About Blue Mountain Cemetery
Blue Mountain Cemetery is a cemetery near Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.2 mi northeast of Ripley. The grounds sit at about 607 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Mark Perrin Lowrey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 692648. The nearest other listed cemetery is Union Hill Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Adkins Chapel Umc in Blue Mountain, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 100 cemeteries we list in Tippah County, and 53 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ripley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Blue Mountain Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Mexican-American War veteran.
- Mark Perrin Lowrey1828-1885Confederate Army general
People whose Wikidata entry gives Blue Mountain Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.68065, -89.04284
What Blue Mountain 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
- Union Hill CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery0.9 mi
- Godwin CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery1.0 mi
- Sand Spring CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Smith CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- White CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.3 mi
- Embry CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Flat Rock CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Marvin CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Rutherford CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Palmer CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Blue Mountain Cemetery
- Adkins Chapel Umc4.5 miFuneral home · Blue Mountain · (662) 837-9282
- Tippah County Monument4.6 miMonument dealer · Ripley · (662) 837-4955
- Foster & Son Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-9334
- McBride Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-8101
- Ripley Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-3262
- Glenfield Monuments12 miMonument dealer · New Albany · (662) 534-2694
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