About Petal Cemetery
Petal Cemetery is a cemetery near Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi. The grounds sit at about 154 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 675642. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chappell Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Century Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC in Hattiesburg, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Forrest County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Forrest County dates to 1871. 9 of the 71 listings in Forrest County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Petal. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.34434, -89.26672
What Petal 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
- Chappell CemeteryLeeville Road, Petal, MSCemetery1.2 mi
- Hillcrest CemeteryPetal, MSCemetery1.2 mi
- Riverview Cemetery1901 East Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MSMunicipal cemetery1.4 mi
- Parkway Baptist Church CemeteryLeeville Road, Petal, MSBaptist cemetery1.6 mi
- Scott Street Cemetery1417 Scott Street, Hattiesburg, MSChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- East 8th Street CemeteryEast 8th Street, Hattiesburg, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Forrest Memorial GardensPetal, MSMemorial park1.9 mi
- Oaklawn Cemetery401 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- First Baptist Church of GlendaleGlendale Avenue, Hattiesburg, MSBaptist cemetery2.6 mi
- Roseland Park CemeteryHattiesburg, MSCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Petal Cemetery
- Century Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC1.6 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 583-1761
- Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 582-1571
- Moore Funeral Services1.9 miFuneral home · Petal · (601) 582-1899
- Hall-Fairley Funeral Services2.2 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 602-6155
- Moore Funeral Services2.5 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 544-2141
- Mcswain & Myers Funeral Services, Llc3.0 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 336-9104
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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