About Damascus Cemetery
Damascus Cemetery is a cemetery near Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi. It lies about 3.7 mi northeast of Durant. The grounds sit at about 358 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 669083. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gulledge Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Southern Funeral Home in Lexington, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Holmes County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Durant. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.03568, -89.89702
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
- Gulledge CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Shady Grove CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Macedonia CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Wesley Chapel CemeteryDurant, MSChurch cemetery2.2 mi
- Durant CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Sproles CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.6 mi
- Durant CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.1 mi
- Salem CemeteryDurant, MSChristian cemetery3.2 mi
- Green CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Damascus Cemetery
- Southern Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Affordable Funeral Home Of Durant3.7 miFuneral home · Durant · (662) 653-3770
- Delta Burial10 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-1611
- Porter and Sons Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-3198
- Century Hairston Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2617
- Southern Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
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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.