About Whitson Cemetery
Whitson Cemetery is a cemetery near Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. It lies about 9.2 mi southeast of Burnsville. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dollie Edwards Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Yancey Funeral Services in Burnsville, about 8.1 mi away. It is one of 406 cemeteries we list in Yancey County, and 458 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Burnsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.97790, -82.44823
What Whitson 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
- Dollie Edwards CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.2 mi
- Wilson CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.3 mi
- Johnnie Ramsey CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.4 mi
- W F McCurry CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.5 mi
- Bradley Wilson CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Milburn Bradford CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Cooper CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Coy Phillips CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- John Fender CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.8 mi
- Sampson Wilson CemeteryBurnsville, NCCemetery0.8 mi
Funeral homes near Whitson Cemetery
- Yancey Funeral Services8.1 miFuneral home · Burnsville · (828) 678-9962
- Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Burnsville · (828) 682-2310
- Robert Ledford Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Erwin · (423) 743-1380
- Blue Ridge Funeral & Cremation Service13 miCremation provider · Mars Hill · (828) 680-9963
- Blue Ridge Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Mars Hill
- Valley Funeral Home & Chapel13 miFuneral home · Erwin · (423) 743-9187
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