About Palestine Cemetery
Palestine Cemetery is a baptist cemetery near McGehee, Desha County, Arkansas. It lies about 2.8 mi southwest of McGehee. The grounds sit at about 141 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 63844. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Willis Funeral Home in McGehee, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Desha County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, McGehee. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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33.64750, -91.35680
What Palestine 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
- Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and CemeteryMcGehee, ARBaptist cemetery1.0 mi
- Bates CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery2.5 mi
- McGehee CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery2.8 mi
- Holly Grove CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery3.2 mi
- Beasley CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery3.3 mi
- McCool CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery3.3 mi
- McArthur CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery3.5 mi
- Warrington CemeteryMcGehee, ARCemetery3.6 mi
- Bogue CemeteryArkansas City, ARCemetery4.5 mi
- New Hope CemeteryMcGehee, ARChristian cemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Palestine Cemetery
- Willis Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · McGehee · (870) 222-4600
- Davis Strickland Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Dermott · (870) 538-9091
- Dillard Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Dermott · (870) 355-4888
- Griffin Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Dumas · (870) 382-4352
- Brown Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Dumas · (870) 382-4888
- Serenity Gardens Funeral Services19 miFuneral home · Dumas · (870) 382-6942
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Frequently asked questions
Is Palestine Cemetery a Baptist cemetery?
Our records list a Baptist 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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