About Edwards Cemetery
Edwards Cemetery is a cemetery near Richton, Perry County, Mississippi. It lies about 3.2 mi south of Richton. The grounds sit at about 226 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 693162. The nearest other listed cemetery is Browns Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones and Son Funeral Home in Richton, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Richton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.39416, -88.92808
What Edwards 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
- Browns CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Sunset CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Brown CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery4.4 mi
- Woodard CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery5.1 mi
- Frisco CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery5.2 mi
- Isaiah Hinton CemeteryMS 15, Richton, MSCemetery6.1 mi
- McSwain CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery6.5 mi
- Union CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery6.7 mi
- Burch CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery6.8 mi
- Mulberry CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery7.7 mi
Funeral homes near Edwards Cemetery
- Jones and Son Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Richton · (601) 788-6000
- Dykes Chapel3.2 miFuneral home · Richton
- Jones And Sons Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Beaumont · (601) 784-2241
- Moore Funeral Services18 miFuneral home · Petal · (601) 582-1899
- Jones Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Ellisville · (601) 477-8703
- Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 582-1571
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