About Old Athens Cemetery
Old Athens Cemetery is a cemetery near Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 10 mi north of Homer. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 544162. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lower Old Athens Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memorial Funeral Home in Arcadia, about 8.9 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Claiborne Parish, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Homer. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.64654, -93.05933
What Old Athens 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
- Lower Old Athens CemeteryHomer, LACemetery0.1 mi
- Caldwell CemeteryArcadia, LACemetery1.8 mi
- Salem CemeteryHomer, LACemetery2.1 mi
- Atkins CemeteryHomer, LACemetery2.5 mi
- Alexander #2 CemeteryMinden, LACemetery3.9 mi
- Kimbell CemeteryHomer, LACemetery4.7 mi
- Mount Paron CemeteryHomer, LACemetery4.7 mi
- Cooksey CemeteryHomer, LACemetery4.8 mi
- Craighead CemeteryArcadia, LACemetery5.0 mi
- Tulip CemeteryHomer, LACemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Old Athens Cemetery
- Memorial Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Arcadia · (318) 263-9494
- Memorial Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Homer · (318) 927-2439
- Paradise Funeral Homes9.3 miFuneral home · Arcadia · (318) 263-2368
- King's Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Homer · (318) 927-2446
- Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Homer · (318) 927-6110
- Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Arcadia · (318) 263-2094
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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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