About Melrose Cemetery
Melrose Cemetery is a cemetery near Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. It lies about 1.5 mi southeast of Abbeville. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Winton Elizabeth Gambrell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229997. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hobson Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Abbeville, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Abbeville County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abbeville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Melrose Cemetery
- Winton Elizabeth Gambrell1903-1989American bacteriologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Melrose Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.18928, -82.40151
What Melrose 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
- Hobson CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery1.1 mi
- Upper Long Cane CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery1.2 mi
- Trinity CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery1.5 mi
- Old Zion CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery1.7 mi
- Sharon CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery4.8 mi
- Warrenton CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery5.2 mi
- Lebanon CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery5.2 mi
- Aiken CemeteryAbbeville, SCChristian cemetery5.9 mi
- Salem CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery6.2 mi
- Long Cane CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Melrose Cemetery
- Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.3 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 366-4027
- Richie Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 459-2736
- Abbeville and White Mortuary1.5 miMortuary · Abbeville · (864) 366-4332
- Chandler-jackson Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 366-8080
- Andrew Wardlaw Funeral Home Abbeville Chapel1.7 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 366-2330
- Blyth Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Greenwood · (864) 223-2223
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