About Melvin Cemetery
Melvin Cemetery is a cemetery near Wallace, Sampson County, North Carolina. It lies about 14 mi east of Wallace. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1026227. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fennell Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Summerville-Boykin Mortuary in Garland, about 9.4 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in Sampson County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wallace. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.72294, -78.24194
What Melvin 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
- Fennell CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Herring CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Hall CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery2.5 mi
- Community CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery2.6 mi
- Johnson CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery2.8 mi
- Kelly CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery2.9 mi
- Seavey CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Jones CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery3.4 mi
- Newkirk CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery3.5 mi
- Peterson CemeteryWallace, NCCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Melvin Cemetery
- Summerville-Boykin Mortuary9.4 miMortuary · Garland · (910) 529-1341
- Carter Funeral Home Inc9.6 miFuneral home · Garland · (910) 529-4001
- Rose Hill Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Rose Hill · (910) 289-3232
- Padgett Funeral And Cremation Services14 miCremation provider · Wallace · (910) 285-3309
- Matthews Funeral Service, Inc.14 miFuneral home · Wallace · (910) 285-3349
- Royalty Funeral Home & Cremation14 miFuneral home · Wallace · (910) 665-1019
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