About Glenwood Cemetery
Glenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including William Henry Barbour Jr., Willie Morris and Adelaide Stuart Dimitry. The nearest other listed cemetery is Short Creek Cemetery, about 5.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Century Funeral Home of Yazoo in Yazoo City, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Yazoo County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Yazoo City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Glenwood Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 1 journalist, 1 musician.
- William Henry Barbour Jr.1941-2021United States federal judge
- Willie Morris1934-1999American novelist and screenwriter
- Adelaide Stuart Dimitry1843-1911School teacher author and historian
- John G. Quekemeyer1884-1926American military officer
- Richard Abbey1805-1891Methodist clergyman
- Maggie Shaw Fullilove1884-1918American singer, musician, writer, teacher
- William H. Barbour1914-1999American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Glenwood 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
32.84924, -90.39756
What Glenwood 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
- Short Creek CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery5.5 mi
- Smith's CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery6.0 mi
- Banks CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery6.2 mi
- Mayday CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery6.2 mi
- John Roberson CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery6.4 mi
- Coopers CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery6.5 mi
- Hudson CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery7.5 mi
- Hardshell CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery8.1 mi
- Cessna CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery8.2 mi
- Brown CemeteryYazoo City, MSCemetery8.3 mi
Funeral homes near Glenwood Cemetery
- Century Funeral Home of Yazoo0.6 miFuneral home · Yazoo City · (662) 746-1732
- Stricklin-king Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Yazoo City · (662) 746-4532
- Knight and Lindsey Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Yazoo City · (662) 746-5315
- Scott Memorial Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Yazoo City · (662) 746-0046
- Shaffer - Collins Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Yazoo City · (662) 746-3985
- Sadler Granite Works15 miMonument dealer · Bentonia · (662) 755-2678
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