About Foster Cemetery
Foster Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Town Creek, Lawrence County, Alabama. It lies about 5.1 mi south of Town Creek. The grounds sit at about 577 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 118533. The nearest other listed cemetery is Perkins Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elkins East Chapel in Killen, about 7.5 mi away. It is one of 186 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 122 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Town Creek. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.75463, -87.41301
What Foster 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
- Perkins CemeteryWheeler Dam Road, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery0.5 mi
- Mathews CemeteryWheeler Dam Road, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery0.5 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryWheeler Dam, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery0.6 mi
- Childers CemeteryCounty Road 406, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery0.9 mi
- Sheffield CemeteryCounty Road 406, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Davenport CemeteryCounty Road 406, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Warren CemeteryCounty Road 270, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Troupe CemeteryCounty Road 407, Town Creek, ALChristian cemetery1.8 mi
- Fuqua CemeteryCounty Road 406, Town Creek, ALCemetery1.9 mi
- Cal CemeteryTown Creek, ALCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Foster Cemetery
- Elkins East Chapel7.5 miFuneral home · Killen · (256) 936-5799
- Rogersville Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (256) 247-1090
- Trinity Memorial Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Muscle Shoals · (256) 381-7030
- Thompson & Son Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 764-2651
- Grace Memorial Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Sheffield · (256) 383-5990
- Elkins Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 860-0672
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Frequently asked questions
Is Foster Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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