About Welcome Cemetery
Welcome Cemetery is a cemetery near Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 17 mi southwest of Leesville. The grounds sit at about 299 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 548133. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Heritage Rowe Funeral Home and Memorial Park L.L.C in Leesville, about 15 mi away. It is one of 69 cemeteries we list in Vernon Parish, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Leesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.27663, -93.02091
What Welcome 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
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryLeesville, LACemetery2.3 mi
- Pine Island CemeteryFort Polk North, LACemetery3.1 mi
- Comrade CemeteryFort Polk North, LACemetery4.0 mi
- Ballview CemeteryLeesville, LACemetery4.1 mi
- Robinson CemeteryLeesville, LACemetery4.8 mi
- Mayo CemeteryFort Polk North, LACemetery4.9 mi
- Scott CemeteryFort Polk North, LACemetery6.0 mi
- Glass Window CemeteryFort Polk North, LACemetery6.2 mi
- Union Grove CemeteryLeesville, LACemetery6.2 mi
- Blackwell CemeteryColfax, LACemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Welcome Cemetery
- Heritage Rowe Funeral Home and Memorial Park L.L.C15 miFuneral home · Leesville · (337) 353-8762
- Jeane Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Leesville · (337) 238-1700
- Labby Memorial Funeral Homes17 miFuneral home · Leesville · (337) 238-1358
- Hixson Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Leesville · (337) 239-2633
- Rush Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Hineston · (318) 793-9974
- Boyce Community Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Boyce · (318) 793-5125
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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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.