About Big Woods Cemetery
Big Woods Cemetery is a cemetery near Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 8.1 mi east of Sulphur. The grounds sit at about 23 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Ted Lyons. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 542018. The nearest other listed cemetery is Antioch Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hixson Funeral Home-Vinton in Vinton, about 7.3 mi away. It is one of 43 cemeteries we list in Calcasieu Parish, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sulphur. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Big Woods Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Ted Lyons1900-1986American baseball player and coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Big Woods Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
30.26992, -93.50710
What Big Woods 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
- Antioch CemeterySulphur, LACemetery0.2 mi
- Benevolent CemeteryVinton, LACemetery5.8 mi
- Granger CemeteryVinton, LACemetery7.9 mi
- Memosa Pines NorthSulphur, LACemetery8.0 mi
- Lee CemeteryVinton, LACemetery8.3 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryVinton, LACemetery8.5 mi
- Roselawn CemeterySulphur, LACemetery8.7 mi
- Stanley CemeteryDeQuincy, LACemetery8.8 mi
- Royer CemeterySulphur, LACemetery8.9 mi
- Miller CemeteryVinton, LACemetery9.5 mi
Funeral homes near Big Woods Cemetery
- Hixson Funeral Home-Vinton7.3 miFuneral home · Vinton · (337) 625-9171
- Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Sulphur8.1 miFuneral home · Sulphur · (337) 528-0240
- Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Sulphur · (337) 625-9171
- Riley Smith and Sons Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · DeQuincy · (337) 786-2999
- Myers-Colonial Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · DeQuincy · (337) 786-1800
- Hixson-Snider Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · DeQuincy · (337) 786-6000
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