Eastern Cemetery in Forest, Mississippi

Eastern Cemetery is a cemetery near Forest, Scott County, Mississippi. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Forest. The grounds sit at about 469 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including James Eastland, Donald Gray Triplett and Roy Noble Lee. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 704958. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mapp Funeral Home in Forest, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Scott County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Forest. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 actor, 1 US senator.

• James Eastland1904-1986
  American politician
• Donald Gray Triplett1933-2023
  American banker and the first person to be diagnosed with autism
• Roy Noble Lee1915-2015
  American judge
• Percy Mercer Lee1892-1969
  American judge
• Ashley Barnett1980-2005
  Actress

People whose Wikidata entry gives Eastern Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

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.

• Lovelady Cemetery

  Forest, MS
  Cemetery

  0.0 mi
• Faulkner Cemetery

  Forest, MS
  Cemetery

  5.3 mi
• Gatewood Cemetery

  Forest, MS
  Cemetery

  5.9 mi
• Futchs Cemetery

  Conehatta, MS
  Cemetery

  6.0 mi
• Dennis Cemetery

  Forest, MS
  Cemetery

  6.3 mi
• North Morton Cemetery

  Forest, MS
  Cemetery

  6.3 mi
• Lay Cemetery

  Conehatta, MS
  Cemetery

  6.9 mi
• Summers Cemetery

  Conehatta, MS
  Cemetery

  8.6 mi
• Lone Pilgrim Cemetery

  Hillsboro, MS
  Cemetery

  8.6 mi
• Homewood Church Cemetery

  Forest, MS
  Church cemetery

  9.0 mi

• Mapp Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Forest · (601) 469-3741
  0.4 mi
• Holifield Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Forest · (601) 469-4981
  0.5 mi
• Ott & Lee Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Forest · (601) 469-3412
  1.0 mi
• Evans Memorial Funeral Home, LLC

  Funeral home · Forest · (601) 469-9121
  1.2 mi
• Wolf Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Lake · (601) 775-3400
  7.7 mi
• Ott & Lee Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Morton · (601) 732-6571
  13 mi

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