About Burkett Cemetery
Burkett Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.1 mi north of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 256 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691246. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nichols Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnson Funeral Home Inc in Prentiss, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 100 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Prentiss. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.51489, -89.89952
What Burkett 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
- Nichols CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.0 mi
- Jordan Hill CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Speights CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Burkett CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Blackwell CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Taylor CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Palestine CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Burkett CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Progress CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.4 mi
- Bourne CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Burkett Cemetery
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc6.0 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Laird's Mortuary6.2 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services6.5 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Wilson Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Monticello · (601) 587-2573
- Smith Funeral Home & Burial18 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-2257
- Cook Galloway Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-3382
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