About Dowdy Cemetery
Dowdy Cemetery is a cemetery near Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky. It lies about 3.5 mi north of Benton. The grounds sit at about 502 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2775709. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woods Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Collier Funeral Home in Benton, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 126 cemeteries we list in Marshall County, and 139 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Benton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.80683, -88.36111
What Dowdy 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
- Woods CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery0.2 mi
- Darnall CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery1.1 mi
- Darnell CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery1.1 mi
- Benton Church of Christ CemeteryBenton, KYChurch cemetery1.2 mi
- Edwards CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery1.6 mi
- New Zion CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery1.6 mi
- Houser CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery2.0 mi
- Banks Family CemeteryBenton, KYFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Myers CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery2.2 mi
- Bennie Starks CemeteryBenton, KYCemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Dowdy Cemetery
- Collier Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Benton · (270) 527-3141
- Imes Funeral Home & Crematory - Heritage Chapel13 miCremation provider · Murray · (270) 753-8888
- Imes Miller Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Murray · (270) 753-0667
- Imes Funeral Home and Crematory14 miCremation provider · Murray · (270) 753-7000
- Blalock-coleman Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Murray · (270) 753-6800
- Burns Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Mayfield
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