About Myers Cemetery
Myers Cemetery is a cemetery near Ramsey, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 9.1 mi southwest of Ramsey. The grounds sit at about 597 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Joe Adams and Norman Albert Goldsmith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413464. The nearest other listed cemetery is Antioch Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wallace & Carroll Funeral Home in Herrick, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 53 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ramsey. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Myers Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Joe Adams1877-1952American baseball player
- Norman Albert Goldsmith1908-1957Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1950
People whose Wikidata entry gives Myers Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.23329, -88.98327
What Myers 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
- Antioch CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Pleasant Union CemeteryPana, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Rhodes CemeteryPana, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Corley CemeteryPana, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Beck CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Price CemeteryPana, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Buchanan CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Mound CemeteryPana, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Bateman CemeteryPana, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Staff CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Myers Cemetery
- Wallace & Carroll Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Herrick · (618) 428-5717
- Miller Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Ramsey · (618) 423-2029
- Kennedy & Sons Funeral Directors PC12 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-3959
- McCracken-Dean Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-2116
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes16 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd16 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
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