About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Goreville, Williamson County, Illinois. It lies about 5.8 mi southwest of Goreville. The grounds sit at about 515 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 420515. The nearest other listed cemetery is White Oak Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cosby Funeral Home in Creal Springs, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Williamson County, and 71 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Goreville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.62259, -88.91082
What Ward 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
- White Oak CemeteryGoreville, ILCemetery0.5 mi
- Kimmel CemeteryGoreville, ILCemetery0.6 mi
- Springer CemeteryGoreville, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Cocke CemeteryGoreville, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- McBride CemeteryGoreville, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Koonce CemeteryMarion, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- County Line CemeteryGoreville, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Fountain Church CemeteryMarion, ILChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Donelson CemeteryMarion, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Atwood CemeteryMarion, ILCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Cosby Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Creal Springs · (618) 996-2071
- Blue Funeral Homes A Binkley-Ross Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Goreville · (618) 995-9499
- Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home -8.0 miFuneral home · Marion · (618) 993-2131
- Binkley-Ross Family of Funeral Homes8.2 miFuneral home · Marion · (618) 997-7771
- Blue Funeral Homes8.7 miFuneral home · Marion · (618) 997-5648
- Binkley-Ross Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Marion · (618) 997-7771
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