About Wise Cemetery
Wise Cemetery is a cemetery near Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 13 mi northwest of Alexandria. The grounds sit at about 92 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 540504. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pierce Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kramer Funeral Home in Marksville, about 7.6 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Rapides Parish, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alexandria. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.21668, -92.25271
What Wise 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
- Pierce CemeteryAlexandria, LACemetery0.8 mi
- Campbell CemeteryDeville, LACemetery2.5 mi
- Hays CemeteryMarksville, LACemetery4.1 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryDeville, LACemetery4.1 mi
- French CemeteryDeville, LACemetery4.7 mi
- Wise CemeteryAlexandria, LACemetery4.8 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryMarksville, LACemetery5.3 mi
- Czech National CemeteryAlexandria, LANational cemetery5.4 mi
- Tyler CemeteryDeville, LACemetery5.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryLecompte, LACemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Wise Cemetery
- Kramer Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Marksville · (318) 240-8305
- Robinson Family Mortuary12 miMortuary · Pineville · (318) 442-7300
- Progressive Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (318) 443-1979
- Hixson Brothers Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Marksville · (318) 253-5979
- Miller & Hill Funeral Directors12 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (318) 704-0880
- Winnfield Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (318) 445-5002
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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