About Melba Cemetery
Melba Cemetery is a cemetery near Sumrall, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.4 mi east of Sumrall. The grounds sit at about 440 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 691310. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Melba Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Hulett Winstead Funeral Chapel in Sumrall, about 7.1 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 103 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sumrall. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.44490, -89.64672
What Melba 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
- Old Melba CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery0.1 mi
- Lott CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery0.2 mi
- McDonald CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery0.9 mi
- Williamson CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery1.0 mi
- Williamson CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Old Broom CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery2.6 mi
- Lowland CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery2.9 mi
- Blackburn-Carter CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- McLeod CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery4.2 mi
- Hickory Grove CemeterySumrall, MSCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Melba Cemetery
- Hulett Winstead Funeral Chapel7.1 miFuneral chapel · Sumrall · (601) 758-3812
- Billy M. King Colonial Chapel Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-1010
- Venia Park Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-3131
- Wade Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Collins · (601) 765-2121
- Jones & Son Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 268-2241
- Hathorn Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Columbia · (601) 731-2000
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