About Ray Cemetery
Ray Cemetery is a cemetery near Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina. It lies about 3.8 mi east of Mars Hill. The grounds sit at about 2,172 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 993076. The nearest other listed cemetery is Metcalf Bruce Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Blue Ridge Funeral & Cremation Service in Mars Hill, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 480 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 434 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mars Hill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.84371, -82.61402
What Ray 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
- Metcalf Bruce CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Rice CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Jesse Rice CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Clark CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Ode Rice CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery0.8 mi
- Thomason CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery0.9 mi
- Lynn Peek CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery0.9 mi
- Ingle CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery0.9 mi
- Peek CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Dill CemeteryMars Hill, NCCemetery1.0 mi
Funeral homes near Ray Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Funeral & Cremation Service2.8 miCremation provider · Mars Hill · (828) 680-9963
- Blue Ridge Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Mars Hill
- Madison Funeral Services3.4 miFuneral home · Marshall · (828) 649-9163
- Madison Funeral Services5.3 miFuneral home · Marshall · (828) 649-9163
- West Family Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · Weaverville · (828) 645-3011
- Asheville Area Alternative Funeral And Cremation Services16 miCremation provider · Asheville · (828) 258-8274
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