About Edwards Cemetery
Edwards Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It lies about 11 mi northwest of Athens. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hill Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Jones Funeral Chapel in Crawford, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 286 cemeteries we list in Oglethorpe County, and 236 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.86352, -83.22147
What Edwards 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
- Hill CemeteryLexington, GACemetery0.3 mi
- Arnold Grove Baptist Church CemeteryAthens, GABaptist cemetery0.5 mi
- Old Arnold Grove Baptist Church CemeteryAthens, GABaptist cemetery0.5 mi
- Lucy Fullilove CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.1 mi
- Martin CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.6 mi
- John Fullilove CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Popes Chapel CemeteryLexington, GAChurch cemetery1.7 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Biggers CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.1 mi
- Pope CemeteryLexington, GACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Edwards Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Chapel2.7 miFuneral chapel · Crawford · (706) 743-3618
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes4.4 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-5030
- Barrett Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel4.4 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-6177
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes7.1 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 546-1587
- Mack & Payne Funeral Home Inc9.5 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-8213
- Gardenview Funeral Chapel10 miFuneral chapel · Athens · (706) 546-1125
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