About Sylvester Cemetery
Sylvester Cemetery is a cemetery near New Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi. It lies about 10 mi west of New Augusta. The grounds sit at about 144 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 694924. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lott Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones And Sons Funeral Home in Beaumont, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Augusta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.18436, -88.86378
What Sylvester 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
- Lott CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery1.2 mi
- Sylvester CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery1.5 mi
- Sylvester CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Belton CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Buffalo CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Hinton CemeteryNew Augusta, MSChristian cemetery4.7 mi
- McLain CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery5.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery5.1 mi
- Carter Hill CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery6.0 mi
- Bradley CemeteryLeakesville, MSCemetery6.8 mi
Funeral homes near Sylvester Cemetery
- Jones And Sons Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Beaumont · (601) 784-2241
- Jones and Son Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Richton · (601) 788-6000
- Dykes Chapel15 miFuneral home · Richton
- Quad County Memorial Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Leakesville · (601) 394-2684
- Quad County Memorial Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · Leakesville · (601) 394-2684
- Sigler Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Lucedale · (601) 947-3112
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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.
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