About Griffith Cemetery
Griffith Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 4.7 mi southwest of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 404 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Steve McNair. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 670747. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saulters-Moore Funeral Services in Prentiss, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 130 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.
Notable people buried at Griffith Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player.
- Steve McNair1973-2009American football player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Griffith 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
31.64031, -89.80461
What Griffith 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
- Mount Carmel CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.7 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.9 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Ward CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Bryant CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- White CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.0 mi
- Bass CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Price CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Newton CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Griffith Cemetery
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services4.3 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Laird's Mortuary4.6 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc4.8 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Reeves Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3921
- Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mt. Olive12 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3811
- Venia Park Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-3131
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