About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia. It lies about 13 mi northeast of Jesup. The grounds sit at about 118 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 324133. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mikell Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Howard Jones Nobles Funeral Home in Jesup, about 12 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 14 of the 70 listings in Wayne 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
31.50648, -82.06706
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
- Mikell CemeteryJesup, GACemetery2.5 mi
- Smiths CemeteryJesup, GACemetery2.9 mi
- Bennett CemeteryJesup, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Screven CemeteryJesup, GACemetery3.2 mi
- O'Quinn Baptist Church CemeteryJesup, GABaptist cemetery3.3 mi
- Screven CemeteryJesup, GACemetery3.3 mi
- Foster CemeteryBlackshear, GACemetery3.8 mi
- Clay Hill CemeteryBlackshear, GACemetery3.8 mi
- Ritch Baptist Church CemeteryJesup, GABaptist cemetery4.1 mi
- Daniel Hopps CemeteryJesup, GACemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Howard Jones Nobles Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Jesup
- Howard & Jones Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 427-3721
- Rinehart & Sons Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 427-3718
- Royal Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 427-4254
- Community Chapel Funeral Home of Jesup Inc14 miFuneral home · Jesup · (912) 559-2834
- Bailey Monument14 miMonument dealer · Jesup · (912) 427-3326
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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