About New Light Cemetery
New Light Cemetery is a cemetery near Melville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 5.8 mi south of Melville. The grounds sit at about 33 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1627766. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 46 cemeteries we list in St. Landry Parish, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Melville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
30.77324, -91.77261
What New Light 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 CemeteryMelville, LACemetery1.4 mi
- Atchafalaya CemeteryMelville, LACemetery1.6 mi
- Latenache Baptist Church CemeteryMelville, LABaptist cemetery2.9 mi
- Macedonia CemeteryBatchelor, LACemetery3.2 mi
- Morning Star CemeteryBatchelor, LACemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Marias CemeteryBatchelor, LACemetery5.7 mi
- Mount Salem CemeteryBatchelor, LACemetery6.0 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryBatchelor, LACemetery6.1 mi
- Mason Chapel CemeteryBatchelor, LAChurch cemetery6.3 mi
- Mount Olive CemeterySimmesport, LACemetery7.3 mi
Funeral homes near New Light Cemetery
- LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Melville · (337) 623-5823
- Escude Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Simmesport · (318) 941-2727
- LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Krotz Springs · (337) 566-2282
- Sibille Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Port Barre · (337) 585-6812
- Niland Funeral Services19 miFuneral home · Livonia · (225) 637-2370
- Verrette's Pointe Coupee Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · New Roads · (225) 638-7544
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