Graveyard

A cemetery is a unique community lot or home feature found in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. In The Sims 3 it is also a lot assignment.

Home Cemeteries
Cemeteries have been constructable on playable Sims' lots since The Sims. The Goth Family is famous for the many cemeteries found outside their homes in every game. The Specter Family is also famous for having a massive graveyard in their garden. Although it's not as large as the Specter Graveyard, the Capp family has a graveyard as well.

Community Lot Cemeteries
The Sims 2: Nightlife added the ability to move graves from one lot to another, which allows cemeteries to be on community lots. The Downtown sub-neighborhood shipped with Nightlife includes the Gothier Green Lawns cemetery, which is the first cemetery found on a community lot. Gothier Green Lawns features some members of the Tricou family and is right next to their home.

The Sims 3
As a lot assignment graveyards provide the Creepy Graveyard moodlet:

In The Sims 3, a Sim can get a part-time job in a cemetery as a Mausoleum Clerk. Cemeteries are now known as graveyards.

Fish in a pond located in the cemetery will turn into Deathfish and Vampire Fish at midnight. At around midnight, mist will appear around all of the graves, and the ghosts will come out. If you have at least level 7 gardening you can plant seeds picked from the Death Flower Bush. These seeds are 'perfect' quality.

There is also a local cemetery in every destination of The Sims 3: World Adventures.

Pleasant Rest Graveyard
The Pleasant Rest Graveyard is the cemetery in Sunset Valley. While "Pleasant Rest" is not an unusual name for a cemetery, there may be a connection between the "Pleasant Rest" Graveyard and Sunset Valley being called Pleasantview in The Sims 2.

In the center of the Pleasant Rest Graveyard, there is a desolate and ominous-looking Mausoleum of the Specter family (who may be related in some way to the Specter Family of Strangetown). Any Sim brave enough to venture into it can explore the Mausoleum to lay hand on unknown treasures which are rumored to be hidden deep in the abyssal bottom of it. An exploration takes anywhere from three to five hours. Its proceeding and outcome are random, but it often results in the Sim becoming singed.

Strangely, There have been some sims that have been mentioned that aren't in the town, and not in the cemetery, such as Comte LeClair. It could be because the sims moved to Riverview

The 23 dearly deceased buried here are:
 * Tragic Clown (Drowning)
 * Enriqueta Bachelor (Fire)
 * Milton Bachelor (Old Age)
 * Kermit Landgraab (Old Age)
 * Kitty Landgraab (Old Age)
 * Queenie Landgraab (Fire)
 * Chester Landgraab (Old Age)
 * Vincent Skullfinder (Old Age)
 * Gaylord Koffi (Hunger)
 * Ransom Clavell (Drowning)
 * Jennie Clavell (Drowning)
 * Opal Suarley (Drowning)
 * Nida Khan (Old Age)
 * Gertrude Flansburgh (Old Age)
 * Joel Astroman (Hunger)
 * Enola Green (Old Age)
 * Lyonel Su (Old Age)
 * Cornelius Nelson (Old Age)
 * Basil Flores (Fire)
 * Erdrick Gnomeheim (Old Age)
 * Anabelle Oinkslopes (Electrocution)
 * Charity McNichol (Old Age)
 * Big Steve Underwood (Hunger)

Old Town Cemetery
The Cemetery is far less Gothic than Sunset Valley's Pleasant Rest Graveyard, and has no statue of the Grim Reaper. At night, ghosts will appear around the graveyard and they will move all across the island. This could spook your Sims if they are shopping late.

With 30 Sims buried in Old Town Cemetery, here they are: List not completed
 * Sam Bagley (Drowning)
 * Bernard Broke (Drowning)
 * Mary Lu Broke (Hunger)
 * Vernon Carpenter (Electrocution)
 * Janine Jones (Drowning)
 * Lydia Remington (Drowning)
 * Lonnie Dean (Fire)
 * Jenny Joy (Old Age)
 * Sasha Shallow (Drowning)
 * Abagail McDermott (Old Age)
 * Hank Ferdinand (starvation)
 * Pete Kent

Land of the Ancestors
Land of the Ancestors is Shang Simla's cemetery, introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures. It is Asian-themed, with pagoda roofing and an elevated mausoleum. Urns are displayed in shrines rather than on the ground as tombstones.

There are 4 Sims buried in Land of the Ancestors:
 * Chen Zuoyi (Drowning)
 * Sun Wen (Fire)
 * Jing Hua (Hunger)
 * Liu Shih (Old Age)

Desert's End
Desert's End is Al Simhara's cemetery, introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures. It is Egyptian-themed, and has a large basement underneath it containing a Sarcophagus and incense burner. Urns are displayed both on the ground as tombstones, as well as in specially built shrines. Its address is 60 East Riverview Place.

There are 5 Sims buried in Desert's End:
 * Suad Adham (Old Age)
 * Samir Kohar (Mummy's Curse)
 * Naima Hakim (Drowning)
 * Fwazia Akef (Hunger)
 * Emad Rateb (Fire)

Eastern Hills Cemetery
Eastern Hills Cemetery is Champs Les Sims' cemetery, introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures. It is French-themed and has a number of locked tomb rooms. It is the brightest cemetery with lots of flower beds. The mausoleum on this lot is the same as in Riverview and Sunset Valley. It plays a role in several adventures in Champs Les Sims.

There are 5 Sims buried in Eastern Hills Cemetery:
 * Pascal Marias (Fire)
 * Tim Doorson (Electrocution)
 * Adelaide Boyer (Old Age)
 * Gertrude Lescot (Drowning)
 * Yvonne Garnier (Hunger)