About Watson Cemetery
Watson Cemetery is a cemetery near Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi. It lies about 7.7 mi south of Durant. The grounds sit at about 305 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 706710. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wilkins Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Southern Funeral Home in Lexington, about 7.6 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Holmes County, and 76 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
33.17845, -89.90397
What Watson 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
- Wilkins CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery0.4 mi
- McGee CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- Stokes CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Megee CemeteryLexington, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Green CemeteryLexington, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Hall CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.6 mi
- Spring Hill CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Eubanks CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Thurmond CemeteryLexington, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Moorehead CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Watson Cemetery
- Southern Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Affordable Funeral Home Of Durant7.6 miFuneral home · Durant · (662) 653-3770
- Southern Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Century Hairston Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2617
- Porter and Sons Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-3198
- Delta Burial10.0 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-1611
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