About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It lies about 6.0 mi southwest of Lexington. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes in Crawford, about 6.4 mi away. It is one of 286 cemeteries we list in Oglethorpe County, and 220 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lexington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.94741, -83.06553
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
- Sandy Cross Baptist Church CemeteryLexington, GABaptist cemetery0.1 mi
- Steele CemeteryLexington, GACemetery0.4 mi
- Stevens CemeteryLexington, GACemetery0.5 mi
- Stevens Family CemeteryLexington, GAFamily cemetery0.9 mi
- Cunningham CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.0 mi
- James Paul CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.2 mi
- New Bethlehem Church CemeteryLexington, GAChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Garbett CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Cox Estate CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.3 mi
- David-Graham CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes6.4 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-5030
- Barrett Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel6.4 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-6177
- Jones Funeral Chapel8.0 miFuneral chapel · Crawford · (706) 743-3618
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 546-1587
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Danielsville · (706) 795-5116
- Berry Funeral Home Crematory16 miCremation provider · Elberton · (706) 283-5142
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.