About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. It lies about 11 mi southeast of Kosciusko. The grounds sit at about 377 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 678727. The nearest other listed cemetery is Unity Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Culpepper Funeral Services in Kosciusko, about 9.9 mi away. It is one of 138 cemeteries we list in Attala County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kosciusko. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.17457, -89.72119
What Thornton 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
- Unity CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Rocky Point CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery1.3 mi
- Himan CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Smyrna CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery1.5 mi
- Guess CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery2.4 mi
- North Union CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery2.4 mi
- Brister CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Armstrong CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- West CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Mayo CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Culpepper Funeral Services9.9 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-4111
- Affordable Funeral Home Of Durant10 miFuneral home · Durant · (662) 653-3770
- Southern Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Winters Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-5251
- Culpepper Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-4111
- Myricks Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-4161
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