About Wesson Cemetery
Wesson Cemetery is a cemetery near Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi. The grounds sit at about 427 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Lawrence R. Ellzey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 679464. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint John Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Evergreen Funeral Services in Brookhaven, about 7.7 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Copiah County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wesson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wesson Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 World War I veteran.
- Lawrence R. Ellzey1891-1977American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wesson Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
31.70011, -90.38826
What Wesson 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
- Saint John CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Peter Rock CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery1.5 mi
- Beauregard CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Rocky Hill CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Little Memorial CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Sylvarena CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery3.4 mi
- Franklin Chapel CemeteryWesson, MSChurch cemetery3.5 mi
- New Sight CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery4.2 mi
- Thompson CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery4.7 mi
- Russell-Tillman CemeteryWesson, MSCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Wesson Cemetery
- Evergreen Funeral Services7.7 miFuneral home · Brookhaven · (601) 748-0811
- Brookhaven Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Brookhaven · (601) 833-1442
- R.E. Tyler Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Brookhaven · (601) 833-6071
- Williams Mortuary9.3 miMortuary · Brookhaven · (601) 833-5871
- Riverwood Family Funeral Services9.3 miFuneral home · Brookhaven · (601) 833-6680
- House of Peoples Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Hazlehurst · (601) 894-4331
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