About Box Cemetery
Box Cemetery is a cemetery near Parsons, Decatur County, Tennessee. It lies about 4.7 mi southeast of Parsons. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1278087. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hawkes Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oakdale Funeral Home Decatur County in Parsons, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Decatur County, and 84 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Parsons. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.70700, -88.17337
What Box 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
- Hawkes CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Hill CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Bible Hill Church CemeteryParsons, TNChurch cemetery1.8 mi
- Gabbard CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Hendrix CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Hendrix CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Ararat CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Arnold CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Long CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Gulledge CemeteryParsons, TNCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Box Cemetery
- Oakdale Funeral Home Decatur County3.7 miFuneral home · Parsons · (731) 847-3200
- Parsons Mortuary4.8 miMortuary · Parsons · (731) 847-3441
- Reed's Chapel Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Decaturville · (731) 852-3643
- Decatur County Monuments9.2 miMonument dealer · Decaturville · (731) 549-4851
- Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Lexington · (731) 968-5882
- Pafford Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lexington · (731) 968-2544
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