About Coward Cemetery
Coward Cemetery is a cemetery near Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.5 mi west of Cullowhee. The grounds sit at about 3,100 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 983647. The nearest other listed cemetery is Queen Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Appalachian Funeral Services in Sylva, about 11 mi away. It is one of 122 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cullowhee. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.28677, -83.06597
What Coward 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
- Queen CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery0.3 mi
- Brown CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery0.5 mi
- Melton CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery1.2 mi
- Broom CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Brown CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Mathis CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Balsam Grove CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Smook CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery2.5 mi
- Woodring CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Lower Coward CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Coward Cemetery
- Appalachian Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · Sylva · (828) 586-2444
- Moody Funeral Home & Crematorium11 miCremation provider · Sylva · (828) 586-4014
- Wells Funeral Home & Cremation Services15 miFuneral home · Waynesville · (828) 456-3535
- Garrett Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Waynesville · (828) 456-8656
- Smoky Mountain Cremations and Funeral Service16 miFuneral home · Maggie Valley · (828) 565-3024
- Long House Funeral Home Inc17 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (828) 497-1408
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