About Banner Cemetery
Banner Cemetery is a cemetery near Newland, Avery County, North Carolina. It lies about 5.5 mi southeast of Newland. The grounds sit at about 3,156 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1008918. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ellis Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rhododendron Chapel in Roan Mountain, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Avery County, and 164 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.15678, -81.97650
What Banner 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
- Ellis CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery0.4 mi
- Cranberry CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Cardwell CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.2 mi
- Cook CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.2 mi
- Palmer CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Alvin Hicks CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Taylor CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Hayes Family CemeteryBanner Elk, NCFamily cemetery1.6 mi
- Hicks Family CemeteryBanner Elk, NCFamily cemetery1.6 mi
- Conley Hicks CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Banner Cemetery
- Rhododendron Chapel5.3 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Henline-hughes Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Bakersville · (828) 688-4813
- Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory17 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-8888
- Barney Hampton Funeral & Cremation Service17 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-7100
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