About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It lies about 10.0 mi northeast of Okolona. The grounds sit at about 331 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 678728. The nearest other listed cemetery is Macedonia Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Williams Memorial Funeral Home in Okolona, about 9.9 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Chickasaw County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Okolona. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.86983, -88.82505
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
- Macedonia CemeteryHouston, MSCemetery0.5 mi
- Pulliam CemeteryOkolona, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Buena Vista CemeteryHouston, MSCemetery1.3 mi
- Soul Chapel CemeteryHouston, MSChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- Snow CemeteryOkolona, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- New Hope CemeteryHouston, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Lake CemeteryHouston, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Pleasant Plain CemeteryAberdeen, MSCemetery4.4 mi
- Mixon CemeteryHouston, MSCemetery4.4 mi
- Zion Spring CemeteryAberdeen, MSCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Williams Memorial Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-5822
- Bailey Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 542-5788
- Memorial Funeral Home Inc10 miFuneral home · Houston · (662) 456-2500
- Houston Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Houston · (662) 456-3411
- Holland Funeral Directors10 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-2000
- Montgomery Mortuary Ministries10 miMortuary · Houston · (662) 456-2152
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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.