About Cedar Grove Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. It lies about 1.4 mi northwest of Augusta. The grounds sit at about 131 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Cornelius Marion Battey, Judson Whitlocke Lyons and Lucius Holsey Pitts. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 312470. The nearest other listed cemetery is Magnolia Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is C A Reid Sr Memorial Funeral Home in Augusta, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Augusta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Cornelius Marion Battey1873-1927American photographer
- Judson Whitlocke Lyons1860-1924First African American attorney in Georgia in 1884 and Register of the Treasury
- Lucius Holsey Pitts1915-1974American college president and Black educational leader
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Grove Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Cedar Grove 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
- Magnolia CemeteryAugusta, GACemetery0.2 mi
- Thankful Baptist Church CemeteryAugusta, GABaptist cemetery0.3 mi
- Milton Antony Burial SiteAugusta, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Church Cemetery & Burial GroundAugusta, GAChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church CemeteryAugusta, GACatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Lutheran Church of the Resurrection Ash GardenAugusta, GALutheran cemetery1.1 mi
- Walker Memorial ParkAugusta, GAMemorial park1.3 mi
- Tabernacle Baptist Church CemeteryAugusta, GABaptist cemetery1.6 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Burial SiteAugusta, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Augusta University CinerariumAugusta, GACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Grove Cemetery
- C A Reid Sr Memorial Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 724-7594
- Peoples Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 724-1885
- W H Mays Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Augusta · (706) 722-6401
- Elliott Sons Funeral Homes1.4 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 722-5566
- Williams Funeral Home Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 722-5551
- G L Brightharp & Sons Mortuary2.6 miMortuary · North Augusta · (803) 279-0026
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