About Wake Forest Cemetery
Wake Forest Cemetery is a cemetery near Kosciusko, Leake County, Mississippi. It lies about 14 mi north of Kosciusko. The grounds sit at about 453 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 707170. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thomastown Baptist Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Whitehead Funeral Services in Carthage, about 12 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Leake 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
32.86846, -89.67757
What Wake Forest 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
- Thomastown Baptist CemeteryCarthage, MSBaptist cemetery2.2 mi
- Wright CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery2.6 mi
- Thomastown Christian CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Damascus CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Nash CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Kirkwood CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Kernop Family CemeteryGoodman, MSFamily cemetery3.7 mi
- Adcock Family CemeteryGoodman, MSFamily cemetery3.9 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryPickens, MSCemetery6.0 mi
- Saint Ann CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Wake Forest Cemetery
- Whitehead Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 298-1282
- Myricks Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 267-9223
- Wilcox Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 267-8081
- Davidson Marble & Granite Works13 miMonument dealer · Carthage · (601) 267-3765
- Central Mississippi Monument Company13 miMonument dealer · Kosciusko · (662) 289-5540
- Myricks Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-4161
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.