About Shields Cemetery
Shields Cemetery is a cemetery near Thomasville, Wilcox County, Alabama. It lies about 12 mi west of Thomasville. The grounds sit at about 200 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 126709. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bethel Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Homes in Thomasville, about 11 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Wilcox County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Thomasville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.97070, -87.53916
What Shields 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
- Bethel CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery0.7 mi
- Enon CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery1.4 mi
- Shamburger CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Andrew CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery2.5 mi
- Kelly CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Pine Hill CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery2.9 mi
- Collier CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery4.1 mi
- Enon CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery4.3 mi
- Independence CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery5.0 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryThomasville, ALCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Shields Cemetery
- O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Thomasville · (334) 636-4100
- O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Thomasville · (334) 636-4456
- Reese Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Thomasville · (334) 636-4411
- Thomasville Memorial Funeral13 miFuneral home · Thomasville · (334) 636-1810
- Christian Memorial Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Camden · (334) 682-9842
- Brownlee-Boggan Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Camden · (334) 682-9116
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