at 330 Bonaventure Road, adjoins Bonaventure on the grounds of a former Savannah estate and is one of the city's large public cemeteries, with more than 14,700 interments recorded on Find A Grave. Among its notable burials is Danny 'Billy' Hansford (1960-1981), whose death became central to the Jim Williams trials chronicled in 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' along with Ivey Merwin Shiver (1906-1972), a college football star who also played Major League Baseball.
About this site
Greenwich Cemetery is a cemetery in Savannah, Chatham County. It is one of 48 cemeteries documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0497, -81.0395 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Crest Lawn Memory Gardens, Colonials at Bonaventure, and Bonaventure Cemetery.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Greenwich Cemetery, at 330 Bonaventure Road, adjoins Bonaventure on the grounds of a former Savannah estate and is one of the city's large public cemeteries, with more than 14,700 interments recorded on Find A Grave. Among its notable burials is Danny 'Billy' Hansford (1960-1981), whose death became central to the Jim Williams trials chronicled in 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' along with Ivey Merwin Shiver (1906-1972), a college football star who also played Major League Baseball.
Sources: findagrave.com
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