About Sixteenth Section Cemetery
Sixteenth Section Cemetery is a cemetery near Sunflower, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It lies about 4.9 mi south of Sunflower. The grounds sit at about 121 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 677860. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Hope Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Byas Funeral Home in Ruleville, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 43 cemeteries we list in Sunflower County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sunflower. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.60789, -90.50481
What Sixteenth Section 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
- New Hope CemeterySunflower, MSCemetery1.1 mi
- O'Neal CemeterySunflower, MSCemetery4.6 mi
- Rock of Ages CemeterySunflower, MSCemetery4.9 mi
- Willing Worker CemeterySunflower, MSCemetery5.5 mi
- Hillhouse CemeteryRuleville, MSCemetery5.7 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeterySunflower, MSCemetery5.7 mi
- Saint James CemeterySunflower, MSCemetery6.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryRuleville, MSCemetery6.2 mi
- McNutt CemeteryItta Bena, MSCemetery7.8 mi
- Marlow CemeteryRuleville, MSCemetery9.0 mi
Funeral homes near Sixteenth Section Cemetery
- Byas Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Ruleville · (662) 756-2982
- Williams & Lord Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Ruleville · (662) 756-2248
- Dillon Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Indianola · (662) 887-6817
- Burton Funeral Home, Inc.14 miFuneral home · Indianola · (662) 887-1244
- Byas Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Indianola · (662) 887-1689
- Redmond Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Indianola
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