About Mount Olive Cemetery
Mount Olive Cemetery is a baptist cemetery near Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 2.5 mi southeast of Ruston. It is operated by Mount Olive Baptist Church. The grounds sit at about 239 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 537348. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cook Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Miller Funeral Home in Ruston, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 34 cemeteries we list in Lincoln Parish, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ruston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.55404, -92.66015
What Mount Olive 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
- Cook CemeteryRuston, LABaptist cemetery0.3 mi
- Wilder CemeteryGrambling, LACemetery1.1 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryRuston, LACemetery1.5 mi
- Mays Chapel CemeteryRuston, LAChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Forest Lawn Memorial ParkRuston, LAMemorial park2.8 mi
- Calcote - Watts CemeteryRuston, LACemetery3.2 mi
- Zion Traveler CemeteryRuston, LAChristian cemetery3.3 mi
- Riser / Bonner CemeteryRuston, LACemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Harmony CemeteryRuston, LACemetery4.6 mi
- Waldron CemeteryGrambling, LACemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olive Cemetery
- Miller Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Ruston · (318) 255-6770
- Kilpatrick Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Ruston · (318) 255-2832
- King's Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Ruston · (318) 255-0525
- Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral chapel · Ruston · (318) 255-4739
- Best Friends Crematory & Memorial Co.3.8 miCremation provider · Ruston · (318) 548-3761
- Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Arcadia · (318) 263-2094
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mount Olive Cemetery a Baptist cemetery?
Our records list a Baptist affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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