About Ship Cemetery
Ship Cemetery is a cemetery near Water Valley, Lafayette County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.3 mi southwest of Water Valley. The grounds sit at about 374 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 677716. The nearest other listed cemetery is Anchor Memorial Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford in Oxford, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in Lafayette County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Water Valley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.23094, -89.57563
What Ship 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
- Anchor Memorial CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery0.2 mi
- Springdale CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery2.0 mi
- Holt CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Pilgrim Rest CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery2.9 mi
- Young CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery3.1 mi
- Humphreys CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Palestine CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Camp Ground CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- Pine Flat CemeteryOxford, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- Keel CemeteryWater Valley, MSCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Ship Cemetery
- Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford5.7 miFuneral home · Oxford · (662) 234-3900
- Walker Funeral Services5.7 miFuneral home · Water Valley · (662) 714-4101
- Serenity-Daniels Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Water Valley · (662) 473-2138
- Seven Oaks Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Water Valley · (662) 473-2363
- Waller Funeral Home & Cremation Services8.9 miFuneral home · Oxford · (662) 234-7971
- L Hodges Funeral Service9.6 miFuneral home · Oxford · (662) 238-6265
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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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.