About Shelton Cemetery
Shelton Cemetery is a cemetery near Brookhaven, Copiah County, Mississippi. It lies about 21 mi southeast of Brookhaven. The grounds sit at about 315 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 694762. The nearest other listed cemetery is Weeks Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Greater Zion Chapel in Caseyville, about 8.6 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Copiah County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brookhaven. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.79294, -90.70537
What Shelton 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
- Weeks CemeteryBrookhaven, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Hartley CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Weeks CemeteryBrookhaven, MSCemetery1.5 mi
- Segrest CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Rehobeth-Barlow CemeteryHazlehurst, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Hawkins CemeteryHazlehurst, MSCemetery3.9 mi
- New Providence CemeteryBrookhaven, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Antioch CemeteryFayette, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Herlong CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery4.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryBrookhaven, MSCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Shelton Cemetery
- Greater Zion Chapel8.6 miFuneral home · Caseyville
- Stringer Family Funeral Services18 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (601) 894-1331
- Stringer Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (601) 894-1331
- Hazlehurst Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst
- Barnes Funeral Chapel and Mortuary Service19 miMortuary · Port Gibson · (601) 437-3675
- House of Peoples Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (601) 894-4331
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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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