About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas. The grounds sit at about 259 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Carroll Fairfax Blakemore. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 48886. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maple Grove Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jarrett Funeral Home in Blytheville, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in Mississippi County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Mississippi County dates to 1855.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Blytheville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
- Carroll Fairfax Blakemore1940-2023Ph.D. University of Arkansas 1969
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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
35.93365, -89.92024
What Elmwood 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
- Maple Grove CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery0.1 mi
- Lane CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery0.8 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryBlytheville, ARMemorial park1.2 mi
- North Sawba CemeteryGosnell, AR · est. 1855Cemetery2.0 mi
- Sawyer CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery2.2 mi
- Spur CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery3.7 mi
- New Hope CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery3.9 mi
- Hatcher CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery4.1 mi
- Hatchie CemeteryBlytheville, ARCemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Jarrett Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Blytheville · (870) 762-0885
- Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home-Blytheville0.6 miFuneral home · Blytheville · (870) 765-0885
- Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Blytheville
- Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home. Blytheville, AR0.7 miFuneral home · Blytheville · (870) 900-0010
- Cobb Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Blytheville · (870) 763-4431
- Wilson Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Blytheville · (870) 763-2547
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