About Lay Cemetery
Lay Cemetery is a cemetery near Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It lies about 5.2 mi southwest of Fayette. The grounds sit at about 764 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 720849. The nearest other listed cemetery is Williams Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Carr Yager Funeral Home in Fayette, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Howard County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fayette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.21141, -92.63690
What Lay 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
- Williams CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery1.4 mi
- Brooks CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery1.5 mi
- Jackson CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.0 mi
- Patterson CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Burnam CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.4 mi
- Thompson CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Smith CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Snell CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery3.5 mi
- Simmons CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery4.0 mi
- Mount Nebo CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Lay Cemetery
- Carr Yager Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Fayette · (660) 248-2244
- Friemonth-Freese Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · Glasgow · (660) 338-2316
- Markland-Yager Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · New Franklin · (660) 848-2345
- Patton Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (660) 277-3218
- Thacher Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2311
- Summerville Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Salisbury · (660) 388-5800
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