Cemetery
The City of Franklin maintains a 40 acre cemetery on the west side of the city. What is known today as Greenlawn & Shadyrest Cemetery was opened in the late 1800's, and contains many additions since the original plat. The cemetery office is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 am thru 3:30 pm with the cemetery gates open until dusk. The City presently has a contract with Delk Services for maintenance of the cemetery grounds. Derick Minnicks is the Cemetery Sexton and maintains records of burials at the cemetery the Sexton is in the office daily from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The actual records of lot purchases are kept at City Hall.

Address
City of Franklin Greenlawn & Shady Rest Cemetery
420 Cemetery Street
P.O. Box 2805 Franklin, Ky. 42135
Phone 270-586-6029 Fax 270-586-9419

The Greenlawn Cemetery was established in 1871, since then there have been 23 Cemetery Sextons. The current Cemetery Sexton is Derick Minnicks. The cemeteries cover approximately 40 acres, Greenlawn has 17 different sections and Shady Rest has 4 different sections. There are approximately 16,500 occupied graves in the cemetery.

Funerals
Cemetery requires a 24 hour notice before having a funeral in Greenlawn and Shady Rest Cemetery. All burials in the cemetery require a vault. (concrete, steel, plastic, or wood) All Monument Companies setting monuments in cemetery shall contact the Sexton for a Monument Installation Request Form. The Greenlawn & Shadyrest Cemetery requires the form be completed and submitted to the Sexton with a $10 fee then the cemetery management will locate and flag the location of the monument to be installed within 3 working days after receiving the completed form.

Graves
To purchase graves or for information on existing graves contact Cemetery Sexton Derick Minnicks at Office # 270-586-6029 Cell # 270-776-0893.

For information regarding fees and charges see the Cemetery Ordinance on this site. Prices in the ordinance for opening & closing graves don’t include tent set-ups or lowering devices. Cemetery personnel only opens & closes the grave nothing else is provided by the cemetery personnel. All other services are the responsibility of the deceased family or Funeral Home.

Veterans Section
A few years ago the City of Franklin started a Veterans Section inside Greenlawn & Shadyrest Cemetery. In this section graves are provided at no cost to American Veterans. Contact the Cemetery Sexton for more information or availability of graves in this section.

Regulations relating to Flowers
 Between March 15 and Nov. 15 of any year, no person shall plant flowers or set flowers in any receptacle except in the specifically prepared vases placed on cemetery markers through out the cemetery, except that flowers may be placed upon cemetery grounds in any manner, whatsoever, during the following periods: 1. Good Friday thru the Tuesday following Easter. 2. From one day before Memorial Day thru two days after Memorial Day. 3. From one day before Mother's Day thru two days after Mother's Day. 4. From one day before Father's Day thru two days after Father's Day. *No Shepherd Hooks allowed on Cemetery Grounds!

Fees
The following fees for the Greenlawn Cemetery have been adopted by the Franklin City Commission and apply to all sections of the municipal cemetery, including Shady Rest. Per ordinance 620.2-11-2007 effective November 30, 2007 and subject to change by ordinance.

Sale per single grave (includes $100.00 perpetual care fee) $ 500
Transfer of Owner rights $ 35 Monument marking fee $ 10
Grave open and close fee – during week $ 450
Grave open and close fee – during weekend & holidays $ 550
Cremation or baby grave open and close fee – during week $ 100
Cremation or baby grave open and close fee – during weekend & holidays $ 200
Disinterment of adult vault or casket $1,000
Disinterment of baby vault or casket $ 250