About Ripley Cemetery
Ripley Cemetery is a cemetery near Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. It lies about 0.6 mi south of Ripley. The grounds sit at about 522 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Thomas Spight. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 683535. The nearest other listed cemetery is Tippah Memorial Gardens, about 1.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ripley Funeral Home in Ripley, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 100 cemeteries we list in Tippah County, and 69 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 Ripley Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Thomas Spight1841-1924American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ripley 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
34.73814, -88.94645
What Ripley 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
- Tippah Memorial GardensRipley, MSMemorial park1.8 mi
- Green CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Rucker CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Parks CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.9 mi
- Palmer CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Antioch CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.9 mi
- Wiers Chapel CemeteryRipley, MSChurch cemetery4.0 mi
- Marvin CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- Union CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Ripley Cemetery
- Ripley Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-3262
- McBride Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-8101
- Foster & Son Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-9334
- Tippah County Monument2.4 miMonument dealer · Ripley · (662) 837-4955
- Adkins Chapel Umc3.8 miFuneral home · Blue Mountain · (662) 837-9282
- Glenfield Monuments17 miMonument dealer · New Albany · (662) 534-2694
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