About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Oconee County, Georgia. It lies about 9.1 mi north of Athens. The grounds sit at about 666 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 330159. The nearest other listed cemetery is Barnett Family Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes in Athens, about 6.6 mi away. It is one of 122 cemeteries we list in Oconee County, and 228 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
33.83839, -83.32081
What Ward 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
- Barnett Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery0.5 mi
- Ward CemeteryWatkinsville, GACemetery0.6 mi
- Oak Hill Church CemeteryWatkinsville, GAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Old Barnett Shoals CemeteryAthens, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Old Mill Road – McRees Mill Road CemeteryWatkinsville, GACemetery0.8 mi
- D. R. Elder CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Veal CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.1 mi
- Young CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Old Edwards CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Adams CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes6.6 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 546-1587
- Oconee Memorial Funeral Directors7.5 miFuneral home · Watkinsville · (706) 769-5688
- Mack & Payne Funeral Home Inc8.2 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-8213
- Jones Funeral Chapel8.5 miFuneral chapel · Crawford · (706) 743-3618
- Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-3623
- Gardenview Funeral Chapel9.0 miFuneral chapel · Athens · (706) 546-1125
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