About Gilead Cemetery
Gilead Cemetery is a cemetery near Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois. It lies about 5.7 mi northeast of Sumner. The grounds sit at about 564 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1934561. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wesley Chapel Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sivert-Macey Funeral Home in Sumner, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 54 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sumner. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.64381, -87.90920
What Gilead 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
- Wesley Chapel CemeterySumner, ILChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- Brian CemeterySumner, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Mount Hope CemeterySumner, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Ridgley CemeterySumner, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Olive CemeterySumner, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Wright CemeterySumner, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Bell CemeterySumner, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Shiloh Number 1 CemeterySumner, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Dutch Flat CemeterySumner, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Otterbein CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Gilead Cemetery
- Sivert-Macey Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Sumner · (618) 936-2313
- Cunningham Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Bridgeport
- Ingram Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · West Salem · (618) 456-8888
- Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Olney · (618) 395-4343
- Meyer Funeral Homes - Formerly Thrasher Family Funeral Home, LLC11 miFuneral home · Olney · (618) 392-6308
- Smith Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lawrenceville · (618) 943-3566
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