About Lester Cemetery
Lester Cemetery is a cemetery in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 784 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 316769. The nearest other listed cemetery is Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes in Athens, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 111 cemeteries we list in Clarke County, and 252 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
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33.94204, -83.31617
What Lester 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
- Tuckston United Methodist Church CemeteryAthens, GAMethodist cemetery0.3 mi
- Tuck-Hale-Yarbrough CemeteryAthens, GACemetery0.5 mi
- Shiloh Baptist Church CemeteryAthens, GABaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- Weatherly Woods CemeteryWinterville, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Greer Cemetery245 Whit Davis Road, Athens, GACemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Luke AME CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Hale-Meyer CemeteryWinterville, GACemetery1.1 mi
- Cedar Creek CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.2 mi
- O'Kelley Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery1.3 mi
- Hancock Cemetery140 Hancock Road, Athens, GACemetery1.3 mi
Funeral homes near Lester Cemetery
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes0.6 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 546-1587
- Mack & Payne Funeral Home Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-8213
- Gardenview Funeral Chapel2.4 miFuneral chapel · Athens · (706) 546-1125
- Hurley Funeral Home & Cremation Services4.4 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 548-5671
- Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-3623
- Winfrey Mutual Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 548-4246
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Lester Cemetery located?
Lester Cemetery is at 2810 Cherokee Road, Athens, GA 30605 in Clarke County. GPS coordinates: 33.94204, -83.31617.
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