About Ovett Cemetery
Ovett Cemetery is a cemetery near Richton, Jones County, Mississippi. It lies about 11 mi southeast of Richton. The grounds sit at about 207 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 694285. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lancaster Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dykes Chapel in Richton, about 10 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Jones County, and 18 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
31.48461, -89.02477
What Ovett 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
- Lancaster CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Brown CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Woodard CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- County Line CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery4.4 mi
- Beech CemeteryEllisville, MSCemetery5.4 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryEllisville, MSChristian cemetery6.4 mi
- Odom CemeteryEllisville, MSCemetery6.5 mi
- Walters CemeteryPetal, MSCemetery8.0 mi
- Walters CemeteryPetal, MSCemetery8.1 mi
- Edwards CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery8.5 mi
Funeral homes near Ovett Cemetery
- Dykes Chapel10 miFuneral home · Richton
- Jones and Son Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Richton · (601) 788-6000
- Jones Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Ellisville · (601) 477-8703
- Ellisville Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Ellisville · (601) 477-3797
- Booth Memorial Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Laurel · (601) 649-1900
- Malone Funeral Home and Florist15 miFuneral home · Laurel · (601) 428-0212
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