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Cemeteries in Jefferson Davis County, MS
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi has 196 cemeteries in our directory, listed under 7 nearby cities and towns. The most listings are near Prentiss (145), Sumrall (15) and Magee (12). Among them are 4 church cemeteries (2%), 4 Christian cemeteries (2%) and 1 municipal cemetery (1%).
196
cemeteries
7
towns represented
0
historic
4
church cemeteries
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All cemeteries in Jefferson Davis County
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- Victory CemeteryCollinsChristian cemetery
- Antioch CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bass-Burkett CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Blackwell CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bourne CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Cole CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Crossroads CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Galilee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Green Grove CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Hathorn CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Hebron CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Hollisday CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Hopewell CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Hutchens CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Jordan Hill CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Landmark CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Loflin-Applewhite CemeteryBassfildChristian cemetery
- Lowland CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Macedonia CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Magee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Malloy CemeteryMageeCemetery
- McPhail CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Melba CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Mikell CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mount Carmel CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mount Zion CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Old Greens Creek CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Old Melba CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Palestine CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Phalti CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Prentiss CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Progress CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Rock Hill CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Saint Elizabeth CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Shady Grove CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Society Hill CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Spring Hill CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Steward CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Taylor CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Thompson CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Wilson CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Zion Hill CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Point Pleasant CemeteryMageeChristian cemetery
- Santee CemeteryPrentissChristian cemetery
- Adams CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Armstrong CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Armstrong CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Barners CemeteryColumbiaCemetery
- Barwick CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bass CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bass CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bass CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bass CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Bassfield City CemeteryPrentissMunicipal cemetery
- Berry CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bethany CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Blackburn-Carter CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Blount CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bond CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Booth CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Brady CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Branton CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Bridges CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Brinson CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bryant CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Buckley CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Bullock CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Burkett CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Burkett CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Burkett CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Butler CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Carson CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Carter CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Chance CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Clear Springs CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Cole CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Cooper CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Deen CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Deen CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Double Churches CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Dublin CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Durr CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Ezekiel Loftin CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Friendship CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Garner CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Gholar CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Graves CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Graves CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Graves CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Gray CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Greens Creek CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Griffith CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Griffith CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Harper CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Hartzog CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Hathorn CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Hathorn CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Hawthorn CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Hayes CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Hemby CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Hen Magee CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Hill CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Holloway CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Holloway CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- King CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- King CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- King CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- King CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Lee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Lee CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Loftin CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Lott CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Lucas CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Magee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Magee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Magee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Magee CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Magee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Magee-Sullivan CemeterySumrallCemetery
- McDonald CemeterySumrallCemetery
- McInnis CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- McLeod CemeterySumrallCemetery
- McPhail CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- McWorthy CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mcinnis CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Mobley CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mount Carmel CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mount Harmony CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mount Olive CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Mount Zion CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Myers CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Nelson CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Newton CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Nichols CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- North Silver Creek CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Oak Grove CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Oak Grove CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Oatis CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Oglesby CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Old Bassfield CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Old Mobley CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Old Mount Harmony CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Old Williams CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Paine CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Parkman CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Partman CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Patterson-Garner-Loftin CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Point Pleasant CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Polk CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Polk CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Polk CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Prentiss CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Price CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Progress CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Reese CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Robbins CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Robbins CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Robbins CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Ross CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Ross CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Saint Mary CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Santee CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Saulters-McRaney CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Smith CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Smith CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- South Pleasant Hill CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Speights CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Speights CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Speights CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Speights CemeteryColumbiaCemetery
- Stamps CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Stamps CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Stater CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Stewart-Thompson CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Sutton CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Sweet Water CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Taylor CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Taylor CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Terrell CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Turnage CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Tyrone CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Tyrone CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Ward CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Ward CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Weathersby CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Wheeler CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- White CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- White Sand CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Whitehead CemeteryCollinsCemetery
- Wilkes CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Wilks CemeteryColumbiaCemetery
- Williams CemeteryPrentissCemetery
- Williamson CemeterySumrallCemetery
- Williamson CemeteryMageeCemetery
- Williamson CemeteryHolly SpringsCemetery
- Wolfe CemeteryPrentissCemetery
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How Jefferson Davis County compares
Jefferson Davis County has 177.2 listed cemeteries per 10,000 residents, against 19.6 for Mississippi, which puts it 2nd of 82 Mississippi counties on this measure. Census estimates count 163 deaths here in 2024, about 54 for each of the 3 funeral homes we know of (62nd of 82 by number of funeral homes).
| Measure | Jefferson Davis County | Mississippi | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemeteries per 10,000 residents | 177.2 | 19.6 | 2nd of 82 |
| Cemeteries per 100 square miles | 48.0 | 12.3 | 2nd of 82 |
| Deaths in 2024 (estimate) | 163 | 35,843 | 67th of 82 |
| Deaths in 2024 per listed cemetery | 0.8 | 6.2 | 81st of 82 |
| Funeral homes | 3 | 476 | 62nd of 82 |
| Deaths in 2024 per funeral home | 54 | 75 | 47th of 79 |
| Cremation providers | 0 | 8 | 7th of 82 |
| Monument dealers | 0 | 13 | 14th of 82 |
| Notable burials | 2 | 289 | 27th of 82 |
Population and deaths: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates. Land area: 2020 Census Gazetteer. Funeral homes, cremation providers and monument dealers come from our sister directory, Funeral Home Directory USA. Ranks run from the highest value down, among Mississippi counties with the figure available. Compare Jefferson Davis County with other places.
Funeral providers
Funeral homes and monument dealers in Jefferson Davis County
- Johnson Funeral Home IncFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Laird's MortuaryMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Saulters-Moore Funeral ServicesFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
How many cemeteries are in Jefferson Davis County?
We list 196 cemeteries in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. Small family burial grounds recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey are included, so the count is higher than the number of cemeteries with an office or staff.
Where are burial records for Jefferson Davis County kept?
Death certificates are held by the Mississippi vital records office and often the county clerk or health department. Individual cemeteries keep their own interment records; church cemeteries may keep them at the parish office. County historical and genealogical societies often have transcriptions of older cemeteries.
Can I visit family cemeteries in Jefferson Davis County?
Many family cemeteries sit on private land. Ask the landowner before visiting. Mississippi law may give descendants a right of reasonable access, but the rules and process vary by state.
Guides
Related guides
- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.
- How to Write an ObituaryWhat to include, a fill-in template, where to publish, what newspapers charge by, and how to protect the family from identity theft.
- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.
- How Long Do You Own a Cemetery Plot?What you actually buy when you buy a plot, the right of interment, and how ownership passes to heirs.