About Damascus Cemetery
Damascus Cemetery is a cemetery near Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. It lies about 12 mi southeast of Carthage. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691100. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thomastown Christian Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Whitehead Funeral Services in Carthage, about 12 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Leake County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Carthage. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.83402, -89.70896
What Damascus 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
- Thomastown Christian CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery0.4 mi
- Thomastown Baptist CemeteryCarthage, MSBaptist cemetery1.3 mi
- Adcock Family CemeteryGoodman, MSFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Kirkwood CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Kernop Family CemeteryGoodman, MSFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Wake Forest CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryPickens, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Dear CemeteryPickens, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Ann CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Old Hebron CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Damascus Cemetery
- Whitehead Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 298-1282
- Myricks Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 267-9223
- Wilcox Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 267-8081
- Davidson Marble & Granite Works12 miMonument dealer · Carthage · (601) 267-3765
- Central Mississippi Monument Company16 miMonument dealer · Kosciusko · (662) 289-5540
- Myricks Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-4161
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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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.