About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 3.6 mi southwest of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 436 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691286. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saulters-Moore Funeral Services in Prentiss, about 3.2 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 137 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
31.64322, -89.83674
What Ward 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 Zion CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.1 mi
- Bass CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.4 mi
- White CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- Newton CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- Griffith CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Durr CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Bryant CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.0 mi
- Polk CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Magee CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.3 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services3.2 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Laird's Mortuary3.5 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc3.6 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Reeves Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3921
- Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mt. Olive13 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3811
- Venia Park Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-3131
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