About Yawn Cemetery
Yawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Nicholls, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It lies about 12 mi south of Nicholls. 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 325605. The nearest other listed cemetery is Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wainright/parlor Funeral Home in Hazlehurst, about 12 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Jeff Davis County, and 47 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, Nicholls. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.68854, -82.59528
What Yawn 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
- Philadelphia Baptist Church CemeteryHazlehurst, GABaptist cemetery1.3 mi
- Simmons CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Wilson CemeteryAlma, GACemetery2.4 mi
- Taylor CemeteryNicholls, GACemetery2.6 mi
- Mims Church CemeteryNicholls, GAChurch cemetery2.6 mi
- Wilcox CemeteryNicholls, GACemetery2.7 mi
- Mims Family CemeteryHazlehurst, GAFamily cemetery3.6 mi
- Holton CemeteryAlma, GACemetery3.9 mi
- Bridgeford Memorial CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery4.3 mi
- Graham CemeteryHazlehurst, GACemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Yawn Cemetery
- Wainright/parlor Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 375-4571
- Thornton Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 375-2654
- Crosby Funeral Home Inc13 miFuneral home · Alma · (912) 632-8623
- Mosby-Litman Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Alma · (912) 632-7250
- King Brothers Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 379-0704
- Miles Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (912) 375-4578
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