About New Light Cemetery
New Light Cemetery is a cemetery near Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It lies about 4.1 mi north of Tutwiler. The grounds sit at about 144 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 674773. The nearest other listed cemetery is Second Baptist Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Tutwiler Funeral Home in Tutwiler, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 50 cemeteries we list in Tallahatchie County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tutwiler. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.95594, -90.44064
What New Light 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
- Second Baptist CemeteryTutwiler, MSBaptist cemetery1.0 mi
- Pleasant Green CemeteryTutwiler, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Paul CemeteryTutwiler, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Oaklawn CemeteryTutwiler, MSCemetery3.9 mi
- Rosemound CemeteryTutwiler, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryMikoma, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Parchman Farms CemeteryTutwiler, MSCemetery4.7 mi
- Galena CemeteryTutwiler, MSCemetery4.9 mi
- Jenkins CemeteryMikoma, MSCemetery5.8 mi
- Pilgrim Rest CemeteryDrew, MSCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near New Light Cemetery
- Tutwiler Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Tutwiler · (662) 345-8361
- Williams & Lord Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Ruleville · (662) 756-2248
- Byas Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Ruleville · (662) 756-2982
- Woolf Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-2522
- National Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-2236
- Royal Funeral System18 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-5070
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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.
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