About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Tchula, Holmes County, Mississippi. It lies about 9.0 mi northeast of Tchula. The grounds sit at about 108 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 678726. The nearest other listed cemetery is Good Hope Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is LAKEFRONT MEMORIAL Funeral Home in Tchula, about 9.0 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Holmes County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tchula. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.08457, -90.32536
What Thornton 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
- Good Hope CemeteryTchula, MSCemetery0.8 mi
- Brooks CemeteryTchula, MSCemetery1.2 mi
- Good Hope CemeteryTchula, MSCemetery1.4 mi
- Marcella CemeteryTchula, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Pluto CemeteryBelzoni, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Jones CemeteryBelzoni, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Fullilove CemeteryBelzoni, MSCemetery4.8 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryTchula, MSCemetery6.6 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryTchula, MSCemetery6.8 mi
- Phillips CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery7.1 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- LAKEFRONT MEMORIAL Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Tchula · (662) 766-4058
- Mortimer Funeral Home Inc12 miFuneral home · Belzoni · (662) 334-4519
- Smith Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Belzoni · (662) 247-1443
- Delta Burial16 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-1611
- Southern Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Porter and Sons Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-3198
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