About Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 10 mi northwest of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691319. The nearest mortuary we know of is Laird's Mortuary in Prentiss, about 10 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 116 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
31.49044, -89.74646
What Wheeler 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
- Bassfield City CemeteryPrentiss, MSMunicipal cemetery0.1 mi
- Bass-Burkett CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.0 mi
- Bass CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- Old Bassfield CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.3 mi
- Stewart-Thompson CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery1.5 mi
- Hawthorn CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Bass CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Hathorn CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Magee-Sullivan CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Loflin-Applewhite CemeteryBassfild, MSChristian cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Wheeler Cemetery
- Laird's Mortuary10 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services10 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc10 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Hulett Winstead Funeral Chapel14 miFuneral chapel · Sumrall · (601) 758-3812
- Billy M. King Colonial Chapel Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-1010
- Venia Park Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-3131
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