About Hester Cemetery
Hester Cemetery is a cemetery near Alto, Cherokee County, Texas. It lies about 9.0 mi northwest of Alto. The grounds sit at about 351 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1359095. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thompson Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Allen Funeral Service, Inc. in Alto, about 8.9 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 132 listings in Cherokee County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alto. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.53768, -94.99494
What Hester 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
- Thompson CemeteryAlto, TXCemetery2.6 mi
- Holsomback CemeteryAlto, TXCemetery3.2 mi
- Arnold CemeteryAlto, TXCemetery3.5 mi
- Mount Hope Cemetery1354 County Road 2626, Wells, TXCemetery3.5 mi
- Sweet Union CemeteryAlto, TXCemetery3.9 mi
- Hoot CemeteryAlto, TXCemetery5.4 mi
- Shooks Bluff CemeteryAlto, TXCemetery5.8 mi
- Simpson CemeteryLufkin, TXCemetery6.2 mi
- Parkes CemeteryNacogdoches, TXCemetery6.3 mi
- Old Palestine Church CemeteryAlto, TXChurch cemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Hester Cemetery
- Allen Funeral Service, Inc.8.9 miFuneral home · Alto · (936) 858-4111
- Piney Woods Mortuary & Cremation Service18 miCremation provider · Lufkin · (936) 946-2286
- Shafer Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Lufkin · (936) 634-7788
- Laird Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Nacogdoches · (936) 569-1366
- Colonial Mortuary20 miMortuary · Lufkin · (936) 634-2261
- Wallace Thompson Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Rusk · (903) 683-2222
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