About Burks Cemetery
Burks Cemetery is a cemetery near Merryville, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 5.7 mi northeast of Merryville. The grounds sit at about 79 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 541998. The nearest other listed cemetery is Meadow Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Smith Funeral Home in Newton, about 15 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Beauregard Parish, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Merryville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
30.68243, -93.58742
What Burks 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
- Meadow CemeteryMerryville, LACemetery0.4 mi
- Stark CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery3.0 mi
- Inman CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery3.3 mi
- Franks CemeteryMerryville, LACemetery3.7 mi
- Whitman CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery4.4 mi
- Hughes CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery4.9 mi
- Merryville CemeteryMerryville, LACemetery5.5 mi
- Belgrade CemeteryKirbyville, TXCemetery5.9 mi
- Hennigan CemeteryMerryville, LACemetery7.3 mi
- Old Belgrade CemeteryKirbyville, TXCemetery7.3 mi
Funeral homes near Burks Cemetery
- Smith Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Newton · (409) 379-5041
- Myers Colonial Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · DeRidder · (337) 463-9996
- Adams EE Stringer Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Kirbyville · (409) 423-2221
- Myers-Colonial Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · DeQuincy · (337) 786-1800
- Hixson-Snider Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · DeQuincy · (337) 786-6000
- Riley Smith and Sons Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · DeQuincy · (337) 786-2999
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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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