About Word Cemetery
Word Cemetery is a cemetery near Okolona, Monroe County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.6 mi northwest of Okolona. The grounds sit at about 302 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 679878. The nearest other listed cemetery is Baker Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Holland Funeral Directors in Okolona, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 26 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
33.96316, -88.65088
What Word 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
- Baker CemeteryOkolona, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Old Union CemeteryAmory, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryAmory, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Walker CemeteryOkolona, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Wren CemeteryAmory, MSCemetery3.1 mi
- Bransford CemeteryAberdeen, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- New Prospect CemeteryNettleton, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Ware Hill CemeteryAberdeen, MSCemetery4.6 mi
- Pisgah CemeteryAmory, MSCemetery5.6 mi
- Williams CemeteryAmory, MSCemetery5.9 mi
Funeral homes near Word Cemetery
- Holland Funeral Directors6.3 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-2000
- Williams Memorial Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-5822
- Fields Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-2252
- Bailey Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 542-5788
- Belle Memorial Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Amory · (662) 640-7177
- Darden Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Amory · (662) 256-8311
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