About Wilks Cemetery
Wilks Cemetery is a cemetery near Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi. It lies about 9.5 mi south of Durant. The grounds sit at about 427 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 706713. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Southern Funeral Home in Lexington, about 9.5 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Holmes County, and 67 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
33.21290, -89.86424
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
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- County Line CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Bagley CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Wilkins CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.9 mi
- Crawford CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.1 mi
- Hall CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.2 mi
- Martin Grove CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Watson CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Whelin CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Moorehead CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Wilks Cemetery
- Southern Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Affordable Funeral Home Of Durant9.5 miFuneral home · Durant · (662) 653-3770
- Southern Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Century Hairston Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2617
- Porter and Sons Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-3198
- Delta Burial13 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-1611
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