About James E. Smith Cemetery
James E. Smith Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It lies about 17 mi northwest of Athens. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brightwell Family Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Jones Funeral Chapel in Crawford, about 9.2 mi away. It is one of 286 cemeteries we list in Oglethorpe County, and 155 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
33.75838, -83.21676
What James E. Smith 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
- Brightwell Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery0.5 mi
- Benjamin Smith CemeteryAthens, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Zuber CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Maxeys GraveyardLexington, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Marable-Maxey CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.6 mi
- William McWhorter CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Harmonia Baptist Church CemeteryLexington, GABaptist cemetery2.1 mi
- Bugg CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.3 mi
- Oconee Baptist Church CemeteryLexington, GABaptist cemetery2.3 mi
- Maxeys Christian Church CemeteryLexington, GAChurch cemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near James E. Smith Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Chapel9.2 miFuneral chapel · Crawford · (706) 743-3618
- Barrett Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel9.5 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-6177
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes9.6 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-5030
- Watts Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Union Point · (706) 486-4557
- Callaway Funeral Home and Georgia's Lake Country Crematory13 miCremation provider · Union Point · (706) 486-4138
- Mc Commons Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (706) 453-2626
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