About Blocker Cemetery
Blocker Cemetery is a cemetery near Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi. The grounds sit at about 407 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bill G. Lowrey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 690226. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clemonts Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 46 cemeteries we list in DeSoto County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Olive Branch. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Blocker Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Bill G. Lowrey1862-1947American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Blocker Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.95508, -89.82258
What Blocker 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
- Clemonts CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- Cowan CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Bass CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Botts CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Bethel CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery3.2 mi
- Autumn Woods Memorial ParkOlive Branch, MSMemorial park3.4 mi
- Castleberry CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- New Sardis Church CemeteryGermantown, TNChurch cemetery3.6 mi
- All Saints CemeteryGermantown, TNCatholic cemetery3.7 mi
- Cox CemeteryOlive Branch, MSCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Blocker Cemetery
- Gillespie Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Olive Branch · (662) 895-2470
- Brantley Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Olive Branch · (662) 895-2310
- Coleman Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Olive Branch · (662) 893-3900
- Magnolia Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation1.9 miFuneral home · Olive Branch · (662) 892-8010
- 1st Call Mortuary Transport2.1 miMortuary · Olive Branch · (662) 420-7998
- Smith Brothers Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Olive Branch · (662) 890-7007
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