About McGilvary Cemetery
McGilvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Richton, Perry County, Mississippi. It lies about 8.2 mi east of Richton. The grounds sit at about 246 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 673358. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bethel Freewill Church Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones and Son Funeral Home in Richton, about 8.4 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 37 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
31.34156, -89.07894
What McGilvary 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
- Bethel Freewill Church CemeteryRichton, MSChurch cemetery1.6 mi
- Burch CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Prospect CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery3.1 mi
- Courthey CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- James CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- McSwain CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery5.6 mi
- Barlow CemeteryPetal, MSCemetery6.2 mi
- County Line CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery6.4 mi
- Nichols CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery6.6 mi
- Hollimon CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery6.8 mi
Funeral homes near McGilvary Cemetery
- Jones and Son Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Richton · (601) 788-6000
- Moore Funeral Services9.3 miFuneral home · Petal · (601) 582-1899
- Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 582-1571
- Hall-Fairley Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 602-6155
- Century Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC13 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 583-1761
- Dykes Chapel13 miFuneral home · Richton
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