About Elder Shade Cemetery
Elder Shade Cemetery is a cemetery near West Ferriday, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 16 mi south of West Ferriday. The grounds sit at about 69 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 534788. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Zion Cemetery, about 3.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Comer Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Ferriday, about 15 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Tensas Parish, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Ferriday. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.85957, -91.51175
What Elder Shade 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
- New Zion CemeteryWest Ferriday, LACemetery3.8 mi
- Greenville CemeteryWest Ferriday, LACemetery5.7 mi
- Powells CemeteryWest Ferriday, LACemetery6.0 mi
- Loam Land CemeteryWest Ferriday, LACemetery6.1 mi
- Helena CemeterySaint Joseph, LACemetery6.7 mi
- New Light CemeteryWest Ferriday, LACemetery6.9 mi
- Calhoun CemeteryWest Ferriday, LACemetery7.9 mi
- Myrtle Grove CemeterySaint Joseph, LACemetery8.6 mi
- Pilgrim CemeteryHarrisonburg, LACemetery8.8 mi
- Cross Keys CemeterySaint Joseph, LACemetery8.8 mi
Funeral homes near Elder Shade Cemetery
- Comer Funeral Home & Cremation Services15 miFuneral home · Ferriday · (318) 757-4131
- Young's Funeral Home & Cremation Services16 miFuneral home · Ferriday · (318) 757-3636
- Concordia Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Ferriday · (318) 757-2741
- Young's Funeral Home & Cremation Services21 miFuneral home · Vidalia · (318) 336-1300
- West Gate Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 448-0092
- Laird Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 442-3636
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