About Shannon Cemetery
Shannon Cemetery is a cemetery near Shannon, Lee County, Mississippi. The grounds sit at about 279 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Guy Bush. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 706806. The nearest other listed cemetery is Whiteside Family Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lee Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Verona, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Lee County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shannon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Shannon Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Guy Bush1901-1985American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Shannon 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
34.12149, -88.70977
What Shannon 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
- Whiteside Family CemeteryShannon, MSFamily cemetery0.4 mi
- Doty Chapel CemeteryShannon, MSChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryShannon, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Temples CemeteryShannon, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Brewer CemeteryShannon, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- English Family CemeteryShannon, MSFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Old Union CemeteryVerona, MSChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Old Chapel CemeteryVerona, MSChristian cemetery3.6 mi
- Lee Memorial ParkVerona, MSMemorial park3.8 mi
- Pleasant Grove CemeteryShannon, MSCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Shannon Cemetery
- Lee Memorial Park & Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Verona · (662) 553-6974
- Agnew and Sons Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Verona · (662) 566-5546
- N L Jones Funeral Directors6.0 miFuneral home · Tupelo · (662) 566-7054
- Fields Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-2252
- Holland Funeral Directors8.4 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 447-2000
- Bailey Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Okolona · (662) 542-5788
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