About Wilks Cemetery
Wilks Cemetery is a cemetery near Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi. It lies about 13 mi southwest of Columbia. The grounds sit at about 302 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 679698. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wilks Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Hulett Winstead Funeral Chapel in Sumrall, about 12 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 102 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Columbia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.42989, -89.74507
What Wilks 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
- Wilks CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery0.6 mi
- McPhail CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery0.9 mi
- Allen CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery1.2 mi
- Speights CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Bond CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Speights CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Barners CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Magee-Sullivan CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery2.3 mi
- Blackburn-Carter CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Wilks Cemetery
- Hulett Winstead Funeral Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Sumrall · (601) 758-3812
- Hathorn Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 731-2000
- Smith Funeral Home & Burial13 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-2257
- Cook Galloway Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-3382
- Colonial Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-5361
- Laird's Mortuary14 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
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