About Drake Memorial Cemetery
Drake Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina. It lies about 8.8 mi west of Gatesville. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2798206. The nearest other listed cemetery is Costen - Harrell Family Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Community of Hope Funeral Service in Hobbsville, about 6.6 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Gates County, and 67 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gatesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.44142, -76.60213
What Drake Memorial 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
- Costen - Harrell Family CemeteryGatesville, NCFamily cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Paul Baptist Church CemeteryGatesville, NCBaptist cemetery0.4 mi
- Damascus Christian Church CemeteryGatesville, NCChurch cemetery0.5 mi
- Cross - Hill CemeteryGatesville, NCCemetery0.5 mi
- Jones Family CemeteryGatesville, NCFamily cemetery0.9 mi
- George Costen Family CemeteryGatesville, NCFamily cemetery2.1 mi
- Taylor CemeteryGatesville, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Samuel Harrell Family CemeteryGatesville, NCFamily cemetery2.5 mi
- Powell Family CemeteryGatesville, NCFamily cemetery2.9 mi
- Oak Grove Christian Church CemeteryGatesville, NCChurch cemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Drake Memorial Cemetery
- Community of Hope Funeral Service6.6 miFuneral home · Hobbsville · (252) 297-2220
- Hunter's Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Gates · (252) 357-3130
- Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Home & Crematory8.8 miCremation provider · Gatesville · (252) 357-0090
- Dennis J. Stallings Memorial Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Gatesville
- Harris Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Suffolk · (757) 539-6500
- Horton's Funeral Home and Cremations19 miFuneral home · Hertford · (252) 426-7378
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