About Sims Cemetery
Sims Cemetery is a cemetery near Jonesboro, Alexander County, Illinois. It lies about 9.4 mi north of Jonesboro. The grounds sit at about 456 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 418539. The nearest other listed cemetery is Provo Cemetery, about 3.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Ullin, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Alexander County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jonesboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.31588, -89.25980
What Sims 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
- Provo CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Union CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- McCrite CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Mount Pisgah CemeteryAnna, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Ullin CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Honey CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Cummins CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Palmer CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Mission Chapel CemeteryJonesboro, ILChurch cemetery5.2 mi
- Phillips CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Sims Cemetery
- Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service5.1 miFuneral home · Ullin · (866) 592-7246
- Jones Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Tamms · (618) 747-2213
- Crain Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (618) 845-3351
- Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Homes9.4 miFuneral home · Jonesboro · (618) 833-8222
- Rendleman & Hileman Funeral9.9 miFuneral home · Anna · (618) 833-2131
- JW Reynolds Memorials - Anna10 miMonument dealer · Anna · (618) 833-6014
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