About Carter Cemetery
Carter Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 11 mi northwest of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 354 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691180. The nearest other listed cemetery is Speights Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest mortuary we know of is Laird's Mortuary in Prentiss, about 11 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 115 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
31.45767, -89.78452
What Carter 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
- Speights CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.5 mi
- Hathorn CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Barners CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery1.3 mi
- Landmark CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Speights CemeteryColumbia, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Old Bassfield CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Speights CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Bass-Burkett CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Robbins CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Carter Cemetery
- Laird's Mortuary11 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc11 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Smith Funeral Home & Burial14 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-2257
- Cook Galloway Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 736-3382
- Hathorn Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 731-2000
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