About Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. It lies about 15 mi south of Ripley. The grounds sit at about 541 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 679039. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chalybeate Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shackelford Funeral Directors in Middleton, about 9.2 mi away. It is one of 100 cemeteries we list in Tippah County, and 50 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.
Map
34.93100, -88.86013
What Union 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
- Chalybeate CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery0.2 mi
- Camp Ground CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery1.3 mi
- Hopkins CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Harmony Baptist CemeteryRipley, MSBaptist cemetery3.0 mi
- Harmony CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.0 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Providence CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.8 mi
- Overton CemeteryCorinth, MSChristian cemetery3.9 mi
- Smyrna CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- State Line CemeteryCorinth, MSCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Union Cemetery
- Shackelford Funeral Directors9.2 miFuneral home · Middleton · (731) 658-5277
- Ripley Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-3262
- McBride Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-8101
- Foster & Son Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-9334
- Tippah County Monument17 miMonument dealer · Ripley · (662) 837-4955
- Magnolia Funeral Home South18 miFuneral home · Corinth · (662) 286-9500
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.