About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a church cemetery in Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 246 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 345144. The nearest other listed cemetery is Merritt Family Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mc Iver Funeral Home in Douglas, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 111 cemeteries we list in Coffee County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Coffee County dates to 1845. 20 of the 111 listings in Coffee County have a phone number or website on record.
Established c. 1880s-1890s; burial site for family of Calvin Augustus Ward and Priscilla Zilpha Ward. Neglected for much of 20th century; restored in recent years.
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31.50769, -82.82958
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
- Merritt Family CemeteryDouglas, GAFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church Columbarium204 South Coffee Avenue, Douglas, GA · est. 2000Episcopal cemetery1.0 mi
- Douglas City CemeteryDouglas, GAMunicipal cemetery1.6 mi
- City of Douglas CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Wayfare CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery2.0 mi
- Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church CemeteryDouglas, GABaptist cemetery2.0 mi
- Spikes CemeteryClyde Kirkland Road, Douglas, GACemetery2.5 mi
- Morman CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Cumorah Cemetery (LDS)Douglas, GALatter-day Saint cemetery3.2 mi
- Franklin CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Mc Iver Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-7013
- Harrell's Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-2251
- Mc Lean-litman Funeral Services Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1822
- Ward's Funeral Supplies1.2 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 309-9295
- Sims Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1234
- Ricketson Funeral Home Inc.1.3 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1155
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 Ward Cemetery located?
Ward Cemetery is at East Ward Street at Bowens Mill Road Southeast, Douglas, GA 31533 in Coffee County. GPS coordinates: 31.50769, -82.82958.
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