Highland Cemetery in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Highland Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. It is operated by City of Hattiesburg. The grounds sit at about 236 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Gee Walker, Jacklyn Harold Lucas and Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 671192. The nearest other listed cemetery is B'nai Israel Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mcswain & Myers Funeral Services, Llc in Hattiesburg, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Forrest County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Forrest County dates to 1871. 9 of the 71 listings in Forrest County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 World War II veterans, 1 baseball player, 1 Korean War veteran.

• Gee Walker1908-1981
  American baseball player and coach
• Jacklyn Harold Lucas1928-2008
  United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
• Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.1927-1971
  Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
• Emma Sadler Moss1898-1970
  Pathologist
• Gaston Smithdied 2012
  Ph.D. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa 1963

People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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.

• B'nai Israel Cemetery

  Beverly Hills Road, Hattiesburg, MS
  Jewish cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Jones Cemetery

  Arnold Line, MS
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Bennett Cemetery

  Lakeview Road, Hattiesburg, MS · est. 1871
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Roseland Park Cemetery

  Hattiesburg, MS
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Magnolia Memorial Gardens

  61 Hillcrest Drive, Hattiesburg, MS
  Memorial park

  2.1 mi
• East 8th Street Cemetery

  East 8th Street, Hattiesburg, MS
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Oaklawn Cemetery

  401 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Scott Street Cemetery

  1417 Scott Street, Hattiesburg, MS
  Christian cemetery

  2.7 mi
• First Baptist Church of Glendale

  Glendale Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS
  Baptist cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Pine Ridge Cemetery

  Hattiesburg, MS
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi

• Mcswain & Myers Funeral Services, Llc

  Funeral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 336-9104
  1.9 mi
• Moore Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 544-2141
  2.5 mi
• Serenity Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 255-3310
  2.8 mi
• Century Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC

  Funeral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 583-1761
  2.9 mi
• A & A Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Hattiesburg · (601) 544-0432
  3.0 mi
• Forrest Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 264-1816
  3.3 mi

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