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Rose Hill Cemetery in Royston is best known as the final resting place of Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (1886-1961), who spent his boyhood in the town and chose to be interred in the Cobb family plot there upon his death. Cobb helped select the design of the marble mausoleum, adorned with baseball motifs, in which he is entombed alongside his mother, father, and sister. The gravesite has long drawn baseball fans and visitors to the small Franklin County community.
Rose Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Royston, Franklin County. It is one of 48 cemeteries documented in Franklin County, among 95 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.2779, -83.1074 near Royston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dr. Stewart D. Brown, Sr. (historical marker), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Ty Cobb, Tyrus Raymond Cobb, and Berryman 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.
Rose Hill Cemetery in Royston is best known as the final resting place of Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (1886-1961), who spent his boyhood in the town and chose to be interred in the Cobb family plot there upon his death. Cobb helped select the design of the marble mausoleum, adorned with baseball motifs, in which he is entombed alongside his mother, father, and sister. The gravesite has long drawn baseball fans and visitors to the small Franklin County community.
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