About Anderson Cemetery
Anderson Cemetery is a cemetery near Purvis, Forrest County, Mississippi. It lies about 12 mi northwest of Purvis. The grounds sit at about 302 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 692395. The nearest other listed cemetery is Granny Bounds Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Trinity Funeral Services in Lumberton, about 12 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Forrest County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Forrest County dates to 1871. 9 of the 71 listings in Forrest County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Purvis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.04308, -89.23488
What Anderson 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
- Granny Bounds CemeteryPurvis, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- Grace Chapel Baptist Church CemeteryPurvis, MSBaptist cemetery2.0 mi
- Simmons CemeteryPurvis, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Haven Memorial Garden CemeteryNew Augusta, MSMemorial park3.0 mi
- Brooklyn CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Carnes Baptist Church CemeteryCarnes Road, Carnes, MSChristian cemetery3.8 mi
- Cameron CemeteryPurvis, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- J E Bounds Memorial CemeteryWiggins, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Batson CemeteryWiggins, MSCemetery4.8 mi
- Rock Hill Church (historical)Purvis, MSChurch cemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Anderson Cemetery
- Trinity Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Lumberton · (601) 796-2030
- Moore Funeral Service13 miFuneral home · Purvis · (601) 794-8731
- White Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lumberton · (601) 796-2781
- Trinity Funeral Services13 miFuneral home · Lumberton · (601) 325-4357
- Moore Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Wiggins · (601) 928-4522
- Owens Ramey Funeral Services14 miFuneral home · Wiggins · (601) 928-2199
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