About Decker Cemetery
Decker Cemetery is a cemetery near Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.3 mi east of Murphy. The grounds sit at about 1,886 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1010718. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kirkland Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ivie Funeral Home in Murphy, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Murphy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.06674, -84.14269
What Decker 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
- Kirkland CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery0.4 mi
- Payne CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Walker Plantation CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Beech Creek CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Taylor CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Clonts CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Persimmon Creek CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Hickey CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.5 mi
- James CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Hiwassee CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Decker Cemetery
- Ivie Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2116
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2109
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - Murphy Chapel10 miCremation provider · Murphy · (828) 837-9599
- Akins-Cobb Funerals & Cremations14 miFuneral home · Copperhill · (423) 496-5554
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - McCaysville Chapel15 miCremation provider · McCaysville · (706) 492-3321
- Mountain View Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Blairsville · (706) 745-3456
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