About Fortune Cemetery
Fortune Cemetery is a cemetery near Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It lies about 13 mi southwest of Forest City. The grounds sit at about 1,106 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 985329. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Broad Church, about 0.8 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home in Bostic, about 11 mi away. It is one of 99 cemeteries we list in Rutherford County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Forest City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.50926, -81.76470
What Fortune 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
- First Broad ChurchForest City, NCChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Golden Valley CemeteryForest City, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Cooper Springs Church CemeteryForest City, NCChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Fairview CemeterySalem, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Duncans Creek Church CemeteryForest City, NCChurch cemetery3.2 mi
- Lee Chapel CemeteryForest City, NCChurch cemetery4.3 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeterySalem, NCCemetery4.3 mi
- Fellowship Baptist Church CemeterySalem, NCBaptist cemetery4.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant Church CemeterySalem, NCChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Cane Creek Baptist Church CemeteryForest City, NCBaptist cemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Fortune Cemetery
- Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Bostic · (828) 248-1234
- Robert S Morgan Jr Funeral Service11 miFuneral home · Lawndale · (704) 538-8080
- Padgett & King Mortuary13 miMortuary · Forest City · (828) 245-4951
- Thompson Mortuary & Chapel14 miMortuary · Forest City · (828) 245-0258
- Pruitt Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Forest City · (828) 248-2242
- Crowe's Mortuary & Chapel14 miMortuary · Rutherfordton · (828) 286-2304
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