About Hester Cemetery
Hester Cemetery is a cemetery near Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It lies about 2.7 mi southwest of Hazlehurst. The grounds sit at about 230 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 315350. The nearest other listed cemetery is McEachin Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Jeff Davis County, and 54 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Jeff Davis County dates to 1873. 15 of the 52 listings in Jeff Davis County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hazlehurst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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31.88596, -82.55227
What Hester 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
- McEachin CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Bazemore CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Rocky Branch Church CemeteryHazlehurst, GAChurch cemetery1.2 mi
- Bazemore CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Hill Memorial GardenHazlehurst, GAMemorial park2.0 mi
- Rolland CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery2.2 mi
- Antioch CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery2.5 mi
- Old Hazelhurst CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery2.6 mi
- Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeteryHazlehurst, GABaptist cemetery2.7 mi
- Oakland Baptist Church CemeteryHazlehurst, GABaptist cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Hester Cemetery
- Miles Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 375-4578
- King Brothers Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 379-0704
- Thornton Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 375-2654
- Wainright/parlor Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 375-4571
- C M Brown Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Baxley · (912) 367-2531
- Swain's Funeral Home Inc13 miFuneral home · Baxley · (912) 367-2242
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