About Watkins Cemetery
Watkins Cemetery is a cemetery near West Point, Clay County, Mississippi. It lies about 10 mi east of West Point. The grounds sit at about 279 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 679373. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greene Family Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest mortuary we know of is Carter's Mortuary Services in West Point, about 10 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Clay County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Point. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.64345, -88.82477
What Watkins 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
- Greene Family CemeteryWest Point, MSFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Mosley CemeteryStarkville, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Yeates Chapel CemeteryWest Point, MSChurch cemetery2.1 mi
- Abbott CemeteryWest Point, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Cumberland CemeteryStarkville, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Chandler CemeteryWest Point, MSCemetery3.8 mi
- Shaffer CemeteryWest Point, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Siloam CemeteryWest Point, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Palo Alto CemeteryWest Point, MSCemetery4.6 mi
- McPherson CemeteryWest Point, MSCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Watkins Cemetery
- Carter's Mortuary Services10 miMortuary · West Point · (662) 492-4455
- Westbrooks Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · West Point · (662) 369-4838
- Carter Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · West Point · (662) 494-2171
- Robinson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · West Point · (662) 494-8049
- Calvert Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · West Point · (662) 494-2833
- West Memorial Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Starkville · (662) 323-6674
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