About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Jesup, Appling County, Georgia. It lies about 15 mi east of Jesup. The nearest other listed cemetery is Griffis Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Howard & Jones Funeral Home in Jesup, about 14 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Appling County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 5 of the 86 listings in Appling County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jesup. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.56623, -82.13713
What Thornton 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
- Griffis CemeteryJesup, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church CemeteryJesup, GABaptist cemetery0.9 mi
- Old Ritch CemeteryJesup, GACemetery0.9 mi
- Griffis CemeteryJesup, GACemetery1.1 mi
- Griffis CemeteryJesup, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Ritch Baptist Church CemeteryJesup, GABaptist cemetery1.8 mi
- Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church CemeteryJesup, GABaptist cemetery2.7 mi
- Antioch Congregational Christian Church CemeteryJesup, GAChurch cemetery3.2 mi
- Williamson CemeteryJesup, GACemetery3.6 mi
- Smiths CemeteryJesup, GACemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Howard & Jones Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 427-3721
- Howard Jones Nobles Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Jesup
- Royal Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 427-4254
- Rinehart & Sons Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 427-3718
- Community Chapel Funeral Home of Jesup Inc17 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 559-2834
- Bailey Monument17 miMonument dealer · Jesup · (912) 427-3326
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