About Fortner Cemetery
Fortner Cemetery is a cemetery near Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.2 mi southeast of Marshall. The grounds sit at about 2,336 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1011344. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ashley Sawyer Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Madison Funeral Services in Marshall, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 480 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 292 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Marshall. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.84325, -82.77931
What Fortner 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
- Ashley Sawyer CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery0.8 mi
- Massey Dockery CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Treadway CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Roberts CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Tom Roberts CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Jack Cody CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Crooked Ridge CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Dockery CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- George Dockery CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Jack Goforth CemeteryMarshall, NCCemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Fortner Cemetery
- Madison Funeral Services4.3 miFuneral home · Marshall · (828) 649-9163
- Madison Funeral Services7.2 miFuneral home · Marshall · (828) 649-9163
- Blue Ridge Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mars Hill
- Blue Ridge Funeral & Cremation Service12 miCremation provider · Mars Hill · (828) 680-9963
- West Family Funeral Services16 miFuneral home · Weaverville · (828) 645-3011
- Asheville Area Alternative Funeral And Cremation Services20 miCremation provider · Asheville · (828) 258-8274
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