About Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery is a methodist cemetery near Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. It lies about 5.2 mi north of Sparta. The grounds sit at about 492 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1985781. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hester Family Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Warren Brothers Mortuary in Sparta, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 211 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 145 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sparta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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33.20336, -82.95337
What Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal 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
- Hester Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery0.4 mi
- Garner Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery1.3 mi
- Barnes Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery1.7 mi
- Knowles Chapel CemeterySparta, GAChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Martin Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.6 mi
- Lunsford - Wall - Sisson Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Lunsford-Wall CemeterySparta, GACemetery2.8 mi
- Zebulon Methodist Church CemeterySparta, GAMethodist cemetery2.8 mi
- Shivers Mission CemeterySparta, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Dickson Family Cemetery 2Sparta, GAFamily cemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Warren Brothers Mortuary5.2 miMortuary · Sparta · (706) 444-7800
- Ingram Brothers Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Sparta · (706) 444-6436
- Wheeler's Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Sandersville · (478) 552-3919
- May and Smith Funeral Directors17 miFuneral home · Sandersville · (478) 552-7478
- M C Smith Funeral Home Inc17 miFuneral home · Sandersville · (478) 552-2591
- L M Pierce Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Sandersville · (478) 552-3340
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Frequently asked questions
Is Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery a Methodist cemetery?
Our records list a Methodist affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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