About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.3 mi south of Banner Elk. The grounds sit at about 2,697 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1016439. The nearest other listed cemetery is Harmon Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rhododendron Chapel in Roan Mountain, about 9.5 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Avery County, and 148 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Banner Elk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.24984, -81.90456
What Ward 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
- Harmon CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Harmon Cemetery47 Mulberry Lane, Elk Park, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Flat Springs CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Old Beech Mountain CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Brown CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- McGuire CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Greene CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Trivett Cemetery6786 US Highway 321, Sugar Grove, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Cook CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Phillips CemeteryRoan Mountain, TNCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Rhododendron Chapel9.5 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory12 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-8888
- Barney Hampton Funeral & Cremation Service13 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-7100
- Mountain City Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Mountain City · (423) 727-9700
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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.