About Stokes Cemetery
Stokes Cemetery is a cemetery near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Greensboro. The grounds sit at about 299 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Martha Young, Ann Eliza Ashe Tutwiler and Elisha Young. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 127425. The nearest other listed cemetery is May Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kirk Funeral Homes in Greensboro, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Hale County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Greensboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Stokes Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Martha Young1862-1941Folklorist, author, poet
- Ann Eliza Ashe Tutwiler1840-1887Of Alabama
- Elisha Young1837-1898Alabama physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Stokes Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
32.71428, -87.59922
What Stokes Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- May CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery1.0 mi
- Sarah Christian CemetaryGreensboro, ALCemetery1.2 mi
- Greensboro CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery1.2 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery1.2 mi
- Oakwood Martin CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery1.3 mi
- Jerusalem CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery2.3 mi
- McCoy CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery2.3 mi
- Burk CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery2.4 mi
- Burton CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery2.5 mi
- Union Grove CemeteryGreensboro, ALCemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Stokes Cemetery
- Kirk Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Greensboro
- Kirk Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (334) 624-3517
- Agnew's Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (334) 624-7717
- Washington and Paige Mortuary1.1 miMortuary · Greensboro · (334) 624-3016
- Kirk Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Marion · (334) 683-6532
- Melvin Miller Funeral Services17 miFuneral home · Marion · (334) 683-6633
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