About Merrit Cemetery
Merrit Cemetery is a cemetery near Violet, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The grounds sit at about 3 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1627640. The nearest other listed cemetery is True Love Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Charbonnet Funerals & Cremations in Violet, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in St. Bernard Parish, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Violet. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
29.89298, -89.89812
What Merrit 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
- True Love CemeteryPoydras, LACemetery2.6 mi
- English Turn CemeteryBelle Chasse, LACemetery4.3 mi
- Ellen CemeteryChalmette, LACemetery5.2 mi
- Eureka Lodge CemeteryChalmette, LACemetery5.5 mi
- Saint Bernard Memorial GardensChalmette, LAMemorial park5.9 mi
- Our Lady of the Holy Cross Mausoleum CemeteryTerrytown, LACemetery5.9 mi
- Scarsdale CemeteryBelle Chasse, LACemetery6.0 mi
- Chalmette National CemeteryChalmette, LANational cemetery6.3 mi
- Freedmen's CemeteryChalmette, LACemetery6.4 mi
- Westlawn South CemeteryTerrytown, LACemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Merrit Cemetery
- Charbonnet Funerals & Cremations2.0 miFuneral home · Violet · (504) 302-1520
- St Bernard Memorial Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Chalmette · (504) 279-6376
- Robinson Family Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Belle Chasse · (504) 208-2119
- Alfortish Memorials & Mausoleums8.4 miMonument dealer · Terrytown · (504) 393-2026
- Rhodes Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Gretna · (504) 367-0621
- Heritage Funeral Directors9.6 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 944-5500
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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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