About Wilkes Cemetery
Wilkes Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 3.0 mi north of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 282 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691241. The nearest other listed cemetery is Stamps Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnson Funeral Home Inc in Prentiss, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 129 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
31.55572, -89.86368
What Wilkes 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
- Stamps CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.8 mi
- Dublin CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Holloway CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Stamps CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Bullock CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Burkett CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Bethany CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Ward CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.3 mi
- Tyrone CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.3 mi
- Prentiss CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Wilkes Cemetery
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc3.0 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Laird's Mortuary3.0 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services3.3 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Wilson Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Monticello · (601) 587-2573
- Reeves Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3921
- Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mt. Olive19 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3811
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