About Utah Cemetery
Utah Cemetery is a latter-day Saint cemetery in Axson, Atkinson County, Georgia. It was established in 1901. The nearest funeral home we know of is Relihan Funeral Home in Pearson, about 8.4 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Atkinson County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Atkinson County dates to 1864. 7 of the 39 listings in Atkinson County have a phone number or website on record.
Mormon-affiliated cemetery, established circa November 1901 by members of the Satilla/Axson Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as "Utah Church," which stood just yards south of the cemetery until 1979.
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31.30104, -82.71145
What Utah 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
- Little Utah CemeteryPearson, GACemetery0.0 mi
- Axson CemeteryPearson, GACemetery2.6 mi
- Axson Evangelist Church CemeteryPearson, GAChurch cemetery2.6 mi
- Musgrove Family CemeteryPearson, GAFamily cemetery2.6 mi
- Axson Community CemeteryPearson, GACemetery2.7 mi
- Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeteryPearson, GABaptist cemetery3.2 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryPearson, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Stokesville Church CemeteryPearson, GAChurch cemetery3.7 mi
- White CemeteryPearson, GACemetery3.8 mi
- Millwood Baptist Church CemeteryPearson, GABaptist cemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Utah Cemetery
- Relihan Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Pearson · (912) 422-3221
- Mc Iver Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-7013
- Ricketson Funeral Home Inc.16 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1155
- Harrell's Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-2251
- Mc Lean-litman Funeral Services Inc16 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1822
- Sims Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1234
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Utah Cemetery located?
Utah Cemetery is at Minchew Road & Loren Road, Axson, GA 31624 in Atkinson County. GPS coordinates: 31.30104, -82.71145.
Is Utah Cemetery a Latter-day Saint cemetery?
Our records list a Latter-day Saint affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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