About Matthews Cemetery
Matthews Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. It lies about 5.0 mi southwest of Athens. The grounds sit at about 833 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 317797. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Gardenview Funeral Chapel in Athens, about 3.6 mi away. It is one of 111 cemeteries we list in Clarke 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
34.01372, -83.31765
What Matthews 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
- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery568 Harve Mathis Road, Athens, GABaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- Clark County Rural Burial SiteAthens, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Yerbey Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery1.2 mi
- Old Hull CemeteryWinterville, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Hull Baptist Church CemeteryWinterville, GABaptist cemetery1.5 mi
- Coile CemeteryWinterville, GACemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.0 mi
- New Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWinterville, GAChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Rhema Christian Fellowship CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.2 mi
- Green Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Matthews Cemetery
- Gardenview Funeral Chapel3.6 miFuneral chapel · Athens · (706) 546-1125
- Mack & Payne Funeral Home Inc4.3 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-8213
- Hurley Funeral Home & Cremation Services4.9 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 548-5671
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes5.5 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 546-1587
- Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-3623
- Winfrey Mutual Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 548-4246
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